After a career in marketing and pilot training, Brian W Fisher retired (at least that’s what he thought at the time). Boredom began to set in - an endless round of gardening, oil painting, DIY and becoming a nuisance to his wife, did not seem to be working, so he took up writing at the young age of 73. How to begin and what exactly to write about was his biggest concern – certainly much bigger than his ego. These were hurdles he’d not had to face before. He couldn't type - knew almost nothing about the intricacies of computers - and having read about the decade long struggle by JK Rowling to have her first Harry Potter novel published, certainly did’t fill him with confidence. The how took a leaf out of Chairman Mao’s little red book - he took the first step on the long road - not to Beijing but to a keyboard and months of headaches and tired fingers. If the how seemed impossible at times - the what was even more difficult to conjure with.