I am a writer of serious and silly things. Over the years I have written articles for magazines, short film scripts, a feature documentary script, web content, course content, and proposals. I am also a children’s book author with a quirky imagination.
Children’s books
Julie Fartbum has a very different superpower!
Her farts smell delicious and and delightful, tinged with jasmine, lavender and cinnamon when she is happy, BUT when she is sad or scared, they are truly horrible, rotten and ridiculously powerful. They can even knock a person unconscious. When a sly French perfume maker hears of her, he sets out to kidnap her, lock her in a cage and bottle her farts! She must outwit him, as well as her evil aunt and a scary detective.
This is the first book in the series of Julie Fartbum adventure stories. Grab a copy on Amazon : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CFZR7Q2D
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Documentary Scriptwriting
Over 10 years I travelled to remote areas around the world to document some of the last indigenous tattoo traditions, and to understand their mystical roots. Writing the script required many months of research, in the form of reading existing works as well as fieldwork, which included numerous interviews with anthropologists, tribal leaders, shamans and tattoo artists. The film is available on Amazon Prime, Tubi, Stash TV on Youtube and more.
Watch on Amazon Prime here: https://www.amazon.com/Eternal-Ink-Tattoos-Spirit-Worlds/dp/B08RF11M32
Magazine Essays
Last of the tattooed Ramnamis
for Newlines Magazine
In a remote village, some of the last fully tattooed Ramnamis gather to chant their sacred mantras.
‘Eternal Ink: Tattoos form the Spirit Worlds’ explores the ancient spirituality of tattooing.
for Skin & Ink Magazine
The oldest tattoo traditions are part of the belief systems of indigenous peoples, most of which are animist, where everything in nature has a spirit or spiritual essence. And we can see that the tattoos take on a similar role.