![]() We then spent the next two years losing 120k words, to make it the 120k (give or take a few) words that it is today. Being more than a bit naive about the industry, we thought there was a minimum number of words required, so the first draft of our novel finished at 240k words. ![]() Maybe I could have been E L James if I'd made my Faramir centred stories a tad more erotic.Īnyway - to cut to the chase, I met Val Olteanu on a Lord of the Rings website, and we got together (despite being on different continents) to collaborate on a novel, Beneath an Irish Sky, which was accepted by Choc Lit Publishing. It's a tale of long buried secrets and lies and a clash of cultures, when tragedy brings a young Irish Traveller to a wealthy part of Cheshire, where he encounters - not for the first time in his life - narrow minded bigotry. I never had the confidence to submit anything, but I ventured into the realm of fan-fiction, which helped to feed my ambition. My life has always been pretty ordinary - husband, children, dog, Sainsbury's - but I've always had a passion for writing. ![]() ![]() I was born in the south of England, where I've always lived, despite having an affinity for the north, and even more of an affinity for Ireland. ![]()
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