Valverde Maclean's Blog
January 1, 2024
Congratulation to the winners
Congratulations to those readers who were in the lucky 100 to receive an eBook copy of Family Matters.
Each of us have our own thoughts on what we seek in a book.
I hope you find Family Matters interesting and enjoyable.
I would be pleased to hear your comments.
For those who missed out I have placed the first, brief, chapter, on my website valverdemaclean.com .
Each of us have our own thoughts on what we seek in a book.
I hope you find Family Matters interesting and enjoyable.
I would be pleased to hear your comments.
For those who missed out I have placed the first, brief, chapter, on my website valverdemaclean.com .
December 5, 2022
Congratulations and commiserations
Congratulations to the lucky 100 who received a free copy of Murder on the Motu,.
Commiserations to the many others who entered the draw. You can still read it on Kindle Unlimited or download your own copy from kindle or amazon.
I would love to read your comments on the story and the characters.
To check out more of my books visit valverdemaclean.com or your favorite amazon site.
Commiserations to the many others who entered the draw. You can still read it on Kindle Unlimited or download your own copy from kindle or amazon.
I would love to read your comments on the story and the characters.
To check out more of my books visit valverdemaclean.com or your favorite amazon site.
January 26, 2016
How I sold one book
Sometimes you know a reader, and why and where they buy a book. Often you have no idea.
Today I found out about one purchase. It’s a story of our times.
A cattle producer in a remote part of the Northern Territory of Australia has set Google to trawl through news items and reports, and feed them to him each morning. The search engine is set to find key words important to his industry.
Much that arrives is of little or no use to him, maybe a report of cattle numbers in a sale in southern Brazil, or a report of cattle smuggling somewhere in the world, but amongst the haul there can be some important news: a change in tax on cattle imports into Indonesia, or a possible need for cattle in Vietnam.
One day he saw a news item from a small community newspaper two and a half thousand kilometres away from his station. A book reviewer had unknowingly used the key words programmed into the search engine. Curiosity triggered, the cattleman read the review and passed it to his wife.
She went online, found the website, decided the book was interesting and bought it as a gift for her sister.
That’s how one copy of “The Disappearance of Merry” was sent to the Daly Waters district of the Northern Territory of Australia.
Today I found out about one purchase. It’s a story of our times.
A cattle producer in a remote part of the Northern Territory of Australia has set Google to trawl through news items and reports, and feed them to him each morning. The search engine is set to find key words important to his industry.
Much that arrives is of little or no use to him, maybe a report of cattle numbers in a sale in southern Brazil, or a report of cattle smuggling somewhere in the world, but amongst the haul there can be some important news: a change in tax on cattle imports into Indonesia, or a possible need for cattle in Vietnam.
One day he saw a news item from a small community newspaper two and a half thousand kilometres away from his station. A book reviewer had unknowingly used the key words programmed into the search engine. Curiosity triggered, the cattleman read the review and passed it to his wife.
She went online, found the website, decided the book was interesting and bought it as a gift for her sister.
That’s how one copy of “The Disappearance of Merry” was sent to the Daly Waters district of the Northern Territory of Australia.
December 3, 2015
Book review
The December edition of the Hinterland Times carries a review of "The Disappearance of Merry" by Bryan Hughes.
The review can be found on the Hinterland Times website at www.hinterlandtimes.com.au or on my website www.valverdemaclean.com
The review can be found on the Hinterland Times website at www.hinterlandtimes.com.au or on my website www.valverdemaclean.com
December 2, 2015
Reviews
I look forward to comments from goodreads readers on my novel "The Disappearance of Merry".
Comments readers have made on my website, or with whom I have spoken, seem to each identify different aspects of the story as what interested them most.
What appeals most to you?
Comments readers have made on my website, or with whom I have spoken, seem to each identify different aspects of the story as what interested them most.
What appeals most to you?
