BookShop: Court of Contempt
Buy my book 'Court of Contempt', the first instalment of the 'Family Division' series, directly from my publisher, Bookbaby.
MJ xx
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Bookbaby Bookshop
Hello there,
Just an ickle post to inform you that you can now buy my book 'Court of Contempt' directly from the publishers. For UK readers, this may be the most cost-effective way of doing it due to the favourable exchange rate.
http://my.bookbaby.com/book/court-of-contempt
Have fun - and please do come and see me over at Wordpress
Cheers,
MJ xx
Just an ickle post to inform you that you can now buy my book 'Court of Contempt' directly from the publishers. For UK readers, this may be the most cost-effective way of doing it due to the favourable exchange rate.
http://my.bookbaby.com/book/court-of-contempt
Have fun - and please do come and see me over at Wordpress
Cheers,
MJ xx
Sunday, 11 May 2014
I am now over on Wordpress….. still not making any sense whatsoever, but at least I haven't died
http://mjmcgheeauthor.wordpress.com
I am now operating from here. Much easier I'm afraid and I've decided to settle there in my new home. I've transferred everything from here to there (get me?!) so you won't have missed a thing. Sorry the quality of post hasn't improved with the move….
See you o'er there,
MJ xx
I am now operating from here. Much easier I'm afraid and I've decided to settle there in my new home. I've transferred everything from here to there (get me?!) so you won't have missed a thing. Sorry the quality of post hasn't improved with the move….
See you o'er there,
MJ xx
Friday, 9 May 2014
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Maybe tomorrow I'll wanna settle down, until tomorrow….
Hello peoples!
Decided to give Wordpress a whirl. Apparently they are the Daddy of the Blogging World, so we'll see. In the meantime, get this into your You Are Ell:
http://mjmcgheeauthor.wordpress.com
Go for it - you know you want to!! Just consider it akin to a move from mainland France to Corsica…. Or from the United States of America to Alaska. I'm still there, just a bit geographically detached.
The beauty of Wordpress is that you can see all of my many, many, many social media platforms in one place courtesy of a widget. And for those of you who are old enough to remember the John Smiths Bitter commercials with Jack Dee:
'A widget, she's got a widget, a little widget, a widget she has got!'
TTFN
MJ xx
Decided to give Wordpress a whirl. Apparently they are the Daddy of the Blogging World, so we'll see. In the meantime, get this into your You Are Ell:
http://mjmcgheeauthor.wordpress.com
Go for it - you know you want to!! Just consider it akin to a move from mainland France to Corsica…. Or from the United States of America to Alaska. I'm still there, just a bit geographically detached.
The beauty of Wordpress is that you can see all of my many, many, many social media platforms in one place courtesy of a widget. And for those of you who are old enough to remember the John Smiths Bitter commercials with Jack Dee:
'A widget, she's got a widget, a little widget, a widget she has got!'
TTFN
MJ xx
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
Second book, Selby, Sisal, Sex, Sex and Sex
Hello there.
May the sixth be with you. Story of my life, too late.
Exciting news today as I met with the artiste par excellence, the one and only Hollie Hyde, the creator of the stockinged legs and high Louboutin shoes that is the 'Court of Contempt' cover. An outrageously talented artiste, she is also quite the wordsmith, taking the project very seriously and making sure colours, words and scale are all congruent. Her sketches are sublime. Her inspiration for the second cover is second-to-none. The cover is going to be something special, and I hope the barristers amongst you will appreciate the attention to fine detail.
Meanwhile, I have to confess that I have been a bit disillusioned with the name 'Court of Deception'. As some of you will know, I was ricocheting between that and the 'Court of Protection' under the umbrella title 'Family Division' series. Miss Hyde can take the credit, but the image she sketched does rather lend itself to a racier title. After a shot of strong caffeine and a jolly good brainstorm, the new title jumped out at us. Fanfare - ta da ta da daaaaaah…...
May the sixth be with you. Story of my life, too late.
Exciting news today as I met with the artiste par excellence, the one and only Hollie Hyde, the creator of the stockinged legs and high Louboutin shoes that is the 'Court of Contempt' cover. An outrageously talented artiste, she is also quite the wordsmith, taking the project very seriously and making sure colours, words and scale are all congruent. Her sketches are sublime. Her inspiration for the second cover is second-to-none. The cover is going to be something special, and I hope the barristers amongst you will appreciate the attention to fine detail.
Meanwhile, I have to confess that I have been a bit disillusioned with the name 'Court of Deception'. As some of you will know, I was ricocheting between that and the 'Court of Protection' under the umbrella title 'Family Division' series. Miss Hyde can take the credit, but the image she sketched does rather lend itself to a racier title. After a shot of strong caffeine and a jolly good brainstorm, the new title jumped out at us. Fanfare - ta da ta da daaaaaah…...
