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Naked writer at the pool
I don’t know why (I do really) the word ‘naked’ seems to jump start views of this blog but I’m grateful for it.
I’m not big fan of political correctness so my mind was full of interesting stuff as I made my way to the changing room at my local swimming pool.
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Film script opportunity
You may as well have a go at this one.
BBC Northern Ireland is once again searching for the next generation of television writers with the launch of the Tony Doyle Bursary for New Writing. Now in its sixth year, the bursary is open to new writers who think they’ve got what it takes to start a [...]
Marketing, HarperCollins, Authonomy and the sock puppets
I was having a good time on HarperCollins’s new peer review online slush pile, Authonomy. Writers upload chapters or whole books and the community of writers comment. Later, readers came on stream. My book, ‘Old Habits Die Hard’ rose to number 12 (first five actually get read by editors) and was virtually number one in [...]
Roadblocks to retirement
Trials of a reluctant motor home buyer
There is a certain lure about it. I mean the prospect of sliding into the driving seat of a two-litre plus motor home like a modern day supercharged nomad and heading out on a voyage of discovery – free to go anywhere you like and take as long as [...]
Wish I’d never seen Pierce Brosnan naked
Well, not really but my post about Pierce Brosnan appearing in ‘Pucka-Ri’ at the Edinburgh Festival (which I co-wrote) has been the most popular post on this blog.
It was nothing special.
The credit crunch won’t affect Pierce one iota, even though it’s going to have an impact on most of us. But it always stuns me [...]
Vote for ‘Old Habits Die Hard’ on Authonomy
Would you all like to back my book on www.authonomy.com? It would be great if you did. You can comment on it and finds loads of other books to read and review. You have to register to do this but it’s simple. Go to this link.
So enjoy the exploits of Mike Delaney and Lucius Gynt [...]
UK Songwriting contest - four songs in semi-final
Out of 6,200 songs entered for 10 categories in the national UK Songwriting Contest; with one final winner and three runners-up in each; four of my songs made the semi-finals and three were commended. Not bad considering I wrote those songs over 20 years ago. I was out by one point for a place in [...]
Take a deep breath
It’s time for a second wind. I’ve been somewhat diverted of late. Living in the country I spend a lot of time collecting logs from the Forest of Dean to chain saw into fuel for the fire - given the rising cost of oil. And, I’ve had to do what most of us are doing [...]
Authonomy, YouWriteOn and others
I must have been inspired in some subconscious way by my attendance at the Winchester writers festival because I found myself doing something I have never done before - joining fairly high level writers groups online. But I reckon Authonomy (run by HarperCollins) and YouWriteOn (Arts Council) are probably at the top end of the [...]
Discovering the video trailer
One positive thing about attending a writers conference was a few moments of inspiration. Or, it might be that I’m just catching up with others and possibly shrugging off the tidal waves of bad news about oil prices, possible recession, credit and other crunches, global warming and all the other debatable crises facing the planet.
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