by Andy | 12th Feb 2024 | CSI Eddie Collins, Life, Writing
I set out with good intentions as a new owner of a slice of the internet. One of those good intentions was to write a humorous ditty – a blog post, if you will – once a month. Well, it’s almost a year since my last post. Sheesh – you must feel awfully neglected. If I...
by Andy | 9th Sep 2022 | Covers, CSI Eddie Collins, Life, The Third Rule, Uncategorized, Writing
by Andy | 29th Feb 2020 | CSI Eddie Collins, Life, Other Writing, Short Stories, Writing
Time Just as we hit the third month of the year, I squeeze out my first blog of 2020. Doesn’t sound very glamorous that, does it. Hmmm. This blog post is about learning. And how I don’t do it. In the last three months I’ve learned that I’m still no good at advertising...
by Andy | 30th Dec 2019 | Life, Writing
This is the final blog post from me in the year 2019. I don’t like looking back into the past. And there is a reason for it: my memory is appalling. But I feel compelled almost to dredge through the blurred images of months gone by and convert them to text. What have...
by Andy | 20th Dec 2019 | Life, Writing
You should write a new blog, someone told me. How about what the person behind the author is really like? Okay, I said. I’ll give it a shot. Here it is. I’m 53. I’m too old to give a damn, and I’m too young to know any different. I write books because I have to. If...
by Andy | 15th Nov 2017 | Covers, Life, The End of Lies, Writing
Also known as Operation Shitmepants. Over this last week or two, so many people have asked, “What’s it like?” They’re wondering what publishing a book is like, not whatever it was you were thinking. Go wash your mind out with soap and water. The day of publication...
