Monthly Archives: January 2010

Index of a writing week #10

This week was an exciting week. I discovered two new publishing platforms: the Amazon Kindle store and Createspace.com, also part of the Amazon group. These I embraced and have worked very hard to get a few books up there. Both “Nu-man and other short stories” and “The chronicles of Wormsprong” are now available on the

Of isolation and the writer

The life of a writer is a lonely one. The life of a writing entrepreneur doubly so. To create a product many hours are spent typing away, organising thoughts, evaluating ideas, researching facts and so on. Then there is the little matter of promoting the product of this toil (because toil it is!). It is

How can I not write about the iPad?

How can I not write about the iPad? Sometimes even this blog adds its voice to the crowd. So here are my thoughts on the iPad. what is it? First, for those who have no idea what the iPad is, it is the newest gadget from Apple, presented yesterday (January 27, 2010) in typical Steve

Dog walk 17: Zen and the art of dealing with hackers