Ah, my poor neglected blog. If this blog was a dog it would be rescued by the RSPCB (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Blogs). This blog is the equivalent of a starving mange-ridden dog kept chained to a post in a dirty back yard, its fur matted, slipping around in its own …
I’m reading it at the moment, after hearing Gyles Brandreth and Deborah Moggach enthuse about Arnold Bennett on Radio Four’s Great Lives. I have to say, I think it’s absolutely brilliant. I’m completely hooked. Slightly ashamed to admit that I’ve never read any Arnold Bennett till now, of course. Always meant to, never got round …
Hurry over to amazon.co.uk and you can download the ebook of my novel The Mannequin House for just £2.63. That’s a bit of a bargain, I think you’ll agree. If you haven’t tried one of my books yet, then maybe this would be a good place to start. And if everyone rushes over there to …
The Bridge That Bunuel Built is no longer available on amazon. I’ve decided to unpublish it. I’ve never unpublished a book before. A strange thing to do, maybe, but it feels right. The main reason I’ve taken it down is that it makes very little money for me. A few pence now and then. And …
For example, today the doorbell rang. I was actually in the middle of fixing the lock, so the door was ajar. The house was vulnerable, particularly as I couldn’t figure out how to put the deadlock I had rather rashly disassembled back together again. The fact that the unexpected visitor had rung the doorbell told …