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Happy 8th birthday to my blog!

Posted on July 8, 2020 by

Would you believe that on Sunday I was notified that my blog is 8 years old.  When I started I had no idea that I would still be writing almost a decade later.  I pretty much thought I’d be lucky … Continue reading →

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Book covers…. book titles

Posted on May 5, 2020 by

So I’ve been working on finishing my new book.  I’m on the 3rd sweep through it now and I feel like I know it off by heart.   I got the idea about a year ago based on my very successful … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Diary 10 – Creatively Self-Isolating

Posted on April 2, 2020 by

One of the things I love is being creative.  I’ve always wanted to be more creative.  I’ve written books, penned magazine articles and had the odd television and radio appearance as a nominal ‘expert’ but ever since I creatively started … Continue reading →

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My 2019 Year in Review

Posted on January 1, 2020 by

2019 was a busy old year and in keeping with most of the previous 44, not particularly good though far from the worst.  I guess that’s why I never celebrate New Year! Two of the highlights were definitely getting to … Continue reading →

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I’m going to write a new book!

Posted on August 21, 2019 by

This is a dangerous thing to say in public but I’m going to write a new book. It’s dangerous because I already have a 60% completed novel and a 20% completed non-fiction book on the go.  Sadly due to my … Continue reading →

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When two (spaces) are better than one

Posted on June 5, 2019 by

I don’t know about you but there are countless things that annoy me about modern life and one of them is the slow decline into the use of a single space after a full stop or period. Until the early … Continue reading →

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My latest ‘mini’ horror movie – Bad Dream?

Posted on October 24, 2018 by

It’s become something of a tradition for my friend and I to make a Halloween inspired video and I thought I would share this years effort. Bizarrely, whilst all the other young children would and still do watch cute shows, … Continue reading →

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Farewell 2017, hello 2018!

Posted on December 29, 2017 by

Well this is my final blog post for the year.  It’s been a busy old year with over 116,000 readers at the time of writing so thank-you everyone for giving me reasons to carry on blogging and sharing my questionable … Continue reading →

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Two choicest Idioms – Butter Up & As Mad As A Hatter

Posted on June 26, 2017 by

A few weeks ago my new book, Straight From The Horse’s Mouth was released in Paperback and Kindle formats and I have been waiting for it to work its way through onto Apple iBooks.   As it is now live, … Continue reading →

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Waking up early for success

Posted on May 15, 2017 by

I don’t know about you but I have always been an early bird.  Even when I was little, I was up by 6am and today if I make it to 6am then it is a great lay-in.  For some reason I … Continue reading →

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