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• Are you a ...?
  Unpublished writer (so far)
  
  What genre do you primarily write in?
  General fiction
  
  If you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?
  Sci-fi
  
  Are your reading habits ...?
  Sophisticated
  
  Who is your favourite author(s)?
  Stephen King, Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac, Homer, Cormac McCarthy, William S. Burroughs, Miguel De Cervantes, Philip K. Dick, Iain Banks
  And your seven all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)
  Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes) On The Road (Jack Kerouac) The Dark Tower Saga (Stephen King) Kingdom Of Fear (Hunter S. Thompson) The Iliad (Homer) One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez) Various ancient Greek Literature.
  What are your working habits when you write?
  Perfectly balanced
  
  Are you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?
  Prefer to let rip and edit afterwards
  
  Your ultimate writing ambition?
  My main goal is to get one book published, I want to make writing my main career but ever since I was a child my one main goal in life was to get at least one book published, that would make me very happy.
  Your worst habit?
  My worst habit in writing is starting a project then leaving it half way through to begin another project.
  Your opinion on the books industry?
  It is a tough game, but everyone does their best
  
  Where do you write?
  I mainly write at my home in Portsmouth but when I'm travelling I like to take notes and write very short stories, maybe beginnings of projects that might blosom in the future.
  What else do you want Word Clouders to know? eg: do you have 9 cats / like paragliding / eat nothing but tinned fish / work in the bath / live in Kettering?
  I play bass guitar and love to play Reggae. I have a passion for music and reading, I'm a film buff and love to go the cinema with my mates. I don't have 9 cats but I do love seafood and anything spicy.