My writing career began in 2006 when I enrolled with ‘The Writers Bureau’ based in the United Kingdom. During this time I managed to write numerous articles on the independent music industry offering musicians advice on performing, studio recording, mixing and marketing their music on the internet. As a freelancer I went on to other writing topics and finally published my first ‘paid for’ article in Transitions Abroad magazine entitled ‘The Licence of Occupation’ which dealt with the pitfalls of moving into a new property abroad.
In 2007 I moved into fiction studying the craft in depth and penning many short stories in the process. During this time I also began working on the seed of a book entitled ‘The Last Gift,’ an historical fiction novel based in poverty stricken London in the late 19th century. Having always loved the era, it was a challenge to both research and complete a book in the Literary Historical Fiction genre.
I set up a writers workshop in Gibraltar in 2009 to assist and encourage fledgling writers locally. The group is still ongoing. Writers gather weekly to discuss and polish each others work.
In January 2010 my debut novel ‘The Last Gift’ was completed in full, and featured on Harper Collins website ‘Authonomy. Almost immediately the book received tremendous positive feedback and reviews.
A series of writing guides have now been published on Amazon Kindle for beginner writers. Starting at £1.50 these tutorial booklets are available for download individually and have received positive reader reviews.