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End of year round-up
2013 has been a very busy year for me.
Writing:
At the beginning of the year, one of my my plans was to work on my 6th Novel, which I started writing at the end of 2012. However, I haven't written any more of that novel since! I do intend to get back to it soon because I was enjoying writing it.
My main project at the moment is my next collection of short stories. It's mixed-genre. It contains a fantasy story, a mystery, and the rest are all quite dark fiction. It's titled "Far Away in Time". That is, of course, a line from the song 'Echo Beach' (which has always been one of my favourite songs), so being a music fan I couldn't let that pass me by. I have deliberately added some links to that song throughout the book. For example, some of the characters are named after the people who wrote or sang the song; there is a beach that plays an important part in one of the stories; one of the characters bakes some muffins in one of the stories :) (Martha and the Muffins).
The cover of the book will be a photograph by the same photographer who took the photo that is now the cover for my novel "Second Chances". A total coincidence, because I was looking through the website where I usually find royalty-free photos and came across his photo. It's gorgeous and I plan to do a cover reveal shortly.
This year, I've also been editing the second edition of "A Time to Tell". I have a lovely new cover for that, designed by Kat at Aeternum Designs. I'll be revealing that cover soon too.
I'm hoping that both new books will be published in the first half of 2014.
Blogging:
This year, I started blogging for the UK Arts Directory. They then branched off into the UK Music Directory and I now blog there. I interview bands. Mainly new and independent bands. If you're a music fan you might want to check it out.
My other blog (which I share with Darcia Helle and J. Michael Radcliffe) BestsellerBounds Recommends, has also been keeping me busy as it grows in popularity. We help to promote the best in new independent publishing.
Giveaways:
This month there are a couple of giveaways running where you can win some of my books, so in case you missed those announcements here are the links:
Books Direct: http://quietfurybooks.com/bestsellerb...
You can win an e-book of Coincidences (Lots of other great prizes there too!)
Quiet Fury Books:http://quietfurybooks.com/contests.html
You could win a paperback copy of "3", or e-books of "3", Delusion and Dreams, or Haunted (lots of other great prizes up for grabs there too!)
Finally...
I hope you all have a wonderful festive season and look forward to chatting with you all again in the New Year.
I'll be back in the New Year with a blog about my plans for 2014. Last year, I blogged about my plans for 2013. Out of the things listed, the only one I accomplished was publishing Delusion and Dreams! However, at the time, my book 3 wasn't even planned. I'm really happy with both those short story collections.
Merry Christmas!
Writing:
At the beginning of the year, one of my my plans was to work on my 6th Novel, which I started writing at the end of 2012. However, I haven't written any more of that novel since! I do intend to get back to it soon because I was enjoying writing it.
My main project at the moment is my next collection of short stories. It's mixed-genre. It contains a fantasy story, a mystery, and the rest are all quite dark fiction. It's titled "Far Away in Time". That is, of course, a line from the song 'Echo Beach' (which has always been one of my favourite songs), so being a music fan I couldn't let that pass me by. I have deliberately added some links to that song throughout the book. For example, some of the characters are named after the people who wrote or sang the song; there is a beach that plays an important part in one of the stories; one of the characters bakes some muffins in one of the stories :) (Martha and the Muffins).
The cover of the book will be a photograph by the same photographer who took the photo that is now the cover for my novel "Second Chances". A total coincidence, because I was looking through the website where I usually find royalty-free photos and came across his photo. It's gorgeous and I plan to do a cover reveal shortly.
This year, I've also been editing the second edition of "A Time to Tell". I have a lovely new cover for that, designed by Kat at Aeternum Designs. I'll be revealing that cover soon too.
I'm hoping that both new books will be published in the first half of 2014.
Blogging:
This year, I started blogging for the UK Arts Directory. They then branched off into the UK Music Directory and I now blog there. I interview bands. Mainly new and independent bands. If you're a music fan you might want to check it out.
My other blog (which I share with Darcia Helle and J. Michael Radcliffe) BestsellerBounds Recommends, has also been keeping me busy as it grows in popularity. We help to promote the best in new independent publishing.
