Honorary Doctorate?

Hopefully Dr Helen Young from The School of Communications, University of Western Sydney has a sense of humour. Her erudite article on the pitfalls of Intellectual property and copy write laws in Australia appeared in this morning’s Sydney Morning Herald complete with a photo of me! Her article deals with a subject close to any writer’s Continue reading


Tamworth Library Visit

Yesterday we hopped on a Dash 8 and flew from Sydney to Tamworth. (It was a little strange being a passenger rather than sitting up the pointy end…) Feeling very spoilt after our lovely evening in Camden, we were ready to spend the day mellowing out in Tamworth and that’s exactly what we did. We strolled Continue reading


Love Books!

Ever wondered about Book Sellers and what motivates them, what keeps them going when the book industry seems such hardwork? Today I have Nicola Pitt of Love Books as my guest. She’s based in rural Australia, but that hasn’t stopped her becoming a growing force in the book world. Nicola who is Love Books? Tell Continue reading


Merry Christmas!

Today is the day I have to finish my Christmas shopping. It’s going to be squeezed in around a trip to the hair dresser (bliss!), a trip to the doctor (sigh) and an eye-examination because all that reading in dimly lit simulators has played havoc with my eyesight (nothing to do with my age :-D) Continue reading


And it’s done :-)

BURNING LIES (Book 3 in the Border Watch series) is now a little over halfway and 50,000 words long! Am I excited? Yep!!! And exhausted… Tomorrow morning I conduct my last simulator session as a Check Captain on the Dash 8 -300. Tomorrow night I will be celebrating not just going home after three years Continue reading