M T McGuire
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It’s not that I don’t like the real world, I just prefer not to live there full‐time. — M T McGuire, 2012
Follow me as I seek my literary fortune.
Guest post: Touching the void #horror #books
This week, I am putting my feet up with a cup of coffee and handing over to fellow author Will Macmillan Jones.
November 4, 2017Win a laughter library and Kobo’s 40% off sale. #kobo #giveaways
Greetings everyone, just a quick one today about some smashing offers for Kobo users first and then a giveaway that should suit everyone … well everyone who likes humorous books because if you don’t like the funny then, frankly, I’m not sure what you’re doing here. On we go. Kobo 40% off sale Yep the lovely peps […]
October 28, 2017Just the basic facts? I wish …
When is news … Well … not news but … say … propaganda. Yes, it’s a little bit of politics this week. Yikes. News is, and always has been, complicated. However, recently, it seems two things have happened. We’ve realised this. We are too busy to read and understand all the reasons underneath everything. We are […]
October 21, 2017Excerpt from one of the W.I.P.s #amwriting #comedybooks
This week, another joyous example of the logic of children. The children in question being me and my brother. This is also another story that will be making it into my family stories book: Setting Tripwires for Granny (and other tall family tales). And yes, as per, neither my brother nor I is reflected in the […]
October 14, 2017Real treasure isn’t always shiny #writing #metaldetecting
Opening a little window on the world of metal detecting today, and chatting about gold, not comedy gold, like last week but kind of tenuously linked gold … Oh, I’ll just get on with it shall I? A few months back, the finds liaison bod who attends both the clubs I go to and asked us to […]
September 30, 2017If I’d made this up, no‐one would believe me. #dementia
Today, back to real life, sort of, in so far as my life is often like a badly scripted sitcom. Here’s an example. As you know because heaven knows, I bang on about it incessantly, I am pre‐menopausal. Basically, I feel pregnant and teary the entire time, and I have no memory. The only difference is that there’s no baby […]
September 23, 2017Searching for the truth, at all costs #TallFamilyTales
As you will learn from reading this account, I was a perfectly horrible child in many respects and few stories reflect me in a poorer light than the one I am about to share. Sometimes the difference between genius and madness is failure. Other times, it’s a simple case of the idea being crap. This is the tale of an […]
September 16, 2017A surprise house guest.
A bit from one of my works in progress.
September 9, 2017Sad
A bit about my editor, who died on 13th August, 2017
September 2, 2017Books anyone? A few words about MTMail, building a fanbase and Instafreebie. #bookmarketing
A bit about fanbase building, or mailing list building…
August 26, 2017