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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 :-)

Beach Road Pattaya in Amazing Thailand

Beach Road in Pattaya is the busiest road in the city of Pattaya as far as tourists, pedestrians and vehicles are concerned. It is also the most scenic because Beach Road runs literally the width of the pavement from the golden sand of the clean beach and only metres from the sparkling blue sea.

Making a Living From Books

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

Selling Books

I recently saw a writer asking the question whether it was more important to have a good book cover or to have the book well edited. The overwhelming response on the forum was that if the cover is unappealing then no-one will ever know about the poor editing!

Mushrooms in Thailand

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

Building an Author Platform

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,

My Koi Carp

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.

Side-effects of COVID-19

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

Our Garden Fish Pond

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 Covid-19 Vaccination Experience In Thailand

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.

Losing Weight Quickly

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 at most, but we were there for nearly two years.
Without a real place to cook of our own, the quality of our diet plummeted.
After 21 months, my doctor weighed me in at 134 kilos. My wife and I were shocked.
We returned to Thailand just before the aeroports were closed and nine months later I was back to 120 kg. Another six months
passed, but I just couldn’t get below 120 kg.
Anyway, I went for a check up yesterday, and when I hopped on the scales, I weighed 110 kg.
The scales in my house are twenty years old and giving false readings!

My Visa Application 2022

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

Covid-19 – Unforeseen Consequences

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.

Thai Fruit Curry

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 Food in Our House

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.

Facebook Idiocy

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’!

My Ukrainian Icons

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

Horizons

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.

Indie Book Sales 2021

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

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