 I am originally from St Helens in England, but have lived in Thailand for 20+ years now. I had a very serious road traffic accident here in 2001, which almost killed me, put me in a coma for 3 weeks, broke almost every bone in my body and I also lost one of my legs. This is covered in my first book "Legless in Thailand" which begins with me waking up from my coma. I first started to write when I was recuperating from my accident in a small town in the North East of Thailand, I was not only physically hurt, I was also going through psychological torment because of the subsequent actions carried out by my partner at the time. I never set out to write a book, but I had my computer in front of me and I just found it mentally therapeutic to write down the thoughts that were driving me more and more insane, torturing me and going through my head every minute of every day. Even after I finished writing the first draft of my first book, when I looked at my life in the pages from the past and what lay ahead of me now, daydreamingly, I just thought "Wouldn't it be nice to be able to return to the past and correct the stupid mistakes that you made in your life, I wouldn't be here now feeling sorry for myself, I would be in a much better place with someone who I now know actually cares for me." That is where the idea for my next book "Ex Post Facto" came from, just wishful thinking and daydreaming for a better present and future and a fairly unusual way for me to try to achieve this. Works of FictionAll of my short stories and my first book up to date, are based on fact and actual events, some good and some bad, but I found them relatively easy to write, because to get all the facts required for the stories, I just had to delve deeper into my memory and put the stories and situations involved, into words that people can relate to and understand easily. Works of fiction however, like the novel I am writing at the moment, 'Ex Post Facto' are a completely different matter altogether, as I am now learning the hard way. Because even though the basic story is concocted in my brain and I know where I should start and I already have the ending, I am finding that the main body of the story is quite difficult to develop and write properly from a reader’s point of view and takes a lot more thought and research than I realised. I now really appreciate the authors of good fiction books that I have read before, because only now do I realise the hard work that is involved with this. The frustrating thing that I personally find about my present situation is, although I enjoy writing, I am basically more of a business person with an entrepreneur spirit. I have some very good business ideas and unique product designs that I know would be successful, but unfortunately, I do not have the funds to put them into practice. Oh well, such is life! Well! I think I have written enough about myself for now, if anyone sincerely wishes to know more, then you can send me an email and make my day Mailto:author@leglessinthailand.com |