The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Tag Archives: Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
That Moment… #heatwave #flies #hotellife #1976 #deadfliesandsherrytrifle
It’s been incorrigibly hot here recently and the flies have been dying in their dozens, usually between the secondary glazing and the windows. How do they get it? I’ve never understood musca domestica and its penchant to peg out in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1976, Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle, flies, hotels, memories, student, work
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Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
My book is being featured on Monday January 9th 2017 at http://www.BookPebble.com. Check it out if you are interested in a cracking read! It’s summer 1976 and hotter than Hades. Harry Spittle, nineteen, is back from University, aiming to earn … Continue reading
Clerking for Boys
Harry Spittle is 24 and an articled clerk at Clifford Risely, a three partner firm of Solicitors based in Central London. It is June 1981 and all appears rosy. In six months he will qualify as a solicitor; his on-off girlfriend Penny … Continue reading
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Tagged 1981, Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle, harry spittle, NaNoWriMo
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It’s live!
It’s exciting to announce, as foreshadowed last week, that my first novel DEAD FLIES AND SHERRY TRIFLE is now available on Kindle. Here’s the link. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Flies-Sherry-Trifle-Geoff-ebook/dp/B00OPDDQU4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413879763&sr=8-1&keywords=geoff+le+pard If you do decide to try it out, then please think about a review. … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle, first novel, Kindle, syct
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Busy Bees and Idle Hands
Some of you may have noticed a falling off in my postings. I have a reason, though not an excuse. As I’ve mentioned here before I completed a novel for an MA a while back and have been dithering and … Continue reading
First edition
I have mentioned my slow, even tortuous progress to publishing my book, Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle. You can read the first three chapters here. Well, the story so far (ha!) is I think I’m nearly there. I have a … Continue reading
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Tagged blurb, book, book cover, Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle, publishing, writing
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Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
I have a favour to ask. The Artist has been working on some ideas for a cover for my book, Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle (see above), and I’m wondering what people think. What appeals? What looks best? Do people … Continue reading
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