Sunday, 16 March 2014

Sexton Blake and The More Information Case

Recently I posted a feature about an old pulp book from the Sexton Blake Library that I picked up in Cardiff's Excellent Troutmark Books. The piece is HERE and in the piece I wondered about author Walter Tyrer. The piece was read by Archive friend, Keith Chapman who wrote a piece on the author for the Bookshelves and Brown Ale Blog.

Once a member of the editorial team at the Sexton Blake Library and later editor of the Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine, Keith now writes westerns in the Black Horse series under the name Chap O`Keefe and has recently been involved in re-issuing his O`Keefe titles as e-books (www.blackhorsewesterns.com/feb14 ).


 the informed article can be read HERE.

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

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It's been awhile since I've done any live performing but in a fortnight's time I will be doing my first stand up comedy gig in almost five years. I've invented a new stage persona, that of Valleys cabbie Rhondda Ron, and I've been posting the odd video onto a Facebook page just to try out a few routines. here's one below - I call it Yanto's Pigeon.

Let me know what you think.

Monday, 10 March 2014

Tainted Stats

Weekly Stats Report: 3 Mar - 9 Mar 2014 
Project: THE TAINTED ARCHIVE
URLhttp://tainted-archive.blogspot.com/

Summary

 MonTuesWedThurFriSatSunTotalAvg
Pageloads164141155129149117139994142
Unique Visits13412712312112799124855122
First Time Visits13011411411512096120809116
Returning Visits41396734467

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Archive's Writer's News

Self Publishing - Lancashire University is to soon launch the world's first MA degree in self publishing. The course will be launched in September 1914 and aims to help writers on along the rocky road that is self publishing.

Sensational Reading - Researchers with too much time on their hands at Massechusetts Institute of Technology have developed a wearable book which allows the reader to experience the same conditions as detailed in the book they are reading. The vest which is connected to a book will alter temperature and vibration to mimic whatever the main character is experiencing in the book.

A new book show - has been launched on the web. Book Break is filmed as live and billed as the first Internet Book Show and you can find the first episode HERE. I do hope this show proves successful as it's well done and provides a much needed professional quality book show. So get over and watch the show and subscribe to the You Tube channel. The first show is also embedded below - 183 million printed books were sold in the UK last year -- and many more ebooks besides - yet still there is no dedicated book show on British screens. Until now.


Monday, 3 March 2014

Ann Summers: The Kinky Party People - call about safety issues


Tainted Stats

Weekly Stats Report: 24 Feb - 2 Mar 2014 
Project: THE TAINTED ARCHIVE
URLhttp://tainted-archive.blogspot.com/

Summary

 MonTuesWedThurFriSatSunTotalAvg
Pageloads2011381531801591431301,104158
Unique Visits182119136154115133123962137
First Time Visits175113124143109125121910130
Returning Visits761211682527

Let's be careful out there......

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