about me

I am an event manager and I spend my time either working, reading or riding. I don't know what I would have done through my life without books and I can't imagine how people today can live without the pleasure of losing themselves in a damn good read. Books to me are my life, they take me to different worlds, they create passions, they make me laugh and they make me cry.
Much as I love the worlds of film and theatre, nothing can quite measure up to the world created by a book, it is such a PERSONAL communication between the author and the reader, all is created in the imaginations of the describer and the decscribee.
I love worlds created for me that I can touch and smell.
I am an inveterate bookworm and will read almost anything I can get my hands on. My prefered genres are Sci fi, fantasy, (but not with blooming elves with bell clear voices, except Tolkein, he's allowed. Lol) horror and adventure.
But I do read stuff out of these genres quite often if they grab me.
I'm not really much of a writer, I annoy myself, my dialogue is never quite how it sounds in my head and my prose is too purple. BUT I know how it should go, hence the reason I annoy myself, lol.
I'm very happy to read anything anyone asks me to, generally I'll give a shortish comment, but if anyone wants a more in depth look am happy to do that as well if asked.

favourite books

Lord of the Rings
Tender is the Night
Night Watch and almost anything by Pratchett
Fluke (in fact James Herbert in general)
Moll Flanders
The Complete Works of Shakespeare (read nearly all of them, performed in a few, stage managed several more, Not read all the histories, but all the rest. :-) )
Harry Potter (yes I know, but I love 'em!)
The White Dragon
To kill a mocking bird
Weird tales of Brisengamen & Moon of Gomrath
The Dark is Rising series - Top series!!!!!!!!!!
Wizard's first Rule series.
Quite a few of Steven King

my websites

www.shadowtales.co.uk     http://launch.diiarts.fastmail.fm/launch-orders.ht