Sam Russell

When you can’t see the wood for the trees

I am editing. Argh! I’m deep in the thicket, with 100k words between me and the…
Sparkle and fizz, a cracking start to the year

Champagne, friends and fireworks at the seaside! That takes some beating. Now the holidays are over…
Merry Christmas

Plain, simple and homely is what I hope for this year. Good food, good friends and…
Hippy adventures

My but the body is a resilient tool, and the mind’s capacity for adaptation is a…
This week’s antics, hip hop and fiction

An out of the ordinary week for me, as I got a new hip last Friday.…
Free Love – A Bed of Barley Straw Kindle promotion

My ebook is free on Kindle from the 20th until the 24th of November. A winter…
A pat on the back for me

I’m patting myself on the back this week, and CreateSpace is my new best friend. When…
The devil makes work for idle typists

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it here before, but at the same time as I…
Interior layout – you what?

When I wrote my first novel I willingly handed over the interior layout of the both…
Six for five, three for two…or a baker’s dozen and a cappuccino?

Our supermarket has had a makeover. The car park is fantastic. An entire level for blue…