Amazon or the Trash Scifi Mafia?

AGAIN, it's been a while since I posted. So busy. I'm still waiting for 4 more ratings for Gubacsi Dulu to get its 100th! I've never had a book with 100 ratings. It would be nice (good ratings, of course!)

A strange thing happened. Amazon emailed me to say they 'reviewed' In the Midst of Fools and say I have violated the rules by placing the book in the wrong categories:

Children & Young Adults / Fantasy, Science Fiction & Horror/Science Fiction

Children & Young Adult / Fantasy, Science Fiction & Horror/Science Fiction

...but the book is in:

Juvenile Fiction > Science Fiction 

Juvenile Fiction > Steampunk

I can't even find those categories they mention. What is going on? I've replied to them. I wonder what their reply will be? I'll post it here if it's good. Apparently I have 10 days to change it... do Amazon have a personal vendetta against me, or are the Trash Scifi Mafia attacking me again?

I'm STILL writing the second book of Marika's Quest at the moment, a strange book (Among the Monkeys of Many Colors). I'm also running through a few writing prompts to bring out a new selection of short stories (Dani's Shorts 9).

So... if you've read the books, please go and rate them, maybe even review! They are my food of existence. Without them, I am but a mere grain of sand in the 'Amazon' desert, an unknown author without sustenance.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H8GNYKP

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XBJBF6Q

There's also my NEW book, of course, In the Midst of Fools available, book 1 of Marika's Quest. If you haven't had a go, why not read it on KENP? Yes, it was 'No.1 New Release' for a few days. A few.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BC6QHLSR

Gubacsi Dulu magyarul Wattpadon (3 fejezet)

 I've put up the first 3 chapters of Gubacsi Dulu in Hungarian on Wattpad. If anyone's interested...

https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/325405348-gubacsi-dulu

Still writing the second book of Marika's Quest...

So... if you've read the books, please go and rate them, maybe even review! They are my food of existence. Without them, I am but a mere grain of sand in the 'Amazon' desert, an unknown author without sustenance.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H8GNYKP

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XBJBF6Q

There's also my NEW book, In the Midst of Fools available, book 1 of Marika's Quest. If you haven't had a go, why not read it on KENP? Yes, it was 'No.1 New Release' for a few days.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BC6QHLSR

A post? Yes, a post

It's been a while since I posted. So busy. I'm still waiting for 4 more ratings for Gubacsi Dulu to get its 100th! I've never had a book with 100 ratings. It would be nice (good ratings, of course!)

I'm writing the second book of Marika's Quest at the moment, a strange book. It seems the 2nd books in my series are always weird. I'm also running through a few writing prompts to bring out a new selection of short stories.

So... if you've read the books, please go and rate them, maybe even review! They are my food of existence. Without them, I am but a mere grain of sand in the 'Amazon' desert, an unknown author without sustenance.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H8GNYKP

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XBJBF6Q

There's also my NEW book, In the Midst of Fools available, book 1 of Marika's Quest. If you haven't had a go, why not read it on KENP? Yes, it was 'No.1 New Release' for a few days.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BC6QHLSR

50th rating for Shade!

And it finally happened, Under the Shade of the Sun received its 50th rating (4 star!) Thank you, whoever you are! 

Still waiting for 4 more for Gubacsi Dulu) to get its 100th! I've never before had a book with 100 ratings. I now have two with 50+, and that IS something as I'm an UNKNOWN writer, but a book with 100+? That would make my decade.

In each book there is a message, getting closer and closer to the essence of... does it matter? Did you enjoy reading them or 'get something' out of them? That's probably the main point.

So... if you've read them, please go and rate them, maybe even review! They are my food of existence. Without them, I am but a mere grain of sand in the 'Amazon' desert, an unknown author without sustenance.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H8GNYKP

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XBJBF6Q

There's also my NEW book, In the Midst of Fools available. If you haven't had a go, why not read it on KENP? Yes, it was 'No.1 New Release' for a few days.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BC6QHLSR

New one is coming, too...

