Giveaway

It’s about time that I did a giveaway. Before that though, some shameless self-promotion.

You may know that I co-host a podcast, 1857.

I have started appearing in another.

Shelflifesitcom

The following excerpt was written by Harry Marks, producer, director, leading voice and top fellow of the Shelflifesitcom.

Harry is a talented swine, and silver-tongued with it. He has worked out that I can resist anything bar flattery, so he’s perceptive too.

“[Ray Liotta voice] As far back as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to own my own bookstore. Unfortunately, the economy and, more recently, the virus situation around the world have made achieving that dream impossible. But there was another dream. Once upon a time, I was a film student focused on writing the next great screenplay. As I got older, my passions shifted toward fiction writing and I’ve spent the last 10 years writing six failed novels.

Rather than invest months of time and effort in another manuscript, I wanted to write something I could guarantee would be seen by more than agents and critique partners. And since self-publishing any of my novels was never part of my plans, I figured I’d tap into one of my other hobbies: podcasting.

The Show

The Shelf Life is a sitcom about Edwin Charles (played by yours truly), the owner of Blue Cat Books, a small-town, independent bookstore. The coffee shop next door is run by Vincent Hughes (played brilliantly by the 1857 podcast’s Stuart Lennon). When a young woman from out of town shows up with a bombshell secret, Edwin’s quiet life is turned upside-down.”

Told you he was silver-tongued.

Read the rest of the post here, at Pencil Revolution, the fantastic blog of Johnny Gamber, of Erasable Podcast fame. Careful at Johnny’s blog, before you know it, an hour has passed.

Free Book

My writing buddy Amanda Fleet has been slacking off. Just publishing novels three, four and five. She’s forever putting me to shame!

The books form the Guardians of the Realm trilogy. They’re excellent. Go buy them atamazon.com or amazon.co.uk

I’m giving away two paperback copies of the first of the series, “Aegyir Rises”.

All you have to do is be signed up as a subscriber to my newsletter. Not that I have actually sent any newsletters, but I’m going to – if only to announce the winners!

I will draw a couple of names from the hat on Wednesday, April 1st.

Membership

To be clear – you DO NOT need to be a paid member to qualify for the giveaway, only asubscriber – and that’s free.