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Sunday, June 23, 2019

Good Omens review (TV series) *spoliers*


After one of my books was compared to Neil Gaiman's work, I researched and found that he'd beaten me to the punch by two decades, what with Lucifier, demons and angels, etc. He even has a mention at the beginning of each episode of 'Lucifer', a great little silly/shallow series - it's fun to watch, though its messages are... lacking.
Anyway, it's Good Omens I'd like to write about, which was finally put on film by Amazon (and not Netflix as those protesting against it think). Neil Gaiman co-wrote it with Terry Pratchett. I was a fan of Pratchett when I was a teenager.
Crowley and Aziraphale, demon and angel, lead us through, with occasional flashbacks in the history of humanity, the last few days before the expected Apocalypse where the Anti-Christ is revealed and the final fight between Heaven and Hell begins and Earth is destroyed.
Unfortunately, Crowley and Aziraphale have become attached to Earth after falsifying their reports of work for thousands of years, and do all they can to stop this happening.
The TV series is entertaining, as with anything Pratchett, when it focuses on its two main characters, with all those around as merely 'cardboard cutouts', though there are a few other characters that do well from the series, namely Anathema (descendant of the witch Agnes Nutter), Newton Pulsifer (descendant of the man who executed Agnes Nutter), Shadwell (BRILLIANTLY played by Michael McKean) and Madame Tracey (Shadwell's landlady).
From a British perspective, Crowley and Aziraphale are like a 1950s platonic gay couple. As for the 'world' built within the book/TV series, it is unbelievably similar to my own from my first 4 novels, though I have never read Gaiman's work up until now and Pratchett's Discworld novels were different to this.
Good Omens is one of the best things out there in TV land at the moment, though I was actually expecting more from it. The jokes/humour seemed... overdone or overinflated, much like the jokes in Upstart Crow, the British TV 'sitcom' series about Shakespeare. I'll leave that for another time.

So, because of this I might be back to writing...





Monday, June 17, 2019

Re-issued with the BEST Story!

After seeing the Writer's Games 2016 paperback edition is now out of print, I decided to re-issue "Six More Fantastic Short Stories No One Gives a F#ck About" with the BEST story, Éjjeli Mászó included.
Here's the great new cover below! ...no, I didn't take much time over it, hell, who gives a f#ck?
And here's the link to the paperback and kindle! For those who wish to see perhaps the best short story work I've ever done. I might even make it free on Smashwords...
Paperback...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1074111575
Kindle...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M7TCRE7



Tuesday, May 14, 2019

It's Nice to be Appreciated

Sometimes a word is all that's needed, sometimes a small gesture.
Today, out of the blue, someone who isn't known for reading books asked if they could read one of my books - out of pure interest. I gave one to them. I hope they read at least a few pages!
I gave them a copy of...


And then I received an email from my favourite sci-fi writer commending me on my 'great work' reading/editing his latest book. It's so nice to be appreciated!

AND the other day I received a short message from an old student thanking me for helping them learn English to the level that they were now in the advanced class at university.

Impeccability. Work to the best of your ability. 'Cause you don't know when it'll all go black...

Monday, April 15, 2019

Free downloads up 65%! (+ NEW BOOK?)

Free downloads of my Smashwords books have gone up 65% since last month! That is a marked increase, almost getting to the 500 per month point, which would be nice!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/2766

Free downloads of "Rage" didn't go so well, but well over 1000 people (mostly for free) have that already, so I guess I've hit my 'small fish pond exposure ceiling' with that one.
I'm finally having a look at my little sci-fi book "Gubacsi Dulu" which I started a few years ago but never finished. I wonder how a sci-fi would go in my 'small fish pond'?


Friday, April 12, 2019

Into the Top 50k! and #FREE "Rage"

First time in a while, my Amazon Rank went below 50k! Great news, thanks people! 48,132!



And "Rage of Atlantis" is still #free for a few more days! Please come and get it and if you could review! Thank you!


Wednesday, April 10, 2019

"Rage" FREE and ANIMATION!

Yes, "Rage of Atlantis" is free yet again. Facebook kept saying there were views on my 'Rage' page, so I decided once again to give it out for a few days. The giveaway is doing okay so far.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008EM2RRK

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,109 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

Still editing the short stories for the new anthology but that'll come out soon...

New book coming soon, either called "The Death of the Reader" or "The Book that Could Never be Read".

My daughter also made a tiny animation of my 'Weekend Quickie 8", found in Dani's Shorts 2, which is getting close to 1000 free downloads over at Smashwords.
Here's the cute little animation... what gets me is that she completed it, which is more than I can say for others...










Monday, April 1, 2019

NEW REVIEW! on "How to Sink a Ship"

Yes, finally another post! And another review! Thank you Maureen Larter!

"How to Sink a Ship (in eight long, excruciatingly terrifying, stinkingly evil nights!)"
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1948807041

March 30, 2019
Format: Paperback
A giggle a minute. To really appreciate this book, you have to have a quirky sense of humour. I loved it.



Just 48 more to go to get on that magical Amazon readers' list!
I wish my publisher would make it available in ebook form...

News: The new anthology is going well, over $8000 in the Kickstart and halfway through the editing process. It'll soon be out.
And free downloads? Going well! Over 300 last month! Still waiting for my first 1000 downloads but some are over 700 now.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/2766

A new book? Soon. Soon :-)