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Matthew’s comments from the Net Work Book Club group.

If you like psychological stories then my short story, Brainstorm is available from Amazon for FREE until Friday 10th June.

Here's the synopsis:

Clinical psychologist Michael Eriksson makes a living from helping others, but after a series of events he is left fighting to pick up the pieces of his own shattered psyche.

When he is called to an attempted suicide on a stormy summer's night, Michael has the chance to save a life, but will it be his own?

http://authl.it/B00JMSPGXW?d

My latest blog update is about meeting author of Millions, Frank Cottrell Boyce (also co-writer of the Olympics 2012 opening ceremony and Doctor Who episode In the Forest of the Night).

What a lovely man and I hope you enjoy reading about meeting him! :)

https://matthewdrzymala.com/

:D

It's between you and two others so far. I don't envisage many people to join in, I do try and get people to but I think most won't :D

I'm running a competition for readers to win lots and lots of free prizes. All you need to do is send me a picture of you reading my book The Bumpkinton Tales: Volume One in either paperback or on Kindle and you could win free Bumpkinton prizes.

The competition closes on 30th June 2016 and there will then be a public vote looking for the best entry.

You can find out more on my website: https://matthewdrzymala.com/2016/05/1...

The Bumpkinton Tales: Volume One

Hi

I'm running a giveaway for a signed paperback of my new book, The Bumpkinton Tales: Volume One.

If you enjoy light, humorous stories then this is for you. Bumpkinton is a village that's hard to find but packed full of interesting and odd characters. Follow the characters as they tackle choking on pennies to facing up to a sex mad ladies' man on Singles Night.

The book is aimed at everybody, there is no bad language and the adult themes are not explicit. Sit back with a cup of tea and a scone and enjoy the silliness :)

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

Matthew Drzymala

My new book The Bumpkinton Tales: Volume One is available to buy now in paperback (for the first time) and on Kindle. It is made up of 5 short stories and novellas called:

Last Christmas, Bittersweet, The Bachelor, The Family Jewels and Albert's Christmas.

If you enjoy light, humorous stories then this is for you. Here's the synopsis:

Welcome to Bumpkinton!

Come in, have a cup of tea and a scone, and lose yourself in five humorous tales from the village. Follow Father Whitworth O’Grady as he chokes on a penny, Albert Scatterhorn as he becomes the grubbiest Father Christmas ever, and Amelia Goose as she feuds with… well, anybody.

Plus a whole host of characters as they attend the village’s first Singles Night with a sex-crazed ladies’ man. Jump in and find out more for yourself…

I hope you enjoy it and if you enjoy it, I'd love a review.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bumpkinton-T...

The Bumpkinton Tales: Volume One

I can officially announce that The Bumpkinton Tales: Volume One will be released in paperback and on Kindle on 14th May 2016!

I am running a Facebook Launch party on the day and will be looking for authors to do a take over. It starts at 10am (I'll do the first hour) and ends at 6pm (I'll run the final hour) but all over half hour or hour slots are available. So, if you wish to join in with a take over and run your own giveaways, just let me know. Spaces are limited.

If anyone has time to interview me I would be interested and I am happy to return the favour, either with your latest or future book release, again, just let me know.

There's more news on my website as to some giveaways of my own:

https://matthewdrzymala.com

As well as the Launch Party link: https://www.facebook.com/events/16840...

I have a Thunderclap in the process of being confirmed so will post that once they authorise it

The paperback proof copy of The Bumpkinton Tales: Volume I has been shipped and I can officially reveal the cover for the collection as well as the redesigned covers for my individual Kindle releases.

It is a collection of short stories and novellas set in the fictional village of Bumpkinton. They are a selcetion of humorous stories and this colelction includes the 4 previously released stories as well as a bonus short story.

Stay tuned for the release date for the collection soon and for the Goodreads giveaways. More news soon!

http://matthewdrzymala.com/2016/03/11...

Frenchie wrote: "Better late than never. Good luck with your writing but don't forget to have fun too. :-) Here is a little something to make you smile.
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Haha, thanks Frenchie! I'll get there, though there are some chapters I'm dreading, however the groundwork is there, I suppose ripping up a chapter and completely re-writing it with a basic foundation is better than having nothing to work on and no ideas!

Having written mostly short stories and novellas, I am currently working on my first novel in The Bumpkinton Tales series, The Fantastical Gregory Shortbread.

I finished the first draft in November then had a breather. I printed it out this weekend and decided to tackle it in 5 chapter chunks, making notes on a pad or on the print out. I tried on the screen but I just couldn't get it to work, editing like that is easy enough in short stories, but I found it ridiculously difficult, hence the print out.

Still got a lot to do, and the more I look at it, the further the release date slips back.

Hopefully I can release this story this year. I've had this story in my head since mid-2013 so it will be a relief when it's all done and dusted.

It's Christmas in Bumpkinton and I have two short stories from my village stories available for FREE between 17th-21st December. They are Last Christmas and Albert's Christmas.

These bookend the two longer novella's Bittersweet and The Bachelor, so if you like them those are available for just £0.99 (UK price) all year round.

Last Christmas: relinks.me/B00HFRAI12
Albert's Christmas: relinks.me/B00Q1J55GS

I hope you enjoy them and I'd love some reviews if you do :)

Today I am happy to officially announce future plans in my Bumpkinton Tales series. Although I have mentioned it as a possibility in the past the next Bumpkinton story, The Fantastical Gregory Shortbread, will officially be a novel and will be released in both Book and paperback forms. It is currently in the process of being written and is some way off yet. I’ve yet to finish the first draft and already know it’s going to need a fair bit of work when I do get to the end of draft 1.

