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Beware The Undertoad

There are a lot of things we hear as little kids and never question. Or maybe I was just one of those kids who only questioned things I didn’t understand, and if a thing made sense to me – even a weird, convoluted, twisted kind of sense – I just kept my mouth shut.

Some of those things were fairly benign. For instance, I believed for years that the train on Mr. Rogers’ Neighbourhood carried its passengers through the wall to the ‘Land of Maple Leaf’. Yes, I acknowledge that make-believe seems...

Let Me Entertain You, Damnit!

There’s an antagonism so often present in the relationship between artist and audience that I find incredibly discouraging and sometimes infuriating. And I think it arises out of the notion that audiencessee themselves as customers, rather than patrons. After all, they’ve shelled out all this money to ‘purchase’ a product, and that product better damn well live up to expectations, right?

The scene is all too familiar. The reluctant consumer arrives, scans the program, skepticallyeyeingthe cred...

Please Don’t Tell Me I’m a Good Parent

I’m not a very good parent.

It’s not that I don’t want to be or that I don’t think it’s worth it, or even that I don’t love my kid enough. It’s not that I don’t know how or that it’s something a parenting class could fix. I have the tools. I’m fairly confident I even have the know-how. But mostly, I fall short.

I could say I had no way of knowing back when I decided to have a child, the physical and mental toll that illness would have on my body and mind. But I already had two chronic autoimmun...

WIN A FREE KOBO TOUCH!

Happy New Year! As promised, today begins my contest…

THE PRIZE: 1 (one) Kobo Touch e-reader (white front with silver back).

How to win:

Read my book "Cracked: A Novella" and post a review on www.chapters.indigo.ca.

For full contest rules see my website at http://cuckoomycuckoo.com/post/719631...

CONTEST PERIOD: January 2 - February 28, 2014

Giveaway coming soon!

Hey there folks! I thought I'd start the New Year with a contest. Stay tuned for an announcement in the next week with details on how to enter to win an awesome prize!

20% off books at Lulu.com

For the next few days you can purchase my books for 20% off the listed price at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/rkbelford (valid until March 8th).

Coupon code: SPARK

R.K. Belford

Giveaway Winners!

Congratulations to Jeff and Jasmine, the winners in my book giveaways. Goodreads has selected you and forwarded me your addresses, and I'll be sending out your copies (direct from the publisher) in the next week. I hope you enjoy your copies and I look forward to hearing any feedback.

And for everyone else - thanks for your interest. I hope you'll consider purchasing an eBook; which I've priced very affordably (AND if you purchase through lulu.com or Kobo, have no DRM so you can share - unfortunately I did not have that option through other retailers).

Thanks!

R.K.

Book(s) Giveaway

I've got a copy of each of my books for giveaway right now (contest ends March 1st)! And for books at a retail price of $13.99 and $9.99, that's a nice deal. But since only one person can win each giveaway, did you know you can get the eBook versions for super-cheap?

That's right - only $1.99 and $0.99 (price may vary slightly due to exchange rates) through online retailers including Kobo, Amazon, iBooks and NOOK.

Happy reading!

R.K. Belford

Hello BookDaily Readers!

A big thank you to those of you who have wandered over here from BookDaily after reading an excerpt of my book to read my book Cracked (or just add it to your to do list). I'd love to hear what you think, good or bad, so please definitely add your reviews when you're done! And if you'd like to check out more of my work, I also have a book of poetry available - "I Am Not These Things". There are samples here on GoodReads, as well as BookDaily.

Thanks again!

R.K.

Welcome to cuckoomycuckoo press!

My first book, Cracked: A Novella is in the process of distribution, so if you are looking for a copy (in all formats), for right now the best place is http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/rkbelford

In the next few days, it should be available on Kobo (on eBook), and following that on the iBookstore and Nook (also eBook). Paperback and hardcover will soon be available on Amazon.com.

Thanks for stopping by and please feel free to check out the 'writings' section below for excerpts of Cracked, as well as samples from my upcoming book of poetry.

Cheers!
Reena K. Belford