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You've just sold it to me Phillip! I've just earned an amazon voucher from one of my survey sites and am planning how to spend it! :0)

[Philip]

Karen (Kew) wrote: "You've just sold it to me Phillip! I've just earned an amazon voucher from one of my survey sites and am planning how to spend it! :0)"

I'm cheap, what more can I say ;-)

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I bought your Granny as well - fancy selling her for 99p!

:0)

[Philip]

Karen (Kew) wrote: "I bought your Granny as well - fancy selling her for 99p!

:0)"

You've heard the old expression "He'd sell his own mother for sixpence"?

[Philip]

Joking apart, thanks very much Karen. Very much appreciated.

I'm not necessarily looking at you but I'm in desperate need of a review for my Duck on the Amazon.co.uk site. Doesn't have to be gushing, doesn't even have to be supportive, but something would at least show someone in the UK had read it ;-)

[Jud]

Sell your mother for sixpence and your granny for less than a pound...

I think that could catch on. Although I'm happy to pass my granny on to any takers for free. Just so long as they are in a far and distant country, preferably with no communication system in place yet

[Philip]

Jud (Krisztof) wrote: "Sell your mother for sixpence and your granny for less than a pound...

I think that could catch on. Although I'm happy to pass my granny on to any takers for free. Just so long as they are in..."

Tsk, tsk. What's that other old saying? "You'll never miss your Granny till she's lying in her grave"

There, that's cheered everyone up!

[Philip]

Thanks to spiffing people like Kew above, both Crutches For Ducks and Steady Past Your Granny's are currently in the top 10,000 Kindle books. It won't last but it's quite nifty while it does!

[Philip]

You see, I knew I shouldn't have posted that because the Duck instantly dropped out of the frame. I'm a fool to myself sometimes ;-)

[Lorraine]

Awww Philip. Here, have a hug x

[Philip]

I drag this story from Steady Past Your Granny's out pretty much every Christmas! Hope you enjoy it. The good news (or bad, dependent on your point of view) is that I'm working on a sequel to it that I may be able to share before the week's out:

http://philwhiteland.blogspot.com/201...

[Patti (baconater)]

Oh cool! That'd be lovely Phil.

[Philip]

Patti (Totally Bananas) wrote: "Oh cool! That'd be lovely Phil."

Well, this is it, Patti. Any comments would be much appreciated:

http://philwhiteland.blogspot.com/201...

[Patti (baconater)]

Thank you Phil. That was lovely. I do enjoy your writing.

[Philip]

Latest article appearing in the Derby Telegraph today:

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/rou...

[Philip]

For everyone who is starting to think about New Year's Eve - http://philwhiteland.blogspot.com/201...

[Philip]

Delighted that Crutches For Ducks has just received a 4 star rating here. :-)

[Patti (baconater)]

Phil! Where you been? I've missed you!

Congrats on the review too!

[Philip]

Patti (Still totally bananas) wrote: "Phil! Where you been? I've missed you!

Congrats on the review too!"

Hi Patti. Happy New Year to you! Thanks for missing me, although most would say you should take more careful aim ;-)

I've been very busy with real-life work and a series of colds and bugs that have laid me low. 4 star ratings tend to perk me up though!

[Patti (baconater)]

Aww poor Phil. I'm sorry you've been ill. :(

You need to spend some time with us to build up your happy defences.

[Philip]

Just to let you know that, last time I checked, I was still here...and so was my Granny and Duck. Thought you might like to know ;-)

[Philip]

I'm considering relaunching in the Spring with a different cover. Would welcome your opinions.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Show us the new cover and I'm sure you'll get plenty of comments.

[Philip]

Gingerlily (aka The Typo Queeen) wrote: "Show us the new cover and I'm sure you'll get plenty of comments."

Haven't done it yet, GL. My thinking is that it would be very much on the lines of the cover for

[Philip]

I'm sneaking closer to a significant milestone. Can't tell you any more as I would have to terminate you if I did ;-)

[Patti (baconater)]

Well that's mean.

[Philip]

Patti (Yes! We STILL have no bananas!) wrote: "Well that's mean."

What? Terminating you or not telling you?

[Patti (baconater)]

Well both, now that I think on it.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Philip, you're just a tease.

[Philip]

Gingerlily (aka The Typo Queeen) wrote: "Philip, you're just a tease."

Ha! I just had a disturbing image involving ostrich feathers and a coquettish wink ;-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

And nothing else? Oh dear....

[Philip]

Gingerlily (aka The Typo Queeen) wrote: "And nothing else? Oh dear...."

You should see what I can do with my feather boa!

Nothing else, sounds like a particularly unhelpful lady.

[Philip]

Thinking about it, we could tour as an exotic double act!

Phil Whiteland and Nothing Else,
A smile, a song, and a vague sense of disappointment

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Do you think that would go down well?

[Philip]

Sure fire hit, GL. X Factor, here we come!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Fame beckons!

[Philip]

2 down, 16 to go (swishes ostrich feather)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

we could do a double bill with my magician friend!

[Philip]

Gingerlily (aka The Typo Queeen) wrote: "we could do a double bill with my magician friend!"

Sounds good to me, GL.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Have a look at his website and see how well we would fit...

www.davidcaspian.co.uk

[Philip]

Gingerlily (aka The Typo Queeen) wrote: "Have a look at his website and see how well we would fit...

www.davidcaspian.co.uk"

He's a darn sight too professional for me, GL! Looks good. Should think he would do well on the cruise circuit.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

He'll be doing cruises and holiday camps for the next while.

[Philip (sarah)]

Just popped by to thank you for the entertainment Crutches for ducks provided during a gruelling 7hr drive in the snow.I read parts of it aloud to my OH as he drove and we wallowed in the nostalgia and humour,needless to say it also sparked many of our own memories (we are both baby boomers)and the time just flew by. My Phil has never read anything other than 'techie'books his entire life and he was so taken with yours he tried to steal my Kindle for a peek himself!Have you any others in the pipeline?

[Philip]

Philip (sarah) wrote: "Just popped by to thank you for the entertainment Crutches for ducks provided during a gruelling 7hr drive in the snow.I read parts of it aloud to my OH as he drove and we wallowed in the nostalgia..."

Thanks so much. You've cheered me up immensely! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I'm planning a Christmas Collection for later in the year (obviously), which will feature some previously published stories but some new ones too.

[Philip]

TA DAH!! (as they say in that PG Tips ad.)

I accept that this could only really be of interest to me, but still...

3,000th copy of Steady Past Your Granny's sold today!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Excellent! We should have a granny/duck party

[Philip]

Gingerlily (aka The Typo Queeen) wrote: "Excellent! We should have a granny/duck party"

Agreed - I'll bring the grannies

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I'll bring the ducks then.

[Patti (baconater)]

Philip wrote: "TA DAH!! (as they say in that PG Tips ad.)

I accept that this could only really be of interest to me, but still...

3,000th copy of Steady Past Your Granny's sold today! "

Congratulations Phil!!!!! That's such great news!

[Philip]

Thanks Patti and GL. Very kind.