Working on some Shorts...

Still thinking about books 2 + 3 of Marika's Quest, so I'm filling the hole with a few shorts. Dani's Shorts 9 is nowhere near complete and I'm enjoying writing little pieces again. Many of them are so corny, but I'm writing them well (I think). There's still half a year's Iron Writer prompts to deal with and also those months of More Odds than Ends (That's still going on).

So, in a month or two there'll be another collection of Shorts from Smashwords, maybe. It'll be FREE, of course.

Here's a link to Dani's Short 8+, if you haven't picked it up yet :-) It's been around for over 2 years and has some good FREE stuff in it.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1028761

Putin, Stop

Yes, today's rant is about Russia, or more to the point, Putin. He's just a disgusting pig. Why invade Ukraine? It's quite easy if you research... go and watch this video, it's well worth it..."Why Russia Invaded Ukraine" 

If we cut out the bullshit that is 'the threat of NATO, the historical borders of Russia' and the liberating of 'their' people, you're basically left with the usual oil and gas. Ukraine has so much of it untapped, it can seriously hurt Russia's position in the market, which is why Russia wants Ukraine so badly. 

The oil and gas was found back in 2012, but Ukraine was led by a Putin puppet, so it wasn't a problem, in fact, a bonus. Then Zelensky got in and Russia took Crimea in 2014 by flying in a bunch of paratroopers and holding those politicians who opposed them there with a gun to their heads until they signed it over to Russia. Now they're trying to do the same with the two regions Luhansk and Donetsk, and now also Kherson and Zaporizhzhia with phoney referendums.

You see, Russia has to take the oil and gas to stop Ukraine being a financial threat as this market is Russia's main export. A war is just as good because Ukraine is using all their time, money and men to defend their country rather than take out these riches. Russia also has a big problem as mentioned in the video above. In terms of manpower, this is the only time they can do something like this, especially with the mobilization. Russia's population is dramatically declining, so in say 20 years time, they wouldn't be able to do this.

But how can anyone attack another country in the 21st century? Well, Putin the pig did. He thought 3 to 5 days and the country would be his. The fight is now on Day 222! Ukraine has done and is still doing something incredible. Here is a picture of a true hero, Zelensky.

If you'd like to keep up-to-date with the war, I've found this Ukrainian to be extremely informative...Denys Davydov

So, to sum it all up...

"Dear Putin,

                    Stop it already. Get the hell out of Ukraine. Pay for your atrocities and sort out your own country filled with greed and corruption."

Dear Liz Truss, Trickle Down Economics Doesn't Work! But you already know that, don't you.

 Back on the political trail... let's try something British.

As soon as she became the UK's Prime Minister, Liz Truss stated she 'favours the idea of trickle down economics'. What a surprise.

It was proven that it doesn't work back in the 1980s with Reagan in the USA and Thatcher in the UK - I lived through that in the UK, it wasn't pretty. Give the rich tax cuts and they'll stash the money for themselves, not invest it to create new enterprises to hire more workers. Even the IMF says it doesn't work, and I think they would know just a little bit about money.

So why is Liz Truss in favour of something that doesn't work? Other than clutching at straws after Brexit (a xenophobic nationalistic ad campaign against a growing influx of migrants disguised as a planned political withdrawal of the UK from the EU). I think you should ask yourself where Truss' idea is actually coming from.

I love this quote from the late Robin Williams (one of the greatest humans to ever live).

https://twitter.com/mingberg/status/1441476290041819141

As Robin was American, he could clearly see how money controlled politicians. The Republican party since Reagan has been the worst example of corruption so far in the political history of the USA.

So, the Conservative party in the UK (the equivalent of the GOP in the USA)... who is pulling their strings? Those same rich few who have the money and the power to 'persuade' them to implement laws which benefit themselves. For example, trickle down economics (actually a term used in criticism). You think the UK and the USA are democracies? You think your vote counts?

"Dear Liz Truss,

                Trickle down economics doesn't work. But you already know that, don't you."

Next stop... Russia and the Ukraine invasion...