It may seem a little strange to promote oneself as a failure, but in his early years that is how Kelvin saw himself - but then don't most of us experience similar periods in our lives. Kelvin describes it as a bungee jump with just enough length and spring in the cord to save him from disaster. Looking back, he says that it was those bad times that helped mould his character and those heightened experiences that formed part of the raw material for his novels. From those humble beginnings he found success in business, eventually selling the company within weeks of the great crash and suddenly he was free to pursue his writing, a wonderful thing, and now that he is enjoying that freedom he is able to devote the attention to his writing that it deserves.