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“The Only Genuine Jones” paperback launch event, Feb 27th, Glencoe
This is just a reminder that The Only Genuine Jones will be released in paperback form less than two months from now! I invite readers to join me at the Clachaig Inn, Glencoe, at 9pm on the 27th of February. I will be talking a little about the process of
A Mountain Writer’s Christmas
Mountain Craft by Geoffrey Winthrop Young, 1920 I hope you all had a good Christmas! My last two days have been spent in the traditional manner, ie. much eating and drinking, opening of presents, some reading, and very little else. Plans to go walking today were scuppered by bad weather
Merry Christmas!
O.G. Jones says “pass the whisky” Merry Christmas to my readers, fans, and fellow authors! I’ll be back in a day or two. In the meanwhile I hope you have a happy holiday, and don’t forget, if any of your relatives or friends are lucky enough to
The Only Genuine Jones is on special offer for 99p!
My Christmas sale has now begun! Until the 31st of December, The Only Genuine Jones will be on special offer for 99p. If you haven’t yet picked up your digital edition then now is the time to do so. Don’t be put off if you’re worried you
The first ever paperback copy of my first novel is here
The very first paperback copy of OGJ Well, today is proving to be a rollercoaster of a day! Crowley’s Rival has already been downloaded over a hundred times, partly because it was actually on the Kindle store yesterday, priced at free to enable a few of my most valued
Crowley’s Rival is now available on Amazon Kindle
It is my pleasure to announce that my new short story (novella?), Crowley’s Rival, is now live on the Kindle store. You can download it here for 79p. The book is 10,000 words in length so considerably shorter than The Only Genuine Jones. Nevertheless, it’s essential reading
My experience so far with FeedARead print on demand publishing
An early proof for the FeedARead edition FeedARead is an independent print on demand (POD) publisher, established with Arts Council England funding. I am using FeedARead (FAR) to produce the paperback edition of The Only Genuine Jones, a process I began several weeks ago. I thought I would take this
Looking back on 2012 from an author’s perspective
I know we’re not quite at the end of the year yet, but the next two weeks are going to be very busy so I thought I would write a reflective post while I have the chance! I will also take this opportunity to bring readers up to speed
Maurice Herzog, Himalayan pioneer, 1919 – 2012
Image from hec.fr http://goo.gl/7b5U8 While browsing Twitter this morning I read the sad news that Maurice Herzog, first man (along with Louis Lachenal) to climb an 8,000m peak, has died at the age of 93. In 1950 he made the first ascent of Annapurna, the
This website is undergoing a redesign
Just a quick announcement to let you all know that this site is undergoing another redesign. The old layout was elegant but rapidly outgrowing its capabilities; Blogger’s Dynamic Views just aren’t customisable enough, and worse, several browsers weren’t even rendering it properly! The design focused too much