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March 3, 2024

WEEKLY UPDATE

𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬’𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗪𝗡 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗟𝗬 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 – 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘!

𝗛𝗶 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲!

Here’s a peak at what I’ve been up to this week😊

𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱

My Social Media (SM) campaign continues its weekly cycle, with a few revisions. I’ll now be posting as follows. Monday – Science Concept, Tuesday – Book Review, Wednesday – General Discussion Point, Thursday – Advertising, Friday – Quick Fact, Saturday – A call to action (mainly how you guys can help me)😊 Julia (Artist) is also currently designing me some custom business cards and an email signature block.

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟮 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀

• Editor – Juliette has finished reviewing the manuscript and it is back with me for a final read through before we get it uploaded and distributed to the ARC team.
• Artist – Julia is just waiting for me to get back to her now with page numbers to generate the final cover for the print books. She should have the back cover ready for viewing soon.
• Audio – Shawn continues with the audiobook and is on track for the deadline (02 Apr 24)
• The release date of 29th April 2024 is still on track 🥳🥳🥳🥳

𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

Now that I have the tables I’m currently working with Julia (Artist) and a local printer to generate some postcards, banners for the tables and roller banners for the background. I will then put down an order for these at the beginning of April 2024. Regarding where I’ll be, the dates I have so far are below. Why not pop down and grab a signed copy? Alternatively come and meet me for a free signature on your already purchased book 😊
• Saturday - 22nd June 2024 – Worthing Fayre
• Saturday – 6th July 2024 – Rustington Craft Fair

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀

The reader magnet, or more accurately, FREE reader giveaway is now complete and with my Editor (Juliette). Date when she starts reviewing is still TBC. Julia (Artist) has designed a cover for it, which looks great. This will only be available to followers who sign up for my monthly newsletter via my website. I’ve yet to set this functionality up so hold on for the minute. The ‘Extended Timeline (1961-1945) tracks through this time period in my fictional universe, discussing all the technological advancements as well as the political and socio-economic changes. Also has lots of hints on where I’m thing of going in the future with this time 😉

𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 😊

𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀,

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Published on March 03, 2024 06:04

February 29, 2024

FRIDAY FACTS!

˜”*°•.˜”*°• FRIDAY FACTS •°*”˜.•°*”˜

Each Friday I like to throw a fact out there, in the hope that it will spawn a vast discussion, unlocking some of the most mind blowing secrets of our very existence…....

…… ok, so maybe that is a bit farfetched! Let’s just have a bit of fun with it. I love a tenuous link, and a Dad joke even more!

“The Earth’s magnetic poles are moving and have flipped (North & South) 171 times in the last 71 million years. Scientists predict we are due a flip anytime soon!”

😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲

Thoughts? Let’s see how it goes 😊
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Published on February 29, 2024 23:25

February 27, 2024

Is The Printed Book Doomed?

𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐃𝐎𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐃?

That Amazon package falls through the door and you rip open that seal, removing your newly acquired book. You feel its weight in your hand, marvelling over the fine detail you open it up and take a long sniff in of that joyfully intoxicating smell that only a new book can provide 😊 (Hopefully it’s not just me?)

I thought I’d explore this as a topic for my Wednesday discussion and was quite alarmed to find outsee that younger readers may not necessarily share in my heartfelt joy of having a book under their nose!

From 2017 to 2023, the ratio of books read in print versus books read on-screen, respectively, by children in the 8-18 year group has gone from a ratio of 3:1 to 2:1 (see Statista table below). This is quite a massive drop in such a short space of time, so my question today is………

Will this trend eventually see printed books disappear altogether, or will it just mean we have to pay out more for that format?

Apologises the statistics are UK only, but I’m sure many of my followers on the continent and in the US are experiencing the same trend. If not, let me know what’s going on in your neck of the woods 😊
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Published on February 27, 2024 23:31

February 26, 2024

BOOK 2 - Now Available to Pre-Order!

𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘’𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐖𝐍: 𝐀 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 (𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟐 𝐎𝐅 𝟑) – 𝐏𝐑𝐄-𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐋𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐖!!!!!!!!!!



With the Nederig’s exodus into our universe through the M104 black hole a brief period of harmony ensues for all sentient creatures, forming strong and lasting alliances.


However……… No door that is open is ever truly shut!


Humanity’s new alliance and its people will be pushed to brink of destruction, as they work together to turn back the Einheri forced occupation of their universe.


The cosmos though is watching……….


With the whole cosmological balance in flux, a vergence will emerge to address the chaos.


The ancient concept, long foretold and widely forgotten….. the ‘Symmetry of Sentience’!


The second book in the highly reader rated ‘Humanity’s Dawn’ trilogy will be released on 29th April 2024.


If you haven't yet, you can pre-order your copy now on Kindle at the link below


https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CSZMMDCF
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Published on February 26, 2024 23:06

February 25, 2024

DAMMIT FUTURE..... WHERE'S MY HOVERBOARD?

𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄………. 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄’𝐒 𝐌𝐘 𝐇𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑-𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐑𝐃?

