Jack O’Donnell

I’m a reader who writes. I blog mainly about books on my Wordpress site. Films and sport also feature. I write about working-class people like us that have died. These are my most read posts.
When I appeared ‘In the Spotlight’ at the Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Festival, I didn’t talk or read an extract from my book Beastie. (Later, the term ‘Beastie House’ was used by children to describe the location of their abuse in a High Court case in Glasgow.) Instead, I talked and made the audience laugh, remembering things about my mate Tam Donnichie, who was brought up in Care.
I’m an editor on ABCtales and a contributor (My stories have been read 2281194 times and 1182 of my stories have been cherry-picked.) What that means is that I get to read and comment on works in progress, poetry and polished prose. I also write reviews for members that have been published.
I was the first crowd-funded author in Scotland. My debut novel Lily Poole was West Dunbartonshire Council’s Novel of the Month. I’m well-versed in debates about publishing and self-publishing and have a working knowledge of how to go about it.