Chris Donlan

Hi there and thanks for taking an interest in my biography page.

I originally hand wrote the essence of my first novel back in 1976, as you would back then when desktops, laptops or notepads weren't even invented and frankly that's as far as I got with it at the time.

It was going to be another 40 years before I finally got around to scratching back through my memory of the story and began to type it using Word on my laptop. The first 10 chapters emerged quite quickly, but it was sometime before the other 18 were formulated to the standard I was striving for.

With the hindsight of life's experiences and the amazing research capacity with the Internet, I was able to hone and polish the raw story into something much more appealing and readable - well I hope I have anyway!

It took me around 2 years to completely finish the novel and finally bring it to fruition as the published article you can see today; which is not surprising when you consider that I was and still am, holding down a full-time job as a consultant for a software house.

I'm very grateful to my partner, Jane as a much needed and helpful advisor and critic and to several friends who read the inaugural drafts and provided me with useful feedback which enabled me to refine and craft the story as I went along.

One of the most inspiring things for me to have come out of the process of writing Visionaries was the realisation that I could develop the story into a trilogy, by inventing a prequel as a means of exploring more about one of the key characters, as well as developing a sequel so that the readers can get a chance to see what happens next.

I hope to have both of these novels ready over the course of 2018/19 so please keep an eye on my profile for more details. You can also follow developments by visiting my website www.visionariesthenovel.com