Academic, writer, storyteller, digital creator.
Good morning, friends and fans! A fellow writer recently asked me for my opinion about a story they’re working on and sent me the first five chapters. Is it “worth carrying on with?” they asked. So here’s my opinion of the matter in its entirety – and I feel it applies to any writer who…
In 2020 I posted an article entitled “Which Self-Publishing Platform – Or All Of Them?” in which I described my contemporary strategy of posting my books for sale via several self-publishing platforms simultaneously. The main benefits of this strategy, I argued then, was that I could reach more outlets internationally rather than limiting the distribution…
Good morning, friends and fans! Quite a lot of my stories have featured aspects of military life in a distant sci-fi future. In writing, personal experience had proved an invaluable resource, and since I was in the military for a large portion of my youth (for better or worse), I’ve built up quite a treasure…
Hello, friends and fans! As you know by now, I’m a huge Beetle fan and pretty much always have been! Last week I wrote an article “My History With VW Beetles!” which pretty much sung the little car’s praises… but I’m also a practical person, and a realist, so that doesn’t mean there aren’t things…
What is an afterword? What is an epilog? Authors need to know! Good morning, friends and fans! Today I’ll take a stick and poke at that question until it gives up a little clarity on the subject!
Hello, friends and fans! You’ve often heard me mentioning Dolly, my 1962 Volkswagen Beetle, so I thought it was finally time to give her and my own journey with Beetles a proper referenceable introduction here! For many years, I have loved the VW Bug. In fact you might say that I ‘caught the bug’ when I…
Hello there, friends and fans! A kettle might seem like an odd thing for a tech review, but well, it’s still technology, isn’t it? Anyway, the other day I was looking for a new kettle to use at home, and I bought this kettle at Clicks, Humerail branch. It was a Clicks home brand kettle,…
Hello there, friends and fans! Modern prisons have been the setting for movies, books and series too numerous to mention. Some writers and movie makers have speculated about what form futuristic prisons might take – and they range from the ambitiously humanitarian and rehabilitative concepts of “Star Trek” and “Magnus, Robot Fighter“, to the opposite…
Hello friends and fans! Today I’m going to indulge my frustration a bit, and talk about eBook selling platforms (like EBooks2Go) offering buyers refunds and returns on eBooks. How is this fair, and more importantly, how do they get away with it?
Hello friends and fans! Today I’m going to openly address a niggling little problem I’ve encountered quite a few times since I released book 6 in the Quantum Series, “High Steaks“! In fact, it happened again today. Yes, I know what I did there. Yes, I did it on purpose. No, madam, it is not…