Posts from the original blog, writerboutnothing.blogspot.com. 45 posts, March 2013 to June 2019.
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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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Well, I just had to do it. There is no other option. Either book now just ninety seven pence.
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Well, I was thinking of posting Comm Cheque 3 today – there is 5 – but bearing in mind that there are no blog followers I guess no one is avidly awaiting the next instalment. Anyway, the point has been made. I created these little parodies of the office and because of these a…
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Better news on the book front. The printed versions now look like they may go ahead.
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Captain’s Worklog Commrate 20%The elite force of the Brokeship Sedgwickise is the PRAT (Public Relations Action Team) Division. Always out in their company shuttles trying to build up a rapport with alien worlds.
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For those of you excitedly waiting for Comm Cheque 2 I have made a Boo Boo. There are two small intermissions first – well, I did do this work in 1989 and didn’t remember the order.
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