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- George Ttoouli in response to a portfolio of fiction.

I see poetry as something I do secondary to my fiction. I write about a variety of experiences and subject matters but typically my poems seem to incorporate a dark, macabre edge to them that is apparent throughout my fiction. Having said this I have been known to write the odd romantic poem from time to time and even a Western under instruction from Peter Blegved. Some of my poetry uses prose-verse which would make it more rewarding to read aloud as it has an out of breath rant tone to it.

I am former Technology Editor for The Warwick Boar, I have also contributed a lot to the arts and music section. Previously I wrote for The Kidderminster Shuttle for a couple of years and before that for smaller publications. I have had a few of my poems published before in small publications. I do have a games review website www.games-update.com but unfortunately with all my other commitments it has taken a bit of a back seat as of late which is a shame because it’s existed since 2000.

I used to host the popular RAW radio shows ‘Wilson’s Corner’ which features alternative music, humour, topical debate and banter. Perhaps next year I shall revive the show or unleash a new brand of radio madness upon the world.

I am currently involved in a few projects. I am working on a new novel, some comedy sketches and television ideas to pitch to various stations. I am also helping with the publishing of Broadcast, an anthology showcasing writers from Warwick University – an extremely exciting project, if you’re interested in submitting anything let me know but hurry the deadline is fast approaching!!

Aside from writing I am a romantic. I always have been and I always will be. I love to come up with romantic ideas even if they are sometimes pretentious, over the top and big, bold gestures (in the context of a relationship of course, it would be ludicrous to try these things otherwise). My two aspirations have been to have my novels published and to fall in love, settle down and have a fairytale ending; these two ideas are of course compatible for I would never forsake one for the other. One of my favourite musicals is The Phantom of the Opera – ‘All I ask of you’ is such a beautiful love song that moves me to tears.

I am not a flawless person but then nobody is, I do always try my best however. I believe in honesty, trust, love and forgiveness – with these four key ingredients anything can happen. Throw in ingredient five loyalty and dreams can come true.

As regards what I don't like, I have little time for hypocrisy, lies, cheaters, manipulators and headfucks. I have encountered a lot of this, throughout my twenty plus years of existence, and whilst I am the cynic and know I will encounter it once again it is certainly not welcomed nor embraced. I look for love, purity and happiness not bull shit, complications and rage - this is animalistic, I wish to elevate to a higher level.

Favourite Films: Sweeney Todd, American Psycho, The Green Mile, The Hannibal Trilogy, The Shawshank Redemption, The Phantom of the Opera, 28 Days Later, George A Romero’s Trilogy of the Dead.

Favourite Authors: Stephen King, Richard Laymon, James Herbert, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft.

I have eleven piercings, if you're interested please ask :).

Spontaneity, excitement, adventure, happiness :).

Corsets.

Well maintained eyebrows.

Good grammar.

Articulation.

Love

Romance

Literature

Writing

Poetry

Horror

Resident Evil

Silent Hill

Edgar Allen Poe

H.P. Lovecraft

Stephen King

James Herbert

Richard Laymon

Anne Rice

James Patterson

Videogames

Extreme Metal

Death Metal

Black Metal

Heavy Metal

Classic Rock

EBM

Nature

Natural beauty

Friendship

Trust

Classic Horror Movies

Vincent Price

Allen Ginsberg

Sam Illingworth - one of the best men in the world and soon to be housemate :).

David Raggett - another fine example of a man!

I do not like it when I get attached to somebody far too quickly as this leaves me in a position where I am susceptible to pain. Clearly with experience you get more and more hardened, so the more pain I receive the harder it will be for me to become attached to somebody else. I don't like it when you spend your day thinking about somebody, crushing over them, pining for them and then something happens or you just have a negative thought and think yourself silly, or think this person I am investing my emotions in is clearly not interested after all I am feeling too much too quickly. What follows is the feeling of depression as you convince yourself that things will go nowhere as this person cannot possibly reciprocate the strength of your feelings.

I do not like hypocrisy. I absolutely detest it if somebody slags you off or complains about something and then goes and does the *exact* same thing that they are moaning about.

