by Jack Barrow | Jun 1, 2015 | Fiction, Magic, Magick, Occult, Publishing, reviews, Writing
Back in 2004 I remember seeing Susanna Clarke on TV promoting her book Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, a book about two magicians in England at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. I recall that the book was inevitably labelled as Harry Potter for grown-ups, which was...
by Jack Barrow | Aug 6, 2012 | General Blog, General Silliness, Thoughts and Observations
I was in the Post Office the other day and I discovered, much to my dismay, that they had rearranged the whole place and introduced a new queuing system. The idea of queuing systems, in themselves, are a bit on an anathema but to be taken by surprise by one is that...
by Jack Barrow | Nov 25, 2011 | Fiction, Publishing, Writing
Okay, so a week on from Smashwords premium catalogue approval I’ve discovered that there is a delay between the Smashwords catalogue being shipped and the book appearing on the web sites. So here’s the thing. The book is slowly due to appear on retailer...
by Jack Barrow | Nov 22, 2011 | Fiction, Magic, Magick, Publishing, Writing
This just a quick update that The Hidden Masters and the Unspeakable Evil has now gone into the Smashwords premium catalogue which means that it will be available on the major retailers’ web sites worldwide. The Smashwords web site says this: Kindle (.mobi for...
by Jack Barrow | Nov 22, 2010 | Fiction, Magic, Pagan, Paganism, Writing
From Chapter 2 – The Hidden Masters on Astral Travel The Hidden Masters and the Unspeakable Evil contains many mysteries, mostly relating to how three middle aged pauncy blokes can drink that much and still manage to save the universe. However, occasionally the...