Following the heart break of losing Sheryl, I immediately cut short my living in Israel and returned home to London. I had loved deeply and taken part in fascinating adventures. Seen wonderful sights, including sitting on the edge of a mountain...
With my first poetry book being published ‘It’s a Funny Thing, Life’ I thought I would dedicate a blog to my experiences and inspiration in writing poetry. To be honest I find it easier than writing books, I have been doing it for longer and I...
There is something I experienced in Israel which was both rare and extraordinary enough to merit a few words. My girlfriend Sheryl and I went to visit one of her old friends living in the ancient part of Jerusalem. We stayed within those holy...
Today’s blog continues both my life story and how I ended up interested in writing. We take a little jump to when I was 18 years old. Having broken up with a long-term girlfriend, I travelled to an Israeli farm for six months, to be honest...
The next step took me from song writing to poetry writing, and so that much closer to becoming an author. I was 14 when I realised that I could write, I remember exactly the moment it happened. From I know not where, a sudden desire to write...
I thought I would continue with my story about growing up and getting into writing. My dissatisfied and frustrated life changed once I got my first guitar at the age of 13. I fell in love with the second-hand acoustic instrument from the off...
In honour of the Game Hunter series, I want to share with you the reasons and emotions that fuelled my inspiration and drove my desire to write an action-packed, humorous trilogy that even had time for some touching romance. Zombies: In the 2000s...
2016 was the saddest and most difficult year of my life. It started well and busy as usual, mixing my business commitments with my ongoing burning desire to write. I had four able and loving sons and a happy marriage to a wonderful woman that...
I was such a hyperactive and generally wild child, that at eight years old my mother decided to put me into a hospital for a week’s observation on my mental condition. Lucky for me it turned out to be a homoeopathic...
I was born in London, specifically Clapton, back in 1954. The earlier spelling was ‘Clopton,’ which meant ‘farm on the hill’ but I can assure you that by the time I was born, any farmland had long been built over. In my time, it was modest...
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