Jonathan Swords-Holdsworth's Blog, page 6
April 15, 2015
More from the collection.
More from the collection.
April 8, 2015
THANK YOU lovely people for all the Likes, you are helping this project and ME o...
THANK YOU lovely people for all the Likes, you are helping this project and ME out HUGELY! Btw - join the Mailing List (I suggest). Some surprises fall like Mana from Heaven upon its subscribers..... (but not Spam! That is right out!) :)
April 6, 2015
If you have read through 'Stories Of An Awkward Size' and liked it, the greatest...
If you have read through 'Stories Of An Awkward Size' and liked it, the greatest favour you can do now me is:
Write a review!! :)
In fact, 2 reviews - one on Amazon and one on GoodReads, even if you just cut-and-paste the same one.
It only has to be a couple of lines, it doesn't have to be a fat paragraph!
Reviews are what sells the book!
The annoying part is that you need to make a login on Amazon/GoodReads, and I think that might discourage a few people.
Paperback:
(If you write a review here it will find its way through to the Kindle, or vice-versa, ie. you only have to do it once per Amazon)
http://www.amazon.com/Stories-Awkward-Size-Slipstream-Anthology/dp/1505582601
or Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V7SUOGO
GoodReads:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24519052-stories-of-an-awkward-size
THANK YOU!
JSH
Stories Of An Awkward Size: A Slipstream And Hard SF Anthology
www.amazon.com
A disillusioned man's life is turned upside-down, by the inexplicable discovery just outside his back door.A team has nearly achieved full-realism Virtual Reality, directly interfaced to the nervous system. But, as one of the team members discovers, reality will not be quite so easily defined.Two...
Write a review!! :)
In fact, 2 reviews - one on Amazon and one on GoodReads, even if you just cut-and-paste the same one.
It only has to be a couple of lines, it doesn't have to be a fat paragraph!
Reviews are what sells the book!
The annoying part is that you need to make a login on Amazon/GoodReads, and I think that might discourage a few people.
Paperback:
(If you write a review here it will find its way through to the Kindle, or vice-versa, ie. you only have to do it once per Amazon)
http://www.amazon.com/Stories-Awkward-Size-Slipstream-Anthology/dp/1505582601
or Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V7SUOGO
GoodReads:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24519052-stories-of-an-awkward-size
THANK YOU!
JSH
Stories Of An Awkward Size: A Slipstream And Hard SF Anthology
www.amazon.com
A disillusioned man's life is turned upside-down, by the inexplicable discovery just outside his back door.A team has nearly achieved full-realism Virtual Reality, directly interfaced to the nervous system. But, as one of the team members discovers, reality will not be quite so easily defined.Two...
April 5, 2015
Well, the promotional period for "Stories Of An Awkward Size" is now concluded....
Well, the promotional period for "Stories Of An Awkward Size" is now concluded. The new prices are set and all the fiddly adjustments made. Onward!
I will be running some free giveaways of "Stories Of An Awkward Size" on Amazon and GoodReads later, and Mailing List members will also receive some related BONUS MATERIAL.
I'll most likely put a few more excerts up here as well, to whet some literary and sci-fi appetites.
In the works, now, are:
* My first novel, entitled "Impasse", about the breakdown of law-enforcement and military-occupancy as technology levels the playing-field.
* The next volume of "Awkward Stories", most likely to be entitled "Awkward Continuities".
* And I'm still making lotttts of notes on a foray into Fantasy: a collection of stories, to be entitled "Subverticula" (supposedly a word released by the Vatican, and roughly meaning "Brain Teasers").
Stay tuned, loyal fans!
And to new readers of my work - a BIG FAT WELCOME!
Thank you all!!
JSH
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V7SUOGO
Stories Of An Awkward Size: A Slipstream And Hard SF Anthology
www.amazon.com
Low Price Offer Until 6 April 2015 ! • A disillusioned man's life is turned upside-down by the inexplicable discovery just outside his back door. • A team has nearly achieved full-realism Virtual Reality, directly interfaced to the nervous system. But, as one of the team members dis...
I will be running some free giveaways of "Stories Of An Awkward Size" on Amazon and GoodReads later, and Mailing List members will also receive some related BONUS MATERIAL.
I'll most likely put a few more excerts up here as well, to whet some literary and sci-fi appetites.
In the works, now, are:
* My first novel, entitled "Impasse", about the breakdown of law-enforcement and military-occupancy as technology levels the playing-field.
* The next volume of "Awkward Stories", most likely to be entitled "Awkward Continuities".
* And I'm still making lotttts of notes on a foray into Fantasy: a collection of stories, to be entitled "Subverticula" (supposedly a word released by the Vatican, and roughly meaning "Brain Teasers").
Stay tuned, loyal fans!