I do not like liars and false accusations.

I do not like manipulators and I do not like blackmailers. I don't think it is right to try and guilt trip somebody into doing something for you and I most certainly do not think it is right to threaten somebody with a certain course of action if they do not comply to your demands, whatever these may be.

I do not like it when people use other people and I don't like it when somebody's sole interest in someone else is purely sexual and there is absolutely no other interest, common ground or part of that person they deem worthy of exploring.

I do not like feeling so depressed and miserable that I have no energy to do anything and I do not like moping about and feeling sorry for myself although I confess this happens sometimes.

I do not like labels or stereotypes that are used in a closed-minded manner.

I do not like the narrow-minded and I do not like the stubborn who are unwilling to compromise or at the very least accept that there are other opinions/beliefs than their own.

I do not like bullies of any description.

I do not like cunts that think it's ok to flirt with every single fucking person they meet and pretend they're interested in them when all they're interested in is fucking transparent.

Fucking retards who aren't articulate and idiots that cannot actually write sentences that make any sense or seem to fragment everything because they were either poorly educated or ignorant. I fail to see any attraction towards these imbeciles.

I do not like being led on or false hope.

Misconceptions and false assumptions.

Ignorance.

People who purport to be writers but are not.

Myself, and that is honestly true and not some sort of dramatic statement. I always feel I could be better, and I'm not quite as perfect as I'd aspire to be. I am the harshest critic to myself, my own work and my own life. Sometimes I like what I see, but more often than not I'll look in the mirror and I won't like what stares back at me at all. Self-criticism is my biggest weakness but it's also a strength, for only through identifying our own weaknesses can we hope to turn them around.

Immaturity, overreacting, melodrama.

Leggings.

Bad fashion/sense of style.

Body hair.

Lack of communication.

Rudeness.

Pointless questions.

MICE WITH FUCKING BACK BUTTONS ON THE SIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Failures.

Wannabe writers.

Obesity.

Money grabbers.

Petty behaviour.

Arguments.

In an ideal world we would not argue, everybody would get on, everybody would possess a faculty to forgive and we'd not be too self absorbed in our own misfortunes to forget the feelings of others. This is not an ideal world though and we are not ideal people, thus we must make the most of who we are, where we are and what we have.

If we are to achieve true happiness we must first achieve happiness within ourselves.

I hate materialism and people who judge people purely on aesthetics. Complimenting people's aesthetics is ok but people should look deeper than the initial exterior, they should look to the heart :D.

Fucking cheats and liars! Another thing I cannot stand is hypocritical people; for example if you are to put in your dislikes a trait and then to carry it out yourself. I mean what is the point of hating for example to take my last example cheating and then to be a cheat yourself. It's so self-contradictory *sigh*.

People who use the word love yet don't really understand the concept of love; for example those who say they love somebody but they do not. Young, naive children being manipulated and hurt because they arrogantly believe they won't get hurt and then they do.

I dislike stupidity and unintelligence.

I despise it when people say, "if you do this to me then I'll do this to you," fuck you and your arrogance. Who the fuck are you to presuppose you have the right to do anything to anybody? Two wrongs do not make a right. Would you suppose if somebody nuked one half of the earth then somebody else had the right to nuke the other? No you would not! You ignorant cock sucker.

I dislike dirty little sluts.

More so, I despise old people who supposedly have responsibilities who go around acting like dirty little sluts. They enjoy such activities as hanging around with younger people in an attempt to make themselves feel younger (yet physically it is fairly obvious they are very old), they enjoy cheating on people or fucking people who are taken (essentially this is the same thing), and they enjoy moaning looking out for nobody aside from themselves. I despise this selfish, moralless attitude - consequently they shall die lonely, in reflection their life shall have been shallow, meaningless, and have achieved absolutely nothing. How I pity fools like you.

Grudges and how easy it is to hold them.

Right, I haven't updated this in a while, so I'm scrapping everything I had and writing it all out again. I have quite a diverse taste in music but my main interest lies in death, black and thrash metal. I also enjoy the odd bit of electronic like the brilliant Assemblage 23, and some German metal too. Anyway here is the list of bands I enjoy.