Self Defence Made Easy

I'm delighted to say that the App 'Self Defence Made Easy' is now up for sale on 84 sites, including the Apple AppStore, iTunes and http://appshopper.com/healthcare-fitness/self-defence-made-easy. Currently it is only available for Apple products, such as iPads and iPhones, although the Android version will be released soon. The e-Book be out later on, as soon as we have finished work on the Android. This App has a large content and takes time to download, so please use wifi for a swifter service.

Once I hit a certain level of sales I will then start work on the second in this series, plus I've now been asked to write an App for a completely different market. This is starting to take off now and it goes to show how new fields of business are developing and, as a writer, you have to keep yourself up to date and find the new markets that are opening.

I've also started work on a new course, a Nationally Accredited Diploma Level 4 in Copywriting; to enhance my knowledge of this area. After all, you can never stop learning and I'm thoroughly enjoying it - in fact I'm halfway through it already!

This month my feature 'How China’s Arts Are Improving Taekwondo' was published in (July's) Martial Arts Illustrated, on a 4 page spread. It looks great and the editors have done me proud.

A Brand New Year

I, for one, am glad to see the back of last year. I have to admit it was the worst one ever but, as someone once said, it's no good looking back and time travel doesn't exist - yet.
I have three features in February's Martial Arts Illustrated (Matt Fiddes & Michael Jackson, Sammo Hung and an interview with Taekwondo Grand Master Sung Jae Park) plus another feature in their March Edition (Darren Shahlavi). But to top it all I've been asked to be MAI's Film Columnist, and I look forward to this greatly. One major bonus of this is not only to you get to interview the stars and cast members but you also get to see some wonderful films, as they are released onto DVD.
The MA Project and Contextual Essay have to be sent off by the end of this month, and then it's just a case of sitting back and gnawing your nails, fingers, wrists and elbows until the results come in. So here's hoping, and also the very best of wishes to my fellow students for their success.
The novel is going great guns and was actually completed. Then I read an agent's guidelines, who's wordage requirement is 70,000 - 120,000; and yup, mine was 60,000 - so it needs to grow another 10k. So, here I am beavering away again until the early hours.
The new app project has taken huge steps forward too. In fact, not only has it been funded but it's also being filmed by Bristol Film Studio's this month and should be published, and down-loadable, in March. No further details at this moment in time, as I don't want to let the cat out of the bag. But hopefully I might be able to get an income as a writer in about six months time, all being well. There are also other apps in the pipeline, so I'm going to be busy - which I like.
Now that's what you can call a good New Year.