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How do you make God laugh? I've a feeling I made him laugh a lot when I packed my bag and went to look after a puppy too young to go into kennels. I had such plans...https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Please take a look - despite the virus, various lockdowns, the US election, and the dark nights this really is a wonderful world.
And if you go there quickly you'll see that a time travel romance Hide in Time is reduced to 0.99 until 9th November. Or, of course, if you are a Kindle Unlimited member it's FREE!)
Wow, you've been busy! Great job looking after all of those animals! I also had a very ironic dogsitting experience recently, so I know how you feel! Her owners told me that she was elderly and acted a lot like a cat, so I was expecting a quiet, relaxing writer's/illustrator's retreat at their house.What none of us anticipated was that the dog would develop severe separation anxiety since this was the first long trip her owners had taken since March, and she began acting antagonistically toward me because I was in the house instead of her "parents". It took a few sleepless nights, and enduring the constant barking and very distressing noises a dog makes when it's having a panic attack (they kind of sound like dying elephants), before her owners and I finally exhausted all other ideas and they told me where her anxiety medication was.
After the first couple of doses, she calmed down considerably, and things stabilized after that. But she is also a very scheduled creature who apparently likes to take her evening walks at a very particular time--regardless of what you might happen to be doing. So every night, as I was eating dinner, she would walk over to the table and start barking in my ear. Her owner said the dog would not take very long walks since she was old, but she took me on grueling walks around a hilly neighborhood, and by the time we got back to the house, I was probably more exhausted than she was.
I love animals, but I don't particularly enjoy looking after them. My very easygoing cat is about all I can handle.
Ah, yes, I see you had an exhausting time of it too. Bit optimistic of us to think we would have time to read and write!
Right? I hope you're getting plenty of writing time now!
Definitely better now and, as a new national lockdown started today, I won't have as many interruptions! I have even got round to plotting.
That's definitely a silver lining of lockdowns! I've been feeling much the same way, actually. I got my latest novel written during the US's big lockdown earlier this year. I hope everything goes well over there during this new lockdown!
Thank you, T.K. And I hope all goes well for you over in the States.
Thank you! I'm so glad God is looking out for all of us.
Missing the puppy, I started to reflect (very dangerous) on what little Rosie taught me.https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
And as the title of this post says, there's more to my blog posts than puppy ramblings. There's handy hints, jokes, wisdom in words and hopefully it won't send you to sleep.
Also, I wouldn't want you to miss out on my latest book's bargain price of 0.99 from 20th - 27th November. FREE on Kindle Unlimited And it's Christian Speculative Fiction!
After all, if you ever get stuck for something to say, you could always lead a sparkling conversation with what lies beyond the grave.Probably best not to start that over Christmas Dinner!
It’s December and if you haven’t been given an Advent Calendar then it’s very easy to create your own version to shine out into the darkness. I’m not good at crafts so you’ll undoubtedly do better than I will. And, of course, you’ll also get a Sage Saying, a Jolly Joke and a Handy Hint if you follow this link:https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
And there’s scintillating news on how far I’ve got with my new book. Ahem!
Winter’s nearly over (in the northern hemisphere at least) and let’s hope the lockdowns will soon be over too.https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
The above link takes you to my blog with its usual sage saying, jolly joke, handy hint, bargain book and yet another bright idea (please don’t groan too loudly, well not so that I can hear). A plan to brighten the place up...
0.99 through till 3rd March US/UK or FREE on KU
I’d love to know who wrote the latest review: “A beautifully written, imaginative, supernatural and definitely unique story! ...Well paced story with wonderful characters and full of suspense and romance, too!” A big thank you to that person.
What a fantastic review! I'm so happy for you. :) Well-earned!
Thanks, T.K. Good to see you around GR! Keep up the good work.
Writers write, some better than others. Even Charles Dickens wrote some duds though, so the Internet says. However, I am absolutely sure that my big flop is a bigger flop than Dickens’ flops.Please rescue it - the hero’s having a hard time, they’re all out to get him and the heroine’s 12,000 miles away and being kept in the dark. Only you can save them from oblivion.
Immortality: This is Probably a Novel. You are invited into a mystery: intriguing, exciting, deadly.
0.99 in the UK and US until 5th May 2021. Free on Kindle Unlimited.
Can you guess which of Dickens’ books were flops? Take a look at my blog post for May:
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
And you might also like to take a look at best selling author Josh Grant’s youtube video which tells you more, and you get to see a waffling woman too. He bills it as ‘the least professional talk show on the Internet’. I’ve already been told it’s funny - not quite what I was aiming for :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3CXm...
Anna wrote: "Writers write, some better than others. Even Charles Dickens wrote some duds though, so the Internet says. However, I am absolutely sure that my big flop is a bigger flop than Dickens’ flops.Plea..."
Hi Anna! How are you? Are you looking for reviewers for your book? If so, I'd love to read and review it in exchange for a physical copy, as I don't really have a good way to read ebooks. My review would be published on Goodreads and my book blog. I can also be reached by email at: justabookishblog@gmail.com
Thank you!
