by Graeme Cumming | Nov 13, 2016 | Movies, Nostalgia, Television |
Having only just reflected on the loss of a musical great, I find myself reeling from the news that Robert Vaughn has died. As with Leonard Cohen, I shouldn’t be too perturbed. Vaughn was also in his 80s, so could hardly be accused of having been taken from us too...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 11, 2016 | Music, Nostalgia |
I woke up this morning to the news that Leonard Cohen had died. It wasn’t shocking news, not like Bowie’s death earlier this year, or Phil Lynott’s back in the ’80s. Cohen was 82 – not ancient, but at least it felt as if he’d lived a long enough life. Still, even if...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 6, 2016 | Publishing, Writing |
In Ravens Gathering – The Paperback I made a plea: don’t order it from Amazon. This may seem perverse, especially as advance orders can help your rankings but, as I said then, each sale would cost me money. Which raises the question: why make it available on Amazon?...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 4, 2016 | Nostalgia, Television |
In my post The Gogglebox And What It Did For Me, I ended with the title sequence for UFO. Clearly, it’s a personal view, but I can’t watch that without a sense of anticipation and excitement – even if I’m not actually going to watch an episode. In case you didn’t...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 4, 2016 | Writing |
Like many people, I enjoy reading books with recurring characters. Lee Child’s Jack Reacher, for example, or Jeffrey Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme. Provided they’re well written, they offer predictability – you know what you’re getting. When I first decided to write...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 4, 2016 | Publishing, Speaking |
It’s true. Graeme has been a bestselling author. To be fair, he doesn’t brag about it and, frankly, hardly anyone noticed. But he says it’s nice to be able to include it on his CV. More importantly, when he put together a talk exploring the modern world of publishing,...
