: About Me

I have enjoyed writing for a long time, mainly for personal enjoyment. I am new to Helium and am doing well. I especially enjoy sharing my work with members on this site as well a reading and rating theirs. Writing has always been a passion, and living in the big city affords me great opportunity and inspiration.

My passion is ...

People, music, language

I know too much about ...

TV shows

My parents always told me ...

If I can't be good, then I should be careful

My childhood ambition ...

To stage a revolution

My favorite memory ...

eeek! too many to choose from

Why I write ...

I love language and express myself better in written form

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

Bible, Dawn French, Josh Groban, Alison Moyet, Annie Lennox

My first job ...

Administation assistant in a Letting agents

My best moment ...

When mail drops on the mat

My inspiration ...

people, women in particular...all things trivial

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Drinking

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As Old Street tube station raced by in a blur of streetlights and speeding cars, Jimmy realised seconds too late that they were going the wrong way. His mouth was slack but somehow he managed to ask the driver where he thought he was going and why he had neglected to take the left turn back at the roundabout; this was definitely not the way back to Bethnal Green. A sickly, toothless smile was all he received in response. "Stop the car, right now," he shouted. If he were honest, he would have admitted that it was practically a shriek, but Jimmy was very much on his dignity now: he was being...

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