MY WRITING DAY
K J DANDO
The ideas-rich, time-poor thriller writer tells Lynne Hackles about how juggling writing with a full-time job led to him writing his debut on his phone
Keith Dando, writing as K J Dando, has had several careers and is still working.
When he left school, he served in the British Army. ‘I actively engaged in operational duties in Iraq, Kosovo and Bosnia before pursuing a career in the health and fitness industry, and then falling into my current profession,’ he says.
‘I’m now a business manager for a large motor group, so I spend my days working with numbers and my spare time working with words. I work an average of five and half days, alternating six and five day working weeks, meaning fifty-plus hours a week. This combined with a young family means finding time to write can be extremely challenging. I tend to sacrifice any downtime for myself and can often feel like I’m constantly working.