About Wayne Smallman

When you're young, you think you know everything and life is indistinguishable from a game. It's only when you get older — when you begin to doubt the authenticity of the event and question the rules — that experience begins to count for something. And to quote the inimitable Forbes Bingley, a recurring character of several novels: "Life makes you stronger, at a price." In a sense, life has been preparation — practice, perhaps — for this wild stab at being an author. After all, how hard can it be, putting one word after another? Of course, like anything else in life, you only get out what you put in. At times, writing is both cathartic and semi autobiographical, where I catch myself looking backwards whimsically, lustily, with regret, a wry smile, a despondent glower or growing doubt. But writing is also a journey, one with no intentional destination, just waypoints I may navigate towards from time to time, at leisure. Though I must admit, it's a journey I would prefer not to make alone.

The end!

“The end? Surely sir, you mean the beginning?” I hear you cry. Well, before I can begin, I must first bring certain other affairs to an end. And to that end, I would like to thank one client in particular (who shall remain nameless) for allowing me to arrive at this destination.

I’ve decided to finally commit to stretching my creative muscle in the direction of writing, an indulgence of mine spanning all the way back to when I was at school. However, circumstance and a growing indifference towards the industry within which my business resides, kind of made the decision a little simpler for me.

As an aside, I’m the founder and owner of a web design and internet marketing agency called Octane Interactive, which I started back in 1999.

So what should you expect?

Well, since this is my personal website, I may from time to time discuss various topics of interest, interspersed with my literary endeavours, which this website is ostensibly designed as a venue for. So, as this is an entirely new direction, the whole thing will be a voyage of discovery.

Hopefully, I’ll keep you entertained more than you are compelled to shrug your shoulders with indifference.