The Word Cloud

Information

• Are you a ...?
  Unpublished writer (so far)
  
  What genre do you primarily write in?
  General fiction
  
  Are your reading habits ...?
  Sophisticated
  
  Who is your favourite author(s)?
  Ian McEwan, William S Burroughs, J G Ballard, Vernor Vinge, William Gibson, Roberto Bolano, Gurdjieff, Iain Banks and many, many more
  And your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)
  Beelzebub's Tales to his Grandson, The Prophet, The Alchemist, The Magus, Neuromancer, The Crow Road
  What are your working habits when you write?
  Procastinatory
  
  Are you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?
  Some self-editing
  
  Your ultimate writing ambition?
  To publish works that positively inluence the direction of society.
  Your worst habit?
  There are too many to list.
  Your opinion on the books industry?
  Too much celebrity and hype, but good books still get through
  
  Where do you write?
  At home
  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?
  I have my head in the clouds and my toes clawing for purchase on the ground.