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May 29, 2015
Three More Days
I have pre-ordered Laura’s “Of Roots And Wreckage” and am looking forward to reading her book on it’s release. Kevin
Originally posted on Laura A. Lord:
Only three more days! Are you excited? I’m freaking out over here.
Click this image to send out a tweet and let everyone know we’re counting down! I’ll be tracking the tag #wrecktheroots and adding everyone who uses it to an ultimate giveaway! Each time you use the tag, you’ll be entered again! There’s no limit to how...
May 28, 2015
Dalliance by K. Morris
Many thanks to Kev Cooper for the below review. Kevin
Originally posted on Great Indie Authors:
Kevin Morris was the very first person to appear on, Kev’s Author Interviews. (Lots of applause, whistling and shouting in the background. I kindly motion everyone to quiet them down. It doesn’t work, but Chris, The Story Reading Ape, happens to be back-stage and pops his head out from behind the curtain with a serious look and… ‘is that a banana in your mouth?’ Anyway he has...
The Hanging Field by Stephanie Bryant Anderson
Originally posted on The Blue Hour:
Though we never stopped, we stared
from the backseat of our car—
our flat-bottom boat—at the body darting
from the end of a rope. I remember the road,
its lines, yellow and broken, the crowd
and a cloud shaped like a hare.
Now the field comes back into view:
I’ve dreamt a horse into the field, or the horse
in my dream came to save me—not
some knight—but the horse,
and I climbed onto his back to keep from
suffocating. But it was more than that—
I was trying...
The Fall
How prosaic was her fall,
She lost her sock, no great matter at all.
She found it strewn upon the floor,
Oh the banality of it all.
In Praise Of My Local Bookshop
I am delighted to announce that my local independent bookshop, The Bookseller Crow (http://booksellercrow.co.uk/) informed me today that they will stock my book, “Dalliance; A Collection of Poetry and Prose”. I had popped in with a copy several weeks ago and was uncertain as to whether The Bookseller Crow would be prepared to take “Dalliance”. However, nothing ventured, nothing gained and, in this case venturing into my local independent book store paid off. I am excited that my book will soo...
A Review Of My Book “Samantha”
My book, “Samantha” tells the story of a young woman forced into prostitution in the city of Liverpool. Can she survive the brutal treatment of her psychopathic pimp, Barry or will Sam end her tortured existence in the murky waters of Liverpool’s Albert Docks?
On checking for reviews of “Samantha”, I was pleased to see that it has received a 5 star review. In a review entitled “Brilliant Short Book” the reviewer writes as follows:
“The characters in this book were bought to life by the way t...
Infringement Of The DMCA
Occasionally I Google my books to see how they are ranking. Yesterday I was concerned to discover that my book, “Street Walker and Other Stories”, which should be available only in the Amazon Kindle store, can, apparently be downloaded from the following (non-Amazon) link, (http://www.ectechnano.com/street-walker-and-other-stories.html).
I didn’t provide Street Walker to ectechnano.com and have no idea how the site obtained my book. Having researched ectechnano.com it appears that it is consi...
May 26, 2015
A 5 Star Review of “Dalliance”
Thank you to the person who reviewed my book, “Dalliance; A Collection of Poetry and Prose” and awarded it 5 stars. For the review please visit, (http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2CJJJ7WAL4J8M/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00QQVJC7E).
Kevin
A Girl Singing
A young woman sings quietly.
What has been done can not be undone, yet her song continues, words floating on the crisp morning air.
Barely out of girlhood, she sings the song of a man who beats women, her mind filled with dreams of street gangs, “power flows from the barrel of a gun”.
What has been done can not be undone.
Just a girl, late teens, heading somewhere, singing.
May 25, 2015
Interesting Facts about the Sonnet
I didn’t know that the origins of the sonnet lie in Italy.
Originally posted on Interesting Literature:
A short history of the sonnet form, with some fun facts about its development
Writing an introduction to the sonnet throws out a number of questions, so in this post we will ask what might be considered the essential questions about the sonnet form, and provide some answers. Who invented the sonnet? What form does the sonnet take? These sorts of questions. They actua...
