Nick
has three books
published by iUniverse
of America. The first
two are poetry
collections, Fade
into Focus, Focus into
Fade, released in
2006, and Skeward
Images, released in
2007. This was his early
poetry. A short story
collection followed
titled A Nation in
Flames, which
comprised his stories on
war, planes, Goth,
horror and more. It was
released in 2008. Also
in this year Nick
compiled a further third
volume of poetry, which
is the current volume
Her Name is Hope – Life
Force. This contains
the rest of his poetry
from 1996-2008 that
never made his first two
poetry collections.
Nick
is working on a novel
for 2009/10 release
called Juniper’s
Daughter, a
war/mystical book.
As a
child Nick wanted to
join the Royal Air Force
due to his love of
aviation and planes but
he was put off by the
strict discipline. He
tried to join a band but
couldn’t sing or play
any instrument so that
put an end to that
ambition. He loves music
like gothic bands of the
1980s like The Mission,
All About Eve, The Cult,
The Sisters of Mercy and
more. He also enjoys 80s
pop like The Bangles and
Berlin and some metal
bands like Metallica,
Guns ’n Roses. He got
into gothic metal from
Europe and Scandinavia
in 2001 when a pen pal
sent him a tape of The
Gathering and Lacuna
Coil. Nick has tattoos
of these two bands and
some other band names
and other tattoos. All
of this inspires his
writing and feature in
some of his poems. He
has seen many gigs live
and this inspires his
poetry too. One day Nick
would like to do a
spoken word performance
and also work with a
singer/band on a song
and to perform in front
of a live audience.
Nick
still works full time at
a factory in Waltham
Abbey, Essex, near where
he lives, but he wants
to give this up and
write full time to
support himself and his
family. This is his long
term goal.