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[Pam]

Being impatient I clicked on that giveaway that doesn't open till March and it was asking for my email address but maybe that was because I tried it too early?

[M.T.]

Shops you got it sorted Pam.

I have written another blog post if anyone's interested. About writing this time.

https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2017/03/05/fr...

[Jim]

good blog, I shared it with a creative writing group, might give some of them some ideas :-)

[M.T.]

Thanks. I should probably have serialised it.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I'm not awake yet - I read that as 'sterilised'.

[M.T.]

Phnark, talking of which ... Bleargh. I was on the somnambulent vomit clear up night before last. McMini managed to get his mattress, his duvet, his blankets, two cuddlies, his pyjamas, his socks and the carpet.

Joy.

There's something very surreal about washing down a mattress with antibac and turning it over in the middle of the night (thank heavens it wasn't runny vom).

Something even more surreal about washing your feet with antibacterial soap at 1 am as well as your hands. Mmm Mmm!

McMini was back at school today though, after a day off yesterday. And at last, my headache has gone. Had a 3 day job after getting too cold on Sunday and then being woken up in the middle of the night by the terrible words,

'Mum, I've been sick.'

Spending an hour clearing it all up and then having to listen to McOther playing the two tone nose flute for the rest of the night. Ugh.

I have done a lot of washing this past couple of days.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

What, washing the blood out of the sheets after you murdered McOther?

[M.T.]

Mwahahaaaaargh no close though!

[Alicia]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "What, washing the blood out of the sheets after you murdered McOther?"

Much as that is desirable, then there is a lot of paperwork.

I abhor paperwork.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

And prison beds are so uncomfortable.

[Jim]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "And prison beds are so uncomfortable."

as always I bow to the voice of experience

[Alicia]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "And prison beds are so uncomfortable."

More than that, prison is NOISY. Can you imagine trying to write in prison?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Alicia wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "And prison beds are so uncomfortable."

More than that, prison is NOISY. Can you imagine trying to write in prison?"

It doesn't bear thinking of. And the decor is so uninspiring.

[M.T.]

Not enough daylight either.

[Alicia]

M.T. wrote: "Not enough daylight either."

And people are wont to stealing your stuff. Not a good plan.

I think that's why all the interest in 'untraceable' poisons and improbably accidents.

[M.T.]

Hmmm... I just bought ear plugs instead.

[M.T.]

Seems simpler...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Less mess, too.

[M.T.]

I have written a new blog post today, I reviewed a couple of books.

http://wp.me/pJIxY-H7

Enjoy. ;-)

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

You'll be pleased to hear that your blog notification email arrived in my inbox Mary. I have missed most of them because they ended up in spam :(

[M.T.]

Oooh I'm glad jt worked at last. :-) maybe M15 have finally taken me of their blacklist.

[M.T.]

More cobblers and a great promo on Kobo, if anyone does the app.

https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2017/03/26/ma...

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Just read your blog MT - very interesting, especially as I've just been told my bunions have caused arthritis in my foot (I'm 35, so like you, too young for surgery) - doctor was just 'it's natural degeneration' and didn't get my concern that if they are painful at my age, what is it going to be like in another 2 decades. I'm going to look into the spoon thing

[M.T.]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Just read your blog MT - very interesting, especially as I've just been told my bunions have caused arthritis in my foot (I'm 35, so like you, too young for surgery) - doctor was just 'it's natural..."

Magnets are better than any pain killers. They're definitely worth looking into. I'm told copper insoles are good too. But I've some medical magnets that I stick on with tape. They keep the swelling in check too.

:-)

Cheers

MTM

[M.T.]

Ah yes and here's the link to the post Delsey and I are discussing. https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2017/04/15/le...

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

M.T. wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Just read your blog MT - very interesting, especially as I've just been told my bunions have caused arthritis in my foot (I'm 35, so like you, too young for surgery) -..."

Thanks to someone on here, I use magnetic plasters for my sciatica, works wonders, I tried them once on my shoulder with no effect - the rhematologist did say they only worked for certain things. Will put one on my foot in the morning though, nothing to lose, and look into insoles

[M.T.]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "M.T. wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Just read your blog MT - very interesting, especially as I've just been told my bunions have caused arthritis in my foot (I'm 35, so like you, too young f..."

