I became a cop in 1993 and kept a pocket journal with me throughout my career. I ended up with dozens of notebooks filled with notes on things I’d seen / heard / done over the years, and when I retired in 2018 I started thinking about writing a novel.

My first one, The Crystal Birdcage, was borne out of a thought experiment I played around with during the Pandemic. Once I got the feel for the writing process, the sequel, The Harbinger Crow, came quickly. The third and final installment in the greatest apocalyptic love story ever written* is currently in the works!

The Iron Pig, published in April 2026, is a composite story based on material I collected during my last five years on the job. Most of the scenes and dialogue actually took place (names and locations have been altered of course), and the story turned out to be a personal reflection on how the job has changed over the years.

Also, subscribe to my blog if you like the idea of becoming a writer and creating a novel of your own one day. I’ll be using it to illustrate how I - a newbie writer who had no clue as to how this all worked just a few short years ago - punched out three books in three years, with another on the way.

Heck, I’ll even (barf) talk about the publishing end of things, and lessons I learned the hard way!

Stay tuned :-)

*according to me