Giveaways:
This month there are a couple of giveaways running where you can win some of my books, so in case you missed those announcements here are the links:
Books Direct: http://quietfurybooks.com/bestsellerb...
You can win an e-book of Coincidences (Lots of other great prizes there too!)
Quiet Fury Books:http://quietfurybooks.com/contests.html
You could win a paperback copy of "3", or e-books of "3", Delusion and Dreams, or Haunted (lots of other great prizes up for grabs there too!)
Finally...
I hope you all have a wonderful festive season and look forward to chatting with you all again in the New Year.
I'll be back in the New Year with a blog about my plans for 2014. Last year, I blogged about my plans for 2013. Out of the things listed, the only one I accomplished was publishing Delusion and Dreams! However, at the time, my book 3 wasn't even planned. I'm really happy with both those short story collections.
Merry Christmas!
Writing Goals 2014
This is the time of year for planning ahead.
Having a few goals to aim for is always worthwhile. It's a great thing for writers to do as it provides a bit of motivation and helps put things into perspective.
My writing goals for 2014 are:
1. To publish my short story collection, Far Away In Time. This is with beta readers at the moment. Having heard back from 4 of my readers, I am reasonably confident that it can be published soon as they didn't find any major errors. By March I hope to have that available for Kindle at least. It will eventually also be available in paperback. I'll be doing a cover reveal for that book shortly.
2. To publish the second edition of my novel 'A Time to Tell'. I ended my contract with the original publisher of that book mainly because I want all my books published in the same way; it's easier for me to have some sort of control that way. I want to re-launch it with a new cover. The cover has been designed by Kat of Aeternum Designs. It looks great and I'm looking forward to revealing that soon.
I am editing the book before re-release. That is going slowly because I have a day job and about 100 other commitments. I'm hoping it will be ready to go to a proofreader in a month or so.
3. I have been approached with an idea for a collaborative project and hope to be working with an author and another creative on a collection of short stories sometime this year.
4. I'm hoping to find time to work on my new novel, currently titled 'Illusion' - I'm sure that title will change.
That's about it, but this time last year I didn't have plans for my collection "3", so anything can happen!
Having a few goals to aim for is always worthwhile. It's a great thing for writers to do as it provides a bit of motivation and helps put things into perspective.
My writing goals for 2014 are:
1. To publish my short story collection, Far Away In Time. This is with beta readers at the moment. Having heard back from 4 of my readers, I am reasonably confident that it can be published soon as they didn't find any major errors. By March I hope to have that available for Kindle at least. It will eventually also be available in paperback. I'll be doing a cover reveal for that book shortly.
2. To publish the second edition of my novel 'A Time to Tell'. I ended my contract with the original publisher of that book mainly because I want all my books published in the same way; it's easier for me to have some sort of control that way. I want to re-launch it with a new cover. The cover has been designed by Kat of Aeternum Designs. It looks great and I'm looking forward to revealing that soon.
I am editing the book before re-release. That is going slowly because I have a day job and about 100 other commitments. I'm hoping it will be ready to go to a proofreader in a month or so.
3. I have been approached with an idea for a collaborative project and hope to be working with an author and another creative on a collection of short stories sometime this year.
4. I'm hoping to find time to work on my new novel, currently titled 'Illusion' - I'm sure that title will change.
That's about it, but this time last year I didn't have plans for my collection "3", so anything can happen!
Time for a cover reveal...
My new collection of short stories, Far Away In Time, is currently with a proofreader. After that it will go for formatting and should shortly be available for Kindle.
I thought now would be a good time for a cover reveal.
Here it is:
I hope you like it as much as I do :)
Coincidentally, it is a photograph by the same man who took the photo that graces the cover of Second Chances. I chose it from a royalty-free website, not knowing that it was one of his photos! He's a talented photographer. I've used many of his photos in my book trailers as well. He's also a talented writer. His book The Beatle Man is a must read.
