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Official Book Trailer for Sex, Love & Dating Disasters: The Drought - the funniest book you'll read this year!

Hot on the heels of the new cover design for The Drought, I am delighted to reveal a brand new book trailer for the lad lit comedy as well!

The one minute clip was made using the app iMovie along with the fantastic images from Jamie Sale at Toonjam Studios.

I hope you enjoy the video clip. I would love to hear your thoughts and feedback as always, and remember the eBook is still available for just 99p/99c at Amazon!

The Flood: The funniest book you'll read in 2016 is set for a January release!

I know, I know - you've heard it all before but this time it's true! My second novel will finally be published in January 2016! After a number of false dawns (including a promise that the book would be out by Xmas - sorry!) I have at long last got my act together and I'm pleased to say that I finished all of my edits this morning and the next step is to send it over to my new publisher Acorn Independent Press Ltd next week.

After some formatting, tidying up and a wee bit more editing, Sex, Love & Dating Disasters: The Flood will be available in paperback and eBook at Amazon and all good bookstores.

And here is a little sneak preview of what you can expect from Dan Hilles and the gang...

New cover design for Sex, Love & Dating Disasters: The Drought - the hilarious must-read comedy novel!

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the holidays. It was certainly a busy period for me and 2016 looks to be even busier with the imminent arrival of The Flood - the second book in the Sex, Love & Dating Disasters series.

To celebrate the release of the new book, the original title in the Sex, Love & Dating Disasters series - The Drought - has undergone a bit of a face lift and thanks to Jamie Sale at Toonjam Studios the lad lit comedy now has a new front cover which I'm delighted to unveil here. So, what do you think?

The eBook version has been updated on Amazon and the paperback will be updated soon. And remember, you can still buy the eBook for just 99p!

The Flood due for Christmas release... honest!

After a number of false dawns, I am pleased to announc that I am in the final stages of editing my second novel The Flood, which is a follow-up to my debut lad lit comedy The Drought.

The Flood picks up from the first book and follows the unlucky in love fortunes of Dan Hilles. But this time, instead of the sex drought, Dan has made a bet with friends Rob, Jack and Ollie that he can manage a 'flood' of women and when he makes a bet that he can juggle four different girls at the same time, he opens up another can of hilarious dating disasters.

Due for eBook release in December and a provisional January date for the paperback, I'll be posting updates and sample chapters in the next couple of weeks.

Watch this space!

Street Fighter - the way we hope it all really went down!

Hands up if you remember those wonderful days in your youth when you would spend hours pumping the arcade machine with 20p coins so you could act out the ultimate fight fantasy by taking Ryu or Ken all the way to the final challenge against M. Bison (before he started calling himself Cheryl Cole - back when he wanted to fight to the death, rather than fight for this love)?

And hands up if you remember when Jean-Claude Van Damme and Kylie Minogue ruined that nostalgic memory with that awful film?

Well fret no more, because this wonderful viral video from Robot Chicken has just put paid to that appalling movie with this piece of YouTube genius. Enjoy...!

Sepp Blatter wins FIFA election and morphs into Borat!

Just when you thought FIFA couldn't sink any lower after Sepp Blatter won a fifth term as President, the 79 year old appeared to morph into Kazakhstan's favourite son Borat during his acceptance speech.

Addressing the crowd in Zurich despite calls for him to stand down as the head of FIFA from all corners of the football world following the recent corruption scandal that has rocked world football's governing, Blatter took to the stage to address the audience at the FIFA congress and in celebrating victory he decided to use a few of Borat's well-known catchphrases...

Characters from The Drought: Ollie Pemberton

The Drought: Ollie PembertonWhat Ollie lacks in brains, he more than makes up for in brawn. When he is not in the gym beefing up, he can normally be found in the pub; pint in one hand, cigarette in the other!

When it comes to the opposite sex, Ollie is not a fussy man. In fact the phrase "any hole's a goal" could have been created exclusively for Ollie. His approach to women is to simply wait around until the end of the night and then pounce on the most drunken girl in the establishment. And if she happens to be overweight, well, that is just a bonus for Ollie, as "fat girls are more appreciative" as he likes to say.
Ollie is a bit of a throwback to old-school man. All of this metrosexual new-age man stuff is definitely not for him. He is at his happiest when he is propping up the bar watching the footy or rugby. His idea of a romantic meal would probably be down at the local Wetherspoons on the burger and pint night!

Characters from The Drought: Jack Chatham

The Drought: Jack ChathamWhen you think of Jack Chatham, think of a cross between Danny Dyer and Jay from The Inbetweeners ! Jack is a happy-go-lucky cheeky-chappy who always has something to say, and most of the time it will be totally un-PC!

He is the joker of the pack, full of banter and sarcasm. With his cockney accent, he comes across as a bit of a geezer and at five-foot-four he has been known to suffer from small-man-syndrome. But his devil-may-care attitude always keeps those around him entertained.
When it comes to girls, Jack is the guy in the group who doesn't seem to have any morals or a conscience. He is constantly playing away from his long-suffering girlfriend Anna (hence his nickname Jackie Cheatham), but his cheeky-chappy confident style makes him hard to dislike. He is a firm believer in chat-up lines and has a host of gems to choose from!

Ever wondered what it would be like if Family Guy sang Uptown Funk? Step forward Mikey Bolt...

Mikey Bolt, you sir are a frinkin' genius! If ever there was a reason why YouTube exists, it's not because we want to see some baby bite his kid brothers finger, it's because we want to know what it would sound like to hear Stewie Griffin sing Uptown Funk! That's right people, you heard me right. Don't believe me, just watch. (see what I did there...)


And it doesn't stop there. The LA impressionist has a whole arsenal of cartoon based voices to his repertoire which he uses with hilarious consequences. I mean, imagine Peter Griffin laying down the vocals to Pharrell William's 'Happy' track....


And his talents don't stop at cartoon characters doing songs, he does pranks as well...


And if you like what you have seen here, there is plenty more over at his YouTube channel so make sure you check it out!

Characters from The Drought: Rob Devlin

The Drought: Rob DevlinRob Devlin is one of those super-cool, good-looking, smooth-talking guys who girls fall over themselves to get to. He oozes charm and charisma, and can certainly turn on his sensitive side when he needs to, yet still manages to maintain his 'one of the lads' status with just as much ease.

Rob has been Dan's best friend ever since they used to play kiss chase with the girls in the school playground. With his sandy beach blonde boy-band style haircut and a good dress sense, it isn't hard to understand why Rob is s such a ladies man.

He works in a clothes shop, or a fashion boutique, as Rob likes to put it. Whilst his friends are more than happy to rock high street brands such as Top Man and River Island, Rob is always wearing the latest from Prada or Lanvin, and he is the one member of the group who you could call metrosexual. But even his usually solid advice is wasted on Dan!