Originally from a small town called Darlaston – about ten miles north of Birmingham – I have now settled in Shropshire after spending ten years in West Sussex where I moved to take up a position with an online retailer.
I have been a freelance writer and journalist for about fiftteen years. Eight of them were spent doing various other jobs such as bookshop assistant, print finisher and returns clerk for a large library supplier, with the writing taking up evenings and any of my spare time. As you can see, much of my life so far has been spent working with books and publishing of one kind or another.
My time as an employee came to a conclusion some six years ago with redundancy, so I took the opportunity – and the money – to see if I could survive as a full-time freelance writer. There have been some lean times – just ask my wife, Joanne. But after tasting the freelance life, there’s no going back.
