A Week As DAVID BOWIE

Re-writing the first draft of my novel BEING DAVID BOWIE has been great fun with the added bonus of weight loss.

Last night in the lounge we got out the scales and Sam, Adam and myself had a `weigh-in`.

Sam was 11 stone and I was only a pound heavier.

Adam was 9 stone and exactly the same weight I was at his age.

Eight days of writing and playing David Bowie non-stop has been amazing.

To prepare I bought a new CD player from Argos and 15 Bowie albums from HMV.

It seemed important to use a `virgin machine` that knew no music other then David Bowie.

Sadly because of my `heart problems` I couldn`t risk indulging in Cocaine or Speed.

I`ve been surviving on energy drinks, boost bars and McDonalds strawberry milkshakes to try and simulate the effect of fast drugs.

Combined with the music and lack of food it has made me a bit jumpy. I`m not `speeding` but do have a bit of a buzz.