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February 28, 2014
The 7 Stages Video
If you missed it, you can catch the recording here:
http://www.indierecon.org/2014/02/how...
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to get in touch at:
www.poblesecbooks.com
Have a creative time!
February 23, 2014
Writers converge on IndieRecon 2014
On Tuesday at 14.00 EST/19:00 GMT, I will be participating in a Google+ hangout entitled “Seven stages of the Creative Process in Writing a Book”, hosted by Orna Ross (http://www.ornaross.com). For those of you who don’t know her, Orna is co-founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) and was named by "The Bookseller" magazine earlier this year as one of the 100 most influential people in publishing. We will be discussing novel-writing in the company of various authors who are at differing stages in the creative process.
I am also happy to be able to announce that my first novel Celia's Room has been included in the IndieRecon Conference giveaway. On publication, it was described as “successfully capturing the zeitgeist of Barcelona”. Another critic said: “If you know Barcelona, you will find the descriptions and characters completely authentic. I could almost smell the Gothic barrio.” It explores the characters of Joaquim and Eduardo on their separate quests for artistic and personal fulfilment through nights of sex, drugs and deception in the pre-Olympic city.
For the giveaway, go to http://goo.gl/1dsi9l and to see the conference agenda, click here: http://goo.gl/g7F8p5. You can follow the conference on Twitter using the hashtag #IndieReCon while I will also be tweeting and retweeting from @kb003500. See you there!
November 1, 2013
AN INTERVIEW WITH AN EDITOR – KEVIN BOOTH
Remember that Through the Whirlpool is free to download at Kobo and Smashwords. And it has just become available on Apple’s ibooks, Barnes & Noble’s Nook and many other online retailers. Visit Poble Sec Books for a full list of our retailers. Sign up to our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates on new publications.
Twilight Crosser, the sequel to Through the Whirlpool
is available to pre-order at the following retailers: Kobo, Smashwords and ibooks. It will be available at Amazon and Nook from 15 November 2013.Happy reading and writing!
AN INTERVIEW WITH AN EDITOR ��� KEVIN BOOTH
I am thrilled to announce that author Chele Cooke���s interview with me regarding my editing work has just gone up on Ben Galley���s blog Shelf Help. I talk about the role of the freelance editor in the new publishing environment and the professional challenges facing authors who opt for the independent publishing route. It���s also packed with advice for authors who are considering their options about who to choose as an editor for their novel.
Drawn together from parallel universes, Jade and Kreh-ursh must fight to halt the destruction of their worlds.
Remember that Through the Whirlpool is free to download at Kobo and Smashwords. It is now also available on Apple���s ibooks, Barnes & Noble���s Nook and many other online retailers. Visit Poble Sec Books for a full list of our retailers. Sign up to our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates on new publications.
As their worlds collide, Jade, Kreh-ursh and Geh-meer fight to save those whom they love.
Twilight Crosser, the sequel to Through the Whirlpool is available to pre-order at the following retailers: Kobo, Smashwords and ibooks. It will be available at Amazon and Nook from 15 November 2013.
Happy reading and writing!
AN INTERVIEW WITH AN EDITOR – KEVIN BOOTH
I am thrilled to announce that author Chele Cooke’s interview with me regarding my editing work has just gone up on Ben Galley’s blog Shelf Help. I talk about the role of the freelance editor in the new publishing environment and the professional challenges facing authors who opt for the independent publishing route. It’s also packed with advice for authors who are considering their options about who to choose as an editor for their novel.
Drawn together from parallel universes, Jade and Kreh-ursh must fight to halt the destruction of their worlds.
Remember that Through the Whirlpool is free to download at Kobo and Smashwords. It is now also available on Apple’s ibooks, Barnes & Noble’s Nook and many other online retailers. Visit Poble Sec Books for a full list of our retailers. Sign up to our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates on new publications.
As their worlds collide, Jade, Kreh-ursh and Geh-meer fight to save those whom they love.
Twilight Crosser, the sequel to Through the Whirlpool is available to pre-order at the following retailers: Kobo, Smashwords and ibooks. It will be available at Amazon and Nook from 15 November 2013.
Happy reading and writing!
October 14, 2013
Free fantasy adventure
is 15 November 2013!So you can get introduced to the series, I’m pricing Through the Whirlpool
as permanently free at most online retailers. Download Through the Whirlpool for FREE at Kobo [ http://goo.gl/Ze8cdV ] and Smashwords [ http://goo.gl/BfvtHN ].If you enjoy the read, go to Kobo. [ http://goo.gl/mrp4zq ] or Smashwords [ http://goo.gl/9s2zSw ] to pre-order Twilight Crosser. (Your card will only be charged when your purchase is delivered on the launch date.)
Both books can be read in .epub and .mobi (kindle) formats and are available at Kobo, Amazon, Libiro, Nook, ibooks and most other online retailers.
