Topic: random  Nigel  January 30th,2012 Adam 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 [...] Share on Facebook Topic: writing and publishing  Nigel  November 21st,2011 Yesterday 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 [...] Share on Facebook Topic: writing and publishing  Nigel  October 28th,2011 people 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 [...] Share on Facebook Topic: monochrome and blue  Nigel  July 4th,2011 I’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,[...] Share on Facebook Topic: writing and publishing  Nigel  January 29th,2011 As 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 [...] Share on Facebook Topic: random  Nigel  October 2nd,2010 Iran 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? [...] Share on Facebook Topic: wet super computer  Nigel  September 14th,2010 Writers 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 [...] Share on Facebook Topic: writing and publishing  Nigel  August 31st,2010 BeWrite Books are a small publishing house specialising in fiction. To some extent they are a model of what we want to be. [...] Share on Facebook Topic: writing and publishing  Nigel  August 30th,2010 Where has ‘Sunken Star’got to and how am I moving it forwards? [...] Share on Facebook Topic: writing and publishing  Nigel  August 28th,2010 Today I felt well enough to work on the book ‘Ted’,and this is how we came up with some key plot material last week while on holiday. [...] Share on Facebook Topic: writing and publishing  Nigel  August 27th,2010 Two approaches to the same weird maths book:one complete,the other still highly experimental. [...] Share on Facebook Topic: writing and publishing  Nigel  August 26th,2010 Most publishers have reduced the services they provide. [...] Share on Facebook Topic: writing and publishing  Nigel  August 18th,2010 There’s a lot to think about in setting up a business,but matters are in hand. [...] Share on Facebook Topic: writing and publishing  Nigel  August 16th,2010 How can one person with little money set up a small publishing business successfully? Because of two major changes in the world of technology. [...] Share on Facebook Topic: writing and publishing  Nigel  August 16th,2010 The genesis of an idea:let’s set up a small publishing company. [...] Share on Facebook | monochrome and blueStuff about living with depression wet super computerRamblings about how our minds work How to commentClick 'Leave a comment' at the end of the article. Warning:if you include a web link in your comment the spam filter will probably grab it,and I may not realise it's genuine. (Currently 5-10 spam comments received a day). Site motto'Be gentle with everyone you meet,for we each have a hard battle to fight' Copyright infoIf you want to copy any article to a friend,no problem. If you want to make money out of it please check the 'copying articles' tab. Most photos are mine,but some are copyright by other people and used with permission - so check the 'photos' tab. |