Marble City Publishing had a terrific response to their Spring 2015 free prize draw for a
Kindle Paperwhite. The lucky winner was Robin in Estacada, OR, USA.
In response to public demand, Marble are running another draw and
expanding the choice of prize as a lot of us already own a Kindle. This
time they are offering a $100 (or local equivalent) Amazon gift card or a
Kindle Paperwhite. The draw will close on 31 August 2015. If you are an
existing Marble City subscriber you don’t need to do anything. You will
automatically have an entry in this and subsequent prize draws. If you
haven’t signed up then go here…
https://bitly.com/marblecitykindlereaders and good luck!
Thanks to Roz Morris for the mention in her guest post on the Kobo Writing Life blog:
http://kobowritinglife.com/2013/05/24/music-for-telling-stories-the-undercover-soundtrack/
Roz's Undercover Soundtrack is a fascinating regular feature over on her site and I was a guest there a while back, talking about how the unlikely combination of Melody Gardot and Nick Cave inspired my serial killer characters in The Baptist - A Psychological Thriller.
The Baptist has had a couple of interesting new reviews recently on Amazon. It's a great feeling to get this sort of reception from readers:
True Noir by john1407
Dark and darker still at times. What surprised me was the humour -
persistent and nimble - which gives the narrative a fresh-air lightness (
a great two line description of Crewe for instance). It ain't plain old
grim. Intriguing throughout with new characters seamlessly worked in
and a lack of predictability in the plot.
If you like first person (in the main) shorter chapters and revell in noir then this is a real gem.
Darkness and desire... by Tinka Dill
I have agonised over writing a review for this book, my words just don't
seem to flow, I feel somehow inadequate for this task. The shadows of
things unsaid and the impact of the things that are, memories and
ghosts, fears and desires, darkness and light . . . This is quite a
deep, and at times disturbing, tale with characters real enough to fall
in love with. It is probably best for me to leave it there and let you
dig deeper into it yourselves, you won't regret it. All that's left for
me to say is - Thank you, Ruby Barnes, for writing the best book I have
read in a long time!
