User:BayTheMoon

BayTheMoon used to be the on-line user name of David Thomas. He has recently changed this to UnsettingLife. David is the author of Unsettling, an autobiography about a lifetime of living with Bipolar Disorder, (later re-diagnosed as Cyclothymia). He has spent most of his life moving from one place to another and one job to another, never settling down long enough to live what most of us would regard as a normal life.

Mainstream publishers were not interested in Unsettling. However, after reading a post by Stephen Fry on social network site Twitter, David sent it to http://chipmunkapublishing.co.uk a specialist publishing house established by Jason Pegler, himself a victim of mental illness. Chipmunka's aim is to give a voice to all those associated with mental welfare, be they patients, carers or professionals, and to try to remove the stigma often associated with such matters.

Unsettling has been well received and commented upon for it's unusual structure and it's fast-paced style. It was published in October 2010 and is available as a paperback and Kindle from all the usual bookshops and http://www.amazon.co.uk. ISBN: 9781849913041.

David now lives in East Sussex. You can read his periodic blog on his website. His Twitter id is @unsettlinglife