As I sit here at my computer, I am listening to Storm Eunice raging outside, alternately screaming and wailing, and gusting up to Severe Storm Force Eleven, even in my relatively sheltered garden. Local schools have been closed, trees are coming down, and even the...
8th February 2022 So after all the problems, tank-traps, foul-ups, and computer glitches along the way, my book ‘HMS ARCHER’ is finally available in paper-back and kindle format. I have even managed to obtain some ‘author copies’, from Amazon...
When I started to write HMS Archer, I wanted to achieve four things. I needed to present a book that developed a comprehensive story but would remain easy to read. When I am reading books for my own entertainment, I am often put off by having to launch into a...
After completing my first two books I decided to experiment with writing short stories. As I looked back from the conclusion of my second career, I realised that, through no effort or fault on my own part, interesting things seemed to happen to me or around me. I...
The germ of an idea started when the news media was full of stories of hijacked ships with crews and valuable cargoes held for heavy ransoms. The hijackings were done by impoverished Somali fishermen, but it was the remote fat-cats who walked away with the spoils. ...
