Break-Up Songs for The Solo Female Artist

Added on 18 January 2013

The UK Songwriting Contest 2012 came in the autumn, the results announced just before Christmas. I've entered it a couple of times before, had the odd decent marking for the odd decent song or two, but never been a finalist or anything like that. In an attempt to have some sort of self-belief, ...

Fear of Flying

Added on 14 January 2013

We flew to Barcelona just before Christmas. Being what the flight operators call a "big scaredy pants", I was checking the weather conditions in Bristol and Barcelona for weeks in advance. A week before take off the weather forecast looked fine. Indeed, on the day of travel, the weather f...

The Business Section: Kindle eBook Pricing Strategy

Added on 10 January 2013

These days on Kindle most of my titles are published by Blasted Heath - LOST IN JUAREZ being the only exception. Blasted Heath have been searching for a while for the ideal pricing structure; one that promotes sales, but also might earn us all some money. (The Blasted Heath fellows, as well as this...

Last Train From Twittersville

Added on 09 January 2013

Had a Twitter account for a while in 2011, didn't like it, closed it down. This is from the blog I wrote at the time: The very idea of followers panders to the modern day notion of the celebration of the individual. The needs of society don't come first any more, the needs of the individual...

THE LAST FISH SUPPER - Making The Da Vinci Code Look Like A Novel, Since 2006

Added on 07 January 2013

Amongst the current exciting batch of digital releases from Blasted Heath is the Grail novel that some critics called "the Da Vinci Code with words", THE LAST FISH SUPPER. Unusually for a Barney Thomson novel there is little to no crime. It's intended to have the feel of a crime novel...