Paul Chaplin

I'm a 48 year old teenager, I hated school but loved English, Of Mice and Men was a book that made a big impression on me. I'm totally in awe of Agatha Christie and can't understand how she could write like that! Most of my working life was in London in jobs I hated, after I escaped I have had and left a long list of jobs that have provided some great life experiences. I always wanted to write but it wasn't until unemployment gave me the opportunity that I was finally able to start. My early inspiration was classic Science Fiction (Blake's 7) but a more recent fuel for my determination was the reaction of Family and Friends to my announcement of my ambition to write 3 books. Laughter and derision are a powerful stimulus! My 1st book wasn't written in a standard fashion I had an idea for a start that took numerous attempts to get right but then the story played like a film in my head I just battled to write it down fast enough to keep up, sometimes. My 2nd book was inspired by a nightmare and I planned and developed this in a more traditional way. My 3rd will be available by the end of 2015, he says with a cocky smile. I never said they'd be any good.