My blogs

  • Twitter viruses

    Every day I receive several DM (direct messages) and sometimes Tweets to say that ‘someone is saying terrible things about you’, or ‘I laughed so much at this video of you’ and various similar types, the only common factor being that the message has a link to follow. The wording is designed to hook you,… Read more

  • Publishing on Kindle

    Building Your Book For Kindle Topics covered in this FREE e-book: Before You Write Building the Front Matter of Your Book Building Your Table of Contents Preparing a Cover Finishing Your Book Uploading and Checking the Quality of Your Book Just Before Publishing Your Book Making Changes After Publishing Your Book Definitely worth the one-click… Read more

  • Research trips and Hongkong soldiers

    Off to Romania this coming month. Researching material and locations for the sequel to Wicked Game. Travelling may seem glamorous but I’ve been warned to expect 40 plus temperatures and little opportunity for shelter or aircon. Staying about 1/2 hour outside Bucharest. Twitter following continues to grow and today I was approached to support the… Read more

  • 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