Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 18:30:55 -0500
From: Tony Fenton <106146.1351@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Bios for WRITERS Website

Hi Mike !

We haven't spoken (is that the right word for this?) before - you may have
seen some of my messages to the list in amongst all of the other hundreds? 
I have been a member since the end of August and enjoying every minute of
it!  Sometimes I spend all night going thru WRITERS mail instead of
actually writing!  But I have gained so much help from so many kind people
on the list that the odd few hours here and there are worth it :-)

Anyway - thought I'd have a go at a Bio - so here it is :

TONY FENTON

I am 36 years old, live in Dorridge which is about 10 miles to the South
East of Birmingham, England and a stone's throw from Stratford for all of
you Shakespeare fans.  I am married with 3 children (a 2 yr boy, 8 yr girl
and 15 yr boy) a cat, two hamsters and a new puppy : Tigi (check out my
homepage for photos!) who is a PBGV (Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen - a
French hunting hound with rough coat and short-ish legs).

I work in IT, having done so since graduating with a Computer Studies
degree.  My first couple of jobs were in London, after which I moved up to
Birmingham (my home town).  

I have always enjoyed writing and have had many attempts at writing short
stories and even the odd novel.
My 'literary life' started with Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" and continued
with Hemingway, Faulkner, etc., etc. reading as much as I could.  That was
in the days when I had time to read.  Now I have to read in stolen moments.
 My writing competes with learning to play the piano - at the moment the
piano is losing out a bit.  If only I didn't have to work . . . :-)

My current project is a novel, Faultlines, which is about half done and the
first chapter is now in its third rewrite. But, I'll get there!  In between
rewrites of Faultlines I have had a go at some short stories, trying to
always keep some out there with various magazines.  So far . . . nothing,
still waiting for someone to bite!  I have had one article published -
about our cat, Maxi, in Cat World magazine.  Now, if I could just get some
of my fiction published . . .

Whilst not writing prose I have turned my hand to poetry, including a
somewhat topical poem about goats and telephone cables (I'm not sure
whether Woofie thought it amusing though!).

[END of BIO]

Hope this is ok Mike?

Tony Fenton.  Birmingham, UK
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