Gary N. Heilbronn's Blog
November 17, 2015
Coast, a collection of paintings by Catherine Forshall at the Flying Colours Gallery, London
A great artist and a lovely human being..
Originally posted on Catherine Forshall:
Wednesday 18th November – 11th December
Monday to Friday 10.30 a.m – 5.30 p.m.
at The Flying Colours Gallery
The Courtyard, 6 Burnsall Street, London SW3 3ST
Telephone +44 (0) 207 351 5558
June 22, 2015
“How Do You Do” Marketing? Book-signings or Bust..
I write in English and live well away from cities in a foreign country, so there’s not much call for book-signing events or any of that sort of thing anywhere near me – but “now” seemed to be a good time to get into it.
Right now I’m away from relative seclusion in sunny South-West France and I’m back in Australia for several weeks then on to Fijifor a couple more.A lot of the trip is doing research for the two new novels I am now working on – a sequel to BEGINNINGS, my time-warping, historic...
March 3, 2015
“Freebies” If I could?
Marketing is a pretty cunning��activity as any ” Indie” author already knows ��… or certainly soon finds out, especially if you read books like “The Brain Sell” by David Lewis; and see what lengths the marketing people are going to in order to harness our emotions and persuade us to buy “something” ��.. or anything!
What about “freebies”?
However, I was amazed recently by an Indie author I spoke to …… on-line, not in real life (who actually talks to anyone face-to-face these days?) … and she to...
February 24, 2015
3 Novels by Ann Massey – Something For Everyone
If you haven’t read any of Ann Massey’s books, you should give them a try. ��They’re all a good read and quite different. You can find them on Amazon. ��Ann has a new novel coming out soon.. this time it’s humour: The Little Dog Laughed. ��It sounds as though it’s completely different too. ��On her Facebook page,��Ann says –
“The hero, Spartacus aka Sparky (BLESS HIM), is off on a time travel adventure in Roman-occupied Briton.”
Ann Massey is an Australian author living in Perth, Western Austr...
Of Myths and Madness
Gripes About Politicians
It’s almost eighteen years I���ve been living back in Europe …�� and that���s after a stint of a dozen years enjoying that “rich man���s paradise”: Hong Kong .. but I’ve always tried to keep informed about politics in North America and in Australia ����� my homeland … So I thought I���d bring up here just a couple of things that get me annoyed about political life, especially over here in Europe. (Just ���a couple��� you say! ��Well who���s got all day to listen to me?...
December 2, 2014
Novel Writing – more than just story-telling?
“Webucator” has asked some authors for their views on writing novels ….�� here’s my response..
What a question! My thoughts on novel writing …. and as a part of the National Novel Writing Month campaign … well, that’s taking a risk! ��Given what I’ve said about it in the past .. though now my views have mellowed. ��So congratulations to all those who braved the challenge of writing 50k words in a month!
NaNoWriMo … love that abbreviation .. it wiggles round the wips … especially for non-america...
August 25, 2014
Rodeo Multiple Murder! Who’d Believe It?
Look, I am keen on e_book fiction… not because I’ve traditionally published a “clutch” of books (academic) with up-market publishers who’ve basically wasted my time .. but maybe it’s because I really appreciate the anarchy of self-publishing … anyway enough of my prejudices .. let me tell you about HUNG UP IN BEMIDJI …by Kathy Cohen.
It’s based in a rodeo .. and though I’ve been to a few, I never thought I’d find it fascinating .. but Kathy Cohen does just that without even trying .. and reall...
August 4, 2014
A World of Dirty Politics, Power and Greed in 14th Century France.. plus ��a change …
Just finished reading “The Iron King” written by Maurice Druon in 1955 and recently translated into English.
This is a powerful and wonderfully written story (aside from the first few pages which no doubt editors or translators managed to mess up – I’ve seen this before). It’s the first of a very popular series in France – Les Rois Maudits – (The Accursed Kings) written over fifty years ago, and out of which a successful TV series has been made… not that this necessarily means a lot when you s...
A World of Dirty Politics, Power and Greed in 14th Century France.. plus ça change …
Just finished reading “The Iron King” written by Maurice Druon in 1955 and recently translated into English.
This is a powerful and wonderfully written story (aside from the first few pages which no doubt editors or translators managed to mess up – I’ve seen this before). It’s the first of a very popular series in France – Les Rois Maudits – (The Accursed Kings) written over fifty years ago, and out of which a successful TV series has been made… not that this necessarily means a lot when you s...
August 1, 2014
a thought for what’s going on in the world
Iwas just thinking about what’s happening in the world and these thoughts came to mind ….
If there has to be anger, let’s turn it against ALL political & religious extremists – Christians, Jews and Muslims…
An Elegy to Extremists: Whoever You Are
If there was no Israel who would you hate;
Whoever stands in the way of your Caliphate? 
Is all you want just a small strip of land?
Or is it all our souls in your bloody hands?
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If there’s no Jews would Christians be the target?
Their churches to be bur...
