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….
Interesting thing being famous – or trying to be/remain famous. I am not terribly bright. I am certainly not very well educated and what I have gleaned over the years, I have trouble retaining. And given how we revere ‘intelligence’ in our modern society – the idea of appearing on a television show designed to…
We are told never to lie in life and particularly in an interview – but of course this is not possible. In a job interview, most of us will fail at this as soon as we are asked the inevitable question, so why do you want this job? This is because in the main, we…
There are some big football stories kicking about today. The sacking of David Moyes as Manchester United manager is a shock but only in so far as the Premier League is now desperately short of Scottish managers as well as players. Then there is the Chelsea fixture this evening when all football fans with a…
Sorry if this appears to be mawkish – but I wanted to write a timely memorial to a boy who was at school with me. Joe McCarthy was a year younger than me. His elder brother Jeremy was in my year and was a good friend of mine, as was Joe until something happened and…
On Good Friday – the day that Jesus died – I got to thinking about the people who have passed from my world of comedy and I thought it would be appropriate to pay my brief tribute to each of them… Z Or Zed. I am not really sure how it was spelt. Z is…
Morning all. Happy Easter. This site has been a long time coming. Anyone that knows me will understand this. IT engineers asking for ‘links’ and ‘access codes’ are always going to have to wait and end up being creative. ‘But haven’t you kept a record of your login details and who you purchased your name…
Please download and if you have friends who like to read, please let them know, thanks.
Did you buy my first novel Only in America from Amazon last Thursday, 6th March. The reason why I ask is because my sales on this day went nuts – I sold 140 odd copies in this day alone and I don’t care to admit to how many is normal. I have no idea why…
For now though – news that Only in America is free again this Friday AND Saturday – please pass news on to your friends who can read!






