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Review: The Man From U.N.C.L.E - Fun, Fun, Fun! - #FanFridays 3

Welcome to FanFridays 3 where I'm allowed to get my geek on :). Today I have a film review for you: The Man From UNCLE. I do hope you enjoy it. SPOILER FREE

The Man From U.N.C.L.E - Fun, Fun, Fun
Wittegen Press$3.29 | 2.19
Amazon | OtherRating: 12A
Cast:
Henry Cavill ... Solo
Armie Hammer ... Illya
Alicia Vikander ... Gaby
Elizabeth Debicki ... Victoria
Luca Calvani ... Alexander
Sylvester Groth ... Uncle Rudi
Hugh Grant ... Waverly

Summary: Napoleon Solo, top agent of the CIA and Illya Kuryaki...

Reviews - Can't Live Without Them - #WriterlyWednesdays 5

Wittegen Press$3.29 | 2.19
Amazon | OtherI do have another lovely author who has completed an interview, but I am saving her for next week, so today for Writerly Wednesdays 5 you are saddled with me prattling on again :). However, before we get into today's post I would just like you to point at yesterdays Tips Tuesdays 4 because it's writerly too and might be of use (Checklist for Creating the eBook from your Beautifully Edited Novel).

Now onto my chosen subject today: reviews.


Reviews - Can't...

Checklist for Creating the eBook from your Beautifully Edited Novel - #TipsTuesdays 4

I write, format and sell eBooks, so I thought for #TipsTuesdays 4 I would pass on a few words of wisdom, since I just discovered Amazon now have a free Kindle book to tell you how to format eBooks for them.

Tips Tuesdays, is a weekly blog feature where I impart tips on anything that crosses my mind :). There will be recipes, book/film/TV recs (not full reviews, those are for another day), things I discovered by accident, links to websites, basically anything and everything that might be useful...

Selfishness - The Route to Unhappiness - #ThinkyThursdays 2

Welcome to Thinky Thursdays 2. This is the day I just muse on a topic that happens to be in my brain and today I have chosen selfishness.

Selfishness - The Route to Unhappiness
I abhor inherently selfish people. This is not to say we are not all selfish in some way or another, it's the way we are designed :), I'm talking about the people who seem to go through life thinking only of themselves and not caring how their actions affect others. There are big things, like bankers and politicians, but...

Pete Alexander - Author Interview - #WriterlyWednesdays 4

Today I am pleased to welcome fellow author Pete Alexander to my blog. He has been kind enough to answer a few questions for an author interview about himself and his upcoming book Tortured Souls.


Pete Alexander - Author Interview
Can you tell us a little about yourself?

I've lived in Calilifornia, USA most of my life. I've traveled extensively throughout North America and hope someday to travel the rest of the world. The first thing I wrote was when I was 8. It was a screenplay for a musical ba...

Zoanoids - Monsters Hidden In Human Skin - #MonsterMondays 15

Welcome to Monster Monday 15. What, I hear you ask, is a Zoanoid? Well read on to find out :).

Monster Mondays posts may be fiction, film reviews, book reviews or me waxing lyrical about a particular monster. Monsters can be paranormal, sci-fi, fantasy or even simply human. So basically, anything monster goes. I also invite anyone who would like to, to join in with their own post. (See end for details).

Zoanoids - Monsters Hidden In Human Skin

So these are Zoanoids, well at least from the movie...

Dream and Reality - Superheroes, Sex and Surreality - NEW eBook

Today my new book is out - Dreams and Reality. Superheroes, an alternative reality, a bisexual lead, lots of action and some steamy male/male and male/male/male sex make for an exciting and fun read.

The book already has two 5star reviews here at GoodReads.

Dreams and Reality is the long awaited second book in the Dark Reflections series which I began publishing back in 2012. Truth be told this languished 2/3rds done on my hard drive for over two and a half years because it stalled while I was writing it. I just didn't know how to make it into the book it could be. Since I didn't want to disappoint my readers I put it on a back burner and moved on to other projects.

Then, at the end of last year, I was suddenly struck by inspiration and I knew how to plot had to go. It took me a while to wrangle it into something that I could be proud of, but now it is, so I present to you my new book.

The first book in the series, Me, Myself and I, is a permanently free novelette on all the major eBook sites, so it can be downloaded anywhere. Just click the link and you will be presented with options.

However, you don't have to have read Me, Myself and I to enjoy Dreams and Reality; all the pertinent information is to be found as you read.

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About the Book

Title: Dreams and Reality: Superheroes, Sex and Surreality 
Series: Dark Reflections
Author: Natasha Duncan-Drake
Word count: ~50K
Genre: Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Gay, Bisexual
Published: March 30th 2015

Tristan Havering believes all the crazy things he experienced in an alternative dimension, real-world version of the superhero saga ‘Power Up’ were a dream brought on by concussion; he’s about to find out how terrifyingly wrong he is.

Four months after the steamy, narcissistic liaison he shared with Devon, the supervillain he plays in the movies, dangerous things begin spilling over into his world, and Tristan has no choice but to believe the impossible: superheroes and supervillains are real.

His only hope is Devon, mercurial and unstable, once driven completely out of his mind by his own power, but will he help Tristan a second time? Tristan has no choice but to frantically reach out and return to Devon’s crazy reality or face insanity at the whim of a power he cannot hope to control.

Buy Links
Amazon | Smashwords | Google Play | Nook | iBooks | Kobo

Chapter 1 Part 1 of Dreams and Reality read by Natasha Duncan-Drake
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FREE Book Offer

If you leave an honest review for this book where you bought it I will give you the follow-on short story ‘Oh, Really?’ absolutely FREE as a thank you. Simply fill in this form to point me at your review. None of your details will be shared or used for any other purpose than contacting you about the free book.

Wittegen Press 48hr Discount Blitz - 5th/6th August 2014

We at  Wittegen Press have been doing some spring cleaning of their website over the last few months and it's time for our  big relaunch blitz .

So...

come and check out our exciting new look website  

over Tuesday 5th August and Wednesday 6th August 2014

and you'll find every book at 99c* for this exclusive 48hrs!

*check out each book for the Smashwords' code to claim the discounts

AtoZ Day 26: Z is for Zealot, Zburator

Last day of the atozchallenge , thank you so much for sticking with me. Today's word is zealot and the vampiric creatures is a psychic vampire called a Zburator (and it's slightly cheating, but I was desperate :)). And we have the last instalment of Ianthe's adventures - well, for now anyway ;)


AtoZ Day 26: Z is for Zealot, Zburator

Soph is the one entertaining you over at FB3X today for our last day:


Drabblerotic 2014 - Z is for Zip

AtoZ Day 25: Y is for Yarrow, Yara- Ma- Yha- Who

Second to last day of the #atozchallenge and we are on to Y. I've always liked Y as a letter, not sure why ;). Again today we have no film rec because I couldn't find one, but I do talk about Yarrow and the Yara-Ma-Yha-Who, while Ianthe deals with the trouble she has found in today's flash fiction. #vampires


AtoZ Day 25: Y is for Yarrow, Yara- Ma- Yha- Who

Soph is the one entertaining you over at FB3X today and will be until the end of the challenge now because I did the first few drabbles so she's finishing off:


Drabblerotic 2014 - Y is for Yarn plus FB3X Drabble Cascade #59