Well. Despite not being able to buy The Beatle Man on Amazon in the UK at the moment, the booksellers in other parts of the world have sprung into action. So, the people of Japan, Denmark & Estonia, I say to you, buy the book, love the book and, if you’re very talented, read the...

Two steps back. First the good news, the book cover art has turned up on the Amazon listing for the book. Which is nice. Unfortunately, Amazon cancelled the test order I did saying they couldn’t get the book and you can no longer buy it. So much for the so-called ‘distribution’. It seems remarkable that (what must be?) an entirely electronic process...

Well, well, well. After who knows how long, The Beatle Man is now listed on Amazon (albeit with a somewhat perplexing ‘sourcing fee’ which will hopefully go and no cover art). Not entirely as energised by this news as I would have expected, but all things writing are likely to take a back seat for a while until I get the predicted job change out of the...

There is so little to report it is a little embarrassing to even consider a blog post but I feel I owe my reader some output. So, you’ll have to put up with a crappy clip show of a post (and a really spammy title, just as an experiment). Book StuffBit of a distribution delay; apparently the text on the title page was too near the edge. So much for buying a...

Well, I just wasn’t in the mood tonight. So I watched some football and then did this.I know this is the cart about 14 miles in front of the horse, but it was a fun diversion for 10 minutes. Many thanks to Elisa Stopponi for letting me use her great image. She is a great talent. I hope that I can get the book finished so this makes it out into the...

Hey! Two nights in a row. Not predigous output but definite signs that the butterfly has landed for a while. Just called me Forrest Gumption.A weird thing happened tonight. The stuff I was trying to right was so bleak (at least that was the intention) that I actually depressed myself writing it. It was very odd. I’m not entirely sure that I can keep this up for...

Oooh that was tough. Seems jumping back on the writing pony after so long isn’t going to be easy. Still, I soldiered my way to something that resembled output. I’ll settle for that. I’m sure it’ll get easier. Wasn’t helped by the marvellous David Attenborough staring his new series last night. I was recording it but I was drawn to watch...

It is too easy to mask lack of progress behind an “I haven’t really started yet” excuse. So, with The Beatle Man winging its way to the dark corner of a server somewhere*, it is time to finally declare that work on Terra Exitus has begun. I’ll be able to look back at this post and work out how long it took. I do this with some trepidation as...

Fridays are normally good days. I particularly liked this one for four main reasons: 1. I received the final proof copy of The Beatle Man today and have just approved it for distribution. In about 6 weeks it will be available to buy from all the regular online book retailers. “We are standing on the edge.” 2. I’m going to submit the proof copy to...

After a short sabbatical, I finally got back on the publishing bandwagon tonight. Updated the manuscript to add ISBN and publisher details etc. The more you look into this, the more nooks and crannies you find. When I get the book published I have to send a copy to the British Library, which is nice. But then I discovered the whole CIP catalogue thing. So,...