Those who read my books know that I have an interest in cyberwar. Day by day it gets […]
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Definitely my last post on alternative search engines, but I’ve got to mention http://www.duckduckgo.com Such a simple screen […]
DuckDuckGo.Com
As part of the small boat cruising fraternity (that’s sailing, not anything salacious), I’m currently in Sicily researching […]
Changing Reading for Ever?
Google is a behemoth. I wrote sometime ago about the neural aspects of Google and last night started […]
Google Alternatives
What a couple of weeks it has been! Insanely busy with various writing projects: Energy and renewables consulting, […]
The Other Side of My Life
My interview by Cathy Stucker just been posted on her blog – thanks Cathy! http://t.co/glDWtAlA
Cathy Stucker Interview
Those who have been observing the posturing of the US and China over the Pacific will have seen […]
China / Pacific Rim – the Future
I wrote about it in ‘Gate of Tears’ – cheap Chinese chips with malice and aforethought! According to […]
Chinese Chips with Malice For A Town Called Alice
I don’t know if you’ve been following this series of films about the quirky Sicilian detective which the […]
Inspector Montalbano
Last week a friend was visiting from Chicago. What a week! He was knocked off his bicycle and […]
Sicily
Amazon UK Kindle purchases doubled in 2011, but profits slumped in the final three months. The company cited […]
Amazon – Problems In Store For Kindle Authors?
OK, I’m not talking sex here, but I am talking headlines. Newspapers are a fascinating area for writers, […]
Does Sex Make a Great Headline?
I couldn’t resist it… Heaven and Hell Whilst walking down the street one day a Corrupt Senator (that […]
Politics – Heaven and Hell
Susan’s Brother is coming along well, and I’m expecting to hit 2nd April release, or close to it. […]
New Year, New Books
This made me LOL. Stuck for a word or definition – brighten your day with Wikipeetia?
Clear Your Monday Morning Blues
There are so many changes under way in the publishing world, I’ve now bitten the bullet – reducing […]
I Bit The Bullet, But I Didn’t Eat The Deputy ...
I’ve been exercising this question for a few weeks now, and still haven’t come to a conclusion. Of […]
Best Thriller Novels Authors
When writing, building a picture of a location in the reader’s mind is best done if the author […]
Spy Novels – The Importance of ‘Sense of’ Location
Over Christmas, I’ve been looking at the spy novels genre in some detail. I read The Thirty Nine […]
Classic Spy Novels
Now, all writers have this dream of seeing their work in film – or do they? My other […]
Gate of Tears – The Film!
Late last night, after some poor wine, I looked at the book I was reading, started thinking and […]
