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Springtime has Sprung
In my last post, I took a meander down memory lane and hinted that change was afoot. Well, my news is that I’m now a publisher, a bone fide purveyor of the written word. No, I haven’t bought out...
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No Purchase Necessary
To celebrate the launch of Summertime Publishing’s little sister, Springtime Books, we’ve got a few paperbacks to give away on Goodreads, the web’s most influential book site. It’s our way to get the...
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Top of the Pansy Pops 2015
It’s been a stonker of a year. In partnership with Summertime Publishing, I launched Springtime Books to provide a publishing platform for expat writers and in May, I wrapped up the saga of our emigrey...
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It’s All Double Dutch to Me
A couple of weeks ago I popped over to the low land of dykes, bikes, canals, tall thin blonds and tall thin buildings. I’ve been to old Amsterdam many, many times before. Back in the day, Amsterdam was...
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The Accidental Writer
Katherine Hepburn is reputed to have said: Death will be a great relief. No more interviews. Like the late, great Ms Hepburn, I used to get probed by all and sundry when we were fairies in a faraway...
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Do you still have cleavage with just one breast?
An incredibly brave, straight-talking in the extreme and simply inspirational memoir. The title says it all.
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Oh, I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside
Wells-next-the-Sea was the venue for this year’s works outing with Jo Parfitt, my partner in crime and the force of nature who is Summertime Publishing.
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It was one of those warm and overcast days threatening thunderstorms that saw us at Sculthorpe Mill near the pint-sized market town of Fakenham, about 25 miles north-west of Norwich. The mill sits...
View ArticleThis Publishing Lark
I’m so grateful for my new career as an indie publisher at Springtime Books. I get to work from home (tick) and I get to make a little cash to keep us out of the workhouse (big tick). But I don’t have...
View ArticleSummertime in the Netherlands
It was that time of year again when I joined my partner in crime and the force of nature that is Jo Parfitt for our annual general meeting to discuss this publishing malarkey and plan the road ahead....
View ArticleRIP, Lindsay de Feliz, the Saucepans Lady
I was badly shaken and much stirred to hear of the murder of fellow author, Lindsay de Feliz in December. Among her many qualities, Lindsay was very social media savvy and developed an impressive...
View ArticleDo You Have an Expat Story to Tell?
I don’t normally mix business with pleasure but I’m making an exception this week. Regular readers will know about the cruel murder of fellow expat author Lindsay de Feliz in December last year. We –...
View ArticleTop of the Pansy Pops 2020
What a year. Who would have predicted that 2020 would have brought a pandemic to strike us down and trash the global economy? Unsurprisingly, the coronavirus dominated the pansy charts this year. And...
View ArticleNothing Beats a Good Story
I don’t get interviewed much these days. Back in my pansies heyday everyone wanted a piece of me; queuing up, they were. But now we’ve settled into county life, I’ve become old dog, old tricks,...
View ArticleIt’s a British Library Thing
Every year I get a statement from the British Library setting out how many times Perking the Pansies has been borrowed from UK libraries. This is followed some time later by a payment. It’s only...
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