Start your day…

It’s a dull feeling when something on a machine breaks and renders the whole contraption useless. Good for the dump and nothing more and the feeling of guilt that comes with such an action. Out of sight but not so out of mind for someone who cannot abide waste and our throwaway age.     …

Could be more Club Card points than I ever imagined

It is good to have a novel on the go. Writing one I mean as well as reading one. And having just published my latest, Open Links, I have a few ideas for my next book but nothing concrete and I have no plans to start typing and tinkering away my up the mountain that…

Stephen King and his Mercedes Benz

On holiday as I am – and being a man – I am currently reading. For the last few days, Stephen King has been keeping me company with his latest tome, Mr Mercedes – and it makes me wonder why I don’t read more often. I enjoyed Mr Mercedes although it will not join some…

An auspicious day…

Or it could an auspicious day if the book turns out to a winner. A flier as they say or bestseller? In book shops I am always struck by just how many books lay claim to being the international number one best seller… Anyway, today 12th June 2104 – I have finished the first draft of my fourth novel, Open Links….

My thanks to Mrs Buckley…

Getting home late last night – I noticed a review for my latest novel – A Man’s Life. (Authors check these things don’t you know?) 5 stars, no less – so good news – but quickly the review had some alarm bells ringing… What a surprise!, 24 Oct 2013 By Mrs. A. L. Buckley – See all my…

I figure the net is the future

Having spent masses of hours writing books – I have realised that their success is driven by their prominence on-line and to do this – Facebook is a good way forward. For years I have ignored Facebook – it was something that I just never understood – although I very much enjoyed the film, The Social Network. But surfing…

The frustrations of being an author…

“I use Grammarly for proofreading because a semi colon or a colon? Come on, who knows, really?” A Man’s Life is a book that took me seven years to write and a book that I bloody well agonised over. Reviewers have commonly said that the book has made them cry both with grief and with laughter  which is a good thing and an objective…