A R Dent

A.R. Dent was born in 1945 in Sydney and lived at a beach side suburb. After a turbulent/quiet contrasting early life A.R. Dent then spent time travelling before settling down for a business and professional life.
'Been there - done that' about sums up his life.
A Professional Artist and now also including his love of writing and poetry into his life.
In writing To Kill a Bunyip I had a plan. Write the book more stupid than Ocker Oscar (that was a challenge).
I now have another plan; write each book more stupid than the last book.
The single goal of A R Dent is to create original stories that entertain.
I am not writing books. I am not an author. I am now a storyteller. I have a present 'work-in-progress' to follow after To Kill a Bunyip and experimenting with other stories to find my true 'author's voice' which is there but I need to fine tune it specifically for storytelling. Short stories and Novellas are my aim to entertain through the written word.
All books/stories are related to me...... Ocker Oscar and To Kill a Bunyip were written from my experiences in my life. All stories will have a theme or plot that is connected somehow to my life. My intent is to write, using satire, in a way that people see history as a continuum that changes but remains constant. Fiction, facts, and lies.
My next book is - The People of Null (title may change). Details of the progress are posted on A R Dent Facebook page.

The Justice of Null is the core to Hollow Log Stories. My writing style has changed somewhat but satire remains as the main theme within my writings. Ocker Oscar is connected to To Kill a Bunyip though the Dawson family and the twins. These two books are present day. The Justice of Null focuses on 1857 when Terrence Null was told he was to be a Justice of the Peace. The Justice of Null is the book that Hollow Log Stories draws its characters and stories. The People of Null is in concept stage and being researched and developed. The People of Null is back in real time in the village of Null when a psychiatrist goes to Null for retirement. *Waiting for god* in a retirement village and being told to fit into society. This concept has me laughing as I write the precis and develop a story around this theme.

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• The Chemistry of Reading: Arousing your Reader on March 20, 2013
  
  This book is for the writer of fiction who as a problem with writing in the 'Show and Not Tell' style. The book confirms what I already knew in many areas of writing with added information in the second half of the book. DO NOT be put off with the technical stuff in the early sections.... the technical is critical for a fuller understanding of getting your books sold. I just happen to be in a re-write of a book now and see this book as perfect for me to upgrade the standard of writing. We all need reminders though we may already know it. This is highlighted because: I know the subject well but needed to read a brilliantly written expose to remind me of the need to look at this subject always in writing - if not in writing then in self editing before a critique reader sees it. I gave it 5 stars because I could not give it a higher rating. Well done for another Australian author.
  
• Jackie Peta Pan on March 24, 2013
  
  The author has revealed her heart in a dramatic story of love. Though I am an author - I was once a Natural Therapist. Many years after leaving the Healing world I heard of the word Aspergers and instantly thought: Not another 'Label' invented by someone seeking medical fame. Today I recognise that the people who sought help many years ago were people who might be identified with Aspergers. The way the story is told is as though a professional had ghost written the story. A professionally written story. It is for this reason I give this book 5 stars. I just read the book quickly in my old Natural Therapist mode and was moved to tears in parts. I will re-read it several times as a person interested and moved by a brilliant expose of love. Yes LOVE is just a word but more than just a word in this book.
  
• Serious Statisticians Funny Statistics on June 02, 2015
  
  As an author on Smashwords I downloaded this book as research. Irony of a sort. I found the book totally to the opposite to what I expected; loved the way the story, yes story, unfolded. It is not a book about statistics so much as being a book written by a humanist; a philosopher whose love and employ is around statistics. Five stars is the only rating I can give as it gave me more material to write satire than I imagined when I first saw the title and the blurb. I for one would love to read a novel based on his experiences; a novella written with the pathos and comedy that is in this book but as fiction. This author has the ability to write superb fiction.