Notes on writing, character, politics, and community.

For over thirty years, I have been researching, writing, and refining books. For most of that time, they remained private work. Teaching, family life, and professional commitments left little room for publication, even though the writing itself never stopped.

That has changed. I now have the time to bring this work into the world and to discover whether readers connect with the stories. The Bothering series begins with Alistair D. Hargreaves, a man trying to understand what people in the UK believe by meeting faith leaders and listening closely to their lives. What he finds is often surprising, but mostly because it is deeply human.

Later books move outward into politics, America, and then wider global communities, while keeping the same focus on people, character, and moral choices in ordinary rooms. There are other books too, and I will share more about those in future posts.

Clive

Of course all the characters are fictional, but I have visited the places I write about and met people in many of these roles. Characters are often composites of people we know, or people we dream of.

I try to make each character realistic, with the interesting quirks and contradictions that real people carry. I hope you enjoy meeting them.

Clive