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Derek's Vandal Blog

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Derek’s vandalism of words and music!
I am not sure what I am or do. Sometimes writing fiction novels, satirical essays, bad poetry, recording music, giving away mp3 downloads, groveling to publishers and book stores, writing blogs, trying to sell my books on Amazon and sleeping a lot in the afternoon. This is after sleeping until 11am in the morning and drinking lots of coffee. Closely followed by proof reading, editing and panicking over grammar conundrums. Then a quick check of my CD and book sales, and a cry. Then beer!

• Added on: Nov 8th, 2009
• Country: Switzerland
• Language: English

• Author: Derek Haines
• Listed in: Books Lifestyle
• Tags: writer fiction novels satire author musician

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• A Silly Idea

  Posted on Sunday February 7th, 2010 at 11:00 am in ideas, novel, new book

  I was toying with a silly idea a few weeks ago, and started clacking away on my keyboard. At first I thought it might be a fun 500 word blog, or a start on a little essay to store away and forget.However, for some silly reason, I looked at it, read ...

• Worth More Dead

  Posted on Saturday February 6th, 2010 at 11:00 am in artists, death, fame, fortune

  Even though we live in an age of perpetual change, re-adjustment, advancement and technological wonders, one thing stays wonderfully fixed, stable and set in concrete.And that is that any artistic endeavour is only fully rewarded and recognised when...

• The Other Half

  Posted on Friday February 5th, 2010 at 11:00 am in poetry, henry lawson, australian poetry

  As I decided to introduce you to AB ‘Banjo’ Patterson a couple of days ago, I thought it only right to balance this with a poem from Henry Lawson. The other great Australian poet. For me I cannot separate one from the other. It is not p...

• Young and Old

  Posted on Thursday February 4th, 2010 at 11:00 am in life, happiness, faces, age

  I was wondering today why it is that some old people look young, and some young people have a knack for looking old. Then again, why is it that some people have eyes that always seem to be smiling, while others betray their smile with their eyes?Pre...

• Self-Publishers Unite? (Revisited)

  Posted on Wednesday February 3rd, 2010 at 11:00 am in books, reviews, amazon, self publishing

  My recent blog post about book reviews for self-published works attracted a lot of comments, emails and tweets. I was certainly surprised by the level of interest. After reading all the comments, I believe the general consensus was that so long as a...

• A Change Of Tempo

  Posted on Tuesday February 2nd, 2010 at 11:00 am in poetry, beards, australian poetry, a b patterson, ironbark

  In a complete change of tempo for my blog today, I would like to introduce you to one of my extra favourite poets. And naturally with one of my favourite poems of AB ‘Banjo’ Patterson. In the latter years of the 19th century Australia wa...

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Vivo

A great and entertaining blog about life, universe and everything... i love it.

Posted: 2010-01-24

Momar Diop

Nice Blog!!!

Posted: 2009-12-26 | More Reviews From thecashmaker

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