I may call this England 83. But I won’t because it is called Stolid. Unedited extract from Book 3. I had begun the evening by pitying myself. I had wanted to escape from the confines of my troubled life into a harsher more vivid world. Perhaps I had been looking for adventure. Well now I had found it, of sorts. Someone perhaps who needed pity […]
I may call this England 83. But I won’t because it is called Stolid. Unedited extract from Book 3. I opened my eyes. There were no lights. I looked around to see the eyes of the young man staring at me. Above the car the dark branches of trees hung low. We were parked in the quiet seclusion of a lay-by on a deserted country […]
No one wants to read my books or my blogs or anything. I do not exist. So unedited Book 3 is here I’m hoping that digital data will survive is some way after I die and the world has ended, and stories of how the world was are of interest again. The traffic ploughed with a menacing hiss the black fast road beside me. My […]
82 people bought Damon Ich when it was free, and 6 glorious people actually paid for it. The trouble with launching a book before Christmas in the middle of a worsening pandemic is that no one has time has time to read a good book, and certainly no time to write a review to let the poor anxious author know what they thought of it. […]
A massive step forward has been made in my blogs, and a massive step back too. I can finally use pictures which is the great thing. The bad thing is that I’ve got it into my head that a criminal gang is using my blog comments to send messages to each other. I read too much Sherlock Holmes when I was young and I have […]
Dammon Ick (that’s going to drive me mad. I knew I should have changed the spelling) is now live and available for purchase. I know someone called Damon, and I’m sure I told him it was nothing to do with him – written years before I knew him. I should have put that paragraph in about not being based on real people but I never […]
I am brimming over with subdued excitement and meant to add 4 lines to my ‘Things to do before Publishing’ blog (started off as 2.) These are: Wait 6 – 7 days for your first draft paperback. Check first draft hopefully be happy with that. Click publish on Amazon (be told the price they advised you the other day has to be increased.) Wait up […]
I published my first book five years ago (called Herai and I like it) and I’m trying to publish the second one now (Damon Ich pronounced “Damn on Ick”) – even though it was pretty well written when the first one was published. Why did it take so long, I hear you ask? Illness and a lack of funds are the honest answer. I was […]
I’ve got into Raffles via a Radio 4 adaptation, and a further purchase of the full audio books. My first feeling was that this was a slightly problematic but beautiful love story between Raffles and Bunny Manders. Problematic because the love seems mainly on the side of Bunny, an absolute devotion – whereas Raffles seems to provide the risk and pizazz in the relationship with […]
I’ve decided to have a free offer on Herai. It will be FREE on Saturday 3rd October and Sunday 4th October. I’m trying to advertise it as well as possible to ensure that as many people as possible read it. Please get a copy if you have an inclination for a slow but perfectly satisfying read. #freefantasyread #freefantasybook #metaphysicalfantasy