A Little Something About Me
A world in which we have no art, no music and no literature would be a very dull one indeed.
We need all three to enable the human mind to grow and expand, to laugh, to cry and to interact.
It's what makes us human and sets us apart from the rest of the universe.
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First and foremost, I am a writer. I write about the paranormal. Not the blood-curdling, toe-curling vampire or werewolf stuff of nightmares but about the unexplained. My world involves the supernatural, the mysterious and delves into timeslips. Some people prefer drugs to escape the routine, humdrum world of reality; I prefer to reach into the unknown through writing. In complete contrast, I also write sagas set in London of the 1950s and 60s. As if this wasn't enough, I love to paint; two exciting mediums that enable travel to other times, other places. To past times, current times, and on to other worlds. A sickly child, my nose always in a book (funny expression that, considering one reads with the eyes), anything from encyclopaedias to novels, reading took me to places I couldn't venture in the flesh but boy, could my mind travel. No time in history or the future was ever closed to me. Fascinated by ghost stories, hauntings and tales of weird events, so began my great adventure into the paranormal where I explore, seeking something new, something different, along the way. Travelling along this path I take with me characters whose lives have been touched or changed by love and music. Two elements that transcend the barriers of time, as vital as water and air and without which passion and romance flounders and dies. Together, we seek the truth, a scientific rationale, ever searching for answers. Sometimes the answers elude, often the answers astound. Nothing captures my emotions more than music. A beautiful piece melody, the lyrics of a romantic or sad song, the voice that tingles the back of the neck, thus I write with music playing in the background and my books have music as an integral element. I see beauty in birdsong, tranquillity in a lovely sunset and wonderment in the nature that surrounds us. And there is poetry. A favourite still is Night Mail especially the line, "Faster than fairies, faster than witches". Vibrant images of trains and spooks flying through the countryside that fuelled my love of intrigue and the paranormal. |
Words can paint a picture;
a picture can say more than a thousand words |
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Painting came to me far more recently. By chance, but that's another story. With the wealth of beautiful landscapes here in England and from my travels abroad I can create the real and the imaginary. It's a wonderful feeling to be able to produce a picture with words or paint and touch another's heart and soul. I hope my world touches yours. |
