This is my new one. Do I come over as a dick? Be honest! I'll change it if I do.
When I wrote my first novel aged 21, I thought that would be it: sit back and begin the career, but it didn't happen like that. I had to work for a living! But on the plus side, that has given me lots of material. I have been a waiter, a drummer in a punk band, a linguist, an intelligence officer. I've worked with birds of prey in Wales, London Underground in London (in London? really?) British Coal overground not underground. I've been a student more times than I care to remember. I've run historical, music, matchmaking (yep) and pirate events. I was the leader of a ghost tour company for a number of years. I've been a nurse and that has given me lots of enriching experiences that most people don't get (they're probably glad!)
I love words and languages, places and people and I'm fascinated by philosophy and psychology and magic. I studied all of these and they will be evident if you read what I write.
Hard lessons learned in writing - don't give up! It's a craft as much as an art and you have to learn it (I still am). There are kind and generous people who will help you with their words of support, but there are also people who with a n off-the-cuff put down sentence can ruin your day - your week and maybe your month.
As Eliot said,
Fare forward, travelers! not escaping from the past
Into different lives, or into any future;
You are not the same people who left that station
Or who will arrive at any terminus.
All you have is now; enjoy it.
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