News

I had a great break with my daughter, who came up from Sydney just before the border closed. I hope everybody enjoyed the break as much as I did! January Newsletter Back to work! While my daughter was up in Gold Coast spending Christmas with me and the family, I...

Very hard to type with the Butt Appendage complaining every time I put my hands on the keyboard. It's cute that she's a gently aging crankypants with some grey hairs emerging through her tuxedo. At the start of every year, I put up a wall calendar with the year's...

Evenings on the Gold Coast can be delightful sometimes. The sky really does turn a delicate shade of violet, as I describe in 'White Tiger'   The big upcoming event is InCONceivable Virtual Pop Culture Convention, which I have been helping to organize (in a small...

It's disappointing that the weather is warm enough to swim, but the ocean is stubbornly sitting at twenty degrees Celcius - too cold for me!   October Newsletter   US Releases 'Guardian of Empire' will be released in print and digital on November 1st. It...

Winter is officially over and I'm looking forward to warmer weather and getting back into the water. Winters here are bright, clear and mild. September Newsletter New Releases for September (Click on the cover to go to the Harper-Collins website for purchase options)...

Visiting daughter means winter steamboat! There are many balls because my ex is Teochew and they eat ALL THE ROUND FOODS. This is the best winter warmer ever. August Update The pitch deck for the TV series is done, and I've sent it over to the people at Hollywood. All...

This is the proof of the self-published print version of 'Scales' for outside Australia. I just need to shift that title a little to the left...   July Update I have a release date for 'Dawn of Empire' inside Australia! It will be available on all platforms...

This is called the 'First Pages', it's what you have after the edited manuscript has been put through a typesetter like Adobe Indesign. It's a final proof of what the book will look like when it's printed. I'm running through 'Dawn of Empire' now and fixing the last...

I am trying to work on the edits for 'Dawn of Empire' but it's obviously only with permission from the Feline Overlord.   May Newsletter Apologies for the delay on this, I'm working on the edits for 'Dawn' (as you can see the attempt above) and I had to contact...

  I went back through my March photos looking for one that represented March for me - I had yum cha with a family member on March 7th. That seems like a lifetime ago. April Update Hi everyone, I hope you're coping. Are you receiving as many 'during these troubled...