And to new readers of my work - a BIG FAT WELCOME!
Thank you all!!
JSH
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V7SUOGO
Stories Of An Awkward Size: A Slipstream And Hard SF Anthology
www.amazon.com
Low Price Offer Until 6 April 2015 ! • A disillusioned man's life is turned upside-down by the inexplicable discovery just outside his back door. • A team has nearly achieved full-realism Virtual Reality, directly interfaced to the nervous system. But, as one of the team members dis...
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Excerpt from Mr Devrie's Red Bowler Hat....
I died.
And so, dear reader, by t...
Excerpt from Mr Devrie's Red Bowler Hat....
I died.
And so, dear reader, by the fact you are reading this, I know some things about you. My death was simple, really. It was over in milliseconds –which, I later found out, may have been important.
In a car on a freeway, the crisis of another car veering into mine, a truck, and an impact.
Gone.
I had a clear impression –well, clear enough –of sitting behind the wheel of a sedan, spinning towards something large and unforgiving
……and then I was laying on my back, staring at a yellow-ish sky framed by leafy canopies. At first, there was only silence. As the seconds ticked by, I realised I could hear birds singing.
Moving my eyes, not daring to shift my head or body –I had no idea what dire state of injury I must be in –I looked around. I presumed I was laying …upon grass, it felt like …next to the freeway: had I been thrown through the windscreen? Were there emergency personnel here?
How long had I been out?
But time just kept ticking, and I could hear neither cars, nor sirens nor voices –just the birds’songs. Actually, now I noticed one other sound, gentle and familiar. Leaves, in a breeze.
I slowly flexed my body, and there was sensation, but no pain.
This was it –I had to know what was going on. Gradually, cautiously, I sat up, and saw that I was…
…sitting in a grove of gum trees.
I turned my head. No sign of a freeway, no signs of life –I didn’t even see the birds that I could hear.
And with a finality, I knew it –that there was no way I could have survived the crash. I did start fantasising about comas, but …
Ok, I thought. So.
There really is an afterlife, after all.
I stared at it.
This afterlife.
To read on....
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00V7SUOGO?ref=aw_sitb_digital-text
I died.
And so, dear reader, by the fact you are reading this, I know some things about you. My death was simple, really. It was over in milliseconds –which, I later found out, may have been important.
In a car on a freeway, the crisis of another car veering into mine, a truck, and an impact.
Gone.
I had a clear impression –well, clear enough –of sitting behind the wheel of a sedan, spinning towards something large and unforgiving
……and then I was laying on my back, staring at a yellow-ish sky framed by leafy canopies. At first, there was only silence. As the seconds ticked by, I realised I could hear birds singing.
Moving my eyes, not daring to shift my head or body –I had no idea what dire state of injury I must be in –I looked around. I presumed I was laying …upon grass, it felt like …next to the freeway: had I been thrown through the windscreen? Were there emergency personnel here?
How long had I been out?
But time just kept ticking, and I could hear neither cars, nor sirens nor voices –just the birds’songs. Actually, now I noticed one other sound, gentle and familiar. Leaves, in a breeze.
I slowly flexed my body, and there was sensation, but no pain.
This was it –I had to know what was going on. Gradually, cautiously, I sat up, and saw that I was…
…sitting in a grove of gum trees.
I turned my head. No sign of a freeway, no signs of life –I didn’t even see the birds that I could hear.
And with a finality, I knew it –that there was no way I could have survived the crash. I did start fantasising about comas, but …
Ok, I thought. So.
There really is an afterlife, after all.
I stared at it.
This afterlife.
To read on....
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00V7SUOGO?ref=aw_sitb_digital-text
Excerpt from Mr Devries' Red Bowler Hat.... I died. And so, dear reader, by t...
Excerpt from Mr Devries' Red Bowler Hat....
I died.
And so, dear reader, by the fact you are reading this, I know some things about you. My death was simple, really. It was over in milliseconds –which, I later found out, may have been important.
In a car on a freeway, the crisis of another car veering into mine, a truck, and an impact.
Gone.
I had a clear impression –well, clear enough –of sitting behind the wheel of a sedan, spinning towards something large and unforgiving
……and then I was laying on my back, staring at a yellow-ish sky framed by leafy canopies. At first, there was only silence. As the seconds ticked by, I realised I could hear birds singing.
Moving my eyes, not daring to shift my head or body –I had no idea what dire state of injury I must be in –I looked around. I presumed I was laying …upon grass, it felt like …next to the freeway: had I been thrown through the windscreen? Were there emergency personnel here?
How long had I been out?
But time just kept ticking, and I could hear neither cars, nor sirens nor voices –just the birds’songs. Actually, now I noticed one other sound, gentle and familiar. Leaves, in a breeze.
