Twm Carnabwth

 A charming painting by Meinir Mathias -- her take on Twm Carnabwth, the most famous of the Rebecca Rioters.......

Read all about it in "Rebecca and the Angels".

Cerrig Marchogion

This is a gorgeous image of Cerrig Marchogion -- the stones of the fallen knights of King Arthur --  published by Hugh Thomas on his Preseli 360 Facebook page.  Hugh has a host of fabulous images on his site........

 

Plygain - Trefdraeth

Google Photo Archive

If you want to check back and find any of the photos I have used on this blog, you can find the full archived gallery here:

https://get.google.com/albumarchive/112312986974547323674/album/AF1QipPueRBf-JeDhvDcJZ2yEVwhZEPC2GFSZEY_476Z?authKey=COOz7Za__6uEkwE

At the moment, there are 1252 items in the gallery.  Feel free to have a good browse......

Drag and drop doesn't vseem to work (if you want to re0use any of the photos, but you can always do a screenshot.  In case of any problems, just drop me a line.....

The rough with the smooth........

 

When you are a writer you have to learn to take the rough with the smooth.  Here are three reviews from "Audible" -- based on the audiobook version of "On Angel Mountain."  It just shows how variable people's expectations and perceptions are, when they choose a book to read or listen to. 

No matter how brilliant a writer you are, there will always be some who hate your style, your pace, your characters,  and the world you are trying to create.  Do not be discouraged!  This all goes to show that one person's dross is another person's gold.  Stick with your vision, and feel blessed when you find at least some people who derive pleasure from what you have created.......

The Earth Goddess

 

With acknowledgement to Hugh on the Preseli 360 Facebook page, here is a rather fine drone image of the Earth Goddess profile which so many people see from lower down, at ground level......

WHS bestsellers -- things are not quite what they seem.....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62736615

This is why you should never believe what you read in the WHS in-store hype -- and in the media -- about "bestsellers".   It's all a con. The label has nothing at all to do with recorded sales. Waterstones is more honest. But Amazon is just as bad, and even more exploitive than WHS, and it has an additional trick up its sleeve. It has so many book categories that if you publish a book on the car parks of Surrey, it will probably reach the number one best-selling position in the category entitled "Car Parks of Surrey." Bingo! If you are an author, you have a best-seller on your hands, even if you just sell 50 copies......... the world of publishing has gone mad. The ones who lose out are the small publishers like myself, who do not have the available funds to pay WHS or the other chains for prominent sales positions in their stores.