Rage Before Beauty

Croeso. Welcome. So pleased to see you here, on this website, the

So pleased to see you here, on this website, the culmination of 42 years of blood, sweat, and tears - thank you for your interest and I hope you enjoy your time here.

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Fear And Loathing In Llanfairfechan (from 2021) I woke up in terror today.

I woke up in terror today. The climax of my current novel loomed like tax-day: a police shoot-out set in a hotel in Llanfairfechan. I know bugger all about police procedures, never mind shoot-outs, though I’ve stayed in hotels and driven past (and can pronounce) Llanfairfechan.

I do not have a calm, logical nature. More a Panic-First-Then-Hide-Under-The-Bed-type personality. Except there’s no room under our bed.

I knew what at first glance was wrong with said climax. To barrel home to the...