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This section covers posts that in general do not fit into other sections easily. They will mostly be made by admin on whatever I am adding at that moment, which is usually something to do with writing, publishing, websites, eating or Thailand, which is where I live :-)

Promotion on Megan Publishing Services

Promotion on Megan Publishing Services is available in several formats for writers and other artists to make their work more widely known

Iain Scott Singer Comedian

Iain Scott

Iain Scott is a Singer, Impersonator and Comedian Extraordinaire. I had never head of him before the gig at O’Brien’s, but I am glad I was there…

Lock-down

Our Visit to the Doctor

… and left the doctor’s surgery with the strange feeling that there was something he wasn’t telling me. We had been in there for fifteen to twenty minutes for two check-ups

A Night in Annwn - a book or story?

Are You Reading A Book Or Story?

I was talking to someone who said that he was reading my book on his tablet. Being a bit of a pedant myself, I had to stop myself from saying something, not least though because I didn’t want to stem his adoration of my work…

Lock-down

O’Brien’s – The Community Pub in the Centre of Barry

O’Brien’s – The Community Pub in the Centre of Barry – has a terrible reputation among people who don’t use it, but is it unjustified? People who don’t use O’Brien’s seem to have a dreadful fear of the place!

A Night In Annwn Audiobook

Night In Annwn Audiobook

A Night In Annwn Audiobook It has taken me most of this year so far to get my first audiobook – A Night In Annwn – read as an audiobook, but the process is now complete and you can listen to the first fifteen minutes below free of charge. It does take quite a long …

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A Night in Annwn - a book or story?

When a Book Costs Less Than a Drink…

When a Book Costs Less Than a Drink… I will admit it straight from the off! I am a writer with an axe to grind and I cannot understand people who complain that books are too expensive. Most books, in the form of ebooks, cost less than the price of a drink! My ebooks cost …

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#FBPE - The Anti-Brexit Twitter Hashtag

#FBPE – The Anti-Brexit Twitter Hashtag

#FBPE – The Anti-Brexit Twitter Hashtag Have you ever heard of #FBPE ? No, I hadn’t until recently either, but apparently #FBPE is the anti-Brexit hashtag that is sweeping the country amongst those who can’t see the sense in leaving the EU. Well, to quote the Animals, “And, God, I know, I’m one…” I have …

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Water! Water Everywhere...

Water Supply

Water Supply I didn’t realise it until today, but the local water supply was cut off five days ago. Please don’t assume that I don’t wash often, it isn’t that, we have a water tank with a capacity of a thousand litres and an automatic pump attached to it, so while other households have been …

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The Lek Series

Being Ill in the Countryside

  Being Ill in the Countryside A lump has been growing on my back for the last week or two. I haven’t paid it much attention because it didn’t hurt and I have had a non-malignant lymphoma removed before. The surgeon who did that in the UK twelve years ago, said that I could get …

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Fourth of July

Fourth of July

Fourth of July From the thirteenth of September, 2004 to the fourth of July, 2005, we slept on my mother-in-law’s floor in the small, rice-growing village where we live in northern Thailand, while we were waiting for our own house to be completed. However, after a party at a friend’s that finished after midnight on …

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Golden Tree Snake

Cruelty to Snakes

I abhor cruelty, including cruelty to snakes. I like them, but I understand many don’t, though that isn’t carte blanche to cause suffering

The Lek Series

Linguistic Sloppiness

Linguistic Sloppiness. As my regular readers will know, I am in love with  languages, so I have noticed a strange shift in the BBC’s reporting. When I was a student of the USSR and Russian in the seventies, we talked about THE Ukraine, THE Caucasus et cetera. Now, as a Russian language speaker, I know …

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Lock-down

American versus English

American versus English I have had a hard week one way and another, but mostly because of the way different people have a different take on things or even life, I suppose. A lot of it has had to do with language, I think, American versus English and perhaps something to do with gender This …

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The Lek Series

Site Maintenance

Site Maintenance Site maintenance is an important part of any webmaster’s duties and has to be taken seriously, but it is not usually an onerous task. However, in the last thirty days or so, two of the largest players on the Internet, Google and Amazon have decided to force everyone to make huge alterations to …

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Patreon – What’s That All About?

Patreon is a place for artists to form closer bonds with their fans and raise money to improve their art. In my case, this would give me more time to write

Carling Black label

Carling Black Label

Carling Black Label I think I remember when Carling Black Label was first introduced to the widespread British beer-drinking public. There was an advert for Carling lager on television and my mother commented that that was my father’s latest favourite drink. I was still underage, and I remember commenting that I couldn’t understand why people …

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