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What’s a promise you made to yourself that you’ve actually kept? 26 years ago I suffered a terrible accident in the French Alps. As I lay in Chamonix hospital, I made a decision. I have never since done anything I didn’t want to do. I’ve never kept my mouth shut or backed down when I […]

If you could erase one trend from history, what would it be? Someone has to do it, but it is built in a way that attracts the wrong sort of people into its web. Make it entirely voluntary? No idea. Like jury service—with an opt out clause and living wage? Better. Conscription? On pain of

Which outdated technology do you miss the most, and why? I’m suffering from crappy digital TV signal blues! Remember these? When a 25” screen was the dogs B….? When a coat hanger aerial was sufficient and black and white was the norm? Before flatscreen TVs you got a hernia moving the blessed thing around the

What is the best excuse you have heard lately? We’ve all heard that one. Making excuses, usually for a social event is commonplace these days. It never used to be. An appointment was made, a schedule arranged. Nothing would affect it. Nowadays feeble excuses abound. It seems post Covid people don’t want to make the

Daft question to ask an author. Of course I’ve read this book the most times, at least a dozen. From initial draft to proofreading. It’s not all typing and screwing up balls of paper to chuck in the waste bin…well not all the time. https://a.co/d/038zofRv Which book have you read more than any other? I

What’s a book you think deserves a sequel? I don’t think it had a sequel. Correct me if I’m wrong. Beasts of England by Adam Biles was a worthy attempt, but Orwell didn’t. I could write one if I put my mind to it, but it would be highly satirical. References to bacon, rashers and sausages

Is a little chaos actually good for us? Chaos? I already answered this blog today, but guess what? It’s disappeared! I seem to have a love hate relationship with this site! Argh!

Who is your favorite blogger to follow? Of course we have favourites! I have one, but that’s my business, not yours! Someone who posts daily whether it’s sun or rain, hot or cold. Inspirational bloggers are rare creatures but they do exist. Those who lift the spirit and literally inspire us! I wish I had

What’s a lesson you’ve learned recently that shifted your perspective? The quantum leap for me in marketing my books, was the realisation that nobody will just casually wander into my website and buy a book. I have to go out and digitally shout it like a street vendor. Remember when the markets used to resound

What’s a lesson you’ve learned recently that shifted your perspective? The quantum leap for me in marketing my books, was the realisation that nobody will just casually wander into my website and buy a book. I have to go out and digitally shout it like a street vendor. Remember when the markets used to resound