Into the Walled Garden

Book Description

Find out more at www.clivegilson.com Into the Walled Garden is a Dancing Pig Original publication - showcasing work by author Clive Gilson. This book contains 10 years worth of prize winning poetry… 10 years worth of work both published and unpublished, collected together for the very first time (warts and all). The prize winning poem Into the Walled Garden first appeared in an anthology called Dress of Nettles, published by Ragged Raven Press. Writing in Cold Mountain Review in 2005, J D Ballam wrote: …... If there is a single theme dominating the book, and it is certainly not ever-present, then it is of one of reminiscence. … There is… almost always a sense of pleasure in the telling of a tale… however painful the recollection of the circumstances contained in that tale...

Clive Gilson

First things first - why are all of my stories free to download as eBooks I've thought long and hard about this and the conclusion I've come to is that it's all about presence Despite some years of success in competition and with magazines and online publishers I've still got a pile of rejections from the mainstream industry My stories and books have good reviews and have received positive editorial for years now all of which leads me to think that our industry is a little skewed at the moment So rather than flog a dead horse I've decided to go online to resurrect good old Dickensian serialization and to make my stories absolutely free across as many platforms and sites as I can By concentrating on creating presence and by building a download audience I'll find a way to make a living out of all this imagination and graft You can of course still buy print versions of my books just check out the links on the relevant book pages http www cpibookdelivery com As for me I've been writing since age and had various shorts and pieces of poetry published over the years I started writing longer fiction a few years ago and have even set up my own small publishing company in collaboration with other writers at The Write Factor in the hope of encouraging others to be confident about self-publishing and all of the stuff that goes with that route to getting your work out there I have some experience in the industry generally having worked as a journalist and contributor to various magazines and newspapers although I'm concentrating on fiction right now I'm looking forward to getting new work up for you all in the coming months and hopefully we'll get chance to share work