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December 27, 2013
The Return
I have just returned from spending Christmas on my country estate in Oxfordshire. It was wonderful to see the old place with it’s rolling acres and a tear ran down my cheek as the faithful old butler Soames struggled, bent double under the weight of my luggage but that is, after all what servants are for …
In point of fact I spent a pleasant week with my mum and her partner in the city of my birth, Liverpool. There are, alas no rolling acres, just a small back garden in which my guide dog, Trigger soon made himself at home. On Christmas day we all, as is customary exchanged gifts. Even Trigger and my mum’s black Labrador, Lilley received presents. Not content with his own gift Trigger took it upon himself to eat a box of chocolates which had been left under the Christmas tree as a present for my mum. Not satisfied with the chocolates he enjoyed a tasty desert of … scented candle! Fortunately Trigger suffered no ill effects and he is, as I write sleeping at my feet.
Well I am now back in London and my mum’s dog, Lilley can breathe a sigh of relief as there is no hungry monster lurking in the shadows waiting to deprive her of her dinner!
December 19, 2013
Happy Christmas!
This will be my last post for a week or so as I will be spending the festive season with family. You don’t get rid of me that easily and I will be back, before the new year like the proverbial bad penny so you have been warned! To all my readers, have a truly wonderful Christmas and look after yourselves. Very best wishes to you all. Kevin PS; my collection of short stories, An Act Of Mercy remains discounted, on amazon.com until 24 December. Amazon advise that it was discounted since 18 December, however due to me living in the UK I was unable to see this when viewing my book on amazon.com.
December 18, 2013
Out Of Small Acorns Great Oaks Grow
This evening I am meeting friends for a drink and the first round will be on me as I am rich! Well not quite but I have just received notification of my first payment from Amazon (a grand total of £8.86) which covers sales of my e-books in the Amazon Kindle store. Not quite enough to retire to that island in the sun, but out of small acorns great oaks grow. Many thanks to all those who have purchased my books.
Kevin
Problem With Kindle Countdown Deal Or So It Seems
On 18 December my Kindle Countdown Deal on An Act Of Mercy was scheduled to start. As of 19 December my collection of short stories still appears on amazon.com at $3.54 rather than the reduced price of 99 cents which I set for the duration of the promotion (18-24 December). I have contacted the god Amazon to ascertain what has gone awry but as of now they have not responded. Please accept my apologies if you have visited amazon.com looking to download An Act of Mercy at it’s reduced price. I will update you once I have received a response from Amazon.
Yours in perplexity
Kevin
Oh To Be In England But Which England?
Many thanks to Cupitonians (http://cupitonians.wordpress.com/) for drawing this amusing post to my attention, http://intrepidmisadventurer.com/the-department-of-tweed-and-trilbies/#.UrIAaOIXKrh. Now I’m off to my gentleman’s club, in Pal Mal where I will sit, in tweed jacket, drinking whisky while being served by my man, Jeeves, (after having read the above post you will understand what I mean)!
December 17, 2013
Why Sell Your Books From Your Own Website?
Reblogged from Savvy Writers & e-Books online:
In a former blog post: Successful Book Selling - the Non-Traditional Way we mentioned that authors could sell books from their own website - which resulted in lots of questions how this could be installed and successful managed.
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Great Benefits for Authors
Take advantage of these three fantastic benefits of selling your books from your own webpage:
I have considered selling books direct from my website and should, perhaps give this some further thought. A useful and interesting post.
Castles
She smiled, awhile I tarried there, fashioned castles out of air. She laughed, set my heart aflame, tis love, or my overactive brain.
I think of her but who is she? A bird encaged longing to be free? Is she content in her cage? Or does she beat the bars with rage? Do I put my thoughts on her? Building castles in the air? Who am I? who is she? Both are struggling to be free.
December 16, 2013
A Question Regarding Book Reviews
Reblogged from The Literary Syndicate:
Good Monday morning my friends! It appears my NaNoWriMo efforts were not entirely in vain! A release date is not yet set for my debut effort, but Retail Memories: When Customers Attack!, is coming along quite nicely and should be completed in a week. *hears the wolf whistles and cheers* Thank you, thank you. Once it is published it will be on KDP Select to begin with, see how it does then go from there.
An interesting question regarding whether authors ought to review fellow writers particularly those writing in the same genre.
Kindle Countdown Deal: An act of mercy and other stories
My collection of short stories, An act of mercy and other stories, will be available for 99 cents (Amazon US) from the 18th December until the 24th December.
An act of mercy and other stories is a collection of dark and intriguing tales encompassing blackmail, murder and sex.
For an act of mercy, please visit: http://www.amazon.com/act-mercy-other-stories-ebook/dp/B00EHS74CS/ref=la_B00CEECWHY_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384374016&sr=1-2
For my Amazon authors page please visit: http://www.amazon.co.uk/K.-Morris/e/B00CEECWHY/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
