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[Philip]

Just FYI, Crutches For Ducks is on a Kindle Countdown Deal today and tomorrow at just 99p. This makes the entire 'nostalgedy' collection a rather silly £4.26 for 2 days only. Just the thing to while away the dark December nights (and days if today is anything to go by)

[Philip]

Every Christmas I drag out my 'AlterNativity' series of stories (and usually try to add a new one). Here's the first, about the shepherds:

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[Philip]

Here's the second instalment of my alternative nativity - and it's been cherry-picked already!

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[David]

Both are excellent - great stuff

[Philip]

David wrote: "Both are excellent - great stuff"

Thank you, David.

[Philip]

Another instalment of the AlterNativity!

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[David]

Another nice one.

[Philip]

David wrote: "Another nice one."

Thanks David. Much appreciated.

[Philip]

This is the newest instalment in my AlterNativity series of stories (only just finished!) Hope you like it.

You know how irritating it can be when someone insists on telling you a joke? Well...

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[Philip]

The fifth and (for this year, anyway) final instalment of the AlterNativity series of stories. Merry Christmas everyone!

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Happy Christmas Eve, Philip. Hope you have a great time.

[Jim]

have a good'un Philip

[Philip]

Happy New Year to everyone!

I know I've trotted out this story before, but I think it bears re-reading:

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

How did the bears read it the first time?

[Philip]

I think they heard it on 'Paws for Thought'

[Kath]

Happy New Year, Philip!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Philip wrote: "I think they heard it on 'Paws for Thought'"

Hahaha nice one :)

[Philip]

This is the first episode in the ongoing Undertakers story, which first appeared on ReadWave, but now that that site is defunct:

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[Philip]

Part 2 of the Undertakers story, in which a sack truck and brute force come into play!

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[Philip]

and now Part 3 - In which an ill-advised remark might cause some consternation.

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[Philip]

It's always nice to get your hands on your column again!

http://www.philwhiteland.blogspot.co....

[Philip]

This is the link to the column on the Derby Telegraph website:

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Phili...

[Philip]

This month's 'nostalgedy' article:

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Bygon...

[Philip]

The latest instalment of the Undertakers' story:

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[Philip]

Part 6 of the Undertakers' story:

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[Philip]

Part 7 of the Undertakers story is doing quite well on ABCtales at the moment:

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

How many parts have you undertaken to write?

Glad its going well for you :)

[Philip]

Part 8 of the ongoing story:

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[Philip]

This month's Derby Telegraph article is a bit of a eulogy for Terry Wogan:

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Bygon...

[Philip]

Part 10 of The Undertakers' saga:

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[Philip]

Anyone else noticed an increase in the number of people reading your book via Kindle Prime? Over the past few days I've had quite a number of pages read reported, whereas before there was next to nothing. I'm still not troubling the scorers much, but it is an interesting development.

[Philip]

Philip wrote: "Anyone else noticed an increase in the number of people reading your book via Kindle Prime? Over the past few days I've had quite a number of pages read reported, whereas before there was next to n..."

Ok, just me then! ;-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........

[Kath]

I never know anything about my book sales or page reads because a friend does the publishing. They're on his dashboard. I find that the inability to check every day leads to a stress-free life!

[Jim]

Kath wrote: "I never know anything about my book sales or page reads because a friend does the publishing. They're on his dashboard. I find that the inability to check every day leads to a stress-free life!"

I've only got one book where I get paid by the page. So far, nothing

[David]

Once in a while - about every 27th blue moon - my blue graph shoots up in to the hundreds and then - obviously scared of heights - plummets down to zero again where it seems content to spend most of its days.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.........."

I never said that it was interesting, GL. You have to remember that I was born boring ;-)

[Philip]

Kath wrote: "I never know anything about my book sales or page reads because a friend does the publishing. They're on his dashboard. I find that the inability to check every day leads to a stress-free life!"

Quite so, Kath. I'm obsessed, I'm afraid :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Philip wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.........."

I never said that it was interesting, GL. You have to remember that I was born boring ;-)"

Well I was just taking a short nap because it was nice and quiet in here. But then it started to get busy again.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Philip wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.........."

I never said that it was interesting, GL. You have to remember that I was born boring ;-)"

Well I was just ta..."

'Busy' is a relative term, of course.

[Philip]

Jim wrote: "Kath wrote: "I never know anything about my book sales or page reads because a friend does the publishing. They're on his dashboard. I find that the inability to check every day leads to a stress-f..."

3 out of my four are. It could be all four if I didn't have the first one on Smashwords and I'm just too bone idle to remove it.

[Philip]

David wrote: "Once in a while - about every 27th blue moon - my blue graph shoots up in to the hundreds and then - obviously scared of heights - plummets down to zero again where it seems content to spend most o..."

That's how mine has been for months, David, but it has suddenly had a run of activity over a number of days. Goodness knows why or how :-)

[David]

I can only presume it gets these occasional bursts of activity when people turn their Kindle's Wifi on and it dumps the data it has stored up over the days and weeks since they last connected.

I presume that if you have oodles of readers then the graph will be more even than if you just have a few - hence the spikes and (long) doldrums.

[Philip]

David wrote: "I can only presume it gets these occasional bursts of activity when people turn their Kindle's Wifi on and it dumps the data it has stored up over the days and weeks since they last connected.

I p..."

You may be right, David. I dream of oodles!

[David]

Philip wrote: "You may be right, David. I dream of oodles! ."

That's okay. They can't touch you for it.

[Philip]

Part 11 of the Undertakers' story, which I knocked together between dreaming of oodles ;-)

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[Philip]

Although I say it, as shouldn't, I'm quite chuffed with this one:

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[Philip]

In which romance flares briefly, but is quickly snuffed out, in more ways than one.

(I'll get somebody to like this if it kills me!)

http://www.abctales.com/story/philwhi...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

You better start looking for a good undertaker then ;)

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "You better start looking for a good undertaker then ;)"

Good point, well made!