04th February 2008
There are plenty of resources out there for people who want to write a book, or people who have written one and want to see it published. Websites like Lulu will provide facilities for you to upload your files and turn them into a format that will allow '...
02nd February 2008
There is an alternative to torture, of course there is. It's called 'being nice to people' and giving them things. Before you dismiss such an idea as crazy and misguided, it's worth remembering that it has been tried quite recently, and it achieved favour...
28th January 2008
It's said that some people 'change' when they get behind the wheel of a car. That's true. Some mild mannered souls can suddenly get irritable and aggressive, taking their inner rage out on other road users. Perhaps they realise they are suddenly in the dr...
24th January 2008
There aren't any! There, I've spoiled it for you, told you the ending before I even set the scene and outlined the case. Sorry, that's not very good practice, but it proves my point. We all love a good story, one with a start, some middle and a proper end...
23rd January 2008
Traditional Publishers take ages to notice a trend. In the 1980s it was so-called 'Magical Realism' that had to be around for a while before the people who put the books out noticed what it was. In the 1990s it was the worrying wave of 'Tragic Childhoods'...
21st January 2008
In Britain, we're having a big debate about the Health Service. People have finally realised that doctors aren't in the business of 'health' at all - they're in the illness business. They have no duty to keep people well. They simply wait around for them ...
19th January 2008
Okay, so you're an aspiring author or a wannabe writer and you're staring at the blank white page, wondering what to put on it. What would be the best thing to write about? What are publishers looking for? Hmm, tough question. I know, check out a few webs...
09th November 2007
Robert Kiyosaki has made a curious assertion in one of his many books. He says that the tax system, the legal system, in fact the whole economic system, has been set up to favour entrepreneurs. He says that everything is there to encourage people to take ...
08th November 2007
Here in Britain we're enjoying seeing a new TV series that's all about 'Heroes'. The story seems to be similar to the 'X-Men' series, in that ordinary people are discovering that they possess strange new powers and are able to do something great, like fly...
05th November 2007
Research has shown unusually high levels of mercury in people who have died in recent years. This hasn't come to light before, because it's not 'mercury poisoning' that is written on the Death Certificate. It could be stroke, or heart attack, or embolism....
20th September 2007
There is only one problem with dieting. It seems so simple on the surface. Isn't it (simply) based on a philosophy which says, 'I don't like feeling (or looking) the way I do, and I want to change'? No, there is a catch, and that is that the dieter only w...
02nd September 2007
Internet Authors are living in the present? They have to. In fact, any author needs to think about what's happening now, right now, this minute. Whether it's thinking about how to finish a chapter, or whether their character suddenly became unbelievable, ...
29th August 2007
There's the old fairy tale about the young man who unwisely opened the bottle and, inadvertently, set free the genie. The problem then � for him and everyone else � is to get the thing back in the bottle before it does any damage. It's not usually eas...
26th August 2007
Perhaps the biggest surprise to all would-be writers and first-time authors is that they don't need to spend a pile of money to see their brand new book get into print. You can do it through the internet these days for practically nothing, probably for no...
21st August 2007
A great writer, perhaps Thoreau, once said that many people were 'living lives of quiet desperation'. If only it were that simple! His familiar saying implies that some people, perhaps a lot of them, are unhappy with the way their lives are now and want t...
