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Thanks Harrison and Geoff, I've added both.
Please can you private message Rosen with the required information.
Aw! Wish I lived in the UK! Will you do a world map one day, Rosen?
Wow, a world map would be quite a mission. Katie, I'd be happy to put your books around Lancashire if you like. Would that be ok? Are any of them set in the UK?
They're all fantasies, Rosen, so they're not set anywhere in this world. If you have room around Lancashire, that would be great! But make sure you fit in the real Lancastrians first, not long-time expats like me.
Well, I'm in Shaw, just North of Manchester (early 100s on your map). so I suppose I qualify. What a cool idea, BTW. My ASIN is B0072W1LJ8 and I'd love to be on the map.
Katie and Sadie, please check that your are where you'd like them.Should I include A Goodreads Gallimaufrey? And if so, which tile should it replace?
That's a good question Rosen.Ignite's in Yorkshire. Best to go with the editor, do you think?
Ooh! I have space to fill in Yorkshire!
I'm happy with that. So cool. It's really filling in just since I looked at it a few hours ago. I've been having a blast checking out what books are from where. Fun!edit: oh I just realised I can make it bigger too. How did I miss that?
I had to make do with Middlesex.Surrey beats all the other home counties at everything.
England is getting very competitive. Not much luck with the Irish.
Hi Rosen, how about a link back to here from your map as we seem to be contributing so much?
Hi Simon, there has always been a link to this page on Indie Book Bargains. Would you like to provide a graphic to go there instead?
P.S. Only five or six of the authors featured have come from here. The rest were sourced using my personal contacts, KUF and Twitter. I'd already done a lot of work on it when I started the thread.
That's lovely, Rosen, thank you...and great to have Lynda right next door to me! :)
Thanks Rosen for adding me to the map. xxx
Okay - I *think* I've added everybody who's approached me so far. Do let me know if I've missed you - it's not intentional.
Rosen,that's looking beeyootiful!More Irish!
Ya know... I think I saw an Irish indie author group in Goodreads....
Patti, it is gorgeous isn't it? We have so many beautiful covers! I did join an Irish Goodreads group and they were helpful (after slapping my knuckles for using the term 'British Isles'!)
Simon will be pleased to read that I've added a 'Talking about this' section, with a link to this group.
I saw you'd added that, Rosen! Made me smile so big. EEP. I don't think I'd be brave enough to join. I'm sure I'd get the get the terminology all wrong, even knowing that many find it very important.
Simple ignorance on my part, no malice intended, of course. I do feel safe using 'UK' although I'm not completely sure it's correct.
Any who...
I'm loving the map.
What do you reckon? Get this one filled in then pull a Queen Victoria? ;)
Personally, I'd join the Irish group, and annoy them like that on purpose."All you Oirish lot, you're basically English anyway."
Not good Mikey.That's like telling a Canadian they're basically American.
Times like that, you're grateful for free healthcare...
Or a Cornish person that they're English - not wait...What's 'a Queen Victoria'?
You're not thinking what I'm thinking, Pinky?Tomorrow, we TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!
I'd love to eavesdrop in a meeting at the Cornish Nationalist Party, I just can't imagine what sort of things they would discuss.
If I do a global version, the tiles are going to have to be MASSIVE!
Michael wrote: "I'd love to eavesdrop in a meeting at the Cornish Nationalist Party, I just can't imagine what sort of things they would discuss."That's easy.
Pasties.
Rosen wrote: "If I do a global version, the tiles are going to have to be MASSIVE!"What is wrong with having massive tiles?
Ruby Barnes is in Ireland - I don't think he was born there though. Damned fine writer too!
If there's a gap up by St Andrews, we should have Lexie Conyngham's books there. Also if there's space up in the North East/Scots borders, Harry Nicholson's Tom Fleck would fit in nicely.Oooh, thanks too Rosen, for fitting me in! Lovely to be back in mid Wales
Any room for me at the bottom end of Cumbria on the map?
The closest tile to Cumbria is 67 (I think). Would be happy to put you there. Sorry that you can't get a more relevant spot.I've got Ruby Barnes on board. Will contact Lexie Conyngham and Harry Nicholson, thanks.
I've just realesed a book set in Portsmouth (where I live) and the cover is a picture of a portsmouth landmark - The Round Tower. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paint-Me-A-Pi...
Rosen wrote: "The closest tile to Cumbria is 67 (I think). Would be happy to put you there. Sorry that you can't get a more relevant spot...."That's fine by me
My sister lives about where 67 is if it helps :-))
I've added 'Swords for a Dead Lady' and 'Paint Me A Picture'. Thanks.Sorry that book locations are straying from their ideal spots.
I realise I'm incredibly late to the party, but as my stories are very vague about setting, I hope there might be a tile left for me somewhere, anywhere :)I live in London, grew up in Hampshire, and studied in Birmingham. I can see all those spots have been nabbed though :)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Something-Nic...
