Colour blindness, Perception, and Prejudice

Colour blindness, Perception, and Prejudice

When I was young I wanted to be a pilot. I’ve blogged about my favourite book, The Last Enemy, by Richard Hillary. Hillary was a spitfire pilot in the Battle of Britain, and had joined the University Air Squadron at Oxford. When I went up to Oxford, I also tried to...

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Mentions

Mentions

Mentions are great! I recently posted about social media. I will work on Brian’s tips for boosting my social media following, but he also wants me to post every day. I’ve got a busy few days coming up, so I want to put another draft post in the bag.  Claire and I were...

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Historical Accuracy, Language and Mores.

Historical Accuracy, Language and Mores.

How far should a writer go with historical accuracy? I recently blogged about social media. In my research for growing my social media following I read some posts on the Historical Novel Society facebook page. They got me thinking. The thread I read was about...

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Website Improvement

Website Improvement

I recently had a meeting with Tom at DigiPrint to discuss website improvements. One of my sessions with my book publicist Brian, had been to look at my website and see how it could be improved. Brian had found a number of things that were easy to fix. There was one...

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Social Media & Reader Demographics

Social Media & Reader Demographics

The subject of my latest zoom call with my book publicist, Brian, was social media. In a recent post I said I hoped it would cover Instagram and TikTok, because although I have accounts, I have no idea how they work. My hopes were dashed. Brian said that readers of...

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Series

Series

I saw a post on the C.J. Sansom Appreciation Society facebook page. “Happiness is finding the first book in a series and knowing there are more to follow.” It’s true! I had a better than average reading age as a small child. I was an only child, and found company in...

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Called to Account

Called to Account

The fourth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, Called to Account, is now available for pre-order as an ebook. I’ve set the publication day as Tuesday 8th November. I’m working with my New York base book publicist, Brian, to prepare for the launch. He’s...

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Audiobooks and ACX

Audiobooks and ACX

I’ve just approved the 15 minute sample of the audiobook for The Spy who Sank the Armada. I hadn’t initially thought about audiobooks, but my friend John Holland has a bad eye and wanted to read my books. There must be millions of blind and partially sighted people...

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Amazon Honeymoon

Amazon Honeymoon

In my post on book reviews I mentioned the Amazon honeymoon period. I thought I’d do some more research to better understand what it is. Now searching for “Amazon honeymoon period” wasn’t as easy as I thought it might be. Due to the power of Amazon, what my search...

read more
Colour blindness, Perception, and Prejudice

Colour blindness, Perception, and Prejudice

When I was young I wanted to be a pilot. I’ve blogged about my favourite book, The Last Enemy, by Richard Hillary. Hillary was a spitfire pilot in the Battle of Britain, and had joined the University Air Squadron at Oxford. When I went up to Oxford, I also tried to...

read more
Mentions

Mentions

Mentions are great! I recently posted about social media. I will work on Brian’s tips for boosting my social media following, but he also wants me to post every day. I’ve got a busy few days coming up, so I want to put another draft post in the bag.  Claire and I were...

read more
Historical Accuracy, Language and Mores.

Historical Accuracy, Language and Mores.

How far should a writer go with historical accuracy? I recently blogged about social media. In my research for growing my social media following I read some posts on the Historical Novel Society facebook page. They got me thinking. The thread I read was about...

read more
Website Improvement

Website Improvement

I recently had a meeting with Tom at DigiPrint to discuss website improvements. One of my sessions with my book publicist Brian, had been to look at my website and see how it could be improved. Brian had found a number of things that were easy to fix. There was one...

read more
Social Media & Reader Demographics

Social Media & Reader Demographics

The subject of my latest zoom call with my book publicist, Brian, was social media. In a recent post I said I hoped it would cover Instagram and TikTok, because although I have accounts, I have no idea how they work. My hopes were dashed. Brian said that readers of...

read more
Series

Series

I saw a post on the C.J. Sansom Appreciation Society facebook page. “Happiness is finding the first book in a series and knowing there are more to follow.” It’s true! I had a better than average reading age as a small child. I was an only child, and found company in...

read more
Called to Account

Called to Account

The fourth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, Called to Account, is now available for pre-order as an ebook. I’ve set the publication day as Tuesday 8th November. I’m working with my New York base book publicist, Brian, to prepare for the launch. He’s...

read more
Audiobooks and ACX

Audiobooks and ACX

I’ve just approved the 15 minute sample of the audiobook for The Spy who Sank the Armada. I hadn’t initially thought about audiobooks, but my friend John Holland has a bad eye and wanted to read my books. There must be millions of blind and partially sighted people...

read more
Amazon Honeymoon

Amazon Honeymoon

In my post on book reviews I mentioned the Amazon honeymoon period. I thought I’d do some more research to better understand what it is. Now searching for “Amazon honeymoon period” wasn’t as easy as I thought it might be. Due to the power of Amazon, what my search...

read more