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Wow, that sounds great and I've not even looked at the blurb yet!Oh I do need to sort out how smashwords works!
Btw...I quite like 'Kindlated' ;)
Welcome to the author thread, Paul! Hope you have a great time here and in all the threads!
Thanks Patti - Smashwords is great, but is a slightly different flavour of pain to KDP when it comes to the formatting!
Hey, that looks like a great book. I've just downloaded it from smashwords. It's just the sort of thing I like. I'll put it near the top of my TBR list.You could maybe offer a few copies as prizes for the quiz we have on here.
Shaun did that with his book, Kult, and it generated some more sales for him.
Give Brubeck a pat from me, he sounds like a lovely dog. A lot of the people have pets on here, some with bits missing off them, like Dotty no ears, Simons cat!
Anyway welcome to the group and hope you stick around and join in the fun on here.
Thanks Vanessa, hope you like it. I'll definitely look into the quiz. Most of my joining in will have to be outside of working hours... Unless I get fired.
Paul, you are welcome anytime!If you'd like to donate a few copies for our upcoming quiz (I'm in the middle of sorting out the questions now) please do send Simon a private message and he'll help you out with the logistics. Or geekiness, as we call it.
Have a look at Shaun's thread, as well.
Just bumping this because I won it, read it and loved it! I look forward to the two books up your sleeve Paul.Yes, it's a bit racy and raunchy and even rude but it's fast paced and as you can already tell by Paul's initial posting, it's funny. Give it a whirl - especially if you got it free!
Finished it last night, it was an enjoyable read in a weird kind of way. I'll leave a review shortly :)
Glad you enjoyed it too Lorraine. I found it a very refreshing book.
Thanks Lorraine ... I'll take weird. Certainly sounds better than "painful".
Hi Paul,, Ive left a review for you on Amazon.. I won your book in a recent competition ( bragging here a bit, I know ) and Ive just finished it. It wasnt my usual kind of book but I really got carried away with it. Cant wait for your next offering !
Hi Jill, and thanks ... just popped over and saw the review. I was starting to feel bad for Ignite's review, all on its own, but I can relax a bit now that it has company.
Don't worry about me - I can hack it being on my own! Still and all, I'm glad someone else has come to appreciate your talent.
This is why I switched to black & white ... so you can't see when I'm blushing.
We can't hear you scream either. So maybe best not to bother eh?
You re welcome Paul.. the last thing I won was tea towel ,, still in the cupboard !
The last thing I won was £2 on Euromillions ... though in reality it was a 75% loss.
Paul wrote: "Literalist :)"Damn. You noticed!
Just reviewed and posted everywhere I could, hope that's okay...
Lorraine 110% Pure Sweetness ♥ wrote: "Just reviewed and posted everywhere I could, hope that's okay..."Better than okay, Lorraine. Thanks a bunch.
Let me know if there's anywhere else you'd like me to copy the review across, I don't mind :)
Well, I was just about to say Amazon US, as it's looking awfully naked over there, but you probably can't because unless you've bought something through ...Then I checked, and saw that you had. Bravo!
Umm ... *throws a box of Krispy Kremes to Lorraine*Sorry, all I could find at short notice.
lol, thanks munch munch... but must do better next time ;)
Will stock up on champagne and caviar. Will then remind myself to lock up champage and caviar before going home, otherwise cleaners will be very pleased. Very pleased, and probably too insensible to clean properly.
Now that's an improvement !So... Paul... Is there another book in the pipeline or will I have to wait for Champagne and Caviar night for a long time?
This reminded me that I went to Am dot com to cut and paste my review at the weekend and the reviews were all gone. I decided I wait till they came back but I've had a sleep since then. Just woke up and did it. Better late (unless you're the late Ignite!)
Just bumping this thread to tell you I've reviewed Paul's latest book Cellar Door. This is really good dark humour - if you don't like strong language be warned but it had me almost in tears laughing. It's very poignant in places too - he can really do emotions without being sentimental.Highly recommended!
Cellar Door
Oooooh forgot to use the link ! Multiple headdesk :(:(:(
Excellent review Ignite, thanks.And for anyone who can tell me how to point the Goodreads book at *me*, and not this black hole of a Paul Fenton shadow who seems to suck in passing books if they get too close: there's a steak dinner in it for you.
No idea but I rather fancy a snake's dinner.
Is it just me or is there not a link for punchline?
Hi! A quick re-introduction: I'm Paul Fenton. I used to hang out here quite a bit, back when I was in a compatible timezone. I'm now in one of the dumbest timezones in the world: Queensland's. It can't even keep in line with New South Wales's timezone, and it's RIGHT THERE! Apparently they're concerned that adopting daylight savings will fade their curtains, or upset the livestock.Anyway, I have a new book. It's a novella called 'The Spanner', and it's about an absurd character called Stan Ramble who goes to some rather extreme lengths to try and remember what he has deliberately forgotten in the course of his career as an IT manager.
The sillier parts in the book are based on real events. I was challenged to write it by a colleague at a previous employer. 'Go on,' he said when he found out I'd written some books. 'Write a book about him, he's a walking, talking fictional character.' I said to him, 'Get out of here, I'm on the toilet.' We talked about it later, and once the idea had sunk in I had no option but to dig it out. And here it is: the diggings from my brain.
I just spent half an hour disassociating the Goodreads entry from a different Paul Fenton -- I had to rename him 'Dr Paul Fenton' in the end -- but if it doesn't pan out I might give it back to Dr Paul.
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Health warning: when I say dark, I do mean it. Plenty of levity in there too, but if you're put off by occasional profanity (read as: regular) and characters who aren't exactly shining beacons of humanity ... maybe you should wait for the next book. (I'd put a smiley face here, but then I'd have to poke myself with something sharp as punishment.)
I have two more novels which are going through a few editing cycles, hopefully I'll get them up and running before too long.
If anyone's interested in a more detailed blurb, check out the link. I'm offering free copies through Smashwords ... details are on my blog, Fentonton.