Merry Christmas 2018
It’s Christmas time once more. I would like to take the opportunity to wish all the followers of my blog, my Tweets, postings on Facebook and all my readers, a very Merry Christmas and peace and goodwill to you all. Tom...
The Concrete Gardener: Lettuce Pray
It was getting toward the end of the year, my tomatoes were done and the grapes on the vine are finished. What’s left of the grapes are being allowed to shrivel up in the sun to form currants and raisins which I’ll use in the fruit...
The Indie Author: Marketing with your Blog
It’s said in blogging circles that content is king. That may be the case, but if nobody knows about your blog you’re wasting your time. There are bloggers out there who would love the chance to write a good blog, yet either...
The Indie Author: Learning to Spell
If anyone asks my advice on their writing, there are two things I will tell them to get right, spelling and word usage. And no, I’m not asking you to learn magic! Aside from the fact we English spell a few words differently to our cousins...
The Indie Author: What Sells a Book?
There are four things you must remember that will sell your book. The cover, a good logline, a good description and the first few pages. The most eye catching thing about your book is your cover. If that catches a potential readers eye then...
Living in Cyprus: It’s Pathetic
Don’t get me wrong, I love Cyprus and it’s not the least bit pathetic. This piece is all to do with mispronunciation. As a writer, I’m attracted to words and I try to pay attention to words without spelling them incorrectly or...
The Indie Author: Gobsmacked!
Never been gobsmacked? You’ve never lived. It’s British slang meaning ‘utterly astonished or astounded.’ Here’s an example, “the locals were gobsmacked when we walked in” and is widely used in the...
Living in Cyprus: I Got the Massage!
It was in 2017 that I was pummeled into submission at the hands of a masseuse. No, dear reader, I’ve not suddenly lost the ability to spell. This refers to an item from my bucket-list that I achieved at the week-end. Last weekend my wife...
Living in Cyprus: A Bird in the Hand
There’s a saying, apparently attributed to Aristotle, “one swallow does not a summer make.” Well, our last summer came early then as I’ve seen three swallows today and even had one in my bungalow. Just as I was finishing a...
The Indie Author: Working & Writing
As an indie author, unless you’re a person of means, someone who already has a good income from shares, stock, investment or bank robbery, then you are like me, a writer who has to work to earn a living. So, what do you have to go through...
Will Reading a Book Soon be Obsolete?
A book, is a book is a book and all books are the same… Nobody I know of said that, but those who choose to not read probably feel that way. You may have noticed my motto, not taken from some historical figure, but from the depths of my...
The Indie Author: Write More in Less Time!
Being an indie author there’s one seemingly insurmountable problem I find I cannot get round, being able to write. No, not being able to write, being able to write more. It’s simply a matter of time, or lack of. Unless you’re a...
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