On This Spot, In 1753, Nothing Happened. Or Alternatively, It Did. [Rebooted]
Ridiculously busy ATM as I enter the home straight with the new Quinton novel, The Devil Upon the Wave, and try to finish off a couple of other commitments ASAP too, so a re-blog this week of a post from the relatively early days of this site, back in January 2013. However, this has regained its […]
At Last It Can Be Told!
Cue fanfare from massed ranks of trumpeters, plus assorted Welsh male voice choirs… I can finally reveal the really exciting news that I’ve had to keep under wraps for several months. My e-book publisher, the fantastic Endeavour Press, is launching a new traditional publishing imprint, Endeavour Ink…and I’m one of the authors on their launch […]
Other South American Rivers are Available
I don’t usually plug other people’s books on this site, but occasionally, titles come along that really deserve a bit of a leg-up – especially if they fall within my usual very strict and narrow remits (i.e. seventeenth century, naval, seventeenth century naval, or absolutely anything else whatsoever that interests me), and/or if their publishers […]
If Social Media had Existed in the Seventeenth Century
With Twitter and Facebook currently in meltdown, and probably likely to remain that way for a few years, I thought it was time for a little frivolity…normal service will be resumed next week! What follows will probably only make sense (sic) if you’re a hardcore seventeenth century geek, so others may wish to look away now. […]
You Can Fool Some of the People Some of the Time (Redux)
The current media storm about ‘alternative facts’ put me in mind of a post I first published on 1 November 2011, when this blog was read by two men, a dog, and a vole called Kevin. So I thought I’d re-post it now for a rather wider audience, especially as it chimes neatly with some […]
