Philip J Cook

Hen-pecked novelist. Father to four, grandfather to six, all of whom insist they know better than me! Author of The Gateway available on-line at Amazon Aberdare, South Wales

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Dreams and a Near-Death Experience

Dreams and a Near-Death Experience

I am one of those fortunate people who can manipulate their dreams whilst actually sleeping. Not in all cases, just now and then.

How I can do it I have no idea. I am fast asleep dreaming away as you do then suddenly I become aware of the dream as if I’m a participant. The dream carries on its merry way on its own until I become somehow unhappy with its progress and I send the dream in a…

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Windows 10 error messages

Windows 10 error messages

Anyone thinking of upgrading to Windows 10 think twice or even three times. There is a serious problem with starting up. A Critical Error message pops up every now and then stating that ‘Start menus and Cortana are not working’ and believe me it’s murder to access your computer afterwards. It does clear for a few days and then reappears. I wish I had never upgraded! BE WARNED!!!

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There are advantages to short-term memory loss

There are advantages to short-term memory loss

A gripping read, thoroughly enjoyable.

I am 67 years of age and know all about this…I think…I’m not sure. Never mind at my age I’m entitled to forget a few things although I never forget my family..they never allow me to! My employer takes the michael out of me on occasion when I forget the names of lorry drivers, he forgets that I meet roughly sixty drivers a day and they’re not all the same…

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Audio books I have been asked by many people if they can purchase my novels on cd, therefore I need to create an audio copy of this book. But there is so much confusing detail on-line can anyone advise me?

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Technology made easy for me! I created this QR code (or rather did it for me) all in under one second.

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Another quickie, this one concerning Twitter

Another quickie, this one concerning Twitter

:-( Can anyone explain the method used by Twitter to count followers? Since I reached the magic figure of 2,000 my followers have decreased despite being notified by email that I have had at least another hundred followers. Perhaps Twitter admin doesn’t like me!

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At last I’ve chosen the new cover. I hope you like it. This is the link to its spot in Amazon although the paperback cover shown won’t change until next week – the Kindle copy has. http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=cook+i+cannot

              This is the old one! A bit boring, hey?

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Plague for free Plague is free on Kindle for the next 5 days. Enjoy! (and this is NOT Johnny Depp).

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My fantasy trilogy on youtube

My fantasy trilogy on youtube

c/o dreamstime.com Castle of Mantovar

c/o dreamstime.com Is he a nice guy or a bad one? You’ll have to read the trilogy to find out.

Just playing about I, with the help of you tube video creator, came up with a short (very short) video of my three books. Nobody was more surprised than me when it came out looking like this!  see it at https://youtu.be/3dInq2xaDgg

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The Gateway is free on Kindle 5 days only.

The Gateway is free on Kindle 5 days only.

For those who may be interested in fantasy novels I have placed my first novel free on Kindle. Enjoy on me.

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Just a quickie!

The boating lake in Aberdare Park

  For those of you have been wondering where I’ve been these last weeks. I have got stuck into my fourth novel and its’s taking up what spare time I have. I am using the working title ‘Riverton’ and I am posting the second draft of the first chapter while I carry on with chapter six. I hope it is of interest, however, keep in mind the first draft of chapter one…

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Chapter Nineteen of The Gateway (I didn't want to post this) Anyway, the jokes are good.

Chapter Nineteen of The Gateway (I didn’t want to post this) Anyway, the jokes are good.

http://www.laughfactory.com/jokes/insult-jokes

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

  I fell in love with this garden. The rose garden at St Fagans Castle

Nineteen

  In hindsight people said it was an accident waiting to happen—that it should have been foreseen was without question.

The crew were hard at work emptying the forward cargo…

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Chapter Eighteen of The Gateway (and a giggle)

Chapter Eighteen of The Gateway (and a giggle)

http://www.laughfactory.com/jokes/blonde-jokes

A blonde, a redhead, and a brunette were all lost in the desert. They found a lamp and rubbed it. A genie popped out and granted them each one wish. The redhead wished to be back home. Poof! She was back home. The brunette wished to be at home with her family. Poof! She was back home with her family. The blonde said, “Awwww, I wish my friends were…

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Chapter Seventeen of The Gateway (and a laugh or two).

Chapter Seventeen of The Gateway (and a laugh or two).

http://www.laughfactory.com/jokes/latest-jokes

A blonde and a redhead have a ranch. They have just lost their bull. The women need to buy another, but only have $500. The redhead tells the blonde, “I will go to the market and see if I can find one for under that amount. If I can, I will send you a telegram.” She goes to the market and finds one for $499. Having only one dollar left, she goes to…

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Another giggle and Chapter Sixteen of The Gateway

http://www.laughfactory.com/jokes/family-jokes

A man kills a deer and takes it home to cook for dinner. Both he and his wife decide that they won’t tell the kids what kind of meat it is, but will give them a clue and let them guess. The dad said, “Well it’s what Mommy calls me sometimes.” The little girl screamed to her brother, “Don’t eat it. Its an asshole!

c/o dreamstime.com Is he a nice guy…

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Chapter Fifteen of The Gateway and a smile

Chapter Fifteen of The Gateway and a smile

http://www.laughfactory.com/jokes/relationship-jokes

A child asked his father, “How were people born?” So his father said, “Adam and Eve made babies, then their babies became adults and made babies, and so on.” The child then went to his mother, asked her the same question and she told him, “We were monkeys then we evolved to become like we are now.” The child ran back to his father and said,…

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Chapter Fourteen and a giggle

Chapter Fourteen and a giggle

http://www.laughfactory.com/jokes/political-jokes

Politicians and diapers have one thing in common: they should both be changed regularly… and for the same reason.

    A grisly murder happens here in my fourth book (Blacksmith’s shop St Fagans Castle)

Fourteen

  Later that same afternoon Trumper and his team commenced work on jury-rigging the mainmast. From a jumble of spars and ropes piled…

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