What inspired you to transition from a career in chemistry and the oil industry to becoming an author? Was there a specific moment when you knew you wanted to write? I had always wanted to write but I didn’t know how to get started. I tried a course with twenty-four modules where only one was […]
‘A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.’– William Styron You want to write? Do you know what you want to write? Fiction, non-fiction, short stories, local interest? Do you know where to start? How to start? Are you a little afraid […]
We’ve been visiting Sri Lanka for Ayurveda treatments for about twenty years, mostly over the Christmas period to avoid the European winter. Occasionally, we’d go to other places. In 2004 we decided to go to Western Australia instead of to Paragon, our Ayurveda oasis close to Galle on the South coast of Sri Lanka. On […]
As an enthusiastic hobby cook, I’m delighted to show you some of my favourites… I learnt to cook at my mother’s knee and seriously considered doing it professionally and then…well you can see what happened here…
Give a dog a home? Henry dropped his tail between his legs and sloped off towards the broken board in the fence. Halfway down the hill he looked back and watched as Bully curled himself up in a cardboard box. He eased himself through the ragged planks and dawdled down the path to the end […]
I wrote my first two books, Sacrificing Starlight and Henry’s Tale, for my dad. My dad was a hero. Lloyd George said he’d build ‘Homes fit for Heroes’ after the war to end all wars. My dad served in the next one. When he got home the house was there. Three up, two down and windowpanes so thin […]