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On Websites and, err, me.

brushstrokesandshutterclicks said: I really like your new-look website Alex. It’s clear, and honest and friendly. Much like yourself. You should invite other people to contribute towards your “About me” page! 🙂 Thank you! That means a lot, especially come from…

Change is Afoot

Expect to see a few changes around here over the last few months of this year. I had thought of leaving this until next year, but I want to make the site quicker to load and easier to navigate as…

Proof of Life

I have fallen into bad ways. Oddly bad ways. Lately I’ve been blogging away merrily, knocking out drafts and edits aplenty but, for some weird reason, I have not actually managed to post them here. Instead they languish in “Unpublished…

On the Cusp of an USP? Niches and Me.

Find your niche, they say, then make it yours! (They often say this with an exclamation point!)!! (Deliberate over-punctuation there, sorry.) What’s your Unique Selling Point (USP)? (And, yes, I did put ‘an’ before USP in the title — I…

Cross-posting

As you may have gathered, the last post is a cross-post from my blog No idea why the top picture appears twice here – I’ll look into this. I do intend to put other things here on tumblr, as well…

Social Media Note 1

I will expand on this note in the future, but for now this should suffice. Some years ago I made a decision to step back from social media. The reasons behind this will be one of the things I’ll talk…

Dual Purpose

This post is designed to serve a dual purpose. Firstly, it is a test post for me — I’ve been messing around with widgets and sidebars after a couple of issues developed.  I am hopeful these are now solved and, in…

Operation Rising Cream

So, don’t you just hate how many people these days seem to start sentences with “so”?  I mean, it’s everywhere — Radio 4 is a big culprit, but then so are real flesh and blood people on the streets.  Or anywhere…

Days Off

Today I am having a “day off”.  This is not the same as a day off, which is an entirely different kettle of fish. A “day off” involves little work on my fiction.  Instead I channel my creative energy (and…

Selfies

Today’s website task was to choose photos of myself to upload to the frontpage here.  This was not fun. Having my eyes stare back at me for a couple of hours as I selected, cropped, collaged and scaled, was not…