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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleJust to keep all voice club members and patrons up to date, my collection of 100 ‘flash’ stories has now been published and is available on Kindle and Amazon Books under the title ‘This, That & Many More’. Some of the tales have appeared in Voice Club competitions, but most have not.
Congratulations, Allan. That is quite an achievement. I look forward to checking it out!
That’s such an inspiration to all of us. By the way, was it difficult to publish on Kindle and Amazon Books?
Thank you Fuji.
Not too difficult once you get the hang of the cover. Kindle & Amazon is quite a good market place because if you search under the author’s name you get to see all the works available by him/her.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleI finished reading it last night, an excellent read, really enjoyed it.
Thanks Carrie. I flogged all my author copies around this apartment block and feedback is pretty good.
Congratulations, Alan. I would love to check it out.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThanks Thompson. Hoping you do and if you like it a feedback on KDP would go down well.
Wow. I am very much happy and proud of your achievements, Allan. It is my great honor to read those books. You did it well. A huge congratulations.
How are you, Allan? Happy new year. I am wishing you happiness, more blessings and good health always.
Thoroughly enjoyed your book, Allan! Great stories and something for absolutely everyone!
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleCongratulations!
Congratulations! How are you advertising your new book? Are you reading parts of it on YouTube to tantalise your potential readers? Are you attending book fairs? Do you have an agent?
Well done! Gaun yersel! Tres bien! ❤
Hello, Allan. I bought and read ”This, That & Many More” with a lot of interest. Your stories are very well written and very varied as to their content, style and setting. You have a thorough knowledge of several places in the world as well as a varied life experience. I’m impressed that you managed to write all those 100 stories in so few days. Congratulations to a fascinating and interesting book!
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleFirstly, my apologies for my tardy reply to your very kind comments, Christer, but I’ve been right out of it since mid-January. Your observations will certainly help the healing process, and, meanwhile I have the third of my ‘Tales of…’ series chomping at the bit! Thank you also for your purchase of my work.
I released an extended version of my anthology Tea Time: Tales for Any Taste. It includes a mixture of flash and micro fiction and poetry, like Allan’s some will have been seen on here, though in their original incarnations, not reduced to 350 words. Available on Amazon at the moment as ebook, paperback and hardback. Cover art designed by me too 🙂
That’s a good one, Carrie. I would love to check this out, too. Congratulations.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThanks, Thompson. If anyone does read it, I’d be so grateful for any reviews. It’s been a labour of love and, for indie authors, reviews mean so much as they are one of the best ways to make new sales. 🙂
A very good read and very varied content. Recommended.
Thank you, Allan. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleMy heart is full of joy on your achievements, Carrie. You inspired me to explore and extend my writing skills. Congratulations.
Happy and prosperous New yew year, Carrie.
Thanks Lotchie. It’s on Kindle Unlimited now and on free promotion until Friday if anyone is interested 🙂
You’re welcome.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleA wonderful collection of stories, Carrie, some of which were familiar and others entirely new to me. So glad you included ‘My Man of the Hood’, a favourite of mine!
Thank you , Linda. That’s one of my favourites too
Just wanted to let everyone know that ‘Leviathan’s Yellow’, and ‘Timmy’s Broken Crayon’ can be found on Amazon. These titles are fairly dark in nature. I’m just giving fair warning. They fall in the Novella category. I am currently working on part three, and it will be named: Orange, Red & Yellow. I also have a kid’s book published ‘Life Is Meant to Be Messy, Mom (You’re Not Doing It Wrong)’. I… Read more »
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThat’s wonderful news, Melissa. I’m so pleased for you.
Thank you, Linda!
Hello, Melissa. I am overwhelmed with your achievements. I am so happy for you. I am looking forward to reading those books someday. Huge congratulations, Melissa.
Regarding on your chemo, I am very much happy to hear that you only have one more month to finish it. I wish you happiness, good health and good fortune in year 2023 and the upcoming years to come.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleHello, Lotchie. I also wish the best for you this year! Thank you so much for the kind words, and support once again.
You’re most welcome, Melissa.
You’ve certainly been busy, Melissa, well done. I’m so happy that you’re coming to the end of your chemo and hope that things keep on the up for you. Hoping you, and everyone else has a better 2023. I thank the maker every day for good stories to disappear into!
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleWow! Melissa, that’s a huge achievement. I’m looking forward to reading them. Wishing you all the best in your last chemo session. Blessings.
Thank you so much, Thompson!
If you missed out on your own New Year’s Eve party, there’s still time to join Tyler’s. He’s my teenage protagonist in my novelette ‘New Year’s Eve’ available on Amazon Kindle and free if you have Kindle Unlimited. Here’s a brief summary: The party was going well… Laura, my sister, who had recently split from her fiancé, Brandon, was drinking herself into oblivion. Aunt Kate had become increasingly irritated with the attention… Read more »
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleIt’s a great read. I thoroughly enjoyed it 🙂
Thanks so much, Carrie! I really enjoyed writing it!
This sounds interesting. I’m looking forward to having a read.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleIt was quite a challenge to write in the point of view of a 17 year old boy, Thompson. I watched several episodes of ‘Love Island’ a reality series on TV and some of the dialogue may seem strange but it represents the phrases the young participants used! Overall, it’s a family related story, humorous in parts, poignant in others and, I hope, with a satisfying ending. I really hope you enjoy… Read more »
I read your novelette, Linda, and enjoyed it very much. It is a fun read, where drama and humanity are mixed in. I love your characters, the way you describe them, the story line, and the ending. You reveal the problematic relationships between some characters and their emotions in a way that makes it easy to get hooked up to the story. I thoroughly recommend it and congratulate you for a great… Read more »
Christer, thank you so much! I can’t tell you how much your comments mean to me, I’m overwhelmed! I too fell in love with my characters and hope to publish a sequel in the not too distant future. I’m so glad you enjoyed the story.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleTo all who may have tried to contact me I’m afraid I have been ‘indisposed’ since mid-January. Just an ‘Anno Domini’ thing but it kept me from my computer.
We’ll be glad to see you back, Allan. Hope you start to feel better as the warmer weather comes back 🙂
Thanks Carrie. It doesn’t take long to fall to the bottom of the cliff, but it takes a darn sight longer to climb back to the top! Writing is still blanked off, though the ideas are there.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with Google‘Dumpling’s Plucky Rescuers,’ the third book in the Beulah and Friends series, is now available on Amazon.com. It is, as the title suggests, a children’s book. Carrie O’Leary designed the delightful cover for me. I thought this would be the final book in the series, but when I see the beautiful covers Carrie designed, I get excited about writing more of the animal friends’ adventures. ?
A delightful book deserves a delightful cover, and the ones for the Beulah and Friends series have been so much fun to create 🙂