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| User: | martyn44 (8497147) Martyn's Journal
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| Name: | martyn44 | |||||
| Location: | Morpeth, Northumberland, United Kingdom | |||||
| Birthdate: | 1951-08-19 | |||||
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| Bio: | I'm a husband Cathie and father of three (well, four if you count Lucy who was still born)- Matthew James, Melissa Jane and Aaron Paul. That's what I am, what I seek to do well. Everything else is just sidelines. I am a writer of considerable lack of success - although I have been both published and paid, and intend to be again. I suppose I am a fantasy writer, although fantasy of a particular, left handed sort. I wish I was a musician - bass (number 1 son, Matthew, does that for me) or saxophone. I noodle on a guitar but couldn't carry a tune if you gave it to me in a Harrods bag. I've been an SF fan for a long time - used to do fanzines - just getting back into it at the urging of my daughter (Melissa) I read - but not as much as I used to 'cos I don't commute as much as I used to and handhelds and PDAs allow me to WRITE on the train. Cinema (used to write about films but stopped when I saw ALIEN), theatre - but not as much as I'd like, art, music. To not quite quote Rodney Crowell, I DO patronise the arts. A Geordie who writes fantasy and likes country music (well, some of it) I guess that makes me a geek squared. Which is just about my shape. I'm a fully paid up member of the Toon Army, although I never go to St James - I'm a jinx. This means I'm well acquainted with heartbreak. For Americans, I support my local football team - Newcastle United - and they never win anything. I'm a Bears fan too. Hey, who wants to watch winners? I'm a ludicrous optimist - 54 years old and I still think things can only get better. I used to be in the money business. Now I investigate car accidents for an insurance company. I want to write full time. | |||||
| Interests: | 9: british mythology, country music, heavy metal music, jazz, model aeroplanes that fly, novels, rugby, science fiction fandom, soccer | |||||
| Schools: | None listed | |||||
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| Mutual Friends: | 13: brisingamen, desperance, john_d_owen, matociquala, orangemike, pats_quinade, peake, phillgreenaway, pigeonhed, quenbolyn, sharonskinner, stevegreen, xjenavivex | |||||
| Also Friend of: | 6: _tallian_, drasecretcampus, haightmike_xo, johnny_copper, sarramaks, tashenzo | |||||
| Member of: | 6: anonymousclaire, bsfa50, discuss_writing, novel_in_90, sciencefiction, sfandf_critters | |||||
| Account type: | Basic Account | |||||
