No hidden path

Not all these posts will be named after obscure Neil Young songs (although - lightbulb - what an interesting option)...most will be self-referentially titled in some form or other, since blogs are, when they're not about anything else, all about the writer, coming out and showing themselves, or projecting whatever's good and wholesome and will help them shift books.

On which subject...I should be getting on with writing the next in the Perkis Histories series: Volume 2 "Six Wives", since that's next off the rank after "Teen Cinders" and Volume 1: "The Nose Plumbers' Tale". And - unlike the past two and a half years, when I first had the idea - that's exactly what I'm going to do.

Couldn't embark on this journey through the past (tick) and into the future without linking to the reason this blog has been birthed:

http://amzn.to/rxtyl1 (if you're in the UK) or

http://amzn.to/sWpfH5 (if you like your e-matter sourced from the USA)

If you stop by here, stop by there. I wish I could offer you a slice of cake and a pot of coffee whilst you read the thing, but even Borders couldn't make that pay, so how I'm supposed to pull it off with - for now - only one short volume to entice you (although my triple chocolate cake does unquestionably trump not only their bankrupt offerings, but those of any still solvent chain of beanery/bookstore emporia) is anyone's comment. Look forward to those suggestions.

I'm the son of a successful man who was averse to publicity (a.k.a. advertising), and who wanted his name known only by the cognoscenti of his industry (I say 'industry', it was more a dusty subculture, but he got what he wanted). So I'll feel my way into a higher profile than that, and we'll see what pops out in the course of these posts - assuming I manage a longer run than I did last time (c.2006, when I was a soon-to-be-recovering TV and film producer). Eight posts, I strung together that time.

When I work out how to play it, you can tick the boxes for your preferences. Please choose from the following:

-family diary (think Outnumbered without the archness, or Modern Family without the

-recipes (I wasn't kidding about that cake)

-extracts of writing

-book reviews

-songs I wish I'd written

-life skills technical support, a.k.a. agony uncle Q&A

-anything you can't get elsewhere (please specify, and come on, this is the internet, you can get anything)

-the niche I decide to occupy

And on that momentary taking of control, I shall post, and get writing.