Tag Archives: Facebook

New Book News – when fate lends a hand…

It was sheer coincidence. A few weeks ago, I sat down at my pc one evening and opened up Facebook to see what was happening in the world according to my FB friends. First thing I saw was a post … Continue reading

Posted in books, Life in Switzerland, My books, The Writing Life | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Black and white…

I can remember – just – when my parents had a black and white television. I remember my father’s old camera, too, with its black and white photos, most of which are unfortunately now lost. At some point, a new … Continue reading

Posted in Life in Switzerland, The Writing Life, travel | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Numbers, and £££, and an auction…

Writers work with words. That’s a fact, but numbers play a part too. Not only do we have sales figures and the dreaded Amazon rankings to contend with, we have to think about price and profit and tax returns and … Continue reading

Posted in My books, The Writing Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

The A B C of writing a book… (only slightly tongue-in-cheek)

Please note, this is not a list of instructions – that needs no A B C. To write a book, ‘all’ you need to do, according to a cartoon doing the rounds on social media, is: Sit. Stay. Write. This … Continue reading

Posted in books, The Writing Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments