I have been an avid reader all my life, and as a child I loved to write short stories and make little books and magazines out of exercise books. As an escapist and dreamer, I find it hard to deal with real life and enjoy losing myself in music and writing and creating my own fantasy worlds. It is what I've always done.
As a teenager I longed to be a singer, but I always felt that one day after I'd achieved my dream of having a successful singing career, I would become an author as I'd always loved writing. Well, of course the singing didn't work out the way I wanted (or dreamed). But as I got more heavily into lyric writing and poetry, and since I loved reading novels, I decided it was time to begin writing them too. As I have always had such a vivid imagination I thought it would be easy, but of course, you need more than just imagination to be a novelist. So, after honing my craft for many years I am now ready to reveal my first historical fantasy novel to the world.
I am currently working on book 2 of this series and a couple of screenplays, as well as continuing to write lyrics for my band Violet Eternity.
My writing influences are: Anne Rice, Mary Shelley, The Brontes, Philippa Gregory, Jim Morrison, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Bram Stoker, John Keats and William Blake.
I am also the vocalist of Violet Eternity, and my music/singing influences are Nightwish, Stevie Nicks, Blackmore's Night, Tarja Turunen, Pat Benatar, the Doors, the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, Sarah Brightman, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet and many many more.
