I was having a good time on HarperCollins’s new peer review online slush pile, Authonomy. Writers upload chapters or whole books and the community of writers comment. Later, readers came on stream. My book, ‘Old Habits Die Hard’ rose to number 12 (first five actually get read by editors) and was virtually number one in [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Marketing, HarperCollins, Authonomy and the sock puppets
Posted in Books, tagged Authonomy, Books, HarperCollins, marketing books, publishing, sock puppets on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Roadblocks to retirement
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged freedom, motorhomes, retirement, road traffic on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Trials of a reluctant motor home buyer
There is a certain lure about it. I mean the prospect of sliding into the driving seat of a two-litre plus motor home like a modern day supercharged nomad and heading out on a voyage of discovery – free to go anywhere you like and take as long as [...]