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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Writing moods

It's strange, one day you get the urge to write as much as possible, the next absolutely nothing. You need to find the motivation from somewhere to continue. And if you lose the need, that's even worse. Until you remember why you're putting pen to paper, so to speak. And then the motivation builds up again. Got a ton of ideas while riding on the Metro this morning, but when I woke up I wanted to forget about it all. However, a few memories came back and gave me a kick in the head. I now know that whenever I will finish this 3rd book, it's going to kick some arse, maybe even put me on some secret hitlist. Better go get some life insurance...

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Comments for the 3rd book

Well, it looks like I've got a few comments for the 3rd book's back cover. I think these are the 'winners'...

“Hilarious” Eponymous Rox (Bot)
 “Amazing” J.T. Bennett (Four Corners)
“Flash Gordon meets Water-world” Karen Bates (Faking it in France)
...with this one at the end...
“Heck, I’d buy it.” Leon Gower (Universal Constance)
The book is at 25,000, slowly moving forwards...

Monday, May 28, 2012

The University of Photoshop

A friend of mine mentioned he'd read that native Englishmen Photoshopped degrees to get a teaching job in a certain country. A few days later he not only found out that it was true, but the employers Photoshopped one for someone who hadn't bothered to do it before they had travelled. Now there you go...a degree is a piece of paper...
“These pieces of paper are strange. What you’re saying is a person whoever has one can get a job to teach someone else to get a piece of paper, and it's those who have a piece of paper which say whether those who wish to have a piece of paper can have a piece of paper, and then those who received a piece of paper from those who have a piece of paper can either go on to higher employment or continue to teach other people who wish to have a piece of paper..."
(Kang Dee to the Dean "The Rage of Atlantis")

1000 + views!!

Had a few days off the net and came back to over 1000 views!! Thanks :-)
Here are the stats (if you're interested).
Hungary (345), USA (265), Russia (132), UK (115), Netherlands (96), Germany (15), France (10),
Denmark (5), Canada (4), Latvia (4), and some others from Australia, Japan, Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia,
Romania, Brazil and Thailand. Russia is a BIG surprise.

I was also able to rethink the 3rd book's plot, and I got a decent comment on authonomy which tells me where to go with the re-write. Thanks Sam !!
http://authonomy.com/books/44130/the-rage-of-atlantis/

Saturday, May 26, 2012

I've just seen another review on Amazon.co.uk!
The reviewer is a 'Frank Zappa', deceased rock musician extraordinaire. It's not me, I swear, though I have a good idea who it is....Thanks for the review, guy!!
And here it is...
"An interesting version of an old favourite, this story is a light and amusing version of the life of Jesus, but with a twist. Not recommended for the narrow minded or deeply religeous without a sense of humour.
To understand the full complexity of the characters and narrative you should also read (J.L.Caine's) [that's DJ Caile's, 'Frank') first book, Man by a Tree which explains in modern terms the relationship between heaven and hell when time stands still; satire at its best.
The Bethlehem Fiasco is an enjoyable read giving new light on the relationship between Jesus and his disciples and the misunderstandings that can happen in normal everyday life
Highly recommended. (5 stars) "
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/pdp/profile/ASD8DYMOQVYJ7/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp


Friday, May 25, 2012

Almost 1000 views + Cheap Kindle editions!

Well, this blog now has over 950 views! So close to the magic number before the end of the month! 5 more days to go. I searched 'Dani J Caile' on Google and 3 pages came up. I seem to have been busy...
Amazon.co.uk....price of Kindle editions are much better now...
'man by a tree' - £3.24 , 'bethlehem fiasco' - £3.24 

 I've just got an idea for a 4th book....:-)

The hype of it all

So far, I've made my books easily available on the internet in the USA, UK and Europe, I've got one review on Amazon.com, a web interview on Hapax, I'll soon have a review on a literature website, I'm still featuring on two other author's websites, I have a couple of hits on my website per day, I keep collecting good comments on both authonomy.com and jottify.com about all 3 of my books, I ocassionally pick up another follower on twitter, I upset my friends with facebook posts about this blog, I give away ebooks, and I have at the moment anywhere between 15-40 views of this blog per day. Is this enough? No. Apparently not. Apparently, a book has to be in the shops to be bought. Does this depress me? A little. I work hard to make sure I give 100% in my writing. I know it's not Shakespeare, but it's what I can do.
I have an exam tomorrow. After that I will speed through the 3rd book and start revising. It'll be ready in maybe weeks, though probably a month. Will it do any better at editors? It should. It's a Dan Brown parody.