I wrote my first story when I was around seven (it was called The Cup and the Saucer) and then over the years I attempted numerous novels, short stories and plays, gradually abandoning them one by one so…ahem, The Cup and the Saucer remains my only complete work to date.

But writing is a passion that has never quite deserted me; I mean – producing all those words and then getting them down in black and white seems an intimidating task; yet at the same time immensely fulfilling – the sight of the book you wrote sitting on your bookshelf with your name stamped across it in big letters is something worth striving for.

However, as ideas seems to be hammering at my door again, I’m starting afresh, and your guide will prove very useful, I’m sure. So I just wanted to thank you for those bucketfuls of useful and detailed advice. :]

Cheers.

PS. Hemingway is one of my favourite authors too. ;]