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At the Sharpe End

My second published novel. Click the cover for more information, including ordering signed copies:

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Test from ipad

This really isn’t worth mentioning, perhaps, but I can now post to my Wordpress blog from my iPad. This means that you will probably see a lot more rubbish from me in the future.

On a more positive note, the first box (22 copies) of At the Sharpe End arrived today. Just over 3 weeks, [...]

What killed the Hindenburg?

Hindenburg at Lakehurst

I was in a discussion the other day with someone who was saying that it had been proven that 200,000 cubic meters of hydrogen lifting the Hindenburg was not responsible for the fiery accident that effectively brought the age of passenger airships to a close. This, he claimed, had been proved by [...]

Off to the movies?

Should Beneath Gray Skies be a movie? A couple of people who listened to my book reading felt that it would make a good movie. Certainly, I had very visual feelings while writing the story, and I definitely had very clear mental impressions in my mind’s eye of the scenery, the positions of the characters [...]

Getting ready

Creating posters, etc. for the book event. Books still haven’t arrived, so I’ve worked out a deal whereby people will be able to collect their books from the Kimono Wine Bar and also receive a free drink.
Should work nicely and hopefully save me some postage.

WPTouch

Really cool stuff. Take a look at this blog on an iPhone, Blackberry or Android. Really works brilliantly, and even provides some push.

Beneath Gray Skies book reading

This is a blog that I am using to tell the world about my novel, which badly needs the publicity. Right now, I am getting ready for the book reading on Wednesday.

It seems that the books aren’t going to arrive. This is a real pain, as I was planning to give the books to the [...]

About Beneath Gray Skies

The Hindenburg – the model for the Zeppelin Bismarck in Beneath Gray Skies

David Slater, a conscript in the 1920s Army of the Confederacy, faces a dilemma. When he and his regiment were shipped to Germany to help stage a coup there, his Limey fellow-soldier Brian was acting strangely. David now has the choice of [...]