I slowly flexed my body, and there was sensation, but no pain.
This was it –I had to know what was going on. Gradually, cautiously, I sat up, and saw that I was…
…sitting in a grove of gum trees.
I turned my head. No sign of a freeway, no signs of life –I didn’t even see the birds that I could hear.
And with a finality, I knew it –that there was no way I could have survived the crash. I did start fantasising about comas, but …
Ok, I thought. So.
There really is an afterlife, after all.
I stared at it.
This afterlife.
To read on....
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00V7SUOGO?ref=aw_sitb_digital-text
I died.
And so, dear reader, by the fact you are reading this, I know some things about you. My death was simple, really. It was over in milliseconds –which, I later found out, may have been important.
In a car on a freeway, the crisis of another car veering into mine, a truck, and an impact.
Gone.
I had a clear impression –well, clear enough –of sitting behind the wheel of a sedan, spinning towards something large and unforgiving
……and then I was laying on my back, staring at a yellow-ish sky framed by leafy canopies. At first, there was only silence. As the seconds ticked by, I realised I could hear birds singing.
Moving my eyes, not daring to shift my head or body –I had no idea what dire state of injury I must be in –I looked around. I presumed I was laying …upon grass, it felt like …next to the freeway: had I been thrown through the windscreen? Were there emergency personnel here?
How long had I been out?
But time just kept ticking, and I could hear neither cars, nor sirens nor voices –just the birds’songs. Actually, now I noticed one other sound, gentle and familiar. Leaves, in a breeze.
I slowly flexed my body, and there was sensation, but no pain.
This was it –I had to know what was going on. Gradually, cautiously, I sat up, and saw that I was…
…sitting in a grove of gum trees.
I turned my head. No sign of a freeway, no signs of life –I didn’t even see the birds that I could hear.
And with a finality, I knew it –that there was no way I could have survived the crash. I did start fantasising about comas, but …
Ok, I thought. So.
There really is an afterlife, after all.
I stared at it.
This afterlife.
To read on....
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00V7SUOGO?ref=aw_sitb_digital-text
March 27, 2015
STORIES OF AN AWKWARD SIZE - Now available on AMAZON KINDLE !
(Yes, I finally got the eBook together!)
As a promotional offer, it is at a token price of $0.99 until 6 April 2015.
After the promotional offer expires, STORIES OF AN AWKWARD SIZE will be available on other eBook sites as well, such as Kobo and Barnes & Noble Nook.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V7SUOGO
As a promotional offer, it is at a token price of $0.99 until 6 April 2015.
After the promotional offer expires, STORIES OF AN AWKWARD SIZE will be available on other eBook sites as well, such as Kobo and Barnes & Noble Nook.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V7SUOGO
March 26, 2015
STORIES OF AN AWKWARD SIZE - Now available on AMAZON KINDLE !
(Yes, I finally g...
STORIES OF AN AWKWARD SIZE - Now available on AMAZON KINDLE !
(Yes, I finally got the eBook together!)
As a promotional offer, it is at a token price of $0.99 until 6 April 2015.
After the promotional offer expires, STORIES OF AN AWKWARD SIZE will be available on other eBook sites as well, such as Kobo and Barnes & Noble Nook.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V7SUOGO
Stories Of An Awkward Size: A Slipstream And Hard SF Anthology
www.amazon.com
Low Price Offer Until 6 April 2015 ! • A disillusioned man's life is turned upside-down by the inexplicable discovery just outside his back door. • A team has nearly achieved full-realism Virtual Reality, directly interfaced to the nervous system. But, as one of the team members dis...
(Yes, I finally got the eBook together!)
As a promotional offer, it is at a token price of $0.99 until 6 April 2015.
After the promotional offer expires, STORIES OF AN AWKWARD SIZE will be available on other eBook sites as well, such as Kobo and Barnes & Noble Nook.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V7SUOGO
Stories Of An Awkward Size: A Slipstream And Hard SF Anthology
www.amazon.com
Low Price Offer Until 6 April 2015 ! • A disillusioned man's life is turned upside-down by the inexplicable discovery just outside his back door. • A team has nearly achieved full-realism Virtual Reality, directly interfaced to the nervous system. But, as one of the team members dis...
March 25, 2015
eBook version of 'Stories Of An Awkward Size' submitted to Amazon Kindle Direct...
eBook version of 'Stories Of An Awkward Size' submitted to Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing!
Now we wait for the Review process and take a look at how it came out. I will announce here as soon as the eBook is available.
Btw - those who bought the paperback version will be able to get the eBook version for FREE from Amazon.
Now we wait for the Review process and take a look at how it came out. I will announce here as soon as the eBook is available.
Btw - those who bought the paperback version will be able to get the eBook version for FREE from Amazon.
