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Sandscript
I woke up early this morning and it had arrived. The book we downloaded onto Amazon Kindle, not long before midnight, had arrived well within the predicted twelve hours labour. How many little Amazon Elves had been toiling away all night, typing furiously at the 195,000 words? I downloaded it onto my Kindle, checked the beginning and the end were there and welcomed our fourth Kindle baby into the world.
On Wednesday it will be our first anniversary as Kindle Self Publishers. Cyberspouse has produced the covers with camera and computer and provided calm technical support!
What started as a short story is on the way to becoming a trilogy. 'Three Ages of Man' is the preparallequel to 'Brief Encounters of the Third Kind'. A nameless character walked into the first novel uninvited, helped steer the plot and became a favourite. He narrates the second novel. These novels do not have a genre; family sagas that explore how ordinary people cope when faced with the extraordinary. The universe is unknowable and the events that happen to them could happen to any of us!
To find out more visit goodreads, Amazon Kindle and www.ccsidewriter.co.uk. I hope you enjoy a good read.
On Wednesday it will be our first anniversary as Kindle Self Publishers. Cyberspouse has produced the covers with camera and computer and provided calm technical support!
What started as a short story is on the way to becoming a trilogy. 'Three Ages of Man' is the preparallequel to 'Brief Encounters of the Third Kind'. A nameless character walked into the first novel uninvited, helped steer the plot and became a favourite. He narrates the second novel. These novels do not have a genre; family sagas that explore how ordinary people cope when faced with the extraordinary. The universe is unknowable and the events that happen to them could happen to any of us!
To find out more visit goodreads, Amazon Kindle and www.ccsidewriter.co.uk. I hope you enjoy a good read.
Sandscript
Most writers may hope, but do not expect to be properly remunerated for their hard work or to make a living out of it. The explosion of e-books and Kindle self publishing, with books selling far more cheaply than paper books on the shelves of a bookshop, has increased the fear that authors are giving away their work.
But the truth is, most of us read most books for free. First it was the birth of public libraries, one of the great achievements of civilisation!
Years ago it was book clubs who made such offers as 'your first five books for fifty pence each' to seduce us into joining. We regularly joined, left and rejoined, gaining a library of colourful and useful family reference books and new novels.
Then charity shops became the Mecca for book lovers, most of us do not have room for all the paperback novels we have read and are happy to pass them on for a good cause.
Word of mouth is an excellent way to hear about books, but also usually means a good book being passed around friends.
Finally, when an avid reader dies they leave a house full of books; how many of us have doubled our book collection by inheritance?
I have shelves of books acquired and waiting to be read. Since joining goodreads I have enjoyed reviewing every book I finish; not only is it a good way to keep a record of personal reading, it is a way of appreciating the authors whose readers surely number far more than their buyers.
But the truth is, most of us read most books for free. First it was the birth of public libraries, one of the great achievements of civilisation!
Years ago it was book clubs who made such offers as 'your first five books for fifty pence each' to seduce us into joining. We regularly joined, left and rejoined, gaining a library of colourful and useful family reference books and new novels.
Then charity shops became the Mecca for book lovers, most of us do not have room for all the paperback novels we have read and are happy to pass them on for a good cause.
Word of mouth is an excellent way to hear about books, but also usually means a good book being passed around friends.
Finally, when an avid reader dies they leave a house full of books; how many of us have doubled our book collection by inheritance?
I have shelves of books acquired and waiting to be read. Since joining goodreads I have enjoyed reviewing every book I finish; not only is it a good way to keep a record of personal reading, it is a way of appreciating the authors whose readers surely number far more than their buyers.
Sandscript in Triplicate
Sandscript in Triplicate
Why are we fascinated with the number three? Does it stem from the idea of the Holy Trinity, is it because we live in three dimensions? This morning I caught snippets of Stephen Hawking’s Reith Lecture on BBC Radio Four. The one thing Hawking and I have in common is that I have not read any of his books and I’m pretty sure he has not read any of mine; if he has, he has not left a review on Amazon or Goodreads. His topic was black holes and whilst I do not claim to understand all he says, a mere sentence can give us a humble inkling of the unknowable universe. I hope I paraphrase correctly...
'Perhaps our universe is a mere three dimensional layer of a universe of eleven dimensions.'
