Tag Archive | thrillers
…reading yer own wee masterpiece ‘from a distance’…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…just over two years ago, in July 2012 to be precise, I published on the Great God Amazon the second book in my Jack Calder crime thriller series, VENGEANCE WEARS BLACK… a year or so later, in September 2013, I punched SAVAGE PAYBACK on to the same virtual shop window……
…for Brits of a certain age… how many of these do yeez remember?
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…toward the end off the 1950’s, our home in Docklands Govan was invaded by a visitor who’s presence would rule our lives forever more—television… television in the form of a four-foot high polished-wood cabinet, framing a 10-inch bevelled screen… two manually operated knobs controlled the volume and the channels… none…
…what’s the ‘right’ age to become an Author?…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…the old story goes, ‘…an 800-kg Gorilla’s checking in at the front desk of the Waldorf… what suite does he get?…any bluudy suite he wants!’… I’m not aware of any 800-kg writers, and I’m unclear as to what kinda pull they may have in registering at the Waldorf… but I’m…
Sell More Books Top 10: Variables that build success
Originally posted on C h a z z W r i t e s . c o m:
We often don’t know for sure which strategies sell more books so we have to fire a lot of bullets into the darkness. Last week, the best advice I heard, repeated from a couple of authors, was about the…
…Work Space Blog Hop…LUV this one…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…some ‘Blog Hop’ requests are more unusual than others… I kinda like this latest one that my pal, Author, Pamela Beckford has tagged me into… show the good folks around the virtual quill-scrapers’ planet where yeez customarily produce yer masterpieces… easy-peasy for this ol’ Jurassic… my sidebar already carries a wee…
…what’s a few Amazon red and blue squiggles between friends on an Author’s Sales pages?…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…‘if a picture paints a thousand WURDS’, goes the old ballad from yesteryear… and for a quill-scraper NUTHIN beats seeing yer masterpieces being sold or borrowed, as reflected on the recently introduced new-style Amazon sales pages… the red squiggly bits show sales, blue lines the borrows, and if yeez are…
…send the Trolls packing like this…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…a dear friend on the Internet has been bombarded recently with some of the Troll scum… and many others of yeez from time to time do get pinged by them … here’s a wee piece I did as far back as December 2012… It still holds good… I hope it…
Visit with Author Mike Martin – Books soon to be TV series!
Originally posted on JEMSBOOKS:
Please help me give a warm welcome to my Guest Blog Segment, the soon to be famous, talented author, Mike Martin. It is an honor to have you here, Mike. You just may be my most famous guest with your upcoming TV series coming soon. ? Every Book Has Its Own Journey…
…good writing, like water, will ultimately find its own level…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…the quill-scrapers’ equivalent of ‘getting yer shins kicked’ is that period starting from when yeez first put pen to paper or fingertips to laptop in the quest of producing ‘that book’ we all supposedly have in us, until the point of realisation that yer WURK is now actually ‘fit for…
…pound for pound (Sterling money, that is) what would Georgie Best in his prime be worth today on a football field?
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…by accident, I discovered the following chart on comparative salaries (called wages, back when) for professional soccer players… have a wee look: FOOTBALLERS’ WAGES HISTORY 1. Jimmy Hill (Fulham,1953) – £20 per week. 2. Johnny Haynes (Fulham,1961) – £100 per week. 3. George Best (Manchester United,1968) – £1000 per week.…
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