There are 8 stories in Far Away In Time:
1. The Ghost of Christmas Past
2. Far Away In Time - Part I
3. Far Away In Time - Part II
4. Echoes Of Her Dreams
5. A Sign
6. Tragedy of Love
7. The Beach
8. Betrayal
About the stories:
1, 6, 7, and 8, are dark fiction
2 & 3 are two parts of the same story. A fantasy tale.
4 is a true-to-life reflective tale
5 is a mystery with elements of the paranormal.
I'll be working on a blurb and will post that soon.
I'm also putting together a book trailer.
More news soon...
I thought now would be a good time for a cover reveal.
Here it is:
I hope you like it as much as I do :)
Coincidentally, it is a photograph by the same man who took the photo that graces the cover of Second Chances. I chose it from a royalty-free website, not knowing that it was one of his photos! He's a talented photographer. I've used many of his photos in my book trailers as well. He's also a talented writer. His book The Beatle Man is a must read.
There are 8 stories in Far Away In Time:
1. The Ghost of Christmas Past
2. Far Away In Time - Part I
3. Far Away In Time - Part II
4. Echoes Of Her Dreams
5. A Sign
6. Tragedy of Love
7. The Beach
8. Betrayal
About the stories:
1, 6, 7, and 8, are dark fiction
2 & 3 are two parts of the same story. A fantasy tale.
4 is a true-to-life reflective tale
5 is a mystery with elements of the paranormal.
I'll be working on a blurb and will post that soon.
I'm also putting together a book trailer.
More news soon...
Far Away In Time is published!
My new collection of short stories,Far Away In Time, has been published on Amazon Kindle!
For the next 90 days, it will be in the Kindle Select programme, which means that those of you who are Amazon Prime members can borrow it for free in the Kindle Library. After that, I will make it available on other formats via Smashwords.
The paperback version will be available shortly. I'll post more news about that soon.
To read Kindle books, you don't need a Kindle e-reader. You can download free apps from Amazon so you can read the books on your PC, Mac, smartphone, iPad etc. You can find more details about that here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html...
Far Away In Time is a collection of 8 short stories. Here's the blurb/description, which was written for me by Darcia Helle.
Thanks, Darcia!
Our lives are a series of stories, and we are the characters with
the starring roles. The memories, regrets, secrets, and struggles that
fill these pages are at once unique and relatable. These stories
belong to us all.
Eight unforgettable tales reaching out to a place Far Away In Time...
The book will be featured on various blogs in the next few weeks. It's already appeared on the following blogs:
Poet/photographer,Helle Gade's blog: http://hellegade.wordpress.com/2014/0...
Writer Laxmi Hariharan's blog:
http://immortalprotozoan.blogspot.co....
Author Darcia Helle's blog:
http://quietfurybooks.com/blog/inthec...
Here are the purchase links you'll need:
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Far-Away-Time-M...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Far-Away-Time...
Amazon FR: http://www.amazon.fr/Far-Away-Time-Ma...
Amazon DE: http://www.amazon.de/Far-Away-Time-Ma...
Amazon IN: http://www.amazon.in/Far-Away-Time-Ma...
Amazon AU: http://www.amazon.com.au/Far-Away-Tim...
Amazon BR: http://www.amazon.com.br/Far-Away-Tim...
Amazon IT: http://www.amazon.it/Far-Away-Time-Ma...
Amazon ES: http://www.amazon.es/Far-Away-Time-Ma...
Amazon MX: http://www.amazon.com.mx/Far-Away-Tim...
Amazon JP: http://www.amazon.co.jp/Far-Away-Time...
Amazon CA: http://www.amazon.ca/Far-Away-Time-Ma...
I hope you enjoy the stories!
For the next 90 days, it will be in the Kindle Select programme, which means that those of you who are Amazon Prime members can borrow it for free in the Kindle Library. After that, I will make it available on other formats via Smashwords.
The paperback version will be available shortly. I'll post more news about that soon.
To read Kindle books, you don't need a Kindle e-reader. You can download free apps from Amazon so you can read the books on your PC, Mac, smartphone, iPad etc. You can find more details about that here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html...
Far Away In Time is a collection of 8 short stories. Here's the blurb/description, which was written for me by Darcia Helle.
