Life is a collection of short stories which add up to one epic adventure. I have had a variety of life and career experiences. Each of these were stories in themselves, but life moves on. Change is constant. In my writing career I have mostly published scientific articles in peer reviewed journals. All pretty boring stuff compared to cozy mystery crime writing. It's a lot more fun - if you don't mind the dead bodies and stay detached! Some say I may even be a long lost relative of Bomba the Jungle Boy. Maybe this might explain my sense of adventure and fascination with mysteries. The ideas for my novels come from all sorts of activities: talking to chickens, wrestling with pythons, walking on the beach, even mowing lawns! But travelling around Australia with my wife in our caravan (yes, we are "grey nomads") provides an abundant source of inspiration for my writing. The people we meet and the places we stay provide endless material, characters, settings and plots. I wish I could say the novels write themselves. However, there is no shortcut to hard work. Too many ideas and not enough time, the plight of all indie authors. And then there’s social media … that’s another story in itself. ​Writing is a journey and not an end point. You have to be in it for the long haul. I try and write books that people will enjoy reading. And yes, there is always room for improvement in anything I do. We are all human.