Some days it’s not the selling of books that counts, but the turning up and people seeing the covers and asking questions. Well that’s what I have to tell myself. The Facebook page got more views. Someone asked me if I was on kindle, and took a card. I think I shall claim that as […]
Category Archives: secrets and lies
Mar
25
Blatant
posted by MoreThanACat
The hardest bit about being an author is not writing the books or getting them published. It is getting them out to a wider audience. Hence, I am at Leigh Community Centre today doing a bit of shameless publicity…
Mar
02
Dear Brain
posted by MoreThanACat
Again I would like to thank you for your help with the rewrites. I agree the new opening is so much better and far more dramatic. However, do you REALLY need to suggest such things at 1 in the morning?
Feb
28
Dear Brain
posted by MoreThanACat
Whilst I agree being awake at 2am has its benefits; especially as I’ve worked out I need to change the location of murder two and lengthen the time frame of the whole book. Can I please go back to sleep?
Dec
17
#QBYRD
posted by MoreThanACat
Am doing a.twitter Q&A session on my @Symington_Byrd handle tomorrow, 18th Dec from 18:30 GMT. Feel free to ask a question or 2, or follow it on #QBYRD
Dec
04
Weekly Photo Challenge: Relax
posted by MoreThanACat
When you need a massage, there’s nothing like one from your bestie 🙂 for more takes on this week’s challenge click here
Jul
24
Langley Bradley – clockmaker
posted by MoreThanACat
Langley Bradley was a clockmaker born in 1663. At the age of 23 he was apprenticed to Joseph Wise, and after being freed in 1694, he worked in Fenchurch Street at the Minute Dial. In 1720 he was appointed Assistant of the Clockmakers company and was master in1726. From 1748 he was working as a […]
Jan
23
Dear Future Godchild
posted by MoreThanACat
Dear Future Godchild, I was pleased to make your acquaintance today when your Mum sent a picture of your 12 week scan. I look forward to meeting you properly later this year and getting to know you over the years. Today, I would like to promise you several things. Firstly I would like to promise […]
Nov
09
Annual Wash your Toy Dog Day – Day 2
posted by MoreThanACat
It’s a long process – drip drying.
Nov
08
Annual wash your Cuddly Toy Dog Day
posted by MoreThanACat
In our house, it’s annual wash your cuddly toy dog day. The toy dog in question is Lankey. He’s 45. Some would say we should let it be. He’s made of fabric; his ears need changing. And despite a restuffing earlier in the year, another one is required – post haste. This is why he […]
Recent Posts: Sarah E Smith
A Line In The Sand
One of my characters in Widowhood of Spiders (book 2 of Symington’s adventures) is angry. So angry in fact he is in danger of breaking the unwritten code of the criminal world: twice. Not only is he in the process of killing a policeman; he is doing it in front of witnesses – not bound […]
Engineering Rows
This week I’ve been doing a lot of thinking rather than a lot of writing. Being stuck in traffic is like that. And I’ve been thinking about my victim. Well one of them. A chap by the name of Sir Martin Hamblebee. In my head he’s a nasty piece of work. A bully. A pompous […]
5 Questions for Authors: Ann Wuehler
Until recently, all I knew about Ann was that she wrote for the same publisher as I do (KGHH), and lives in the same state as my cousin (Oregon). So I asked her to give me a bit of a biography, which was a good thing because her writing credentials are epic. Make me feel […]
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