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I write stories, some of them for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Pulphouse Fiction Magazine.
I’ve also written five self-help books applying business techniques to personal matters like getting dressed, cleaning house, and feeding your friends.
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If Christmas under the hot Australian sun isn’t twisted enough, this story will turn it up a notch or ten.
Matilda May McDonald, so-called crazy-cat-lady. Owner of four dogs. Trapped by her past.
Perhaps this Christmas offers more than salvation.
Blog
This blog explores the question of what makes a life worth living. I think it comes from getting good at things that matter, or in the philosophical sense, developing virtue. It’s not an esoteric or analytical investigation (though I might occasionally use big words); it’s just me, trying to figure out why I get out of bed.
My Ghost Best Friends Books
Many of you know I like writing stories about people with ghost best friends… Well, I was recently invited by Shepherd.com to share my favourites.…
The Cairn at the Dog Park
I noticed this cairn at the dog park today… The cairn at the dog park, photograph by me! I don’t know who left it. Or…
Agatha Christie
I’ve been watching Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen, in which Dr Lucy Worsley OBE tells us that Mrs Christie is not the…