Book update
I have now seen the Kindle, phone and tablet versions of ‘Symi, Stuff & Nonsense’ and it looks excellent. Just waiting for some proofreading notes to come back, and I still need to send the artwork form off to the cover designer (today), and so I should have a cover in a week or two.
In other book news; it was thrilling to hear that Penzance library now has a copy of ‘Village View’ on its shelves. Normally, libraries order books through a central agency, with whom the book has to be registered. It isn’t, in this case, so I’m not sure how our friends in Penzance pulled that one off, but if you’re in the area and want to read it, I’d phone first to make sure they have it in. Apparently, it is already out on loan. If you have nothing better to do, you could always petition your local library (assuming such things still exist) and ask that they stock ‘Symi 85600’ and the rest – see what they say. Or, if you are part of a book club, you could suggest ‘The Saddling‘ as a read, or any of my titles. One book club has already used that as one of their monthly reads. All these things help authors get some notice, a couple of sales and also those all-important reviews on Amazon. On which note, here is a post I have put on my author page on Facebook, for those who don’t use Facebook.
Two more excellent reviews for The Saddling! Three more and I will hit the magic 20 reviews. Can you help? https://goo.gl/mIpQQB
“I was cold the entire time I was reading this book, I could feel the cold mud seeping in my shoes and the icy winds, the cold rooms and atmosphere. James Collins has the ability to transport you right into the story, so you are aware of wearing the smelly sheepskin and almost being able to reach out and touch naked flesh.”
Thank you for the review! Wait until you read ‘The Witchling’, you should warm up a bit as the element behind that story is fire (summer), whereas with The Saddling it was water (winter).
“I read ‘The Saddling’ for book club. Really gripping story and once I started, I was compelled to pick the book up whenever I could. Excellent sense of anticipation in the build up to ‘The Saddling’ ritual. Definitely scope for a sequel. Quite dark at times but also a beautiful romance underlies the narrative, which I found very touching.”
Thank you for the review. A sequel is on its way (second draft stage now). The romance continues and is tested, there is another ritual too. ‘The Witchling’ is set against the summer solstice, whereas The Saddling was the winter solstice.
Enough about books for now. We are off to Nimborio today (Tuesday) for lunch, and I will take the camera. If I can, I will take some photos of the waves that are being white-horsed by the wind this morning. It’s a north wind too, which means the temperature in the house has dropped suddenly. No more shorts or sandals. It’s not quite thermal underwear time, but it’s getting there. The sad thing is, the chilli plant has just come into flower but I think it’s rather late in the season for it to survive and give us chillies. But then, what do I know about any kind of plants? One to keep an eye on.
