The latest theory on Atlantis

Did it exist? 

Atlantis - the perennial mystery.

Sine the times of Ancient Greece, man has searched for the lost city, and yet, with all the technology available; nobody has shown it existed.

Thee is no doubt a gigantic wave hit the Earth, most religions have an account of it happening, so it must have happened.

There are several theories as to where it could have been, from Santorini to the coast of Southern Spain. Most explorations use the story told by Plato as a starting point for research, but one thing is missing. Was he writing about something he witnessed, or was he retelling a story he'd heard from a sailor?

I used to think Santorini was the best idea, but I have changed my mind.

I am questioning its existence, in this day when we can send people to Mars, why can't we locate a city in the sea, unless it never existed.

Giant shark spotted in the English Channel

Man-eater on the loose 

Two giant sharks have been reported swimming in the English Channel.

Sonar only picks up what appears to be a swarm of fish, by the time you realise it is happening; it is too late to do a thing.

These killers target small boats such as dinghies as they can be destroyed with ease. Nothing remains, not even flesh or bones.

Why do I enjoy Black & White movies so much?

 The films rely more on the story

I have nothing against colour films, but I prefer Black & White films because the dirctors had to develop a gripping story, rather than rely on colour to shock the viewers.

I write my stories with this thought in mind, to me, the story is more important than the appearance. In some of my stories glamour does a part, but I don't add it for its own sake, the glamour is part of the whole story for me. To me, beauty is more in the personality than the outward appearance.

There is an intersting story to the lady on this post, Nutan was never considered pretty considered to her elder sister Tanuja. Tanuja was thought to be the young lady with a future in the movies, so what happened in 1951?

Nutan won Junior Miss India, and landed herself a few small parts, which lead to haer having a carreer hat spanned many years. And Tunja?

Tanuja got some minor roles, but she is rememberred as the mother of actress Kajol more.

Which film from India am I looking forward to seeing?

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 

                                                                                                        Vidya Balan

The story behind Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is the story of a dancer who returns to haunt the palace where she was burned alive. Vidya Balan reprises her role from the original film in this version; I have the others in my collection, they are funny while being a little scary. In this film Vidya pays alongside Madhuri Dixit, who I am pleased to see getting some good roles after her performance in The Fame Game, shown on Netflix.

Vidya Balan

Begum Jaan

Cinema in India

In this film about the Partition of India, in 1948, Vidya Balan plays a role far from her usual glamorous roles.

In Begum Jaan she plays the head of a group of ladies in a brothel in Kashmir. She has set up her business in an area she thought would be beneficial to men travelling. In 1948, the British government split India into three parts, India, Pakistan, and Bengal; the reason was the arguments between Hindus, and Muslims in India.

Though repeatedly ordered to move, she refuses saying, "When I built my business there was no border; you made the borders, why should I choose which country I am living in?"

The film Rajkahini looks at a similar case only in the Bengal area.

A Different Approach

 Not always about my Books

When I begun my blog, I made several decisions on it appearance, and content which to me mattered more than anything.

I decided against flashing images

I decided against loud music as an introduction, both the music, and the flashing on others blogs I found disturbing.

I decided against writing about myself, I never found myself that interesting; if readers wished to know about me, I am willing to enlighten them, but I was never going to write solely about me.

I read some blogs which were based on the characters in the books of the blog writer, it was not my intention to do that; as it was not my intention to make the blog solely for publication purposes.

It was my intention as much as possible to avoid writing about trends; I wanted to be read for my content, not only a trend blogger.

If I doubted my Value as a Writer

 The Blooming Blog

A Big Thank You to my Readers

I have always had a struggle with my belief that I am a good writer; even when I received praise, and my award. Many people I knew thought this stemmed from a lack of eBook sales, compared to other authors. My concern was more over the lack of readers for the blog as it is free.

Since I left LinkedIn, the blog has bloomed as I never thought it could; yesterday, there were over 400 readers; I can't thank you enough for finding me an interesting writer.

Rani Mukerji stars as a lawyer

Mehndi 

             Bollywood and Sexism

It is good to see Bollywood giving ladies such as Rani Mukerji (above), Vidya Balan, Shefali Shah, and Raveena Tandon the opportunity to play strong roles, rather than the usual romantic role as the lady for the leading man.

A Place in the sun

Where to go for a Vacation? 

