James Hazlehurst
From Writers of the World
James Hazlehurst was born in Wolverhampton, England in 1978. He has lived in the town of Bilston all of his life. He has two sisters, one a twin. His father was an engineer and his mum a nurse amongst other things before becoming a full time mum again in 1978. James left school in 1996 aged eighteen and has spent the intervening years in several varied jobs including a plumber and a media monitor. He is a supporter of Wolverhampton Wanderers football club and enjoys movies, playstation games and reading. He has been a member of UKAuthors.com [1] since October 2003 and has been a fairly active member of the main site and its forums[2]
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[edit] Writing
James began writing in 1998 because he was "bored." He read a lot of books and decided that writing can't be that hard. He has since found out that it can be. He has written much over the years, pretty much all of it unpublished. His single biggest influence is American horror writer Stephen King. Early in 2006 his poetry from UKAuthors [3] was collected together in a small booklet called "Scribbling Drunkenly" and self published, that book being edited by fellow UKA member Claire Nixon. He was also writer of the month on UKAuthors in July 2006. Scribbling Drunkenly 2: Lock In is likely to be published in 2008.
[edit] Published
James has three publishing credits to his name (as of June 14th 2007). His short story "Office Politics" being published by Skive Magazine, his poem "Goodbye" being published in the UKAuthors 2006 Anthology and "Where are you, John?" appearing online at Demonminds.com.
[edit] Twisted Tongue Magazine
James has been the interviewer at Twisted Tongue magazine since its first edition in February 2006. Several basic interviews with fellow UKA [4] writers have appeared on his website Jay's Site For Sore Eyes and this lead to him wanting to do work for the magazine.
