I’m pleased to announce that on 1st March 2012 my first book was published in paperback priced £8.99 (150 pages) kindle £5.27 and eReader £5.27. Now a quick reckoning up on my part I think there is advice in there that can at least save you at least £300 so I think those prices are…
This is the fourth cover I’ve done for the republished classic Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novels. Originally published in 1914 ‘The Valley of Fear’ is the fourth and final novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. After decoding a cipher warning from Moriarty’s organization for “Douglas” in “Birlstone”, Holmes arrives to discover that…
This is the fifth cover I’ve done for the republished classic Sir Arthur Conan Doyle books. Set in the 19th Century London these are the first twelve short-stories published in ‘The Strand’ Magazine featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, that made “Baker Street Mania” a worldwide phenomena. Featuring some of his famous cases:- A SCANDAL IN…
This is the third cover I’ve done for the republished classic Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novels. In the previous century Hugo Baskerville captured and imprisoned a young lady on his estate, only to fall victim to a marauding hound of hell as he pursued her along the moor late one night. Since then the…
This is the second cover I’ve designed for the newly released version of the classic Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novels. In 1888 Mary Morstan comes to Holmes with two puzzles. The first the disappearance ten years earlier of her father Captain Arthur Morstan in 1878. The second puzzle is that she has received a pearl…
I’ve recently become involved with a project to republish the classic Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novels. This is the first cover I’ve designed for ‘A Study in Scarlet’ the début novel to feature Sherlock Holmes, written in 1887. ‘A Study in Scarlet’ begins with the reminisces of Dr. John Watson M.D. veteran of the war…
From 17th October an updated version of ‘How to Produce, Perform and Write an Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Show’ is available. The paperback version is available here and kindle version here. As promised in the book the new text is available to all those that have bought a previous version on this site. What is different…
Case study: Chris Dangerfield To promote his show ‘Sex Tourist’ at the 2012 Fringe, Chris negotiated a sponsorship deal with one of the local escort agencies. Allegedly anyone with a flyer for Chris’ show got a 10% discount on the agency’s price list. Case study: Lewis Schaffer (again) At the 2013 Fringe Richard Herring decided…
APPENDIX 1: SCHEDULE FOR THE 2014 FRINGE JANUARY TO MARCH * Book a venue. MARCH * Approximately two weeks before the final deadline for listing a show is the discount deadline. This is a saving of nearly a hundred pounds. Better to save the money now and make better use of it whilst you’re in…
BOB’S BOOKSHOP Bob’s Bookshop was a pop-up venue that appeared in an empty shop unit at the 2013 Fringe. The retail business previously in there closed down at the end of June and Bob Slayer was able to rent the premises for one month and use it as a venue – much to the annoyance…
It seemed appropriate at this point to write some observations about how the Fringe has changed between 2003 and 2013. In some ways it’s hardly changed at all; it’s still overwhelming on the senses, it’s always felt like there were too many shows on, bullshit from industry types was always rife and the atmosphere is…
Taken between 10 and 12am Wednesday 22nd August 2012. This photo tour was unfortunately cut short due to being punched by some random bloke on Candle Maker row just by Grey Friars Bobby. This had nothing to do with me taking photos. It wasn’t a mugging they didn’t want anything they just liked violence. ‘Shutter…
Taken between 10 and 12am Monday 20th August 2012. ‘Shutter Monkey (The Comedy Show With Pictures) runs until 26th August, 14:30 in Mata Hari Room, Espionage, India Buildings, Victoria Street.
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