Jim Williams Newspaper Articles – / “Jim Williams first hit the news when his early novels had the uncanny knack of coming true. The Hitler Diaries was published nine months before the celebrated forgery came out. Farewell to Russia dealt … Continue reading
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Jim Williams’ American Values, just published
Jim Williams’ American Values American Values, a controversial re-write of American history by Jim Williams: To read a sample, click here Conspiracies are not meant to be understood. America in the Fall of 1963. The ageing “Big A” has been … Continue reading
Reflexology for Dogs
Over the years I come across copies of my books in various odd places: international airports, a cottage I once rented near Alnwick, a box of second hand books so ill-regarded that no one cares if you steal them. In … Continue reading
“A MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN” A GUIDE TO WRITING AUTOBIOGRAPHY. – “MY HOLIDAYS” – LESSON EIGHT
MY HOLIDAYS Waterside was a caravan park by a rocky cove. The railway line ran next to it, taking trains to Paignton and Torquay. At the age of eight I sat on the grassy embankment and watched the Great Western … Continue reading
“A MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN” A GUIDE TO WRITING AUTOBIOGRAPHY. – “LITTLE JIMMY’S XMAS”- LESSON SEVEN
LITTLE JIMMY’S CHRISTMAS Auntie Lottie suffers from deafness, senility and badly fitting false teeth. She’s a relative of Auntie Winnie, my Uncle Fred’s wife, and already a million years old when Little Jimmy is born. I only ever see her … Continue reading
How to write your autobiography – Lesson 6 – Gents and Gypsies
How to write your autobiography – Lesson 6 – Gents and Gypsies GENTS AND GYPSIES Uncle Joe Wright kept a seven feet high luminous Frankenstein in his kitchen. Uncle Joe Williams wore a flying helmet and drove a motorcycle and … Continue reading
“A MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN” A GUIDE TO WRITING AUTOBIOGRAPHY. – “THE LAST VICTORIAN” – LESSON FIVE
THE LAST VICTORIAN My childhood was spent in a Victorian world of slums: of mill chimneys, cobbled streets, gas lamps and yellow smogs. This wasn’t true for all my contemporaries in nineteen fifties Oldham. The Coppice, for example, was the … Continue reading
A GUIDE TO WRITING AUTOBIOGRAPHY. – “THE LAST COWBOY IN WREXHAM” – LESSON FOUR – By Jim Williams
LESSON FOUR – THE LAST COWBOY IN WREXHAM Hughie Williams was an Indian fighter. He and his drinking pal, my Uncle Denis, killed the last one in Wrexham, in the summer of 1954, one morning shortly before breakfast, while Little … Continue reading
How to write your autobiography – Lesson 1 – A Dream of Red Tulips
How to write your autobiography – Lesson 1 – A Dream of Red Tulips How to write your autobiography – Lesson 1 – A DREAM OF RED TULIPS Little Jimmy is five years old and lying in bed at home … Continue reading
Why I’m writing this blog…
This Was Written by Nick Webb and I added the links. Once I was a publisher whose last job was as the UK gaffer of an improbable American corporation. Then I became a scribbler. My experience on both sides of … Continue reading