Geoff's latest activity

I always like to work out why XYZ book has been successful. The process consists of a lot of post-facto reasoning, of course, but even so. It can sharpen your instincts. The most interesting ones to analyze are from first-time authors whose...

It seems to me a lot of this angst might be avoided by taking a step away from the tools of the oligarchs, such as Amazon and X. Also, keep in mind what best selling means. The best selling foods aren't delicacies. They are cheap and...

When every time I go to You tube I get an ad from some dipshit claiming to be making millions from amazon books even tho she's never written a word.... Well the above makes sense. So hats off for waking up and smelling the coffee. I suspect those...

So, I've been reading a lot of Indie books recently... And by 'reading a lot of indie books' I mean reading the free samples on Amazon, and I am somewhat perturbed. Now, i am not the most confident of people. I lack a self confidence in my...

One of the very earliest programs I painstakingly keyed into my first computer – a Commodore Vic-20 – was Eliza, the faux psychiatrist program that fooled non-coders into thinking the machine was actually thinking… and having a conversation with...

Which is why the powers that be dont want nostalgia movies being made. The kids might learn there once was a time when music, books and governments were better.

I miss my old logarithm books and sliderule.

Just finished The Radleys. Well-written and quite entertaining, but it read like the author couldn't quite decide whether he was writing a YA coming-of-age romance, a Bram-Stoker-meets-Martin-Amis (with more gentle humour) social commentary, or...