General chat and books
Things are going to start getting very busy here, for a while at least. We have family arriving next week and them more the week after that, coming for Neil’s 50th and our Civil Partnership, both on the 8th September. If anyone is here on that date, you are welcome to find us at the Rainbow Bar between three and five in the afternoon. We’re sorry that we can’t take everyone on the boat party with us in the evening, but there simply isn’t enough room to fit everyone in. Those who have been invited will have had an email from us a few weeks ago. But everyone is invited to have a drink with us at the bar before we head down town to sign the documents and do the deed.
I just thought I’d get that parish announcement out of the way now as I am not sure how much time I will have for blog posts over the next three or four weeks. I’ll try and keep them as regular as usual and let you know the news as I see it. At the moment, Thursday, I am seeing a cruise ship in the harbour, the boat from Cyprus that comes in from time to time. It arrived early and usually stays late so, when the day boats come in later, they will have to harbour on the other side. The wind has dropped today, it’s been a bit blustery and cooling of late, especially in the evenings, and the temperature had risen again, but not to the overwhelming levels of June and July; it’s all rather cosy.
I’d also like to thank those people who signed up for my newsletter on my Author blog the other day. I received notifications that I had some new sign-ups, so that part of the system is working. When I send out a newsletter (and I have no idea when that will be), I’ll also post here so you can keep an eye out for it. If you’d like to join it, just head to my James Collins Author blog and use the email newsletter sign-up box. Your info doesn’t get shared around, and I’ll only use the newsletter programme (if I can get it to work) when there’s some news about my books.
Good news there is that The Saddling is doing well, but I could still do with more reviews and more buys. If you’ve not read it yet, you can find it here: The Saddling. If you have read it and liked it, you could suggest it to friends and simply send them the link via email or social networking, wink, wink. Which reminds me, I had an email from Amazon today: “Hello James Collins, Are you looking for something in our Humour store? If so, you might be interested in these items. Honestly: A miss P novella by James Collins.”
Yes, thank you. I’ve read it and very good it is too! And other people think the same: I just found its latest review, another five-star!
“I read Honestly in one sitting whilst on the train from Newcastle to Halifax. The characters were well thought out and when they suddenly started to tell the truth their antics were hilarious. The vicar was my favourite and I would love to meet him. Also makes you think about how we treat people because we put them into compartments without seeing the individual. Am ready for my next James Collins novel.”
