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April 3, 2013
Iain Banks
Iain Banks is a Scottish writer I have loved for a very long time. You may know him better as Iain M. Banks. He has written many wonderful novels in both mainstream and science fiction genres. My favourites are The Wasp Factory and Feersum Endjinn. I was devastated to learn today that Iain Banks has [...]
April 2, 2013
Gargoyles, septic tanks and Awards!
I’m normally a pretty laidback kind of person, but yesterday’s septic tank crisis left me in dire need of a pick-me-up. I won’t go into all the details except to say they were… smelly. [And yes, we can now use the toilets again]. So you can see why I’d need a pick-me-up. However, what you [...]
Misinformation about Indie publishing – Updated April 4, 2013
Candy Korman posted a link in comments to a LinkedIn member who had been scammed. Thanks Candy. So then I approached Indies Unlimited in the hope they would do an article about it. Kat Brooks from IU replied with a link to an article they had already run on exactly this company, and this type [...]
Misinformation about Indie publishing
This is not the post I meant to write today, but it is too important to put off. If you are an Indie author, or are simply thinking about becoming an Indie author, this article by Martin Crosbie is a must read. In the article, Crosbie talks about the misinformation he heard at the BC [...]
April 1, 2013
Apologies, Reviews and Thanks!
I promised some reviews at least two weeks ago now and I still haven’t delivered. Sorry about that. Easter and The Daughter’s birthday did conspire against me, but I cannot tell a lie, I have been writing Book 2 of the Vokhtah saga, and just haven’t had enough brain cells left over to do justice [...]
March 30, 2013
What a difference a year makes
I’ve been thinking a lot about befores and afters lately. Life, my life, was very different a year ago. Back then I was new at everything, including blogging. I’m hardly an expert now, but the screenshot below does show how far I’ve come. In comparison to other, highly successful bloggers, my stats are very average, [...]
March 29, 2013
What a clever promotion for the Channel War!
M.Edward McNally just posted something quite unique on his blog, The Sable City. To promote the upcoming launch of his latest book, the Channel War, he selected 38 lines of dialogue, one from each chapter, and listed them. That’s it. And yet, because the dialogue is so good, the net effect is intriguing, and at [...]
March 28, 2013
Golden Toilet Award-March
Reblogged from FrontRangeScribbles: For those that don't know, this award is my way of giving back to those that have given us so much. If it were not for these people than our every day lives would be that much more interesting and exciting. This months winner of the highly coveted Golden Toilet is.....Justin Bieber. [...]
March 26, 2013
My Indies Unlimited interview is live!
As promised, the link to the interview is : http://www.indiesunlimited.com/2013/0... Now please remember this is a very old photo. Okay, enough self-absorption. Please come join me at Indies Unlimited. I’d love to see what you think of some of my idea. cheers Meeks Filed under: Uncategorized
March 25, 2013
Vokhtah reviews growing. Can I get any happier?
Yesterday I was down in the dumps because I was obsessing about getting my photo taken. Today I am literally floating up near the ceiling somewhere! I now have 6 reviews of Vokhtah up on Amazon, and each and everyone of them likes the story! One of the reviews I requested from Jonathon B, a [...]
