John McMullen knew what he wanted to do at 17 years of age. His deep desire to be a harness racing driver. His desires bubbled to a point when he achieved his dream to drive against the best drivers in the world. How did he do it? This is a story ...

Bundy Quicksilver is an alcoholic. He tasted his initial taste of alcohol at 12 years old. Before he knew what alcohol could do to him it was out of control. At 28 years his wife gave him an ultimatum 'if he didn't do something about his drinking ...

Pat Ritter (co-author) of Closing The Gap was a police officer. His concern was when teenagers ran away from home. At first he didn't have any answers however after attending college to learn about a subject 'behaviour', his lecturer Bob O'Sulliva...

At 42 years old I had a pacemaker implant. From that moment onward I had no idea of the future. I fell into a big black hole of depression. This is a story of surviving a life crisis. There were no other books available to explain what the patient...

During my time as an alcohol and drug counsellor I was approached many times to explain to parents the type of drug there was available in society. Parents had little or no idea what type of drugs their child was taking. This idea of writing ...

Have you wondered why different events happen to you in your life as if the event was meant to happen? This book is about my life and how different events forced me to travel in a certain direction. It's facinating when analysing each event, af...

Droving in outback Queensland was a roaring trade in the late 1940's and 50's. Australia lived off the sheep's back with wool being one pound sterling for one pound of wool. Everyone had money. Sheep and cattle needed to be taken from place to pl...

When I was an alcohol and drug counsellor many young people aged between 13 years to 19 years approached me for help. At first I didn't know how to help them. After listening to their issues of 'not being able to find work'; 'get off drugs'; and ...

Each week at the Pomona Writer's Group, the facilitator selects a title for each member to write in under 500 words. These stories are read to the other members of the group. These are the stories I've written and read to the other members. Hop...

At the first induction to the group the facilitator handed out: ‘Helpful Hints For Creative Writers’. ‘To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong’. Among other things were - keep writing – don’t...