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This is an excerpt from my autobiography when a man was "electrocuted" and I "saved" him:

Some of the things I would do to avoid certain situations would be to volunteer for anything going, as long as it wasn’t anything to do with my proper job. I would for instance, volunteer for dining hall party. All this involved was cleaning and setting up the dining hall, washing up and making sure that all the sauces and condiments were full. It was great and gave me a break from the nervous tension I experienced whilst trying desperately to do my normal job. My superiors just thought I was great for volunteering and that’s the irony, I got a really good report.

Of course this was only a temporary reprieve and after the allotted time I was back in the MCO. Things didn’t all go badly, since there were times when a bit of luck would occasionally come my way. I was on the broadcast as usual when one of the electrical engineers began to repair a nearby radio. I took very little notice when all of a sudden he screamed out and began to shake violently from electrical shock. I sprang into action, surprising even myself. Spotting a wooden broom that was close by, I grabbed it and swiftly pushed the poor rating away from the radio. He immediately fell to the floor as I threw the broom to one side. As I was about to feel for a pulse, he suddenly jumped to his feet and walked off. At first I was completely baffled until I heard the applause from the onlookers. It had been an exercise and I had passed with flying colours but I felt annoyed. It had all been a ‘set up’ but nevertheless, I felt a great sense of pride.

If you'd like to read more about my incredibly varied and farcical life, then you can have a free preview here Running For Home

How to write an autobiography - Top Autobiographies

How to write an autobiography - Top Autobiographies

Want to know how to write your own autobiography? I won't pretend that it's going to be easy but it can be done.

I began to write mine over a year ago. I had no training and no professional help to do this either. All I did was to get it all down on the computer and then allow the programme to correct everything including the grammar. Never be put off because you arn't an expert. If you do this, then you will never write it.

The first thing to learn is how to use Microsoft Word on your computer. This realy isn't too difficult and if you are determined enough, then you should have few problems once you get to know where everything is. When you get the settings right the programme will generally look after itself and make corrections as you go along which will inspire confidence.

Punctuation is another matter but don't dispair if you arn't good at this either. You could get a freind or relative to help. Failing this you could always get professional help but this is going to cost a bit. This could be worth it if you feel that you have something to say. Most people acutally do. I did not realise this until I began to write mine. I had not planned to write a book and I did not believe that I had enough knowledge to do it. My motivation for writing was more out of an emotional need to get it all off my chest. This gave rise to an unexpected bonus; I found a form of therapy by writing down my whole life story. It certainly began to give me a sense of achievment and an increase in self esteem.

If you wish to look at an example of an autobiography then you can have a preview of mine; Running For Home

Autobiography Example - Top Autobiographies

Autobiography example - Top Autobiographies

For an example of an autobiography, then look no further than "Running For Home", an autobiography that was written from the heart by a man that really lived.

After suffering a minor head injury at the age of six, the author embarked on a dizzying number of adventures many of which turned out to be nothing but farcical. Suffering much failure in his life, he nevertheless felt the need to share with others his many and varied experiences.

Without any formal training or any help other than a computer, the resulting Autobiography, Running For Home is an example of what can be achieved by a complete novice intent on writing a book.

With determination and enthusiasm, it is possible for you to do the same and leave a lasting legacy for your family. Click here to have a free preview of Running For Home top autobiography.

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How would you like to have free books for the rest of your life? I'm not talking about any old books but up-to date books included! How is this possible you ask? What is the catch, surely their must be a catch? But, there is no catch whatsoever.

All you have to do is to go to Amazon and look for the shopping menu. If you click on this it will drop down and show all the shopping categories. Look for "Kindle Store" and click on this. It will take you straight to the Amazon on-line book store where there are literally millions of free books
Type in the box at the top Free Books or Top 100 free. This will take you to the free books.

These books are free because Amazon allows the Authors a period to promote their books and putting them on for free usually give them greater exposure and greater sales later on. I often put my book "Running for Home" onto this scheme with some success. In this way you can obtain as many free books as you wish for all time, many of which will be best sellers by famous authors.

But wait a minute I hear you say! I haven't got a Kindle or other device to get the books on. Don't worry, this is the simple bit. Guess what, you can convert your computer into a Kindle! Now that's what I call a bargain. Not only can you get more free books than you could read in a whole lifetime but you can also get them on your computer. How do I do this? It's not particularly difficult to do but if you are not too good on the computer just get some help since it will be worth it I promise you.
Just click on this link and it will take you to the site which helps you to instal the app required to give you a whole new experience. Now go and have a look at some of those top selling books for free.

Why Write an Autobiography? Top Autobiographies

Why write an autobiography? Top Autobiographies


This is acutally a good question. Why on earth I started writing mine,  I don't realy know. It was winter as I said somewhere before and I was a bit low. I was initially bitter at all the failure I had endured but began to realise that it wasn't neccessarily all failure and I just knew I had something to share after all.

Now it's done and published, I can now see the journey I have completed and what a journey with so many unexpected emotions and increases in self esteem, I can't begin to tell you how much it has improved my life.

So why write your autobiography? Well look at it this way, it will be a lasting legacy for your family and friends for the future. Not only this, you might find that once you start writing, all your demons will come out and will be banished. After all, a problem shared is a problem halved and this is such a truism if ever I heard one.

Your self esteem might be more intact than mine but I can tell you with honesty that if you manage to write this book, things will happen that you did not expect as it did for me. Originally the writing of a book was something alien and totally out of my comfort zone. I realy did not seriously think that I could with any conviction think that I would complete a book let alone publish it.

