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Indie Friday roundup

Posted on May 15, 2020 by

You have probably never heard of #IndieFriday . There could be many reasons for this, perhaps you don’t religiously venerate hashtags, for example, though that would seem to be a heresy within the church of the internet…. Perhaps while interested … Continue reading →

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Hannibalisums #4 and a quandary…

Posted on February 5, 2020 by

Old Hannibal says some strange things at times. As such this is the start of an irregular series of quotes form the Hannibal Smyth novels, because occasionally one should probably remember to do some promotion work for ones own novels … Continue reading →

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Quotes for 2020 #17

Posted on January 18, 2020 by

An on going series of a quote a day from those most worthy of individuals, writers…  Disclaimer not all quotes are meant to inspire… Today quote is from Virginia Woolf, who’s reputation as a timid, peace loving individual who would … Continue reading →

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Indie April#7: Magpies of Misanthropy

Posted on April 18, 2019 by

It’s Indie April, a celebration of all things Indie, be it novels, movies, music or art. The idea being to encourage interaction between indie creatives, and that most elusive of beasties the wider audience, and it is a time to … Continue reading →

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News from the Passing Place…

Posted on March 23, 2019 by

Morn was tending the bar on a lazy afternoon while the piano player played something which would have been a dirge at another time, but seemed remarkably joyful for some reason. Possibly this was to do with the cat which … Continue reading →

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Covers and Tassels…

Posted on January 16, 2019 by

I don’t normally do WIP updates as such, and certainly not when I am still writing the first draft. But at the same time, I am not normally writing the second book of a series and doing so a week … Continue reading →

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Jianna’s fight…

Posted on January 7, 2019 by

Way back in 2015 a couple of months after I published my first novel I received a message on facebook out of the blue and completely unsolicited asking me if I would be happy to receive an award as ‘Book … Continue reading →

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Free book giveaway…

Posted on January 3, 2019 by

As A Spider In The Eye comes out in a couple of days, to celebrate what to me at least is a momentous event, I am giving away Kindle copies of my Novella and short stories book A Scar of … Continue reading →

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What’s in a name…

Posted on September 25, 2018 by

When I first began writing I had an aim in mind. Well I say that now, in truth many years have passed so this statement is a tad spurious, but certainly, as long as I prepared to remember I had … Continue reading →

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Pointless list of wonderfulness 2

Posted on August 13, 2018 by

To reiterate the original of these posts: Like most people who blog, I read a lot of blogs. I probably don’t read as many blogs as I should, as I am forever saving a link to my bookmarks and never quite … Continue reading →

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