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Can You Please Stop Telling Me To Live My Best Life Please
Thoughts On The Advice Pandemic
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Bloomin' Eck, My New Book Is Finally Here!
A little about 1983, a brief extract, and me reading another one aloud...
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A Great School
I was digging through some old photos at my mum and dad’s house a couple of years ago and found this one of my primary school class.
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What Will Life Really Be Like After The Internet Gets Incinerated?
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The Struggle To Leave The Footbath
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Things About The Countryside That Make Me Angry, And Some Photographs I Have Taken Of Them
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Remembering A Very Special Cat
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A Great School
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The Gun's Always Loaded, The Horse Always Kicks
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The Cat Who Travelled Through Time
Also: LOADS of free books and art!
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North Devon
“Put your arms out and you’ll take off and fly right up over the sea,” said the old man who passed me on the lane yesterday as I walked towards the old…
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Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover (But Also Do, A Bit, Actually)
After weeks of tantalising waiting, today I am hugely excited to be able to show you the cover art for my third novel, Everything Will Swallow You…
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IMPORTANT NEWSFLASH 21st-Century Yokel Is Currently FREE To Listen To On Audible
I feel duty bound to inform you that my 2017 book 21st-Century Yokel is currently available to listen to for FREE on Audible, worldwide. If you’ve never…
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TEN BASIC BUT IMPORTANT RULES FOR BEING AN AUTHOR
Never expect anyone to read your book, even if you sent it to them for free.
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I'm Sorry, I Cannot Afford To Purchase Your House, But I Will Write Intricately Woven Unorthodox Stories About It
Just Try And Fucking Stop Me
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Once Upon A Time On A Lane
A few of you - but probably not loads - will have read this before but, while I put a few finishing touches to a new piece ready for Sunday, I wanted to…
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