The state of the art, or What I did on my hols
The state of the art of storytelling in Britain today- snapshots from my recent visit catching-up with my family in Northamptonshire.
At the Quill
At the Quill: About creative writing in my experience and practice. Also posts about independent authorship and self-publishing. Read Creative Writing and Independent Authorship for more details or scroll down.
Gone live! My crowdfunding campaign.
The crowd funding campaign to publish My Gothenburg Days went live this morning and I have difficulty concentrating on anything else.
The stories we tell
A reflection on the art of telling stories, and the compulsion to tell them, and how some stories are more divorced from reality than others.
My radio days (part 1)
Memoir of the first of my radio days, recording at gunpoint in a studio in Bulgaria. (OK, not really recording at gunpoint. But kind of!)
Adventures in Crowd Funding My GBG Days
Adventures in Crowd Funding, the genesis of my projected e-book, plus problems with Swedish, and crowdfunding My Gothenburg Days.
Not singing or winning so much
Not singing or winning so much. Lots of ups and downs lately and I’m feeling depressed so here’s a poem or lyric based on “Tubthumper” by Chumbawamba.
Video tips
Not “7 Steps to a Great Promo Video”. Some of the pitfalls of filming your own promotional video and some tips to overcome them.
Websites, videos, printers and planning
Deep in the planning and preparation stage of the crowd funding campaign for My Gothenburg Days / Dagar i mitt Götborg – lots done, lots to do.
My Gothenburg Days – Dagar i mitt Göteborg
Starting to plan the crowd funding campaign to print and publish My Gothenburg Days / Dagar i mitt Göteborg – my projected photobook.
Fear of free-fall – before a crowdfunding campaign
In which we return (by way of free-fall) to crowd funding and consider what might be involved in a campaign to attract support for my projected photo-book.