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Tuesday, 28 August 2012
Monday, 27 August 2012
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a bit about this book
A Cloud of Souls Carol Leith During a catastrophe, which threatens his world and the sheltered life he has always known, Young One is transported
across the universe into the body of a young boy, known as Flea.
The new Flea must embrace the life he has been catapulted into,
with its challenging relationships, while trying to
make sense of what has happened. Somehow, he must make the real
Flea’s friends believe in him and trust him, for only with their help
will he have a chance of restoring balance.
Only one character from his previous life is able to communicate
with him, although not all the time and not necessarily when he
really needs help! Anukh is his spirit guide, who most commonly takes the earthly form of a seagull. Despite their original cynicism and downright reluctance, the friends begin to work together.
They will need to rely on their wits and instinct to prevent a far worse
disaster than anyone could have imagined.
As the adventure unfolds, the friends meet strange new creatures,
not of our world, and must learn to adapt to strange new situations.
They will even question what the truth is.
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Wednesday, 1 August 2012
need a toffee moment
Chili and Walnut Toffee... and not just for Bonfire Night
and a great favorite with my kids
The Hairy Plug Monster's Chili and Walnut Treacle Toffee
(Caution this recipe will most definitely contain nuts - if you put them in)
50g Crushed Walnuts
1/4 Fresh medium sized red chili finely chopped (please bear in mind you are making toffee and not a Vindaloo)
450g Soft Brown Sugar
225g Black Treacle
110g Unsalted Butter
2 tbsp Water
1 tbsp White Vinegar
- Place half of the butter into a heavy bottomed saucepan together with the chopped chili and crushed walnuts and warm for a few minutes on a low heat.
- Then add the rest of the butter, water and vinegar and heat gently until the butter has melted.
- Add the sugar and black treacle, allow to fully dissolve, this takes about 20 minutes.
- Boil the mixture to a temperature of 138°C (Not having a thermometer I take my best guess at the temperature, making sure I don't burn it)
- Remove from the heat, allow the bubbles to settle.
- Pour the mixture into a well oiled 18cm (7 inch) sandwich tin.
- When the mixture has cooled a little mark the surface into squares with a knife.
- When the toffee has cooled break it up into squares, wrap in cellophane and store in an airtight container.
That's it - it might not score any brownie points with your dentist - but your kids will love it
enjoy ......
Posted by Kul Cuthbertpicture book
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Tuesday, 31 July 2012
MY FRIEND MAYA...
I'M THE HAIRY PLUG MONSTER
AND HERE WE HAVE MAYA - FULL OF FUN AND MISCHIEF
Synopsis
In the quiet of the night, Maya creeps into the bathroom and makes a new friend.
'The Hairy Plug Monster'.
Join Maya and 'The Hairy Plug Monster' on their delightful adventure filled with bubble bath sandwiches and chocolate éclairs that answers the age old question,
"Where does the bathwater go daddy?"
WHAT SOME FOLK SAY !
"The lyrical writing easily matches up to the likes of Julia Donaldson and the illustrations are just fantastic"
Rachel (Children's buyer - Waterstone's Bury)
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Posted by Kul Cuthbert
Thursday, 26 July 2012
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Tuesday, 24 July 2012
It's time to refocus...
It's time to refocus - written by Leighroy Marsh - Author/Songwriter
and could become a serial blogger!
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| Available Soon For Kindle and Epub |
There is a reason why I have been quiet on the blog front - I have had to get a real job in the real world to ensure that all the bills are paid. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a case of " I know, I'll get a job this morning!!", and got one.
No.. I have actually been looking for work for nearly three years, but apart from a hardcore following no-one else seems to be impressed with the fact that we have written, produced and published a brilliant children's book. Not only that, but I have got to grips with EPUB, Adobe and other bits and pieces that us mere mortals are not meant to understand. So after over 180 job applications (I am told that this isn't that much) and subsequent rejections I decided to return to the industry that has already played a major part in my development to this point.
