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BIO

I believe that you are never too old to become an author.

If Colonel Harland Sanders can start his ‘little chicken enterprise’ at the age of 65, I can sure have a go at book writing! I am in good company, too. Frank McCourt, Octavio Solis and Laura Ingalis Wilder were all debut authors at 60 or older!

It’s funny how life’s twists and turns can open new doors. Without that chronic health condition and early retirement, I may never have had the courage to start writing. Although I had wanted to do it for so long, other things always got in the way, until that point. Now with time on my hands, I could finally sit down in front of my writing and research screens and write.

My debut novel, JASON is the start of my 3rd career.

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5 March 2025It was brilliant being in the UK over Christmas and birthdays. I enjoyed great family company, and also got to meet up with some friends. Now though, I am back in the study, with a new computer, and raring to get going with ‘The Botanist’s Wife’ As with ‘The Help’, there is a tonne of research before I can write much. This probably needs more research than I ever did before. I keep enhancing the outline as I think of extra bits to the storyline, but mainly it’s factual research with plant poisons!! Hopefully, the internet authorities understand that I am a writer, not a mass murderer! [...] Read more...
12 February 2025‘The Help’ is finished and in the publishing process, so my mind turns to…. …the next one! After much deliberation, I am progressing ‘The Botanist’s Wife’, my murder mystery set in the world of secret laboratories, genetic warfare and the terrifying revenge of the meek lab technician. Warfare by plants? Well, there are some pretty deadly flora out there, and the scientist harnesses that potency into some deadly murder weapons. Once again, DI Graham Tonnick is on hand, with the help of an old, retired friend from his ‘JASON’ days to try to make sense of it all. [...] Read more...
12 February 2025…Happy Christmas, Happy New Year, (Happy Birthday to me!), Happy Valentine’s day and…. here’s to all good wishes for the rest of 2025!! [...] Read more...

The story of

JASON

I started writing JASON 18 months ago, but I had the idea for the book for two years before that.

I wanted a down to earth main character not some ‘superhero’. I’m sure many readers will relate to him. Wronged for much of his early life eventually it all become too much and revenge was in the air, and so the book was born.

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