How do authors think of an opening line to the first book they write? Until I wrote my first book, I don’t think I ever thought or even cared how they came up with something snappy or enlightening. But first lines of books have become famous. Think of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ or probably the most famous of all time "In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth." Well my blog gives you one idea of how it can happen for an ordinary writer! Rather embarrassing really.Here's the link:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Injections of JoyWe’ve heard a lot about injections lately and we’re told they’re doing a good job. There’s another injection doing a good job: something unexpectedly cheerful can feel just like an injection of joy. I won a prize! Definitely unexpected and definitely something good.
There’s also the usual sage saying, handy hint and stress reducer. And news of three of my books being reduced to as low as £0.77/$0.99 (similar prices for all markets) or a little bit more for the other three.
Hop on over to https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog... and share your idea of an injection of joy. Children? Grandchildren? Holiday? Meeting someone new and super...? Finally being able to meet in church together again, or a restaurant, or concert?
Latest blog: 52 things to do once in your life - you may be surprised – they’re not quite what I expected. Take a look here:https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
And you’ll find news of a greatly reduced PAPERBACK. If you think this world is getting stranger by the day, wait til you see what Chester had to put up with.
Reduced from US$10.45 to $6.99;
£8.95 to £5.99
€8.95 to €6.99
Ca$ 12.95 to Ca$ 9.99
Au$ 17.52 to Au$13.99
These prices are a very few cents more than Amazon permits me to sell it for and they will remain until the end of October.
Please visit the blog for your Handy Hint, Sage Saying and Stress Reducer and you’ll be very welcome to leave some chatter in the comments box.
November’s blog post has something for everyone.There’s something for readers – want to choose an Indie author for me to interview?
Something for authors – want to have a mini interview?
Something for everyone – fancy writing a drabble and posting it in the comments? Go ahead, have fun. A drabble is a very short story – exactly one hundred words, no less, no more.
You’ll find the blog here: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
And the cat’s been crying again. Ignored apparently.
And the cat is not what she seems.
I hope you’ll take a look at the answers to the question “Why do you write?” Three authors have responded. It’s a bit like saying “What makes you tick?” Let’s see what goes on in their heads!And, as the heading says, there’s a gift for you – a free world-wide gift of a Christian speculative fiction ebook so long as you get to it between 5th and 9th December.
Here’s the link to the blog:
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
★MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE★
And for those who don’t celebrate Christmas – I hope you will have a wonderful time as we run up to yet another new year – happy holidays!
Can't think of a New Year's resolution? I can never think of a resolution that I’m likely to remember beyond the first few days. Failure! But I offer you one which will make you think hard, and three which are easy peasy.
There’s also three more answers from authors to the question ‘Why do you write?’ Drop in to
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
and see what they have to say – what drives them?
No ebooks on sale but
PAPERBACK is on Amazon in the US for $4.29 Makes a good present perhaps? I reduced the price and Amazon, the readers' friend, has reduced it even further.
I wish you a happy and healthy new year.
February’s blog takes a look at two more authors’ reasons for writing. Writing takes up an awful lot of time so why do they do it?There’s also a poem by a Goodreads member and it sure will make you think. Are we all sometimes guilty of this? Can we change? Does giving an orange, banana or choccie bar help? You be the judge.
I’m also asking you to share on the blog your favourite stress reducers.
The link takes you to a place to ponder and share:
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
And what’s a ‘love that never died’? Hide in Time is a time travel romance about someone who regrets having misjudged the man she loved. Ouch!
0.99 until 2nd February in US and UK or FREE on Kindle Unlimited
Don’t you wish you could change the world?Visit https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog... and help us do better in a troubled world.
It's reduced to 0.99 in the US and UK until 4th February.
In this book, Chester is paying a high price for attempting to improve the world he inhabits.
He has achieved his burning ambition to become an investigative reporter but what has he sacrificed in the process? And now he's become the target, will he survive to enjoy his achievement?
Off the grid in New Zealand, his quiet life is shattered when a stranger knocks on his door and takes him to the gates of Hell and back. He holds onto his sanity through the promise of returning to the one girl he has ever loved.
You are invited into this mystery: intriguing, exciting and deadly.
And it's FREE on Kindle Unlimited.
This book gives you a glimpse of what lies beyond... (or does it?)
“The pacing is great. The dialog is great. The sense of place is … phenomenal.”
“…you’ll love watching Chester’s world slowly unravel.”
“I realised just how clever the plot is”
“His yearning for Kate was also intriguing; what had happened between them, would they be reunited?”
“…the storytelling is so skilled that the layers of meaning are revealed and understood in good time, and to powerful effect. A compelling novel that I didn’t want to put down, this is a highly-recommended read.”
All the above are Goodreads’ reviewers and are obviously intelligent, kind, wonderful people! I promise I am not related!