I can also announce that all my previous Bumpkinton stories will be released in paperback for the first time in The Bumpkinton Tales: Volume I. This collection will not include The Fantastical Gregory Shortbread due to it being a novel in its own right. The collection will however include a previously unreleased bonus short story inspired by last years competition winner, Pat Allen.

I am yet to decide whether both paperbacks will be released simultaneously or if they will be released separately. This will depend on a number of factors, but I’ll make an announcement nearer the time.

I have no talent for design whatsoever and today I am launching a competition for all those budding artists and creative types out there. I am looking for somebody to design a logo and a coat of arms for my Bumpkinton Tales. You can either design just the logo, just a coat of arms or you can design both. They can be colourful or in black and white, whatever you want it to be. Unfortunately I cannot afford to pay but the winner/s will receive lots of free stuff.

What stuff can you win then?

Well, the winner/s will receive signed copies of The Bumpkinton Tales: Volume I and The Fantastical Gregory Shortbread as well as a number of Bumpkinton products with their logo and coat of arms on it, including pens, advertising cards plus other little bits and pieces that I’ll decide upon a little nearer the time. Their names shall also appear in Acknowledgment pages in all of my stories. A full list of prizes will appear when the winner/s are chosen.

So, how do you get involved?

Well, if you’d like to get involved just drop me a private message on my Facebook page, which can be found at: www.facebook.com/mattdrzymalaauthor

Don’t have Facebook? Then just go to ‘Contact‘ at the top of this website and send me a message and I will send you a private email to send your entries to.

If you haven’t read my Bumpkinton stories, here’s a quick flavour. They are silly, humorous stories set in a strange village with a band of quirky, colourful characters who rarely get on.

The winning entries will be chosen by my partner, Elaine, to filter out any bias towards any friends who may enter. The closing date for entries is: Tuesday 31st June 2015, this is so I can start incorporating the logo and coat of arms onto my cover designs which will start well in advance of release. Do not worry about getting your entries perfect for the closing date. I am happy to accept sketches with the final product, if it wins, to be completed within a time period after closing that will be decided upon by myself and the winner/s.

Good luck to everybody who wants to have a punt.

My latest blog/website update is about meeting a very talented indie author as well as the prospect of meeting more later this year.

It's a great way to make connections and put faces to names to people I know online but haven't met face to face, until now!

Here's my latest blog post about meeting fellow indie authors! :)

http://matthewdrzymala.com/2015/04/23...

Recently I was interviewed by fellow indie author, Melissa Holden. I think I may have answered more questions than she was expecting!

Read about my writing and upcoming works below!

https://melissaholden.wordpress.com/2...

I am giving away my short story, Brainstorm, for FREE between 19th-23rd March 2015. Brainstorm shot to the top of the psychological free download charts last summer selling over 600 copies.

Here's the synopsis:

Clinical psychologist Michael Eriksson makes a living from helping others, but after a series of events he is left fighting to pick up the pieces of his own shattered psyche. When he is called to an attempted suicide on a stormy summer's night, Michael has the chance to save a life, but will it be his own?

If you enjoy it then please do leave a review. I have a much longer sequel planned.

UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JMSPGXW...
US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JMSPGXW/?...

I was recently asked to take part in an author blog tour to talk about my current work in progress.

You can find out the fun details on my website:

http://matthewdrzymala.com/2015/02/26...

You will also find the title reveal for my next Bumpkinton story. I'm aiming for a novel, though I am still unsure if I'll manage it! :D

With the release of Albert's Christmas I have been interviewed by Cecilia about Bumpkinton and beyond.

Check out the interview at the link below:

https://ceciliapeartree.wordpress.com...

It's almost time for the big day so before Christmas has gone and while you're still feeling festive, I have a new short story out now from my Bumpkinton Tales series.

There's a Christmas crisis in Bumpkinton and Fathers Whitworth O'Grady & Harrison Stawker must find somebody to fill some very big, black boots. With protests, flirty florists and a vindictive journalist in their way time is running out. Then someone steps forward to take on the challenge. Someone they did not expect....

Albert's Christmas has been described as "full of delightful and eccentric characters" with "lots of festive cheer".

I hope you'll agree :)

http://authl.it/B00Q1J55GS?d

Today see's the release of my new short story, Albert's Christmas. This is a festive extra from my Bumpkinton Tales series.

The story sees the village tramp, Albert Scatterhorn, step forward to fill some very big black boots as a last minute crisis threatens to spoil the evening for the children.

This story is full of silly humour and some sadness too.

I hope you enjoy it. You can pick it up here: http://authl.it/B00Q1J55GS?d

I am also giving away my three earlier Bumpkinton stories, the short story Last Christmas and the two novella's, Bittersweet and The Bachelor. Here's the links if you fancy checking them out but hurry, they are only free until 14th December:

0.5 Last Christmas: http://authl.it/B00HFRAI12?d
1.0 Bittersweet: http://authl.it/B00HFRRJ50?d
2.0 The Bachelor: http://authl.it/B00L5T9QHS?d

I am also running a launch party on Facebook with lots of free prizes up for grabs, so join in today before the prizes go and say hello! :)

https://www.facebook.com/events/14983...

Matt

Today I have a website update with an interview with the fabulous Cecilia Peartree!

Read about her new book, The Christmas Puzzle, as well as what she would take to a desert island...

http://matthewdrzymala.com/2014/12/10...