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GoodReads Giveaway!! Dark Winter Book One
Autumn is coming, friends. For some of you, you'll already be there. Summers are short in the UK, which is why those of us who live here write. A lot.
I have one copy - an international giveaway for my first fiction novel, Dark Winter.
If you don't enter, you can't win!
http://johnhennessybooks.blogspot.co....
See what others say about it on Amazon:-
http://johnhennessybooks.blogspot.co....
Good luck if you enter!
Book Two, Dark Winter: Crescent Moon is out October 1st.
I have one copy - an international giveaway for my first fiction novel, Dark Winter.
If you don't enter, you can't win!
http://johnhennessybooks.blogspot.co....
See what others say about it on Amazon:-
http://johnhennessybooks.blogspot.co....
Good luck if you enter!
Book Two, Dark Winter: Crescent Moon is out October 1st.
One Year Anniversary!
Hi everyone. It's almost one year to the day that my first fiction book was released. Over the last twelve months, I have had reviews and comments from some of you, support from all of you. Others hosted my books on their blog. It takes time to do that, so I am grateful to you. Others still would take time to post a review and then private message me with their thoughts.
Some of you have become not just a support to me, but great friends as well. I would be happy to count you amongst my real friends, because I believe your support has extended beyond the book reading.
Some of you will know of the difficulties I have had in the last six months or so. For your support and counsel, I'm very appreciative.
Inbetween the release of the first fiction book, Dark Winter: The Wicca Circle, I released the fantasy epic Stormling and today, the paperback of Dark Winter: Crescent Moon, has landed on Amazon.
But here's some other stats about the last six months:-
Ice bucket challenge - 1
Cups of tea 2,160
Nights out getting hammered - 2 (cheers Jonathan Bradbury)
Martial arts lessons taught - 338
Knock downs on students - 33
Knock OUTS - 1 (sorry kid, it was either you or me)
Movies watched - 2
Days out ghost hunting - 3
Books read - 23
Words written 147,000 (near enough approx!)
Happy October 1st! The season of the witch is finally here!
Some of you have become not just a support to me, but great friends as well. I would be happy to count you amongst my real friends, because I believe your support has extended beyond the book reading.
Some of you will know of the difficulties I have had in the last six months or so. For your support and counsel, I'm very appreciative.
Inbetween the release of the first fiction book, Dark Winter: The Wicca Circle, I released the fantasy epic Stormling and today, the paperback of Dark Winter: Crescent Moon, has landed on Amazon.
But here's some other stats about the last six months:-
Ice bucket challenge - 1
Cups of tea 2,160
Nights out getting hammered - 2 (cheers Jonathan Bradbury)
Martial arts lessons taught - 338
Knock downs on students - 33
Knock OUTS - 1 (sorry kid, it was either you or me)
Movies watched - 2
Days out ghost hunting - 3
Books read - 23
Words written 147,000 (near enough approx!)
Happy October 1st! The season of the witch is finally here!
Dark Winter: Crescent Moon - Special preview
Hi all.
Here's a special preview from the opening pages of my new paranormal horror, Dark Winter: Crescent Moon (Dark Winter #2)
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Hi friends! Well here is an excerpt from the book's opening prologue. Enjoy...I think...!
From the Diary of Romilly Winter, April 14th.
Aged 18, I’m probably too old to keep a diary now, still I write words nonetheless, hoping for something coherent, something real, something I can believe in to come out of it. Maybe I have written a lot this winter because it’s the kind of season that ceases to end. When will the snow stop? Even when I want to see blue skies, my eyes are tricked into seeing pitch-black night.
Dana Cullen told Beth one time that ‘Nothing ever just happens, there is always a design.’ But I have seen enough in my short life to know that things don’t just happen. Maybe my faith is to be tested at every turn, so I hope to God that there is some design amongst the chaos.
Another part of me believes that things don’t just happen for a reason, and all we’re doing is fighting to make sense of the chaos that surrounds us. The kind of chaos that would become us, if it went unchallenged. It is a battle I find myself losing, and yet those around me think I am so strong for keeping it together.
I hope to God with my every breath, but what is hope anyway? Does it fool us into forgetting what is real in our lives? What if it is all wrong, that we are all lost souls wandering around with no meaning to our existence? What can hope do for us then?
It could be that I think things over too much. It could be that the Mirror of Souls has affected me for far too long. It could be that I have convinced myself that everything will work out just fine. There’s a strong chance I’m just playing tricks on myself and those around me.
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Here's a special preview from the opening pages of my new paranormal horror, Dark Winter: Crescent Moon (Dark Winter #2)
--
Hi friends! Well here is an excerpt from the book's opening prologue. Enjoy...I think...!
From the Diary of Romilly Winter, April 14th.
