: About Me

Frankly, I could have written my third novel here... If you want to read my full bio, or would like info on my two published thrillers then click on the link to my personal website: www.willpatching.com.

You obviously like to read so why not check out "The Death of Innocence" and "Remorseless"? The first fifty pages of both novels are available to view and download for free. Excerpts on Helium inevitably need to be very short so I would appreciate any feedback from anyone here who makes the effort to read my work.

If you travel to Thailand and fancy chartering a luxury wooden motor sailing yacht then you should check out The Siam Junk. Pretty much everyone who has come on board our beautiful boat has uttered the same word: Wow! Pictures are currently available on my website and full details can be found at www.thesiamjunk.com...

My passion is ...

my gorgeous new charter yacht - a unique wooden junk in Thailand.

I know too much about ...

absolutely nothing.

My parents always told me ...

to grow up. I am still working on it.

My childhood ambition ...

to grow up...

My favorite memory ...

I wish I could remember.

Why I write ...

I love feeling like some sort of god when I create and manipulate characters in fiction. Maybe I need therapy...

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I read thrillers. I write them too.

My first job ...

hauling random items in a hardware shop for delivery to rich peoples' homes. Aged eleven.

My best moment ...

flying a jet, solo, for the first time.

My inspiration ...

believing perseverance precedes success. And that disappointment often precedes perseverance.

Politics, News & Issues > War & Terrorism Re-defining terrorism: The first crucial step in resolving terrorist conflict

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The definition of what constitutes a terrorist has exercised some of the best minds in history, but in answer to the question "When is a terrorist a terrorist?" the current US President replies, "When I say so..." OK, he didn't actually use those exact words, at least not in public, but he did say this about Saddam Hussein in 2006: "He was a state sponsor of terror. In other words, the (US) government had declared, you are a state sponsor of terror." Iran/Iraq - More recently the entire Iranian Republican Guard a force of over 125,000 elite soldiers was labeled a terrorist organization by ...

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