Stuart Allison

Driffield, East Yorkshire United Kingdom

Creative Writer

Writing / Publishing

Professional writer of creative text. I write short stories, plays and novels. I retired from my part-time employment in the Local Authority on 5 April 13 and am now writing full time. PLEASE don't ask for a recommendation unless I have experience of your work. Recommendations are meaningless if the person recommending doesn't know the work. Likewise, the recent fashion for 'endorsing' skills is useful only inasmuch as those doing the endorsing have any experience of those skills. The same goes for voting on online contests for books and stories: I can't vote if I haven't read it. I hope this doesn't seem too aloof: I simply feel that integrity is a vital element of any writer's make-u...