John Hennessy's Blog - Posts Tagged "giveaway"

Hey everyone, it's giveaway time. So please check out my book and see if you really want to win it!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

My second-in-series vampire novella, The Blood and the Raven, can be won in an international giveaway right here on GoodReads.

Please enter if you are genuinely interested in the series - please note this series is not like Twilight (e.g. romance focussed) nor does it have over the top gore for gore's sake.

Just good old fashioned story telling. I hope you'll agree.

Make sure you give the first in the series - Murderous Little Darlings, a read as well.

Good luck for the giveaway!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

The Vampire Novella series A Tale of Vampires reaches its fourth incarnation on May 1st.

To celebrate, I'm offering a copy of the second novella The Blood and the Raven in a GoodReads giveaway, and you can grab a copy of the first novella, Murderous Little Darlings for 99c for a limited period.

99c book:-
http://www.amazon.com/Murderous-Littl...

Giveway link:-
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Best of luck!

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.

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.

The first in the series (until the full length prequel in released in 2016) is only 99c/p here today. The second book, The Blood and the Raven is also 99c/p. Book five releasing worldwide on 25th April 2016



http://www.amazon.com/Murderous-Littl...



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q...

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!

My newest release Children of the Dark Lighthits Amazon, Nook, Kobo and Apple this weekend. The paperback is already out:-
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1543080049/...

and the Kindle version should be available to download imminently.

Keep an eye on my Amazon author page for developments:-

https://www.amazon.com/John-Hennessy/...

And if you haven't already got TWO FREE BOOKS from me, grab my vampire novella from Amazon and sign up to my VIP readers list for the second book in my vampire series:
https://authorjohnhennessy.wordpress....

I will also be running a GoodReads giveaway for the first in the series of the Haunted Minds books - The Ghost of Normandy Road. The Ghost of Normandy RoadThis is to celebrate the release of the newest book.

Stay happily haunted!

John

Grab a Ghost story! 99c deal on ENT today. http://ereadernewstoday.com/bargain-a...

The Ghost of Normandy Road

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Normandy...

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghost-Norman...

The new release: Children of the Dark Light

Children of the Dark Light

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06WWCRBV...

Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06WWCRBVR/...