The Well-Tempered Clavier

I love it!
The story so far: Bill the author and Idle Tom the publisher have come up with a good idea - nay, a cracking idea - to help send their book The Well-Tempered Clavier shooting up the bestseller lists …
Idle Tom calls for the morning conference. “Bill,” he says. “Love the blog. It’s going […]

I don’t beee-lieve it! Tommy’s had a good idea!
The story so far: Bill the author and Idle Tom the publisher are striving to turn their novel The Well-Tempered Clavier into a bestseller - and are in need of a good idea …
Picture the scene: The Barony pub in Edinburgh, where author and publisher are having […]

The story so far: Bill, the author, is trying to turn his novel The Well-Tempered Clavier into a bestseller - “helped” by his publisher Tom Chalmers, known to friends and enemies alike as “Idle Tom” …
Observe the dignity of this very fine man - slightly tousled hair, but obviously a man of calibre, of distinction, […]

The story so far: Bill is trying to turn his Well-Tempered Clavier book into a bestseller - and has somehow contrived to get himself involved in a slanging match with his ex-wife Anna in the columns of the Mail. His publisher, Idle Tom, is very happy …

It would seem that there is but one single […]

The story so far: Bill, the author, is trying to turn his book The Well-Tempered Clavier into a bestseller. The publisher, Idle Tom, last week persuaded him to write in the Mail on Sunday about his ex-wife, whose own novel just happens to be the Clavier’s "Perfect Partner" on Amazon. A few days later, there […]

The story so far: Bill, the author, is trying to turn his Clavier book into a bestseller. He’s doing book-signings, book-launches, stunts aplenty - and has even written in the Mail on Sunday about his book’s Perfect Partner on Amazon. The “Perfect Partner” just happens to have been written by his ex-wife. Whereupon …
The phone […]

Only slightly mad … a bit stary-eyed … bit of a squint … cheesy grin … this is me at my absolute best.
Some people they scrub up well. Me, on the other hand, I guess that even after a hell of a lot of work, I still scrub up dirty.
Notice the background? That’s Holyroodhouse down […]

A genuine signing session, Waterstone’s, George Street, Edinburgh - where the manager Alex (affable, charming, fresh in from Ayr) said I could come back any time I liked.
It’s interesting trying to cold-sell the book to a complete stranger. You buttonhole them and have about ten seconds to engage them in your pitch or they’re on […]