Originally posted on Just Olga: Hi all: “If you read this”…Yes, like in a novel or a movie if you read this…No, hopefully I’ll be OK, though. My case is not quite as dramatic. But I’ll explain… Those of you who’ve been reading my blog for a while will remember that a few months ago…

Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: I was asked to do the impossible this morning. OK, I’m pretty used to wasp-charming, finding lost objects and other witchy stuff but this was downright IMPOSSIBLE. I was asked just to be “more normal”. Whose version of “normal”? What the bloody hell is normal anyway? I don’t know.…

Originally posted on Chris Hill, Author: One of my blog posts appeared on Freshly Pressed a few weeks ago and, as I know there is a reasonable amount of interest among WordPress bloggers in how you get on there I thought I’d explain how it happened for me and what the effects of it are.…

This blog is about to undergo some dramatic changes. Being comparatively new to all this blogging stuff, I know I have made some colossal mistakes along the way, due mainly to my technophobia. Overall, I was quite pleased with what I was doing, although something always nagged at me whenever I looked around at other…

Originally posted on Just Life – Jennie Orbell: Hi All There have been many occasions, and times during my life, when I have been reminded of those lyrics from Sweet Charity…if they could see me now that little gang of mine, and as I write this I am once again reminded of them. Because if…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: On my blog today I have Valerie Thomas, a new and very young writer. Like poet Brian Gallagher, Valerie is pretty modest and retiring. This is what she has to say about herself. Valerie Thomas is a 20 year old author living in Colorado. Her YA novel, The Clique,…

Originally posted on TweeHee: It’s been a while, my lovely Jokers. Many apologies. Life, trying to earn some pennies, moving house, changing lifestyle, physical illness and depression have all got in the way. Recently I’ve been wavering between fury and numbness, both symptoms of a bad downturn for me. And then yesterday the world became…

Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher: …this ol’ Jurassic’s been bereft of feline company for more than twenty years now… but ‘way back in the days when Hong Kong was the place I earned my coin, I co-habited with a pair of Siamese cats… as a generalisation, I don’t indulge photographs of the species on line…

Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work: Last year I wrote a very popular blog post titled “Tolkien’s 10 Tips for Writers”.  It was the product of several months of pouring through Tolkien’s letters found in “The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien” by Humphrey Carpenter.  I performed all of the research into the letters myself, designed all of…

Originally posted on disappearinginplainsight: Everything I’ve experienced over the last two years has convinced me that Linda Gillard’s thoughts on how indie authors should self-promote is the best advice on the topic anywhere out in cyberspace. Linda is featured today on The Alliance of Independent Author’s website. Please check out what she has to say.…

Originally posted on Just Olga: Hi all: “If you read this”…Yes, like in a novel or a movie if you read this…No, hopefully I’ll be OK, though. My case is not quite as dramatic. But I’ll explain… Those of you who’ve been reading my blog for a while will remember that a few months ago…

Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: I was asked to do the impossible this morning. OK, I’m pretty used to wasp-charming, finding lost objects and other witchy stuff but this was downright IMPOSSIBLE. I was asked just to be “more normal”. Whose version of “normal”? What the bloody hell is normal anyway? I don’t know.…

Originally posted on Chris Hill, Author: One of my blog posts appeared on Freshly Pressed a few weeks ago and, as I know there is a reasonable amount of interest among WordPress bloggers in how you get on there I thought I’d explain how it happened for me and what the effects of it are.…

This blog is about to undergo some dramatic changes. Being comparatively new to all this blogging stuff, I know I have made some colossal mistakes along the way, due mainly to my technophobia. Overall, I was quite pleased with what I was doing, although something always nagged at me whenever I looked around at other…

Originally posted on Just Life – Jennie Orbell: Hi All There have been many occasions, and times during my life, when I have been reminded of those lyrics from Sweet Charity…if they could see me now that little gang of mine, and as I write this I am once again reminded of them. Because if…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: On my blog today I have Valerie Thomas, a new and very young writer. Like poet Brian Gallagher, Valerie is pretty modest and retiring. This is what she has to say about herself. Valerie Thomas is a 20 year old author living in Colorado. Her YA novel, The Clique,…

Originally posted on TweeHee: It’s been a while, my lovely Jokers. Many apologies. Life, trying to earn some pennies, moving house, changing lifestyle, physical illness and depression have all got in the way. Recently I’ve been wavering between fury and numbness, both symptoms of a bad downturn for me. And then yesterday the world became…

Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher: …this ol’ Jurassic’s been bereft of feline company for more than twenty years now… but ‘way back in the days when Hong Kong was the place I earned my coin, I co-habited with a pair of Siamese cats… as a generalisation, I don’t indulge photographs of the species on line…

Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work: Last year I wrote a very popular blog post titled “Tolkien’s 10 Tips for Writers”.  It was the product of several months of pouring through Tolkien’s letters found in “The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien” by Humphrey Carpenter.  I performed all of the research into the letters myself, designed all of…

Originally posted on disappearinginplainsight: Everything I’ve experienced over the last two years has convinced me that Linda Gillard’s thoughts on how indie authors should self-promote is the best advice on the topic anywhere out in cyberspace. Linda is featured today on The Alliance of Independent Author’s website. Please check out what she has to say.…