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About
I failed O-level English language twice – got it the third time. Need you read on? All this despite a keen interest in writing from an early age. So it’s pretty clear there’s no natural
ability.
After O-levels, 1965, I started (with Rob North) an independent school mag called “Trash” [3 issues] (later “Q4” - 1 issue) and also got into guitar playing and song writing. At Cardiff Uni (UWIST) I was contributor and
reporter, then Arts Editor and then Editor, of the college Newspaper “Impact”. After coll I sent a few writings off to publishers but got nowhere. 1972 I had my first big clear out – a dustbin full
of 10 years of scribbles.
My creative efforts were diverted, in 1973, for 20 years, into running "The Wholefood Shop" (Cathays, Cardiff) and overlapped with/were followed by 10 years of computer programming and 10 years of using a computer
sequencer to compose music.
Come 2002 it was time to start writing again and begin to learn the craft. I started going to creative writing classes.
In 2004 I set up my website so I could get feedback and help me improve. Many thanks to all of you who offered advice and encouragement.
This website has two main sections. The first is the ONLINE WRITING block which did contain some examples of my writing but has now been suspended. The second section EXTRA includes my music compositions, some photos, notes on
the Bovan surname, walking routes, memoires etc.
In June 2009 I started sending poems off to publishers and can happily report that I've had nearly 50 published in 26 different outlets.
October 2009 - I am now an MA student at Lancaster University. I'm doing their distance learning module in Creative Writing (poetry) and will submit September 2011
Last updated 24th July 2010
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