So, I'm not a naturally gifted writer. I write as much for my own catharsis and learning as for any other reason. But I want to help people too, to see people live to their fullest potential. I guess that's one reason I became a doctor. Writing helps me to share my experience to a broader audience, to help as many people as I can. And that makes me happy.

"Kintsukuroi Christians" is, like most of my work, a mix of benevolence and catharsis. As a doctor, I spend a fair portion of my time every day helping people with mental health concerns, but I also know what it's like to suffer from mental illness myself, and I've seen (and experienced) the knowledge gap that exists in the Christian church when it comes to mental health and illness. Kintsukuroi is such a powerful analogy for Christians who have suffered (and continue to suffer) from mental illness - it feels like your broken and useless, but God doesn't see it that way. He sees the cracks repaired with gold so that the vessel is more valuable because of the brokenness and repair. I wanted to increase awareness and decrease the stigma of mental illness in the Christian church by weaving the best theology and medical science into a single narrative so that they, too, can see beauty where there once was brokenness.

I started experimenting with self-publishing in the late 1990's, and wrote regular monthly/bimonthly articles for a nationally distributed Christian magazine in Australia called Alive Magazine for most of the 2000's. Since then, I've done some sporadic blogging, and when the right inspirations strikes, I continue to write blogs and books.

Hmmm ... it's probably a repressed memory.

It's fairly organic, often researching and writing at the same time, and seeing where the ideas take me.

Usually working, or wasting it on Facebook :)

Usually fairly organically. Most of my books have been DIY including cover art. That way the book is all my work from the ground up. I usually have some image in my head and I try and match it as best I can with the skills I possess. I've spent enough time playing around with Photoshop that I can put together something reasonable. Though I did go pro with my most recent book "Kintsukuroi Christians" and the results are excellent.

Google (and Smashwords, of course ...)

I'm a Mac fan boy. I can't go past my iPad!

Chaotic!

I'm not sure yet. I'm going to let everything tumble around in my brain for a little while and see what comes out.