Born in the late 60's in an industrial town on the outskirts of Birmingham, UK, the eldest of three brothers, Steve spent most of his school years learning how to play truant.

He left at age 16 with two things that would stay with him to this day, his love of motorcycles and weightlifting.

Entering the world of work, Steve tried a number of career paths, always taking on new challenges with eager anticipation of the rewards to be had from working hard for a living.

Youth training schemes were to disappoint him,  being a Mechanic came next, achieving City and Guilds qualifications, and the title of ‘Major Rectifier’ for a worldwide auto manufacturer.

The factory thing didn’t work for him and a redirection of career led him to turn to being a collection agent for a small local credit firm, he enjoyed working with people, this lasted a couple of years until an offer of offshore oil rig work popped up!

This was an offer not to be refused, even if it meant the loss of his regular part time position as a ‘crowd control engineer’ aka - Doorman/Bouncer!

The Offshore path was met with an untimely ending nine-month and 1 hour after being promoted to one of the biggest jack-up rigs in the world, his arm got caught in a winding machine and was broken severely enough to need a steel pin to hold it together.

The people he worked for as a crowd control engineer happened to have a pub they needed managing just as he was recovering, and the next career path as a bar manager was started upon.

Bar management was good, all the figures went the right way, even the trouble the bar had been plagued by decreased, unfortunately, the local constabulary didn’t quite agree with the methods used for eradicating troublesome customers and it was politely suggested Steve find another career!

Truck driving. This was to be the longest lasting and most stable of Steves' career choices. For ten years he drove with a good record. Slowly getting bored of the same old thing, until someone said to him, “you should write a book”

So he did…..

The Mugello Diaries. Book one, The reason, is the first of his series of three books documenting his journeys to a race track in Italy with his best friend.

Attending the Google digital garage Steve learnt to code, impressing the mighty Google enough to be used as a case study!  He soon had websites built for his books, and found a new interest in SEO, adding this to his ever-growing list of qualifications.

Book(s) written, websites built, Steve decided writing for a living was better than driving trucks for 12-15 hours a day in a cold and wet UK. So he and his partner sold their homes in the UK, and headed for sunny Malta, the epicentre of the iGaming world. 

Swiftly securing employment as a Social Media Marketer with the powerhouse of performance marketing, Netrefer, the challenge promised never materialised and Steve found his writing skills to be in demand, as a copywriter for an established online casino.

Writing campaigns, emails, blog posts and banners still left Steve wanting (to give) more, so a personal development programme was initiated, giving Steve numerous industry-specific qualifications.

Now a certified nerd, Steve is looking for new opportunities that will allow him to continue to thrive in the cut-throat world of copywriting.

Well, that depends...