One of an author’s nightmares must be that after one/two/three/many years of writing a ground-breaking novel full of new ideas and original insights, either someone else pips them to the post and publishes an almost identical story, or something else in the world changes in relation to something in the plot. (more…)
I may be a cynic but I believe that convincing anyone of anything is 90% presentation. For a book, especially for an unknown author, that has to be the cover. I know, I know, you can’t judge a book, etc. But people do, especially with the plethora of books popping up on Amazon daily.
Having a slight artistic flair, I thought (more…)
My daughter, Lea, has been a quiet but steady force behind the marketing of Rare Traits. She wants to see the old man published and she knows he is struggling with the brave new world of social media and with strutting your stuff online. (more…)
The ideas for Rare Traits developed slowly. I had been thinking, the way you do, about identity, ID cards, passports and the like and musing on how difficult it is becoming to alter these documents.
No, I’m not in the business of faking IDs, but from my forensic background I do have some insight into counterfeiting (more…)
I have always enjoyed writing, but most of what I have written has been non-fiction – Hong Kong Under the Microscope, blog posts, the countless reports, manuals, funding requests etc that are part of being a forensic scientist and head of a small government department. Come to think of it, the funding requests were fairly fictional. (more…)