Aged 18, I’m probably too old to keep a diary now, still I write words nonetheless, hoping for something coherent, something real, something I can believe in to come out of it. Maybe I have written a lot this winter because it’s the kind of season that ceases to end. When will the snow stop? Even when I want to see blue skies, my eyes are tricked into seeing pitch-black night.
Dana Cullen told Beth one time that ‘Nothing ever just happens, there is always a design.’ But I have seen enough in my short life to know that things don’t just happen. Maybe my faith is to be tested at every turn, so I hope to God that there is some design amongst the chaos.
Another part of me believes that things don’t just happen for a reason, and all we’re doing is fighting to make sense of the chaos that surrounds us. The kind of chaos that would become us, if it went unchallenged. It is a battle I find myself losing, and yet those around me think I am so strong for keeping it together.
I hope to God with my every breath, but what is hope anyway? Does it fool us into forgetting what is real in our lives? What if it is all wrong, that we are all lost souls wandering around with no meaning to our existence? What can hope do for us then?
It could be that I think things over too much. It could be that the Mirror of Souls has affected me for far too long. It could be that I have convinced myself that everything will work out just fine. There’s a strong chance I’m just playing tricks on myself and those around me.
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More on The Write Thought, here:-
http://johnhennessybooks.blogspot.co....
Dark Winter III Available to Pre-Order
On 21st February 2016, the final segment of my Dark Winter paranormal horror trilogy will be released.
The cover art was by Claudia @ www.phatpuppyart.com (the same talented artist who did the covers for Amanda Hocking's Trylle series)
If you haven't given the series a go, please check it out - part one, The Wicca Circle is currently 99c / 99p with part two, Crescent Moon FREE on Kindle Unlimited.
Here's the pre-order link for Amazon users. And thanks in advance for your support.
Available for pre-order:- Dark Winter III: Last Rites please share / tweet / blog about it! http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Winter-Rit...
The cover art was by Claudia @ www.phatpuppyart.com (the same talented artist who did the covers for Amanda Hocking's Trylle series)
If you haven't given the series a go, please check it out - part one, The Wicca Circle is currently 99c / 99p with part two, Crescent Moon FREE on Kindle Unlimited.
Here's the pre-order link for Amazon users. And thanks in advance for your support.
Available for pre-order:- Dark Winter III: Last Rites please share / tweet / blog about it! http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Winter-Rit...
Dark Winter III: Paperback now available on Amazon
The final chapter in the Dark Winter story will get its worldwide release in Kindle format on 21st February 2016.
The paperback is available NOW in the Amazon bookstore:-
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Winter-Las...
This is just a heads up. I'll be running a promotion and giveaway for this book, so keep tuned, and make sure you have read the first two books in the series, currently at 99c until 8th February 2016...after that, they go up to full price.
The paperback is available NOW in the Amazon bookstore:-
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Winter-Las...
This is just a heads up. I'll be running a promotion and giveaway for this book, so keep tuned, and make sure you have read the first two books in the series, currently at 99c until 8th February 2016...after that, they go up to full price.
THIS WEEKEND
WEEKEND SPECIAL! February 6th/7th/8th ONLY -
HOW TO WIN: 1 (no purchase necessary)
Tweet, share on Facebook, Google+, Tumblr and so on, Sign up to my email list to be entered into a draw for an Amazon Gift Card
HOW TO WIN: 2: (purchase necessary)
Buy Dark Winter 1 and 2 and sign up to my email list to be entered into a draw for a SIGNED copy of Dark Winter III
HOW TO WIN: 3: (purchase necessary)
Pre-order the Kindle version of Dark Winter III: Last Rites on Kindle THIS WEEKEND ONLY or buy the paperback (available now) to be entered into a draw for a KINDLE FIRE
The website for sign-ups:-
http://kate895.wix.com/authorjohnhenn...
Amazon page for Dark Winter I & II:-
http://www.amazon.com/…/B0…/ref=la_B0...…
Amazon page for Dark Winter III (pre-order released 21.02.16)
http://www.amazon.com/…/B…/ref=la_B00...…
Or grab the paperback now:-
http://www.amazon.com/…/…/1523862424/...…
AFTER FEBRUARY 21st Dark Winter will NOT be offered at this special low price ever again.
Winners will be contacted after 21st February, with the prizes on the way before end of February.
HOW TO WIN: 1 (no purchase necessary)
Tweet, share on Facebook, Google+, Tumblr and so on, Sign up to my email list to be entered into a draw for an Amazon Gift Card
HOW TO WIN: 2: (purchase necessary)
Buy Dark Winter 1 and 2 and sign up to my email list to be entered into a draw for a SIGNED copy of Dark Winter III
HOW TO WIN: 3: (purchase necessary)
Pre-order the Kindle version of Dark Winter III: Last Rites on Kindle THIS WEEKEND ONLY or buy the paperback (available now) to be entered into a draw for a KINDLE FIRE
The website for sign-ups:-
http://kate895.wix.com/authorjohnhenn...
