My life

I can only apologise for my curt remarks yesterday. The truth is I’ve tried selling an ebook a couple of years ago. It got no where as I never pushed it, and the publishers sure as hell never pushed it. But it was little better than soft porn, and my heart was not in it. Being of the Star Trek generation, I truly believe that some sort of hand held device would replace paper book in the future. So there will be nothing but ebooks one day. Writers who go on about it as a new evil, are stuck in... Sign in to see full entry.

One idea going around is to sell ebooks about how to…..well….sell ebooks! They are about good ideas on how to make money, and tell you the best way is to write a book on how you made so much money, selling ebooks. Sound familure? In the old days this used to be called pyramid selling. This was just a way of roping in so many mugs and bleeding them before they squealed. Don’t get me wrong, if I had the brass neck I would be there scamming with the best, but I’ve found subtler ways round it now.... Sign in to see full entry.

I'm drawn to the old idea I had about providing copy for web sites. Its easy, and you down't have to worry about the techy stuff. One of my side lines is ethical investment. Stay tuned. Steve. Sign in to see full entry.

With the growing threat of a publisher actually wanting my novel, I now have to think of the next one. To pad things out with this blog (which I waste) I thought I would thrash out some of the ideas in the story. Basically it’s the story of a bunch of factory workers who win the lottery and get into deep water because they are out of their league. Inspired by stories like: Spend Spend Spend, I wanted to explore what happens to people once they win these dream tickets. I wanted to put a little... Sign in to see full entry.

Terror Bill It looks more and more as if the new government bill on 90 days detention will not go through. I have mixed opinions on it. For a start they are walking into a trap regarding lawyers and changing the very thing they fight for everyday. If ever there was a more stupid way of solving it, I can’t imagine! The problem is lack of evidence, and the delay of 90 days is to gather it for court. But of course, if they can’t get it on in 90 days, they are never going to present a reasonable... Sign in to see full entry.

Bad luck just seems to heap itself upon me. Now we seem to have another parcel lost in the post. This time an air mail to the US. There seems to be little is anything you can do to chase it up, but I’ve found a phone number, and will ring it on Monday. If it were not or the good news on the book, I would be worried. The new stuff is coming slowly, and I keep getting side tracked with daft things like a Web site for it, and all that. Excuses. Read a good article in the independent about the birth... Sign in to see full entry.

With the news that 5 more publishers are actually looking at more manuscript, I now face a dilemma. Should I try and write on a no-fiction subject, or go straight into writing the new novel? I know this sounds like I’ve actually been published and this could be years off, But I feel it has to be faced. What if they say: "show us something else you have written?" I can’t tell them the truth; that there’s nothing else worth reading. So what am I going to do? From time to time I do get a bee in my... Sign in to see full entry.

My Blunkett I think there would be more sympathy for Blunkett is he had stuck to his socialist princibles. An ideology which got him into politics. The people’s Republic of South Yorkshire was such a nonsense but it did propel him and many more into the ranks of the executive of the party. Now we can see that it was all a sham. As I now believe socialism to be myself. Having been very left wing, and an active member of Militant, I think it was all a waist of time. People don’t work like that.... Sign in to see full entry.

Ebay has its ups and downs, but the whole thing fall to bits once the post office decide not to deliver the bloody parcels. What a carry on I have had, trying to convince the customer, it will get there in the end. Life has its ups and downs. The money is trickling in, but just. Seriously think I will have to return to full time work, and leave the net behind. Nothing else had worked out for me. The only ray on the horizon is Hill & Hill my publishers. They had a guy from Viking, which is a spin... Sign in to see full entry.

Bird flue I am appalled to hear that the virus had been brought in on some imported Parrots from the Far East. I thought that this sick trade had ended long ago. If this scare does any good, it might stop this evil. How do they look into their soles, knowing the horror they have inflicted? Sign in to see full entry.