Tag Archives: Tom Fleck

Last free day for Tom Fleck

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

This is an unusual historical novel. Set in 1513, the year of Flodden (recall the lament: Flowers of the Forest?). The Kindle version is free until the end of Tuesday 12 March. I’d like this story to be better known. … Continue reading →

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Free ‘Tom Fleck’.

Posted on March 10, 2013 by

My historical novel, Tom Fleck, is free for Kindle until Tuesday. I’d like it to be better known – this year is the 500th anniversary of Flodden (remember the lament: Flowers of the Forest?). Please help yourselves – and post … Continue reading →

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Fringe benefits

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society have just sent me £74 worth of remittances from institutions world wide that have photocopied bits of my historical novel ‘Tom Fleck’. I got about the same last year. I’d love to know why … Continue reading →

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The Eildon Tree

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

The Eildon Tree, an arts magazine of the Scottish Borders, has published a review of my novel, ‘Tom Fleck’. I’m thrilled and quite overcome. Here it is: ‘TOM FLECK’ A NOVEL OF CLEVELAND AND FLODDEN Harry Nicholson Historical Novel 2011 … Continue reading →

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‘Sari Caste’ and other things.

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

It’s been quiet here. I’ve been going through the text of ‘Tom Fleck’ again to prepare the novel for republication through Amazon’s CreateSpace service. It’s an opportunity to root out the odd misplaced comma and other minor matters. Also, a … Continue reading →

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Tom Fleck is in his second year. Time to revisit.

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

Why I needed to tell the story of an unknown man. Do we ever wonder about our distant forefathers and mothers, those who lived before our great-grandparents, and even before their great-grandparents? What can we know of them? Beyond even … Continue reading →

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Tees Barrage and Tom Fleck

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

Yesterday I revisited the Cleveland (North Yorkshire, UK) landscape where my historical novel, ‘Tom Fleck’, opens. Readers will recall that Tom lives in a crumbling cow byre, on the edge of a marsh, close to the southern bank of the … Continue reading →

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‘Tom Fleck’ – latest review

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

This on Amazon.com and on Denna Holm’s web-page at: http://dennaholm.wordpress.com/ 23 Feb 2012 By Denna Holm – Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Tom Fleck (Paperback) Tom Fleck is a young man with an adult’s load of responsibility resting … Continue reading →

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Green Linnet

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

I’m becoming master of electrons. My novel, ‘Tom Fleck’ has survived the Smashwords process and is now readable as a low cost eBook on all other reader devices (it’s been on Kindle since May). I’m now putting an anthology of … Continue reading →

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To His Bride

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

‘You are the first gleam of dawn that swells the green linnet’s breast, and throbs his heart with joy. You are the sun at Noon, that golds the barley, and pulls the bee to the ling on the moor. And … Continue reading →

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