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More Content. Increased Interactivity. The Latest Updates to my Website!

Friday 25 September 2026 / Antony Simpson / Leave a Comment

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In the past few months, despite being ill (see Let Me Explain About The Monetising), I’ve managed to added significantly more content to my website. I’ve also made it much easier for both new and returning visitors to find content that they might like.

New Content

In this post, I’ll share both details of all the new content and how I’ve organised it. For new visitors I have added the Discover page that provides a list of links for new people to learn about me, my creative works and ways they can support me.

After YouTube recently removed my channel and videos, I decided to set up my own video channel page right here on this website. All of my video content can now be watched here: My Video Channel.

Improved Organisation

I’ve always been interested by and written content about a wide range of topics. I love the variety of topics that I write about. But I have come to realise that different content will appeal to different groups of readers/website visitors.

The amount of content I have created, along with how it was organised, made it difficult for readers/visitors to find the content that interests them. So I’ve developed the following Topic Content pages:

Each page contains a paragraph briefly explaining the topic, then a list of: Creative Works, Pages, Blog Categories/Tags and Blog Posts. Each page contains a gallery of Related Images and where available Related Videos. I am hoping that these Topic Content pages, help readers/visitors to easily find content around their interests.

Increased Interactivity

When I have analysed the statistical data around visitors to my website, I noticed that visitors are only spending a short amount of time on my website/blog. So I have made a real effort to make my website more interactive. I already had the newsletter, social media and contact pages. But I’ve also added:

4 Interactive Quizzes: The Happiness Quiz, The Nurses’ Quiz, The Alcohol Quiz and a Witchcraft / Pagan Quiz.
A Leave A Book Review page.
A Ask Antony Anything page/form.
A form where readers/visitors can tell me what’s good about this website/blog, what could be improved and allows them to star rate their overall experience. I am hoping that with a bit of promotion, many readers/visitors will complete this form, giving me a valuable insight to the sort of content they would like in the future.

Future Content

I currently have a list of ideas for future blog posts, pages and other content. I am also intending to start the planning and writing of Z-VIRUS Cure & Restore, which is due for release some time in 2027.

Write soon,

Antony

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Furious With YouTube – After They Remove My Channel

Friday 11 September 2026 / Antony Simpson / Leave a Comment

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I’m furious with YouTube after they removed my channel without any warning and without any clear explanation as to why they have done so.

I have appealed and am hoping that they restore my channel and give some explanation as to why it was removed.

Most of the videos on this website are embedded from my Youtube channel. So for now, these videos won’t work.

I’ve always had a great experience with YouTube and up until this point always thought very positively about the company.

This experience has been a sobering reminder that social media platforms can remove my content or your content for any reason and at any time. With this in mind, I think regardless of the outcome of my appeal with YouTube, I’ll be moving away from using their platform.

In future, my plan is for all of my videos to be hosted on hosting for this site, with a specific My Video Channel page.

Blog soon,

Antony

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I’d Be Lying If I Said: I Understand How Creativity Works

Saturday 5 September 2026 / Antony Simpson / Leave a Comment

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I’m in a number of facebook groups for Writers and Authors. I’m not an active participant in any of these groups due to very limited energy, very limited time and the way that I use social media.

However, whilst in the waiting room for a medical appointment today, I popped on facebook and saw a user asking this question on my feed:

“Any authors ever get to a point where you want to give up? I’m there… what made you keep going?” – A facebook user

I took a moment to think about everything that I know about creativity and the lessons I learned from Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. Then I commented this:

My creative experience for each of my books, articles and short stories written has been unique. Even if I’ve had a similar or the same creative process as a previous creative work. For more details around creative writing processes, see my posts: Beginning, Middle & End.

I think the reason every creative experience is different and unique is because of the sheer number of complex and multifaceted variables involved in the process.

What are your thoughts? Leave a comment below.

Blog soon,

Antony

The Love of DOLLY

Thursday 27 August 2026 / Antony Simpson / Leave a Comment

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I’ve always thought Dolly Parton was an incredible woman. A fantastic singer, song writer, business woman and philanthropist.

Dolly had a zest for life, always being warm, bubbly and fun.

I was saddened to learn of her death, but equally thankful for the fact she lived.

Dolly accepted LGBT people and spoke positively about the LGBT community, doing so before many other people with her sort of public platform.

But Dolly became an icon to me, when she famously said:

If I hadn’t been a woman, I’d have been a Drag Queen! – Dolly Parton

In this quote, Dolly wasn’t just saying she liked and appreciated LGBT people. Dolly was also saying, that if she’d a choice, she would have proudly been part of the community.

I knew Dolly was well-liked, but what I didn’t realise, is that for many people, Dolly was and is loved by them. Since the announcement of Dolly’s death, the number of visitors to my blog post Some Facts You May Not Know About Dolly Parton has exploded.

I once watched a TV interview with Dolly, where she told an interviewer a funny story. I’m going to share this story here, told by Dolly, in her own words.

The Time Dolly Lost A Dolly Parton Look Alike Contest

Once I dressed as a Dolly, an over exaggerated Dolly in LA. I was out there working and there’s this gay bar down on Santa Monica, close to my house and they where having a Dolly Parton look alike contest.

So me and a bunch of friends decided we’d go down there, because it would be fun, because we were all dressed up and me being Dolly.

So they had these big Drag Queens, I mean, they looked great too, prettier than I could ever dream of being, but anyway, when walked across the stage, if they applauded, you won the contest by the amount of applause, I guess you got free drinks or something.

So all these beautiful guys are walking across – these Dollys – all this tall – and here I come walking across the stage and I got the least applause of anybody.

So I’ve always said: “It’s terrible when you lose a Dolly Parton look alike contest.” – Dolly Parton

I feel privileged to have shared some of my time on this planet with this wonderful woman.

Write soon,

Antony

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