Posts from the original blog, writerboutnothing.blogspot.com. 45 posts, March 2013 to June 2019.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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“And welcome to the inaugural match of the new Deluxe Paints Primership. My name is John Dotson and this is football but not as we know it.”
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It is that time of year again. A time of reflection on things past and hopes for the future. It is a particular bad time for hundreds, maybe thousands of individuals who look back at 2013 and see nothing positive. And demoralised and devoid of inspiration, all they see ahead in…
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Happy Birthday to RewindHappy Birthday Trouble CrossHappy Birthday my E-booksBut your sales are so dross.
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Twas the day before the 18th night before Christmas.
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No blog last week as I was incapacitated by a throat infection – hurrah I hear you say. GOVEMBER is working as well as a ceratin chameleon circuit. Not one sale this month.
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