My youngest son is a bit weird. I mean he’s gorgeous and everything, and he gives me the chompies big-time, but he’s just…a bit strange. For Christmases and birthdays we spend a small fortune on him in the way of presents and gifts: toys to keep him amused whilst we scoff our food in the kitchen [...]
Posts Tagged ‘books’
Weird things my son does to amuse himself
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, fatherhood, funny, infant, parenthood, parenting, son, wet wipe on February 17, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Great Deals on ‘Goodbye, Pert Breasts’ and ‘Teething Pains’
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birth, book, books, dads, fatherhood, funny, mums, parening, pregnancy on January 21, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I’ve decided that this year I need to put more effort into selling my books, hence the relentless plugging during ‘One Born Every Minute’ each Wednesday, which I’m sure has bugged the heck out of many a follower. Anyway, there are two great ways at the moment that you can go about buying my books [...]
I want to embrace all of you, except that guy.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged babies, books, children, dads, expectant parents, fatherhood, funny, new dads, parenting, pregnancy, writing on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Many thanks to all who participated in my recent little ‘RT and follow’ competition on Twitter. ‘What competition?’ I hear you cry. Well, there was a competition. Maybe you should follow me, and perhaps next time you’ll be a little more on the ball. It was to win signed copies of my books. The winner [...]
Spam isn’t all junk
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, books, junk, junk email, novels, spam, spam email, writing on July 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Somewhere, at some point in the history of time, some vagabonds got hold of my email address and started spamming me. Their emails follow the same format: rather dubious ‘Sender’ names, followed by long subject titles without spaces between words. Something like this (ignore the top one): Turns out, this type of spam can be [...]
If you ain’t first, you’re last
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged award, books, dads, fatherhood, funny, mads, parenthood, parenting, pregnancy, writing on April 5, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Fellow parents, take heed. You may remember last year when I asked – nay, begged – for your nomination in the MAD Blog Awards 2010. You came up trumps, and in September I found myself in Bognor Regis at a rather swanky awards ceremony. It was a great evening, apart from the fact I didn’t [...]
Product Review: Love2Read.co.uk Books
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, books, child, kid, literacy, read, reading on March 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was recently offered a free book by the lovely Caroline at love2read.co.uk. What kind of author would say no?! At love2read you can create your own personalised photobook that you can read with your kids to boost their literacy skills as well as giving them something fun to look at. Here’s my review… Here’s [...]
Doing My Bit for Charity
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, books, charities, charity, children, writing on February 2, 2011 | 102 Comments »
I’ll begin with a confession: I don’t donate much to charity at the moment. The odd bag of old clothes here, a few pieces of shrapnel in a box with a dog on it when I’m waiting for my petrol receipts. When charity workers in vests ambush me on the street I tend to wave [...]
A New Cover for ‘GPB’…I Need Your Help!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book covers, books, dads, fatherhood, funny, graphic design, pregnancy, writers, writing on January 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Good day to you, wizards and witches. Reading this article on the Guardian’s website about the importance of a book’s cover made me think about ‘Goodbye, Pert Breasts’. I’ve been thinking for a while that the current cover isn’t particularly appealing, and wouldn’t really catch someone’s eye if they were browsing Amazon. So, I’ve made [...]
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