As Denham Phoenix’s Korean sensation attracts unprecedented attention, the club finds order amid the chaos, while Economical Tony uncovers suspicious goings-on at Pear Tree Farm.
Author: july1966
Bear with....this is a new blog. I have an established blog on other subjects so am not totally hopeless and I will over the next couple of months have this looking vaguely organised and informative! Chris
Welcome to Denham. Bringing A Village to Life. Part 12: From Little Acorns: Finding My Readers in the Autumn.
by Chris Harris Autumn has arrived in Sussex, and I’ve been thinking about how growing an audience for Something About … More
Welcome to Denham. Bringing A Village to Life. Part 11:The Great Social Media Follower Swindle
by Chris Harris Social media has become an extraordinary exercise in vanity, with millions chasing followers who have little interest … More
Developing, Marketing and Promoting My Writing: Part 3 — DIY Podcasts.
From podcasting disasters and ChatGPT rabbit holes to social media frustrations and a long-overdue blog makeover, my book marketing campaign inches forward. Progress is painfully slow, but the foundations are taking shape, followers are beginning to appear, and I’m learning that building an audience requires patience, persistence and a sense of humour.
Welcome to Denham. Bringing A Village to Life. Part 10: Feedback is a Gift
When a friend told me the stories in my book were too long, my first instinct was to disagree. Then I thought about it. Six days later, I’d written two Very Short Stories — and accidentally discovered an entirely new direction for my writing.
Short Story: The House Clearance, the Daughter and the Constable
A last-minute house clearance, a difficult daughter and a painting nobody had noticed. What Duncan Drew finds behind a toilet door turns an ordinary Friday morning into something nobody involved will forget.
Short Story: Love On The 11am Newhaven to Dieppe Ferry.
A four-hour ferry crossing to France, an attractive woman in the seat in front and a Frenchman with considerably more confidence than me. What follows is a tale of romance, cowardice, Gallic charm and an unexpected ending — and, rather worryingly, some of it is completely true.
Developing, Marketing and Promoting My Writing: Part 2 — Tackling the Blogs.
Eleven days into trying to build a proper marketing platform for my writing, I have discovered why everyone says it takes twelve to eighteen months. Four days, 250 screenshots and several AI-induced rabbit holes later, the blog is finally beginning to look like the hub I always intended it to be.
Inside Denham Phoenix FC: A Fantasy Weekly Non-League Football Soap-Part 33: All About Jin Seo-jun!
For Korean superstar Jin Seo-jun, being holed up in the Savoy was not his idea of fun. Away from the cameras, his evenings were increasingly spent behind closed doors at The Den, obsessing about football with Piotr and Dean. The more time he spent at Denham Phoenix, the clearer it became that pop stardom had never been the life he really wanted. And very soon, he was about to make that abundantly clear to the rest of the world.
