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The New York Journal of Books is Looking Good

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Yesterday, the New York Journal of Books launched its completely revamped website. The old startup-stopgap-wordpress look is out and a new custom-built and completely awesome site has taken its place.

I’ve been a contributor to NYJB for some months now – almost from inception. When I saw their request for reviewers, I was immediately [...]

The Fourth is Strong With Me

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Today, May 4th, is the second anniversary of the commencement of this blog. I started it on my return from a writer’s retreat which I credit for kick-starting my career as a published author. So this anniversary is my day for taking stock of how all that is going.

Here is what I wrote [...]

The New York Journal of Books and Me

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Please say hello to the newest member of The New York Journal of Books‘ reviews team. And, while you’re at it, why not nip across and have a look at my first review for this new, online book review journal. (Actually, if you read my recent review here of Dawkins’ Oxford Book of Modern [...]

Crowds of Eyeballs

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My perception of the Web has changed. I used to think it was full of people like me, ordinary folk, going about their business, finding things that interested them, chatting to friends and acquaintances, but I was wrong. Oh, there may be such people – millions of them – but they don’t really matter. [...]

TimeSplash Update

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Just to let you know that the cover art for my upcoming novel, TimeSplash, has arrived. I’ve blogged about it on the TimeSplash blog (see it there). I’ve also updated the TimeSplash website to include it.

Comments on the cover and on the website are welcome.

Revealing My Obsessions

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I ran the complete set of posts from this blog through the Wordle program. Wordle calculates word frequencies, translates them to physical sizes, and uses this information to lay out the most frequent words in interesting ways. The image below, therefore, shows you just what I talk about most in this blog. If you [...]

The TimeSplash Blog Is Up

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Meet Sniper on the TimeSplash blog

Yes, it’s a crazy world we live in, but there you are. My forthcoming novel TimeSplash now has its own blog.

And this is only the beginning! As the weeks go on I will put up a whole site for the book. This will have the cover [...]

TimeSplash Takes Another Step Forward

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What will it look like?

150 days to go until TimeSplash hits the virtual streets and the edits are still progressing. Behind the scenes, other things are going on out of sight. I’ve heard that the cover art should be ready sometime next week. I really can’t wait to see that. I’ve been [...]

LoL – How to Write a Promo Site

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Hated on two continents

My thanks to Jane Smith for running a review of How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them by Sandra Newman and Howard Mittelmark.

The review made the book sound good and I felt vauely interested in seeing it, interested enough that I [...]