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#152 Part One of Insurgency
Part One The middle-aged man handed Jack a pint. “Thanks,” said Jack, taking a swig. The man looked at the door out of which mock cockney had just left. “We need to be careful,” he said. “Better make this the … Continue reading
#137 Reading Another Now by Yanis Varoufakis
Imagine if Occupy and Extinction Rebellion actually won. In Another Now world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis shows us what such a world would look like. Far from being a fantasy, he describes how it could have come about – and might yet. But … Continue reading
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#134 The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
Robert Tressell, born Robert Noonan in Dublin, Ireland, emigrated to South Africa where he became skilled as a signwriter. In 1901, he moved back to England and lived in Hastings on which the fictional town in his novel is based. … Continue reading
#121 The Handmade’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Handmade’s Tale was written in 1985 and I think I had seen some but not all of the 1990 film adaptation when it appeared on TV at some point but I had never read the book. The closest I … Continue reading
#115 Reading The Mandibles by Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver is probably best known for her novel We need to talk about Kevin which was adapted for film with Tilda Swinton playing the mother of Kevin. The Mandibles: A Family, 2029 – 2047 begins, unsurprisingly, in 2029 during the middle … Continue reading
#100 Writing a blog
It seemed apt that the 100th post on my blog should be about writing a blog and what better way to celebrate than by taking a tour of the most popular posts of the last five years. Although we are … Continue reading
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#97 Worrying about Brexit
Yesterday, writers including Neil Gaiman, Marina Lewycka, Nikesh Shukla, Philip Pullman and John le Carré wrote a letter to The Guardian expressing their view that to choose Brexit is to lose. They are encouraging people to vote pro-EU in the European Parliament elections. … Continue reading
#92 Creating large print editions
This week I have been mainly working on creating large print versions of my first four novels. For many independently published authors, the idea of producing large print versions never occurs to them. Even many traditional publishers do not bother … Continue reading
#88 Setting up a You Tube channel
Vlogging seems to be the latest trend if the amount of time my daughter spends on YouTube is anything to go by. It is certainly an important aspect of social media which cannot be overlooked by any serious independent author. … Continue reading
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