Raymond Boyd Dunn

Raymond Boyd Dunn is a "born and bred" third generation Australian. After his retirement Raymond Boyd became a grey nomad, and, with his wife, spent some time touring this vast country of Australia. He was born in the small Burnett Valley town of Monto, Queensland, and for his entire life has answered to the name of 'Boyd'. Apart from his travels he has lived all of his life in Queensland, and after satisfying his thirst for seeing first hand this wonderful country we live in, settled on the Sunshine Coast to spend his remaining years in the sunshine near the beach.

He commenced his working life as a Bank Officer and resigned after thirteen years to become self-employed. At various stages he has owned a Corner Store, a small Supermarket Chain, a Butchery, a Milk Run, a Printery and a Cattle and Grain Farm. He has been involved, in various capacities, in Cricket and Tennis Clubs; Jaycees, Lions and Rotary Clubs and Aero Clubs. He was a Cricketer, played tennis, tried to play golf, and was a keen long distance runner.

Upon taking a well-earned retirement he wrote his unpublished autobiography, which was for distribution among his family of six children and numerous grand-children. A visit to Cooktown, where he learnt of the Palmer River Gold Rush, was the incentive to keep writing and produce his first novel 'Palmer Gold' He then settled down to write novels, producing two more books to complete a Trilogy...'An Australian Ranch' and "Carly and Sam...Will and Effie'. There followed numerous short stories, and other novels: 'Lord of the Manor in Australia', and 'The Vintage Years'. He continues to write whilst enjoying life in the sunshine on the beautiful Sunshine Coast in Queensland.

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• The Overwhelming on Feb. 25, 2012
  
  'Overwhelmed' is the word I would use to describe my feelings as I read this book. It is not of the genre which I usually read. It is obviously well-written, but I must admit to skipping through some of the lengthier passages - I feel that the author would not appreciate my style of writing. I do not feel qualified to judge another's writing, but the computer has asked me to review this book, so I would give it four stars...Raymond Boyd Dunn http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/boyddunn
  
• Nearly Nine Terrific Tips for Writing Humor on Oct. 15, 2012
  
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  I read Kristine's "Nearly Nine Terrific Tips for Humor (spelt without the Aussie 'u') Writing, and was so impressed that I decided to download this book. The fact that it was free had nothing to do with it! Well, not much. I was in my late seventies when I had my first and only attempt to have my first novel published. (I had visions of being the literary world's 'Grandma Moses'). It was rejected, and I gave up, but was bitten by the writing bug, and continued churning out anything and everything. This book has shown me a different approach, and I thank her for an amusing and enjoyable lesson.