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• Are you a ...?
  Self-published author
  
  What genre do you primarily write in?
  Horror
  
  If you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?
  Thriller
  
  Are your reading habits ...?
  Omnivorous
  
  Who is your favourite author(s)?
  I love reading and writing in all genres
  And your seven all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)
  Catch 22 A Prayer for Owen Meany The Stand The Writer's Tale Crime and Punishment The End of Mr Y Bleak House
  What are your working habits when you write?
  Disciplined
  
  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?
  I want to write full time. I have already started a small Ghost Writing, Proof Reading and Editing Business but continue to enjoy writing my own stories. I would be happy if I could write all day every day
  Your worst habit?
  I read waaaaay too much
  Your opinion on the books industry?
  Self-publishing makes the most sense to me
  
  Where do you write?
  I used to write in the spare room until my daughter came along now I am consigned to a corner
  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 have a wife and a daughter and reading and writing is my life but I also manage to make time for drinking and socialising, cinema and theatre going, and hillwalking