His novel writing life began after his education in journalism was complete. Although trained in hard news, photojournalism and feature writing, he started out on the radio where he spent two years producing many shows, short news casts and recording bands. Since radio was transitioning to mp3 programmed broadcasts, he went into hard news. This had him moving across Canada, moving from one weekly or daily to another. The Beggar and In The Western Night are only two of several novels that came out of those times on the road or when he would stop for a period in a city to take a break from journalism.