about me

For publishers'/agents' interest: mcdzan78@gmail.com

I'm no longer interested in the editor's desk and have self-published my books. The Somnambulist rose as high as 30 odd under the "old" authonomy process and over more than two years of being here, I've reviewed anywhere between 500/600 books or chapters thereof. I now prefer to spend my limited free time writing and no longer have time for reviews, although I will make the effort when I can. I love fiction writing--the imaginative/creative process is a wonderful balm to me--something mystical and magical which has consumed me since childhood. I'm happy to be here--still--among people like myself who have a need to follow their dreams. May yours come true.

Note: Please don't read/comment on/back Somnam if you are looking for reciprocation as I have very little time for the site and may not be able to return the favour. Sincere thanks to all who have taken the time to read and comment and to place Somnam on your shelves. Some of you have kept it there for quite a while and I do APPRECIATE very much your kindness.

Non-fiction publications (academic textbooks and journal articles (Law)).

Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828)
"In the city fields
contemplating cherry-trees . . .
Strangers are like friends."

favourite books

Andy Capp series :) (Seriously!)
(Authors): Dostoevsky, Gogol, Nabokov, Tolstoy, Poe, Wilde, Hesse, Dickens, Maugham, Flaubert, Lu Wen Fu, Camus, Kafka, Roth, Hugo, Hardy, Oe, Coelho, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Conrad, Joyce, Marquez, Ellison, Ngugi, Naipaul, Walcott, Lawrence, Orwell et cetera . . .

RAINBOW LIGHTS ABLAZE (Charity anthology for Japan by 16 writers/poets/artists from around the globe including several authonomy members) is out! https://www.createspace.com/3586324 or on Amazon

Most of my works explore the human condition. If you like my writings and would like to obtain copies note:

Latest publication: KEEPER OF THE SAPODILLA (On Amazon Kindle and soon on Createspace--120,000 wds, literary and historical fiction mainly set in the Caribbean.)

(1) RAMBLING POETS AT CAFE CYBER by seven authonomy poets including myself. Available through Createspace and Amazon. Links if interested:
http://blog.authonomy.com/2011/01/rambling-poets-at-cafe-cyber.html
https://www.createspace.com/Preview/1079823
www.amazon.com/Rambling-Poets-Café-Cyber-Conversations/dp/1456456202

(2) POETICISING CHAT (Ramblers Vol. II by eleven authonomy poets including myself - available on Createspace and soon, on Amazon)

(3) SESUJ OF TRENCH TOWN - Healing in the Jamaican Ghetto. (Available on Createspace.com and Amazon.com)

(4) A PEEP INTO THE CONDITIONS OF ISOLATION OF MR. NOBODY (Available on Createspace and Amazon)

(5) A BRIEF HISTORY OF WUI (Kick'Em Jenny's Revenge)
(Available on Creatspace and Amazon)

(6) SURVIVAL IN SILHOUETTE (The Legacy of the Arawaks in Guyana) (Createspace and Amazon)

(7) STAINS OF CARL (Createspace and Amazon)

(8) GOODNESS IN A DEMI WORLD (Createspace and Amazon)

(9) THE SOMNAMBULIST (Createspace and Amazon)

(10) COME BACK TO LIFE AGAIN (Createspace and Amazon)

(11) PETRA'S FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH (Createspace and Amazon)

(12) POSTCARD FROM A DISTANT COUSIN (Amazon)

(13) MIRROR IMAGE, VIRTUAL VISAGE (Amazon)

(14) THE HYPNOTIST AND OTHER STORIES (Amazon)

Happy reading! And most of all, happy writing!

my websites

http://caribbean-literature.blogspot.com/