Geoff Poundes

I've written for thirty years, producing a range of short stories and poetry, mostly in my spare time after running a number of successful businesses. I'm a published sportswriter - and my boxing articles have been produced both in print and online.

In 2013 I obtained a BA in literature from the OU, and I've devoted more time to my writing recently. I've written a full length stageplay entitled "Tower", which is set on the 83rd floor of the World Trade Center, beginning at 8.03am on the morning of September 11th, 2001.

I also have completed a teleplay (in three one hour parts) about the life and death of the war poet Wilfred Owen.

Finally I recently completed the first draft of a novel, entitled "The Third Woe", which details the moral, spiritual and physical disintegration of a middle-aged man over the course of one weekend.

Credentials

Geoff Poundes in 60 seconds

When did you start writing?

1977 at school.

What do you love about short stories?

I love the immediacy of the form.

Do you write in other forms?

Novels, poems, plays, scripts.

What distracts you from writing?

Business, work, sports.

Outside of writing, what are your other passions?

Sports, photography.

What is your favourite book?

Animal Farm.

Who are your favourite writers?

Richard Ford, Norman Mailer and William Shakespeare.

Where is your dream location?

Lerwick.

What one item would you put into Room 101?

Salesmen.

Do you have any advice for new writers?

Write! Don't prevaricate - write!!