Peter Jones, Author

The personal website of author, Peter Jones

February 29, 2012
by Peter
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why its impotent to have the rite grandma and prefect smelling

TweetWhy a misplaced hyphen can dash your hopes of ever being published. My first real literary ‘rejection’ came at the hands of an agent who we’ll call Kate Slash. On the day that Ms Slash received my manuscript she’d clearly … Continue reading

February 11, 2012
by Peter
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Fancy more of the same?

TweetSo how ya been? Sorry I haven’t been around but life’s been… interesting. For starters, if you follow me on twitter or you’ve ‘liked’ the facebook page you’ll know that I’m in the process of striking a three book deal. … Continue reading

November 27, 2011
by Peter
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Now what?

TweetHaving sent the second draft of my novel back to the agent, here’s why I’m not prepared to wait one moment longer So, a while back you’ll remember I was sharing with you the challenge of having to bring a 115,000 … Continue reading

November 9, 2011
by Peter
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Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

TweetRecently I’ve had a spate of emails asking me how on earth I’ve managed to shift so many copies of my book, How To Do Everything and Be Happy (1,296 copies last month (October 2011), on amazon, in the UK, … Continue reading

August 28, 2006
by Peter
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It’s time to update your website – An old intro page

Tweet“You really ought to update your homepage,” said my wife. “Why? What’s wrong with it?” “It’s over a year old!” “Really?” I said. She hates it when I say that. “Yes!” She said looking around the room for a blunt … Continue reading