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Hey AD!Welcome to your author thread!
Got an amazon link for us?
Oh a bovine note...moo!
Patti (Fluffy) wrote: "Hey AD!Welcome to your author thread!
Got an amazon link for us?
Oh a bovine note...moo!"
Thank you for the friendly moo. As for links down the tax free waters of the Amazon? I most certainly have. Link-me-do!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CB1OPI4
http://amzn.com/B00CB1OPI4
Darren wrote: "Relatives, are you?"I really don't know how to answer that.
We have the same surname Andy. :)
Patti (Fluffy) wrote: "We have the same surname Andy. :)"Spelt correctly, I trust?
Patti (Fluffy) wrote: "Yep."Therefore I will weave you a kilt bearing the tartan of our clan (you can choose the sporran, make sure you get one that fits a walnut whip).
Have updated my blog with the first chapter from the sequel to The Remarkables. Head on over to get a glimpse of the history of this band of superpowered war heroes. There's a tank featured in it!Andy
A TANK???Can never resist a howdy and a tank.
Ohhhhhh I've got a tank story.
Dave and I lived in Uganda for about three years, in the early 2000's.
We'd go off on safari at every opportunity. Was great fun, and wonderful adventures.
I lost count of the number of derelict tanks we'd see abandoned on the sides of dirt tracks from past wars and conflicts in East Africa. They'd be stripped bare of everything but the armour plate in most cases.
Saw plenty of airplane skeletons as well....
Your blog link isn't working for me.*pout*
Patti (Fluffy) wrote: "Your blog link isn't working for me.*pout*"
Thanks for pointing that out! It would appear that I had a problem with my colon.
BTW: tank + cow = ..you'll have to read it to find out!
Did you fix the link?I'm afraid to click it now. It kept making my browser crash!
Patti (Fluffy) wrote: "Did you fix the link?I'm afraid to click it now. It kept making my browser crash!"
Click it. Cliiiiicccckkkk iiiiiitttt.
OkayyyyyyyyyyBut if my browser crashes, I'll be sin binning you.
Patti (Fluffy) wrote: "OkayyyyyyyyyyBut if my browser crashes, I'll be sin binning you."
I'm tempted to break the link just for the experience.
A.D. wrote: "Patti (Fluffy) wrote: "Yep."Therefore I will weave you a kilt bearing the tartan of our clan (you can choose the sporran, make sure you get one that fits a walnut whip)."
Better late than never:
Lmao!You just want to get into the bottle of Welsh whiskey Will has stashed in there.
There. Now you've got a hit from Azerbaijan.
How cool does that feel?
Patti (Fluffy) wrote: "Lmao!You just want to get into the bottle of Welsh whiskey Will has stashed in there.
There. Now you've got a hit from Azerbaijan.
How cool does that feel?"
Bakool.
Yuk. Ugly tartan.I want a green one.
Patti (Fluffy) wrote: "Yuk. Ugly tartan.I want a green one."
Then you had better marry a Campbell or Duncan.
Pffft.I could start my own clan.
Green plaid with teeny squids woven in.
I've made a Facebook page! I'm so behind with this social media moolarky; it was all about Friendsreunited in my day.https://www.facebook.com/theremarkabl...
Is it the rapture? No! I've merely updated my blog with some brain-wrong about the pros and cons of writing whilst listening to music. It's a fascinating read and I wouldn't be surprised if it's nominated for a Pullitzer and a Blue Peter badge.http://adelliott.wordpress.com/2013/0...
Third draft of book two finished and I am becoming concerned at my own sanity with some of which I had written in draft two. An underwater assault on a German U-boat by a on old woman and a ten year boy seemed like a spiffing idea. Hell, I still maintain it is a spiffing idea.Achtung!
Everyone loves submarines, right? Howzaboutz ageless superheroes on a submarine? Me too!Link me do!
http://adelliott.wordpress.com/2013/0...
I've hit the top 20! Admittedly it's only the top 20 of Superhero Fantasy eBooks (on Amazon.com) but I'm taking the accolade nevertheless. I may even have a little cake to celebrate.http://www.amazon.com/Remarkables-Rem...
Well done :D Top 20 of whatever has to be worth shouting about, and cake too, why not?
Cheers David. It's dropped out already (languishing at #22) but I'm pretty chuffed. Alas the only cake available was an overly sweet sticky toffee muffin at Costalot coffee.
It's my pleasure to announce that my second novel, Reaching Out, has been released into the wild.Following directly on from The Remarkables, part two tells the continuing story of Owen Johnson and his friends, each of whom possess similarly remarkable superpowers to the otherwise ordinary teenage boy.
After embarking on a daring rescue mission to rescue his father from the clutches of the mysterious organisation known as The Remnant, Owen is jetted off to the relative safety of the Provenance. On his journey he learns the extent of his powers, as well as uncovering some alarming secrets about his past and that of his friends. He may also learn why those with powers seem so fond of giving the organisations to which they belong such peculiar names.
To celebrate its release, part one is on sale for this weekend only, priced at less than a dollar, pound or equivalent currency.
Cheers, David. I enjoyed writing it even more than the first one and the response to it sales wise has been fairly respectable. Just need to try and get those elusive reviews!
I found book two of my trilogy easy and enjoyable to write; book three is proving rather troublesome, but I don't actually know why.
Is it the spectre of the Godfather part III looming over you?
I had thought perhaps it's the prospect of tying up all loose ends, but maybe...
Blimey it's become a bit dusty in here. Thought I'd better leave a note as I'm getting feelings of inadequacy every time I look at other authors' threads. Since I last posted I've been trying to condense the planned final chapter of The Remarkables story and failed miserably. So it looks like I'll be writing a fourth part as well, which is both a daunting and an exciting prospect. Book three is already bigger than book two so the next draft will all be about trying to tame it a little. Or it'll just get more rambling and peculiar. In the meantime, book one broke into the top 8000 on the Amazon.com overall charts which was a lovely surprise so thanks to all the dot commers who decided to read about the adventures of a teenage boy, his elderly next door neighbour and her brother's irate cow.
Well done, Andy; 12000 is the best I've managed. Good luck with the new book.
Cheers David. It's an odd situation to be in when writing too many words is becoming as much of a worry as writing too few (just broke the 7000 mark so may have to have a celebratory sherry).
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But I also wrote a book. It's called The Remarkables and I love it like any parent does their slightly deranged offspring. It's aimed at the Young Adult audience, but I've been told I've lobbed in enough action and humour that it should appeal to those also able to buy a nice bottle of shiraz. One of the characters also happens to be a cow, so you're getting your monies worth there.
When I'm not bashing away at the keyboard, I live in the middle of the UK, with my beautiful daughter and exceptional wife, along with two cats who seem to have contracted a nasty bout of verbal diarrhoea. I also dabble in a bit of educational work in healthcare settings to keep the lights on and the freezer stocked with choc ices.
So, thank you for welcoming me to the fold, I look forward to any bovine and non-bovine related questions.
TTFN
Andy