ordinary manJan 271 minDecember 2020 - The wrong manYou are right - Christmas is all a bit different this year. Anyway, I'll leave you to your own Christmas merriment and tell you what has...
ordinary manJan 261 minNovember 2020 - Just a quick oneSales of my book have suddenly increased as people prepare for Christmas. Unfortunately, for raising money, most of the sales are from...
ordinary manNov 1, 20203 minOctober 2020 - The good, the bad and the almost uglyI wrote the following article for the Indie Authors World website. Indie Authors World helped me publish my book and are simply wonderful...
ordinary manOct 31, 20201 minSeptember 2020 - Monastery of the Holy GateauxThere is nothing to see here. Image from pixabay I'm just practising using free pictures and working out how to give them credit. Um, not...
ordinary manOct 25, 20201 minAugust 2020 - Why does it always rain on me?I have to confess that I have been on holiday and not promoted my book. Funnily enough, every time I don't promote my book then hardly...
ordinary manAug 26, 20201 minJuly 2020 - Through the barrierJuly has been busy. I have been travelling to Salar de Yumi in Bolivia, Kuang Falls in Laos and Samarkand in Uzbekistan. Well, I can...
ordinary manJun 18, 20205 minJune 2020 - A day in lockdownThe diarist in me has taken over the blog this month. For the last 7 years my alarm had gone off at 6.15. The beauty of lockdown is that...
ordinary manMay 5, 20202 minMay 2020 - It is all about the imageIndie Authors World, who helped publish my book, managed to organise some free training about twitter, facebook, e-mails and marketing. I...
ordinary manApr 11, 20203 minApril 2020 - Spare bedroomLast month I confirmed that I wasn’t resting on my laurels and didn’t even know what laurels were. It turns out that the saying...
ordinary manMar 12, 20202 minMarch 2020 - Record monthIt has been my record month for book sales. Hooray! Unfortunately, it is my record low month. Boo! It looks like it is just two books...
ordinary manFeb 4, 20203 minFebruary 2020 - The King and IIn January my book managed to help me to visit a king. It came about because of a final radio interview that took me to the most amazing...
ordinary manJan 7, 20202 minJanuary 2020 - DesperateWhen I last provided a proper update it was 2019 and my brief foray into radio interviews had seemingly petered out. Myself and my son...
ordinary manDec 30, 20191 minDecember 2019 - CheatingI'm on a once-a-month trajectory for my newsletter/blog/update/Arthur (whatever you want to call this) and really don't want to miss...
ordinary manNov 28, 20193 minNovember 2019 - Catch a falling starThursday the 21st November 2019 was not a normal day. The strange events of that Thursday stem back to the previous week, when the...
ordinary manOct 23, 20192 minOctober 2019 - Workings of AmazonIt has been fascinating to see the workings of Amazon from an author perspective. Specifically, I wanted to know why the Amazon site...
ordinary manSep 15, 20192 minSeptember 2019 - Scores On The DoorsBharathi has insisted that I keep my promise of updating you on book sales and money raised. As ever, I have to admit that my wife is...
ordinary manAug 27, 20192 minAugust 2019 - Published!On the 13th August I received a phone call from my 10 year old son. 'Dad, a parcel has arrived. I think it is the book.' I said 'Do you...
ordinary manJul 21, 20192 minJuly 2019 - Everything but the girlIt is almost 3 weeks since my last update and I am only a little further forward. My marketing man persona still hasn't arrived yet but I...
ordinary manJul 1, 20191 minAlmost publishedI am edging ever closer to completing my book. Currently my 67th set of amendments are being carried out on my manuscript (the publishers...
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