                                                                                        Italy or India?

You may wonder why I didn't mention Israel.

The latter part of this year has turned me off Israel, I had two ladies from Israel attempt to scam me, one is actress Gal Gadot (Wonderwoman), and the other is the author Limor Regev.

Both Italy, and India have always been on my travel list, if my health hadn't deteriorated, and I was single. Health reasons is also a reason I wouldn't be able to go to Israel, as I cannot stand hot weather for a long time.

Besides, if I had the money, there are many places in the UK I would love to visit, or revisit.

Indian DVDs for sale

eBay seller 

A slight upturn in Business

Part of the reason for the increase in sales for my DVDs on eBay is from three repeat buyers.

I realise what I classed as Hindi DVDs is wrong; I couldn't tell which religion the actors, and actresses in the films belong to, and I am not bothered. I classed them as Hindi as it the main language spoken in India, though there are several others.

The problem is if you restrict yourself to a dialect, you will have trouble both getting work, and selling the films you are in.

A slight upturn in Business

 Selling on eBay

  eBay sales

In the last week I have seen a slight increase in the sales of my DVDs on eBay. I formerly classed the films as Hindi, I realise this is incorrect, as the religion of the actors, and actresses in unknown to me, and I am not bothered about it.

I classed them as Hindi, as Hindi is the main language of India, but there are several others, depending where you live, and what you believe.

The increase is aided by having three repeat buyers.

A failing Economy

The main problem for Germany 

History told no lies

To many people, the rise of the Muslim population in Germany, and the concurrent crime rate increase is viewed as the major issue. However, the problem goes back a lot longer. Since the end of WW1, the USA, and the UK have been putting vast sums of money into the economy of the country.

When I was there in the late 70's, it was clear to me, Germany was still in a slump, a slump which has been deepened by the intake of Muslims with no jobs to go to. People with no jobs, or money resort to crime.

Add to that, the country has little tourism; you have the Rhine Cruise, and the Oktober beer festival, and that is all. They are their worst enemy in  a way, the goods they make are so reliable they rarely need repairing or replacing; when I was there, I saw warehouses full of Volkswagen parts that will probably never be used.

Vive Le France

 Marine Le Pen

                Readers in the EU

The blog is now making in-roads into the EU, with readers in France today.

I support Marine Le Pen's views, countries need to leave the EU, it is no more than a way for Germany to sustain the country after decades of bad business deals.

It may appear odd to pull out of NATO, but the treat from Russia has not been there since the late 70's, when the USA pulled out. With the news from the Ukraine, the last thing on the minds of the Russians is another futile war.

If there was a war in Europe, there is no way we could halt it; the nearest bases are in Cyprus. The UK has more active Royal Air Force bases in the South Atlantic that it does in the UK these days.

In the late 60's, Germany laughed when the US began pulling out of the UK; they weren't so happy in the 80's when NATO pulled out of Germany. There is a large difference in the structures of the bases; the ones in the UK were built where villages had been for centuries, so the USAAF enhanced the finances. Most of the bases in Germany were built in the 60's when the threat from Russia was real, but the surrounding economy had not been there before, when NATO pulled out, many of the smaller villages went into decline, to save the airfields, they were sold to minor airlines.

Being a Nationalist does not mean you are Communist, it means you care for your country.

I am, and have always been, anti-nuclear, nobody can tell me the waste will ever be safe. Many of the elements have a half-live going into thousands of years, that means half of it (could be) safe by then, but that of the other half?

Nigel Farage

 Clacton-on-the-sea

                                                                                         The easy chair

Nigel Farage's appointment as the MP for Clacton-on-the-sea is as our friend in the USA would say is a "shoe-in," what does that mean? The term means it was an easy fit, why was Clacton so easy?

Put in relative terms, he has NO contest as nobody wanted the seat. Clacton is one of the those places people have heard of, but without a map they have no idea of its location.

It is situated Northwest of Colchester, on the Suffolk coast. Clacton's main role was a holiday venue for mill, and factory workers from London in the 18th, and 19th centuries.

Clacton's main celebrity is band leader Ivy Benson.

To take the MP role at Clacton was probably the easiest thing Farage could have done, nobody wants it; what does that say about his leadership qualities, if he felt the only way to get bet a seat was to challenge for one nobody wants?

