Tenerife musings
Sorry, been ‘off air’ for a while. Writing commissions (including being contracted to ghost write a novel) and various features have been filling the spaces around pretending to be a dragon for my two...
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For those who missed my monumental… ahem, no sniggering… interview on Oasis FM in Tenerife, here are the links for the chat with Roscoe, in its entirety. I think it went well, despite my tonsillitis...
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Where can I buy More Ketchup than Salsa in Tenerife
I can’t believe how difficult it is to arrange distribution of my book, More Ketchup than Salsa in Tenerife! Despite my own, and my publishers efforts, 15 months down the line and we’re still without a...
View ArticleAward-winning Tenerife travel writer, I’ll have you know!
Well there’s a turnip for the books. More Ketchup than Salsa, my book about swapping a career in fish entrails on Bolton fish market for a life as a British bar owner in Tenerife was voted ‘Best Travel...
View ArticleFill your stockings in Tenerife
Anybody looking for a last-minute stocking filler might like to pop down to the Albatross bar in Costa del Silencio, opposite Coral Mar, next Sunday (23rd). I’ll be there signing copies of THE...
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Get your signed copies of More Ketchup than Salsa: Confessions of a Tenerife...
In a blatant bout of self-promotion, you can now order a personally signed copy of More Ketchup than Salsa: Confessions of a Tenerife Barman (voted Best Travel Narrative 2007 by the British Guild of...
View ArticleA real life clash of the Titans in Tenerife
Had a bit of a clash with the Titans in Tenerife yesterday while trying to renew my residencia. Why are the people who deal with paperwork so damn awkward? Is it because they’ve been breathing in teeny...
View ArticleDoh! Giving it away!
As much as it pains me, I’m giving away the Kindle version of my bestseller, More Ketchup than Salsa, today and tomorrow as a promo experiment through Amazon’s KDP Select programme. Time will tell if...
View ArticleThe Making of Even More Ketchup than Salsa
Well who would have thought writing a sequel was so difficult… and wallet-draining! Despite rash promises that the follow-up to More Ketchup than Salsa would be ready June, July, August, October and...
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Why I talk to spoons.
Always nice to be considered a ‘successful’ something or other. I guess we all have our own markers as to what success means but I’m not so sure it’s as black and white as ‘successful’ or ‘not...
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