A word can change a mind. A sentence can change a life. A book can change the world.
Artificial Intelligence – AI It’s a subject that is creating great disturbances in the dark side of writing. The dark side being that area where so called authors are claiming the rights to a book or books that has actually been written by an AI app. Most writers will be up in arms about this,…
World War 2 Mention World War 2 to most young people and they will have a picture in their head of Nazi bombers being shot down by RAF fighter pilots, or the miracle of Dunkirk. Or they will have a blank expression, smile at you indulgently and swiftly move on, to another subject. It’s easy…
I’m no marketing expert, in fact, quite the opposite. Despite being an indie author for over twelve years, I still feel my marketing efforts are perhaps a little hamfisted, even amateurish. But I have discovered little niche areas that seem to work for me. I’ve read so many books that purport to give you the…
When it comes to health, I’m not one to ignore signs that indicate I may have a serious problem. There’s no point ignoring the signs and sweeping your concerns, or even fears, under the carpet. I will always face the problem head on and deal with it. You probably realise, dear reader, that I’m recovering…
Have you ever noticed, dear reader, when you go round your local supermarket, someone seems to take great delight in picking up a tin of peas, and depositing them with the pasta. Or it may be a packet of rice in the frozen fish section. I’ve even found a dozen free range eggs happily nestled…
When Orville and Wilbur Wright built and flew The Wright Flyer in 1903, it was the world’s first successful flight of a powered heavier-than-air flying machine. It wasn’t pure luck that enabled Orville to make the first powered aeroplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. The flight lasted 12-seconds and managed…
Noise. It’s an everyday occurrence unless you live on a desert island with only the waves, birds tweeting and the odd volcanic eruption to spoil your tranquility. I live in a small village in the foothills north of Paphos, Cyprus. It’s quiet, there is very little noise. With two very noisy exceptions. Noise No. 1…
Here’s a question for you, dear reader. What’s the relationship between a human leg, a star in the night sky and a speeding railway train. “There is no relationship,” I hear somebody shout. Well, whoever said that, and I suspect there were several of you, you are wrong. There is a direct link between our…
The image you can see at the top of the page is that of a tonne bag of white gravel. That’s 1,000 kg of gravel. Not your Imperial ton, which is 1,016.047 kg or 2,240 lbs. There’s not a lot of difference between a tonne and a ton if it were to be dropped on…
Something weird has happened in my world, my real world that is. You would expect weird events in worlds I’ve created in my books, but no, this is a real world weird event. You may realise I’m recovering from cancer, I’ve written about it often enough. One of the odd things I’ve experienced is no…
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