.There’s some very interesting first-hand reports coming in from the 12 Malaysians who were on two different ships bound for Gaza. Those of you who only read the Western press may be interested in the Malaysian accounts – from those … Continue reading
.I love the comedian/commentator Bill Maher. Great article here in the Huffington Post today. Here’s a few extracts, but do read the whole thing. … now English people don’t believe in global warming either. I thought the English were smarter … Continue reading
.I’m still reading aloud. For your edification: pix 1 shows the view from my front door. Note the bamboo in the pot. Pix 2 shows what’s happening in the pot. This is two days work from – I suspect – … Continue reading
…you can always rely on the tropics for a diversion. I am at the moment reading my book aloud. That’s right, aloud. To myself. From a printout, which I correct as I find all the mistakes I never saw when … Continue reading
.One of the scary things about being a grown up is realising that you sometimes know more than people who are supposed to know more than you do. Like Prime Ministers or Presidents, and politicians in general. I mean, we … Continue reading
Sent off the MS to two publishers and agent. Stormlord’s Exile is at the moment a few thousand words shorter than the other two. Now the nail-biting begins. Will they shriek in despair and tell me start all over again??Am … Continue reading
.I’m busy cleaning up the MS for Stormlord’s Exile, if you are wondering about the dearth of posts lately. Almost there. And once it is done, do I sit back basking in the light of my great literary achievement …? … Continue reading
.It’s not often you the reader get a chance to have in your hand a completed, polished book 4 or 5 months in advance of publication. The real deal, not a beta-read copy. Plus receiving the two previous books in … Continue reading
. “Three-quarters of readers are not aware of the Amazon Kindle. Three in every five have never even heard of a Sony Reader. The vast majority of consumers (68%) are unlikely or dead set against buying an e-book reader.” Wow. … Continue reading
.For those of you you who didn’t read the Guardian article on book covers, it said booksellers (who sometimes influence publishers in their choice of cover) think that generic mass-market-appeal covers outsell more offbeat covers or striking covers (and this … Continue reading
