New Book News + Tenebrae Manor – Free Download 5 Day Only

No April fooling here. Just time for another free book promotion for Tenebrae Manor. Beginning 1st April Tenebrae Manor will be free to download for Amazon Kindle users. This promotion will run for 5 days so hit the link below and don’t miss out.

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Front Cover Final

A while back (probably a year knowing me) I mentioned that I had another novel in the works. This remains truth and I am pleased to say it is inching closer towards completion. ETA? Who knows. I’d love to say Q4 2016 but these things can’t be rushed. If I’m feeling bold I may be sharing the prologue of my new work very shortly.

The Race Against Dementia

On Sunday 28th February I participated in the Illawarra Memory Walk for 2016 – a charity run raising money and awareness of Alzheimer’s and dementia. It was an excellent day, with the Wollongong event having more participants than any year previous.

This writer turned runner completed the leisurely jog in under 52 minutes – not bad for a Sunday morning!

Memory

 

Dementia and its variants are awful and debilitating diseases with no known cure. Dementia is currently the 2nd highest cause of death in Australia, with over 350,000 Australians currently living with it! This goes beyond the afflicted persons too with an estimated 1.2 million Australians involved with the caring of someone suffering from dementia.

It is still possible to donate until 28th March 2016, so please help if you can by clicking here.

A Poem – Lunatic

Sun up –

The lily flowers open sweetly.

The stillness of the day insects betray.

Silent birds perch brooding in the shade;

In undergrowth the sweating lizards lay.

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Vale – David Bowie

Like many, many others I am absolutely devastated to hear of the passing of music legend David Bowie. I understand this is bit different to what I usually post on this site, but given how much Bowie influenced my life I wanted to pay my deepest respects.

DavidBowie-portrait

I don’t know that I’ve ever mourned for a man that I’ve never met, but Bowie’s passing really does feel like I’ve lost something big.

It is so strange that I had bought his new album Blackstar just hours before hearing this sad news. How stranger still that his latest single Lazarus would carry such weight – Lazarus, resurrected – similarly Bowie’s legacy will live on for a long time after his death. His parting album truly is life imitating art.

David, your influence on my life cannot be understated. Thank you for China Girls, for Diamond Dogs, Scary Monsters, Disco Kings and Young Americans; for Heroes and Major Toms and Art Decades.

Thank you for the music. Thank you, thank you, thank you.