Yearly archives: 2011

I was watching this film the other night, and it really echoed – a very clever boy who […]

Good Will Hunting

This entry was posted in dyslexia good will hunting matt damon susan's brother on October 15, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

I’m in Sicily, enjoying the sunshine and working my way through ‘Sicilian Channel’ – running behind the publisher’s […]

The Brothel

This entry was posted in brothel brothels chicken shack Paris texas Santa Croce Camerina sicily on October 6, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

Here’s what novelist Lee Holz said: Gates of Tears is a first rate geopolitical thriller on a grand […]

Gate of Tears Reviews

This entry was posted in #bookreview gate of tears review on September 28, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

Another good book review in for Gate of Tears, by the Lymington Times, who said:“The 366 action-packed pages […]

Reviews

This entry was posted in #bookreview book review gate of tears review novel review review thriller novel review times review on September 24, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

I love to write thrillers with marine themes – after all, I’ve been in love with the sea […]

Writing with Maritime Themes – Maltese Falcon

This entry was posted in Alan Villiers Grand Harbour Maltese Falcon sicilian channel on September 20, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

Get Your Facts Right Or Lose Readers! I was recently reading a thriller written by a New York […]

Why is Fact Checking Important?

This entry was posted in #pubtip #writetip fact checker fact checking proof reader proof reading on September 18, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

Here I’m not going to discuss literary fiction – such as written by Ian McKeown or V […]

Suspending Belief – Fiction versus Faction

This entry was posted in #amwriting science faction science fiction suspend belief writing fiction on September 14, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

James Marinero’s Schooldays Evening Post 19/8/11. Based on a telephone interview I did, the journos got the […]

My Schooldays

This entry was posted in james marinero school press clipping press cutting schooldays on September 12, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

My publisher sent me off this week, off with parcel of books. Copies of ‘Gate of Tears’ to […]

Spreading – No – Sharing The Word

This entry was posted in libraries library new library books public lending right on September 9, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

I’ve been doing some work on my website – favourite poetry and so on – and got to […]

Bingo!

This entry was posted in bingo twentieth century poets on September 5, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

“If you thought metadata was complicated, meet BookLamp.org, a new book discovery search engine that tracks 32,160 distinct […]

Booklamp – Analyzing Books Is A Concern

This entry was posted in book spinning booklamp lexical analysis on September 2, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

Sicilian Channel

This entry was posted in ezeebooks sicilian channel on August 31, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

Research for ‘Gate of Tears’ led me into the world of cyberwarfare, specifically, the activities of China. I […]

Chinese Cyber Warfare

This entry was posted in china internet espionage chinese hacking cyber warfare cyberwar golden shield internet warfare on August 20, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

– Another Long March? China started sea trials of the Shi-Lang aircraft carrier (ex Russian ‘Varyag’). This has […]

Chinese Aircraft Carrier Trials

This entry was posted in chinese aircraft carrier shi lang on August 17, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

Well, the Kindle version has been available for a week now and the sales have started coming in! […]

Amazon Kindle Version

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 15, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was reminscent of Mickey Spillane. […]

The Lincoln Lawyer

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 14, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

It seems that there’s a piece of music called ‘Gate of Tears’ on an album called ‘The Gathering’ […]

Gate of Tears by Jorn

This entry was posted in gate of tears jorn+gate+of+tears on August 13, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

In 1920, the price of gold was $20 per ounce, in 1950 $34 per ounce, and in 1970 […]

Second Funny Feeling…

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 12, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

The news this morning gave me a strange feeling. Twice. Here’s the first: If you’ve read ‘Gate of […]

Prophesies Coming True?

This entry was posted in chinese aircraft carrier dailan shipyard shi lang varyag on August 11, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

Just heard from the Big A (that’s Amazon, not New York) that ‘Gate of Tears’ is now on […]

On Kindle now, but at what price?

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 9, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

Great news – just heard that Amazon have just delivered Gate of Tears to a customer in Australia! […]

Gate of Tears Hits Australia!

This entry was posted in australian-gold-mining-book australian-gold-rush gate-of-tears-in-australia on August 6, 2011 by James Marinero (updated 399 days ago)

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