Free promotion days!

Thought I'd write a post...
My personal Iron Writer Challenge collection is coming along nicely, just wating for Challenge 26 elements, then I'll write the story, format the book and put it on Smashwords. Let's see who is out there...
This week another writer I'm acquainted with reached the #100 Amazon rating while doing a free promotion day. So I've decided to do a 'Free for 3 days' promotion on Amazon next week, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (21-23 August), tweet it around and fb it, see what happens. I'll try and make sure the short story collection corresponds with that, too.
Apparantly I had an article in my local newspaper (The Hunts Post, UK) about my book, but I can't find it anywhere, I think they're not telling the truth...if anyone can find it, please send it to me.
...others not telling the truth. I finally got proof that there are a lot of self-published writers who cheat with their Amazon reviews. I choose not to join them. One writer had almost 100 5* reviews and yet the book was far from that. Ethics. Perhaps I'll get a thousand 1* reviews from them now...:-( Already had some Spanish woman call me an arsehole...1. she doesn't know me, if she did then she would be free to call me that, and 2. she didn't read the book. Why do I always get the crap? WHy can't people just read the books? Why can't my books be 'taken away' by an Amazon storm? We'll see next week...

7th review of 'Manna-X' :-)

Won Iron Writer Challenge 23, thanks to you and all my friends :-) That means I'll have 3 stories in the Winners compilation AND I have a place in the next Tournament.
Still working on my own compilation, only one more set of elements to go.

And here's 'Manna-X' review number 7!!!
http://www.amazon.com/Manna-X-ebook/product-reviews/B00D94CWF0

5.0 out of 5 stars Absurd, Irreverent & very funny., August 9, 2013

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D&R (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Manna-X (Kindle Edition)

This is an unusual yarn, with a bureaucratic God, hobgoblins, and whole new take on biblical stories. It may offend some readers, but loved it.

Another FANTASTIC 5* review of 'Manna-X'

Another 5 star review, this time from fellow writer Damian Stevenson! He's a good writer of dark thrillers and (name dropping) has worked with Steven Spielberg! Here's his review on Amazon.com (and Amazon.co.uk as 'Book Babe' and on Goodreads, too.

5.0 out of 5 stars Mind Twister, August 3, 2013 (Compelling Prose)

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Damian Stevenson "Author of 'The Ian Fleming ... (Los Angeles, California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Manna-X (Kindle Edition)

This is a must read for fans of absurdist literature, especially 'Waiting For Godot.' It's a satirical look at the meaning of existence told with a sly sense of humor. The characterizations are smart. The author has a definite ear for dialogue. Overall, this is a clever, witty and highly original tale that takes the meaning of life as its theme and manages to craft a thought provoking and entertaining narrative without drifting into pretentiousness.

Challenge 23

Yet another one to vote for, PLEASE...'Cynthia the Robot'...probably the last...I have 'Hello Kitty' pink all over my hair...:-(
This one is based on a girl in class who knows how to 'overact', shall we say....

http://theironwriter.com/the-stories/challenge-23/

An interview with my daughter??? Manna-X

Had a strange few minutes the other day. My daughter came up to me and asked me a few questions and it felt like an interview...
Daughter: What you doing?
Me: I'm checking typos in my new book.
Daughter: What new book?
Me: Manna-X. My latest reviewer said he found a few things, I'm just checking them out.
Daughter: What is it about?
Me: ...good question.
Daughter: You don't know?
Me: Err...you know you like Kinder Surprise?
Daughter: Yes. Can I have one?
Me: Later. Well, what happens when you get one?
Daughter: I open it up. [Other daughter] eats the chocolate and I get the toy. Is there one in the drawer?
Me: No. And then?
Daughter: I have a toy. What's in the drawer?
Me: Not much. Then what do you do with it, the Kinder toy?
Daughter: I play with it.
Me: For about 2 minutes, yeah.
Daughter: Daddy, can we go to the playground?
...it kinda broke off after that but the point is...[spoiler]...and in 'Waiting for Godot'...[spoiler]...and in 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'...[spoiler]...so, if you're intrigued to know the connection, maybe you should read 'Manna-X' and see it for yourself...it could change the way you see things :-)

Another great 5 star review coming :-) ...soon...

Yet another GREAT review of Manna-X

Yet another GREAT review of 'Manna-X' from Toni Dare, a fantastic writer. (On Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Goodreads)
(Anonymous' review is wonderful, but it has 4 stars, kinda breaks up the set...if only she knew that Alicia is partly based on her...)
Well, here's Toni's review :-)

5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping prose leaves you wanting more July 26, 2013

By Avvia

Format:Kindle Edition

A wickedly satirical poke at the origins of man with a Darwinian bent. Caile presents readers with the concept of overlords - more like absentee landlords who are entrenched in their own notions of superiority - whose responsibility it is to observe and police the physical world. Quick to punish underlings for rule infractions and deride humans as primates, their underwhelming attempts at managing score an epic fail. A journey into physicality - the human world - highlights their hubris as they fumble around unable to assimilate the reality of the world they oversee.

Yet another Iron Writer Challenge...

Yes, I'm up for another Iron Writer, Challenge 23. http://theironwriter.com/2013/07/25/challenge-23-july-25-2013/
I hope you can vote for it, wherever you are. You can even clear your cache and vote again. Maybe another browser or computer will do it too :-) Not that I'm putting any ideas in your heads :-)
Written 25 Iron Writer stories, now I'm waiting for the next 3 Challenges and I'll put them all out in a compilation for free on Smashwords. I've just been reading a few and modesty stops me from telling you how good they are...no, it didn't :-)