Matthew Drzymala's Blog - Posts Tagged "cosy"
New Bumpkinton Story!
I can officially announce that my new Bumpkinton short story will be released on 12th December 2014 and will be called Albert's Christmas!
The story will delve more into the life of the village tramp, Albert Scatterhorn.
Here's the blurb:
There’s a Christmas crisis in Bumpkinton.
The clock is ticking and Fathers Whitworth O’Grady and Harrison Stawker are running out of time to find someone for a very special job. As they race around the inaugural Christmas Markets looking for the right man to fill some very big black boots, their search is thwarted at every turn by protests, flirty florists and a vindictive journalist.
As all hope seems lost, someone steps forward to save Christmas . Someone they did not expect…
You can find out more on my website: www.matthewdrzymala.com
There you will also find the exclusive front cover!
If you're a fan of cosy humour then you'll enjoy my Bumpkinton stories :)
Matthew Drzymala
The story will delve more into the life of the village tramp, Albert Scatterhorn.
Here's the blurb:
There’s a Christmas crisis in Bumpkinton.
The clock is ticking and Fathers Whitworth O’Grady and Harrison Stawker are running out of time to find someone for a very special job. As they race around the inaugural Christmas Markets looking for the right man to fill some very big black boots, their search is thwarted at every turn by protests, flirty florists and a vindictive journalist.
As all hope seems lost, someone steps forward to save Christmas . Someone they did not expect…
You can find out more on my website: www.matthewdrzymala.com
There you will also find the exclusive front cover!
If you're a fan of cosy humour then you'll enjoy my Bumpkinton stories :)
Matthew Drzymala
Latest Novel News
Writing a novel is long, arduous and often infuriating. Which is probably an odd thing to say when you realise I've never released a novel.
I'm in the middle of the 3rd draft of one but I do have experience before my current WIP. I started a novel in 2011 and it still sits bereft on my laptop, waiting to breathed back into life.
It was messy and complicated and I couldn't get it to do what I wanted. So I decided to make the main character younger and I'm currently thinking of shorter stories with him in, with the novel pushed back for as long as possible.
I'm not a writer who will say it's all exciting, it's not, it's a tough thing to do and with my current work in progress, The Fantastical Gregory Shortbread, I wanted to give myself as much time as possible to get it right. Halfway through draft 3 it's still nowhere in sight of being completed, which is fine.
There are gaping holes and parts I have changed through it being a better idea, which now disjoints latter parts of the book. I am enjoying the task and scared shitless at the same time.
The novel will be the first in my Bumpkinton Tales Series, which so far consists of 5 short stories and novellas. The novel as it stands centre's on a number of characters, mostly Gregory Shortbread and Father Whitworth O'Grady, yet it rarely touches on the named character until around Chapter 12. Other than a few early chapters, he's virtually absent for 8 chapters or so.
Why did I decide to do that? Well, I have no idea. Maybe I'll work him in more earlier on once I have an idea that works. It's a process. I am hoping to release it in 2017. It could even be 2018, 3 years after my original plan of 2015.
To be honest, in 2015 it was meant to be novella length, before I changed my mind. With every draft it does take shape. I've just had to include a character I added at the end of the book who mentioned things I'd never written. Now I've just written the events mentioned at the end that never previously existed.
Crazy, eh?
I'll plough on though. Draft 4 should be where the story really pulls together and it may need another draft or two following that.
So, if you're interested in checking out what the Bumpkinton stories are all about then they#re available now from Amazon, Kobo, Smashwords, Waterstones and Barnes & Noble.
Here's the Amazon link: http://relinks.me/B01FMPN2SE
The stories are humorous with a lot of heart and a touch of pathos.
For me, for now, it's back to the novel, working out just how it's all going to work. I'll figure it out, even if it takes me the rest of the year!
The Bumpkinton Tales: Volume One
I'm in the middle of the 3rd draft of one but I do have experience before my current WIP. I started a novel in 2011 and it still sits bereft on my laptop, waiting to breathed back into life.
It was messy and complicated and I couldn't get it to do what I wanted. So I decided to make the main character younger and I'm currently thinking of shorter stories with him in, with the novel pushed back for as long as possible.
I'm not a writer who will say it's all exciting, it's not, it's a tough thing to do and with my current work in progress, The Fantastical Gregory Shortbread, I wanted to give myself as much time as possible to get it right. Halfway through draft 3 it's still nowhere in sight of being completed, which is fine.
There are gaping holes and parts I have changed through it being a better idea, which now disjoints latter parts of the book. I am enjoying the task and scared shitless at the same time.
The novel will be the first in my Bumpkinton Tales Series, which so far consists of 5 short stories and novellas. The novel as it stands centre's on a number of characters, mostly Gregory Shortbread and Father Whitworth O'Grady, yet it rarely touches on the named character until around Chapter 12. Other than a few early chapters, he's virtually absent for 8 chapters or so.
Why did I decide to do that? Well, I have no idea. Maybe I'll work him in more earlier on once I have an idea that works. It's a process. I am hoping to release it in 2017. It could even be 2018, 3 years after my original plan of 2015.
To be honest, in 2015 it was meant to be novella length, before I changed my mind. With every draft it does take shape. I've just had to include a character I added at the end of the book who mentioned things I'd never written. Now I've just written the events mentioned at the end that never previously existed.
Crazy, eh?
I'll plough on though. Draft 4 should be where the story really pulls together and it may need another draft or two following that.