To complete a book gives you an amazing sense of satisfaction especially when you see it in print (allbeit as an ebook) but just because it's not in "proper" paperback or hardback if you like, don't ever let this put you off writing. What ebooks have done is to open up a whole new vista for amateur writers sell their stories on a world-wide platform rather than have to go grovelling to a publisher.

If you feel daunted as to where to start in writing your book then just start right at the beginning and keep going. Just don't worry too much about the grammar and spelling to start with since this will be dealt with once you got it all out there and it's all down on "paper" (computer if you like). Don't forget, it's not about how well you can write but it is about you and your experiences. As I have said before, write from the heart and pretend that you are literally talking to somebody. This is how it will come over in the most convincing way.

Don't be put off by the complexities of publishing your book to Amazon. This is a whole subject in itself but is not as daunting as it sounds and there is plenty of help out there for budding authors. Just leave this until the completion of your book and tackle it then.

I hope I have given you a little bit of confidence and inspiration to go ahead and do it and write that top autobiography that you always wanted. Come on, lets get cracking.

Like Autobiographies? Here's one with a difference.

Like autobiographies? Here's one with a difference. Top Autobiographies.

I don’t really know why I started writing this book. I was very low and it was winter, you know the sort of thing I mean. It’s dark and cold and wet and you feel low. Besides, I was bitter to the core at all the failure I had endured all my life. I wish it could have been different but it wasn’t to be.

Born into a military family in the 1950’s, I had what you’d call a strict upbringing. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t all bad and some of the discipline did me good. I’d say that it was better than the other way round and yet......and yet the discipline never seemed to be administered with love and this is what makes all the difference.

The best part of my life was the carefree period when we got posted to Singapore at a time that was bereft of “health and safety” which led to a great emphasis on freedom, a freedom I miss and cherish and for which I will always be grateful...to have had a childhood full of adventure and activities that would astound people today.

Later, my Father wishing to “make a man” of me and to “broaden” my mind, sent me at the age of 14, to a Nautical College called the Indefatigable, a notoriously harsh school run more on the lines of a reform school. Ironically, my parents did not realise this at the time. The only person that seemed to know the truth was my mentally ill Grandfather who was not taken seriously.

The more I got into writing my book the more therapeutic it began to get. I was getting it all off my chest as it were and I became aware that I really had something to share with others. It was not until I began to write it all down that I knew just what I had done in my life and perhaps how it could help others. All the experiences came pouring out of me and my memory served me well.

I wanted to write from the heart and I had read somewhere that the best way to write was as if “you are speaking to someone”. This is how I set out to record my life with all its ups and downs, its humour, danger and sadness.

Often I get to reading my own book and cannot believe that I am the subject of it. Much of what I did was actually borne out of fear, fear of failure combined with a debilitating lack of self esteem and confidence which was to lead me into all sorts of farcical situations, many of which I could not cope with. To escape much of what confronted me, I would constantly seek ways to run for home and this is what forms the basis for the title of my book “Running For Home”.

 The Merchant Navy saw me in many scrapes and adventures in dozens of countries around the world. Life as a deck boy in the 1960’s was so different to what it is today.

Three different trades in the Royal Navy continued the pace of adventure especially when I trained to be an Aircrew man flying in helicopters and escaping death and injury by the “skin of my teeth” saving not only my own life but that of several others by being conscientious at just the right time.

Looking back, I have lived life to the full and actually don’t regret any of it, so if you like autobiographies with a difference you’ll like this, a book written from the heart, written with honesty without exaggeration in a style that is simple and straightforward. I hope you enjoyed this site Top Autobiographies.

How's Your Self Esteem? Top Autobiographies

How's your self esteem? Top Autobiographies

When I first started writing my book it wasn’t to make any money or to get famous or anything, no it was because I wanted to get all my bad experiences out there. Get it off my chest if you like.

I suppose I never intended to publish this book. It was going to be more of a family thing, a sort of memoir of what I’d done in my life which would serve as lasting legacy for them to read and at the same time a way of explaining all the things I did and why.

Suffering from lack of self esteem and confidence I found it painfully difficult to cope with life and to interact with people. This was to lead to many encounters which were farcical and indeed sometimes dangerous.

Born into an age of “deference”  it never crossed my mind that I should rebel in any way. I was scared to say anything against authority and that included my Father. What he said usually got carried out. I did as I was told.

Looking back, it now seems amazing that I could just do as instructed without question whether or not it was good for me. But this is how it was.

My new autobiography sets out just what happened to me, from growing up in a strict military family and all that this entails to growing up and leaving home and finally how I settled down doing what I should have in the first place.

I found my lack of self esteem and lack of confidence so debilitating that in many situations I would try to escape from responsibility by “Running For Home” which is the title of my new autobiography.

I could not settle at anything, being artistically minded this just did not fit in with much of what I did such as join the Merchant Navy and later the Royal Navy. These episodes were full of adventure and incident fraught with danger which I could barely cope with and took me to places I could never have conceived of previously. Ironically, I now do not regret any of it and can look back on all these years with a feeling of achievement at enduring all that I did and rather than considering it all a failure, I now feel a sense of pride at my all my experiences which I now share with you.

In writing my new autobiography, I felt that it was a healing process and very therapeutic to the extent that it has changed my life forever.

If you have ever felt unworthy, not confident or worthless then perhaps this account of my life and all its adventures, sad time and humorous times might just help you to come to terms with your own life. It might even encourage you to finally get round to writing about yourself; you never know where it might lead.

If you would like a free review of Running For Home then you are very welcome. Thankyou for looking at Top Autobiographies.