Amazon page for Dark Winter I & II:-
http://www.amazon.com/…/B0…/ref=la_B0...…
Amazon page for Dark Winter III (pre-order released 21.02.16)
http://www.amazon.com/…/B…/ref=la_B00...…
Or grab the paperback now:-
http://www.amazon.com/…/…/1523862424/...…
AFTER FEBRUARY 21st Dark Winter will NOT be offered at this special low price ever again.
Winners will be contacted after 21st February, with the prizes on the way before end of February.
Update from Author John Hennessy / Dark Winter III news / Kobo Books, and New Books from me
Hello everyone.
After a great start to 2016 in terms of my writing goals and hitting them day after day, I hit a bit of bad luck, hard times, call them what you will. In short, it affected my writing and yet as I am writer, I know it won't be a permanent thing.
It could be life's way of saying slow down and focus on some other things. Perhaps. But it's like anything one is into, one has to do it, otherwise, the Cranky Monster will appear. Everyone knows who the Cranky Monster is; it just happens to be different depending on who you are and what you like to do. For most authors, they will feel very cranky if they don't get some writing done.
A lack of writing does not infer a lack of writing focus. In my case, I was finalising tweaks to the concluding segment of the Dark Winter trilogy. There's always mini-errors and omissions that one will find. Over the course of a 110,000 word novel, you bet there are.
Will it be a happy or violently bloody end for Romilly Winter?
However, my process involves viewing it in Word, as a PDF, printing off the entire thing from my own printer, sending it to beta readers, before viewing a proof edition. Even then, I am not finished.
But I am close. The book is available on Kindle via pre-order, with its official release being 21st February 2016. Once I had decided to move the date from October 2015, I felt I could deliver the final edition that I wanted to do. The end will please some, annoy others, but as JK Rowling herself said about the closure of her Harry Potter series, as the author of the work, she was happy. I am too with my own series. And now it is over to the good readers out there to tell the world what they think.
I've already had one review on Good Reads (thank you J Kahele) and I hope more of you will read the book (and the series, because the final book is not a standalone) and up until 21st February, both Dark Winter (I): The Wicca Circle and Dark Winter (II): Crescent Moon can be bought on Amazon for 99c/p each. This changes after 21st February - they will never be 99c/p again.
Kobo. Oh yes, I love Amazon who do help authors a lot to get their name out there, but I am branching out to other platforms too, and on Kobo you can already get Murderous Little Darlings on there, Amazon, iBooks and Nook.
But I will be adding The Ghost of Normandy Road (Haunted Minds I) to the platform in the next day or so, so Kobo users can get it there. But if you can't wait, look it up on Amazon for now.
With Dark Winter III done and basically dusted, fans of my works can look forward to the fifth vampire tale - Reunion of the Blood - which I hope to release end of April. I realise it is nearly a full year since book four - Dream the Crow's Dream came out, but you know I have been busy writing all new works.
March will see the paperback edition of my non-fiction How to Write, Keep Writing and Keep Motivated: Tips for Aspiring Authors book coming out. Kindle version here
So the wait is nearly over for that one.
Currently Writing:-
i) A dystopian tale to thrill and chill you. Anyone who knows me knows how highly I rate George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty-Four, so expect something that I admit was inspired by this work, but will have my own unique take on the genre.
ii) A tale about a writer who plans to quit his successful career to spend the remainder of his years with his wife. Things don't quite work out as planned.....
I am excited about both, but made more progress on the latter. So it is likely that will come out first.
See you next time.
After a great start to 2016 in terms of my writing goals and hitting them day after day, I hit a bit of bad luck, hard times, call them what you will. In short, it affected my writing and yet as I am writer, I know it won't be a permanent thing.
It could be life's way of saying slow down and focus on some other things. Perhaps. But it's like anything one is into, one has to do it, otherwise, the Cranky Monster will appear. Everyone knows who the Cranky Monster is; it just happens to be different depending on who you are and what you like to do. For most authors, they will feel very cranky if they don't get some writing done.
A lack of writing does not infer a lack of writing focus. In my case, I was finalising tweaks to the concluding segment of the Dark Winter trilogy. There's always mini-errors and omissions that one will find. Over the course of a 110,000 word novel, you bet there are.
Will it be a happy or violently bloody end for Romilly Winter?
However, my process involves viewing it in Word, as a PDF, printing off the entire thing from my own printer, sending it to beta readers, before viewing a proof edition. Even then, I am not finished.
But I am close. The book is available on Kindle via pre-order, with its official release being 21st February 2016. Once I had decided to move the date from October 2015, I felt I could deliver the final edition that I wanted to do. The end will please some, annoy others, but as JK Rowling herself said about the closure of her Harry Potter series, as the author of the work, she was happy. I am too with my own series. And now it is over to the good readers out there to tell the world what they think.
