Let me take you back to 2013. I had lived in Cape Town for almost a year, and it was my first winter. With no heating, rain beating down on my small rented apartment, and feeling a long way from home (England), I had connected with a friend from UK. I knew I had to write a book, and she inspired me to start. I always work intuitively, so I went into a meditative space, connected with my GPS - "Greater Powerful Self" - and started writing what was to become my debut novel, Red Dress!

I'm in the midst of writing a non-fiction book, called The Bone Circle, which is based on a training program I developed in 2017. On the back burner, is the sequel to Red Dress! Red Dress, which I published in 2021, is set in London. It follows the life of Katy, a career woman in her 40s whose seemingly perfect life is beginning to unravel. With a disconnected marriage to a power-hungry man, the pressures of teenage children, and the daily juggle of work-life balance, Katy feels lost and disillusioned. An impulsive decision sets off a chain of events that changes her life forever. An encounter from the past and a mysterious sequence of numbers lead Katy on a rollercoaster ride of self-discovery. With apprehension and humour, she walks a transformational path of spiritual awakening. Delving deeper, she sees what truly matters and discovers her life purpose.

I have always like to draw, I have been doing it for as long as I can remember. Landscapes, characters, weird machinery, wildlife and all sorts of wonderful things. So I guess it was inevitable that later I would began adding words to tie each of them. Even to this day it is not uncommon that the painting might come before the wording.

It is a fantasy-fiction narrative sprawled across 300,000 words and with over 100 colored paintings to illustrate it. Once embarked, the reader must escort a group into, and across, the depths of an ancient, at times impossible world.

Well, I have lived a "soap opera" style life, my first book was based on a true story, that of my cousins' lives mixed together and I added myself to the beginning and ending to give it a hopeful vibe, then I realized that this is what I was meant to do. That first book just showed me that I needed to be bold enough to do it.

My most current book is about Cora and Herbie, an unassuming couple. It follows Cora throughout her journey to take the reigns from her husband who was arrested for being a serial killer. She punishes everyone who had a hand in taking him from her.

Stories carry us into another's world, allow us to see through another's perspective, from the safety of fiction - no confrontations or debate needed! I've always loved to read stories, and adding to the world's stories, feels like a worthy endeavor in these divided and divisive times.

It's a mystery, it's story of small town humanity, it's a story of personal accountability and transformation. Most of all it's a story of hope for our collective future. If a wealthy and privileged company president from Manhattan can learn humility, and find a meaningful role working as a dishwasher in a diner in rural Oregon, maybe we can all find a way to work together toward a better tomorrow.

Reading and loving to read inspired me to become a writer. Since the fourth grade, I planned to become a writer. I knew that it would not earn me a living, but I never stopped anticipating the time when I could write something worthwhile. It seemed out of reach until I went to the university, and a teacher told me that I knew how to write. Once I had a stable work situation, I began to do research to write my book "Jesus Christ Divided." It took me twenty years of research and two weeks of writing. It just flowed out of me.

I produced several books in the last year. "Tucson 9-1-1" was actually written fresh after the events in 2011, but I was not satisfied with it. I had an excellent first draft, but I could not edit it. My friend from our writer's union suggested that I was still too emotionally invested. That was good advice, and I set it aside for thirteen years.

I've always been writing in one form or another. But after an extreme allergic reaction to medication last year, I HAD to get this story down on paper and out. It was like nothing else mattered than Noel and Philip's world.

The Deputy and Cheerleader Saga is about Noel and Philip's journey. Their struggles and love, trying to find their place in the world.

I want to give people a fresh lens to see those around them. Everyone has a story, every life matters — and if I can touch someone or give a little hope, I’ve done my job.

The Birthmark Murders has been brewing for 40 years. I anchored it in my theatre director days — easier to draw water from a well I knew. It’s the first in a six-book arc following Pekka Wall from doubt to love, loss, and “rebirth.” I wanted an older gay protagonist with depth, and a contrast in the way younger gay men handle relationships.

Boredom, I was in a hospital isolation ward during the covid apocalypse. I began writing up events that took place in an online Sci-fi RPG myself and friends were playing, I wrote, from my characters point of you, enjoyed it, much not as much when I tried the same with a fantasy RPG we played.

The Adventures of Warlord Whitetail is the story of Suzie Sue Jefferson Whitetail and her band of rabbit doe warriors, warriors who were recruited not only for their expertise with the bow of their choice, but also with the straight blade. They are oathsworn to protect the citizens of the safe haven of Badgers Brewery and Freepawt, to the death.

I was born with a gift and when I moved into my country home in 2006 my gift really came alive. I was first approached by Cole and his Sergeant dressed in full British Military uniforms from the year 1822 carrying rifles with bayonets attached to the ends. Private Cole spoke to me and when the soldiers realised that not only could I see them but could hear them as well...my nights were never the same. Since that evening I have been approached by modern day spirits of fallen soldiers each with a unique story to show me through their eyes so that I can capture their experiences of warfare that they want me to share. Their stories are both important and captivating showing the real cause and effect of wars. Will we learn from them? Only time will tell.

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I have watched and read zombie movies and films for years and always wanted to have one set in Scotland. This is what drove me to create After the Fall.

I'm a family man, several kids and enjoy spending as much time with them as I can. They take up most of my free time outside of normal day job.