I haven't mentioned it before but years and years ago, I used to be a real life croupier adept at delivering the player a great experience on the card and roulette table while, at the same time trying to relieve them of a couple of pounds/dollars whatever.. in the process.
So when a new Casino,opened up close to where I live, I decided to bite the bullet and return to a profession that I vowed never to go back to. I could bore you with the details of my job, but I wont - suffice to say it's 40 hours of my life each week that I am not spending sat at the computer trying to become the next big thing, but instead I am at a gaming table dealing roulette and black jack to all and sundry. (regardless, I am still pretty good at it.)
Perhaps a far greater reason for being 'bloglustre' is that I haven't had anything tangible to write about. Having flicked through my blog posts over the last three years, I have noticed that most of them talk about projects and collaborations that are in progress which for the most part relied on others to fulfil their part of the deal or at least be honest and above board.
I did a quick review and found that there was a pattern emerging.
Swerve Records - Writing and producing music in a studio for artists.
Fail: ( no engineer and ultimately no studio) This includes a 6th month spell working with Elliot trying to develop his material who then decided he wanted to become "Radiohead" and went his own way.
Zombie Aid - Collaborating with Carl Whiteley, James Lawrence on producing an animated version of Zombelina.
Fail: (Carl decided that he wanted to buy the story but not actually pay for it, his last email contained threats of violence, so I left it at that.)
En -cycle-opedia - Attempting the resurrect a cult cycling journal.
Fail. ( despite being supplied with a new computer and publishing software, the editor lost interest, so the project has been suspended indefinitely. On the plus side, I got to keep the computer and CS4 package)
There's Something Wrong with Grandad - Collaborating with Paul Alderson and Steve Garry to produce an audio book based on the collection of "Spooky Tales".
Fail. ( While making a brilliant start with the voice over for Zombelina, Steve's other attempts at reading weren't very good, and I have shelved the production until a suitable voice can be found and studio time arranged.)
Rough and Ready - Supplying the soundtrack to the film produced by Jim Dickinson
Fail: (Having met Steve through the Zombelina project, he asked me if I was up for doing the soundtrack for a film he was starring in and naturally I was more than interested. Having completed a near perfect score, Steve then decided that the music didn't belong to me at all and I had to sign the rights over to the film. Again another 'death by email campaign' followed until I decided that enough was enough and withdrew my music.
Miles and Connor Ryan - Songwriting for BGT finalists.
Fail: Having met the Ryan family at the opening of the Levenshulme Centre, I offered my services as a musician and songwriter and composed a couple of tracks for them to record in the studio just before Christmas 2010, by January 2011 they had already signed with another record label . In fairness though the songs I wrote were a bit twee.
There's Something Wrong with Grandad - Collaborating with Jodie Muir to use her illustrations for the proposed ebook
Failing: I have had three pictures which are absolutely brilliant but have been waiting for the other 4 for at least a year. I have offered to publish a collection of her work on epub and kindle but she is still going slow. Her sister tells me she's in love !!!!
Sign and Shine - Collaborating with Adswood Primary School's Head Teacher and Art Teacher Kath and Jim respectively to produce a series of books
Fail: I haven't heard from either Jim or Kath since January, after we were all a bit disappointed with the first draft of " Can you do this?" Jim was going to reassess the artwork and get back to me.
And that's about it. This is why I haven't been writing a blog!!! I became aware of how much I had written about my projects and not delivered on a single thing. At the very least this shows a lack of judgement on my part for choosing projects which may have been left well alone. Again I could blame everybody else for letting me down in some way.
That's all going to change - I have just finished my part of a collaboration, that has seen HPM Media Ltd publish it's first novellist Carol Leith both on Waterstones Website in Epub, and on Amazon's Kindle (available for download very soon.)
I have managed to find the extra hours each night to further my knowledge of this murkey world of publishing, finding out the finer points and pitfalls and can now offer my services to anyone who is interested in seeing their novel published to Amazon and Waterstones in Dual format....
posted by Kul Cuthbert
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