I've already had one review on Good Reads (thank you J Kahele) and I hope more of you will read the book (and the series, because the final book is not a standalone) and up until 21st February, both Dark Winter (I): The Wicca Circle and Dark Winter (II): Crescent Moon can be bought on Amazon for 99c/p each. This changes after 21st February - they will never be 99c/p again.
Kobo. Oh yes, I love Amazon who do help authors a lot to get their name out there, but I am branching out to other platforms too, and on Kobo you can already get Murderous Little Darlings on there, Amazon, iBooks and Nook.
But I will be adding The Ghost of Normandy Road (Haunted Minds I) to the platform in the next day or so, so Kobo users can get it there. But if you can't wait, look it up on Amazon for now.
With Dark Winter III done and basically dusted, fans of my works can look forward to the fifth vampire tale - Reunion of the Blood - which I hope to release end of April. I realise it is nearly a full year since book four - Dream the Crow's Dream came out, but you know I have been busy writing all new works.
March will see the paperback edition of my non-fiction How to Write, Keep Writing and Keep Motivated: Tips for Aspiring Authors book coming out. Kindle version here
So the wait is nearly over for that one.
Currently Writing:-
i) A dystopian tale to thrill and chill you. Anyone who knows me knows how highly I rate George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty-Four, so expect something that I admit was inspired by this work, but will have my own unique take on the genre.
ii) A tale about a writer who plans to quit his successful career to spend the remainder of his years with his wife. Things don't quite work out as planned.....
I am excited about both, but made more progress on the latter. So it is likely that will come out first.
See you next time.
It's All Over...Or Is It? Dark Winter weekend!
After three years and nearly 300,000 words, my little paranormal horror featuring demons, devils, witches and ghosts reaches its conclusion this weekend. A taut tale of survival horror as a teenage girl is pitted against horrors around her and within her mind, you can pre-order Dark Winter III on Amazon for £2.99, and grab the first two books for 99c/p each on Kindle (after that they go up and won't be coming back down).
Having seen (and loved) Pan's Labyrinth and this year's Crimson Peak, I'm off to harass director Guillermo del Toro until he agrees to make the series into a movie. I'll get him to do it, just expect me to be a LOT older by the time I return.
Enjoy the books!
http://www.amazon.com/John-Hennessy/e...
Having seen (and loved) Pan's Labyrinth and this year's Crimson Peak, I'm off to harass director Guillermo del Toro until he agrees to make the series into a movie. I'll get him to do it, just expect me to be a LOT older by the time I return.
Enjoy the books!
http://www.amazon.com/John-Hennessy/e...
Slices of Paranormal Horror for YA - The Circle is Complete!
In 2012 I began writing the tale of paranormal horror that was to become Dark Winter. Following The Wicca Circle, and Crescent Moon, book three - Last Rites - has now been released on paperback as well as Kindle.
http://www.amazon.com/John-Hennessy/e...
All three covers were created by the wonderful Claudia at www.phatpuppyart.com who you may know created covers for On Dublin Street and Amanda Hocking's Trylle series.
The stories were written by me of course, so jump in from $2.99 and in the case of Crescent Moon and Last Rites, both books are FREE on Kindle Unlimited.
A fear-packed ride awaits the brave.
The Circle is Complete!
http://www.amazon.com/John-Hennessy/e...
All three covers were created by the wonderful Claudia at www.phatpuppyart.com who you may know created covers for On Dublin Street and Amanda Hocking's Trylle series.
The stories were written by me of course, so jump in from $2.99 and in the case of Crescent Moon and Last Rites, both books are FREE on Kindle Unlimited.
A fear-packed ride awaits the brave.
The Circle is Complete!
Dark Winter Crescent Moon SPECIAL PRICE 11-12 May ONLY!
For anyone who loves paranormal horror! Dark Winter: Crescent Moon
Dark Winter: Crescent Moon
is on a special price promotion for the second book in the Dark Winter paranormal horror trilogy. Grab Crescent Moon for 99c/p. It ends on 12th May! (III: Last Rites is already out to buy too).
Please share / shout / link / tweet where you can. And pray. A lot.
Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Winter-Cr...
Apple
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/dark...
Barnes & Noble / Nook
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dark-...
Kobo
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebo...
Dark Winter: Crescent Moon
is on a special price promotion for the second book in the Dark Winter paranormal horror trilogy. Grab Crescent Moon for 99c/p. It ends on 12th May! (III: Last Rites is already out to buy too).
Please share / shout / link / tweet where you can. And pray. A lot.
Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Winter-Cr...
Apple
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/dark...
Barnes & Noble / Nook
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dark-...
Kobo
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebo...
