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Category Archives: Shorts
A tall tale
I am making progress with the paperback Un-Tall Tales. It will feature all the stories and nonsense from the ebook Shorts, plus two extra short stories, ‘Dumb Novel’ and ‘The Escapologist’. The text is pretty much edited and formatted and … Continue reading
Weedy reviews
Writing novels is a lot easier than marketing them. I don’t write for money. Playing the lottery is a more reliable way to earn a living than writing. However, it would be nice to get Weed and Shorts (and Un-Tall … Continue reading
Weed the novel in paperback and available through Amazon
At long, long last, the paperback version of Weed is available on Amazon, right here. O, frabjous day! Calooh! Callay! It’s only taken more years and tries than I would care to count, but, well, bloody mindedness will out. Now, … Continue reading
Weed and Shorts now in Kindle store
Well, if you want something done properly, do it yourself … ahem. The novel Weed and short story collection Shorts are now finally available through the Kindle store. Weed here. Shorts here. Way past time too. The two have been … Continue reading
Weed on Barnes & Noble, Borders and Kobo
Wow, while I wasn’t paying attention (when am I paying attention?) Weed, the novel, has been added to the e-book sites of Barnes & Noble, Borders and Kobo, giving many more people many more opportunities not to buy it. Click … Continue reading
Weeding woom
Weed and Shorts have infiltrated the heart of the British establishment: this last weekend I deposited them with the British Library in accordance with the legal obligation imposed on publishers by use of British ISBNs. The books should have been … Continue reading
The Freebie
The Freebie is the first story in the collection Shorts and is my first published-and-paid-for piece of fiction. It is about Billy Freeb, a wannabe musician, getting his shot at his moment of fame. The story came to me one … Continue reading
No toot, a bit of parp
Well, it has been about three weeks since Weed and Shorts appeared in the online shops as ebooks to no fanfare at all apart from a bit of parping by me getting over the celebratory hangover. I have been grinding … Continue reading
Weed! Get your Weed here!
My e-books Shorts and Weed are currently available at www.smashwords.com Mood: Messia-manic Music: Handel’s Messiah Reading: blurb
Weed and Shorts on Sony; bonkers on the format front
E-books Weed and Shorts have appeared on the Sony ebooks site about 10 days before expected, while they have not yet shown on Kindle, Mobi or Barnes & Noble as I thought they would by now. http://sony-ebook-samples.com/sample/5714/weed http://sony-ebook-samples.com/sample/5715/shorts It didn’t … Continue reading




