I mark the start of my writing career as the sixth grade, when I won a school spelling bee. After that, it was my writing skills that got me through high school and into the university of my choice in 1966. After that, I chose a career path that better suited my outdoor lifestyle for the next 30 years.
I taught myself HTML back when knowing HTML was something to brag about. That was when modems screeched and a 386MB computer was the Latest Thing. Back then I was a member of the Sydney Rockclimbing Club. Membership was flagging and I took it upon myself to be the club’s first official webmaster. It’s amazing what an impact the internet had, even then. My website was responsible for quadrupling the club’s membership within a year. I created more websites and got paid for a few, though it was really only a hobby. Two websites I made in 2000, the year of the Millennium Bug, are still online. You can view them Here and Here.
At about the same time as the Millenium Bug was threatening to bite, the writing bug bit me and in addition to the websites I created, I began doing freelance writing for print publications. Some of the publications I have written for include:
- The Sydney Morning Herald (The Big Chillout, Weekend Edition Travel Section, January 14-15, 2006)
Tracks: the Surfer’s Bible (A series of five articles in 1997-98)
Heritage: the Vietnam Airlines In-flight magazine (series of two: Northern and Southern Vietnam, Jan-Feb 1999 and July-August 1999)
- Antiques in New South Wales (series of six: Korean and Japanese woodworking traditions, 1999-2000)
- Rock – Australia’s premier rock climbing magazine
Since moving to Cambodia in 2006, I have been writing full time. Currently, I enjoy ongoing working relationships with the producers of some of Australia’s most successful websites and blogs. Click the following links to view my contributions to a few of these sites:
In addition, I have ghostwritten several ebooks and recently completed a non-fiction book. A commissioned work about the effect of the internet on the global job market, it is over 150 pages long and contains over 200 references.
If you are interested in making use of my services, email: writer@writing-resources.org
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