It
could be a strange coincidence or maybe we all have a guiding hand in life, but
we just don’t know it or we just can’t see it. I needed someone to help bounce
my chapters off and Dangerous John stepped into the breach, then I had this
idea about having some illustrations within my finished book. But where was I
going to find an artist who had the skill to complete the illustrations, and
for free?
Sometimes
there is only one place to find the answers to many a conundrum and that is the
pub.
It
was the end of May in 2011 and I had over the last four weeks settled into a
regular routine of writing from Monday to Friday then meeting with John down my
local on Friday evenings where I would hand over that week’s work and collect
the previous weeks writing.
I
would note John’s opinion over a few beers and this would set me up for the
following Monday.
It
was during this Friday evening while I stood at the bar; I was introduced to a
fellow drinker and we chatted as easily as the beer flowed. We had both taken a
big leap in changing our career paths with Kevin following his dream by
becoming a mature art student at university.
By
the end of the night a deal had been sealed.
He
would complete the illustrations and in the near future I hope my book will
make him a famous artist.
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