Alan McDermott - new(ish) author on the block

[Alan]

Trust me, I've been refreshing that screen all day long!! I took a holiday for this promo and haven't left the laptop for the last 13 hours. And yes, with my next royalty cheque I'm going to get a life :-)

[Patti (baconater)]

Lol!

[Kath]

no..... you can get a life AFTER you finish GJ3 and NOT before!!! ;)

[Alan]

Deal :-))

[Kath]

cool... :)

[Kath]

hey... it's been a while - how's things going ?

[Alan]

Things are good, Kath, thanks for asking.

About 27k words into GJ3 and hope to have it ready in about 3 months (when summer finally arrives in the UK).

How's it going with you?

Just about to hit the sack, but look forward to catching up with you tomorrow.

Take care,

Alan

[Kath]

Things are going good with me too Alan, apart from the cricket season being blown out by the weather - that kinda sucks :( but i had a good holiday in Austria with my family and got plenty of reading done... :)

Great news about GJ3 - 3 months... should be in time for my birthday end of September then - that'd be great - looking forward to reading that immensely :)

Take care of you too...

Kath

[Alan]

In that case, I shall try to get it ready in time for the big day :-)

[Alan]

I've decided to make Gray Justice and the sequel, Gray Resurrection, free on Amazon once again. I'd be severely chuffed if you would grab a copy.

Not only are my books free, but I have teamed up with 7 other great indie authors and you can find a fantastic selection of free books all in one place!

Please see my website for details and let your friends know: http://www.jambalian.blogspot.co.uk/2...

[Alan]

I'm taking part in a group promotion and giving away both Gray Justice and Gray Resurrection. There are 7 other fantastic books to choose from, and I hope you can spare a moment to check them out:

http://tckfree.wordpress.com/

Cheers,

Alan

[Patti (baconater)]

Thanks Alan.

I posted the link in today's freebie thread hours ago.

I hope you get lots of hits!

[Alan]

WOW! Thanks, Patti :-))

[Kath]

hey Alan :)
i've been very good and not nagged you about progress on GJ3 but seeing as you popped in..... any news ?

[Kath]

you can hardly consider this nagging as it is over a month since my last request for news... but...
any news?

also, bit worried, is everything ok, cos you usually reply within hours of me posting here?

[Alan]

Hi Kath,

sorry, I haven't been on here for a while now, just been swamped with all life can throw at me. I haven't had any notifications from this thread for a long time now, otherwise I would have been straight back to you.

GJ3 just broke 51K words and I am working on it whenever I get the chance.

I've made Gray Justice free today and tomorrow but I'm not going the whole hog with promotion, just wanted to use up the free days I had left before I pull out of KDP and go back to Smashwords, B & N, etc.

Here's the links if anyone else is interested in a free copy:

UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gray-Justice-...

US: http://www.amazon.com/Gray-Justice-eb...

Kath, best to send me a DM on Twitter next time, I tend to get those notifications.

How's you, anyway? Found any more talent?

[Alan]

Well, I finally finished GRAY REDEMPTION!! It's with my proofreaders now and I'm just waiting for their verdict before I set a launch date. I'm hoping to have it on the shelves in the coming week, but that's only if it doesn't require a major rewrite.

[Patti (baconater)]

Weyhey!!!

Congrats Alan!

Can't wait to read it!

[Stefano]

good news Alan, looking forward to reading it!

Alan wrote: "Well, I finally finished GRAY REDEMPTION!! It's with my proofreaders now and I'm just waiting for their verdict before I set a launch date. I'm hoping to have it on the shelves in the coming week..."

[Alan]

Then your wait is over, Stefano :-) Gray Redemption will be out on Sunday 23rd December. Just 2 days to go :-)

[Stefano]

Alan wrote: "Then your wait is over, Stefano :-) Gray Redemption will be out on Sunday 23rd December. Just 2 days to go :-)"

Cool so I have two of my favourite authors' books (yours and RS Guthrie's) in the same week!

[Kath]

the day after i go on holiday :(

[Alan]

Kath wrote: "the day after i go on holiday :("

OH NO!! When do you get back?

[Kath]

28th or something - not sure tbh!

[Alan]

Not too long, then. The 28th was going to be my original release date anyway :-)

[Alan]

Finally, Gray Redemption is now available on Amazon:

UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gray-Redempti...


US: http://www.amazon.com/Gray-Redemption...

[Kath]

Yay! I'll have that!
Edit - Kath will too - so that's two sales!

[Kath]

Hotel has free, no password, WiFi so yayyyyy :)

[Alan]

Kath wrote: "Hotel has free, no password, WiFi so yayyyyy :)"

Fantastic!! Enjoy :-)

[Alan]

Ignite wrote: "Yay! I'll have that!
Edit - Kath will too - so that's two sales!"

That makes 15 then. Not as many as I was hoping for, but I guess people are busy getting ready for Christmas. Maybe things will pick up later in the week.

[Kath]

Maybe people need time to notice Alan. And to read some reviews!

[Stefano]

Now it should be at least one more ;)
Have a great holiday season!

[Alan]

Thanks, Stefano, you too! Hope you like it :-)

[Alan]

Ignite wrote: "Maybe people need time to notice Alan. And to read some reviews!"

Well, the first one is already up on Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-revie...

[Kath]

Well, I've finished it - better get mine up there too!

[Stefano]

Ignite wrote: "Well, I've finished it - better get mine up there too!"

You read pretty fast! :)

[Alan]

Ignite wrote: "Well, I've finished it - better get mine up there too!"

Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed it :-))

[Kath]

Stefano wrote: "Ignite wrote: "Well, I've finished it - better get mine up there too!"

You read pretty fast! :)"

I do - I'm retired - but I started early! ;)

[Patti (baconater)]

Grief. I had to dig deep to find your thread Alan!

Just wanted to pop in and tell you that a good friend of mine recently finished your trilogy and says they were the best books she'd read in ages. :)

[Kath]

They certainly are thrillers Patti.

[Alan]

Thanks, Patti! That's made my day!

[Alan]

I've got some news about the Tom Gray series. Book 4 is almost finished, though it won't be available until spring 2014 at the earliest.

This is because the entire series was picked up by Thomas & Mercer, an Amazon imprint! They will be republishing the first 3 books in December, with book 4 coming out a few months later.

So excited!!

[Patti (baconater)]

Yay Alan!

Another of our authors makes good!

I'm so proud!

[Alan]

Thanks, Patti!

[Jim]

Congratulations, hope it goes well for you.

[Alan]

Cheers, Jim :-)

[Lindsay]

Great Job Alan!

[Kath]

Excellent! Congratulation!

[Alan]

Thanks, ladies! I won't know how successful it will be for another few months, but I'm hoping I can finally quit the day job and write full time.

[Philip (sarah)]

Congratulations Alan, well deserved!