I’m an author. Not so new at the writing game but new at this whole publishing thing. I started out my professional life in IT. For over a quarter of a century I sat at a desk working for a variety of companies, big and small, creeping my way up the corporate ladder. In 2006 I was given a golden handshake and jumped at the chance to finally sit down and write that novel I knew I had in me. Almost exactly three years after I “retired”, my first novel was published. Others are now in various stages of development (see the Current Projects tab for more details). I’ve also written a handful of short stories, one of which was published in 2008 and another won a short story comp in August 2010. Check out the Short Stories tab above to read a selection.
Though my four years at University studying mathematics didn’t exactly train me to be a writer, my career in IT gave me the opportunity to travel all over the world. Australia is now home but I’ve lived and worked in six countries on five continents. That kind of life surely can’t be a bad background for an author.
So when people ask me about myself I say either I’m retired from IT or I’m an author. With practice I’m getting better at simply answering, “I’m an author”.