Writing has always been a passion of Peter's but for too many years he
squelched every opportunity he had to do it. In 1996 he decided to
change careers and became a Technical Writer and has been writing ever
since.
His first novel The Crown Prince of Canada was written in 72 hours
at the Great Canadian Winter Novel Writing Marathon, a fundraiser
developed by his long time friend Martin Avery.
His second book, Malinki the Medic was written from notes provided
by his dad about his father's life as a boy in the Second World War
thrust into a Russian POW camp at the tender age of 14.
Canuck GI: The Peculiar Life of a Canadian Soldier is a first hand
account of Peter's life starting as an immature high school student
who enters the Canadian Army to become a man and finds himself in a
surreal world not like anything he has ever seen before.
Peter's first love is writing but he has enjoyed some success as an
actor as well. His love of travel has found him working in Abu Dhabi
in the United Arab Emirates, returning to North America to act in the
odd film and writing novels in his spare time.
"The fun of living in the Middle East is the opportunity it provides
to our five kids to visit another part of the world."
Peter has also used his expertise in writing technical documentation
by developing Simple Simon's Guides. These guides are designed to cut
through the mountain of information available in this information age
and provide the reader with only what they need to know to become
effective in the program.
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When I was 18, I looked like I was 13. I was socially immature, a late
bloomer in body and mind and very much adamant that the time had come
to move out of my parents home in Ontario Canada. So, I couldn't
really fault the people who knew me well and believed that within a
short period of time I would be sent home from military boot camp. Ah
yes—boot camp! Joining the army had actually been my dad's idea. I
never would have thought of it myself.
When I retired at the age of 38 I couldn't help but reflect on the
twenty years I had spent in the employment of the Canadian Government
and humorously wondered "What the hell was that about?"
Writing has always been a passion of Peter's but for too many years he
squelched every opportunity he had to do it. In 1996 he decided to
change careers and became a Technical Writer and has been writing ever
since.
