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People say that one should never judge a book by its cover, but it is widely acknowledged that having a great book cover is the best way of selling books. It seems that people do not pay any heed the ancient advice.

How many authors are not making a living from books they have written? Come and see what we're doing about it in these difficult times

Just as the owner of a clothes shop would not dress the mannequins in the window only once in ten years, neither should an author set and forget his or her book covers.

If you know any ex-pats who live in Thailand, you might sometimes hear them referring to themselves strangely as 'mushrooms'...

No matter how much things seem to change in your favour, do not ignore what you already have... the very things that gave you the leg up in the first place,

Takeaway Thai village food is usually provided by more mature ladies, who often have no other means of support. These people know their onions... the food is excellent, but it is meant for general consumption.

...Finally, so far, that is, some authors are putting the 3-D cover with the blurb on a relevant background image, and that is the bee's knees in book advertising covers for me.

I was surprised when one of the larger fish, the red one, nudged my hand. It sped off, but slowly returned and did the same again.

There have been several medical side-effects of COVID 19 noted, but I want to talk about social side-effects.

I am hoping that our new garden fish pond will be an area of cool relaxation, tranquillity and delight for us, which will be great for writing. I could do with that as I have not written much over the last few years due a lack of stability in my life and a disappointing drop in sales, which could be the result of a culture shift brought on by Covid 19.

My wife has had Chinese Sinovacs, European AstraZeneca and American Pfizer injections, and that seems to me to give the best protection from Covid 19 you can get! I’ve had three Pfizers.

Many people day-dream about losing weight quickly. I have been part of that hapless crowd. When I first moved to Thailand, seventeen years ago, I weighed a hefty 110 kilos. After six months of good living and my girlfriend's excellent cooking, i weighed in at 120 kilos. I was way overweight, and I knew it, but I am big-built and just over six feet tall, so most non-medical people thought that I could get away with it. I felt great, and since I have never been into serious exercise, I just let it slide. Fifteen years passed and I remained at 120 kilos with no obvious ill effects. Then we moved to Spain. We had a kitchen in our apartment there, and life and my weight continued as normal. Then came the UK's Brexit vote, and I judged that we ought to get my Thai wife inside Great Britain before they raised the drawbridge and lowered the portcullis. We could not find anywhere to live for love nor money as we had no residential history, but a good friend let us have a room in his house. We intended staying a month

Nobody likes to have to renew their visa, even if it does have to be done only once a year.

Covid 19 has been with us for more than two years now, and I have not heard any predictions over that period that have come true. It was a new phenomenon for most of us, and for all of us when it is seen as a global plague, so there is little wonder that no-one could foresee any outcomes accurately.

I started to eat curry when I moved to Portsmouth as a student in the Seventies. In those days, nearly all 'curry restaurants' were Indian, or so we thought. I usually ate a moderately hot curry, but sometimes, if it was on the menu, I would choose the Malaysian curry, which was milder and contained pineapple chunks and slices of banana. I liked it with paratha or chapatis.

Thai mothers, who know how to cook old style, do not only cook for flavour, they also cook for the specific health needs of their families. The mother is a kind of shaman.

Then, one morning, I turned on my computer to discover that my Facebook account had been blocked or banned or shut down, whatever you want to call it, for 'spamming'!

I was given two Ukrainian Icons when in the USSR in the early Seventies. Their provenance s quite amazing, please read it here.

Today was a big... an important day for me. Today, I left our village for the first time in nine weeks. You are probably assuming that the reason is Covid or even a disability, but that is not the case.

This article concern our opinion on indie book sales in 2021 for most of the indie authors and the indie book market as a whole