Writer, astrologer, broadcaster

Career:
I left school at 16 to work as a labourer on a building site. A signwriter at work, who was also a lecturer in Art, saw my drawings and gave me a place at Cardiff College of Art. I got in on talent with no qualifications. After my degree,I went on the dole and then worked as a draughtsman designing sewers and was sent to Libya and Northern Ireland. A dangerous job since a theodolite can look like a gun, so I backed out of going to El Salvador! When I returned home, I worked in a dubious nightclub ‘The Pits’ and the dole beckoned once again. I returned to reading tarot cards and began making more money than I’d ever made. I did birth charts and astrology and was asked to write a horoscope column. From this, I was asked to join BBC Wales on the Roy Noble radio show. I’ve had 87 books published with a world sale of 5 million. I have 2 books coming soon on colour and vampires…

The job:
I write 1000 words every day. The hardest thing about writing is the application of the bottom to the chair. I don’t have set hours but I am disciplined in writing every day. I also have to prepare for broadcasting by consulting Raphael’s Ephemeris to see the planetary positions for each day. As an astrologer, I then put all of this into prose. I enjoy writing, broadcasting and the art work. There is never a case of giving one up for the other.

Highlight:
The highlight for me is always the next one…! Reading the blurb on the back of the book is always special - it doesn’t seem to be me!

Low:
In 1993, when the publishing and media worlds gave me little income for 18 months!

Favourite broadcasting moment:
Being half way up Cader Idris, while carrying a tripod, with an eye infection where a fly had flown in a quarter of the way up…my mobile phone went and it was my publisher in London wanting to clarify a few points about chapter 4…..

Tips from the top:
So you think you’re talented, and so you are - there are plenty of talented people so you have to have determination and self-discipline…and luck! Luck won’t find you unless you do have talent, self-discipline and determination.