Author's Journey

When the Story Finds the Author – the inspiration behind Nelson’s Lost Son

When I had completed by first novel, Nelson’s Folly which is about Horatio Nelson and his wife Fanny in the ten years 1792 to 1801, I...

Nelson Humanised Not Demonised

Guests at the historic Royal Automobile Club of Australia in Sydney's CBD have praised the Clubs' latest literary event featuring...

Speed Dating Publishers – What I Learned

I must admit I wasn’t overjoyed at the idea when the Australian Writers Association gave me the opportunity to participating in a...

Marcus Luttrell: How I Became the Lone Survivor

Oliver Greeves: Thank you to Marcus Luttrell who has submitted this guest blog in response to my question to authors in ‘The Business in...

The Business in The Writing

People who first meet me as an historical author keen on sailing and naval history, are sometimes a bit bemused that most of my life was...

Getting Started on Your First Novel – 7 Things That Helped This Debut Author

November in the US is National Novel Writing Month when about half a million people commit to writing a 50,000-word manuscript in a month...

Choosing a Novel’s Timeframe. Why 1792 to 1801?

British naval hero Vice Admiral Lord Nelson’s dramatic death sealing his heroic legacy occurred at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. I am...

Searching for My Ancestor

(Horatio) often declared that his marriage (to Fanny) was of equal service to his character to any naval exploit he had achieved.