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Hello everybody and welcome to my blog. What better way to get started by letting readers know of my FREE giveaway of Stray Bullet paperbacks :) The giveaway runs through July and August. It's free to enter so don't miss out! Giveaway is open to those aged 18+ and based in the UK, USA or Canada.

http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

For anybody interested in finding out more about my exploits, feel free to have a peek at me on my website, where you can find graphic design videos, amazon reviews, press packs and more info about me :)

http://www.simonduringer.com

Always nice to get feedback and just received the following about Stray Bullet via my FB account;

From Sam G. in Canada; So far u remind me of Mark Bellingham. I love it especially the "racey bits".

Thanks Sam :)

This was posted to my Facebook page by my uncle via Amber Lea, it's always useful to know those time saving shortcuts keys, especially the top 3!

have had lots of you ask me to re-post this, so here you are! BE SURE TO SHARE THE POST SO IT WILL SAVE TO YOUR TIMELINE!

I always wondered-- now I know!!!

HOW TO MAKE SYMBOLS WITH KEYBOARD

Alt + 0153..... ™... trademark symbol
Alt + 0169.... ©.... copyright symbol
Alt + 0174..... ®....registered ­ trademark symbol
Alt + 0176 ...°......degree symbol
Alt + 0177 ...±....plus-or ­-minus sign
Alt + 0182 ...¶.....paragr­aph mark
...See More....smiley face
Alt + 2 ......☻.....black smiley face
Alt + 15.....☼.....sun
Alt + 12......♀.....female sign
Alt + 11.....♂......m­ale sign
Alt + 6.......♠.....spade
Alt + 5.......♣...... ­Club
Alt + 3.............. ­Heart
Alt + 4.......♦...... ­Diamond
Alt + 13......♪.....e­ighth note
Alt + 14......♫...... ­beamed eighth note
Alt + 8721.... ∑.... N-ary summation (auto sum)
Alt + 251.....√.....square root check mark
Alt + 8236.....∞..... ­infinity
Alt + 24.......↑..... ­up arrow
Alt + 25......↓...... ­down arrow
Alt + 26.....→.....r­ght arrow
Alt + 27......←.....l­eft arrow
Alt + 18.....↕......u­p/down arrow
Alt + 29......↔...lef­t right arrow

It's great to receive reviews although can be rather scary at times! Another one has been posted on Amazon today with 4/5 stars. The review from a Jasper Olsen is as follows;

Excellent debut for some interesting characters with an intriguing plot line cunningly woven in. I’m guessing personal experiences went some way to providing realistic descriptions of places and people such as the RAF base. It took a few chapters to adapt to this new style of writing but once the scenes and backgrounds had been set I found myself wanting to turn page after page to reach the ultimate climax. Simon has delivered an excellent journey into the mafia underworld leading the reader to uncharacteristically root for the bad guy at points, and draws you inexorably towards the final good versus evil battle at the end. Can’t wait for this story to resume in his next foray into the tangled lives of Harvey and Jack.

It is great that people are beginning to send in really positive comments and reviews for Stray Bullet. A tad frustrating (but understandable) that people often prefer to send comments directly to me rather than onto the recognised sites. But hey ho...people are busy and it all spurs my enthusiasm to get back onto my QWERTY!

Thank you to those who have supplied feedback so far :)

To read some of the reviews, or indeed add to them you can visit my website at;

http://simonduringer.com/reader-reviews/

We are less than 10 days away from the close of the Stray Bullet Signed book Giveaway.

If you haven't already then get along to the giveaway section and enter for FREE.

It's a gift horse! :)

Another 5 Star Review on Amazon.co.uk for Stray Bullet;
"Excellent read. Right from the start you’re drawn in, well set scenes excellently described making you feel like you’re there in the middle of it all. I want more!"

For U.S. purchases;
http://www.amazon.com/Stray-Bullet-Si...
For U.K. purchases;
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stray-Bullet-...

Thank you to everybody who entered the Goodreads led; Stray Bullet giveaway. The competition closed early this morning with just short of 950 entrants all after a copy of the book. Goodreads will announce the winners in the next 24 hours.... Thank you all once again. Don't forget if you don't win a copy this time around then they can still be purchased using the links on my website; http://www.simonduringer.com

Hi everybody and thanks to all who entered my book giveaway. I have now received notification from the Goodreads team of who they pulled out of the e-hat to receive the free signed copies of my book.

Those winners have been informed and whilst I cannot advertise their names I can point to geography!

2 winners from the US
2 winners from Canada
1 winner from the UK

All 5 books will be despatched by signed for delivery on Monday morning.

Any questions please let me know.

Due to the success of this promotion, which had an overwhelming 946 entries I am considering giving a few more away later this month.

Thank you to you all once again.