Those pre-launch jitters – what to do?

My last book, Inspector Kirby and Harold Longcoat – A Northumbrian Mystery went down well with those who read it.  There just weren’t enough of those readers.  A familiar story to many out there I’m […]

Indie authors – is writing that series the key?

Like most indie-authors I’m looking for the “secret of sales”.  How do I get the word out, how do I attract those followers I need.  And yes I know it’s not all about selling, at […]

What’s wrong with a nice story?

The prompt for this post was a film I watched recently, Salmon fishing is the Yemen.  I knew it had good crits and it’d been on my “to see” list for a long time.  From […]

A writer’s resolutions for 2018

In my previous blog I reflected on what I’d learnt in 2017.  So now It’s time to look forward to a new year and make my writer’s plans for 2018, a.k.a. resolutions.  I do this […]

Another year as a writer – time to reflect

Well, that’s almost it for 2017.  I don’t know whether it’s because I’m a writer and there never seems to be enough time, or it’s just that I’m getting older (as everyone does of course).  […]