Category: News

Very Broad Indeed

It’s just another update but this one is slightly different, as it’s not only about book availability, it’s also about how I am broadening my horizons to help me on my path to world domination.  Or something like that.

The first thing I would like say contains three words and will probably make some of you make the same noise Scooby Do does when he is puzzled – ‘Danish Coffee Festival’.  I can hear how hard you are scratching your head from here.  Stop it, before it bleeds.    As part of the Festival which takes place in Copenhagen on the 8th and 9th of September the organisers have asked people to send in stories relating to anything and everything connected with coffee.  So I did.  You can read it here.  Entry is free to everyone, so if you have anything to say about coffee, why not submit?  After all, it is the name of black liquid magic.

The next item on the agenda is that it is true, I have started a football career.  That is football writing.  I could have been a Premier League footballer if it wasn’t for the fact that I have no desire to pay pvc clad Grandmothers for sex.  Therefore I have settled on writing football.  My first article is already on-line at a website called State of the Game.  You can read my debut article here.

I know a number of people have been asking me when ‘Existence Is Futile’ will finally be available in Poland.  I am delighted to say NOW!  Today I discovered that it is available on Kraina Ksiazek .  On the subject of the ‘Existence Is Futile’ paperback, I have to say that it is spreading through Scandinavia like rumours of a new celebrity sex video on the internet.  The awfully nice chaps at cdon.com have made it available on cdon.no, cdon.se, cdon.dk and cdon.fi.  It’s also available via another vendor in Finland – bookplus.fi  Incidentally if you happen to read any stories in the papers about a rise in the suicide rate in Finland, it has absolutely nothing to do with my book.

The first reviews of ‘Existence Is Futile’ are starting to dribble through on the electronic superhighway, and so far have been mostly positive.  If you have read ‘Existence Is Futile’ or ‘The Story of Albert Ross’ and have enjoyed them, please try to find the time to write a review, as they help me immensely.  Also I would like to remind all of you that the photo competition on Facebook is still in effect.  No winner will be declared until the 8th of September.  All you need to do is to take a photo of yourself reading ‘Existence Is Futile’ in an unusual or imaginative situation, upload it to Facebook and tag the ‘Existence Is Futile’ group.  So get snapping.  Let’s see how creative you lot really are.  Until next time.

Amazing News

Oh happy days.  I woke up this morning to the news that my attempt at world domination has taken yet another twist.  My short story is now on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es and Amazon.it.   The only Amazon I am not in is the rainforest in South America.

The Story of Albert Ross, fingers crossed, will appear on a number of other sites in the coming weeks.  Keep your eyes and ears open as I have tried to distribute it as widely as possible.  Therefore it is all merely a matter of time.  As my Grandfather used to say ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’.  But then he had a habit of stating the bloody obvious.

 

 

 

Smashing News

Are you ready?

Are you sitting comfortably in front of your tv?

Yes?

Well, stop.

I have some news.  I have published a short story on Smashwords.com, and it is available for a whopping $0.99.  Not even a dollar.  For the Britishers amongst you, that amounts to an extortionate 75p.  The catch is that it is an eBook, so you need some kind of electronic device to read it on.  The good news is that it is available in a wide variety of formats, so you can read it on Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Sony Reader, Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital editions,  iPads and iPhones, Smart and Clever phones, Blackberries and Blueberries as well as some relic of the past known as a computer.

And here is the cover

In the coming weeks ‘The Story of Albert Ross’ will be released on more platforms.  Keep checking back for more information.

An Anniversary Of Sorts

A few days ago I unwittingly celebrated my first anniversary as a blogger.  It seems somewhat unbelievable that so much time has gone by and that so much nonsense has passed from my brain to my fingertips and reached your eyes.  However, it has, and that is reason alone to celebrate.

A year ago I had no clear idea why I was drawn to starting this site.  I suppose mainly it was to give myself an outlet as I drowned myself in editing my first novel.  In the year which followed I wrote another book (and actually finished editing it), amassed 95 posts on a variety of topics, gained a surprising number of followers and in turn learnt a great deal about myself.  And for that I would like to thank all of you which have been stopping by over the past year.

To celebrate my anniversary I decided to revamp the site.  Now it has a shiny clean look, and hopefully a more user-friendly feel to it.  I hope you like it.  I do.