I find they are great for my arthritis so fingers crossed they'll work on a bunion. They need to be big magnets though. The plasters didn't cut the mustard for me. They weren't strong enough. Like Scottie out of StarTrek I find that if something like this doesn't work its often a case of, 'we need more power captain!'

[Jim]

I was recommended cider vinegar and honey over thirty years ago and have a mug of it every morning. (Two teaspoons of honey, two of cider vinegar in hot water)
It's supposed to be good long term for joints etc and I've no more twinges of various things than I had back then

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

M.T. wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "M.T. wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Just read your blog MT - very interesting, especially as I've just been told my bunions have caused arthritis in my foot (I'..."

I've just put one on.

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "I was recommended cider vinegar and honey over thirty years ago and have a mug of it every morning. (Two teaspoons of honey, two of cider vinegar in hot water)
It's supposed to be good long term f..."

My dad swore by that although his arthritis was fairly epic. Could have been worse though and it seems to have settled now.

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "M.T. wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "M.T. wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Just read your blog MT - very interesting, especially as I've just been told my bunions have caused arthritis i..."

I hope it helped!

[Jim]

well I just have a mug of it first thing in the morning. I'm a morning person and can function without caffeine ;-)

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "well I just have a mug of it first thing in the morning. I'm a morning person and can function without caffeine ;-)"


Mwahahaaaargh! What? Are you sure you're actually from Earth!

[Jim]

M.T. wrote: "Jim wrote: "well I just have a mug of it first thing in the morning. I'm a morning person and can function without caffeine ;-)"


Mwahahaaaargh! What? Are you sure you're actually from Earth!"

You milk dairy cows for thirty years and you'll end up awake the minute your feet hit the floor in the morning :-)

Even now I struggle to sleep past 7am

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

My foot seems less painful, but I had an incredibly lazy day yesterday, so could be that

[Alicia]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "My foot seems less painful, but I had an incredibly lazy day yesterday, so could be that"

Don't call it laziness; call it aggressive resting.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Alicia wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "My foot seems less painful, but I had an incredibly lazy day yesterday, so could be that"

Don't call it laziness; call it aggressive resting."

Fantastic way of looking at it :) been shopping, still hurts to walk, but I've spent so long in the house I'm going for a walk after I've eaten

[Patti (baconater)]

Jim wrote: "I was recommended cider vinegar and honey over thirty years ago and have a mug of it every morning. (Two teaspoons of honey, two of cider vinegar in hot water)
It's supposed to be good long term f..."

Yeah, and ingesting a lead pellet was so good that they were passed (literally) down from generation to generation.

Sounds like a placebo that won't cause harm, so go on then.

I'll keep on slurping coffee.

[David]

My wife uses copper insoles and swears by them.

[M.T.]

I have some copper insoles on order. Bought them a month ago but they've only just sent them. Computer glitch ... Naturally. I've also bought some big magnets as the current trend for drainpipe trousers doesn't really go with the magnetic supports. :-)

Jim I can imagine sort if. I used to live in Ely and work for a company based in Luton, Stansted, Gatwick, Heathrow and Birmingham with a small office in Cambridge. If I had a meeting at 9:00 anywhere I had to be up and gone by 5:00 am a lot of the time. I dunno how I did it now. I wasn't menopausal at the time though. That probably helped.

Cheers

MTM

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Where did you get the insoles and magnets from MT?

[Jim]

M.T. wrote: "Jim I can imagine sort if. I used to live in Ely and work for a company based in Luton, Stansted, Gatwick, Heathrow and Birmingham with a small office in Cambridge. If I had a meeting at 9:00 anywhere I had to be up and gone by 5:00 am a lot of the time. I dunno how I did it now. I wasn't menopausal at the time though. That probably helped.
."

I suspect that it's just a habit you get into.

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

Jim wrote: "M.T. wrote: "Jim I can imagine sort if. I used to live in Ely and work for a company based in Luton, Stansted, Gatwick, Heathrow and Birmingham with a small office in Cambridge. If I had a meeting ..."

