It’s now eleven months since I last posted a blog, and time, I think, to explain why.
I started this blog as an appendage to a website, the which was intended to promote the novel The Gift of Honey, which was accepted for publication as long ago as September 2006.
Then came the annus horribilis: in the summer of 2009 not only did the publishers, bluechrome, disappear without a word and without trace, but my website did too! SiteGround.com, the website hosting service I was using, sent me a couple of emails asking me to make some technical changes to lighten my site, but these unfortunately were routed to a junk email folder; by the time I discovered them it was too late - they had blown my website out of the water! They not just closed down the site, they also cancelled my account, with no forewarning, which denied me any chance of recourse. Needless to say, I won’t be recommending SiteGround anymore.
That’s it, whinge over! Worse things happen at sea, as they say down my way…
I also became a bit blog-shy after a friend pointed out that unless you’ve got interesting things to say, the world does not need another blog! Who cares what some blogger had for breakfast, or who needs to hear another nutter sounding off in this virtual Speaker’s Corner?
Point taken. But I’m writing this to explain why I stopped, not why I’m starting again…
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Hello - my name's Ronnie Goodyer - ex Poetry Editor with Bluechrome (well before the disappearance!) and now run Indigo Dreams Publishing. I'm with central Books who sent me details of ex Bluechrome titles and I was wondering if anything is happening with A Gift of Honey? Writing here as can't trace your email. Mine is ronnie@indigodreams.co.uk Web www.indigodreams.co.uk
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