Tim Arnot's Blog, page 6
October 4, 2013
On the Radio
Drabble(n): A story told in exactly 100 words. Paul was certain he couldn’t be seen from outside his little shed. He’d found the thing weeks ago, and had tinkered with it every night after his wife had gone to bed, trying to make it work. It was electric, he was sure, and over many nights […]
September 24, 2013
New Paperbacks
A new batch of paperbacks has arrived, with the new cover and updated innards. Yay!
September 16, 2013
Wanted
Flick Carter is just an ordinary sixteen year old in a ruined 23rd Century England. When a boy she saved from a plane crash turns out to be wanted by the law, everyone she knows is put in danger, and she finds herself on the run and wanted for murder… Available on Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com
September 15, 2013
White House Down
Certificate 12A, 2h 11m ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ This is the third time Roland Emmerich has destroyed the White House. First in Independence Day, then in 2012, and now in White House Down. The film stars Jamie Foxx as the US President, Channing Tatum as Cale, a single father Cop who is applying for a job in the […]
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September 2, 2013
Price Glitch – make the most of it!
Good old Kobo, don’t you just love em! Yet again, they’ve screwed up changing the price, and so – for the time being – WANTED is till available from Kobo for the old price of £1.99 / $2.99. And Amazon is price matching to it! So you can grab a bargain at either of these […]
September 1, 2013
2nd Edition Paperback Cover
We’ve already seen the new cover on the ebook edition, and mockups of the paperback done in Photoshop, but I thought you might like to see the actual artwork for the new paperback edition. I’m hoping to have this available for Cosford in October – fingers crossed. Click on the picture to see a bigger […]
August 31, 2013
Price rise alert!
It’s the last day of August, and that means it’s the final day of the summer promotional discount for WANTED. After today, it’ll be on sale for the full price of $4.99 / £3.49, so if you want to save a couple of bucks, get over to Amazon, Kobo, Barnes & Noble or iBooks before […]
Chapter Titles
Every time I do a new revision, I wonder to myself, should I have chapter titles? I kinda like books with chapter titles – it seems more friendly than simply “Chapter 1,” Chapter 2″ and so on. So it just happens that I’m working on the Second Edition release for the print paperback (it has […]
August 26, 2013
Planes
Certificate U, 1h 32m ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ We’ve seen from the Red Bull air races that racing aeroplanes can be fast, exciting and dangerous, and arguably even more so than car rallying or the (boring) processional laps that dominate Formula 1. Disney has tried to capture that excitement and bring their successful Cars format to the world […]
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Kick Ass 2
Certificate 15, 1h 53m, ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ The original Kick Ass was the shock hit of 2010. Reviled by critics because of its strong language and ultra-violence, it nevertheless became a huge success with real moviegoers. So can we expect the same from Kick Ass 2? Well, yes and no. Without the creative talents of Matthew Vaughn […]
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