He has written for publications including The Guardian's Guide and Guardian Online; OK! Magazine; Total Film; Empire; Q; GT; The Independent; Star; Reveal; Company; Daily Star and News of the World's Sunday Magazine.
As part of this spotlight feature, John has written a confession that I'm sure most writers can relate to.
I don’t read many books. In fact, I have only read five in the fourteen months. I’m actually quite embarrassed to admit it.
It’s not often that writers confess to such a crime, but I’d like to think it’s more common than you’d think. I’d also like to tell you that one of my New Year’s resolutions to read much, much more, but I’d be lying. Because unless by some miracle an extra day is slotted into my week, then I don’t see it changing much over the next twelve months.
Many of us who are only just beginning our careers as authors already hold down full-time jobs to pay the bills. Mine happens to be as a journalist. So my days are spent interviewing television actors, actresses and presenters for magazines like OK!, S Magazine, Saturday Express, Total Film and GT. Day in, day out, from 9.30am until 5pm, I am glued to my keyboard or Dictaphone either transcribing interviews or carrying them out. So that doesn’t leave any time to read.
I live in Northamptonshire and work in London, which gives me around two and a half hours a day of commuting time to do with as I wish. But I use this as an opportunity to work on my own writing projects rather than open somebody else’s book.
