Mighty Jock
36 years old
January 30, 1976
Male
Current Status
Just stuck my workshop choices up under the FoW 2012 roll call - always interested to hear what others are doing and why ;-)Information
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Are you a ...?Unpublished writer (so far)What genre do you primarily write in?ThrillerIf you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?General FictionAre your reading habits ...?OmnivorousWho is your favourite author(s)?At the moment - George R R Martin!And your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)Errrr, Peter Straub - Ghost Story, Tolkien, Robert Ludlum - Bourne and Covert One series. Michael Connelly - Harry Bosch series. Mark Billingham.. the list goes on Absolutely loving The Game of Thrones!! on book 3 and can't put it down!What are your working habits when you write?DisciplinedAre you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?Prefer to let rip and edit afterwardsYour ultimate writing ambition?Firstly to be published (rich, famous and infuential!! ;-) but really, to write a book or books that people enjoy and that i enjoy writing. To expand some of my characters so that they take legs and start writing their own books! figuratively of course!Your worst habit?I don't let people read my work as i never think its ready for an 'outside' read!Your opinion on the books industry?It is a tough game, but everyone does their bestWhere do you write?Home on the couch, work at my desk (shhhhh!)What else do you want Word Clouders to know? eg: do you have 9 cats / like paragliding / eat nothing but tinned fish / work in the bath / live in Kettering?None of the above! ;-)
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Ok, so what about me? well first, I'm devastatingly handsome! Don't be fooled by my profile picture. That is my slightly less fortunate, slightly overweight, balder almost twin brother! I should warn you though that he sometimes attends public meetings in my stead and so it may be him you meet at the FoW for instance.
I am a single parent living with my kids. I'm reliably informed that as a parent i fluctuate between 'The very best daddy in the whole entire world' and 'The worst daddy in the world, and not just on this planet, but on every planet everywhere!' - i like to take the average of these two viewpoints and reckon i do ok! for a guy anyways ;-)
Faults! phew, crikey, it's a toughie! i'm probably too modest and hard working? ;-) Oh and i absolutely cannot laugh at myself, even when i get out of the shower and my belly wobbles making the kids laugh and shout 'truffle shuffle!' - it's not funny! quite frankly if the armed forces had wanted me to have a sense of humour they would have issued me with one! :-I
Errr, I love rugby and am a passionate Scotland fan (of all sports) but unfortunately for me, i sound more Cockanese than Jockanese and that throws people when i introduce myself as Jock in the style of a london auctioneer.
Hobbies, other than writing (which is no hobby!! it's my life, my love, it's who i am and will be etc etc) Cycling, Judo, love wieghts and the gym.
What else? (like anyone has made it this far!!! ;-). I'm an Aquarian, i'm messy, i'm a bit of a bloke, I like a beer, like my mates, love my kids and i think that's it. Any questions, let me know ;-)
I am a single parent living with my kids. I'm reliably informed that as a parent i fluctuate between 'The very best daddy in the whole entire world' and 'The worst daddy in the world, and not just on this planet, but on every planet everywhere!' - i like to take the average of these two viewpoints and reckon i do ok! for a guy anyways ;-)
Faults! phew, crikey, it's a toughie! i'm probably too modest and hard working? ;-) Oh and i absolutely cannot laugh at myself, even when i get out of the shower and my belly wobbles making the kids laugh and shout 'truffle shuffle!' - it's not funny! quite frankly if the armed forces had wanted me to have a sense of humour they would have issued me with one! :-I
Errr, I love rugby and am a passionate Scotland fan (of all sports) but unfortunately for me, i sound more Cockanese than Jockanese and that throws people when i introduce myself as Jock in the style of a london auctioneer.
Hobbies, other than writing (which is no hobby!! it's my life, my love, it's who i am and will be etc etc) Cycling, Judo, love wieghts and the gym.
What else? (like anyone has made it this far!!! ;-). I'm an Aquarian, i'm messy, i'm a bit of a bloke, I like a beer, like my mates, love my kids and i think that's it. Any questions, let me know ;-)
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16th February 2012
Taking Advice - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Truth.
writing, website, editing, Mightyjock, critique, feedback, advice
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13th February 2012Preparing a Manuscript - Where my novel is now
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24th August 2011My new Website - www.mightyjock.co.uk
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15th March 2011I've lost my Mojo!!! :-(
Mojo, Mighty Jock, writers block 10 Comments -
31st January 2011Problems with The Cloud
problems, technical 8 Comments
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by TonyGetsLost 1 year agoHey dude! Your blog link just goes to a 'registered by customer of O2' type landing page - is that coz it's not up yet, or am I typing the wrong addy? I got:
www.Mightyjock.co.uk
Love n kisses
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by Vanessa 1 year agoI just realised that we are not that far from each other, and that we are in the same school year...lol -
by Ro 1 year agoOh god, will I have a mini heart-attack when I get it? Guess I'll just have to man up and be brave!
You wear my scarf beautifully :P -
by BlueDiamondMist 1 year agoHey there,
You don't have to email back, it was just if you wondered how I came to my conclusions I'd be happy to let you know! :o)
I cheated really. It's just bits and pieces I've picked up on workshops and also feedback which I've been given. Thought I'd share it out xx -
by MarkR 1 year agoHi Jock, great to meet you at York. Just wanted to say it's Saturday night and close to 7pm and...PUT THE GLASS DOWN. I dare say it's not the same atmosphere without the Angels, TonyGetsLost, Ro, Iti, John etc at your table.
