Published! "How to build a castle in 7 easy steps"

Yep, that's the news. I'm finally published...okay, with a small publishing company in the USA, but HEY! I get a small royalty advance (small) and 5 free copies of the book :-) And I can look forward to them backing me up! I'm not alone anymore....:-)
The book?
Oh, it's "How to build a castle in 7 easy steps". It's about...well, everyone who has read it all say it's awesome! That's not many people because I haven't asked too many to read it, but I've got 100% good feedback! I even got a comment on authonomy.com, a 'dead' site for me...
Richard Gradner....

"Love your pitch. quite original, funny : )
I can see a Terry Pratchet style of story here. very well written and highly entertaining. I love fantasy but have historically read the more serious Lord of the Rings stuff, so great to read something lighter and more enjoyable. Well done!"
When can you see it?
Well, they're running a bit late with their books, so who knows :-) But it'll happen!

TIW Final - Day 7 - the end...or is it? PLUS NEWS

Well, yes, the last day and everything went haywire. My internet didn't work for hours and I had no one left to ask, anyway. So, for the last 1 and 1/2 days I watched Don and Steve adding the votes. And WOW did they add them...strange, there were almost no public announcements from them...perhaps they have so many loyal friends who can vote 50 times in 30 minutes....Yeah, right!
It is nigh on impossible to find out whether someone is using an IP generator or has paid for votes from an online company. I can vouch for almost all of my votes, put names of REAL people to them. But I was allowed access to some information, and something wasn't right with the voting in the Final. There's trouble afoot in the state of Denmark. Another week and I'll know whether it was 'spammers' or 'IP generator'...so, maybe the Final hasn't finished yet :-) (hehehe)
At the moment, the official announcement is that Don is the 2014 Annual Champion...
Here are the final votes :-(



NEWS! Just signed a publishing contract with 'Line By Lion Publications' for 'How to' :-)
PARTY!!

TIW Final - Day 6

I was overtaken overnight by Steve...I was killed in my sleep...I tried my best to get votes but none were coming...he was able to get many many more than myself. I ws also able to see the website's stats and the countries from where the hits came from...it looks very dodgy, someone is not playing with a straight bat. I'm depressed, angry, sad...whatever. It's definitely "Who you know, not what you know." The final should have the 4 greatest stories to ever be written for TIW in the whole year, and clearly they are not. I tried to write something special, and many people have already said I did. But I cannot get anymore votes without 'pestering'. Looks like this is the end...(even thought some people are helping, but no matter how many votes I get, the leader adds a few more votes from suspicious IPS countries)...(yes, that's what I am saying...)
http://theironwriter.com/challenge-64-2014-iron-writer-championship/

Here are the votes up to this point...(21 May 2014 10.30pm...less than 26 hours to go...)

Paper.li mention "The Lib Lit Daily"

Yes, got a mention in Paper.li again (3rd time), this time "The Lib Lit Daily" by Randolph Brzoska (@RSBrzoska) But it didn't really help, now 17 votes down .-(

Here's the screenshot...

TIW Final - Day 5

Well, a surprise in the morning, Don got 55 votes in 30 minutes from 11.45pm to 00.15am my time.
He's doing it again. He did it to me in the Autumn Final, getting blocks of 55 votes from 'somewhere' in a very quick time. This time his votes started at 47 (unfortunately I don't have a screenshot of any of this, I mean, how can you plan to 'watch' something like that) and finished on 102...in 30 minutes.
There was also a flurry of votes at around 6pm today, both Steve and Don gaining ground on me :-(
Now I'm only 9 ahead...
Today I tried to get more votes but for me the place is 'dry'...here are the votes after Day 5...(20.00 20th May 2014)

TIW Final - Day 4

Put the video up...23 views...not many...and very few votes today. At this rate, Steven will catch up with me.
Send as many people as you can here...please! Vote for Dani J Caile!
http://theironwriter.com/challenge-64-2014-iron-writer-championship/
Other news - the anthology 'Circuits & Steam' sold out at the Steampunk Fair - coooool.
And soon I will hear whether my new book is accepted by the publisher...
Still working on 'Torn'....but the Final is taking up all my 'extra' time....what extra time???
Anyway...
Here are the votes after Day 4...

TIW Final - Day 3 (+ video)

This past day has been hell....pestering people to vote for me is not my way at all. I feel cheap and nasty, but I must do this! The Iron Writer is about stretching yourself as a writer, and..well...
...AND I've just heard that Don will now enter the race...crap...

Got an e-mail from a guy today, Jim Wright, he said this about my story...
I'm just back from the Iron Writer forum. Didn't even know it was there. I loved your story. I laughed and laughed! Thank you!


If you STILL haven't voted, please go here...4 days to go!
http://theironwriter.com/challenge-64-2014-iron-writer-championship/

Working on the video...Here it is!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXt0l0YiI2Q&feature=youtu.be

Here are the votes after Day 3...