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Review of Inherit Guilt

admin — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 04:25:40 +0000

The fine folks at Whispering Stories wrote a wonderful 5-star review of Inherit Guilt back in the summer and, even though I posted links to it on my social media accounts, I (shamefully) neglected to post a link to it here.

At risk of appearing conceited, my favourite part is:

Set in San Francisco and the Bay area, I had great fun following the action on a map of one of my favorite cities. The story is intriguing, the writing engaging, and there’s enough action and suspense to keep the reader turning pages.
George @ Whispering Stories

You can read the full review here as well as many other great reviews on their website. And it’s not just reviews you’ll find there. They’ve also got cover reveals, writing tips, and author interviews, such as the one with Glascow author Iain Hood posted just today.

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the humid ARC is on booksprout

admin — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 13:53:38 +0000

In a follow up to yesterday’s post about using Prolific Works to give away free Advance Reader Copies (ARC), I am also trying out some other avenues.

There are 20 copies available on Booksprout, and you can grab one here.

The Humid

Jack just wants to raise his children in a safe environment, while being able to afford to give them a comfortable life. With the promise of low crime, safe streets, and a hefty pay increase, he accepts a job in Tokyo and they leave Chicago behind.

He’s read about the uncomfortable summers in the sprawling city, but they’re no strangers to the heat. Lake Michigan dishes out its fair share of humidity.

Shortly after their arrival, the first day of summer is a record-breaker, and the temperature continues to climb. When the power grid collapses, Jack’s family is trapped in the sweltering foreign metropolis, and escape seems all but impossible.

(WARNING: this story contains strong language and graphic situations that may not be suitable for all readers.)

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the power of one little review

admin — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:15:51 +0000

My wrists and eyes are burning as I wrap up this final-ish edit of my novella The Humid, so I took a short break to see how my short story, The Masq, is doing on Amazon.

Not great. Not even good, actually.

But I’m neither surprised nor disappointed. It’s a short story, and the only written work by an unknown author, on a website with nearly fifty million books.

I clicked my way over to Goodreads, just to see if there had been any activity there. Two people gave it a rating, four stars and five stars. That made me grin.

But what made me smile was the review that one of them left.

Short, interesting and beautifully written.
This was much more than short story.

This was much more than a review. It made the pain in my arms secondary, and galvanized me to get this edit finished. Thank you, random guy who read my book.

There are only two periodicals where I plan to submit my novella, so perhaps The Humid will be available on Amazon fairly soon.

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