Did Santa put a Kindle or maybe another make of ereader in
your stocking, then what are you waiting for? Hop over to Authors Electric and check out the e-book bargains, you might see something you like. It runs from Christmas Day
until 28th December, and the authors featured on Authors Electric are the cream
of the ebook writers and publishers. Providing you choose the kind of book you
like reading, I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.
I didn’t have a celebrity to smash a bottle of champagne
over the bows of Missing Believed Dead, as it slipped down the runway into the
world wide web. Or should that just be the world? There was just me and some
friends, all tooting as loud as we could, and hoping to draw some attention.
So, I want to thank the people who supported me. People like
J.B.Johnston, who featured a cover reveal on Brook Cottage Books. Click
here if you want to see it. Then she followed it up by a review, where she
described it as “a gritty, suspense filled and extremely clever thriller”. Not
only that, but she said she was so drawn into the story, she dreamed of the
characters one night. In my opinion that might have been better described as a
nightmare! Sorry for the dreams, Jonty, but thanks for the suport. If you want
to read the review for yourself, then click
here.
I found another review on the Eclectic Electric, the Authors Electric eBook review site. Thank you Julia Jones for taking the time to write and submit it, and for considering me a competent, confident crime writer. High praise indeed.
Famous Five Plus, a fantastic group that supports quite a
few authors, didn’t fail me either. They published several posts, starting with
Have
You Heard? They’re Missing Believed Dead, in June. this was followed up by Are You
Ready For It? on the day of the online launch. And this weekend they’re
featuring it in their Hug
a Book competition, where a lucky reader can win a copy by answering a
simple question. Thanks Famous Five Plus.
Then there was my interview with another great crime writer,
Bill Kirton, where he made me
bare my soul on his blog. Thanks, Bill.
And there’s still another blog to come. My good friend, and
debut author, Melanie Robertson King, plans to feature a post her blog Celtic Connexions, on the
day of my Waterstones paperback launch, which, in case you’ve forgotten, is on
Thursday 11th July. Thanks in advance, Melanie.
But there are others I need to thank. There are all the
people who read pre-publication copies of Missing Believed Dead, and provided
reviews. Thank goodness they all loved the book, although I was prepared for
the worst if they didn’t. They weren’t obliged to write good reviews. And all
the people who tweeted and shared my posts on Facebook. Emails and good luck
wishes can’t be ignored either. It gives me such a buzz when someone takes the
trouble to drop me an email, leave me a message or put up a comment on Facebook,
or makes it known in any number of ways that they enjoy my book. That’s what we
write for. If I’ve forgotten anyone, I apologize. Put it down to an increase in
senior moments, but I thank you anyway.
Maybe this is the place where I should share with you the
dedication I put at the beginning of Missing Believed Dead. It’s “This book is
dedicated to all my faithful readers who give me support and provide me with
the encouragement to keep on writing. Without readers, a writer is nothing.”
Now listen to the first chapter of Missing Believed Dead.
And check out the other books in the Dundee crime Series
The long wait is over. The wait for what? I hear you ask.
Well, it’s the wait for the launch of my new book Missing Believed Dead. I’ve been counting down the days to the
launch on the first of July, and today I’m pressing the upload button for both
the Kindle ebook and the paperback, just to make sure they both appear on the
scheduled date. And maybe, with a little bit of luck, Amazon won’t be too slow
and they’ll appear early.
Take a look at the cover. Brilliant isn’t it? The lovely Cathy Helms, of Avalon Graphics designed it, and
it’s a stunner. You can have another look at it if you pop over to Brook
Cottage Books, where the site is doing a cover reveal. It’s also got the
blurb to tell you a little bit about the book. And there’s more coming. Brook
Cottage Books are doing a review of the book on Monday 2nd July, and Famous
Five Plus are doing something as well. I’ll post the links when they appear.
Then,of course, there’s the launch of the paperback at the Dundee branch of Waterstones on 11th July. and, if you’re
within spitting distance of Dundee on that
date, remember to pop in. I’ll be giving a wee talk and signing books.
If you want to know more about the book, visit the links as
they are put up. In the meantime I’m going back to Brook Cottage Books to do
some more drooling.
