That has to be one of the happiest headlines a writer can type (apart, of course, from such titles as “Book is NYT Best Seller”, or “book’s sales pass a million.”) But as both are unlikely to ever apply to me, I’ll settle for Sold a Book! Yes, I was offered contracts for my standalone …
October 2012 archive
I Think I’m Atypical…
The Readers Digest this month offered a whole list of ways to sleep well. I feel that there must be something wrong with me. They say that you should go to bed at regular times. Ah, well, I go to bed at any time from 7pm to 2am. They say that you should take a …
HAVE YOU OVERLOOKED – Arthur Sellings?
Arthur Sellings was the pseudonym of Robert Arthur Gordon Ley, who was born on 31 May 1911 in Kent in England, the son of Kent and Stella Grace (Sellings) Ley. He lived for most of his life in Tunbridge Wells. In addition to his writing, Ley was a book and art dealer and antiquarian and …
Firewood, Gales, and Geese.
And the gales have been back much of the week, it’s a real pain listening to the wind screaming in the trees and worrying if it’ll become too much for one of them which may then fall on the house. It’s why whenever the wind level gets too high, I let the fire go out. …
A COMFORT OF CATS by Doreen Tovey
hardcover, published 1979 St Martin’s Press. The cover and internal illustrations are done by Maurice Wilson and are, as usual, beautiful, and beautifully done. In fact this particular copy has huge value to me for a number of reasons. I corresponded with the author for some years, and my friend Andre Norton also loved her …
LANCE ARMSTONG and Le Argument Circular.
    Items continue steadily appearing in newspapers about Lance Armstrong and his possible involvement in doping. So far as I understand it the argument put forward by the agency that wishes to convict him goes like this. We are certain that Lance Armstrong is a drugs cheat. We can find no proof of this, therefore …
Win/Nomination.
The mail car stopped at my gate about half an hour ago, I strolled out and collected that which had been delivered, and on opening a large flat envelope find that I’ve received the Certificate of Excellence from the (International) Cat Writer’s Association, for my story – The Domen – in the May issue of …
LET THE TIGER DIE
by Manning Coles. Hardcover, H&S published January 1948. 8th in series. I have almost all of the Manning Coles’ “Tommy Hambleton” books. I love them, read my way through them all every few years, and would really like to acquire the couple that I don’t yet own. They’re witty, clever, often very funny, and I …
Weather, Eggs, and Firewood.
several more days of ferocious gales of late, the geese are still sitting grimly although there are no guarantees on results as last week we also had an afternoon of simmering thunder. Very annoying as I have several people who’d like a gosling or two but with thunderstorms prone to kill developing embryos, it may …
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Finding the Time
26 October 2012
A friend congratulating me the other day on my book being sold, said that she wonders where I find the time to write as much as I do. There are times when I do too. Although, really, when you look at the fact that I’m retired, live alone, and, allowing for sleep and meals, have …
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