Adam J. Smith's Blog

Neon series update & bundle offer!

 

Hi everyone - are you still along for the ride! :D

My last release has been awhile ago now but it wasn't intentional. I just wasn't happy with the shape of the story I was writing for Neon Driver, and then I started developing other ideas, all while going through upheaval in real life. I read more, listened to writing podcasts, and just generally tried to find a path that would satisfy me. To that end, although I have 4 active works in progress, I see the light for Neon Driver now, a satisfying ...

Second Date

Kept warm, wrapped in butterflies beneath the stars, we met

along this new town's English boulevard of empty trees,

the glimmer of (hope) restaurant facades and TV-blue

a-glow upon her face, framed in fur.

A whole new realm of experience for me

at my whole new ripe old age of innocence;

we entered the bright, Turkish elegance and gave our coats

and I wondered what the menu would bring,

but cannot read it; more interested in her brown eyes,

- (and the marble bar and the rose-adorned wall

and the egg-chair ...

First Date

There she walked up; the unknown future

in hoody and gym leggings, easing my nerves

in her smile and embracing my confidence

in her arms as though I had any at all.

There we walked up; the winding Malverns

in our conjoining footsteps, paths meeting

in the warm breaths of our lives, pausing on bends

in our metronomic panting and sympathetic smiles.

There I walked up; the Beacon rising its maps

in my overthinking, overstimulated mind, tracing paths

in my palm back down towards where feet meet ground;

in time...

Unmasked

There's a sun and moon of secret thoughts

Dictated by the beautiful mask,

Looped back over her ears as though

A temporal strand of dark hair

Asking for my fingertips to undress,

To comb the hair and unloop the loop,

Peel at the fabric of lobe and cheek,

And chin and nose and lips, like

All that was forbidden in Eden.

Writ upon the naked face and in her eyes,

The simplest stirring of wings taking flight,

Erupting from the garden's bloom.

Back, with Neon Driver on preorder!

Well... hello there. It's been a while... too long in fact. I've missed these little get-togethers - the warm sense of camaraderie from my readers that makes the writing process worthwhile, and even the marketing side! Life happens and gets in the way of our passion projects, but they don't go anywhere. They're patient, happy to wait. As it was with Neon Driver, which - as I wrote the outline for the story - I realised would actually only need to be one book, and not a trilogy. So Neon's trilogy...

3 April 2022

Hi Dear diary Dear non-existent therapist 40 this year but living once more like a teenage boy in a single room a single bed frozen at the root of the house in the cold room No fault of mine, SHE who fucked up 9 years ago by getting with me and letting it play out to its ending with 2 amazing daughters and not letting go until another was there, another to move to, such cliche cliche to call her bitch, cliche to be lacking of sobriety and throwing shit fuck her and the cliche it's still t...

Book giveaway bonanza before Easter

 

Hello one and all! A bit of a bonanza this week as I sign off before Easter for a few weeks. Hopefully by the next time you hear from me there will be a new book to scream and shout about! Until then, thank you for your support, thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy this taster below. I've made some titles free or discounted where Kindle still allowed me to. Plus, there's the usual promo links.

Things inevitably quieten while my newsletter isn't heading out (I don't run much advertising at th...

Plains of Ion on discount

 

67% off This week I had a little TV binge of Castle Rock. If you're a fan of the Stephen King world you'll enjoy this series - season one had The Outsider vibes, and a creepy Bill Skarsgaard. Though I wish that season had a clearer resolution, perhaps clarified with season two. That said, season two with Annie Wilkes is going nicely, and the Laughing Place episode was a great one for character study, with an ending that had a heavy impact. Recommended!

Please check below for this week's other rec...

Neon City - FREE

 

FREE Another week another freebie. Neon City, the 1st in the Neon City trilogy and book 4 in the overall Neon arc, is currently free, and for the next 4 or 5 days (I forget!) Click the cover above to be redirected! A fave review:

This trilogy starts after Neon Sands. Neon city is a city of Hierarchy and the top level keeps a boot on the lower levels. This is a revolution in the making. The characters are fleshed out to the max. You learn to know them well. The plot is the good as it keeps the sto...

Purge of Deceit audiocodes now available - out on Audible!

 

FREE AUDIOBOOK CODES - CLICK BELOW
Neon City #3 Hi readers. And welcome to the new subscribers! I have a number of titles available so always try to have some kind of offer going on, to make subbing beneficial! This week, Purge of Deceit has just been approved on Audible, so click the link above to grab a code! If you need one for an earlier title, please reply to this email with your title and preference for USA or UK audible. I hope you enjoy, all reviews gratefully received, thank you! 

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