There is an Ely that's just a stonesthrow from where I live here in Cardiff - I'm presuming that you mean Ely in Cambridge???

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Not sure the magnets are working, it's slightly more painful. I will try another in a different place, I know it took a few goes with my back

[M.T.]

T4bsF (Call me Flo) wrote: "Jim wrote: "M.T. wrote: "Jim I can imagine sort if. I used to live in Ely and work for a company based in Luton, Stansted, Gatwick, Heathrow and Birmingham with a small office in Cambridge. If I ha..."

Yep. I sure do.

[M.T.]

This week, I have been speculating as to why I have only sold 662 copies of the K'Barthan Series but have 4,247 people on my mailing list. What are they doing there? What on earth do they get out of it? Why haven't they bought any of my effing books?

The statistics have throw up some interesting ideas, I was quite chuffed.

https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2017/05/06/ma...

Enjoy.

[Jim]

Very interesting
My gut feeling is that you're so far down the mailing list road that it makes sense for you to continue it.
But if we all go down that road, it'll just get clogged and screw it for those who are doing it really well.

[M.T.]

Jim wrote: "Very interesting
My gut feeling is that you're so far down the mailing list road that it makes sense for you to continue it.
But if we all go down that road, it'll just get clogged and screw it for..."

Yeh, it's a tricky one. I'll see how it works out.

[Alicia]

M.T. wrote: "This week, I have been speculating as to why I have only sold 662 copies of the K'Barthan Series but have 4,247 people on my mailing list. What are they doing there? What on earth do they get out o..."

I always open and read your blog posts, but I like your voice as an author and a blogger. I don't believe I even downloaded the free books because I only have two neurons, and one is used for breathing and the other for writing - under the best of circumstances, which the current aren't.

This post/newsletter was full of fascinating information - but we're such different kinds of writers I decided not to clog up your blog comments.

But I do feel better - I only have the one mainstream book out. I have no books to use as loss leaders and tastes of the writing - so there's no sense at all in me doing what you do. So I don't feel bad that I have NOT been doing what you do, because it wouldn't have worked for me anyway.

If you sign up to follow my Pride's Children site or my writer's site, you get the posts emailed to you when they come out - and you will find out there, or on Amazon (if you follow there), when I managed to finish the second book in the mainstream trilogy. I will never be prolific - I'm too slow.

It is a lovely post, full of all kinds of information on what you have tried and what's worked for you so far. And there wasn't an idea I could steal. Bummer.

I'm just toodling along with Amazon ads, since Amazon is where the readers are. What I'm working on is tweaking ad copy, since I get a lot of impressions, a decent number of clicks, and few sales (though a lot of people have been complaining about the same).

When I have something which works for me, I hope I can leave it running in the background, and spend what little energy I have on writing.

I think you're doing everything right, from what I've read on other sites - and just haven't found the right veins of readers. And I'd be the very last person to have any ideas: my idea of my ideal reader is someone who bought The Goldfinch, and found it somehow lacking (there are legions of these people on its Amazon page). Hard to target a negative.

Your decision - keep going, tweak when you think of how to - sounds sound to me. When things DO pick up again, you will have that wonderful backlog for them to find.

[M.T.]

Alicia wrote: "M.T. wrote: "This week, I have been speculating as to why I have only sold 662 copies of the K'Barthan Series but have 4,247 people on my mailing list. What are they doing there? What on earth do t..."

Bless you, thanks, and I'm sorry there was nothing you could have a go at yourself! ;-) I probably have three neurons, one for care of McMini and the oldies, one for walking and one for talking! Mwah hahaahrgh! But actually, what you said about my style and voice rings true with something another lady put on my blog, about how she hasn't read my books but really enjoys the emails I send and the blog posts I write.

So maybe I should do a Jim and publish some of my funnier blog posts. It's a thought.

Cheers

MTM

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I'm in the same camp MT, I've never read one of your books, but I follow your blog because I enjoy your posts on here. I think publishing some blogs could be a good idea