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In the Booth with Ruth – Siggy Buckley, Author

April 8, 2013 // 0 Comments

I was a college adjunct professor for teaching English (being a German citizen) for years. When my life took an unexpected turn, I started 'to take notes'. My then husband had opted out of the rat race for health and environmental reasons. He was a CPA, and made us emigrate from a professional German background to become organic farmers in the...

In the Booth with Ruth – Rosanne Dingli, Author

April 7, 2013 // 0 Comments

Inspiration is everywhere, Ruth, and yet it is elusive. I started writing so long ago – 1985 – that I rarely look back to those days except during interviews! My works found acceptance almost right away, so I had poems, articles, stories, and reviews published everywhere. I started writing longer fiction when I arrived in Perth in 1988 and landed a job as a...

In the Booth with Ruth – Tracey Edges, Author

March 30, 2013 // 0 Comments

I have always been a massive reader, from pre-school, and have always had the idea that I may write novels for a living. Creatively, I ended up going down the Fine Art route and I am an Exhibiting Artist. My work is currently hanging in the restaurant at the Grimsby Institute. I have always written, but never put it out for public consumption....

In the Booth with Ruth – Robin Barratt, Author

March 28, 2013 // 4 Comments

I wasn't from a writing background. In fact, I didn't write a word really until I wrote my first book in 2003/4. I was in the security industry for many years, starting off as a bouncer on the doors of pubs and clubs across the UK, then I went into nightclub management. After a few years doing this, I went on a close protection (bodyguard) course, and ended up...

In the Booth with Ruth – Ian Young, Author

March 27, 2013 // 0 Comments

So I was drawn towards actually writing a book because I knew I had a tale that needed telling. There are so many colourful stories in my life that I felt it would be a useful tool for people to use as examples of where I went wrong or to see where an addict’s life can take them. In addition, I wanted to make sure there was plenty of solution based ideas for people to begin to get a better understanding of addictive disease and to educate them to help their loved ones recover from their own addictions.

In the Booth with Ruth – Allan Watson, Author

March 16, 2013 // 6 Comments

I’ve always believed that children (and adults) try to emulate anything which becomes a powerful passion in their lives. While most kids I hung around with wanted to be footballers, train drivers, drug dealers etc, I was swept away by the power of the written word, and wanted to be Enid Blyton - became a bit of a laughing stock at school when I turned up in...

In the Booth with Ruth – Danny Kemp, Author

March 10, 2013 // 2 Comments

I wrote through necessity. To occupy my mind whilst being out of work as a result of a road traffic accident in 2006. I never had a wish to do that before, but during those dark days, almost four years, of anxiety and depression, when the thoughts of taking my life were so prominent, I turned to writing to distract those thoughts. It worked; I’m still here..

In the Booth with Ruth – Josie-Anne Gray, Author, Poet, Singer & Songwriter

March 6, 2013 // 0 Comments

I have been most prolific as a poet I suppose and I still devote a lot of time to poetry and song writing. I co-write songs with my fellow band member Simon Naylor. We have a great understanding of each other's thought processes and motivations. We've been seriously writing together for seven years for our band ‘Merlin's Keep’ and are now working on our fifth album...

In the Booth with Ruth – Alex Hopkins, Author & Journalist

February 27, 2013 // 0 Comments

Getting into journalism is incredibly tough, particularly if you do it later on as I did. It was a slow process and involved a lot of writing for free to begin with. I actually started off writing art reviews. In time, I set up my blog, Dissident Musings, which I used to comment on gay culture.

In the Booth with Ruth – Stephanie Freeman, Author

February 24, 2013 // 1 Comment

I have a degree in professional writing. During my many incarnations as an educator, I’ve gone from writing curriculum for various types of classes including computer applications and adult basic education, to resume/ professional portfolio development, grant writing and standard operating/ implementation procedures for state funded programming such as...

In the Booth with Ruth – Jennifer Domenico, Author

February 21, 2013 // 0 Comments

I’ve written off and on since I was a child. As an adult, I’ve written for blogs and online magazines but never undertook a full-length novel. I always had the dream but never seemed to have the perseverance. Then, in July last year, I had the most spectacular, vivid dream. It played out like a movie and when I woke up, I decided to try writing it down. The idea...

In the Booth with Ruth – George S Geisinger, Author

February 20, 2013 // 0 Comments

I was a young adolescent boy, and started writing, trying to figure out which girl in my school it was that I really liked the most at the inconsequential age of thirteen. It was a toss-up between two different girls, and writing about it did not get either one of them to ever go out with me, but it did help me feel better than the wretched, depressed soul I had...

In the Booth with Ruth – Nic Taylor, Author

February 5, 2013 // 0 Comments

I would hardly say I have a writing background at all; I was rubbish at English at school, despite that my mother was an English teacher (not mine thank God). The first thing I wrote in years that was not an email or a proposal or such was my PhD dissertation. That ran to, I think, about 25,000 words, which I tried to keep ‘un-dry’, the polar opposite to every...

In the Booth with Ruth – Craig Douglas, Author

February 4, 2013 // 2 Comments

A boy of fourteen began to flourish when given English homework. It was the creative kind that made me explode with ideas. My teacher inspired me when she said I had talent. I've got her to thank for that. In my 20s and 30s it has been hit and miss due to a frenetic time in the army, but now I'm out it's even more hectic...