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…Authors, there’s no need to sell yer soul to the Marketing Devil… just get yer promotional balance right… #TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…this ol’ Jurassic scribbler has been referred to more than once in the past as a ‘balanced Scotsman’—with a chip on each shoulder… that’s as may be, but I know for certain I’m a kinda 0% or 100% person in most of my undertakings… NUTHIN in between… when I threw…
…this is how this ol’ Scots Jurassic Author builds his crime thrillers…#TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…aficionados of the scribbling fraternity and sorority will be well-acquainted with the terms ‘pantser’ and ‘plotter’… are yeez the type of quill-scraper who lays down in minute detail everything that yer masterpiece will contain before yeez dive into yer writing? (plotter)… or are yeez the ‘fly-by-the-seat-of-yer-knickers’ kind of scrivener? (‘pantser’)… there’s…
…a rite of passage… when an Indie Author develops into a Self-Publishing Warrior… #TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…it seems like a hundred years ago now, when this ol’ Jurassic first stepped off the ’plane at Kai Tak Airport to take up a post in merchant banking in Hong Kong… ringing in my ears was the last thing the Director of the outfit told me in London after…
…a ‘Chinese burn’ with a different ‘twist’… #TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…it seems a lot of yeez enjoyed the (true) story I posted yesterday about the Society Dame in Noo Yawk and the Chinese gentleman… in similar vein, this may also tickle yeez… I WURKED for many years in Hong Kong, from 1980 onward, and thoroughly enjoyed the experiences there… the…
…you likee soupee?… #TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…having lived in the Far East and Middle East for the last 35 years, it never ceases to amaze me when I hear expatriates attempting to converse in English with people whose native tongue may not be the same as their own… the garbled ‘language’ they utilise when they talk…
…here’s a Guest Blogger who’ll delight yeez with her humour and in-yer-face wit… Author Heather Hill… #TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…Guest Bloggers come in all guises to this Web page… seldom have I had such a refreshing contributor as today’s pal, Author Heather Hill… her arachnically-challenged post itself will intrigue yeez, but I implore yeez (that’s ‘beg’, Mabel) to have a sneak view of her debut off’ring, ‘The New Mrs…
…pass me the flame-thrower, Mabel… I’ll soon sort this rabble out… #TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
? …there are days, and I’m sure yeez all get them from time to time, when I just can’t hold my tongue… I know, I know, I know, some of yeez think I’m a born bletherer, but I mean the days when it’s impossible not to ‘go right ahead’… I…
…Author Allan Bott Guest Blogs and tells us of an exotic new WURLD… #TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
… my pal, Author, Allan Bott tells us a wee bit about his book, and the WURLD he creates in it… I’m always amazed at the ability of we scribblers to continue to conjure up those wonderfully exotic place names… kinda makes my hometown,‘Govan’ look a bit tame… over to you,…
…waiting for the Godot Agent/Publisher… TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…another of my wee chestnuts to share today with yeez… I’ve blogged on this before, but it’s been a while since the last time, so time to freshen it up… I’m not 100% convinced that I’d be any better off in real terms with a formal Agent or Publisher relationship…
…another wee glimpse of a Celtic past in the Scottish Hebrides… #TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…a couple months or so ago, I posted a blog piece about my time as a teenager, employed as a trainee banker in Tobermory, a township with less than a thousand souls, nestled at the edge of the beautiful Tobermory Bay on the Scottish Hebridean Island of Mull… ? ? …many…
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