by Thomas Bartlett | Aug 5, 2015 | #writing, blog, book, Fiction |
#ABP One Month On It’s just over a month since I first self published Americans Bombing Paris. I thought I would share some things I have learnt and that I have had to unlearn. There is more advice online on self-publishing than anything else in the history of...
by Thomas Bartlett | Jul 2, 2015 | #writing, blog, racing mind |
A Writing Mind, a Racing Mind Vroom vroom. Pit pit, neuerommmm, neurommm. Gasp gasp. The first small drip drip of consciousness every morning means I’m up. I have a racing mind. I can’t stop it. It gets faster throughout the day. A siesta after lunch helps...
by Thomas Bartlett | Jun 29, 2015 | blog, classics, Fiction, thrillers |
My Reading life Part 3: War Books, Russians and Non-Fiction Tear Jerkers. Next I escaped the destructive force of living in a nice house with food in the fridge, for a vagabond life eating foods which later transpired to give people Mad Cow disease. More pertinently,...
by Thomas Bartlett | Jun 9, 2015 | blog, book, Children's Books, reading |
My Reading Life Part 1 – Children’s Books Getting Sick and Getting Stuck In I grew up in a house with hundreds of books so first off, and full disclosure, there were always books around. But that alone was not enough, my brother never read a single page...
by Thomas Bartlett | Jun 4, 2015 | blog, ghost writing, writing tips |
I have ghosted two books thus far. One published and one to be published. This is what I have learnt. You are the ghost. The author is the author. As far as the author is concerned they wrote the book. They believe you are writing down verbatim what they are saying....
by Thomas Bartlett | May 29, 2015 | #writing, blog, childhood memories, Fiction, writing, writing tips |
Broken Wing “I was born before I died maybe thirty years ago. I have survived nothing of note, nor have I endured. I have lied and blagged my way through my years. As a child I would copy off the dumber kids having noticed two things; they got more attention and...