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At the moment, I’ve not made any plans to publish future books. However, there’s plenty of promising raw material that I could use should I decide to write a third novel. The world is probably going through the highest level of international tension since the 1930s. The West is facing an increasingly powerful China which is threatening to eclipse the

Having written just two novels, I would hardly call myself an experienced author. But I would offer the following advice to anyone considering going down this route. The first is to identify a subject and plot. And then to decide on a structure and timeline. This will enable you to prepare a start, middle and end which the audience will

There was no single issue or event that inspired me to write “Kingdom Come”. Instead, there were a number of issues or events that led me to put pen to paper (or rather keyboard to computer). First and foremost has been the relationship between England and its Celtic neighbours. It is common knowledge that Ireland was not happy being part

It was a real life event – the bidding round for the 2018 soccer World Cup – which intrigued me. Russia was a controversial choice to stage the World Cup because of alleged human rights abuses by the Russian government and the level of racism in Russian soccer. After a rival bid from England was unsuccessful, the governing body for

Firstly, a self-introduction. I am now 64 years old, a British citizen born and raised in London and my decision to become an author took place fairly late in life. There are many reasons why people become authors but a common thread is that they have an idea and then visualise a plot. From then, they put pen to paper