The Face Of Totalitarianism Turned Out To

The Most Terrifying Thing I Can Think Of Is Being Alone - And I Mean Utterly Alone, Like No One Else In The World Alone - At Night. That's The Nucleus Of The First Story In My Collection And It's Also Where The Title Came From For The Book.

Some Writers Would Be Kinder Than Others, I'm Sure. Hopefully They Might Describe My Techniques As A Mixture Of Tried And Tested Formulas - If It Aint Broke Don't Fix It - And Unexpected Twists.

I'm Fortunate In That I'm A Lecturer Too And This Gets Me Out And About And Away From The Computer. I Also Have Loads Of Friends All Around The World, Plus A Core Group Of Special People In My Life That I Can Lean On, Chat To, Or Just Hang With.

As For Goals, I Don't Set Myself Those Anymore. I'm Not One Of These 'i Must Have Achieved This And That By Next Year' Kind Of Writers. I Take Things As They Come And Find That Patience And Persistence Tend To Win Out In The End.

I Can Look Back At Stuff I Wrote In My Early Days And Squirm At Some Of The Mistakes I Made. But We're All Learning Every Day; We Never Stop. I Just Hope People Keep On Liking What I Do. That Gives Me Such A Kick.