In which the Reader’s AUDITORY SENSES are Befuddled; a Sorcerous Travel through TIME is recommended; and the AUTHOR begs Shamelessly for Testimonial
World Premiere of Surround Sound Audiobook, courtesy of Mr Roland Bearne and the WIZARDS of 5a Studios - CLICK HERE TO HEAR IT
I did promise this in the last newsletter… Roland has recorded a rather gutwrenching scene from the book (THE CURETTE) using a new surround sound technology invented by Cristina and Michael at 5a. If you click on the link below, and just listen through your regular headphones, you’ll see what I mean. We will be recording this during the year - it’s quite a big project but I think it’s wonderful. Thank you guys!
Book of the month: A Rip in the Veil by Anna Belfrage
I very much enjoy discovering how historians and other writers see the seventeenth century - it’s not a very well-known period compared to the dare-I-say-it slightly overexposed Tudor era, but people are passionate about it. Anna Belfrage’s Graham Saga starts with A Rip in the Veil, in which a sassy, kickboxing modern woman is transported to 1600s Scotland and has an unpredictable relationship with a Scotsman on the run. It’s very well researched, but the book is really about the characters, and I was particularly impressed with how Belfrage portrayed her main character Alex Lind’s reactions to the constraints and freedoms of seventeenth century life. You can look at a sample or buy a copy here.
And finally - a humble request for a review… to feed the gaping maw of Capitalism’s TITAN (Amazon!)
If you’ve read and enjoyed The Bitter Trade - thank you very much! - and haven’t yet reviewed it on Amazon, I’d be really grateful for that. I have tried not to ask anyone directly as I’d rather the story stood on its own merits, but the reality is that books that have a lot of good reviews tend to reach readers much faster than those that have a few good reviews. There’s a particularly good Kindle promotion programme that helps new authors called Bookbub, and if you get to a certain number of good reviews on Amazon then you can break out overnight. So I hope you don’t mind me asking!
If you’re happy to do a review once, please do it on the US Amazon site.
If you’re happy to cut and paste it a second time, then that’s brilliant, please repeat on the UK Amazon site…
Thank you very much. Happy reading, and take care -
