Life, books, writing and puzzles, since 2013.
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It has been a while as predicted – but then who has missed me? I thought so. Still for anyone that has been following my ill-fated quest to to get to the bottom of the worst seller list I have news.
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Long time no blog. It might be a while too before there is any more. I am signed off work with stress and the chances of me writing anything funny are as good as Baldrick getting a first at Oxford and winning the boat race single handed. Those of you who tune in regularly will…
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I have bowed to public non-demand and initiated a free promotion. One of my novels – Trouble Cross – is going to be available to download at nil pence on Friday 2nd August and Saturday 3rd August. What more can you wish for?
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Well, I was getting fed up of saying buy my books all the time.
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One sale this week – which makes a total of one in June. Still, I have now sent both manuscripts to a proper publisher for consideration as printed books.
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Not been on here for a while. Last week was a bad week. I got sacked by my publisher by a stinking email. This means the print versions are out of the window. Or does it? I was pointed in the direction of proper book publisher that may be interested. They were enough so to ask…
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How many people have wished they could go back and start again? Millions I would guess. I certainly did and still do.
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I have always wanted to be a full time author. Of course, that statement is relative. I didn’t want to be an author as a kid for instance. In fact the only time I ever professed an ambition to do any particular job was at 11 when I wanted to be a footballer. The fact that none…
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Being low in the Kindle rankings the only thing to do – other than ask you to denote 97p to a penniless author – is do something new which will be therefore nearer the top. Some years ago I started writing some proverb fairy tales. This may be my next effort although a…
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The problem with Kindle books is that there are so many that an unknown author is so far down the rankings the books do not come up in searches. If people were finding them, having a look and were not interested that is one thing but not even knowingabout them is another.
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Alex Ferguson retiring – who ever thought it? And all done and dusted in days. The Emperor is dead. Long live the Emperor. (Eric was of course the King.) So today we get the trophy back and it is also it is Fergie’s Swansea song at OT. Congratulations too to Wigan fans, hard…
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It’s May Day tomorrow but I would like to please change it just this once to May I Day, in other words May I beg you to buy just one of my books.
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