'JUSTICE PERVERTED'
I think it's a stunning title, so appropriate for the raunchy content I told you about and in keeping with the cover! Now I can't wait to publish it! That involves writing, of course. Hmmm, better get back to it then.
Another gorgeous day chez McGhee, and a trip down to the seaside beckoned. A big high five to the jobs worth traffic warden who appeared staring in at me through my windscreen, nearly triggering a coronary, and telling me I had to move on unless I bought a ticket. Alas, she was clearly running on GMT, as the payment time expired 30 minutes previously. Aw bless. I resisted the urge to flip the bird! She was just subjected to a smug but nonetheless deathly stare all the way back to her space ship!
And finally…..
Mark Selby won the World Championship Snooker title at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield last night, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 18-14. Told ya! Felicitations Selbers - give us a kiss xx
MJ xx
p.s. R.I.P. M.J.O. xx
Monday, 5 May 2014
Baltacha, bluebells and butterflies on a Bank Holiday….
Morning,
So very sad to hear of the death of Elena Baltacha, the British No.1, who succumbed to liver cancer yesterday. She suffered from a chronic liver condition from the age of 19, but she did not let it stop her achieving amazing goals in the British tennis world. A wonderful ambassador for the sport. A true champion in both tennis and life. I'll be seeing you in the locker room soon, Bally. xx
Am looking forward to writing with World Championship snooker in the background. The sound of clunking snooker balls is surprisingly therapeutic. Anyway, as promised, more photos. A beautiful butterfly captured on my travels yesterday:
I have no idea what type of butterfly this is. I am not David Attenborough. Or David Bellamy. I wonder what has happened to the latter? He used to emerge through massive foliage sporting a permanently gurning expression scaring the life out of a very young me! Anyway, you don't need to be Messrs Attenborough or Bellamy to appreciate bluebells in the woods:
Truly inspiring and so beautiful to admire. You cannot recapture their beauty on film. They proliferate year-on-year. The contrast of the dark woodland only serves to make them appear even more vibrant. Speaking of vibrancy, another delightful sight is a field of rapeseed oil:
I assure you I was not driving at the time whilst taking these images! I can remember seeing these yellow fields on a trip to Haddo House in Aberdeenshire when I was eleven and staring at them in wonderment, mistaking them for a genetically-modified form of buttercup. They have captivated me every year since. I certainly wouldn't advise walking through a field of them, which I did whilst under the influence of alcohol as a nineteen year old, ruining my old stonewashed Levi's 501!
Anyway, more writing achieved today, with even more ideas springing into my head for future novels. More will be revealed at some point. I need to focus on the task in hand and do the best job on this series first.
Hope you are all enjoying a fabulous Bank Holiday.
MJ xx
p.s. At the time of posting: Selby is 12-11 ahead in the final! Go Selby!
Don't be a follower - be a leader! xx
So very sad to hear of the death of Elena Baltacha, the British No.1, who succumbed to liver cancer yesterday. She suffered from a chronic liver condition from the age of 19, but she did not let it stop her achieving amazing goals in the British tennis world. A wonderful ambassador for the sport. A true champion in both tennis and life. I'll be seeing you in the locker room soon, Bally. xx
Am looking forward to writing with World Championship snooker in the background. The sound of clunking snooker balls is surprisingly therapeutic. Anyway, as promised, more photos. A beautiful butterfly captured on my travels yesterday:
I have no idea what type of butterfly this is. I am not David Attenborough. Or David Bellamy. I wonder what has happened to the latter? He used to emerge through massive foliage sporting a permanently gurning expression scaring the life out of a very young me! Anyway, you don't need to be Messrs Attenborough or Bellamy to appreciate bluebells in the woods:
Truly inspiring and so beautiful to admire. You cannot recapture their beauty on film. They proliferate year-on-year. The contrast of the dark woodland only serves to make them appear even more vibrant. Speaking of vibrancy, another delightful sight is a field of rapeseed oil:
I assure you I was not driving at the time whilst taking these images! I can remember seeing these yellow fields on a trip to Haddo House in Aberdeenshire when I was eleven and staring at them in wonderment, mistaking them for a genetically-modified form of buttercup. They have captivated me every year since. I certainly wouldn't advise walking through a field of them, which I did whilst under the influence of alcohol as a nineteen year old, ruining my old stonewashed Levi's 501!
Anyway, more writing achieved today, with even more ideas springing into my head for future novels. More will be revealed at some point. I need to focus on the task in hand and do the best job on this series first.
Hope you are all enjoying a fabulous Bank Holiday.
MJ xx
p.s. At the time of posting: Selby is 12-11 ahead in the final! Go Selby!
Don't be a follower - be a leader! xx
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