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End of an era
I had it all planned out, at least in my head. All the goodbyes, all the thank-yous, all the don't-lose-touches. But now the moment has come, my mind is blank and my fingers are hovering over the keyboard without the... Continue reading
Posted Dec 28, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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A year in books - part two
It's the winter solstice today: one of many days of celebration which fall around this time of year. And don't we need something to lift the December gloom! I think that's kind of the point: something to look forward to... Continue reading
Posted Dec 21, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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A year in books - part one
Round about this time of year for the past few years I've begun to look back over the books I've read in the past twelve months with a view to picking out my favourites. This year I thought I'd take... Continue reading
Posted Dec 14, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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Couldn't agree more, Jeff. We currently have about three inches outside my house - OK, so no need to shovel it away, but it's still slippery and dangerous. And no, it's not beautiful unless it's a long, long way away. And snow means it's COLD!
Toggle Commented Dec 11, 2017 on Snow. Enemy of All That Is Good at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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Short is beautiful... isn't it?
Can someone enlighten me, please, about short stories? Why has their popularity waned so far? Once upon a time, not so very long ago, though possibly in the days before the internet invaded our lives, there were short story magazines... Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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Back from the wilderness
First of all an apology. I really thought that with a little help from my friends this post was going to appear last Thursday. But, well, technology and I simply don't get along, and somehow it didn't. So here it... Continue reading
Posted Nov 28, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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Yes, sorry to tell you, but it’s Chris Nickson...
Yes, sorry to tell you, but it’s Chris Nickson in for Lynne yet again. For the last couple of weeks I’ve been banging on about the book launch I’d been planning. Well, it happened, in the very best surroundings any... Continue reading
Posted Nov 15, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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Every woman should have a man like you behind her, Jeff. Unfortunately, there aren't enough to go round.
Toggle Commented Nov 13, 2017 on An Open Letter at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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Chris Nickson here for Lynne again (please stop...
Chris Nickson here for Lynne again (please stop groaning at the back). It’s tonight. A big book launch for me, as I send my new novel, Free From All Danger, into the world. For several years I did the usual... Continue reading
Posted Nov 8, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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I wasn't chastising - just didn't want you to miss out on an opportunity while my Thursdays are tied up and you're being such a friend covering them for me!
Toggle Commented Nov 4, 2017 on This is Chris Nickson, in for Lynne again. I... at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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This is Chris Nickson, in for Lynne again. I...
This is Chris Nickson, in for Lynne again. I received a couple of lights raps on the knuckles after last week – including one from Lynne – for talking about promotion and then not doing any of it on here.... Continue reading
Posted Nov 2, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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There’s so much noise out there. Too much noise....
There’s so much noise out there. Too much noise. It seems as if every book that’s published arrives with a fanfare – as the author would want, of course. But it’s also there for every cover reveal, sometimes you feel... Continue reading
Posted Oct 25, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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I’m sitting in for Lynne for a few Thursdays as...
I’m sitting in for Lynne for a few Thursdays as she needs to take care of some family problems, so I trust you’ll bear with me. I’m a writer and so, of course, I create female characters. But as a... Continue reading
Posted Oct 18, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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We love the blog too, Crystal. That's why we think it's time to call a halt, before we run out of things to say and start to bore our loyal followers.
Toggle Commented Oct 13, 2017 on Warning: contains explicit content at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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I think you made a pretty good job of flagging up Sleuthfest yourself there, Philip! Hope it all goes well.
Toggle Commented Oct 13, 2017 on Warning: contains explicit content at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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Thanks, Crystal. Unfortunately, my mother wouldn't be able to cope with an audio book either; she can read in a physical sense, but the problem is holding enough information in her mind to make sense of the story. It's sad, but it's how things are.
Toggle Commented Oct 13, 2017 on A life without books at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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Warning: contains explicit content
Every TV drama I watch these days seems to come with a warning about 'explicit content' or 'scenes some viewers may find distressing', which I have to say I find more than a little patronizing. Most TV sets come equipped... Continue reading
Posted Oct 12, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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A life without books
The biggest mystery in my life at the moment is what's going on inside my 94-year-old mother's mind. One thing is certain: she can no longer hold information in her head for long enough to make reading a novel a... Continue reading
Posted Oct 5, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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You have a great family, Jeff. Here's to the next 60! Hair's looking good, by the way. Onward and upward - or do I mean outward?
Toggle Commented Oct 5, 2017 on How I Spent My 60th Birthday at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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Things to feel guilty about... or not
Guilt seems to be part of some people's psyche, and they feel guilty about the oddest things. A friend fessed up the other day that she feels no guilt at all about buying a dozen bottles of wine – but... Continue reading
Posted Sep 28, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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Let's get on trend
Isn't it interesting how words move on? Back in the 1960s and 70s, which, yes, I'm old enough to recall quite well, things became trendy if they were popular, or perhaps more accurately, the new big thing. There are those... Continue reading
Posted Sep 21, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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You're so sweet, Jeff...
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Indispensable?
Dare I say it's been a quiet week on the home front? If I do, the phone will ring, my mother will have had another crisis, I'll need to head forty miles over the moors with an overnight bag in... Continue reading
Posted Sep 14, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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Sorry, guys...
I hate flunking out of a Thursday, but a crisis with my 94-year-old mother (which turned out to be a storm in a teacup) has eaten most of my day. Back next week, unless there's another. Continue reading
Posted Sep 7, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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Too darned hot!
Over this side of the pond they use the Centigrade scale these days, though those of us old enough to remember real money still double it and add thirty to make it sound more impressive. But however you count it,... Continue reading
Posted Aug 31, 2017 at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
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