juvenilesailors
juvenilesailors
| Forum role | Member since | Last activity | Topics created | Replies created |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Jan 12, 2011 (15 years) |
- | 1 | 0 |
- Forum role
- Member
- Member since
Jan 12, 2011 (15 years)
- Last activity
- -
- Topics created
- 1
- Replies created
- 0
Bio
Welcome, my name is Dave McCathie and I’m the author of Juvenile Sailors.
Just to give you a bit of background I was born in Sydney NSW and I lived at a place called Chullora where I started school. I then attended South Strathfield High where I passed my Higher School Certificate. I lived and worked there for twenty years until I was conscripted into the army, the only lottery I’ve ever won. After I was discharged I moved to Gosford, on the Central Coast, with mum and dad where I met my wife of thirty three years Jann. This is also where I spent ten years in Juvenile Justice working in Detention Centres.
I moved to Brisbane in1994 where I reside still with my wife,
Jann, son Daniel, daughter Rhiannon, border collie-cross Jessie 11 and chestnut mare Miss Tilly 6.
The idea for Juvenile Sailors started in 1995 not long after moving to Brisbane. I sat on the idea for five years until I was recovering from an operation and treatment for bowel cancer and since I had plenty of time I started writing. The book was a combination of the work I did with teenagers, a love of sailing and a penchant for the wars at sea between England, France, Spain and the USA during the 18th century.
I never really saw myself as a writer but there you are and even though I stalled the idea off as being silly it wouldn’t go away until I started putting it down on paper, and that’s another story. So there you have it, Juvenile Sailors.
Browse through inside information on the link at the top left to find out more about how Juvenile sailors went from one book to three.
WordPress.com Forums 