I was asked today about our publishing strategy and what it would entail and my first response had nothing to do with the actual creation of a book. That takes work but is the easy bit because every piece of it is in our hands. The real work is finding all those pieces which are…
Month: November 2025
Acting as an art form
Movie making is fun and has a rich history despite its youth but it is prone to celebrate personality rather than talent. I am not going to single out any particular film actor but we all know those whose voices never change, who hit a part that fits their own body form an delivery and…
Shorter Days
You would think that as the nights get longer I would be able to work in the warmth of a house but sadly no. I invested in a friend in 2019 and lost my home as a result so i sit in a small lodge with most of my home packed into a portacabin where…
the endless battle
Writers often come up against what they term ‘writers’ block’ when they cannot start a book because they have no new ideas or they are in the middle of a work and they do not know where to go with it. They can take as many strategies to get over this as there are writers….
J’accuse
I have noted more and more people accusing others of the very things of which which they are guilty. I noted this in the rise of Jew hatred across the world with the accusations of what the Jewish people are supposed to have done as a group to others and I noted it in the…
Not a New Yorker
I am not a city person at all but all this talk of not being able to affords to live in New York is nothing new … this is what capitalism is all about in America. The system wants people to strive and thrive or sink. there is little room for anything else and if…
Quality Control
One of the problems with POD (publish on demand) is the inability to watch the quality of the books being posted out to readers. I just had a book sent to the writer as a proof – a perfect bound paperback. The glue was uneven on the spine and pages fell out on opening. Absolutely…
amusing
I said to a friend yesterday that we only have 4 freedoms. The freedom to think – with the proviso that education and thirst for knowledge informs all thinking – the freedom of speech which is vital and under attack, the freedom to make money and the freedom to spend money. They said we are…