Michael's Blog – March 2013 Archive (5)

It’s been quite a week, one way or another. It began with my birthday, which is always nice and seemed to get busier from then on. I’ve had little opportunity to write and find myself wondering if and when it will happen. The new jacket design for my novel, HELL’S GATE was submitted to Amazon and hopefully this will help to draw potential readers to the book. I have tried to attract book reviewers for my latest Amazon publication, SHDOW OF THE WOLF, but it is proving to be extremely…

It’s a special day today because it’s my birthday: 72 years old and (hopefully) still going strong. Birthdays are special to youngsters but the wonder disappears as you get older. Then as you reach the autumn of your years they become important again. Perhaps it means I’m like a kid because it’s my day today. We have some friends coming round this afternoon for a chat, a drink and to bring me a little gift. When we were younger our friends would probably have met me down the pub and we would…

Today is Monday and because it’s the beginning of the week it means different things to different people. In our household today it is a sad day because we are waiting for the vet to come to the house to put our lovely dog, Lucy, to sleep. Lucy is thirteen years old, an Alsatian Cross and a dearly loved pet. We found her in the garden of a holiday home where she had been dumped as a puppy. I brought her to the house and gave her a bath. I can remember how she looked, how she smelt and how…

It’s been quite a week since last Monday. We had four enquiries about the house. Two of those resulted in viewings: one lady from Hong Kong, and an English couple from Switzerland. The other two enquiries were by phone. The first viewing came fifteen minutes after the agent turned up at the gate asking if we would agree to his client having a look there and then. The second viewing was planned for Thursday, but while we were out shopping on the Wednesday, the agent rang to say he was at our…

The latest addition to my Amazon titles is SHADOW OF THE WOLF. This went on sale six days ago and should be available as a paperback within a few days. This is a World War Two story set off the north coast of Scotland on a small island called Cape Wrath. The island folk find themselves under the heel of the Nazi jackboot as Admiral Dönitz's naval storm troopers search for a missing U-boat captain and the secrets to Britain's centimetric radar. Learn more at…