Neil McFarlane's Blog
November 9, 2018
New audiobook released
"A Month of Bedtime Stories" is now available in audiobook format. It's 5 hours 49 mins long and priced at $19.95 on Audible.
This is a collection of 31 bedtime stories inspired by the likes of Enid Blyton's "The Faraway Tree" series and A. A. Milne's "Winnie The Pooh" stories. These woodland tales are told in the 2nd person, so the listener is addressed as a gender-neutral "you", and the stories concern various adventures that "you" had in the woods earlier today.
While this is intended to make the stories more immersive and interactive than traditional, 3rd-person bedtime stories, the new adiobook format is also particularly useful for parents who would like to tell their children bedtime stories but are unable to do so for one reason or another (e.g. physical inability, illness, etc.)
A sample can be heard and the audiobook can be purchased at the following link:
https://www.audible.com/pd/B07K4W39HJ...
The book is narrated by the author (that's me!). If anyone takes a listen, hope you feel I did a good job.
Thanks for reading!
This is a collection of 31 bedtime stories inspired by the likes of Enid Blyton's "The Faraway Tree" series and A. A. Milne's "Winnie The Pooh" stories. These woodland tales are told in the 2nd person, so the listener is addressed as a gender-neutral "you", and the stories concern various adventures that "you" had in the woods earlier today.
While this is intended to make the stories more immersive and interactive than traditional, 3rd-person bedtime stories, the new adiobook format is also particularly useful for parents who would like to tell their children bedtime stories but are unable to do so for one reason or another (e.g. physical inability, illness, etc.)
A sample can be heard and the audiobook can be purchased at the following link:
https://www.audible.com/pd/B07K4W39HJ...
The book is narrated by the author (that's me!). If anyone takes a listen, hope you feel I did a good job.
Thanks for reading!
October 10, 2018
Hear My Giant Farts!
Yes, you'll be delighted to know that you can now listen to My Giant Farts, available in audiobook format at the following link ...
https://www.audible.com/pd/B07J4755L1...
Hope you enjoy My Giant Farts!
https://www.audible.com/pd/B07J4755L1...
Hope you enjoy My Giant Farts!
October 2, 2018
I got a review!
Hooray!
I got a Dab of Darkness book review of my audiobook "The Revolting Brains" ...
http://dabofdarkness.com/
I got a Dab of Darkness book review of my audiobook "The Revolting Brains" ...http://dabofdarkness.com/
February 20, 2015
New Book again!
I enjoyed writing "Me Tawk Funny" so much, I wrote another one!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TPYHPF0
When Hector and his father arrived at the park, it looked like a bomb had dropped. There were feathers scattered around the duck pond, there were chairs and tables overturned at the café, there were ice cream cones scattered across the ground by the ice cream truck, there were kids crying by the swings, there were squirrels crying in the trees … It was a mess and no mistake.
A police van was parked by the gate and a bunch of policemen were standing around. One of them was having his hand bandaged. Hector and his father approached them.
“Excuse me, officer,” said Mr Dumble. “You haven't seen a dog, about so high, brown, with sticky-uppy ears, have you?”
“Are you kidding?” said one of the police officers. “That's the canine who caused this salmagundi of discombobulation,”
“Pardon?” said Mr Dumble.
“The canis domesticus who instigated this cornucopia of pandemonium.”
“Eh?” said Mr Dumble.
The police chief came over. “Don't mind Larry,” said the chief. “He always uses big words when he's traumatized. What's the problem, sir?”
“Well, um, you see, the thing is, it's like this …” said Mr Dumble.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TPYHPF0
When Hector and his father arrived at the park, it looked like a bomb had dropped. There were feathers scattered around the duck pond, there were chairs and tables overturned at the café, there were ice cream cones scattered across the ground by the ice cream truck, there were kids crying by the swings, there were squirrels crying in the trees … It was a mess and no mistake.
A police van was parked by the gate and a bunch of policemen were standing around. One of them was having his hand bandaged. Hector and his father approached them.
“Excuse me, officer,” said Mr Dumble. “You haven't seen a dog, about so high, brown, with sticky-uppy ears, have you?”
“Are you kidding?” said one of the police officers. “That's the canine who caused this salmagundi of discombobulation,”
“Pardon?” said Mr Dumble.
“The canis domesticus who instigated this cornucopia of pandemonium.”
“Eh?” said Mr Dumble.
The police chief came over. “Don't mind Larry,” said the chief. “He always uses big words when he's traumatized. What's the problem, sir?”
“Well, um, you see, the thing is, it's like this …” said Mr Dumble.
February 12, 2015
New Book!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00THPZFHM
As they were taking a short cut across the park, Buster suddenly stopped walking.
“Come on, Buster,” said Hector. “Mom's waiting for us.”
But Buster just stood there and started making some funny noises. It wasn't really a growl and it wasn't really a bark. It was like a cross between the two. A 'grark'. Then he coughed a bit and gave another grark.
Hector looked at him curiously. “Buster, are you OK?”
Buster looked at Hector, grarked again, and then he said, “Kay kay.”
“Did you just say 'kay kay'?” Hector asked.
“Nuh nuh,” said Buster. “Missa me kay kay.”
“Huh?” Hector thought that the noises Buster was making were pretty weird.
“Missay me ko kay,” said Buster.
“Buster, are you trying to talk?” Hector said.
Buster cleared his throat again and said, “Me say me OK.”
So, thought Hector, all this studying and homework has finally made me go crazy. Now I think my dog can talk. “OK, Buster, let's go home. Mom will be worrying.”
“Hokay Hector,” said Buster. Then he gave another grark, as if he were trying to clear his throat. “Me tawk funny.”
“You sure do,” said Hector. “Come on.”
As they were taking a short cut across the park, Buster suddenly stopped walking.
“Come on, Buster,” said Hector. “Mom's waiting for us.”
But Buster just stood there and started making some funny noises. It wasn't really a growl and it wasn't really a bark. It was like a cross between the two. A 'grark'. Then he coughed a bit and gave another grark.
Hector looked at him curiously. “Buster, are you OK?”
Buster looked at Hector, grarked again, and then he said, “Kay kay.”
“Did you just say 'kay kay'?” Hector asked.
“Nuh nuh,” said Buster. “Missa me kay kay.”
“Huh?” Hector thought that the noises Buster was making were pretty weird.
“Missay me ko kay,” said Buster.
“Buster, are you trying to talk?” Hector said.
Buster cleared his throat again and said, “Me say me OK.”
So, thought Hector, all this studying and homework has finally made me go crazy. Now I think my dog can talk. “OK, Buster, let's go home. Mom will be worrying.”
“Hokay Hector,” said Buster. Then he gave another grark, as if he were trying to clear his throat. “Me tawk funny.”
“You sure do,” said Hector. “Come on.”
