1. Tell us about yourself.

My name is Craig Michael Cornwell, I am 33 years old and have one son, Aidan, who is I8 months and walking and talking (kind of) and spend my time between working for a software company in London's docklands area and slaving away on The Steel Caves. I am currently working on a comic strip, due in the spring and trying desperate to find a copy of Bob Campbell's novel! I also love playing (and Watching) football and I am in the process of trying to get my son to kick a football properly

2. How long have you been interested in writing?

Since I was eleven (ish) in one year I saw Stars Wars, discovered Tolkien and began to read a new comic called 2000ad, featuring Judge Dredd. I found that I had a growing love of science fiction and the like and began scribbling furiously in stolen school note books, and I haven't stopped since. Although I have ceased to steal notebooks from my school.

3. What was your favourite sale? And to which magazine?

Favourite, hmm. I think my favourite sale who have to be one that did not earn me any money. Plagiarism, Mr. Jordan, Plagiarism, which was first published in Aphelion, last year. It is one of my favourite stories and I also got some very good feedback from the readers. My only regret was that they cut out the first half, which is why it managed to sneak into the first issue of Steel Caves in it's original form.

4. What sort of writer are you-quill and ink, or PC?

I like to think that I am a PC man, I do after all work with computers all day long. However I do find it easier to scribble down my story and then type it onto the PC, dammit!

5. Who's better, Buffy or Angel?

Well Angel is definitely cooler, but Buffy in much, much sexier.

6. What advice would you give to any other aspiring writers?

Only the cliché, write about what you know, rewrite until you are happy with what you have and never give up. I know they are not original, but there's a good reason why they have become clichés.

7. How do you feel about the move from hard copy books to downloadable internet stories? Is it really the end of the printed word?
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As I work on am on-line e-zine, I should be careful how I answer this one. I think I will take the fifth.

8. What author or author's work inspired you to become a writer?

Ooh, where to begin. I read Lord of the rings, and the Hobbit when I was young. From then on I wanted to be a fantasy writer like Tolkien. However in later years I was influence heavily by Douglas Adams and then Terry Pratchett and Robert Rankin, too much sometimes. If I had to name one man then I would have to say Robert Rankin, the man is a genius.

9. Have you heard of Terry Pratchett?

I live in the UK, who hasn't on this side on the pond?

10. If you had to be a character in Seinfeld who would you be?
I like to think that I am a mixture of all of them, except perhaps Elaine

11. Have you ever been to London, UK?

Every damn day, I live and work there. And walking across Waterloo bridge one night earlier this year, I realised for the first time that London is an incredibly beautiful city at night.

12. Blair witch project, crap of class?

Crap, although I did notice that Jello (our tech guy) has it on DVD. I found it to be realistic, but unlikely and over hyped toot. Actually I lost interest the moment I found out it wasn't real.

13. Describe your writing process.

A thought may pop into my skull, an idea, or a character, or maybe a scene. Then I will think about it for a few days, if it still in my brain after a few days then I assume it is a fairly decent idea and try to expand on it. Sometimes I will plan out a storyline, or sometimes I will just write and be damned. Likewise, sometimes the writing flows and other times it is like swimming in quicksand. Once I have managed to get the first draft down, I usually leave it and go off and do something else, then come back to it fresh and have another look. After about a zillion rewrites I then consider which outlet it is suitable for and await the rejection slips.

14. If you had the choice to work full-time writing trashy romance novels, never having time for your own work, would you compromise and do it?

No chance, it is a hard enough (yet ultimately rewarding) job, writing what I am interested in, let alone trashy rubbish. Anyway there are enough trashy writers out there as it is.

15. What does the future hold for you (hopefully)?

The future, who knows? I have a few projects on the go at the moment. A non science fiction comic strip with a good friend of mine, a science fiction strip I have been promising Bob for months, my novel which is still under construction and of course my work on Steel Caves. I have also got a pile of first draft short stories that desperately needs to be sorted and there is always work to do indoors.

I hope that the future holds happiness for myself and my family, friends etc etc and that I can make the a few more people read my work. My thoughts for the future, 'travel hopefully and stroll on'.

Craig Cornwell a well respected small press writer and valued helper on the SteelCaves team, he has had stories printed in various small press magazines and on websites such as Aphelion and Campbells' Hope. You can read some of his stories on www.steelcaves.com