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My Writing Story
I was not aware of it at the time but I think the seed of wanting to write was sown whilst I was still at school. I was 14 or 15 when a writing competition was staged. We had an opening line of “It was midnight in the library and all was quiet and dark” or something like that,…
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Novel
DOCTOR! OH NO!
S.P.I.D.E.R. Sindy Cobweb lay on the beach in the French Riviera soaking up the sun, trying to get the chill of her first assignment out of her bones. Arctic Roll Call had taken three weeks to complete out of which two and a half weeks had been spent in routine, inactive…
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Novel
Rewind Review
Well, the review on “Rewind” has been out a week and what has this done to sales – you guess it, absolutely zip. Readers Favorite is a US site I believe and therefore may not have a lot of impact on the UK. This blog reaches about two people and maybe a dozen more stumble across…
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From the Archives
Thank you VARy much
Greetings! As this blog had as many reads as Baldrick’s “Turnip and Worm Cookbook” I have not posted anything since 2015. And what do I find when I decide I might try again? A great big warning about privacy notices. Of course, I know about the GDPR due to my work in insurance…
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From the Archives
The Force Awakens
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a schoolboy went to a cinema to watch a film and came away feeling the force for a whole week. Today I went to the cinema again, to the lunchtime showing to avoid schoolboys – and girls, as this was the last day of school before the…
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From the Archives
Pointless
You may be thinking that is my opinion of this blog, so much so I have not posted anything for over 18 months, however that is not necessarily the case.
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From the Archives
Birthday Blues
Well, another 20th February over for another year. Does anyone enjoy birthdays as little as me? Does anyone sit there and think I shouldn’t be this old, I haven’t achieved anything. I am not talking about anything spectacular. I haven’t even done what normal people do. I should…
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From the Archives
Under Pressure!
I get reflective at New Year as I guess many people do. Agonising over the past year and wondering what juggernaut is coming to mow you down in the next. Little did I know that 2014 was going to be a red letter year. Blood red.
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From the Archives
The Write Stuff?
The first day of a new year. Last year at this time I was still full of hope that my two books – newly issued as e-books – would launch my writing career. One year on it is demoralising how few people have wanted to read them.
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