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Kath Middleton - Message in a Bottle
I've bought my copy - good luck with the release!
Thanks Michael. I blame - sorry, thank - you for my longer work, as you know! :)
Once you've caught the bug there's no escape :-)
Congratulations on your first book Ignite. : )
Thanks Linda. Feels strange to be honest! :)
Thanks so much to Linda for our first review - and what a cracker it is. Linda rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: kindle
Brilliant mix of stories with quite a few laugh out loud ones. I even kept my poor hubby awake insisting that he "really has to hear this one", It is unheard of that I would read a book a second time but with this one I think I will be making an exception.
I'm blushing! That doesn't happen often!
You are very welcome. It really is a great book. You should be as proud as punch!
Jonathan's elated too - it's great to get off to such a good start. :)
Would you like a job as my personal assistant Frenchie? Thank you so much for the lovely bouquet and the bottle!We have our second five star review, on Amazon this time, and Rosen Trevithick has interviewed me for her blog.
Am I allowed to post the links here?
It sounds like things are really coming together for you Ignite. Fantastic!
Thanks Flo. Its quite exciting.And it's a mere £1.60. You can save a whole 9p!
Sold! to the lowest bidder!!I shouldn't really - but what the 'eck!!
I read some of the sample and particularly liked Drabble no 3 - A Birthday Surprise
That's one of Jonathan's -mine have KM next to them. Dead technical eh?
Just popped a little post on my blog about writing as a team.http://ignitebooks.blogspot.co.uk/201...
You could end up in Timbuctoo at this rate Frenchie! lol
I'll put them on tomorrow then. Thanks. I'm not on my laptop at the moment. :)
Here are our two Amazon reviews - very chuffed with them!5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 25 Nov 2013
By M.J.Diack - See all my reviews
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This was my first venture into drabbles and I'm glad I bought it. What I was impressed with the most was the flow of the writing, everything gelled together seamlessly and I whizzed through the book in one sitting but found myself going back to re-read a few favourites. I have no doubt I'll be dipping into it again in the near future as well. It contains some fantastic writing as well as being perfectly formatted for the Kindle.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Variety of Little Gems, 24 Nov 2013
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I started this with the intention of reading just a few of the drabbles but was soon hooked and before I realised was half way through the book! There are over 100 totally different drabbles and each one is as good as the next. I love the very unique challenges in some of them where one author starts and the other author finished, often taking the drabble in a totally different direction to the one I expected it to go.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone, but especially those who love a bit of variety in their reading. You will experience every emotion going as you work your way through the book, and I can't wait to read more by both authors.
And links to Rosen Trevithick's interviews. she interviewed us on separate days - to see if we stuck to the same story, I think!
Jonathan's interview - http://www.rosentrevithick.co.uk/302/...
And mine - http://www.rosentrevithick.co.uk/303/...
And if you have been, thank you for reading! x
Thanks Suze. I hope you enjoy it. It really was great fun to write.Breaking news - I wrote the first paragraphs of my second solo book last night! I'm hopelessly smitten aren't I?
You're one of us now :-) Good luck with the new project.
Good luck Ignite. What genre is your solo book?
I'm useless at genres! The first is set in early medieval times. If it has a theme it's that you choose who you are. You aren't totally dependent upon your genetic inheritance. It's in the editing/beta reading stage at the moment.The second is set in the present day - it's about rebuilding, I suppose. Early days with this one!
Sounds good to me - I'm reading a mediaeval era book at the moment - The Pillars of the Earth. What is beta reading??
Oh I've read that. It's a stonking read! Read it on holiday several years ago.Beta readers are people who read a book through before it's published - they pick up typos, any plot holes, ask you what the heck you were thinking when you wrote THAT bit - stuff like that. It's a term that I believe came from the world of computer programming - Michael Brookes can probably confirm or deny this! The person who writes the computer code is the alpha user and the person who tries it out to see if it works is the beta user.
Is that why the Beta video system was always second in line to the VHS system? lol ;0))I'm usually pretty good on picking up typos (mostly to people's annoyance) - not sure I'd spot the plotholes though!! I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer!!
Although I did pick up on a medical point in a book I read recently!!
I hope it wasn't written by a doctor? Doesn't give you confidence! Haha!
No, thank goodness. It wasn't an actual mistake - it just stretched the realms of possibility a bit far. I'm quite used to "discussing" things with Doctor's though - they usually came round to my point of view in the end. I was quite ferocious when it came to getting the best for the patients whose care was my responsibility.