I can see clearly now

 Drift away

For many years, I envisioned myself as a writer with a vision on a quest.

The light that shone bright for many years has gone. I have the ideas for the stories, but I lack the motivation to begin them. Too many dreams have been crushed for me to consider anything in my twilight years,

Escape to the Country

 Which Would I choose?

I will begin by discounting the UK, even though there many areas here I would liked to have seen, and I am biased to Yorkshire; I love the county of my birth.

For most of my life, I wished to visit Israel; in recent years, I learned things about my health which would make that a bad choice. This year it has been hard for me not to turn my back on my beliefs of my life, why? Twice this year, I had a lady from Israel attempt to scam me.

Italy

Italy has been near the top of my go-to list for many years, not Rome, or Venice, but Milan. I did have a day trip to a village in northern Italy when I had a vacation in Switzerland the year before I got married.

India

I have had a fascination with India for as long as I can recall, my father told me stories of his time there when India, and Pakistan separated in 1948.

USA

I wanted to visit the USA for a long time, my ideal would ne the Montana area. Florida has one thing I wished to see, Daytona race week. For many years, I wished to visit San Diego, then a friend told me it is like a snog bowl. Las Vegas you can keep, all that noise, and the flashing lights would put me in bed for weeks with a violent headache. I always wished to visit Seattle, I now have an online friend who lives there.

Are you in to Horror?

 I am the Writer to read

                                                                      Old Church Ghosts

What makes this eBook a Special Edition?

There are a few things to consider.

It is the collection of the four versions of my popular ghost story.

The original, no longer available to read, from Halloween 2011, when I wrote it for a friend's online magazine; the week after Halloween it was taken down. I thought I had lost that copy, but it turned up.

A second version, the version which went online in the magazine, after being slightly edited.

The third edition was re-edited for a children's charity book by a friend I had in the USA.

The final version, which I added a more horror inspired ending to the story.

There is an ironic end to this story, though it is my most read horror short story; I never liked it.

A Popular Blog with readers in Singapore and Hong Kong

 Over 100 Readers

     My blog gives me better results than LinkedIn

I did not need proof that this blog is better for me than LinkedIn, but i am in no doubt leaving LinkedIn was the right choice.

With thanks to the readers in Hong Kong, and Singapore, the blog already has over 100 readers today. Than is more than I got for my posts on LinkedIn for a month.

I won't get any writing assignments from my blog, but it is being read, which is what I begun it for.

Nothing New Here

 The Hard Sell

                                                                                                        Freebie Time

What didn't happen is what I expected not to happen today.

Yesterday, I was approached by two book promoters, one on Twitter, and the other on LinkedIn, they were interested in promoting my eBooks.

The young lady said she was willing for a small fee to promote The Cursed, and the other person wanted to promote my Special Edition of The Old Church Ghost. The reason Old Church Ghost is a Special Edition is it contains four versions of my popular ghost story, including the original which is not available, other than in this selection.

I sent them the links, but got no reaction as they were expecting a FREEBIE. One way of thinking on the topic is because I didn't send the file, I could have missed out on sales, my way of viewing the situation is IF I'd sent the file, what is there to stop them sending it out online; either way I would have lost out.

NO General Election soon

Starmer has too much to lose 

You can do what you like, sign a petition with 90% of the population; there will be no General Election until this term is over, why?

Starmer got in with the help of Farage, the Muslims, and the BLM.

He is aware the Farage has plans for Reform UK to challenge his position in several areas.

He is keenly aware that some seats Labour took, are now staunchly anti-Labour.

The Winter Fuel Allowance fiasco damaged his reputation beyond repair, this was compounded by huge pay rises, and massive job losses.

They could lose key seats as Angela Rayner, Yvonne Cooper, and Rachel Reeves are in a delicate balance. I am certain if there was an election, Ms Cooper would lose her position after welcoming mass illegal immigration, and the ensuing crime wave.

Would you risk a cushy 5-year contract with a population who are against you?

There is too much at stake for Labour for Starmer to rick an election; he is the worst Prime Minister in history of the UK.

If he went to the polls, before he was forced; his actions so far, would doom Labour for at least 20 years.

The young voters Labour relied on to lie to, have grandparent who thanks to Starmer may not see the year out, after the WFA was axed; that is going to stick in their throats. Attacking pensioners wile paying to house illegals in hotels will not be seen as a political move; regardless of your politics, most young people have grandparents.

