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July 31, 2013
Violent Disorder, the sequel to Green Wizard’s best-selling Ultra Violence, is available on Amazon - pick up your copy today
Violent Disorder is the much-anticipated sequel to Green Wizard’s best-selling Ultra Violence.
This book - written for adults - contains scenes of threat, opinions likely to offend, earthy dialogue, incessant foul language and relentless, sometimes extreme, scenes of urban violence.
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Let’s HAVE It…
"The tall one advances toward me, grinning, all denim jacket and faded jeans.
He wants it, I can tell.
This knowledge makes me content. It fills me with calm. Equilibrium.
As he approaches, a sense of certainty descends that this upcoming scenario is somehow, meant to be.
There is a mutual acceptance.
A tacit agreement that extreme violence is about to take place, that punches will be thrown, that blood will be spilled, and that one of us is going to be hurt, possibly quite badly.
Maybe very badly, indeed."
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The Bully Brothers.
Forty-something football hooligans determined to go straight.
A young Internet writer charts their progress to becoming good citizens amidst the absolute economic chaos that is the UK. Food shortages. Zero hour contracts. Dangerous packs of homeless roaming the streets. Cancer victims forced to work for dole. Panicked offspring poisoning elderly parents to avoid spiralling care costs.
Twenty quid for the flicks, three fifty a pint, and eight quid a packet of fags.
You don’t know whether to wear a parka to go shopping or slap on sun block.
The writer takes their confession. Old war stories. Terrace myths and fables. Sins of Ultra Violence two decades old carried out on train stations, motorway services, and the High Streets of towns like Hounslow, Rotherham and Peterborough.
Will they succeed in going straight? Can they resist the carnage planned for the last match of the season against Coventry?
Or will they drag the young writer down with them.
Amazon US
http://www.amazon.com/Violent-Disorder-ebook/dp/B00E8NVBNK
Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Violent-Disorder-ebook/dp/B00E8NVBNK
History Trivia - Battle of Alexandria - Mark Antony victorious
July 31
30 BC Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieved a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserted, leading to his suicide.
432 Saint Sixtus III was elected Roman Catholic pope. His papacy is associated with a great building expansion in Rome; Santa Maria Maggiore was built during his reign.
781 The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).
1009 Pope Sergius IV became the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII.
1423 Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant – the French army was defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
1556 St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, died.
30 BC Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieved a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserted, leading to his suicide.
432 Saint Sixtus III was elected Roman Catholic pope. His papacy is associated with a great building expansion in Rome; Santa Maria Maggiore was built during his reign.
781 The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).
1009 Pope Sergius IV became the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII.
1423 Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant – the French army was defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
1556 St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, died.
The Wizard's Cauldron: Julie Cassar: Rubies, pearls and other gems
The Wizard's Cauldron: Julie Cassar: Rubies, pearls and other gems: Julie Cassar is one of a raft of American YA novelists capturing the wider attention of young readers. I was introduced to her by Matt ...
July 30, 2013
Violent Disorder by Mark Barry - Launch countdown - just in time for Notts football kick-off
Violent Disorder Launch
VIOLENT DISORDER, my first solo book for a year, and the sequel to Ultra Violence, is out on August 1st for e-book buyers and three weeks later for paperback customers.
Have a look at Dark Dawn Creation's Cover.
Back "Blurb" (in progress)
Let’s ‘av it…
The tall one advances toward me, grinning, all teeth, denim jacket and faded jeans. He wants it, I can tell. This knowledge makes me content. It fills me with calm, a balance. An equilibrium.As he approaches, a sense of certainty descends that this upcoming scenario is somehow meant to be. There is a mutual acceptance. A tacit agreement that extreme violence is about to take place, that punches will be thrown, that blood will be spilled, and that one or both of us is going to be hurt, possibly quite badly.Maybe very badly, indeed.
The Bully Brothers. Forty-something football hooligans determined to go straight. A young Internet writer charts their progress to becoming productive citizens against the background of a disintegrating England.Shortages of healthy food. Zero hour contracts. Moated communities. Disturbing gangs of homeless roaming the streets. Cancer victims forced to work for dole. Frightened offspring poisoning immortal parents to avoid impossible care bills. Twenty quid for the flicks, three fifty a pint, and eight quid a packet of fags. You don’t know whether to wear a parka to go shopping or slap on sun block. The writer takes their confession but stays at arm’s length. Old football war stories - myths and fables from the terraces of Meadow Lane. Sins of Ultra Violence two decades old carried out in service stations, back alleys and the high streets of dead towns like Hounslow, Rotherham, Swindon and Peterborough. Will they succeed in going straight? Can they resist the carnage planned for the last match of the season against Coventry’s top boys? Or will they fail, dragging the writer into the bloody battle with them…
Violent Disorder is the much anticipated sequel to Green Wizard’s best-selling Ultra Violence.
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There will be an extract next week, and the following week, at least four interviews with me on various blogs, where I discuss the writing of the book.Hope you enjoy it.
Wiz
VIOLENT DISORDER, my first solo book for a year, and the sequel to Ultra Violence, is out on August 1st for e-book buyers and three weeks later for paperback customers.
Have a look at Dark Dawn Creation's Cover.
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Back "Blurb" (in progress)
Let’s ‘av it…
The tall one advances toward me, grinning, all teeth, denim jacket and faded jeans. He wants it, I can tell. This knowledge makes me content. It fills me with calm, a balance. An equilibrium.As he approaches, a sense of certainty descends that this upcoming scenario is somehow meant to be. There is a mutual acceptance. A tacit agreement that extreme violence is about to take place, that punches will be thrown, that blood will be spilled, and that one or both of us is going to be hurt, possibly quite badly.Maybe very badly, indeed.