Thanks, Darcia!
Our lives are a series of stories, and we are the characters with
the starring roles. The memories, regrets, secrets, and struggles that
fill these pages are at once unique and relatable. These stories
belong to us all.
Eight unforgettable tales reaching out to a place Far Away In Time...
The book will be featured on various blogs in the next few weeks. It's already appeared on the following blogs:
Poet/photographer,Helle Gade's blog: http://hellegade.wordpress.com/2014/0...
Writer Laxmi Hariharan's blog:
http://immortalprotozoan.blogspot.co....
Author Darcia Helle's blog:
http://quietfurybooks.com/blog/inthec...
Here are the purchase links you'll need:
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Far-Away-Time-M...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Far-Away-Time...
Amazon FR: http://www.amazon.fr/Far-Away-Time-Ma...
Amazon DE: http://www.amazon.de/Far-Away-Time-Ma...
Amazon IN: http://www.amazon.in/Far-Away-Time-Ma...
Amazon AU: http://www.amazon.com.au/Far-Away-Tim...
Amazon BR: http://www.amazon.com.br/Far-Away-Tim...
Amazon IT: http://www.amazon.it/Far-Away-Time-Ma...
Amazon ES: http://www.amazon.es/Far-Away-Time-Ma...
Amazon MX: http://www.amazon.com.mx/Far-Away-Tim...
Amazon JP: http://www.amazon.co.jp/Far-Away-Time...
Amazon CA: http://www.amazon.ca/Far-Away-Time-Ma...
I hope you enjoy the stories!
Giveaway! Far Away In Time
I wanted to let you all know about a giveaway that is currently running on BestsellerBound Recommends. You can enter to win 1 of 5 Kindle copies of my new release, Far Away In Time.
You don't need a Kindle eReader to read Kindle books. You can download a free app from Amazon, and read on your PC, Mac, smartphone, iPad, etc.: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html...
It's an easy-entry Rafflecopter draw, so if you're already following me on Facebook or Twitter, it's just one-click entry!
Here's a link to the giveaway. You'll also find an excerpt from one of the stories there.
http://quietfurybooks.com/bestsellerb...
Good luck!
Our lives are a series of stories, and we are the characters with
the starring roles. The memories, regrets, secrets, and struggles that
fill these pages are at once unique and relatable. These stories
belong to us all.
Eight unforgettable tales reaching out to a place Far Away In Time...
You don't need a Kindle eReader to read Kindle books. You can download a free app from Amazon, and read on your PC, Mac, smartphone, iPad, etc.: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html...
It's an easy-entry Rafflecopter draw, so if you're already following me on Facebook or Twitter, it's just one-click entry!
Here's a link to the giveaway. You'll also find an excerpt from one of the stories there.
http://quietfurybooks.com/bestsellerb...
Good luck!
Our lives are a series of stories, and we are the characters with
the starring roles. The memories, regrets, secrets, and struggles that
fill these pages are at once unique and relatable. These stories
belong to us all.
Eight unforgettable tales reaching out to a place Far Away In Time...
Blog Tour for Far Away In Time
Far Away In Time has been on a blog tour in the past couple of weeks. It's not an official tour as such, but more that I have been lucky enough to find some generous author and blogger friends who agreed to post something on their blogs about the new release.
If you'd like to check out some of the blogs, I've created a board on Pinterest, here: http://www.pinterest.com/mariasavva/f...
Some of them include guest posts and there's an interview on one of them.
You can also see the book trailer on some of the blogs.
If you'd like to check out some of the blogs, I've created a board on Pinterest, here: http://www.pinterest.com/mariasavva/f...
Some of them include guest posts and there's an interview on one of them.
You can also see the book trailer on some of the blogs.
Far Away In Time is on sale!
For one week only, you can get my collection of short stories Far Away In Time for just $1.99/£1.22
It's being featured on Booktastik: http://booktastik.com/far-away-time/
Here are the links you need:
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Far-Away-Time...
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Far-Away-Time-M...
Enjoy!
