Behind The Writing

Born in New Zealand in 1962, I have been in Australia since 1987.

My working life has revolved around communication, with 8 years spent behind the microphones of various radio stations (including managing a country radio station for a while). I have also been a part-time freelance journalist since 1986, with many articles and books published in that time. I have been the Tourism Officer for a couple of Australia's most inspiring regions: Flinders Island and Tumbarumba.

Flinders Island lies at the eastern end of Bass Strait and Tumbarumba lies on the western side of the Snowy Mountains.

In my current work, I am one of the lucky ones. I get to write and get paid for it. I am a creative writer at a radio station.

I am also involved in a few, private marketing projects that my wife and I run through our own little business, Jungle Marketing. You can visit that site by clicking here.

With my writing, I am currently:  writing a new fiction novel writing a business web site writing articles for various magazines and newspapers I see the internet having an increasing influence on our lives, especially for writers and publishing houses. It provides wonderful opportunities and huge challenges. Outside my writing, I have been helping people achieve their dreams, to be everything they can be - whether in business or in their personal lives - for many years, and I really enjoy it. In photography, you do what you have to to get the shot.

I still help people fall back in love with what they are doing, help them rediscover their passion. They get a sparkle back in their eyes, and a spark back in their lives. They smile a lot more and start seeing possibilities instead of problems. And being involved in that process is great fun. With my current commitments, this is less frequent than it might be.

And if I don't write creatively for a while I get cranky.

Creativity is as essential to life as oxygen

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