by Paul Stephenson | Jan 5, 2022 | General, Net joy, Writing
Got a weird email this morning. No, not one of those spam type ones, nor anything from the seemingly eight million email lists I have no recollection of subscribing to. Today’s the first day of getting the kids back to school after their three weeks of trying to get...
by Paul Stephenson | Jun 24, 2019 | Blood on the Motorway, Books, Net joy
Nine books. Seven authors. All with an Amazon rating north of 4.5 (we’re rounding up!) or higher. All full books, and – here’s the best bit – each on available for 99c/99p. The catch? This offer is only on until the end of this week, so if you want to grab one, you’d...
by Paul Stephenson | May 20, 2019 | Net joy, News, Podcasts, Writing
Over the last few years, the indie publishing world has begun to mature, like a fine wine or an increasingly stinky cheese. One consequence of this is the springing up of a brace of collectives and small presses, blurring the lines even further between the indie and...
by Paul Stephenson | Feb 11, 2019 | Books, Net joy, Self Publishing, Writing, Writing Chronicles
A few months back, I set up a Patreon, on the off-chance people might like to just, I dunno, give me money. I just let it site there for a while with some vague promises of exclusive content and Q&A’s and that, and figured if anyone bothered to show up I’d do all...
by Paul Stephenson | Jan 14, 2019 | Books, Net joy, Politics, Writing, Writing Chronicles
Photo by Samuel Branch on Unsplash Something happened to me back in November that I can’t seem to shake. A simple interaction over on my weekly mailing list (sent every Tuesday to an elite group of my readers). It was back on the day of the American Midterm...
by Paul Stephenson | Nov 20, 2018 | General, Net hate, Net joy
Photo by Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash I’m having a social media wobble. That’s not a Fortnite dance, by the way. in case you were wondering. No, I’m doing that thing where I waver briefly over the big red button I had installed in my house that says ‘ERASE...
