My blogs

  • Twitter on Saturday

    For some reason, Twitter is really playing up today. At first I started to lose pictures, then it slowed, then this strange screen appeared. Seems to be twitter but just plain words rather than the proper website. Very odd. Read more

  • More music

    Sun and showers, not the best summer we have had so plugging away at the keyboard doesn’t detract too much from my preference to be outside in the fresh air. A follower on twitter asked me to have a listen to his latest album Shy Blakeman, Texas based, a real talent and I would say… Read more

  • Military forums

    http://www.Militaryforums.co.uk is a community based forum for retired, serving and potential military people to chat and to keep in touch. It is used by Army, Navy and RAF personnel all over the world. I heard that many of them have kindles to save having to carry a lot of books into theatre.  So, in co-operation… Read more

  • Twittering

    I awoke today to discover that my twitter account has accumulated over 1600 followers. From what I have read twitter seems to be the best way to market the work of an author who is an #indie, ie independent of an established publisher. It has worked fairly well, with regular good feedback and sales ticking… Read more

  • Wicked Game now on Barnes & Noble NOOK

    Great news, just a couple of days after kobo, B & N have published on the NOOK ereader website. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wicked-game-matt-johnson/1112407332?ean=2940044734746 is the link Read more

  • Getting started on a book

    I’ve recently had two ‘tweets’ asking about starting a book.  As I am in the initial stages of my second novel, I can tell you how I got started. There is a lot written about the subject, there are courses, qualifications and degrees in creative writing, but to my mind, it comes down to one… Read more