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  • Reading 007: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

    Bond On The Beach On Her Majesty’s Secret Service has an intriguing opening. James Bond is watching a woman on the beach, concerned about her welfare. When it looks like she will swim out to sea and keep swimming until she drowns, he takes action…but so do other watchers. And then we flash back a… Read more

  • How I Chose the Perfect Book Cover (1): Lessons for Indie Authors

    Cover designs similar to the style Get Covers came up with, used for commentary purposes. How I Tried (and Failed) to Design My Own Book Cover Relatively late into the manuscript process of my new Christmas gangland thriller No Way To Live, I continued to tinker with my own designs for the book cover. Version… Read more

  • WHAT DO THE ISLE OF MAN AND INDONESIA HAVE IN COMMON?

    What do the Isle of Man and Indonesia have in common? I grew up in the Isle of Man, and lived for four years in Jakarta, Indonesia’s sprawling capital city. Recently, I’ve set stories in both, which made me realise something. At first glance, the two places share very little, separated as they are by… Read more

  • How Teacher Burnout Inspired my Novella ‘Change of lifestyle’

    Change of Lifestyle: A Novella About Teaching, Love, and Second Chances What causes teacher burnout? And what happens to teachers when it strikes, or more likely, builds up until it becomes too much. Do they quit the profession, or find ways to continue teaching? These questions are at the heart of my novella Change of… Read more

  • Ten Reasons to Read Change of Lifestyle

    From London to Jakarta, one man can’t escape love—or himself. A witty, fast-paced second chance romance with a twist of espionage. Read more

  • Ondel-Ondel: Guardians of Jakarta

    Ondel-ondel You see them when you drive through Jakarta: towering, brightly painted figures swaying above the crowd. These are ondel-ondel, traditional Betawi effigies that stand around two-and-a-half metres tall. With wide eyes, painted faces, and elaborate costumes, they are striking and unsettling, part protectors, part performers. Cultural Significance Historically, the Betawi, the original inhabitants of… Read more