About

Writing was never part of the plan.

 

I had discovered Neverland and never wanted to leave.

 

The year was 2016 and it felt like I had cheated the system; a glitch in the Matrix. I found myself on a tropical island off the coast of Cambodia, living wild and free in paradise with a fellow bandit of misfits, dancing under palm trees and sinking cocktails out of coconuts with little umbrellas. La Dolce Vita. The Good Life.

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After a few weeks of this hedonism, however, I grew restless so started walking around the island like a poor man's Robinson Crusoe. Strolling along the beach one day, a local invited me into their bamboo hut for a pot of tea. Now any respectable Englishman can never refuse a cup of tea, so I sat on their balcony making small talk and watching the world go by.

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On the porch was a little green parrot in a tiny cage. It could hardly move, let alone fly.

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I sat there for some time, sipping tea whilst staring at this sad little parrot. We made eye contact and were sharing a moment when all of a sudden a whole flock of them came whooshing by. As the caged bird watched his family fly past it dropped its head, crestfallen.

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Something about that moment struck me. The fact its flock was flying around just outside its cage seemed so unjust, so unnecessary. I couldn't wrap my head around it, so finished my tea, said my goodbyes and walked back along the bay, deep in contemplation. 

 

At this time I was undergoing something of a mystical awakening, coming to terms with the reality that everything I'd ever been told by society was lie to manipulate us into bondage.

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I felt like that caged parrot.

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The two dots connected. The seed of a story germinated. I went back to my shack, picked up a pen and paper for the first time since school, and started scribbling.

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The rest, they say, is history.

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Seven years later those scribblings have manifested into my debut book 'Spread Your Wings'.

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Book Two 'Six Degrees' due to be released 2024...