If you pop along to my blog, you’ll find an excerpt too:
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
It’s good to treat yourself occasionally and at 0.99 it doesn’t cost much. (US and UK)
Immortality: This Is Probably a Novel 0.99 until 4th May or FREE with Kindle Unlimited.
Just ordered my copy. The price was definitely right! Thanks. It's in my TBR stack. Please check out my books on amazon. Some kids books, some poetry, some mystery, horror, fantasy. kindle books all priced 99 cents all the time
Thanks Denise! I'm just going to take a look at your Goodreads profile and Amazon links. Many thanks.
Wow! You sure have covered a lot of genres. I'm a bit like that too.
The world seems to be going through some strange, anxiety-creating times: war, floods, fires, heat waves and more.I hope you will hop over to https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog... where you might find some reasons to be cheerful – and please add your own reasons in the blog’s comments and spread a little much needed enjoyment and, if you can, some laughter too.
This month’s bargain is
an Amazon best-seller. 0.99 from 27th September to 3rd October or FREE on Kindle Unlimited. Louisa, a Goodreads reviewer says, "When a book allows me to become one of the characters....aahhhh, perfection!" A good thriller? You might also like to know that
is reduced to £1.77 and US$2.99 and other territories are cheaper than usual too. Paperbacks are US$7.25 and £5.95. You can sit back in an armchair and enjoy travelling to London, New Zealand, the Caribbean and to places you’ve never heard of and will never want to go to again. Why would any author write about places you wouldn’t want to go to ever again?https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
Merry Christmashttps://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
Something a little different this month as this is the month when many of us will be scratching our heads (or whatever you do when you absolutely have to do some thinking). What to buy for Christmas presents? Easy: a book. It’s something that lasts, can be treasured, can be shared and most of all can bring joy – and that is precisely what Christmas tends to do.
I’ve done your searching for you. Ahem. Three of my paperback books have been reduced in price to the very lowest that Amazon allows for authors in their Kindle Direct Publishing. At their very lowest, the author receives nothing. So that’s me! I’d like them to have been even cheaper but Amazon have to make their money…
A Time Travel Romance has some nice Christmassy chapters. Amazon Best SellerUS - $7.40
UK - £6.30
Canada - $9.70
Australia – $14.50
A Time Travel Romance, taking you back to the Swinging Sixties and even further back Readers’ Favorite 5* reviewUS - $7.95
UK - £6.75
Canada - $10.50
Australia - $15.50
Goodreads reviewer said, “The pacing is great. The dialog is great. The sense of place is … phenomenal. Great balance in the storytelling…” Speculative fiction with Christian themeUS - $7.25
UK - £5.99
Canada - $9.35
Australia - $13.99
Find out more on the blog:
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
I wish you all a very happy Christmas.
It’s a Wonderful Worldhttps://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
I’ve recently returned from a trip Down Under and I spent some time at a favourite beauty spot, a café in Scorching Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. Munching brunch, I remembered a scene from one of my books set just around the headland in Breaker Bay which features in
“Suddenly he saw it: the most magnificent roller advancing steadily towards the shore. A shout went up and all paddled furiously towards the beguiling breaker. He caught the wave, stood and steadied himself. The magic carpet took off; he was flying once again. For a few precious moments the exhilaration bore him up to surfers’ heaven – no drug could compare.”
And then something shocking happened.
And it’s reduced to 0.99 in the US and UK from 25th February to 1st March 2024.
Also FREE on Kindle Unlimited.
Find out more on https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
In the US on 4th July you are celebrating: here in the UK we have a General Election. On 5th July, the UK will be reeling from the results – whatever they are.Many people are worried about the future. I found on my travels earlier this year that our friends in New Zealand and Australia have similar worries to us. Friends in the US and Canada say the same. Thousands of miles away, yet we face similar worries and threats.
Many writers and health practitioners over the years have given us tips on how to cope with worries. As a reader and writer, I would say: read a good book. And it’s true, isn’t it? If you get lost in a book, you’re in another world.
Hop over to the blog and read more and add your thoughts please – we need good tips I think you'll like the blog.
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
One person who found he was up to his ears in trouble is Chester. Chester manages to get through some horrendous situations but eventually he helps others on the way. As an investigative journalist, he’s come up against a crime gang. And when he gets to New Zealand, he finds life is not quite what he imagined and he narrowly misses… well, I’d better not give out any spoilers.
It's on a Kindle Countdown Deal from Thursday 27th June, through until 3rd July 2024. For 0.99 if you live in the UK or US, or not much more if you’re unable to get the deal. And, of course it is FREE on Kindle Unlimited.
And it's clean! With Christian themes throughout.
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I'll yatter on about it another time but I just wanted to let everybody (well, perhaps a person or two) know that I now have a blog.
I expect many of you have a blog or two or more already. This is my first blogging attempt and it's here on Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
Now I know you all have heaps to do but if you want to get to know my work better (maybe you don't but could you just pretend, please) you could take a look :o) And bit by bit you'll find out more than I should probably be telling.