Quinton Rumford
Author
Quinton Rumford is a pen name. I use it because it saves confusion as there are other authors out there with my given names. I am married to Lindy and we have two children and a dog called Freddie. My subject matter is varied fiction from fantasy, history to modern contemporary novels with a definite preference for sardonic, off-beat humour, sharp and sometimes scarlet dialogue and occasional debauchery with raunchy content. I am drawn to the raw, humorous and sexually challenging but ragged edge of contemporary life where creativity jostles with dancing reality to form unusual narratives and unique characters. If there is one constant in my books it is the outrageous and always blasphemous manner my vibrant but provocative fictional characters conduct their rackety and always deeply uninhibited and vividly scarlet lives.
So be warned in advance - if you are offended by raunchy sex, explicit humour and an irreligious stance manifested by unusual and occasionally offbeat characters, most of my books are not for you.
To laugh is to live is one of my favourite sayings and if I can bring an occasional smile to a readers face I have more than partially succeeded. A good belly laugh is an even more precious reward for the many hours of scribbling and any remembered mirth above and beyond that is priceless and complete justification for me as a writer.
I was born in Wiltshire, England where I still live and write. It is an elegiac and mysterious county that has inspired many contemporary writers from Goldsmith to Tolkien with its talismanic, sacred and mighty stones of Avebury and which are near to my home-see picture above - and, of course, Stonehenge, all dragged here by ancient man. I love to sit in the shadows of these mighty behemoths in the rolling Wessex downs with my dog Freddie of a summer’s day with a notebook, and give way to the inspiration cast by their unique and aged presence.
The narratives of the books I have written and listed on the accompanying Books page vary from early works of fiction featuring historic fantasy including four about these mighty stones at Avebury, through to a Tudor romp, contemporary counter-terrorism, savant genius and, currently, sassy, raunchy humour concerning the formation and early matches of a women’s rugby union team called the Furious Fannies These sassy women are my first attempt at writing humorous novels from a female standpoint and the series of three books are being published now as part of my legacy project. When completed this project will feature all of my completed twenty-five novels in paperback and eBook form.
I like to lead a quiet, orderly life and one of my guides when writing is to follow the French novelist Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880) who said: Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.
The British literary establishment – in particular the agents and publishers that proliferate the Writers and Artists Year Book and other advertising media with their advertising and false words – was not made for rebellious writers like me who have learned the hard way about their greed and ignorance of no-replies when correct and polite submissions are made without the courtesy of even a photocopied rejection. When I get the time I like to poke this literary rattlesnake with a few sharp barbs to annoy them and one day I will write a scurrilous book about this lot of greedy, self-serving charlatans and the shark-infested so-called literary sea they inhabit - but I am too busy getting my legacy project 'out there' at present.
Taking into consideration the rewrites and shorts, I have written something in excess of twenty-five fiction-based novels and these are all being given a make-over and then transferred gradually to a couple of progressive self-publishing platforms. These are worldwide publishing sites that will enable purchase of these books at reasonable prices in e-book, or paperback form. Although the writing for them is done publication is held back by getting each novel set out in the two different formats above and the covers designed and approved.
Please click on the Books page following for the complete list and approximate date when they will be available.
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