I've been working on no less than *three* exciting new books - The Secret Art of Self-Development, The 18 Rules of Happiness, and The Little Book of Inspiration.
They'll be available in under two months - but here's a little preview to show you how it's all coming along!
I write this blog post today from a troubled Thailand - where I am currently stranded, after anti-Government protestors took over the two main airports in Bangkok.
It'll all sort out over the next few days - peacefully, I hope - however I've spent the past few days waiting to return home.
Now, as regular readers know, I've been planning on writing a couple of new self-development books, which I intend to release early next year.
This morning, I decided to put pen to paper (or rather, finger to keyboard) and tap out my first draft. While hanging around.
I spent a couple of disjointed hours working - between swimming in the ocean and relaxing in the various local bars.
And I've already finished over 40% of the final book.
Absolutely amazing.
My first book took a full month to write. My second took a month working just evenings. It looks like the next couple will take a week in total. If that.
How is it possible to knock out a book so quickly?
Well... it's not what you know... it's who you know!
If you've got a book inside that you'd like to get out - and quickly - I'd like to recommend a great friend of mine.
Now I can't recommend this course enough. I really can't.
His many "secret" methods - especially "blueprinting" - work absolute wonders. He'll enable you to creatively write a WONDERFUL book - working just minutes a day.
So if you've got a book burning inside of you, fiction or non-fiction, let me recommend Nick's course to you:
I've finally removed the headset - and made three fantastic new interviews live, for the Writers FM and Self Dev Radio stations.
These hot new interviews have just entered the system...
Jean Macleod - The 100-year old romance author chats about writing her 130 novels, life during the war - and the secret to longevity! - Download from Writers FM
Francine Silverman - Author of "Book Marketing from A-Z" and editor of the Book Promotion Newsletter chats with me about getting your book into the spotlight - Download from Writers FM
Steve Ryals - Ex-drug addict and alcoholic turned minister and self-help sensation, Steve Ryals talks about his book "Drunk with Wonder" - and his inner transformation - Download from Self Dev Radio
You can download each of these now using the links above.
And remember that just a couple of days ago, I also posted the interview with Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat - which you can stream live by clicking here.
Incidentally, someone recently mailed and asked how long each interview takes to actually "do."
Well, I timed it. And for every hour of audio, around ten hours go into research, preparation and editing.
Sometimes I wish I could be on the listening end ;)
The English language is beautiful. With it's many twists and turns, clauses and caveats, it's gloriously complex... a true devilish beast to admire.
And if you've ever wondered whether it's "between you and me" or "between you and I" ... or "our team are" or "our team is" ... or "grandmother" or "Grandmother" ... then I have some great news.
Nick has just released his latest course, "Essential English," and he's launched it online at:
Inside the course, he answers ALL of these questions -- and many more. As a seasoned writer, there's not usually much I don't know about English writing style.
But it's fair to say that Nick's course certainly taught me a thing or three.
Definitely a great little buy. So, check it out - and prepare to be impressed.
And that's the EXACT same number of posts that MyWriters Circle celebrated hitting today. One post per piece of popcorn!
As some of you may know, My Writers Circle is an online community of writers I founded back in April 2005.
It's a brilliant forum, and is led by best-selling author Nick Daws.
Just last week, the forum actually went down, THAT'S how popular it's become.
With over 115 average posts PER DAY since the forum started, eleven very active boards, well over 5000 members, and over 250 people online at any one time...
... There's no wonder that this forum now demands it's own server!
And, today, it hit it's 100,000th post.
So, CONGRATULATIONS to My Writers Circle, and all of it's beautiful members, for making the community such a great place to be!
Some of you know that I setup MyWriters Circle way back in 2005.
It's a popular international writers circle with an incredibly friendly feel. It's headed by best-selling author Nick Daws, who does a fantastic job of keeping everything running smoothly.
Well, one of the site moderators, Lin, has been working on putting together the first My Writers Circle conference!
It'll be held in Holland and she's currently collecting details of those interested!
Through my little baby, the My Writers Circle site, I'll be helping to choose winners in a new flash fiction competition.
If there's talent somewhere between your fingers and the keyboard, then check out the following post by best-selling author Nick Daws, where he introduces the competition:
He was the first guy I ever interviewed online at Writers FM...
... And by popular demand, HE'S BACK!
Yesterday, I spent my afternoon chatting with Nick, where I posed a whole bundle of questions that have flown into the station following our last interview.
I've done a few interviews before online - but over the past year, I've typically been the one asking the questions. Which, I hasten to add, is much easier!
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It never ceases to amaze me how much my writing is whored about.
Three weeks ago, I stumbled across a ten-year old article of mine online, while searching for the lyrics to Mas Que Nada.
And just last week, I crossed a guide to online marketing in the search results... while searching for a specific breed of sheep, to help complete a crossword puzzle.
Then, about ten minutes ago, I was searching for a pre-made VB .NET text processing function... and I actually stumbled across an entire chapter from one of my books!
Many visitors to my main site come from the programming world, and I realized that I've never mentioned my books here on the blog.
So, let's change that now...
I've written exactly two books on Visual Basic .NET development. The books have survived a good few print runs and have been translated into a couple of languages.
Now, when I entered the technology development industry, there were exactly two books I wanted to buy -- but weren't available.
Firstly, a guide that took you from knowing absolutely zippo, through to being a pretty hot VB .NET programmer. No publisher offered a tutorial-style book that spoke in plain ENGLISH.
Secondly, I wanted a book containing all of those crazy chunks of code developers spend HOURS trying to write. Stuff that would take your programming to the next level -- and make your next application "supercool" (as I used to say in those days).
The books have received some fantastic reviews. And if you're interested, you can read a couple of the interviews I made when they were released... such as this one, or this one.
There were a couple of others... but, heck, I'm disorganized.
Now, it's been three years now since my last computer book was released and I don't have plans for any more. I've been approached with a number of offers -- but at this time, I'm retiring from the tech programming world.
Both of the books are still totally up-to-date however... and will turn you into a programming guru WITHOUT having to read a dozen 1500-page draft excluders.
So if you're interested, check them out: "Karl Moore’s Visual Basic .NET" (Amazon: USA, UK) and "The Ultimate VB .NET Code Book" (Amazon USA, UK).
Big thanks to everyone that has supported my writing work, and especially those that have bought my book(s).
