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Chas Griffin: January 2008
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008. I'm still battling to understand blogging myself. I don't think I can reply directly to your 'comment' (for which, many thanks), so this will have to go onto the blog site itself, I guess. Hope you find it! Glad you've enjoyed Scenes I. The best (ie, 'Fair Trade') way to buy Scenes II is via my website, www.thirdleafbooks.co.uk . You'll find full instructions there. Thanks for your interest. I should become a smallholding life-coach, eh? Now there's a thought!
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Chas Griffin: August 2007
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Saturday, August 04, 2007. I've had a bit more feedback on Your Dog as Philosopher. Stan duly sent me back the shredded tatters, with all the story elements trimmed out. It ran to about 29k words. The original was 80k. The new version reads very badly, as you might expect, and would need a lot of work doing to make it acceptable, never mind lively and engaging. I really wasn't expecting that. But I couldn't deny that every time I chopped out a chunk that referred to Fiona (Dave's wife) or Lucy (their...
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Chas Griffin: September 2007
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Sunday, September 02, 2007. Nothing happening on the writing front. No news from Stan. I guess all those editors still aren't back from Goa or Jupiter yet. Or maybe none of them likes my offering and Stan's too embarrassed to tell me. Could be. Certainly could be. Oh well maybe I should have written a filthy and depressing novel after all. Can't miss with them, it seems:. Oh God not that you exist why was I born? Why does everything I do turn to dust and ashes? So what's going on? I think the problem, th...
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Chas Griffin: March 2008
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Monday, March 31, 2008. ME, rats, and chemicals. Thanks very much for taking the trouble to write. Sorry to hear that you too are bothered by ME. I'm also sorry to hear you come into contact with rats. Being on a farm it’s inevitable that we should be in second-hand contact with the dreaded rat. They pee on things, and leave no visible trace. Thanks very much for the hospital tip. I think I'm so much improved however, that I would only be wasting precious time in seeking treatment now. For what it's wort...
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Chas Griffin: November 2006
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Saturday, November 11, 2006. What's more, I discovered that Scott P didn't just work for Waterstones, but he was their Buying Manager. He was a man with serious clout. Stan, the agent, also thought Scenes was worth bothering with, and asked me to send a dozen review copies for him to post off to all the big-shot publishers: Penguin, Macmillan, Random House. Who'll be paying for all these books? I got an email opening with 'I love this book! How did Scenes reach Ebury? There were a couple of nasty alarms ...
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Chas Griffin: July 2007
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Thursday, July 26, 2007. Long time no write! I've not added anything to this screed for months, partly because I've been too busy with writing and other things ('life', you know), and partly because I realise that most people have better things to do than read about how I've been too busy to update my blog. Is it possible to check whether anybody actually reads your blog, do you think? If anyone ever reads this, please tell me so! And wanted to take up my plea for someone to read a bit of 'Your Dog'.
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Chas Griffin: October 2006
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006. Right more or less back on an even keel. 2,000 books to sell, and knowing absolutely nothing about the book world. What would you do? Well, we did have two things going for us. Peter of Eco-Logic Books also runs a wholesaling business. He would have some off us for a start. But not 2,000! Maybe a dozen. Maybe two. Book-boxes' my local bookshop told me. Or alert the Post Office to have a couple of trucks standing by? We didn't have a Plan B! Well, yes, but they tend to be keen...
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Chas Griffin: September 2006
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Thursday, September 28, 2006. So this is Blogland, eh? Let me introduce myself, and explain why I'm here. My name is Chas Griffin, and I'm here because someone suggested I should open up a blog. There. Done it. And I could also use the blog to mention any past or upcoming projects that readers of Scenes might be interested to hear about. And I could have a rant about all the things that need seriously ranting about and nobody would haul me off to the local clink for creating a public nuisance. If you've ...
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Chas Griffin: October 2007
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Sunday, October 14, 2007. The Strange World of the Publisher's Mind. To date, three publishers have rejected. Guide Yourself to Greater Happiness'. Well, OK, fair enough but what were their reasons? HarperCollins wouldn't touch it because I wasn't 'a name'. Virgin thought 'the advice in the book was good', but it didn't have a USP (a Unique Selling Point, the Holy Grail of marketing), and. What are we to make of this? Are we to understand that. The Victoria Beckham Book of Philosophy. There's still a few...
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Chas Griffin: February 2008
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Friday, February 29, 2008. Thanks for your comment. The Transition Town idea is a great one. I hope it catches on more widely. What matters in this initiative is to gradually de-consumerise people and re-engage them with their own creative imagination. Once the mass of ordinary punters see the point, they will become wonderfully empowered, and will do great things. It seems to me that people are very slowly beginning to catch onto the social and. I do hope this craze for biofuel is short-lived, as it is ...