G.M. O'Neill's Blog
December 31, 2018
Happy New Year
Akemashite omedatou gozaimasu!!
That's the greeting where I am currently suffering from morning-after on January 1st. Wishing you all a healthy and happy 2019. Okay, better make that, wishing you a kick-ass great 2019 considering the last 12 months. The Year of the Pig means Go! Go! Go!
And did you know according to Wiki there are five kinds of Year of the Pig? Nothing is ever that simple is it? In China this is Year of the Earth Pig. In Japan it's a wild mountain pig.
There's no stopping those pigs. So whatever you plan to do this year, there's no holding back, just do it. Go go go...
That's the greeting where I am currently suffering from morning-after on January 1st. Wishing you all a healthy and happy 2019. Okay, better make that, wishing you a kick-ass great 2019 considering the last 12 months. The Year of the Pig means Go! Go! Go!
And did you know according to Wiki there are five kinds of Year of the Pig? Nothing is ever that simple is it? In China this is Year of the Earth Pig. In Japan it's a wild mountain pig.
There's no stopping those pigs. So whatever you plan to do this year, there's no holding back, just do it. Go go go...
January 29, 2017
The rebirth of The Girl with Two Names
The Girl with Two Names was intended to fit with several genres rather than a single one. It would have been easier and perhaps wiser to write a single genre book, but no, I never seem to be able to do things the easy way. To my mind it is a noir thriller, heavier on psychology than on suspense, but I trust it does still have a little of the later.
Did I mention romance? Oh, yes, it has that also.
I would just like to make one comment about the genre label it has been given on the Goodreads book page. Speaking as the author, the subject of abuse within the institution of marriage as well as from the point of view of an employee working within a company under an oppressive soul sucking contract is a part of the story. But it is not what I would regard as being the genre. Goodreads has seen fit to list this book under abuse, that is, abuse under sociology. I think that is a mistake. I am not sure why it would be placed under the last at all. This is no postmodern treatise. There you are, I've probably set the cat among the pigeons with that observation.
See what you think. The book has undergone a complete rewrite and yes, a re-edit. It was published too early. I have learned since those early days you never, never publish a book too early. Well, I won't make that mistake again. At least, I really hope I don't. I thought I had thick skin, but reviews soon sorted out that illusion. It is now a cracking good yarn and I hope you enjoy the read.
Did I mention romance? Oh, yes, it has that also.
I would just like to make one comment about the genre label it has been given on the Goodreads book page. Speaking as the author, the subject of abuse within the institution of marriage as well as from the point of view of an employee working within a company under an oppressive soul sucking contract is a part of the story. But it is not what I would regard as being the genre. Goodreads has seen fit to list this book under abuse, that is, abuse under sociology. I think that is a mistake. I am not sure why it would be placed under the last at all. This is no postmodern treatise. There you are, I've probably set the cat among the pigeons with that observation.
See what you think. The book has undergone a complete rewrite and yes, a re-edit. It was published too early. I have learned since those early days you never, never publish a book too early. Well, I won't make that mistake again. At least, I really hope I don't. I thought I had thick skin, but reviews soon sorted out that illusion. It is now a cracking good yarn and I hope you enjoy the read.
December 3, 2015
Writing, Rewriting, and Freebies
I have had a KDP Countdown Deal Promo going for 7 days. The final day today. 67% off the regular price of the book. Only $0.99 cents. C'mon that's a very good price. :)
Please take advantage of this if you would like to read the book as a cheap purchase. Otherwise, I am offering an free copy for a review here on Goodreads and Amazon.
A little further ahead with Book 2 and Book 3.
I am going to take a pause to do some work on The Girl With Two Names.
I really like that story, not that I dislike Jubilee Year, but because TGWTN was my first book, and thee places and people I know and knew (composites in the book), events that happened in New Zealand in a particularly wild stretch of the country.
The places described in TGWTN are all real. The regional names and the hill ranges are real. Some particular items have been moved around a bit though (you are allowed to do that in fiction I think). Many of the events described have taken place in NZ. The acts engaged in by the characters are all based on real life activities. I ask you allow me artistic license in the critical Shakespearian act played out in a helicopter.
The book needs to be longer to breath more life into the characters and establish details that really are too vague in the TGWTN. But then Kindle users would I think reject it, and they make up the bulk of my readers. Ah well.
The Girl With Two Names will be revised and ready to read again in both Kindle and paperback (through CreateSpace and Amazon) by the end of December.
Til next time. See y'all.
Gerard
Please take advantage of this if you would like to read the book as a cheap purchase. Otherwise, I am offering an free copy for a review here on Goodreads and Amazon.
A little further ahead with Book 2 and Book 3.
I am going to take a pause to do some work on The Girl With Two Names.
I really like that story, not that I dislike Jubilee Year, but because TGWTN was my first book, and thee places and people I know and knew (composites in the book), events that happened in New Zealand in a particularly wild stretch of the country.
The places described in TGWTN are all real. The regional names and the hill ranges are real. Some particular items have been moved around a bit though (you are allowed to do that in fiction I think). Many of the events described have taken place in NZ. The acts engaged in by the characters are all based on real life activities. I ask you allow me artistic license in the critical Shakespearian act played out in a helicopter.
The book needs to be longer to breath more life into the characters and establish details that really are too vague in the TGWTN. But then Kindle users would I think reject it, and they make up the bulk of my readers. Ah well.
The Girl With Two Names will be revised and ready to read again in both Kindle and paperback (through CreateSpace and Amazon) by the end of December.
Til next time. See y'all.
Gerard
