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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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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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It was 14th December 2012 and at last my novels were available to the general public and no longer hiding away in a drawer. Alas not in bookshops but as self published kindle versions. I remember asking the guy who published them for me – how do I sell them? The answer was via…
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Have you ever wondered how words get added to the dictionary? Who decides to add them and when? These questions briefly came to mind during ‘Pointless’ in a round on words added to the dictonary in 2019. I think it was the Oxford English Dictionary but don’t quote me on that bit.
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Twas nearly the week before Christmas and in Book World things are not going well.
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Well, I’ve made it. Broken the 50,000 word barrier in my new novel. Trance my first novel was 60,000 words but that was too short. Trouble Cross was twice as long at 120,000 words but taking out the superfluous elements – according to some – means Pratt, Pratt, Wally & Pratt is…
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Call me flabbergasted. I just discovered something I never knew existed. I was just googling Pratt, Pratt, Wally & Pratt to see if it came up in searches, which it didn’t, but what did come up was a review on Trouble Cross that I never about. It is a fair review and overall a…
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Well, I finally made it. I mentioned so many blogs ago that I was splitting Trouble Cross up into its constituent parts because someone had mentioned that the main story would flow better without the back story and James Bond spoof included. Taking these out was the easy bit and…
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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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Hello, it has been a while. Two months in fact since I posted anything. Other than working at the day job, I have been putting more time into my new novel. I discovered that I had written myself into a corner and had to work myself around that. I seem to be back on track now and…
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