My life is ruled by four W's: my writing, my work, my wife, and my whisky. Not necessarily in that order.

My life is ruled by four W’s: my writing, my work, my wife, and my whisky. Not necessarily in that order.

There is indeed one person who can help solve “writer’s block”. His name is Mr Johnnie Walker.

While I can’t walk on water, I can certainly wobble on whisky.

While I can't walk on water, I can certainly wobble on whisky.

The decision to use a pen name was nothing more than a desire to compartmentalise my life. However, I had not thought about an appropriate pseudonym, and since there's an abundance of anagrams in the novel, the idea struck me: why not use an anagram of my name? Hence, Shawn Haigins.