my old writing bio

Nick moved from Oldham in December 2005 to the Essex/London area for a change of scenery. When Nick has any book sales any cash raised goes to beer and tattoos.

Nick continuously writes up to today (March 08). He has three self-published books out with iUniverse of America. The first two are poetry collections, Fade into Focus, Focus into Fade, released in 2006, and Skeward Images, released in 2007. This was his early poetry. A short story collection followed titled A Nation in Flames, which comprised his stories on war, planes, Goth, horror and more. It was released in 2008. Also in this year Nick compiled a further third volume of poetry for a future release under the title Her Name is Hope – Life Force. This will contain the rest of his poetry from 1996-2008 that never made his first two poem books. All are published by iUniverse.

Nick is working on a novel for 2009/10 release called Juniper’s Daughter, a war/mystical book.

As a child Nick wanted to join the Royal Air Force due to his love of aviation and planes but he was put off by the strict discipline. He tried to join a band but couldn’t sing or play any instrument so that put an end to that ambition. He loves music like gothic bands of the 1980s like The Mission, All About Eve, The Cult, The Sisters of Mercy and more. He also enjoys 80s pop like The Bangles and Berlin and some metal bands like Metallica, Guns ’n Roses. He got into gothic metal from Europe and Scandinavia in 2001 when a pen pal sent him a tape of The Gathering and Lacuna Coil. Nick has tattoos of these two bands and some other band names and other tattoos. All of this inspires his writing and feature in some of his poems. He has seen many gigs live and this inspires his poetry too. One day Nick would like to do a spoken word performance and also work with a singer/band on a song and to perform in front of a live audience.

Nick still works fulltime at a factory in Waltham Abbey, Essex, near where he lives, but he wants to give this up and write full time. This is his long term goal.