It's always good to know that there are people out there that appreciate your work. It's a lonely place when your writing so having people who share your passion for the characters you've created is wonderful and spurs you on to do more.

For me it's all about the escapism. I can leave all the day to day issues on the other side of the study door. Once I start writing I get lost in that world.

The Prairie Drifter is my second novel. The story comes in two parts with the next and final volume due out for late spring early summer.

My family and the thought of creating something new

I am very much a family person, so any down time will be spent with them

I first like to get a plan of the general story, subject matter etc together. I plot out the story journey and then identify the types of characters I want to include. I spend a lot of time working the details out on each character and try to weave these traits into the story. Ultimately the success of the story forms around the journey development that each of the characters make and how they respond to the different dilemmas and pressures they are put under. Hopefully that triggers emotions in the reader that draws them into the story.

That depends on what stage I am in my writing. The desk often extends onto the floor as well if I'm spreading my ideas out.

I am a country person at heart despite having spent many years of my life working in London. I was born in a small rural, agricultural town on the west coast of Wales called Cardigan. The area is blessed with coastal and country beauty in abundance and this certainly helped me in developing my ideas for my stories.

I've been involved in creative writing all my working life but writing articles for magazines, and small publications is a totally different beast to writing a full blown novel. I think I grew into this position some 5-6 years or so ago where I started thinking about actually looking at my own book writing.

The Prairie Drifter is set in mid west America during the mid/late 1860's. It features the plight of a herd of wild Mustangs. The hero Star is born into a world of strife. Among the wild horses of the American Prairies there is a Prophecy, that one day a special one will come. Some believe that Star is linked to this Prophecy. He must first escape his own kind to survive. Hunted by those who wish him dead, he will endure great hardship on an epic, treacherous journey to find his purpose, discover his powers and eventually return a true Mustang of the Plains to face the destiny that he was born for; to conquer the evil force that drove him away.