Early reader feedback on 'The Fine Art of Kindness'

'I also think this is your best book to date. A sensitive story about how individual acts - some of kindness and others regretful - can cause strong later reactions that last a lifetime. An intriguing and most enjoyable read!'
Max Ross 

Amazon is now stocking 'The Fine Art of Kindness' for sale anywhere in the world.

Yes. The Fine Art of Kindness is now available here from both Amazon and Kindle.   

A new blog

The English software outfit -- Serif -- which  developed the programme I use for my website has not only stopped supporting the programme (WebPlus) but has now ditched the associated resource I used for my blog. So here I am on a new blog site. Hopefully Mr Google won't go out of business any time soon.
So, nearly ten years of blogging wasted although I'm going to try and copy all the old blogs into this  site (if I can).
So everything after this posting is on the new blog. Everything before this date is copied over from the old blog.

The Fine Art of Kindness' Kindle edition now available

Self-publishing is a slow, meticulous, step-by-step process requiring patience and attention to detail. So I'm pleased to say that my new novel, The Fine Art of Kindness, is now available from Kindle. You can get it (and all my Amazon and Kindle books) HERE.

Next will be the Amazon edition. And finally the local print edition. 

Production of my new novel, The Fine Art of Kindness, is under way.

And here's a preview of the cover designed by my clever son Steve.

Six Murders? in the 2018 Ngaio Marsh awards

Wow! I'm thrilled to see my book 'Six Murders?' has been accepted for entry in the 2018 Ngaio Marsh awards for New Zealand crime fiction. Watch this space.

My new book (finished) which had a new title now has a new new title. But this new title is definitely IT.

My new novel. It's finished and I'm very happy with it. I'm now under way with publishing although still finalizing the cover. I use PublishMe in New Plymouth for my New Zealand hard copy books; then I'll be adapting everything to Amazon's specs and then will come a Kindle version. Then update the website, flyers, blah blah. (In case it's not obvious I'd much rather write than publish.) What's important is that I have finally settled on the title although it took a lot of help from my wife Kath to get there. When she read the final version she had nothing but contempt for my original title. She said 'It doesn't matter that they're old, it's definitely a LOVE story.'

So, at last, I can say for certain that the title is: THE FINE ART OF KINDNESS. 

And here, for those who are interested, is the cover blurb. 

The Fine Art of Kindness

Sometimes even the smallest kindness is rewarded, somehow; even if it takes a lifetime.

When wealthy old Jack Landseer and the eccentric and even older Betty Krilich meet – apparently by accident – they begin an odd relationship which gradually evolves into one of mutual trust, affection and, yes, love.

Set in small-town provincial New Zealand, The Fine Art of Kindness is a gentle read about two old people who need to overcome their strange and secret past if they are to share their future. 

I'll post a preview of the cover as soon as it's ready.