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I thought of writing a post Sunday, tried to write it yesterday and but couldn’t finish until today. It might be the chronic fatigue I was diagnosed with in November. Or it might be it was just Monday Horribilis yesterday. Monday’s are universally the worst day of the week, but…
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It has been one of those nights. I actually went to bed late, 1am, and was still awake at 2 am when believe it or not someone rang my buzzer. It was only a couple of quick buzzes and it was not repeated so I didn’t answer. The deed was done though – no sleep for me. I have been…
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So here I am just back from the hospital, sitting here trying to get comfortable with a back sore with needle jabs. It is probably the fifth procedure I have had on my back in say 7 years with varying success but no permanency. Back pain seems to be an ever present corollary to…
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If I had a dog it would have to be a Melon Collie, especially at this time of year heading to another ticking over of the clock. Time to review my standing in the writing world as my attack on Twitter – whilst providing humour to little clusters of people with my rapier wit – is…
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As the one avid reader of this blog knows, I finished my new novel in May and ever since it has been out in the market. First batch of submissions to literary agents totalled 11, although this included a couple of publishers too, and I have this week received the final…
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My novel was finished in May and since then I have been trying to interest a literary agent. A submission went out to ten and there have been some delays / false starts but the last rejection came in yesterday. This time there was a difference. Their website stated that even if…
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Yes, I acquired my 8th rejection of the new novel yesterday. In actual fact, this was the first agent I sent it out to on 23/5 but they had IT problems and never received it, so last week I sent it to them again. They turned it around quickly even though the agent I spoke too…
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A positive start to a new year and I have never said that before. Once Upon A Week has a review, a five star review no less, from US website Readers’ Favorite. Interestingly, this review was initiated by Publishing Push although they did review one of my other books at my…
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Twas nearly the week before Christmas and in Book World things are not going well.
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Well, so much for my Halfway House post last week. I only managed a measly 2,000 words this weekend although my enthusiasm has taken a bit of a knock. This was because it was also halfway through my publishing push and I received the interim report. After over 80 people had been…
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“No Mr Bond, I expect you to die!” The words of Auric Goldfinger, spoken way back in 1964. It has taken a long time. Very sad news about Sean Connery.
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I think I spoke too soon. Dai the dragon caused me a little trouble and then “poof” everything has gone wrong. The little trouble was that although I had successfully changed the front cover on Once Upon A Time e-book version, I could not get it to work on the paperback. Two…
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