Alain Miles

Saudi planning to ban Bahraini drivers?

Alain — Mon, 23 May 2011 01:25:11 +0000

Buoyed by their success in cleansing their roads of women, the Saudi authorities are reportedly considering a clampdown on Bahraini drivers. According to our source in Riyadh, Alamin Al Hassan, Saudi advisers have submitted recommendations to minimize simmering tensions in the neighbouring Kingdom. “Flashpoints are created as Bahrainis mingle with policemen and tanks at check-points”, [...]

40 Years Away

Alain — Sat, 21 May 2011 20:27:14 +0000

For the past month, I’ve been living back in my boyhood home, the place I left forty years ago. My mother’s been poorly and needs full-time care, so this is where I plan to be for a while, with my wife joining me in a few weeks’ time. It’s a curious thing coming back, after [...]

Being Alain Miles

Alain — Tue, 10 May 2011 23:04:52 +0000

How I became a brave Leo - and a writer who may just be a figment of his own imagination.

No Tax On Imagination

Alain — Sat, 07 May 2011 17:05:36 +0000

New proposals from the Fair and Responsible Taxation group (FART): books to be reclassified as Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Semi-Fiction. Don't miss the opportunity to vote on the color-code for Fiction covers.

Filling Osama’s beard

Alain — Wed, 04 May 2011 01:06:40 +0000

Now that Osama's gone, who's going to frighten us into bed at night. There are a few candidates - but none of them have the right sort of beard. I know just the man, but I need help from Osama's agent.

Will the Kindle win the e-reader war?

Alain — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:27:57 +0000

In a two-part post, I'll show why the Kindle seems set to dominate the e-reader market ... perhaps driving all its competitors out. And then I'll explain why, despite the advantages of consolidation, we may have reason to fear an effective monopoly.

A Wedding, a Politican, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Alain — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:15:33 +0000

It's a Royal Wedding in the UK. But there's something fishy about the timing and the constant calls for us to party day and night. Could this be the most audacious feat of political skulduggery ever?

Myths at Easter

Alain — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:24:50 +0000

How does a myth start? How does it evolve? What if it's not really true? Thoughts for Easter Sunday.

7 Way To Engage Readers

Alain — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 01:05:00 +0000

How do writers engage their readers. Here are 7 rules I learnt from a self-published author who most consider awful - but who sold 80,000 books.

Entertrainment

Alain — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:41:21 +0000

The weather is perfect, the countryside stunning ... but TwitFace's job is to report on the current status of social media during his rail journey. How are travellers invited to engage and interact during the journey? What are TwitFace's suggestions?