Monthly Archives: June 2018

Future Books

I’m considering publishing my books with AD Book Press. They have offered me a more lucrative deal, compared to my present publishers, AuthorHouse. They’ll sell the books at less than half their present price. This will be a boost for my readers. It should increase my sales. They’ll also pay me 100% of my royalties, not retain part for their administration costs. I’m saving towards this goal.

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More about my financial crisis,

Resolution in sight

Meanwhile, as far as my finances are concerned, I’d been trying many avenues. 

By chance, many months back, I’d met Merlin, a Mercedes mechanic who works at a private garage. He had admired my car outside Halfords. We occasionally kept in contact. I was reminded of him while clearing duplicates from my Contacts. 

I emailed him, he quickly replied saying,

“Don’t worry, my garage can do both sides for…..

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Busking

I met Jon a while back, he’s a guitarist.

Jon also suffers from Paranoid Schizophrenia, (like me) but I’m afraid he thinks medication poisons his mind. 

Despite the consequences, he refuses to go back to taking medication. 

He can’t believe I also have the condition, 

“You function too well,” he told me. I explained it was because I take my prescribed medication everyday.

One the day he came up to introduce himself while I was out busking,…..

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April 2018, continued.

Raising Money:

To help raise cash, I sold my previous 4th generation iPad, with Wi-fi, Bluetooth, GPS, etc, etc., and a Bluetooth keyboard, to the gadget shop, CeX. I became impatient after advertising it on Nextdoor for a few days. No one showed any interest there.

On my way to CeX I remembered where I’d stored the iPad’s box. It was in my attic. I fetched it and took it with me. They…..

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