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Written by Greg

Created: 03 December 2017

 Well hello there world! Welcome! Again! And apologies again for the slackness. I guess the infrequency of communications is a given by now right. Can I phone in my grovelling apologies? I'll have to think about that. Etiquette for an imaginary audience is something I am kinda making up as I go, so bear with me.

So anyway, much has happened in Gregor James Towers since we last spoke. I have been dropping some lines at youwriteon - the peer review site, after seeing if they could offer me some tips for Gorodin prior to publication. Turns out they could. Turns out I am a bit long at getting to the point sometimes! I know - hard to believe. Anyway once I got the scalpel out and cut away the worst of the waffle people started to like it. I am currently #3 in the November 2017 Top Ten - go me! So it's just possible that if anyone finds the link on that site, AND they click on it, AND it works, then I may no longer be talking only to web crawlers and hackbots. A scary thought indeed. But welcome, dear reader, if you have perchance arrived by such a route. 

Anyhoo - that means I need to spring into action. I am now frantically editing part one, so that anyone interested can download it. Then part 2 - the bit you pay for - will follow on from that. Then the next installment - The Gorgon's Kiss - is being sweatily planned out for writing after that. But I will try and not leave this so long the next time. 

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Written by Greg

Created: 19 October 2017

Hi fans - it's me again. 

Sorry about the break. Real life inserted itself once more. I'm not sure that's really an excuse for 5 months of idleness to be honest. It's so long I can't even remember what I've been up to. Well I can remember some of it. I have a free outlet for the e-books, which is good, but I haven't been able to make the Amazon book free. Nor have I even worked out how to make my books appear when you type my name into the Amazon search. Same goes for the google search to reach this very site. Which is why I am almost certainly typing to myself. Sob.

But all is not lost. For one thing I have another book. I may have mentioned it before. It's called Gorodin. It's about 2 friends who get exiled into the desert from their home city (Gorodin), and learn an amazing secret. They just have to get back into the city before they starve to death in order to exploit it - or prevent others from doing so. I should mention the city is definitely in the fantasy world, full of things that are sentient that shouldn't be. Things that float in the air, that shouldn't. All this and more. I even have a (provisional) cover - look:

What do ya think?  Enough to catapult me to stardom? Or should I bite the bullet and hire an illustrator? Ah well - it is what it is.

Anyway I promise (again) to be more diligent with this. And also to get the book out. It's in 2 parts (initially) again, and I'm also going to try and pimp it to some proper publishers (yeah I know). But I'll let you know how that pans out.

Will update you soon! No really! I mean it this time!

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Written by Greg

Created: 18 June 2017

Well hello there, imaginary fans. Miss me? I'll bet you did. I mean, if I can't imagine an imaginary fan so that they are pining desperately for my every word, then I have no future in fiction. Which I do - obviously. I really do. (Cue slightly maniacal laughter)

So what the hell have you been up to, I hear you cry. Well, life doesn't stop for a wage slave husband and father of three. Would that it did. But then I suppose I wouldn't have the nourishment of my job, my colleagues, my friends and family to mutate into twisted characters for my work. I'd have a load more time to do the mutating though.

So the part of my mundane wage-slavery that diverted me in this case was the prospect of not having a wage to slave for. You see the big company I work for has joined together with another big company, their intention being to form a company that makes just as much money as the 2 old companies, but costs much less to run. Sorry - I am already boring myself. To cut it short - there was a risk I might have to find a new job, so I had to turn my writing time into cv-writing time. Anyway that risk has receded - for now, so I'm back! Yay!

It's not easy though, this self-pub lark. I'm have so much trouble getting back on this horse that I am actually calling upon you, my non-existent fans for motivation. So come on then - what do I do first?

Get onto the Amazon page, you say? Check my sales. Oh dear. Apparently they are experiencing a delay in updating my sales info. Rest assured that they are working to update this page as soon as possible. Seriously? How long does it take to count to zero?

Right - I've got a plan now. I'm going to attempt the i-Books thing first.

(several hours pass...)

Oh my days. Welcome back to self-publishing. Apparently you need an i-Mac to publish your book on iTunes Connect. I hate Apple.

Ah well - I have a new muse now, and it is my will to overcome the high tower technology fascists. I'm off to find another alternative e-Publisher. Wish me luck..

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Written by Greg

Created: 01 April 2017

Greetings imaginary listeners, how are you this sunny April 1st. Now tempting as it may be, I shall not be littering my post with April-Foolisms (I have a publisher! Someone bought my book! Etc). I shall instead drop a small update on my continuing battle with the online world.

First the good news - the scout site is officially un-hacked, even though I had to practically dismantle the thing to do so. But it least it doesn't scare off all the potential scout mummies and daddies with dire warnings about malware.

This allowed me to focus on the publishing side - so I published my fist book! Again! Baddest of the Bad (Part I). It has gone horrible wonky obviously. I accidentally signed up to KDP select - which means I can't put it on other sites until June. If I can't put it on other sites until June, then I can't list it for free (Amazon insist on you charging £2). If I can't list it for free on other sites then it won't get reduced to free on the Amazon site (they have some magic comparison thingy which will drop their price if it is cheaper on i-Books. So my plan of turning you imaginary readers into a couple of real ones is sadly delayed. I am going to investigate if the Amazon lawyers will come get me if I give my book away in that time. If you are interested in seeing how that goes then email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ah yes - they reminds me. I also rebranded myself (very painful) over the last week, after finding there's already a Greg Jameson who writes stuff. Admittedly about as high profile as me, but I saw no reason to invite a teeny-weeny turf war. Good luck to Greg and his set of Victorian secret agent books - intriguingly priced at £2.31. I might keep an eye on him as the odyssey continues.

Anyway that's it for now. Keep an eye out for publishing of part 2, and possibly a link to a weird sub-site about Stygius - main character of BOTB - ttfn