Lake of Stone, Book III in “The Jewel Fish Chronicles”, will be available in early 2014.
January 8, 2013
One thousand entrants in Goodreads giveaway – Winners announced!
Congratulations to everybody who entered this one-month giveaway on Goodreads. The competition to give away ten signed copies of Celia’s Room plus an original bookmark was open to Goodreads members from the US, UK, Canada, Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand. It is now closed, having attracted over one thousand entrants (1056 to be exact)!
Goodreads have notified me of the winners and I will be sending their copies out in the next few days. If you would like to stay informed about further giveaways, news and blog posts, you can sign up for email notification using the mailing list widget to the right. I promise not to divulge your email address to any third parties and only to contact you with upcoming book news, never more often than once a month.
If you would like to share your thoughts and comments about Celia’s Room, you can join in the open discussion here, or post your own independent review on Goodreads. I will be posting discussion topics in the next month.
The winners are: Nuria Costa, from Reus, in Catalonia, north-eastern Spain (close to the character Joaquim’s village); Davin Dmitruk-Cook, from Ontario, Canada; and from the United States, Lindsay Durflinger, Anthony Festa, Marisa Gist, Jenna Osborne, David Knepler, Kelli Kapp, Etta Wagner and Maggie Horie. Congratulations to you all. I do hope you enjoy reading Celia’s Room.
December 7, 2012
“Celia’s Room” FREE download 3 days only!!!
Barcelona, the night, love, angst and bloodshed… the perfect Christmas gift!
I’ve taken the plunge! Celia’s Room will be available to download FREE for 3 days only: Fri 14 – Sun 16 Dec. (US Pacific Standard Time)*. Download here (world): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007OXDC7O or here (UK): http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007OXDC7O. Or you can borrow Celia’s Room for free from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. Read more and see the Celia’s Room book trailer here: http://www.poblesecbooks.com
* This free promotion will start at approximately 12:00 AM on 14 Dec. US Pacific Standard Time and end at approximately 11:59 PM on Sun 16 Dec. PST.
July 28, 2012
It’s July, so where’s the revolution?
July is nearly over and I can’t help wondering where the fireworks are? While popular images of the Spanish summer include blasting hot days, clear skies, greasy paella and treacherous sangria, it is worthwhile remembering that Barcelona was also a key city in the development of Anarcho-Syndicalism – the tying of Anarchist thought into a cooperative structure. It is in fact the sole place in the world to have enjoyed an Anarcho-Syndicalist government of any kind, as related in George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia. And it all started in July.
July is a key month in Spanish history. Traditionally, you either start a revolution or go to the beach. During the First Spanish Republic, back in July 1873, there was Cartagena’s Cantonal Revolution and Valencia’s Petroleum Revolution. Then in 1909 came what was known as the July Revolution, an Anarchist-influenced worker uprising in Barcelona, dubbed la setmana tràgica, or “tragic week”, by the bourgeoisie as they saw their opulent Modernista world tilt dangerously and their churches set on fire. The infamous uprising of 17-19 July 1936 saw General Mola’s failed coup develop into the three-year conflict of the Spanish Civil War. Sparked off by the coup, an ensuing worker revolution was decisive in foiling it, resulting in Catalonia’s revolutionary government which lasted until the Communist mid-war takeover in May 1937.
Churches burning across Barcelona during the setmana tràgica, July 1909.
July fireworks isn’t just a Spanish thing. This is the month when the Bastille was stormed and in which Belgium also gained its independence. Closer to the equator, Columbia, Venezuela and Peru all gained their independence in July while the Sandinista and Cuban revolutions exploded. Argentina’s independence further to the south where it was winter puts a dent in my theory that it is the heat that makes this such a volatile month.
Last year in Barcelona, the 15-M movement of indignados – inspired by the book Indignez Vous! By Stephane Hessel, one of the fathers of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – was a response to Spanish political events that have seen many people become angered and disillusioned with Spain’s out-of-touch political party system in the context of the ongoing economic crisis. In May and June, we thought great events were afoot. However, by mid-July, it seemed that everyone had slunk off to lie on the sand.
This year, things seem to be following a similar path. Early in the month, Rajoy’s government introduced the harshest set of cutbacks and revisions that this young democracy has ever seen, sweeping away many of the rights and advances that unions and workers fought desperately throughout most of the twentieth century to win. Now July is almost over. While the continual protests and demonstrations have settled into a certain routine, no revolution is yet apparent, but it is a scorching day… so I am off to the beach.
(PS: In fact, I am not off to the beach, but will add my voice to the autónomos (sole-traders) demonstration in Plaça Urquinaona at 8.30 this evening, in protest at how Rajoy’s tax hikes have made it impossible to continue to operate a small business in this country.)
April 23, 2012
Feliç Diada de Sant Jordi! Happy International Book Day!
Celia’s Room – an expressionist portrait of the Barcelona night in a year of sex, drugs and deception. Just $2.95 here: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
