Thursday, October 21st, 2004. That is the date set for the official launch of my debut novel QuixotiQ here in Bahrain. An agreement has been settled between me and the...
I bet you all are dying to know how the interview went. Well, it didn’t really happen. Funny story. It was a really strange and awkward day. The show was...
Yes, the madness begins! I’ve a photo shoot tomorrow at 5pm. It’s for the Co-eds magazine interview. This will be a first to me. The editor thinks it would be a...
Just a roundup of what's QuixotiQ been up to online! Firstly, a special thanks goes out to Ampbriea for putting up a nice little ad of my novel on her lovely website....
Today, I finally received my 30 free copies of QuixotiQ. I've been worrying sick over the past few days that I wasn't going to get those copies, especially when I got...
Empty Spaces, a psychological drama, is now appearing on the New England Rogue Journal. It is the third story I get published online within the space of one month! So,...
Was just fiddling about and surfing the net when I came across this rather peculiar website. When I did a search for my novel, this is what I came up with. A complete “price...
I'm at that dreadful place most feared by writers. No, no, don't worry. This won't be another ramble on "writer's block"! I am talking about that other place. I'm not...
I was pleased when I found out that the Guest of Honor at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair – which opens on October 5th - is the "Arab World"! According to the event's official...
Another one of my short stories has been published online today. One of the newest and most exciting fiction e-zines for new and emerging writers, Fictionline.Net is...
It’s finally over. No more standing up for hours and shaking hands of all shapes and sizes, no more awkward moments at not recognizing the person you’ve been...
You can now read Johnny Nys's review of QuixotiQ at Amazon. I am quite pleased with this review, I felt it is honest and straight forward and it pretty much covered all aspects...
I am hoping that Jalboot - that's the title of the short story I'm currently working on - pays due tribute to the pearl divers of old, those brave, poor souls...
More than 3000 visitors in less than one month! That's gotta be flattering! And I am flattered. Today, up to this minute, my journal has had a whopping total of 3,004...
QuixotiQ can now be obtained through the two major online bookstores Barnes & Noble and Amazon. For more information on that you can either click on the links or visit the...
Last night I had somewhat of a panic. It was another one of those fits that perhaps writers have when they notion of finally having their book out to the public hits...
I was pretty chuffed earlier today when I found out that my debut novel “QuixotiQ” was actually featured as one of the “New & Notable” titles at Binnacle Press!...
Wings Over Sea is completed. The “long” short story has taken me no less than two months to finish and for one that started off as a 5,000 word long piece, it sure...
From 8.30AM to 8.30PM. That is how long it lasted! All my life I have not witnessed anything like it. It was mad. People were sent back home from work, companies and...
That I've actually made the papers today! The two leading English newspapers in the country ran articles about me and my book. The GDN ran a sort of mini-interview piece whilst...
Am I making history here? To an extent, yes I am. And that’s an encouraging and frightening thought at the same time. I was just thinking to myself earlier: “Boy,...
Today's been one heck of a day! I've spent the entire morning running around the island like a mad dog in search of his misplaced bone! So "knockedout" I was that soon...
I've got a big day ahead of me tomorrow. (for those of you who don't know, Saturday in the humble Kingdom of Bahrain is just another weekday!) I've got to be places, meet faces....
I've been staring at the comp since early this morning and now my eyes are starting to hurt! Been doing a lot of promotion for the novel. My press releases are now posted at...