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Michael's Blog – November 2015 Archive (4)

Days and times to remember

November 22, 2015

 

I’ve just typed the date in and realised it’s the day my father died in 1955. (22-11-55). I was fourteen at the time. I sometimes wonder what affect it had on me as a teenager. I do remember one night, it was late, and me and my mates were slowly making our way home from somewhere, when one of them said: “My old man will kill me when I get home.” My immediate thought was that I had no “old man” to go home to. I know my time at school was affected by his…

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Added by Michael on November 22, 2015 at 8:35am — No Comments

Two Events, Two Different Outcomes

Nov. 14th. 2015

Looking at the last paragraph of my last blog, I mentioned the Remembrance Day service and how killing should be confined to the pages of fiction. On Friday well over a hundred, innocent people were murdered in Paris by Isis jihadists claiming their right and responsibility is ordained by god. I use the small case to spell god because my God is a God of love, and love cannot harbour violence: He abhors it.

Back to the world of fiction. Last Friday our…

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Added by Michael on November 15, 2015 at 10:36am — No Comments

Ups and Downs of a writer's life, and a little poser

Nov. 8th

It’s been ups and downs for me this week. I received my copy of Past Imperfect from Ingram Spark and was very disappointed with the result (the jacket). Unfortunately I didn’t keep a copy of the digital proof, so have to accept the final product as my responsibility. I decided I couldn’t use the book for my launch on Friday 13th, so I ordered 25 copies from CreateSpace. It’s now six days and they haven’t e-mailed me to say the books are on their way. It’s…

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Added by Michael on November 8, 2015 at 8:18am — No Comments

In my wife's hands now

Nov. 2nd. 2015

Well, I finally made it: finished the edit of my WIP and handed it to my lovely, patient wife to read through. I printed the manuscript out double spaced, which makes it easier for Pat to make her red line entries. She comes up with some remarkable insights at times, and I’m beholden to her for taking on the job. Next step will be to edit the MS again, before thinking about a book launch. But before I can do that, I need a jacket. Fortunately I have persuaded our son,…

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Added by Michael on November 2, 2015 at 8:00am — No Comments

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