So, if you're interested in checking out what the Bumpkinton stories are all about then they#re available now from Amazon, Kobo, Smashwords, Waterstones and Barnes & Noble.
Here's the Amazon link: http://relinks.me/B01FMPN2SE
The stories are humorous with a lot of heart and a touch of pathos.
For me, for now, it's back to the novel, working out just how it's all going to work. I'll figure it out, even if it takes me the rest of the year!
The Bumpkinton Tales: Volume One
THE BUMPKINTON TALES - FREE ON SMASHWORDS
If you're a fan of FREE books then great news, my humorous collection of stories set in fantastically fictional village of Bumpkinton is FREE on Smashwords until 31st July.
Jump in and find out what all the fuss at the residents' meetings is about and will you love or loathe Fenton at the inaugural Singles Night?
All you need to do is type is SFREE at the checkout and you're good to go!
You can add it to your basket at the link below.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
Happy reading lovely people!
Jump in and find out what all the fuss at the residents' meetings is about and will you love or loathe Fenton at the inaugural Singles Night?
All you need to do is type is SFREE at the checkout and you're good to go!
You can add it to your basket at the link below.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
Happy reading lovely people!
THE BUMPKINTON TALES - HALF-PRICE ON SMASHWORDS
Ah, you may have missed my recent free promotion on Smashwords for my book, The Bumpkinton Tales: Volume One, but not to worry, for the next TEN days (until 12th August) it will be HALF-PRICE.
All you need to do is use the coupon GK93K at the checkout and it's yours nice and cheap :)
Anyway, that's all for now. I'm off on holiday for a couple of weeks and will hopefully return relaxed, refreshed and ready to get stuck into my novel!
See you soon!
All you need to do is use the coupon GK93K at the checkout and it's yours nice and cheap :)
Anyway, that's all for now. I'm off on holiday for a couple of weeks and will hopefully return relaxed, refreshed and ready to get stuck into my novel!
See you soon!
WHAT’S THAT ON YOUR BOOKSHELF? OH, IT’S MY BOOKS!
Rightly, or wrongly my eBooks have only been available to put on you Kindle bookshelf… until now! At last, I … Continue reading
The Fantastical Gregory Shortbread - Buy Your Book Today!
It’s time to celebrate, for The Fantastical Gregory Shortbread is available from today to dazzle and entertain you!
Today, 10th March is Shortbread Day, or as it’s known in Bumpkinton: Sara Hawthorne Day.
Sara who?
You’ll see.
As you celebrate the arrival of a theatrical genius, the villagers have never heard of him, but they have heard of Sara Hawthorne.
How is she important?
And what does she mean to Amelia Goose?
And speaking of Amelia…
What the flippin’ hell has happened to her voice?
All these questions and more, such as:
Who is Gregory Shortbread?
Where did he get his red sequin jacket, and
What on earth is that hanging on the wall in the Bumpkinton Rectory?
will be answered today.
It has been three years in the writing, and I hope you all love revisiting Bumpkinton again. The thing I have loved about expanding the village into a novel is that it gives the characters a chance to breathe.
To me, a novel helps to make characters more three-dimensional. We get into the minds of Father Whitworth O’Grady, Amelia Goose, Marjorie Fairfax and Father Harrison Stawker more than ever before.
We see how Amelia sees the world. Is she as bad as she’s been made out to be? Or is the rest of the village the problem?
You’ll also meet the much mentioned but never before seen Farmer Paterson.
Oh, and I’ll answer a secret that Chief Inspector Bertram Elderflower has been hiding in plain sight, but nobody in the village has been remotely aware of.
Intrigued?
I hope so.
Pick up your copy today and celebrate with a bit of Parsley!
Parsley? What?
You’ll see…
And stay tuned for an exciting Bumpkinton competition coming this week!
Buy The Fantastical Gregory Shortbread
Until next time,
Matthew
Today, 10th March is Shortbread Day, or as it’s known in Bumpkinton: Sara Hawthorne Day.
Sara who?
You’ll see.
As you celebrate the arrival of a theatrical genius, the villagers have never heard of him, but they have heard of Sara Hawthorne.
How is she important?
And what does she mean to Amelia Goose?
And speaking of Amelia…
What the flippin’ hell has happened to her voice?
All these questions and more, such as:
Who is Gregory Shortbread?
Where did he get his red sequin jacket, and
What on earth is that hanging on the wall in the Bumpkinton Rectory?
will be answered today.
It has been three years in the writing, and I hope you all love revisiting Bumpkinton again. The thing I have loved about expanding the village into a novel is that it gives the characters a chance to breathe.
To me, a novel helps to make characters more three-dimensional. We get into the minds of Father Whitworth O’Grady, Amelia Goose, Marjorie Fairfax and Father Harrison Stawker more than ever before.
We see how Amelia sees the world. Is she as bad as she’s been made out to be? Or is the rest of the village the problem?
You’ll also meet the much mentioned but never before seen Farmer Paterson.
Oh, and I’ll answer a secret that Chief Inspector Bertram Elderflower has been hiding in plain sight, but nobody in the village has been remotely aware of.
Intrigued?
I hope so.
Pick up your copy today and celebrate with a bit of Parsley!
Parsley? What?
You’ll see…
And stay tuned for an exciting Bumpkinton competition coming this week!
Buy The Fantastical Gregory Shortbread
Until next time,
Matthew
