Matt Carrell's Blog - Posts Tagged "pattaya"

I wrote about the Thai sex industry and people ask me how many bar-girls I slept with. I've just completed a short story about a High School shooting but nobody thinks I shot anyone.

Thailand is a sink hole of depravity and anyone who knows anything about it is depraved. Everyone knows that's true. Isn't it? I may not have helped the case too much by writing a book based in the country's most notorious city - but I am trying to redress the balance a bit.

My main blog - which will now appear here looks at how Thailand is portrayed in the media. If you don't like the review - at least it has a handy link to YouTube video that I am commenting on.

My first book ran to three hundred pages and was around a hundred and three thousand words. The subject matter is a little racy so I decided I needed a pseudonym. It seems to be well received on Amazon so I finally decided I could put my head above the parapet and admit my secret. The first question many people have asked me is - "wow - how did you think of that pseudonym?"
Trust me that wasn't the hard part.

Thai Lottery... and Other Stories from Pattaya, Thailand

I am overwhelmed by the response to the launch of Thai Kiss - my latest book. All that social networking stuff finally paid off - everyone who got in touch when my first book came out has contacted me to say they have bought the new one.

Check it out on Barnes & Noble or Kobo or go straight to Amazon -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thai-Kiss-ebo...

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5 free copies of Thai Lottery... and Other Stories from Pattaya, Thailand.

Thai Lottery... and Other Stories from Pattaya, Thailand

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Thai Lottery... and Other Stories from Pattaya, Thailand is a collection of thirteen works by author Matt Carrell. Sarai wasn't like the other go-go dancers. She knew that a few thousand pounds a year would be enough to take care of her whole family, but Sarai wasn't dancing just to send money home every month. She had discovered that selling tickets for the illegal Thai Lottery was more dangerous than she could ever have imagined, and now she owed a great deal of money. Thai Lottery is the story of the lengths a girl will go to when a debt becomes a matter of life and death, and of the westerners who have bought their own tickets to a more personal lottery. They come to Thailand looking for something that's missing from their lives. Some may be lucky but for a few the result will be utter despair.

Local newspaper Pattaya Today asks the question, just how sexy is Pattaya, Thailand's most notorious city? I'm delighted they did, because it gave them a very good reason to review my first book, a series of short stories set in the seaside resort.

Barry Kenyon tells his readers the book is one of the best of its kind and often hilarious. I thought so too, but then I am biased.

http://pattayatoday.net/life-leisure/...

Thai Lottery... and Other Stories from Pattaya, Thailand

Many thanks to everyone who entered the Giveaway for five copies of Thai Lottery. The draw closed on July 1 and books have now been dispatched to the winners.

My new book came out in late May as an e-book and is now available as a paperback on Amazon.co.uk.

Thai Kiss

Watch out for the Thai Kiss Giveaway - to be launched next week

Matt

Thanks to all the people who entered the Giveaway for my last book, Thai Lottery.

My new book, Thai Kiss, was published as a paperback just a couple of weeks ago. The e-book is already getting a host of 5 star reviews on Amazon and I hope you will take the opportunity to win a copy of the paperback.

Enter here - http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

More information on the book is available here - Thai Kiss