Hi ..Firstly I try not to define people by what they choose to do for a living, or even rate them a success or a failure based on how high-up any particular ladder they may have climbed.
I like to look at what has happened in my life as a sort of writers training, an unconventional one, but a training none the less. I have tried everything from grape picking in Europe, spent a long time in the Armed Forces, trained as a nurse, worked as a delivery driver, and all the time have tried to write.
I live in Derbyshire in the UK, father of three boys and currently working on a number of screen plays (varying degrees of success)

My passion is ...

thai green curry and stephen king novels

I know too much about ...

science fiction

My parents always told me ...

to be brave and regret nothing

My childhood ambition ...

to be in the movies

My favorite memory ...

U2 concert, Berlin .. the world suddenly made sense!

Why I write ...

something inside just needs to get out once in a while

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

Reading "more Twisted" by Jeff Deaver, watching and loving "Heroes, Listening to .the news too much

My first job ...

answering phones and taking messages for a firm of undertakers.

My best moment ...

too many to count

My inspiration ...

the smiles on the faces of my three sons

Religion & Spirituality > Setting Life Goals Never give up: How to keep your dreams alive

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No body ever drowned in his own sweat! (Ann Landers)

Nothing is easy to the unwilling (Thomas Fuller)

It happens to us all at some time. Life can grind you down . For some , life can be bitter and painful to get through, but this is the perfect time to look to your dreams, to never give up on them and breathe life into what has become existence.

It is easy to spot the dreamless amongst us. It is easier still to see how it happens. We all have bills to pay, a roof to keep over our heads, food that needs putting on a table. But somewhere along the way, many people cross a line and ne...

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