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Topic:random  Nigel  January 30th,2012Adam Warner and I are moving our plans steadily towards launching the new publishing business. Our web site is now up and running,though not perfect. Let us know what you think. It’s at http://www.adelpublishing.co.uk . And I’m now writing a second blog which is for readers,writers and anyone interested in how publishing [...]       Topic:writing and publishing Nigel November 21st,2011Yesterday I downloaded samples of a couple of novels for my Kindle,and with some excitement began to read. The Amazon site indicated the ideas and plots would be great. The novels could indeed have been great,but for me they weren’t. I guess next time I’ll be checking that a novel has been [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel October 31st,2011We’re not asking a bank for finance,but we do need to clarify every aspect of our planning,so yes,we do need one. But what we want like a bullet in the kneecap is a business model designed for the last century,and given how fast everything is changing we mustn’t create a [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel October 28th,2011people matter more … Life has been unfair to us. Adam has cerebral palsy (and is a lazy git lol) Nige has had chronic depression for 46 years (and is far too old to do anything new ) But so what? Everyone’s disabled,everyone has tough bits to their life. The question is,where [...] Topic:random Nigel October 6th,2011What did I do to deserve this? It’s not fair! Why was I born with so many problems? It’s not fair! Why wasn’t I born better looking,healthier,stronger? It’s not fair! Life hurts. I’m too old/young. I was born at the wrong time for a person like me. I don’t know the right people. [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel September 20th,2011Adam has cerebral palsy and Nigel has chronic depression,so we’re both disabled. But apart from that similarity: Adam is 26 and Nigel is coming up 62. Adam has a degree in politics,but Nigel’s is in Maths (and Adam hated Maths). Adam is Jewish (kind of) and Nigel is Christian. Adam works for a [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel September 8th,2011So here we are rapidly approaching the time when we become a legal entity,start publishing,and invite other writers to submit books for consideration …but … we aren’t yet certain what image we want to project,even though we have provisional business and sub business names and logos. So let’s throw down on [...] Topic:monochrome and blue Nigel July 4th,2011I’ve just been reviewing the last post,and the most important thing is missing. It sounds like everything is going smoothly and we’re brimming with confidence,but that just isn’t true. Every day I wonder what the hell we think we’re up to. We aren’t up to this. We don’t have the knowledge,the skills,[...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel June 29th,2011We want our new publishing business to have the right brand. Okay. Fair enough. But what do we mean by brand? Hmm. What brands do we know and love,and how do we feel about them? If you want to get involved in this,pause a moment and bring to mind at least five brands [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel June 25th,2011It’s hard finding the right name for a new business. It has to feel right,both to us and you. It has to be unusual,especially within the area we’re working. To some extent it needs to sound established and professional We’ve rejected a lot of options: Adam and Nige Publishing doesn’t sound right,and [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel June 23rd,2011The novel Adam Warner prompted me to write is approaching the end. I now know how it will finish. Probably. I give each book I’m writing a single word code-name for use in naming computer files and stuff. Then while getting on with the business of writing I play with different proper titles. Here’s what [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel January 29th,2011As energy and enthusiasm creeps back after two years of ME (see this post) I’m back working on the novel originally called Sunken Star. At last I feel I’m getting somewhere. The novel is not quite complete,and weighed in at 133,000 words before I started this latest edit. I’m now well over half-way through [...] Topic:reviews Nigel October 11th,2010My Kindle in full sunlight showing a page of the 'show me my books'home menu What’s the new Amazon Kindle really like? My Kindle arrived a few days ago. Interesting. It’s the latest version of Amazon’s e-book reader,and the pundits have made it clear this marks the beginning of the end for [...] Topic:random Nigel October 2nd,2010Iran has just been accused of building a second uranium enrichment plant,and trying to keep it secret. How easy is it to build an atomic bomb? [...] Topic:wet super computer Nigel September 14th,2010Writers are uncannily like normal human beings in one way. Most of us are unsure of ourselves,and if we’re not careful can lose the confidence to write. It’s called writers’block meaning that we writers block ourselves from writing. Just like everyone else at some time blocks themselves from doing something they’re perfectly capable [...] | |||||
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