The Bolted Ram and Shovel

THREE WAYS - THE WAYS IN

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      Hi guys,

      Welcome to The Bolted Ram and Shovel!

      No, I haven’t opened a craft beer bar (aww) but if you’ll go for a copy of Three Ways – The Ways In, you’ll get to go there, a place with a main bar, upstairs restaurant, downstairs club with a 90’s dance night twice a month, and some craft beers (including some by the proprietor).

      Okay, so Cole and Jane will go there (yay them). Halm Dresden, too (well, the one in Caral-Hilde when I put The Fear, The Sundering, The Journey out there). You might be thinking, “Why am I being invited?” Well, author here, I do need readers. As for how to get them…

      Well I could just hope people find their way to my Sample My Work [link] page and click on the links there. Or I could just put TWI on KDP Select, make it free for five days, and advertise it using a cover pic and the ultimate get a free copy on a Facebook ad and see how far up the Kindle charts I can get.

      That’s it, that’s the big announcement, The Ways In will be FREE this coming weekend!! And I’ll be keeping tabs on copies sold, and the Amazon rankings to see how far up I can go, and gloat over the results next post… Fine, I’ll be humble, but I’ll still be cheering if I can break the 500 copies moved, and stoked if I can get some reviews (even crap ones).

      “But, hey, isn’t it your birthday this week?” Um, well, yes, it is. And yes, you can say I’m giving the presents. And presence. Ahh, the joys of advertising to generate interest.

      And, well, there you have it. And if you happen to have a million friends… a boy can dream of going to number one, yeah? Really, I’ll be happy with 301 copies moved, because then I can officially put this picture up:

      Nothing further to add, I’m really excited over doing this while I’m still on the low budget days, the future may bring the complete edition with better cover art. We’ll see.

      Bye for now, and have a good one!

      T. M.

Arise from the Drops

       Hi guys,

      Yep, missed blog week again.

      I don’t mind, really. It’s probably for the best, as nihilistic as my intended post was going to get. Not Macbeth level – though the murdery crazy guy has a point – but, well, something best left unsaid for now. Trent 1, the doldrums meh.

      Honestly, I don’t know what to peck into shiny laptop of a word processor now. I’d hit a bottom recently, c’est la recoverie vie (gasp, French!) and was due the restart, the constancy of it debilitating in its way. I went and got both of them, and here I am a week later, filling my blog with letters grouped in the shape of English words, and all in all balanced.

      Ahh, a shudder-buzz. Found the right thing. The joys of understanding your own psychosomatics (gasp, big word!). Not so much the feeling of loneliness despite being in church right next to the GF, or the triggered thoughts at, well, I’ll call them inopportune times. But there it is, I’m balanced, and that is a good thing.

      But now I have a big question for myself, and wondering if I have the energy to go through with it. The Ways In is going nowhere, and there’s been no movement cover-wise, but such is my decided lot with that. And writing The Ways Out? Well, um, yeah, I, uh, I’m doodling up the map of a medieval fantasy kingdom. #WriterLife. And yes, it’s making me happy.

      Another shudder-buzz. Yay me.

      Also, it’s mildly possible I’ll have an announcement soon. See how I go.

      In other news, weather continues poorly, quite Melburnian this last week in ye olde Sydney towne. Also Melbourne has been let out to play now the virus is in check, yay! (And I think I have it tough). And I really have nothing further to add.

      I’ll leave it there, short and sweet. Hope you have a good one!

      T. M.