Writing
Up The Creek Without a Mullet
“his genuine enthusiasm shines through, making this book a very satisfying read.” – Follow The Thread
“Up The Creek Without a Mullet”, published by Sandstone Press, charts the origins of the mission and the first three adventures in Albania, Ireland and Australia.
Pre-publication publicity includes articles in the Highland News, Inverness Courier (1|2) and Daily Record, while reviews have been written by David Hebblethwaite and others.
Oh, and if you spot any typos, don’t forget to add them to my record of them here on my blog so they can be changed for future print runs!
10% of my royalties will go to aidconvoy.net, a humanitarian organisation run by my friend Kieran which features briefly in the book.
| Buy: UK | Ireland | USA | Canada | Australia | New Zealand | South Africa | ebook |
Further stories from the mullet trail“Up The Creek Without a Mullet” is the start of a series of books on my worldwide mullet search. I am currently working on a sequel which charts my adventures in England, Canada, New Zealand and the USA, which Sandstone Press hopes to publish some time in 2011. More news on this in due course. |
The MidgieI have penned a few articles for the independent traveller magazine for Scotland, The Midgie. They’ve been heavily edited – apparently I wasn’t cheerful enough, but they still liked me! Sadly, The Midgie is now in hibernation for an unknown period, so it seems I had far from the Midas touch… |
Blogs“Lost Horizons“: I’ve been writing a blog since 2005. I’ve enjoyed charting some of the places I’ve been, things I’ve done, seen and read, and people I’ve met. Sandstone blog: I write an occasional blog on the website of Sandstone Press, the publishers of my book, focussing mostly on experiences relating to the book itself. |
FictionI am also playing around with some fiction ideas. Some would count as science fiction, and one idea emerging in my head would be an outrageous and hopefully humourous reflection on society and media. I’ll not tell you much more than that, as these ideas are at a very early stage. |
Commissions?
If you are from any publication or website that would like something written, then drop a line as I am always interested in broadening what I’ve written about. You’ll get a sense from this website, particularly the blog, of what I might suit; but my main interests and strengths are travel (especially Scotland and the Highlands but also much of Europe), politics, Christianity, and anything off-beat.