The Bully Brothers. Forty-something football hooligans determined to go straight. A young Internet writer charts their progress to becoming productive citizens against the background of a disintegrating England.Shortages of healthy food. Zero hour contracts. Moated communities. Disturbing gangs of homeless roaming the streets. Cancer victims forced to work for dole. Frightened offspring poisoning immortal parents to avoid impossible care bills. Twenty quid for the flicks, three fifty a pint, and eight quid a packet of fags. You don’t know whether to wear a parka to go shopping or slap on sun block. The writer takes their confession but stays at arm’s length. Old football war stories - myths and fables from the terraces of Meadow Lane. Sins of Ultra Violence two decades old carried out in service stations, back alleys and the high streets of dead towns like Hounslow, Rotherham, Swindon and Peterborough. Will they succeed in going straight? Can they resist the carnage planned for the last match of the season against Coventry’s top boys? Or will they fail, dragging the writer into the bloody battle with them…
Violent Disorder is the much anticipated sequel to Green Wizard’s best-selling Ultra Violence.
______________________________________________________________
There will be an extract next week, and the following week, at least four interviews with me on various blogs, where I discuss the writing of the book.Hope you enjoy it.
Wiz
The Phil Naessens Show 7-29-2013 Derek Jeter Returns with a Bang!
http://phillipnaessens.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/the-phil-naessens-show-7-29-2013-derek-jeter-returns-with-a-bang/
Ryan Braun got suspended and Alex Rodriquez awaits a similar fate and Derek Jeter returns with a bang. Please join host Phil Naessens and Sb Nation MLB Managing Editor Steven Goldman discuss these topics plus all the trades, the New York Yankees and take a look at the close pennant races on todays Phil Naessens Show.
Gladiator's Pen: Write Enviroment
Gladiator's Pen: Write Enviroment: E.B. White and his boathouse Writers discovered a long time ago that where the writing is done is just as important as what is being wr...
History Trivia -Synod of Whitby held
July 30
579 Pope Benedict I died. He was a Roman and the son of Boniface, and was called Bonosus by the Greeks. Unfortunately, there is little information about the first pope to take the name Benedict.
657 St Vitalian began his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Eugene I. He was successful in improving relations with England, where the Anglo-Saxon and British clergies were divided regarding various ecclesiastical customs. At the Synod of Whitby, King Oswy of Northumberland accepted Roman practices regarding the keeping of Easter and the shape of the tonsure. Together with King Ecgberht of Kent, he sent the priest Wighard to Rome, to be consecrated in the Papal City after the death of Archbishop Deusdedit of Canterbury in 664, but Wighard died in Rome of the plague.
1178 Frederick I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor, was crowned King of Burgundy. 1
629 An earthquake in Naples, Italy, killed about 10,000 people.
579 Pope Benedict I died. He was a Roman and the son of Boniface, and was called Bonosus by the Greeks. Unfortunately, there is little information about the first pope to take the name Benedict.
657 St Vitalian began his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Eugene I. He was successful in improving relations with England, where the Anglo-Saxon and British clergies were divided regarding various ecclesiastical customs. At the Synod of Whitby, King Oswy of Northumberland accepted Roman practices regarding the keeping of Easter and the shape of the tonsure. Together with King Ecgberht of Kent, he sent the priest Wighard to Rome, to be consecrated in the Papal City after the death of Archbishop Deusdedit of Canterbury in 664, but Wighard died in Rome of the plague.
1178 Frederick I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor, was crowned King of Burgundy. 1
629 An earthquake in Naples, Italy, killed about 10,000 people.
July 29, 2013
History Trivia - King Olaf II of Norway dies trying to regain Norwegian throne from the Danes
July 29
238 The Praetorian Guard stormed the palace and captured Pupienus and Balbinus. They were dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day Gordian III, age 13, was proclaimed emperor.
904 Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sacked Thessalonica, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, after a short siege, and plundered it for a week.
1030 Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad – King Olaf II, the patron saint of Norway, fought and died trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
1565 The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots, married Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1567 James VI was crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
238 The Praetorian Guard stormed the palace and captured Pupienus and Balbinus. They were dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day Gordian III, age 13, was proclaimed emperor.
904 Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sacked Thessalonica, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, after a short siege, and plundered it for a week.
1030 Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad – King Olaf II, the patron saint of Norway, fought and died trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
1565 The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots, married Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1567 James VI was crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
July 28, 2013
Home Wrecker I (Home Wrecker Chronicles) by Brenda Perlin: The Seance Giveaway
Home Wrecker I (Home Wrecker Chronicles) by Brenda Perlin: The Seance Giveaway: In anticipation of the October release of Tricia Drammeh's young adult paranormal novel, The Seance , we've got a fun giveaway in st...
History Trivia - Henry VIII marries Catherine Howard
July 28,
388 Battle at Aquileja (northern Italy): Emperor Theodosius defeated Emperor Magnus Maximis. 1.
754 Pope Stephen II made Pippin the Short King of France. He was the first King of the Franks of the Carolingian dynasty.
148 Crusaders attacked Damascus. 1
540 Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, was executed for treason.
1540 Henry VIII of England married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
1586 Sir Thomas Harriot introduced potatoes to Europe.
1588 Spanish Armada set sail to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I.
388 Battle at Aquileja (northern Italy): Emperor Theodosius defeated Emperor Magnus Maximis. 1.
754 Pope Stephen II made Pippin the Short King of France. He was the first King of the Franks of the Carolingian dynasty.
148 Crusaders attacked Damascus. 1
540 Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, was executed for treason.
1540 Henry VIII of England married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
1586 Sir Thomas Harriot introduced potatoes to Europe.
1588 Spanish Armada set sail to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I.
