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January 31, 2010
- Ding-a-ling! Ding-a-ling! Over the last few days, the sound of a brass school bell emanating from our bedroom has repeatedly put a smile on my face. And "No!", hahaaa, it's not some kinky role-playing going on here, it's Gina's way of alerting me that she needs help or assistance while she is bed-bound and voiceless due to the flu. So, why do I smile when she is ...
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December 12, 2009
- Following on from my blog, How to get a job - Marketing like an Author, where I described my activities in looking for a new role after being laid off earlier this year, I’m very pleased to announce that I have been offered a role that I was very excited to have accepted on Friday.It feels odd to blog about this event as I usually see this sort of thing as very private, but as so many people ...
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December 6, 2009
- I’m at peace.I just ‘am’.Am I content? I just ‘am’. My soul is quiet, my mind floats with no thoughts, my senses all neutral. Am I meditating? No. I just ‘am’.I had a desire to share this, so I let the desire write. The desire faded straight away so I’ll stop.
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November 28, 2009
- Il destino. Destiny.Some things are meant to be. Some people are meant to meet. Gina and I were in the same place at the same time countless times throughout our childhood, despite living quite a distance from each other. I’ll write about that some other time. Today, a day before a very special day, I want to write about the day we met. Just over 23 years ago, I didn’t know it at the time but ...
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November 24, 2009
- Following the discussion on the Red Room blog, "How to sell your wife - Tips for partners of authors" where a request was made for an Author's Husband Clone application, I am pleased to announce that the prototype for this is under development and should be available sometime soon, after all bug fixes have been completed.... which may be never.At present, the prototype is undergoing ...
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November 22, 2009
- If this is the first time you’ve read my blogs, it may shock you to know that for over a year now I’ve been doing almost everything I can do to sell my wife. Today, I’m hoping that my blog will encourage you to sell your loved one too, as long as he or she is an author. Now, before you run to a phone to tell the authorities to let them know you’ve discovered a mad slave trader who ...
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November 20, 2009
- I’ve found it surprising to realise how ‘noisy’ and chaotic most of my life has been. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, however it’s been interesting for me to look back at my life and see that even as a child I always sought ways to find a place just to ‘be’, no distractions, no chaos; just me, my thoughts and I. From around the age of nine or ten I used to spend a fair amount ...
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November 11, 2009
- Last week I proudly showed Gina’s books that are on display in the window of Waterstones, Weston-super-Mare, to two bewildered security officers. They were bewildered because their reason for being there was to apprehend me in a shopping centre for taking unauthorised photos within the mall area. Although I had been busy with my camera and tripod, their stealth and skill in executing a covert ...
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October 7, 2009
- A particularly happy day today. Gina is an intensely focused writer, often working from the moment she wakes up until 4 or 5 in the morning. As anyone who follows my blogs knows, I am very proud of her and certainly do not begrudge her working practices. It’s always been my opinion that any creative person should never be interrupted when they are in the zone, as I call it, even if it means ...
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October 5, 2009
- I had another first interview today. It went badly, I made rookie mistakes, and, to top it off, I felt that there wasn’t a good match between their needs and my background anyway. So, overall, was it a waste of time? Possibly, but at the same time, maybe not. It just shows that I have become over-confident. I prepared heavily for the meeting and was certain I had all the bases covered. I ...
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September 27, 2009
- I love Gina. Actually, I’m ‘in’ love with Gina, more everyday, if that were possible.You’d think this is a good thing, but according to some people, it’s something that needs to be moderated, analysed and perhaps even made illegal! Deary, deary me.Let me expand on this before you jump to any wild conclusions. A few years ago, an older couple who had an interest in buying our property, ...
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September 25, 2009
- I see myself as a very realistic person, but a realism that has a sprinkle of optimism and hope that is a permanent feature after realising years ago that laying the firm foundations of success has a lot to do with good planning, energy, determination, hard work and belief. And perhaps, a bit of luck.I am not blind to the issues we face. We, as a country, as an economy, have ...
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September 10, 2009
- Tonight, as I walked towards our home, I paused for a moment and looked at the way it stood, silhouetted against the clear, starry night sky. I took in the grand old shape of the building, a converted Victorian mansion built in the 1850s, and then looked to the left to see the dark outline of the tree-lined hill that dominates the skyline where we live. Above it, the Plough and the North Star, ...
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August 16, 2009
- I'm a salesperson of over 23 years. Blimey, I've sold all sorts, from Avon Cosmetics to women in their homes (yep, the only Avon Man my customers had ever seen, which was a laugh in itself, hehe), office equipment, high security paper to governments and banks all over the world, and large scale Enterprise software, hardware and services solutions, to name just a few. During most of my career, as ...
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August 12, 2009
- Today, Gina and myself were talking about the saying, 'with age comes wisdom'. We know of people where this applies, but they are just a few. A surprising few considering the number of people I have met, let alone compared to the population of the world.This led on to a discussion about my own experiences and how age has never been consistent with what people think I should have been doing in ...
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