Don't let Andrew in, Rosen!He's late, and I hate people who are always late.
Especially if they're bus drivers, he might be a bus driver.
I can assure the group, and the GR community as a whole, that I am not a bus driver. I did have a bus driver housemate once. She was a schizophrenic Jamaican Jehovah's Witness. I'd write a book about her, but no one would believe it...Speaking for myself, I can't even drive a car, let alone a bus ;)
Pass it off as fantasy, that's what the rest of us do :-))
Michael wrote: "Don't let Andrew in, Rosen!He's late, and I hate people who are always late.
Especially if they're bus drivers, he might be a bus driver."
I wonder if we have any train drivers in the group. Lindsay would be really pleased by that, I bet. ;)
That map is looking so cool. When it's complete, I'm gonna blow it up and print it as big as I can and stick it up in the school libraries.
Think I'll ask if I can stick it up somewhere in the main hall too, so all the parents and staff see it.
I have added 'Something Nice' but if I see Andrew driving a bus there will be trouble.
If you fall into that category and would like to be featured, please let me know the ASIN of your Kindle book(s) and which (if any) geographical slot(s) you would like from the following map.
http://indie-book-bargains.co.uk/brit...
Books without slots will be placed at random after everything else has been placed.
I've already compiled the following list of books, but only a few of them have been placed. Please let me know if you can think of any suggested placements.
A Reformed Character by Cecilia PeartreeA Royal Mess by Rosen Trevithick
A Staffordshire Boy: Tales of Fishing and Other Fun by George F Mason
Anne Droyd and the House of Shadows (The Anne Droyd Adventures) by Will Hadcroft
Bang (Memoirs of a Relationship Assassin) by David Wailing
Bossyboots by George F Mason
Brendon Hill Mornings by Chesterson Torrants
Burden of Proof (Elversford Mysteries) by Linda GruchyCallous Highway by Chesterson Torrants
Crime in the Community by Cecilia PeartreeCyberfreak Debt - FULL (Parts I & II) by Stuart Wilson
Cyberfreak Debt - Part I by Stuart Wilson
Dartmoor...The Saving by B. J. BurtonDeath at the Happiness Club by Cecilia PeartreeDeath in Flitbury Marshes (Elversford Mysteries) by Linda GruchyDeath in Spigg's Wood (Elversford Mysteries) by Linda GruchyDiary of a Parallel Man by Mahershalalhashbaz by David Elham
ECLECTIC: TEN VERY DIFFERENT TALES by Jonathan Hill
Earth Magic by Linda M Priestley
Fake Kate by David WailingFifty Shades of Red Riding Hood by R. R. Hood
Fishing: Learn from the Tips & Laugh at the Tales by George F. Mason
Hearts and Arrows by David G. Pearce etc
In the Blood: A Genealogical Crime Mystery #1 (Jefferson Tayte) by Steve RobinsonLancashire Hot Pot Loves Welsh Rarebit by Ryan ThomasLipstick and Knickers by Rosen TrevithickLondon, the Doggy and Me by Rosen TrevithickMurder in the Midi by Cecilia Peartree
No Fishing In Here: Just Short Stories by George F Mason
On the Rocks by Rosen TrevithickPompomberry House by Rosen TrevithickRabbits Don't Make Deals by Chesterson Torrants
Relationship Status by David Wailing
Remix by Lexi Revellian
Replica by Lexi Revellian
Reunited in Death by Cecilia PeartreeRoulette (Untold Tales from the Memoirs of a Relationship Assassin) by David Wailing
Seesaw by Rosen TrevithickStraight Out of University by Rosen TrevithickStrictly Murder by Lynda Wilcox
Summer Shorts by Various
SunKissed- A Sizzling Collection of Lesbian Love by Emma Rose Millar etc
TIME CHILD and other stories by Lexi Revellian
The Cult of Me (The Third Path) by Michael Brookes
The Fishing Detectives: Bun In The Oven by George F Mason
The Fishing Detectives: Carp Rustlers by George F Mason
The Ghost of Mandy Rosental by JS Egan
The Lanthorn by Chesterson Torrants
The Long Reason Why Katie B Loved Baseball by JS Egan
The Long Steal by Chesterson Torrants
The Mountain and the Flood by Sheila Perry
The Other Daughter by Rosen Trevithick
The Selfish Act by Rosen Trevithick
The Virgin Student by Virgin StudentTimeline by David Wailing
To the Grave: A Genealogical Crime Mystery #2 (Jefferson Tayte) by Steve RobinsonTorbrek...and the Dragon Variation (The Torbrek Trilogy) by Lexi Revellian
Trav Zander (The Torbrek Trilogy) by Lexi Revellian
Wargeld & Other Stories by Linda Gruchy
Writing: How to get Started as a Freelance Writer Plus a Guide to Self-Publishing & POD by George F Mason