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Contract signed!

May 18, 2017November 2, 2017 Phil ChapmanBands, Music, WritingLeave a Comment on Contract signed!

I took a chance and started work on the book whilst we were still finalising the contract. It’s just as well, as it’s taken several weeks, but I now have a signed contract. If I’d waited I’d never have made…

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Contract in the offing

January 21, 2017 Phil ChapmanBands, Music, WritingLeave a Comment on Contract in the offing

I’m at the contract stage with Red Planet Publishing. It looks like the deadline for the book will be this June, with a publication date in October, in time to catch the Christmas 2017 market. I’m not sure how much…

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This Day In Music Apps (slight return)

December 16, 2016 Phil ChapmanBands, Music, WritingLeave a Comment on This Day In Music Apps (slight return)

Over five years after embarking on a This Day In Music Apps project it appears finally to be on the verge of bearing some fruit. I’ve been asked by Red Planet Publishing if I’m interested in writing the latest in…

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I write like who?

November 5, 2013November 2, 2017 Phil ChapmanWritingLeave a Comment on I write like who?

According to the I Write Like analysis of Colin Goes To Zobeland Chapter 3, Tonto’s Revelation: I write like Arthur Conan Doyle I Write Like. Analyze your writing! However, when I ran my second album review from my This Day…

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Editing and more editing

November 4, 2013 Phil ChapmanApps, Bands, Music, WritingLeave a Comment on Editing and more editing
Editing

All my This Day In Music material is in the process of being edited. It would be easy to get all precious and feel that the product of two years work is being savaged by an over-critical editor. However this…

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New Year launch delayed by eleven months

September 6, 2013 Phil ChapmanApps, Bands, Music, WritingLeave a Comment on New Year launch delayed by eleven months

Well, my ‘On This Day’ app and ‘Song By Song’ Kindle book still haven’t been released. Back at the beginning of the year, it looked as though any hope of my research and writing efforts being blessed with official recognition…

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Apps and Kindle books

January 8, 2013 Phil ChapmanApps, Bands, Music, WritingLeave a Comment on Apps and Kindle books

A big chunk of my contribution to the This Day In Music Apps range is due to be released as a Kindle book too! It looks like the ‘Song By Song’ album notes I wrote will be published before the…

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It’s proofreading time

December 13, 2012 Phil ChapmanApps, Bands, Music, WritingLeave a Comment on It’s proofreading time

After a year of research and writing (with time off to do my day job), I’ve finished the first complete draft of all the material for the ‘On This Day’ app I’ve been working on for This Day In Music…

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Lear and 200 Limericks

July 30, 2012July 30, 2012 Phil ChapmanPoetryLeave a Comment on Lear and 200 Limericks
A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear

As an occasional performer at the excellent Buxton Word Wizards poetry slam group, I was asked if I’d like to contribute some limericks to an exhibition, set up to mark Sir Edward Lear’s bicentennial. The plan was to display two…

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This is the official app, or is it?

May 25, 2012 Phil ChapmanApps, Bands, Music, WritingLeave a Comment on This is the official app, or is it?

Wow, having achieved official status for the This Day In Pink Floyd app, the This Day In Music team is now in negotiations to do a similar deal for the app I’m researching and writing. If this comes off, I’ll…

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