Getting on for twenty years ago, my good friend Hugh, helped persuade me to change direction in the life I had and to enter a new one that would enable me to dedicate myself to writing. My tutors on the Masters in Creative Writing I took in the nineties, really improved my actual writing and assisted me in removing the enthusiastic incoherence my work suffered from. Ramsey Campbell and Peter Crowther brought me into print as a horror writer, and my agent John Jarrold secured an opportunity for me to write at the next level with the editor Julie Crisp at Pan Mac. They each played a huge role in getting me here.
Geek Syndicate
AN: I saved it.
GS: What did you spend the royalty cheque on!
GS: We read The Ritual here at Geek Syndicate and have to say that we loved it. Such a great piece of writing which dripped darkness throughout. We read on your website that it was inspired in part by a hiking trip with a friend years ago. Without incriminating y