Shout your happy news to the world!!!

[Vertigo]

Hey congrats Chopper and even more to your brother/sister!

[hopewrites]

It's time for dessert.

[Triceratops]

It looks like my newish Blog, Guerrilla Warfare for Writers, has passed in page views during a period of 3.5 months, what my stupid little freewebs site couldn't do in SIX YEARS. Not only that, but I've amassed lots of subscribers, where I had only a handful of website members. I wish I would have know this beforehand--the importance of an interesting and topical blog, as opposed to a simple display platform for my books, in the form of a really crumby website. If I ever do put a website together, it will be a domain website, and damn the cost.

So, very happy about the difference in traffic. Oh, and comments too.

chris

[Gary Compton]

Originally Posted by Alex, The G and T

Nice haircut Alex - the fish rocker strikes again

[mithril]

I finally got my hands on Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell.. Yay yay yay

[Triceratops]

My paranormal thriller, The War Gate, just went live on Amazon. This was a backlist title. I am now one of the officially self-published authors out of 13 books. Unbelievable. Check it out on Amazon--four chapters are a free read.

chris

[Mouse]

I'm getting to see two different productions of The Importance of Being Earnest this year! Once in September, then again in October. Excessive Wilde fan-girling? Would it be sad if I wore a green carnation?

Excited!

[Ursa major]

How do you know that one of them isn't simply a Bunbury-style version of the other (e.g. seen through the prism of the other)...?

[TheDustyZebra]

I haven't got any other place to post this, and not really anybody to call about it, either, so I'll stick it up here.

I just registered my daughter, who is six, for dance classes! We're not the over-scheduling, run around like crazy type of people, so this is the first "normal" kid-activity sort of thing we've done. (And our son is almost 10.)

She's always been very dance-ish and likes to mimic things, so I think she'll really enjoy learning to dance. It's a combination ballet, hip-hop and tap class.

I should probably go and post this in frustrations as well, considering the money that's going to go into this operation.

[TomS]

Hey I got a new computer desk and task chair. No more sitting on the floor!

[Triceratops]

Yeah, but the money could be well-spent--you just might have a future super star in your midst. She could very easily prove that with just a few dance seasons under her tiny sash. We got a Karoke machine for my grand niece. She CAN really sing.

chris

Oh, BTW, here's my happy news. My self-pubbed book, The War Gate which just went up for a free trial today and for tomorrow, is now approaching the top 100 free download list! Unbelievable! You can pick up a copy here:

http://www.amazon.com/The-War-Gate-e...4562557&sr=1-3

[Parson]

Hey 3 horns.

Good for you!

[Triceratops]

Just hit #85 in the top 100 free downloads for mystery/thriller on Amazon! I'm so stoked. I have people reading it and reporting back to me. This is the last day of the free trial. Check it out here:


http://www.amazon.com/The-War-Gate-e...4562557&sr=1-3

[Perpetual Man]

Originally Posted by Triceratops

Just hit #85 in the top 100 free downloads for mystery/thriller on Amazon! I'm so stoked. I have people reading it and reporting back to me. This is the last day of the free trial. Check it out here:


http://www.amazon.com/The-War-Gate-e...4562557&sr=1-3

Should just have downloaded my copy - and as is often the case I have to say goodness knows when I will read it though.

Just thought I'd add a link for Triceratops - his is the Amazon.Com link, so here it is for the UK:

The War Gate by Triceratops

[Triceratops]

Perpetual Man--I can't thank you enough for that. It is difficult finding time to read all these free and low-priced e-books. We just don't have the time. I'm honored that I was downloaded in the first place.

Chris--in gratitude