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Several crucial clients were badly affected by the severe downturn in the economic climate in the UK and the disastrous activities of an American broker appointed to manage a substantial portion of our funds resulted in our splitting the group and each of the initial founders of the Osprey group pursued individual sections independently. I chose to reduce my involvement to a few small selected clients and to spend more time developing other interests, including writing and design work.
In 1990 I was taken on by the Rosemary Bromley Literary Agency with a view to publishing my first novel, The American Broker, based on the events I had experienced. Just as figures were being mentioned and a final edit was taking shape Robert Maxwell fell off his boat and an already tight market for new authors appeared not to have room for my story which simply could not compete with the big news at that time. I continued with consultancy and administrative services for a Sri Lankan client and hoped the market for new authors would pick up one day.