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January 28, 2016
Max China's latest novel, Don't Turn on the Light: Crossing The Line
Don't Turn on the Light: Crossing The Line is available on to pre-order at the special pre-release offer price of 99p/$1.49 on amazon international link: http://getbook.at/DTOTLNOVEL
Release date 21 March 2016
Release date 21 March 2016
October 4, 2015
FREE download on amazon
Happy New Year everyone! My latest book, The Night of the Mosquito is #FREE to download till 6 Jan:
'All the elements of a great #thriller! Couldn't put it down.' Amazon USA review. International amazon link: http://getbook.at/NOTM
'All the elements of a great #thriller! Couldn't put it down.' Amazon USA review. International amazon link: http://getbook.at/NOTM
August 4, 2015
Preview chapters for The Night of the Mosquito
Just a taster of a couple of chapters (amazon don't do search inside until the book is published).
CHAPTER 1
August 10, 1987. 8 am. Churchend, Bristol.
Dragged over the uneven ground between the gravestones of the churchyard next to St. Michael’s Orphanage, five year old Timothy Salter stumbled, almost falling. ‘Stop it. You’re hurting my hand,’ he squealed.
Ahead of him, the girl’s blonde pigtail swished from side to side as she ran. She didn&rsq...
CHAPTER 1
August 10, 1987. 8 am. Churchend, Bristol.
Dragged over the uneven ground between the gravestones of the churchyard next to St. Michael’s Orphanage, five year old Timothy Salter stumbled, almost falling. ‘Stop it. You’re hurting my hand,’ he squealed.
Ahead of him, the girl’s blonde pigtail swished from side to side as she ran. She didn&rsq...
January 28, 2015
Still haven't sold a book in Mexico...
I've sold books in almost every country, but Mexico still eludes me and so did India - other than free downloads - until some point in the last couple of days. I just noticed my book, The Life and Times of William Boule sold a copy there. Yeah ... I know, but it's a start...http://authl.it/1x0
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Still haven't sold a book in Mexico...
I've sold books in almost every country, but Mexico still eludes me and so did India - other than free downloads - until some point in the last couple of days. I just noticed my book, The Life and Times of William Boule sold a copy there. Yeah ... I know, but it's a start...http://authl.it/1x0
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January 24, 2015
Never sold a kindle book on amazon in Mexico.
I've sold kindle books in every other country, but never Mexico. Not even for free. I have a free promotion running over the next few days and though it's early, I've had sales in all the other countries so far except the Netherlands, Brazil and, you guessed it - Mexico. Still a few days to go. I'm wondering if I'll break the duck. In truth, it highlights the potential benefits of a Spanish translation. I'm told it's a huge market...
For anyone interested, a...
For anyone interested, a...
The Sister free for the first time in a year this weekend!
Coincidence conspires with chance and becomes synchronicity in this compelling mystery thriller W/E 25th January 2015 http://bit.ly/19UB8zT
January 20, 2015
Notes from 2010
Going back over my notes from around five years ago, I was surprised to see that the story I referred to in my last post was written in the present tense. In those early days, I thought it worked quite well, but then I recalled what happened as I neared the end of my first novel, The Sister. I came to the conclusion, after one hundred and fifty thousand words, that the story would be better told in past tense. So I changed it. Half way through the change I began to think it was better as it wa...
January 19, 2015
First attempt at blogging
Apart from facebook and twitter, I haven't blogged very much before. The freedom to use unlimited characters is somewhat daunting.
My first attempt at blogging a few years ago met with little success. I decided to try blogging a ghost story as it was written, live so to speak and post an episode when I'd written each one. It was experimental, in that I'm not sure it was a conventional blog. I had to fiddle around with the timeline - so what looked like it was written later -&nb...
My first attempt at blogging a few years ago met with little success. I decided to try blogging a ghost story as it was written, live so to speak and post an episode when I'd written each one. It was experimental, in that I'm not sure it was a conventional blog. I had to fiddle around with the timeline - so what looked like it was written later -&nb...
September 7, 2014
The Sister Countdown deal on amazon.
Having only ever run free promotions on kindle with varying degrees of success, I thought it about time I tried a countdown deal.
A lot of people do free giveaways in the hope of kickstarting a few reviews, if you launch with a freebie, you've got nothing to lose, but if you had a chart position, you must remember that unless your giveaway is a phenomenal success you'll lose it. This is because you don't register paid sales for the length of you promotion. The longer it goes on for, the further down the chart you'll slide. Anyway, for the 6 days, The Sister is on Countdown.
'A fast-paced mystery that quickly absorbs.' £0.99/ $1.62 UK link: http://is.gd/QdNPaO US link: http://is.gd/xWml0o If you haven't tried The Sister yet, it'll never be so cheap again...
A lot of people do free giveaways in the hope of kickstarting a few reviews, if you launch with a freebie, you've got nothing to lose, but if you had a chart position, you must remember that unless your giveaway is a phenomenal success you'll lose it. This is because you don't register paid sales for the length of you promotion. The longer it goes on for, the further down the chart you'll slide. Anyway, for the 6 days, The Sister is on Countdown.
'A fast-paced mystery that quickly absorbs.' £0.99/ $1.62 UK link: http://is.gd/QdNPaO US link: http://is.gd/xWml0o If you haven't tried The Sister yet, it'll never be so cheap again...
