Yes, it's a bit unusual for me to blog twice within a few days. But, it happens. Today I started the 2nd Vaporbyte launch cake. It's a process. For this cake I used my Nana's fruitcake recipe, it never fails and fruitcake lovers adore it. It's my goto launch cake recipe. Right now, the kitchen … Continue reading Dirty Deeds

Thanks to The Who for today's blog title. Today is the first day of winter. We're half way through 2020 and as a year it is quite the disappointment. I give it '1 star': could try harder. Haven't seen #MyKnight since November last year because we can't travel back and forth between Perth and Wellington … Continue reading See Me, Feel Me

Once upon a time I wrote a little thing and it's in an anthology called C'est La Vie. And the other day it was read on the radio by John MacDonald. And you can hear it here.How cool is that?And yes it is a Byte short story. Go listen. It's pretty fun to hear it … Continue reading A little thing …

"Put on your red shoes and dance the blues"When I see or hear the words "Let's Dance" I hear the song in my head. Bowie gets in and he had a way of sticking around."Let's Dance" is the first chapter of Vaporbyte. I was trying to remember (without going through the book) how many Bowie … Continue reading Let’s Dance

The news out there is not good Reader. Not good at all. So, today, nothing gloomy from this author. What have I been doing? Thank you for asking Reader. Let me get comfy and fresh coffee ... Right then, here we go:The ISBN's have arrived for Vaporbyte (just occurred to me that I don't have … Continue reading Day 1009 or something

The last couple of days I've been spending time with Vaporbyte the 12th byte novel. It'll be out at the end of the year. But I'm spending some precious time with it, reading, thinking, checking things before it goes to editing. This book, the 12th book, TWELVE. Holy moly. Who'd have thunk that back in … Continue reading Dark Horse