Born Berlin. Cold War Baby. Parents emigrated DownUnder. Later travelled from Kathmandu to Berlin. Then back DownUnder. University. Unemployable. Girlfriend suggests we move to Sydney. Good timing. New Wave music everywhere. Still buy cds. My bi polarity as well as depression has us run away to the country infected with hippies. We return to Sydney after 18 months. Marry. I drive buses. She wants a mortgage. I write my first novel. We divorce after a quarter of a century. A new life. To the country and another woman. I run away. To Newcastle after a mental breakdown. Which was an excellent experience. As I also have adhd. A good boost to write novels with. Learn to play the keyboards. Write Virtual Quantum Collapse. Now on the third. Mental is good. It helps to get into other realities. Those gestating in our heads.