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Viral campaigns #history

14/09/2015 | 5 Comments

There is no clear evidence as to where the Spanish Flu pandemic started but, uncharacteristically for flu, it attacked the young and able. Arguments have been made... Read more »
Golden Girls #history

07/09/2015 | 4 Comments

A man’s world in the 15th and 16th centuries? – that would be to ignore two very remarkable women from that era! Queen Isabella of Castile and Aragon... Read more »
Energy source or water supply? #thriller

31/08/2015 | 2 Comments

The world’s population exceeds seven billion people – 40% of this total depends upon the water that flows down the major rivers from the Himalayas for... Read more »
50 poor forecasters… Part II – #history

24/08/2015 | 1 Comment

Part 2 – the final 25: 50 reasons, spanning 500 years, that clearly illustrate that we humans are poor forecasters. The lesson? Never go into print with a... Read more »
50 poor forecasters… Part I #history

17/08/2015 | 2 Comments

Part 1 – the first 25: 50 reasons, spanning 500 years, that clearly illustrate that we humans are poor forecasters. The lesson? Never go into print with a... Read more »

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09/14 Viral campaigns #history
09/07 Golden Girls #history
08/31 Energy source or water supply? #thriller
08/24 50 poor forecasters… Part II – #history
08/17 50 poor forecasters… Part I #history
08/10 Blackbird song
08/03 Water – a real and present danger!
07/27 Tapas #history
07/20 Smelly stuff…
07/14 The Caduceus, the double-helix, snakes and creation
07/06 Charles II of Spain – inbreeding victim
07/01 Makes you think…

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Viral campaigns #history

14/09/2015 | 5 Comments

There is no clear evidence as to where the Spanish Flu pandemic started but, uncharacteristically for flu, it attacked the young and able. Arguments have been made for a Chinese… Read more »

Golden Girls #history

07/09/2015 | 4 Comments

A man’s world in the 15th and 16th centuries? – that would be to ignore two very remarkable women from that era! Queen Isabella of Castile and Aragon (1451 –… Read more »

Energy source or water supply? #thriller

31/08/2015 | 2 Comments

The world’s population exceeds seven billion people – 40% of this total depends upon the water that flows down the major rivers from the Himalayas for their agriculture, for industry,… Read more »

Water – a real and present danger!

03/08/2015 | 1 Comment

I’m no rabid environmentalist, have no green agenda, but in researching Still Water I knew there was a world water crisis but I had not realised quite how serious it… Read more »

Tapas #history

27/07/2015 | 2 Comments

#history – The origin of that distinctive Spanish snack, tapas, is debated in 1492 and all that! ῀ Alfonso X of Spain is one of the many origins claimed for… Read more »

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50 poor forecasters… Part II – #history

24/08/2015 | 1 Comment

Part 2 – the final 25: 50 reasons, spanning 500 years, that clearly illustrate that we humans are poor forecasters. The lesson? Never go into print with a forecast! ῀… Read more »

50 poor forecasters… Part I #history

17/08/2015 | 2 Comments

Part 1 – the first 25: 50 reasons, spanning 500 years, that clearly illustrate that we humans are poor forecasters. The lesson? Never go into print with a forecast! ῀… Read more »

Blackbird song

10/08/2015 | 0 Comment

Woke to this wonderful sound: ῀ Not sure what the fantastic range of its song means – but it sounds joyous and uplifing.Great way to wake up to what looks… Read more »

Smelly stuff…

20/07/2015 | 0 Comment

These are some of my nostalgic smells – what are yours? FOOD SMELLS Just opened a jar of coffee and couldn’t help plunging my nose in to it to… Read more »

Makes you think…

01/07/2015 | 0 Comment

I’ve always been a huge fan of Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide etc) and something I was doing today made me look at several of his quotes, couldn’t stop myself posting… Read more »

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Nolan Bushnell and Atari #history

28/06/2015 | 2 Comments

On this day in 1972 Nolan Bushnell co-founded Atari – the coin-op to home console game company Extract from The PC Pioneers Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an… Read more »

Bill Gates’ last stand #history

27/06/2015 | 3 Comments

On this day in 2008 Bill Gates spent his last formal day working with Microsoft. But, as a salute, let’s consider how it all started forty years earlier – back… Read more »

Lotus blossom #history

25/06/2015 | 1 Comment

Extract from The PC Pioneers On this day in 1947 Jonathan Sachs was born – with Mitch Kapor he would found Lotus and launch Lotus 1-2-3 Sachs had been a… Read more »

Birth of the father of the Internet #history

23/06/2015 | 3 Comments

Extract from The PC Pioneers On this day in 1943 Vint Cerf was born – he would go on to be called the ‘father’ of the Internet, certainly he was… Read more »

eBay birthday – #history

21/06/2015 | 3 Comments

Extract from The PC Pioneers On this day in 1967 Pierre Morad Omidyar was born in France – he would go on to launch eBay. He had Iranian parents, a… Read more »

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20/02/2015 | 0 Comment

Back to Site Map – My Writing – Back to Home Page PUBLISHING Subject First posted Route of Evil – available today $2.99, €2.99 or £2.99 15-Sep Route of Evil… Read more »

They are our champions… #writing

29/09/2014 | 0 Comment

Writers of books write for a range of reasons. It might be a lifelong ambition to write a particular book with no particular ambition for it as a career. Perhaps… Read more »

It’s today! Route of Evil is now fully available…

15/09/2014 | 0 Comment

My latest thriller is available today – from these great eBook and paperback retailers: Amazon on all twelve national Amazon sites (for Kindle or Paperback) Kindle UK – Kindle USA… Read more »

Route of Evil as a paperback #thriller

21/08/2014 | 0 Comment

I am delighted to advise that a paperback version of Route of Evil is available now – several weeks before the eBook will be released. So if you can’t wait… Read more »

1492 and all that! – half price offer #history

14/08/2014 | 0 Comment

My latest thriller Route of Evil is now available for sampling and pre-ordering via Smashwords And to celebrate this I have reduced the price of my best-selling history book –… Read more »

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Blogs – Publishing, Research and Writing

20/02/2015 | 0 Comment

Back to Site Map – My Writing – Back to Home Page PUBLISHING Subject First posted Route of Evil – available today $2.99, €2.99 or £2.99 15-Sep Route of Evil… Read more »

Sobering thoughts… #ebook

21/05/2014 | 0 Comment

Important to know if you want to get your new book noticed! ῀ First the good news – the global publishing, media and entertainment industries in total are worth some… Read more »

Writing advice

15/05/2014 | 1 Comment

These quotes feature in The PC Pioneers but could easily be applied to writing and authors: No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.Isaac Newton Research is what… Read more »

Author earnings…

08/05/2014 | 1 Comment

I was looking for what authors might expect to earn and found the Digital Book World and Writer’s Digest online survey that they did in October and November 2013. It… Read more »

What do reviewers know?

07/05/2014 | 0 Comment

Dan Brown was rejected and told his manuscript of The Da Vinci Code was ‘so badly written’. Fortunately another publisher did not agree. Jacqueline Susann received this review, ‘…she is… Read more »