My first 'solo' book is released today.Fourteen year old Romelda Bolt lives at a time when a woman is a man’s property. Her parents, promised wealth by a local lord three times her age, marry her off. A brutal and bullying relationship is born.
Romelda’s life will change the course of history in her village. Can she and her pet raven change the family’s future too?
A novella of approximately 40,000 words.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ravenfold-Kat...
http://www.amazon.com/Ravenfold-Kath-...
Thank you so much Frenchie! It's good to have so many interested people supporting my first steps!
Just got my first review! I'm dancing!This debut novel described as medieval noir held me captive alongside it's young heroine Romelda. Rarely have I enjoyed a book so much.
The depth of historical detail, underpinning wisdom and down to earth speech tinged at times with humour brought both the story and characters to life, and as it transported me back in time I lost myself in the way only the reader of a `ripping good yarn' can.
The book starts with a grand-father in the role of storyteller narrating a tale to keen young ears but as the story develops we learn that he speaks of their family's own history , by this point I felt that I was sat alongside the children eagerly anticipating the next chapter.
I raged at injustices as they were revealed and openly groaned as death inevitably followed. As revenge was justly delivered I gave an inward cheer and then slowed my reading pace as the story reached it's memorable conclusion so reluctant was I to have it end.
The ravens brought a fabled quality to the book and the hint of supernatural forces at play was truly inspired. I enjoyed every page!
Here's my first Author Interview - as it's on Jonathan Hill's blog - don't expect it to be too serious! :)http://www.jhillwriter.com/2014/01/in...
I've just found another 5* review from author Andy Barrett too. Chuffed! Yes!Sorry about the kitchen roll Frenchie. I prefer to tell a story about the strength of human beings, rather than just a sweet little tale. People CAN surmount tragedy.
Think of Pillars of the Earth or Game of Thrones and you're more or less in the right era and have the right atmosphere for Ravensfold. This is a cleverly conceived and well executed short story that explores the life of a family who marry off their young daughter, Romelda, for the chance of land and power. What happens to Romelda is quite shocking, but what the family endures is equally horrid - until we reach the beautifully constructed end.
Kath Middleton's writing is very well matched to the subject and her obvious knowledge of the past and the way in which people lived back then is excellent and adds a good slice of authenticity to the story.
This is a very enjoyable tale told in a stark yet gentle fashion, and has a strong theme and great characters. Highly recommended.
thank you - It was! I had a lovely day and we spent the evening with some friends. And I'm such an amateur I didn't even tell them to buy my book! I'm sure I'll get better/worse when the next is out! ;)
Book blogger Joo Stacey has given me an 'author' interview! Now I feel I've made it!http://joobook.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01...
Good interview - I've shared the link.
Cheers, Michael. Now I'm on Will Macmillan Jones' blog! Blogs are like buses - they all come at once!http://willmacmillanjones.wordpress.c...
I've had a great 4* review from Michael - thanks chuck, and to add to my joys I've just had proof copies delivered!https://www.goodreads.com/photo/group...
I've got to check those now, and in a week or so, the paperback should be available from Amazon - by heck, I'm excited! :)
Frenchie wrote: "Kath wrote: "My first 'solo' book is released today.Fourteen year old Romelda Bolt lives at a time when a woman is a man’s property. Her parents, promised wealth by a local lord three times her a..."
yeah, now i know the reason why i get stuff i never downloaded on my kindle. Kath your book sounds good, i'll read it later. and congratulations.
The paperback is now available but typically, it's not linked to the kindle version so it looks like a separate thing - and has no reviews! I've just emailed Author Central at Amazon to ask them to link the two editions. They should have come up like that in the first place!Writing Book 3 at the moment. :)
I'd like to unveil my new website http://kathmiddletonbooks.com
on which you can see the cover and blurb for my second book, due out in June.
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I recently teamed up with Jonathan Hill, a talented drabbler and short story writer. He has already produced a book of 100 drabbles but today he and I together published 120 drabbles.
This book has been a lot of fun to put together and I hope some of that comes across in the stories. I have just written a longer work which is now in the draft/re-draft stage. Jonathan has several books available on kindle but this is my first publication and it's a bit exciting. Within a couple of weeks we hope to have it available in paperback too! Whoopie!