Audiobooks - Why Has It Taken Me So Long to Publish?
Chris Longmuir, Crime Writer
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11M ago
  I have been a writer for more years than I like to remember. Let’s just say I’ve been scribbling for decades. I’ve won major book awards and published eleven books, nine fiction and two nonfiction, and a lot of people like to read them. I publish both paperbacks and eBooks, so why has it taken me so long to think about audiobooks. Well, when I say I hadn’t been thinking about this, it is not actually true. You see, I have been thinking about turning my books into audiobooks for quite a long time. I even at one point tried to narrate my own audiobook. How difficult can it be to n ..read more
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Breaking News - Val Penny has Written a New Book
Chris Longmuir, Crime Writer
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1y ago
  Most of you who know me are aware that I’m an avid reader. I gulp books down like there is no tomorrow, and it’s no wonder because at the last count, I had 1,422 eBooks in my Kindle and 133 audiobooks lodged in my phone and I daren’t count the number of paperbacks and hardbacks that seem to be holding up the walls of my house. I’ve never been really good at maths but even I know I’ll need several lifetimes to get through that lot. That makes prioritisation important when selecting my next read, and that means I turn to my favourite authors first. And, when one of my favourite authors ..read more
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I Lost a Good Friend when Eileen Ramsay Passed Away
Chris Longmuir, Crime Writer
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1y ago
  It was with great sadness that I learned Eileen Ramsay had passed away. Among the many Scottish writers that I now rub elbows with, she was my first friend in the writing community. That was way back in 1989. And she was a good friend who provided me with a great deal of encouragement to embark on my own writing career, but I was not the only writer she helped. There were many others. Eileen led an interesting and varied life. She was born in the southwest of Scotland and had ambitions to write from an early age. However, like many writers before her, she decided this was an unattai ..read more
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Happy New Year for 2023
Chris Longmuir, Crime Writer
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1y ago
  Happy New Year to all my friends, readers and acquaintances. In the Scottish tradition, 'Lang may your lum reek wi' ither folk's coal.' I hope you have your bottle and your lump of coal ready for first footing. Not forgetting the shortbread and black bun. New Year wouldn't be the same without a wee dram. Now that we are ready, I'll raise my glass and wish you the very best New Year and drink to your health. May the coming year bring you health, happiness and success in all you do. Happy New Year Chris Website Amazon author page ..read more
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Happy Christmas Now we're Heading Back to Normal Living
Chris Longmuir, Crime Writer
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1y ago
  Happy Christmas to all my friends and readers. By this time the presents will have been opened and the turkey eaten (I'm a wee bit late this year), and I hope you all had a wonderful time. I spent Christmas day with my Granddaughter and her family and we had a lovely time. The meal was delicious, the pressies were great and very welcome, and the games were dafter than ever. I'm told one of my Pictionary drawings was quite rude although I didn't see it because we're not allowed to look at the screen when we're drawing our pictures in the air. I'll just have to take their word for it. A ..read more
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Brechin Muckle Market Resurrected
Chris Longmuir, Crime Writer
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2y ago
  There is something about a market that is irresistible and I’m sure, like me, many of you make a beeline for markets wherever in the world you are, whether that be a Moroccan Souk, a middle east bazaar, or a local farmers’ market. I’ve bought jewellery from market stalls in Italy, Malta, Spain, and many other places. I still have silver earrings I bought in Yugoslavia a few years before war ravaged the country. In case I haven’t mentioned it, I have a weakness for earrings. St Jacob's Market, Canada The largest market I’ve visited over the past few years was St Jacob’s Market ..read more
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Have a great Hogmanay and a Happy New Year
Chris Longmuir, Crime Writer
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2y ago
  Tonight, I’ll be the despair of all my Scottish ancestors. I’ll be going to my bed and sleeping the old year out and the new year in. I won’t even stay up to hear the bells and drink the toast to welcome the new year. When you’re the only one in the house, there seems little point. Not like the old days when we might go on the razzle for days on end. Why should it matter? Well, in Scotland Hogmanay and New Year have always been the biggest celebration. Far bigger than Christmas. In fact, Christmas was never an official holiday in Scotland until about 1958. It was only after that date ..read more
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Christmas Greetings from my Hermit’s Cave
Chris Longmuir, Crime Writer
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2y ago
  Last Christmas I wrote about Christmas in the strangest of years. Well, it’s still a strange old world and while I’ve occasionally been venturing out from my hermit’s cave, it certainly doesn’t feel normal. I now visit a few select shops but am still shunning all supermarkets. Delivery to my doorstep is the new norm. As for travel, I don’t think I’ve been further than 30 miles from my own doorstep for the past two years. Book festivals and conferences are a no-no unless they’re online. I’ve become quite adept at Zoom and have done a few Zoom events and readings for libraries and other ..read more
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So Excited: Mel and Jeff McCracken have returned in Alison Morton's new Book - Double Pursuit
Chris Longmuir, Crime Writer
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2y ago
  I haven’t seen writing friends in the flesh for a year and a half and I was delighted when thriller writer Alison Morton and I agreed the other day to meet up in person at the next CrimeFest in 2022. But neither of us have been idle – writers are used to a certain measure of self-isolation.   Alison has spent her time writing a sequel to the first in her new Mélisende series. Although she’s written Double Pursuit (publication date 19 October) as a standalone as all her books are, it follows on naturally from her first book, Double Identity.   In this new book, protagonist ..read more
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Indie Authors, ISBNs, and Legal Deposit in the UK
Chris Longmuir, Crime Writer
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2y ago
  Social media, like it or loathe it, is part of many of our lives. I must admit, I am not the most active person on social media but I pop in and out of Facebook and like many writers I follow a variety of writers’ groups, most of them with a distinct leaning towards self-publishing. I’ve been an indie author for many years, having arrived there through the traditional publishing route after becoming thoroughly disillusioned by the policies and practices of the aforesaid traditional publishers. So, over the years, I’ve developed extensive experience in all aspects of indie publishing ..read more
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