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Adrian Baldwins, Barnacle Brat and linguistic confusion

8/15/2013

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PictureBarnacle Brat*
This post is all about Adrian Baldwin but in a novel (literally) twist, it’s going to have very little to do with me. Technically, I’ll be writing about Adrian Baldwin in the first and third person for the first time on this website! He and I thank you for your time.

Confused? Concerned about possible schizophrenic tendencies?

Well don’t be, read on, and find out what on earth has prompted this ramble.

Today I read a number of chapters from a nearly published work called ‘Barnacle Brat’ – it’s a black comedy that in its oddness reminds me a little of the TV series ‘Psychoville’. The novel’s contents were accessed via a website called Authonomy, an environment for new authors to generate interest in their work and for potential publishers to evaluate feedback and make investment decisions.

Barnacle Brat’s author; you may have guessed it - Adrian Baldwin!

Is it me? NO, although I’d be pleased if it was!

Unlike me, this Adrian is a bona fide writer and wrote for some high profile comedy shows in the nineties - he even has his own entry on the Internet Movies Database (IMDB).

Adrian’s self-generated Authonomy profile information is reproduced below because I hope you’ll find it interesting. I know that I did – there is honesty, humour, openness; there are highs, lows, successes, losses, even the suggestion of tragedy; there is determination and then there is hope. I have to state, that’s good story telling in 322 words.

Reading the profile prompted me to register on the site and then start reading Adrian’s material. 

Hi. My name is Adrian Baldwin. I am a writer. At least, I consider myself to be a writer.

Back in the Nineties I wrote for various TV shows/celebrities: Hale & Pace; Rory Bremner; Brian Conley; Smith & Jones; Paul McKenna; Terry Wogan; Clive Anderson (and a few others). Wooo, get me.

But then, just as things were going really well, I became a single parent (sad face) and had to stop writing – I could no longer commit to the time necessary for the various writers’ meetings, rehearsals and recordings (which were virtually always up in London – I lived in Manchester, and back-to-back days away from my young son had become unthinkable).

Anyway, fast forward to the recent past, with my son all grown, and fully independent (he tells me): I gave up the office job I had taken on ('Are you serious?' they asked), sold my house ('You ARE mad,' they said), moved to mid-Wales (no, honestly, it's lovely here) and got back to doing what I love to do: write.

First, I tried writing a screenplay. I sent the finished script to the Welsh Film Agency and they liked it enough to put a six figure sum behind it. (I know, I couldn't believe it myself!) The work has still to find a producer willing/able to invest the rest of the money needed to turn the screenplay into a film (I’m sure the UK Film industry being hit by the global recession, like so many other businesses, hasn’t helped) but I live in hope.

Not to be outdone, though, I turned my hand to writing a novel – which, to be honest, has always been my real dream (and because I didn't know any better) and now, after two years of writing (and re-writing and more re-writing), I have a Dark Comedy novel that I am happy with and looking to find readers for. A book I hope you will enjoy.


Although I don’t know Adrian, I applaud his decision to go it alone and his determination to get published because despite his track record, which you’d think would open doors, it hasn’t been easy for him.

Over the last two years, whilst I have toyed with my website, this Adrian has written a book; one day I’d love to do the same. Adrian Baldwin has a very good chance to achieve something I can only dream of – earning his living from creative writing.

Knowing how hard it is to get noticed, I really want my name sake to succeed; and the fact is - you can help too!  My request is that you go to Authonomy and register if you need to; that you read the chapters of Barnacle Brat; and that you ‘back the book’ if you like what you read.

Having engaged with Barnacle Brat, and feeling inspired in a kind of ‘Dave Gorman’ fashion, I got in touch with Adrian Baldwin via Facebook and have exchanged a few notes with him since. We had a laugh about website addresses because I have snaffled a number of the addresses that he would have valued.

On that subject, I am going to have to add some kind of warning/signpost to my site to advise visitors that if they are looking for the proper author they have come to the wrong place! The same name thing clearly has potential to cause confusion and I don’t want my wittering to detract from Adrian’s ability to earn his fortune! It is of course possible that a proportion of my visitor statistics should be attributed to surfers looking for the other Adrian – if so I can only apologise!

Adrian’s own website: www.adrianbaldwin.info

You can also find Adrian on Facebook – he is linked to me but you can also search for him using “Adrian Baldwin – Author”

And of course you can read ‘Barnacle Brat’ on Authonomy. You may have to register but it only takes moments and is worth the effort! For some insight, the cover outside back cover artwork is shown below.

Go on make my days!

I understand that the paperback is due out shortly and I’ll have to buy one because now that I’ve started reading, I need to know what happens at the end.

When it arrives, I suppose that I’ll be able to sign it himself!

STOP PRESS 04/08/14 Barnacle Brat a quick review


*Cover artwork reproduced with author's permission

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