I deleted WordPress

 The Advantages of having a low Online Profile

Few Readers

As the blogs get few readers, it is hard for me to consider what to write to entertain you; as such I closed WordPress a few minutes ago.

My blog gives me better results than LinkedIn

 LinkedIn Issues

The Advantages of having a low Online Profile

I am not saying the blog is doing wonders for me; I am saying it does better than LinkedIn did, which is more to show how little I was read on LinkedIn.

I only get on average around 8 readers per post, but I can write what I wish, and I am not competing against thousands of business minded people for nothing.

I will only miss Twitter for posting the blog to; I have no contact there

The Cold Light of Day

Russian Bank Collapse 

Russia was doomed

Among the reasons for the failure of Russia in the Ukraine is they were fighting a war using outdated tactics.

They were using tactics which hadn't been used since the Battle of Kursk. These days, few battles involve large tank assaults, tanks are useful, but not in an age of guerrilla warfare when the battle is raged on the street, and in the homes. The Russians would have learned this, you would imagine, after fighting, and losing wars in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Afghanistan.

A Trend I had to blog about

 Russian Bank Collapse

A Victory for the Ukraine

I rarely write about a trend, but there are exceptions to most rules.

This news is heartening for me, as I was in contact with two young ladies who were frontline medics in the battle.

Logic dictated Russia would lose the battle, as the armies of Germany lost the fight for Stalingrad.

Russia was fighting a war in a land which left them with lines of communication at risk, in a war the soldiers had no heart to fight in, against a people fighting for their homes. The were NEVER ging to win, as a result the Russian Bank has collapsed

Russian Bank Collapse

 Ukraine 2- Russia 0

 Ukraine Wins a Double Victory

Not only have the people of Ukraine beaten the armies of Russia, their victory caused the crash of the Russian Bank; it is official, the Rubel is worth less than the paper it is printed on now.

Some people never learn; I said when the invasion begun, it would fail for the same reason the armed forces of Germany failed to take Stalingrad.

You are fighting a battle thousands of miles from your home.

Your enemy are fighting for their homes.

You have thousands of miles of communication which can be attacked.

You have troops who don't have an idea why they are there, and don't want to be there.

Self Promotion Time

 My Amazon page

I have no faith in my Amazon pages

I will be honest, though I have a page on Amazon, I have no belief it will sell my eBooks, why?

My disbelief is the result of having had a page on the site for over a decade which resulted in, less than an eBook sold per month; apart from my two bestselling short stories - Nerja, and Holding Richmond - which are available elsewhere.

The Advantages of having a low Online Profile

The Writer's View 

You would think being a writer who is attempting to sell eBooks, I would be trying to maintain a high online profile; I am not. A few months ago, I signed in on Zangi, at the request form a young lady fighting in Ukraine. The site became a hive of activity for girls asking for money from me, and ladies trying to scam me, also I had to send a selfie ever day.

I signed in to WhatsApp, but there were no contacts; at the request of Gal Gadot, I signed in for Signal, only for her to attempt to scam me into buying her children a Steam Game card. LinkedIn is no better, I have been locked out twice in a month, not that I am concerned this time; my issue with the site has been cleared.

The big advantage of only been seen here is I have such a low profile, it is not worth the trouble of attempting to scam me on here.

Again I lost contact with LinkedIn

It doesn't matter 

LinkedIn Issues

Last night I got locked out by LinkedIn again; as I sorted my issue with site a few days ago, I cannot be bothered to verify myself again, on a site where I have nothing to connect to, and which despite the need to get verified I had to contend with a hacker with no ID.

As the Buddy Holly song said, "You go your way, and I'll go mine, it doesn't matter anymore."

That tune haunted singer Waylon Jennings for most of his life. At the time the song was in the Billboard charts, he was part of Buddy Holly and the Crickets. The were due to fly to a concert, but Waylon gave his seat to the Big Bopper, only to hear the plane crashed a few minutes after take-off with no survivors. Waylon suffered with Survivor's Syndrome after that.

A new audience in Bangladesh

Spreading my Wings

                                                                                              A Growing Concern in Asia 

To young people the area is known as Bangladesh since 1971: to middle-aged people it was known as East Pakistan from 1948 - until the 1971 War of Independence. To the older generation, the area is known for being in the colony of Bengal, until the British Empire pulled out of India, in 1948.

