Why Fake Tan?

Odd thing to call a blog isn't it?

Well, FAKE TAN started off when I was in Aboyne Academy.
Ah memories.
I would print up these strange looking business cards and give them to my friends. Even back then I was calling myself Writer In Residence, mainly because it looked good to read but also because I was the only one in my house writing.

Back then everything I wrote was based in Tarland, a village about 40 odd miles away from Aberdeen, one story even ended with the village blowing up becasue of something the dinner lady at the local school had done.

Now my stories have branched out and now live in a town/city (depending on what fits) called Hammerton. Not sure why it's called that, just sounds like a place to live.

I chose the name FAKE TAN because I wanted people to think "What an odd name" and that it would stick in their heads and people would want to know more and read more of the stories.

Over the years I had lost sight of why I started wiriting, and who I was writing for but I'm back and determined to do it right this time.

Thank you for listening to this mini rant and I promise the next entry will be a bit more interesting.