Newsletter January 2023

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS Fortuitous Tide Reminder: Free short story – see below ‘A Pearl for Your Enjoyment’ Every year we talk about New Year’s resolutions. This year I am not going to waste my time making any. All my best plans disappear down a drain hole...

Newsletter December 2022

SHADOWS ACROSS CAPE YORK Fortuitous Tide Reminder: Free short story – see below ‘A Pearl for Your Enjoyment’       RELEASED – 28th November 2022. “Shadows Across Cape York” – the third book in the trilogy following “Shadow of the Northern Orchid” and “Shadows on...

Newsletter November 2022

SHADOWS ACROSS CAPE YORK Fortuitous Tide Reminder: Free short story – see below ‘A Pearl for Your Enjoyment’       COMING SOON – 28th November 2022. “Shadows Across Cape York” – the third book in the trilogy following “Shadow of the Northern Orchid” and “Shadows...

Newsletter October 2022

UNSEASONAL WEATHER Fortuitous Tide Reminder: Free short story – see below ‘A Pearl for Your Enjoyment’                Novel number five trundles along on a bumpy patch of road, but still making slow headway towards publication. Current Weather and Tides Unending...

September Newsletter 2022

STRUGGLE BACK TO DISCIPLINE Fortuitous Tide Reminder: Free short story – see below “A Pearl for Your Enjoyment” I find discipline is the prime ingredient when writing: be it a novel, a short story for my writing groups, or when penning a piece of poetry. After...

Newsletter August 2022

EXCITEMENT Fortuitous Tide Reminder: Free short story – see below “A Pearl for Your Enjoyment” If all is going to plan, by the time I post this blog, I should be at Cooktown, North Queensland, the setting for the novel “Shadows on the Goldfield Track”. Current...

Newsletter July 2022

EXCITEMENT Fortuitous Tide Reminder: Free short story – see below “A Pearl for Your Enjoyment” The new manuscript is almost ready to go off to the beta readers. I am almost sure I will name it “Shadows on the Cape” – maybe. Current Weather and Tides Dates to...

Newsletter June 2022

AUTHOR TALKS Fortuitous Tide Reminder: Free short story – see below “A Pearl for Your Enjoyment” I don’t want to talk about tides or anything related to water today. After nearly 2 weeks stuck on this side of the creek, I’m beginning to wonder how long can a...

Newsletter May 2022

AUTHOR TALKS Fortuitous Tide Reminder: Free short story – see below “A Pearl for Your Enjoyment” With Covid a lessor force now we have our vaccinations, preparations are underway to begin a book tour to some of those libraries I had hoped to visit pre-Covid. As...

NEWSLETTER APRIL 2022

BOG HOLES Fortuitous Tide Reminder: Free short story – see below “A Pearl for Your Enjoyment” Still struggling to settle on a name for this third novel in the ‘Shadows’ Trilogy. With the book two-thirds of the way into draft one, I need to give this some serious...