Though religion rarely comes into play for where I get read, Bangladesh is the first area for my blog to be read by a state with a Muslim culture.

Twitter Followers

 All Quiet on the Twitter Front

It doesn't matter

Every day when I sign in on Twitter, I see I have less followers; I am not concerned as most of "followers" are girls either on sex chat lines, or girls seeking marriage.

I have nothing against sex chat lines, or the girls who need to use them for getting a wage; they are not my scene though.

I have not written a sex story, but I written several stories with sex in.

Save the Indie Writer

 Alan Place - Indie Writer

                                       Perils of an Indie Writer

Buying one of my eBooks wouldn't cost you the earth for an inexpensive gift for the reader in your family, but it would mean the world to me; your purchase would give me the urge to write.

I may not have a lot for sale, but I have a lot of stories on file, which I could add to the stores, if there were some sales.

The Purge

 eBay seller

Lalita Pawar

Tonight, I have found two more films to be sold on eBay.

One I may have enjoyed with actress Nanda in has no subtitles.

The other has another actress I enjoy watching in, despite featuring Lalita Pawar (seen here), and Raj Kapoor, I probably would have found the movie irritatirng as it has several of the Kapoor family in, including Rishi Kapoor who is an instant dismissal for any film for me.

I am finding Operation Hindi is being an eye-openr for me.

The Entertainer

 Back in Form

                      Over 200 readers a day

My decision to return to blogging is paying off for me. The blog has had over 200 readers so far which is more readers than I'd have on LinkedIn in a week.

I may not be able to sell, but I have proved I can write entertaining posts.

The Hard Sell

 Freebie Time

                                           Free short stories

Freebie Time from now on will be when I decide to put a free short story online; I won't be sending out files as I did in the past, hoping for sales. That was another Alan, he was naïve; I am now a hardcase. When I started, I had only bee writing a few months when I was a scam victim by a man in Canada. He had read read Nerja on my blog, and asked for a copy, being new to selling, I sent him a copy.

Nerja went on to be my second bestselling eBook on Amazon until I took it down, it is for sale on other channels, but in over a decade on Amazon it only sold a dozen copies.

The Ghosting by Alan Place

Buy your Copy 

Money gets the vote

This week, I have had two book promoters ask for a copy of my eBooks; if I was to send the file, I would lose out; once they have the file they can send copies anywhere. So I sent them a link instead. I could still lose out, if they decide to send the copies, but this way, I may get the sales I need to pass $10.00 on Draft2Digital, and get paid for once.

A Growing Concern in Asia

 Hong Kong Readers

Far Reaching Effect

With readers in India, and now a growing group of readers in Hong Kong, the blog is gaining strength by the day.

If I don't get read in the UK, at least I get read in Asia; I am grateful to any reader, you keep me going.

Am I disappointed?

 I didn't expect more

No, I can say in honesty, I am not disappointed my attempts to be recognised as a writer failed after 15years of struggle, why?

The truth is I never expected to succeed with the plan.

From an early stage, it was obvious I would be fighting an uphill battle; which is why I decided to try to get readers for my blog, rather than eBook sales.

The two main reasons for not succeeding are I never followed a trend, and I lacked money for promotions. Another aspect is I live in the UK, if I was in the USA, or Canada, things may have been different.

Why did I return to Blogging?

 I  am a Writer

There are several reasons why I came to back to blogging.

I never left my blog in reality.

I am more of a writer than a businessman, I never felt at home on LinkedIn with the pressure to push the business side of writing.

Here, on my blog. I feel at home, I can write what I like, without having to push myself for sales.

Another factor is though my readers are growing, I attract few people attempting to scam me via this blog, which is a great relief for me. Fighting off scammers on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn is draining, and also made me feel unwanted.

Alan Place - Promoter

 Promoting my work

Self Promotion

Probably my greatest flaw is I don't tell my readers how good I am as a writer.

This is the view of several writers I used to chat to many years ago.

I won't deny it, I rarely post of my success story, as a writer, I earned several awards, and I was often praised for my writing, both the quality, and the content,  going back over a decade.

I used to believe self-praise is no praise; a quote I often used is "A person who pats themselves too long, ends up with a dislocated shoulder."