It's being featured on Booktastik: http://booktastik.com/far-away-time/
Here are the links you need:
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Far-Away-Time...
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Far-Away-Time-M...
Enjoy!
Enter to win a signed paperback of Far Away In Time!
For the next few weeks, Everything Books and Authors is running a giveaway featuring my short story collection, Far Away In Time.
You could win a signed paperback copy, and it's an international giveaway!
Far Away In Time is a collection of 8 short stories. They are mixed genre including a mystery/paranormal, fantasy, and dark fiction.
Our lives are a series of stories, and we are the characters with the starring roles. The memories, regrets, secrets, and struggles that fill these pages are at once unique and relatable. These stories belong to us all.
Eight unforgettable tales reaching out to a place Far Away In Time...
You can enter by following this link: http://www.everythingbooksandauthors....
Good luck!!
You could win a signed paperback copy, and it's an international giveaway!
Far Away In Time is a collection of 8 short stories. They are mixed genre including a mystery/paranormal, fantasy, and dark fiction.
Our lives are a series of stories, and we are the characters with the starring roles. The memories, regrets, secrets, and struggles that fill these pages are at once unique and relatable. These stories belong to us all.
Eight unforgettable tales reaching out to a place Far Away In Time...
You can enter by following this link: http://www.everythingbooksandauthors....
Good luck!!
Enter to win a signed paperback copy of Far Away In Time!
Just a quick blog post to let you know about a giveaway here on Goodreads!
You can win one of five copies of my latest short story collection, Far Away In Time
Here's the link you need:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
Good luck!
You can win one of five copies of my latest short story collection, Far Away In Time
Here's the link you need:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
Good luck!
Congratulations to the winners of Far Away In Time, and an update!
The giveaway for Far Away In Time is now over. Thank you to everyone who entered. Congratulations to Sarah, Adrian, Maggie, Spencer, and Elliott, who are the lucky winners of signed paperback copies!
I will try to get those in the post for you tomorrow. I hope you enjoy the stories :)
Now, a short update about my writing. What have I been working on recently? you ask.
Well...
My second novel, A Time to Tell, originally published in 2006, is currently with my proofreader Perfect Prose as I'm preparing a second edition. It has been fully edited. I think I'll get the book back from my proofreader in September, then will send it out to beta readers.
Secondly, I'm working on a new novel. It started off as a short story but then took on a life of its own. I am having fun writing it. It has elements of drama, suspense, romance, thriller, comedy, and even horror, with a sprinkling of the paranormal.
Following the publication of Perspectives in April, the second book in the Mind's Eye Series is now almost ready to be published.
It will be called 'Reflections', and feature stories and poems from Helle Gade, Jason McIntyre, Ben Ditmars, Darcia Helle, J. Michael Radcliffe, Martin David Porter, and myself. The stories/poems were inspired by photographs taken by Martin and Helle. The cover has been designed by Jason McIntyre and it's brilliant. Hopefully I'll be able to do a cover reveal soon!
That's all for now. Watch this space for more soon :)
I will try to get those in the post for you tomorrow. I hope you enjoy the stories :)
Now, a short update about my writing. What have I been working on recently? you ask.
Well...
My second novel, A Time to Tell, originally published in 2006, is currently with my proofreader Perfect Prose as I'm preparing a second edition. It has been fully edited. I think I'll get the book back from my proofreader in September, then will send it out to beta readers.
Secondly, I'm working on a new novel. It started off as a short story but then took on a life of its own. I am having fun writing it. It has elements of drama, suspense, romance, thriller, comedy, and even horror, with a sprinkling of the paranormal.
Following the publication of Perspectives in April, the second book in the Mind's Eye Series is now almost ready to be published.
It will be called 'Reflections', and feature stories and poems from Helle Gade, Jason McIntyre, Ben Ditmars, Darcia Helle, J. Michael Radcliffe, Martin David Porter, and myself. The stories/poems were inspired by photographs taken by Martin and Helle. The cover has been designed by Jason McIntyre and it's brilliant. Hopefully I'll be able to do a cover reveal soon!
That's all for now. Watch this space for more soon :)
