Alastair Horne
@pressfuturist.bsky.social
Lecturer in Publishing at the University of Stirling. Researcher of smartphone storytelling. Author of seven books for Amber on Paris, London, Scotland, cemeteries (twice), chess, & dragons. Erstwhile doer of other things. Baritone. Often mediocre. He/Him
1994 feels a very long time ago…
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
1994 feels a very long time ago…
Was it Colonel Christmas with the egg whisk, or Madam Mistletoe with the coddler?
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Was it Colonel Christmas with the egg whisk, or Madam Mistletoe with the coddler?
Murder at the Lost Love Bookshop with Eighty Kitchen Utensils?
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Murder at the Lost Love Bookshop with Eighty Kitchen Utensils?
But did you win?
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
But did you win?
I have never in my life seen so many thoroughly abysmal attempts at jokes
November 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
In the same way loo rolls mimic scrolls?
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
In the same way loo rolls mimic scrolls?
Thanks. To be fair to him, that was an advantage he’d created for himself through his television work, but his experience is definitely rather different to that of the average debut author looking for a deal.
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Thanks. To be fair to him, that was an advantage he’d created for himself through his television work, but his experience is definitely rather different to that of the average debut author looking for a deal.
Not to my knowledge – and I’d imagine that that would have broken his contract with his existing agent – but I could be wrong. Even so, the publisher who paid a seven figure advance for it did so knowing it was him.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Not to my knowledge – and I’d imagine that that would have broken his contract with his existing agent – but I could be wrong. Even so, the publisher who paid a seven figure advance for it did so knowing it was him.
To be fair to him, he built his TV career. But yes, his authorial career began with some definite advantages!
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
To be fair to him, he built his TV career. But yes, his authorial career began with some definite advantages!
Maybe he did later on, tbf; I only saw a short clip.
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Maybe he did later on, tbf; I only saw a short clip.
Anyone have a bad word to say about Netgalley or do is this just me?
Publishing people: what do you think of NetGalley? Is it worth it?
The case against: you are paying for people to read books they might otherwise buy, in the hope of generating some sort of “buzz”, counted in terms of online reviews which can be just as damaging as they are beneficial.
The case against: you are paying for people to read books they might otherwise buy, in the hope of generating some sort of “buzz”, counted in terms of online reviews which can be just as damaging as they are beneficial.
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
:-) You’ve prompted me to find Wilson’s actual post, which is less of a terse/tense microfiction.
web.archive.org/web/20131111...
web.archive.org/web/20131111...
Industry Insight: Where to Now, and a Response
The blog has been quiet for a while now, which is of course never what you want to happen with your blog. Nobody comes back to something that has no fresh content. But there has been good reason fo...
web.archive.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
:-) You’ve prompted me to find Wilson’s actual post, which is less of a terse/tense microfiction.
web.archive.org/web/20131111...
web.archive.org/web/20131111...
Could have been worse: blow by blow was just there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Could have been worse: blow by blow was just there.