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On Being Typecast…

As a writer, I’ve always resisted being pigeonholed. Stories demand to be told in the medium that suits them – and not always the one you thought they would fit into.

My blog began as me and a snail (called Percival, adopted from my daughter Libby) in my shed out back. I was working solely as a screenwriter, but the books were simmering away in the background.

As an experiment, I started turning my family films into novels because I missed the characters and wanted other people to meet them. ‘Jessie Jones is Nearly Ten’ became my first book, Dad’s Red Dress.

Now there are seven books out there, three more joining them this year and several morein the pipeline. I’m going to try and make sesne of the chaos of making a living by creating worlds and characters, while teaching others what I have learnt and mentoring newer writers – what could be better?

While I get this going, here is is a link to my original blog: https://thiswriterscrazylife.blogspot.ie/

There are pages of tips from some of the greats, like David Mamet and Gill Dennis. There are links to trailers and one of my short films, Barzakh. And if there is anything you’d like me to write about, contact me via the form below. I’m all ears!