The time for change has come. I am an excellent writer of quality stories.

A growing audience in India

I am pleased 

It is much Appreciated

I am pleased to rad my blog is being read in India by a growing number of readers, I am not surprised as I do write a lot about the country, Bollywood, and the religion in the state.

I wish I could say the same of Israel, which is why my support for Israel is waning. There are other reasons, such as having two ladies from Israel attempt to scam me this year.

While I am a Royalist, I am not an Imperialist, few Empires last long, for many reasons; I believe the best people to run a country are the people living there, which is why I never supported joining the EEC/ EU. It has taken since 1972 fir people to realise what I said then is true; the EU is a front for Germany to fleece its economy at the cost of other countries. I can't say I support Brexit, as I voted to stay out back in 1972. I agree with what Nigel Lawson, the Chancellor, said when asked if he was in favour of leaving, "How can you restrict trade to the EU, when over 80% of the world is not in the EU?"

Sharmila Tagore

Nawab of Pataudi

                                                                                               Saif Ali Khan

In India, the surname Khan is as common as Smith or Jones in the United Kingdom. The name means King, somewhere back in the annals of history, the families may have had some royal connection to the nobles of Persia.

There is one actor, Saif Ali Khan, whose lineage is easier to track to royalty. Saif's mother is the actress Sharmila Tagore, shown here, she married into the Ali Khan family when she married Saif's father, the cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi played cricket within my lifetime.

Mansoor's father also played cricket for India; the title has less meaning now, since Independence the state of Nawab of Pataudi has changed from being akin to the Governor of Kansas, to mayor of a city. Saif is the last male link to the crown, but as he declined it his daughter from his marriage to actress  Amrita Singh, Sara Ali Khan, has been trying to claim the title.

Another Possible SCAM Thwarted

 You don't know who to believe

                                      Better safe than Sorry

I am caught in the horns of a dilemma.

One one hand, I could be passing up opportunities to fulfil my dream of being published, not self-published.

On the other hand, I could be saving myself a lot of money by not being the victim of a scam.

One thing is certain, since July when I was contacted by a person going by the name of Lina Cruz AKA Joy Mautin, I have been inundated by people "claiming" to be literary agents. The odds of being spotted once, are almost 3,00 = 1 against, to be spotted each month is almost unheard of, especially for someone like me, who has not sold an eBook in a decade.

Since June, I consider any link from a person I don't know to be a scam. The latest one was from LinkedIn, I have reported the profile.

The Bengal Issue

 Operation Hindi

                                                                            Punjabi Voices

Reading my posts, you may get the idea I am only interested in Hindi DVDs; this is not the case. I have movies from several regions of India.

I used the moniker Operation Hindi as Hindi is the most spoken language in the country.

I have no idea where most of the films I watch come from, and I am not overly bothered; the only region I am not keen on is Tamil Nadu, around Chennai (Madras); films from there tend to be about religion.

The story behind my title goes back to early last year when I bought a mystery pack of Bengali DVDs from a seller on eBay.

I am no expert on the languages of India, even at a quick glance I could see there were few DVDs from Bengal in the selection. I recognised some writing from Spain, and even some Coptic words from Russia. I recognised the Coptic writing as I went to Russia in 1970 on a school cruise, and returned with some Russian stamps.

When I contacted the sellers, they did not apologise, but said they would send another box of Bengali DVDs out, as they had already shown they had no idea, I asked for a refund.

I could tell you who I enjoy watching, and a few of the actors, and actresses I could tell where they came from, as a rule I am not bothered about their region as long as I enjoy their films.

A Return to Blogging

I am doing what I do the best 

I was not suited for LinkedIn

I tried to use LinkedIn to boost my eBook sales, or get some writing assignments, in the end, I was not suited to the business aspect of the channel.

I achieved my main goal, to cancel a subscription I knew I would not need next month.

There is no need to take a subscription out, in the hope of earning a writing assignment when I know I will lose out to a person in Nigeria.

Is it worth rebuilding my readership?

The Lost Cause 

I would like to think I could rebuild the readers for the blog, however, I realise I may be asking too much of myself as the writer these days.

A large part of the decline is my fault, the last five months have been murder for me, after being a scam victim, I had to fight of two more possible attempts.

Add to this, my eBook sales are nil, and you can understand my dilemma.