Photographers snapping scenery or still life know the magic number is three; from sailing boats on the waves to vases on a table, three always looks more aesthetic than two. Readers and writers like trilogies.
In a few weeks time nearly all my family’s ages will be in multiples of three, from three years old to ninety. Which prompted me to realise my other family… I mean the first novel in my Brief Encounters Trilogy, is now three years old. To celebrate, this winter you can buy ‘Brief Encounters of the Third Kind’ for US$1.41 or 99pence on Amazon.uk
In the early years of the Twenty First Century, widow Susan Dexter has more to worry about than the recession. For thirty years she has kept a secret; she is not sure if her daughter is human. New events lead her to other people who need to find the truth.
How do ordinary people cope with the extraordinary? In the vast unknowable universe what happened to Susan Dexter in her back garden could happen to any of us.
“Since Peter died Emma came round more often, though it was rare for both of us to have a weekday off. That day we were looking forward to enjoying the late September sunshine in my garden and she had news to tell me. Emma was arranging the loungers as I made the coffee.
Suddenly she cried out ‘What’s that in the sky Mum?’
I stepped out, followed her stunned gaze up to the clear sky and froze; I had always dreaded they would come back. Above us was a huge shimmering shape, elegant and beautiful.”
Is Brief Encounters a trilogy or a triangle? The second book runs parallel to the first, the third follows the first…. But new readers only need to know it is a family saga of three generations and three families set over three years early in the Twenty First Century. A thriller of music, medicine and mystery entwined with tales of unrequited love, love lost and found and love crossing impossible boundaries. But most of all this is a story of ordinary folk keeping secret the inexplicable events that have changed their lives.
http://www.amazon.com/Brief-Encounter...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brief-Encount...
Why are we fascinated with the number three? Does it stem from the idea of the Holy Trinity, is it because we live in three dimensions? This morning I caught snippets of Stephen Hawking’s Reith Lecture on BBC Radio Four. The one thing Hawking and I have in common is that I have not read any of his books and I’m pretty sure he has not read any of mine; if he has, he has not left a review on Amazon or Goodreads. His topic was black holes and whilst I do not claim to understand all he says, a mere sentence can give us a humble inkling of the unknowable universe. I hope I paraphrase correctly...
'Perhaps our universe is a mere three dimensional layer of a universe of eleven dimensions.'
Photographers snapping scenery or still life know the magic number is three; from sailing boats on the waves to vases on a table, three always looks more aesthetic than two. Readers and writers like trilogies.
In a few weeks time nearly all my family’s ages will be in multiples of three, from three years old to ninety. Which prompted me to realise my other family… I mean the first novel in my Brief Encounters Trilogy, is now three years old. To celebrate, this winter you can buy ‘Brief Encounters of the Third Kind’ for US$1.41 or 99pence on Amazon.uk
In the early years of the Twenty First Century, widow Susan Dexter has more to worry about than the recession. For thirty years she has kept a secret; she is not sure if her daughter is human. New events lead her to other people who need to find the truth.
How do ordinary people cope with the extraordinary? In the vast unknowable universe what happened to Susan Dexter in her back garden could happen to any of us.
“Since Peter died Emma came round more often, though it was rare for both of us to have a weekday off. That day we were looking forward to enjoying the late September sunshine in my garden and she had news to tell me. Emma was arranging the loungers as I made the coffee.
Suddenly she cried out ‘What’s that in the sky Mum?’
I stepped out, followed her stunned gaze up to the clear sky and froze; I had always dreaded they would come back. Above us was a huge shimmering shape, elegant and beautiful.”
Is Brief Encounters a trilogy or a triangle? The second book runs parallel to the first, the third follows the first…. But new readers only need to know it is a family saga of three generations and three families set over three years early in the Twenty First Century. A thriller of music, medicine and mystery entwined with tales of unrequited love, love lost and found and love crossing impossible boundaries. But most of all this is a story of ordinary folk keeping secret the inexplicable events that have changed their lives.
http://www.amazon.com/Brief-Encounter...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brief-Encount...
Sandscript
I like to write first drafts with pen and paper; at home, in busy cafes, in the garden, at our beach hut... even sitting in a sea front car park waiting for the rain to stop I get my note book out. We
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