Some success...OK, a little...

The 1 day promo from efantasybargains.com was a small success, a got a few sales on Amazon.com.
It's nice, this is probably my most successful month in sales, due to free promos, interviews, the promo.
In October, all of my ebooks will be FREE on the 14th and 15th, as there will be another website who will promote me on the 14th...to get more readers is the aim :-)
My latest Hungarian translator has finally started to look at 'Manna-X' and he says good things :-)
AND...I was a judge on Iron Writer's 1st ever Grudge Match, it was a one horse race, really. But now it looks like I'll participate in Grudge Match 2, as I have been 'officially insulted' (a bit of fun)...AND I'll be in the Autumn Solstice Open...AND I'm writing up "How to build a castle in 7 easy steps" (slowly)...busy :-)

'Manna-X' on efantasybargains.com!!!

Yeah! Got put on http://www.efantasybargains.com/ the 1st on the page!
Only today, though, but hey! I wonder how many people will see this?
Anyway, let's see if it dos anything...
Here's a screenshot :-)

Post in eFantasybargains.com

Yes, I'll have a post in eFantasybargains.com newsletter on 24th September 2013. It's my usual spiel, but HEY, I'm in a newsletter, with 'Manna-X' !!
If you want to subscribe to the newsletter, go here...
http://www.efantasybargains.com/
And if I'm lucky, today this blog will get 100 hits today!
Update: ...yes, it did :-)

Weekend Quickies

Taking a few minutes out to write this post. It's surprising how many hits this blog gets nowadays, especially seeing as I haven't posted for days, perhaps weeks. As Dean Martin said "I had a special request, but I'll sing anyway."
Did the 2nd Weekend Quickie at Iron Writer (also did the 1st)
Just scroll down and read my 200 word (exactly) parody of Austen.
http://theironwriter.com/weekend-quickie/
Keeping up with the Iron Writer Challenge, 'Dani's Shorts 2' is filling up, and I'm ready to try the Autumn Equinox Open. I'm in the Ernest Hemingway division, a personal goal achieved! My name is connected to my hero! OK, it's a tiny connection, but there it is :-)
And working on the first of my 2 ideas, 'How to build a castle in 7 easy steps'. Healing nicely...
How about you?

Review of 'Manna-X' (Sept 18th 2013)

Got a review for 'Manna-X'. I hope more will appear. It's 4 stars, but I'll take it! :-)Thanks, Maeve!

4.0 out of 5 stars Quirky and amusing, September 18, 2013

By 

Maeve Sleibhin

This is a nuanced, entertaining, irreverent read, engaging and quirky. While at times I felt that the writer was letting the humour run away from him, and that his irreverence at times risked undermining his basic premises, there is a subtle absurdity that runs through the whole thing and keeps the pacing strong. It is unexpected and quite funny at times. 

http://www.amazon.com/Manna-X-ebook/dp/B00D94CWF0

 

Demo cover of "How to"

Yesterday I showed the cover of Dani's Shorts 2 (unfinished, of course, now onto Challenge 31 out of 52, just 21 more weeks left). Today I'll show the cover of 'How to'. This is so far the best I've come up with in Createspace's Cover editor...(background is white...it has to be...there's a code in there somewhere...:-))

Typing block

No, I don't have writer's block, I have typing block...later...
Here's the cover of the 2nd volume of short stories, it'll be ready once Challenge 52 is out (on 30 ATM)...

And here's a very small and rough snippet from my new book (there are 2 on the go, this is the 1st)..."How to build a castle in 7 easy steps" :-) (only about 5000 words down so far)

"8.30, 8.30, any advance on 8.30?"

"8.40!"

"8.40 to the man in the shorts. 8.40, 8.40…"

"8.45!"

"Thank you, sir. 8.45 to you, sir, 8.45, 8.45…"

"8.50!"

"8.50 to the man in the shorts, again. 8.50, 8.50, any advance on 8.50? 8.50, going once, going twice…"

"9.00!"

"9.00! To the old man in the long robe and beard. 9.00, 9.00, any more bids? 9.00, 9.00…going once, going twice…(bang)…time is sold to the old man in the long robe and beard. Congratulations, sir."

"That 'll come in handy, that will."