The year is 1989 (I’m 10 years old) and there is a buzz in the school playground. My friend has just told me that he went to the cinema that weekend and watched ‘Back to the Future Part II’, and that hoverboards were now a real thing. As I grew older and the magic began to fade I realised that in order to keep the dream alive I was going to have to put my faith in future inventors, primarily Doc Brown! 34 years later and I’m still waiting ☹

Within the confines of our current technological limits we have not yet seen that anti-gravity device, and probably never will if ‘General Relativity’ has anything to say about it. The best contender so far has been the ‘Air Board’, created and piloted by Franky Zapata, achieving a Guiness World Record in 2016 for covering a distance of just over 2,252 meters! Unfortunately though this uses jet engines to keep itself up; hardly the clean efficient tech we remember from the movie!

Unfortunately the dream was very much alive with Newton, classing gravity as a force. That was until Einstein came along and proved that gravity wasn’t a force and was in fact a result of spacetime geometry. Theoretical quantum physicists have postulated over the existence of a quantum gravity particle, the graviton, but are currently nowhere near finding it last time I checked ☹

So, my question to you guys. Can any of you lend me some ideas on how I can go about building my own hoverboard? 😊
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Published on February 25, 2024 22:54

WEEKLY UPDATE

𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬’𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗪𝗡 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗟𝗬 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 – 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘!

𝗛𝗶 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲!

So the promotion deal went really well, with hundreds of people claiming their FREE copies of ‘Compassion’s Cry’. My book reached No #1 in the Military category (see below) and No #2 in a further seven sections. Overall, it reached No #15 in the Science Fiction category and charted at No #480 in Kindle promotions. Thank you all who grabbed your copy, it helped me grab the type of exposure I’m after 😊

𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱

My Social Media (SM) campaign continues its weekly cycle, with a few revisions. What was great is that I received a report that showed over 81K people had seen one of my posts this week, made up from 5% followers and 95% non-followers. This is great because it is drawing people towards my page, which now stands at 640 followers and 427 likes 😊

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟮 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀

• Editor – Juliette continues with the manuscript and is on track for the deadline (02 Mar 24)
• Artist – Julia is just waiting for me to get back to her now with page numbers to generate the final cover for the print books. She should have the back cover ready for viewing soon.
• Audio – Shawn continues with the audiobook and is on track for the deadline (02 Apr 24)
• The release date of 29th April 2024 is still on track 🥳🥳🥳🥳

𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

I have now purchased a 6ft and 4ft foldable table as I start to build up my stall, ready to start looking at local selling options like Fayre’s and ComiCon’s. I have asked Julia to design and render me an image so I can go to a printers and get banners made for the table. I will also be creating some roller banners. Dates I have so far are below, why not pop down and grab a signed copy? Alternatively come and meet me for a free signature on your already purchased book 😊

• Saturday - 22nd June 2024 – Worthing Fayre
• Saturday – 6th July 2024 – Rustington Craft Fair

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀

I have finished writing all the technological elements to the timeline and will now start marrying it together with the socio-economic and political elements to create a first draft. I have asked Julia to create a cover 😊

𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 😊

𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀,

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Published on February 25, 2024 05:01

February 24, 2024

HELP REQUIRED?

𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗖𝗥𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 😊

Hi Everyone. So I’m trying a bit of a new setup with my Social Media. Rather than randomly, and sometimes far too frequently, posting requests for your help I am going to limit myself to one post a week!

This week I am trying to build up my social media presence on Instagram.

If you have a few minutes could you please click on the link below and follow me?

👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

https://www.instagram.com/martinrowea...

Thank you so much for your help in advance, this really helps me as a new author build up my brand and gain that vital exposure of my work.

I hope you all have a cracking weekend? 😊
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Published on February 24, 2024 06:05

February 22, 2024

Friday Fact

˜”*°•.˜”*°• FRIDAY FACTS •°*”˜.•°*”˜

Each Friday I like to throw a fact out there, in the hope that it will spawn a vast discussion, unlocking some of the most mind blowing secrets of our very existence…....

…… ok, so maybe that is a bit farfetched! Let’s just have a bit of fun with it. I love a tenuous link, and a Dad joke even more!

“If you were to stack all of the bacteria on Earth on top of each other, it would reach upwards and outwards to 10 Billion light years. Placing them side by side, they would be able to encircle the Milky Way 20,000 times”

😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲

Over to you guys. Let’s see how it goes 😊
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Published on February 22, 2024 23:05

February 20, 2024

Books You Couldn't Put Down

𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃𝐍’𝐓 𝐏𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍

We’ve all been there, that great book you find and just can’t put down! Despite the fact that life is calling you to the daily slog you somehow manage to finish it in record time!

What do you think are the best and most interesting hooks that draw you as a reader into a story?
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Published on February 20, 2024 23:50

February 19, 2024

Book 2 Available to Pre-Order on Kindle

𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘’𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐖𝐍: 𝐀 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 (𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟐 𝐎𝐅 𝟑) – 𝐏𝐑𝐄-𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐋𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐖!!!!!!!!!!



With the Nederig’s exodus into our universe through the M104 black hole a brief period of harmony ensues for all sentient creatures, forming strong and lasting alliances.


However……… No door that is open is ever truly shut!


Humanity’s new alliance and its people will be pushed to brink of destruction, as they work together to turn back the Einheri forced occupation of their universe.


The cosmos though is watching……….


With the whole cosmological balance in flux, a vergence will emerge to address the chaos.


The ancient concept, long foretold and widely forgotten….. the ‘Symmetry of Sentience’!


The second book in the highly reader rated ‘Humanity’s Dawn’ trilogy will be released on 29th April 2024.


If you haven't yet, you can pre-order your copy now on Kindle at the link below


https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CSZMMDCF
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Published on February 19, 2024 23:13