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Anyway, as I’m a writer, it only seems appropriate that I tell you a little about my writing style.

There are two generally accepted types of writers:
Pantsers and Smartarses(sorry, damn autocorrect, that was supposed to read – Pantsers and Plotters)

I’m proudly a Pantser. Which is a shortened version of – ‘By the seat of my pants’. Pantsers make up the story as they go along, have no idea what’s going to happen and are regularly surprised by the ending. This definition coincidently also describes my average day (and with the benefit of hindsight; makes much more sense than ‘writing without wearing pants’). I think it’s also the reason I write across multiple genres: comedy, horror, sci-fi, and coming soon – romantic suspense.

Plotters, on the other hand, have some kind of magical ability to develop their story’s plot, characters and ending; and outline the entire thing before they start writing.

“Oooh. I’m a Plotter. I can plan. I’m soooo clever…
Hey everybody… look at my pants.”

(again, my apologies, I don’t know what’s going on with autocorrect today. I actually typed – )

“Although I’m unable to plan my stories in that way,
I respect the people who can.

Bonus Content!

Have you ever wondered why phishing and spam emails have spelling and grammar mistakes?

As a cybersecurity professional, I thought I would take the opportunity to provide my loyal subscribers with interesting cyber related information, that can also help you stay safe online.

So, if you receive a dodgy email in English full of errors, it usually means the emailers wrote it in their own (not English) language – whacked it into Google Translate – and popped out an English version.

Unfortunately, because they can’t read English, they don’t notice all the errors.

Side note – This is actually a fun activity (the translating, not the scamming). Simply take something you’ve written – translate it to a different language – then back to English again… and let the hilarity ensue.

You can kill an entire afternoon in the office with this (Graham does in Book Two of Colin Calls the Help Desk).

However, the spammers are getting better at this. So just because an email doesn’t look like it’s been written by a dyslexic sixth grader, it doesn’t mean it’s real.