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[Philip]

Last few hours of the FREE BOOK giveaway for Giving a Bull Stawberries The 'nostalgedy' collection Book 4

http://getbook.at/BullStrawberries

[Philip]

My thanks to everyone who downloaded in the free giveaway yesterday. I really hope you enjoy it and, if you do, please don't forget to drop in a quick review :-)

[Philip]

Last Tuesday I ran a free promotion for my book 'Giving A Bull Strawberries' and was very pleased with the take-up worldwide. I know this is probably a forlorn hope, but if anyone who has obtained a free copy could consider leaving a review (of any complexion) that would be much appreciated :-) http://getbook.at/BullStrawberries

[Philip]

I had a KDP report today and got briefly excited (I can only manage briefly these days) until I realised that the blue line on the Sales Dashboard actually only indicated one page read. Who the hell only reads one page of anything??

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

A goldfish?

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "A goldfish?"

You clearly have a very erudite goldfish

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Its just reads the first sentence over and over again.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Its just reads the first sentence over and over again."

Perhaps it did something very bad in a previous existence, and this is its sentence

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

What is the first sentence in your book? This could be a good or a bad thing....

[Philip]

"Yet another collection of tales from yesterday and today, designed to bring a smile to your lips (although I can't think of anywhere else you would want a smile) and a warm glow of recollection…wherever you fancy having a warm glow, I suppose."

I guess it's a bad thing.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Tough for a goldfish to digest, anyway...

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Tough for a goldfish to digest, anyway..."

Tough for anyone to digest, if the KDP No. of Pages read stat is to be believed, which is where I think I came in :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Swimming around in circles?

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Swimming around in circles?"

Or bowling, as I prefer to call it

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[Alicia]

Philip wrote: "My thanks to everyone who downloaded in the free giveaway yesterday. I really hope you enjoy it and, if you do, ple..."

As soon as the neurons line up. Both of them have been rather overstressed lately.

[Philip]

Alicia wrote: "Philip wrote: "My thanks to everyone who downloaded in the free giveaway yesterday. I really hope you enjoy it and,..."

Thanks Alicia. We'll await a happy alignment ;-)

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: ""

There is a similarity

[Philip]

I take it all back! Whoever it was that had read one page was clearly building themselves up for the big push, with over 120 pages read since. That's more than there is in the book, which leads me to believe that more than one person might actually be reading it...which is a new and diverting possibility ;-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

A school of goldfish?

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "A school of goldfish?"

I doubt it, GL, you could never get them to sit at a desk.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

All that flopping around would be distracting.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "All that flopping around would be distracting."

They could be the Fin Street Gang (for those with a long TV memory)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Is that a fishy version of The Bash Street Kids?

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Is that a fishy version of The Bash Street Kids?"

I suppose it should be The Bass Street Kids? (It was a spin-off from Please, Sir! with John Alderton - probably before your time)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

It's more that we didn't have a tv, so I missed a lot of programmes like that.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "It's more that we didn't have a tv, so I missed a lot of programmes like that."

You didn't miss much :-)

[Philip]

A spot of pontification - http://philwhiteland.blogspot.co.uk/2...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Pietification?

Because I'm not sure what the Pontiff has to do with anniversaries, sewage or all day breakfasts.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Pietification?

Because I'm not sure what the Pontiff has to do with anniversaries, sewage or all day breakfasts."

What else do you think he does?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I don't really see him plunging out the pope-closet when it gets blocked. He has minions for that!

[Philip]

Minions! I can see the film now - 'Respectable Me'

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Ohhh! All sorts of ideas....

[Philip]

Getting under the crust!

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

[Philip]

Do you think you're an hour up, or an hour down?

https://www.abctales.com/blog/philwhi...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I'm a sideways diagonal hour in a slightly northward direction.

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

Philip wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "All that flopping around would be distracting."

They could be the Fin Street Gang (for those with a long TV memory)"

I remember it well. I was reminded of it when I went to see the new Pauline and Joan Collins film The Time of Their Lives. He was playing opposite Pauline Collins in Upstairs Downstairs too, as the Chauffeur. This had its own spin-off series, Thomas & Sarah, and they also worked together in another sitcom, No, Honestly,

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "I'm a sideways diagonal hour in a slightly northward direction."

I would never have guessed!

[Philip]

T4bsF (Call me Flo) wrote: "Philip wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "All that flopping around would be distracting."

They could be the Fin Street Gang (for those with a long TV memory)"

I remember it well. I was..."

I'd forgotten about 'No, Honestly'! They were pretty ubiquitous in the 1970s :-) How was the film?

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

Fun. We both enjoyed it (I went with my Daughter).

[Philip]

This month's article, and a star is born!

http://m.derbytelegraph.co.uk/turn-on...

[Philip]

We don't let Christmas wander around the calendar, so why Easter?

http://ukauthors.com/2017/04/07/getti...

[Philip]

Just having a go at this Facebook Boost Post thingy. Not hugely optimistic! Anyone had any experience of it?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I prefer this kind of Boost.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "I prefer this kind of Boost.

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Haven't had one of those for years!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I haven't either. I actually prefer Double Deckers.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "I haven't either. I actually prefer Double Deckers."

I used to have a penchant for Aztec bars in the dim and distant.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Actually I've never had an Aztec Bar. Somehow they bypassed my neck of the woods.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Actually I've never had an Aztec Bar. Somehow they bypassed my neck of the woods."

Or, of course, Fry's Chocolate Cream