“Well what to say except that I’m a musician from Edinburgh and I’ve been song writing for as long as I can remember. I’ve played live gigs extensively within a band dynamic but as a solo artist I’ve only played a few times (but with an willing attitude to remedy this!). I greatly appreciate any attention to my work so thanks if your listening!”

Warmth spread over my face like a blush as someone pulled on my arm and I stood up, trying to reign in my thoughts. But all I could feel was the heat and an insistent throbbing over my right eye.

“Are you ok? You sure you’re ok, pet?”
“Honestly, I feel fine mum.” She looked at me dead in the eye and then smiled as if to say – of course you’re alright, you’re my daughter, and no child of mine would come out of that whining. Inwardly I …

“I’m Billie Lamont, I’m just you’re typical aspiring writer with an insatiable appetite for fiction and toasted bagels.
Gotta love the bagels.
Anyway, I’m in my first year at Edinburgh Napier Uni studying English and Film and hope to do something along the lines of freelance writing or maybe get into the film industry if I don’t make it as a professional novelist. Or something.”