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August 2021 - Hiatus
I have spent eight months on the island of Hiatus rather than adding an update. Well, there has been a pandemic so that was the best I...
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December 2020 - The wrong man
You 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...
November 2020 - Just a quick one
Sales of my book have suddenly increased as people prepare for Christmas. Unfortunately, for raising money, most of the sales are from...
October 2020 - The good, the bad and the almost ugly
I wrote the following article for the Indie Authors World website. Indie Authors World helped me publish my book and are simply wonderful...
September 2020 - Monastery of the Holy Gateaux
There 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...
August 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...
July 2020 - Through the barrier
July has been busy. I have been travelling to Salar de Yumi in Bolivia, Kuang Falls in Laos and Samarkand in Uzbekistan. Well, I can...
June 2020 - A day in lockdown
The 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...
May 2020 - It is all about the image
Indie Authors World, who helped publish my book, managed to organise some free training about twitter, facebook, e-mails and marketing. I...
April 2020 - Spare bedroom
Last 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...
March 2020 - Record month
It 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...
February 2020 - The King and I
In 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...
January 2020 - Desperate
When I last provided a proper update it was 2019 and my brief foray into radio interviews had seemingly petered out. Myself and my son...
December 2019 - Cheating
I'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...
November 2019 - Catch a falling star
Thursday the 21st November 2019 was not a normal day. The strange events of that Thursday stem back to the previous week, when the...
October 2019 - Workings of Amazon
It has been fascinating to see the workings of Amazon from an author perspective. Specifically, I wanted to know why the Amazon site...
September 2019 - Scores On The Doors
Bharathi 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...
August 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...
July 2019 - Everything but the girl
It 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...
Almost published
I am edging ever closer to completing my book. Currently my 67th set of amendments are being carried out on my manuscript (the publishers...