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The revised version of my book “Run, run as fast as you can” contains an additional 12 chapters which focus on my 18 years of writing and publishing books. Here is one of the chapters, chapter 10, titled, the “When words weave their magic” which tells the back story to my adventure novel “Thunder in…

It’s been eighteen years since I wrote my first book, “Run, run”, the autobiography which dealt with my life in the motor industry. The book needed a reprint so I’ve written a revised version which introduces my second career, writing and publishing novels and photo albums. Here is the introduction to the revised book. Introduction…

In a late southern hemisphere summer of this year my wife and I took a cruise across the Tasman Sea from Sydney to Auckland. We sailed in The Westerdam, a twenty-year old ship of the Holland America Line. The following are some images of the journey: The Westerdam at the cruise liner terminal in Hobart…

Celebrating 130 years of life. The celebration was for my son, Andrew’s 50th birthday in January of this year and my upcoming 80th towards the end of the year. The prize was Namibia. A short trip: the dunes of the Namib Desert, the oldest desert in the world, then Swakopmund, and finally the north, Damaraland,…

This picture is a candidate for the cover of Peter Cleary’s latest novel, “FATHERS AND SONS”. The photograph was taken by the author on a road trip to the Cape in 2017. The new novel is going through the final editing phases and should be published in print and e-book form shortly. The following are…

I have generally not suffered from the inertia that they label ‘writer’s block’. There have been times when I have had to search for a character or revise a plot but usually a solution comes, even if I have to modify it later. But my latest book, with the working title, Fathers and Sons. The…

The books you have on your shelves reveal your interests, or sometimes, what you want others to think of you. A poseur. Old books show your long-standing passions. Not something you’d keep for show. More of a reminder of an age, a chapter of your life. Recently I did a blog called Zane Grey Country…

The reaction to Thunder in the Distance has been extremely positive, helped in no small measure by the claim by Dave Savides (who reviewed the book) that it is the best I have written, and that it could hold its own in the world of fiction. But a friend of mine, whose opinion I value,…

I was thinking about Jack McCall, the main character of my novel ‘Nowhere Man’, wondering if I could resuscitate a defeated man in his mid-40’s. Find a happier path for him. Obviously this was in consideration of a subject for my next story. That led me to thinking about Plumtree School which Jack attended and…