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Tim C. Taylor
The Reality War Book1: The Slough of Despond
Format YOUR Print Book
Liebster Blog Award
The Reality War Book2: The City of Destruction
Last Man Through the Gate
Speak, Vaccine! Speak!
My latest anthology
The Meandering Mayhem of Thogron Throatbiter
No More Than Human
Welcome Home, Janissary
Future Speculation
Fables from the Fountain
Author Archives: timctaylor
World Book Day
Today is World Book Day. I think it’s fair to say that I got involved. But first, what the ?&$# is World Book Day? I do get cynical about all these ‘world XXXX days’. When I was growing up in … Continue reading
An illustrated guide to zombies... in LEGO
Reblogged from Greyhart Press: What perfect timing! Today is Halloween, and I just happened to stumble across a blog called Bricks of the Dead. It’s main thrust is an ongoing epic zombie webcomic filmed in Lego-vision. I had a quick … Continue reading
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The British-isms are coming…
In response to an earlier BBC article on British idiom invading America, I was intrigued by this follow-up of Britishisms reported by American readers. Gobsmacked amused me. I remember that phrase appearing from out of nowhere and sweeping England at … Continue reading
One Brick to Rule Them All
Not that we’re Lego nerds in my house (heaven forbid!) but a welcome delivery through my letterbox this morning was the latest Lego catalog. It’s filled with Christmas-themed Lego (*groan* — think we’ve got enough Lego advent calenders now) but … Continue reading
The Reality War Book1 eBook is now free, except for UK Amazon
As from today, the eBook version of the first novel in this two-book time travel series is free from Kobo (free) | iTunes (free) | Smashwords (free) |Nook (free) | Sony (free) From Amazon (Kindle) its list price is only 99c or 77p, but amazon.com are currently price matching … Continue reading
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Tagged Bedford, bedford news, bedfordshire, bedfordshire arts, elstow, free itunes, free Kobo, free Nook book, free Sony, john bunyan, The pilgrim's progress
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Success often needs a little time and effort…
I was intrigued by this article from the BBC about a letter from JRR Tolkien to Arthur Ransome. Sales of The Hobbit had been disappointing, it seems, but Ransome had some suggestions for improvements… http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19965058
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Win The Reality War in paperback
Anyone who fancies a science fiction adventure series featuring time travel, intelligent reptiles, an enigmatic figure who might have a strong connection with Bedford’s history, and a chase scene set on a North Sea ferry… if anyone’s still there, Goodreads … Continue reading
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Why JK Rowling has my sympathies
Book lovers will have noticed that JK Rowling has just released a new novel, and it is neither a children’s book nor connected with the Harry Potter universe. Casual Vacancy has polarized opinion; it’s a triumph for some, an author … Continue reading
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Kindle 3.4 firmware upgrade … and using Calibre to build eBooks
If you’ve got a Kindle 3 (now called Kindle Keyboard) then there’s a fair chance that over the past few weeks, your Kindle device took it upon itself to download a software update and a new book from Amazon to … Continue reading
The natural world comes to Bromham
We’ve seen some weather extremes in our little village of Bromham over the past week. A week ago I took some photos of a tree in full autumnal bloom that stands just outside my house, and then took the family … Continue reading →