As a has-been: He has been, among other things, an electrician, van driver, cable jointer, painter, and a scaffolder. He retired from a directorship of a construction industry PLC in 2004, to live the good life in Cyprus and pursue his writing ambitions.

In 2020 John moved back to the UK to make his home in Maidstone and has a base in St Leonards East Sussex where he continues to write.

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His first novel ‘The Last Olympiad’ was long-listed in the 2008 Opening Pages competition; now published by Anixe publishing Ltd. as was “Slow Hand” and "Take a Look in My Shorts," all available on Amazon in e-book and paperback editions.

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Other writing credits: His poem "Almost" achieved international poetry competition runners up prize, various articles, poems and short stories, published in Cyprus, Canada and UK. He also wrote a monthly column for Property World until the magazine failed in 2009.

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Future projects: Writing a sequels to “Norm & Dig’s Epic Adventure” his children’s fantasy novel (Published summer 2018). Publishing "The Governor," a sequel to his Novel "Slow Hand", Writing another two thrillers, already in the works and doing the lottery in case all else fails.

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To share the pleasure of seeing your book in print John uses his company Anixe Publishing Ltd to provide a NFP conduit to printers Ingram in the UK. He has so far successfully helped 9 different authors achieve their publishing dreams.

John is also a former chair and now an active member (on line) of the Paphos Writers Group where he conceived, contributed to, edited and published "Raft of Life", a collaborative novel written concurrently by members of the group. He maintains contact with them via Skype.

John is currently the convenor of the Ridge Creative Writing Group under the auspices of the Hastings and Rother u3a

As a wanabe: He would love to get more books published and articles reproduced in the UK.