I’ve always loved the Open Championship – one of the oldest and most coveted competitions in sport. Everything about it is romantic. The fact that the winner is called The Champion Golfer of the Year – which seems so arrogant but there we are. That the trophy is called The Claret Jug. The silver…
First up, don’t fret – this post on fame is not about me. There are lots of perks to being famous – most so obvious that they don’t warrant listing here. But other privileges are more subtle and one of the greatest advantages of fame is the ability to help others – and the greater…
The famous playwright, Neil Simon in his brilliant autobiography explains the review that has been most helpful to him in his career has been – “Neil Simon did not have a good idea for a play this year, but he wrote one anyway.” I think this happens too often with novelists as well. A frequent…
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…
The title of this postĂ‚Â refersĂ‚Â to my new novel, Open Links. It is quite an assertion and bordering on the arrogant until I explain that all of the proceeds from Open Links go to Anthony Nolan, the charity who saves people’s lives with blood cancer. So even if you think the book stinks, you can still…
And I get this cynicism to a point – multi-millionaire rock and pop stars with dubious tax records (Bono, at least) – giving up a morning of their precious time to bang out an old son and cover themselves in publicity and glory. Although I wonder if the people in West Africa who mightĂ‚Â benefit from…
Today is the start of the Open Championship and since September last year I have been writing feverishly my latest novel – OPEN LINKS. And my plan was to publish this week but never quite made. The book is finished but has yet to be edited by someone with a complete command of English –…
Hello everyone, firstly with this site, I promise to start blogging more. Exciting news – for me anyway – but I have finished my new novel – Open Links – and anyone interested in reading the prologue and introduction – I am pleased to say – that I have included them at the end of…
