And following straight on from my last post, I’m pleased to announce that my other two novels, Taromancer and A Fairy Story By Any Other Name, are now on Google Play as well.
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Shall We Kill The President? © Alex Sumner 2012
Shall We Kill The President? by Alex Sumner
It’s at this time of year that our thoughts turn to festive things like Peace on Earth, Goodwill to all men*, and assassinating the Commander-In-Chief of the United States of America. So to keep in with the spirit of the season, my novella Shall We Kill The President ? is on sale at 50% off at Smashwords.
Simply follow the link and use the promotional code SEY50 at the checkout. Offer lasts until January 1st 2018
Merry Christmas!
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OK I was just trying to explain to someone on Twitter today why my recent work, A Fairy Story By Any Other Name
This got me thinking, what if I, Alex Sumner, actually tried to write Rom Com for real?
I have been giving this some thought, and already I’ve come up with some putative titles:
🙂
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My attention was caught today by this in the otherwise reliable Daily Telegraph:
A university lecturer claims to have photographed fairies in the Rossendale Valley in Lancashire
via Real fairies? Decide for yourself, says lecturer – Telegraph.
Yeah, I know it looks like a load of insects, but that’s what the man says!
Anyway, my novel, “A Fairy Story By Any Other Name,” is now available from Amazon, and is the story of a magician undertaking a perilous astral journey to save a girl whom he believes to Otherkin Fae. As such, as a work of fiction it is therefore more realistic than this so-called Fairy Story from Lancashire! Click here for more details of how to get a free copy.
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Shock! Horror! Sordid revelations! These are just some of the tabloid-style headlines which have nothing to do with my “Interview” at Smashwords.com. Instead, you will get fascinating information about my background, influences, my thoughts on the writing profession, and the real story behind my latest book Taromancer
Smashwords is the website if you want one of my ebooks in a format other than Amazon Kindle. Taromancer will be available therefrom from March 11th 2014 onwards.
For more information, see:
G’day, people of Oz!
G’day. Those nice people at Amazon are starting up an Australian version of the site, which means that all my fans Down Under are now able to purchase my books! Who knows – if I sell enough I’ll be able to come over in person and visit!
¡Viva Mexico!
Mexico has given the world so many valuable things, such as Tequila, Chili Con Carne, Mescaline, Carlos Castaneda, the Aztecs and Chocolate. Now, by way of saying thank you, my books are on sale there!
Yes! You now have the opportunity to buy my books in Kindle format from Amazon’s new Mexican site. See here for more details.
I am participating in a blog hop of Visionary Fiction Authors. For more details, please see Sandy Nathan’s YOUR SHELF LIFE.
Anyway, here are my answers to some questions she’s posed:
“The Demon Detective” by Alex Sumner
“How To Cast A Love Spell” – a novella, in the series “The Demon Detective, and other stories.”
A friend of mine said to me “Alex, why don’t you write a post on your website about how to cast a love spell?” After giving this some thought I decided to make it the theme of a new fictional story, instead of a blog post per se. I thought that discussing the issues involved – both how to cast a love spell, and why it is not necessarily a clever idea to do so – would sound a lot more fun and interesting if cast in the form of an adventure story, than if I were to just write something sententious and preachy about it.
Dark fantasy, with a large dash of (cough) “Romance.”
Angelina Jolie
Johnny Depp
Guy Shepardson, the lead-male character, would have to be someone with suave, dark, good-looks, perhaps like Johnny Depp. The lead-female character would have to be someone very beautiful and with a commanding screen presence – like Angelina Jolie.
Basically, my story is the one they should have adapted to film, instead of that god-awful mess “The Tourist.”
“Fifty Shades Of Satan.”
Probably the former, unless something drastic happens in the next couple of months.
It’s still a WIP! I do find, though, that it’s going very quickly – probably because I myself enjoy the story so much.
The nearest analogue I suppose would be the paranormal romance stories of Christine Feehan
The Goetia of the Lesser Key of Solomon
Apart from my friend coming up with the original idea (see my answer to question 2), it is generally inspired by a demonic grimoire known as The Goetia
Apart from a large number of scenes of extremely lusty wish-fulfillment on the part of the lead-female character, it does actually contain details of real magick in it!
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A Very British Blog Tour 2013
Apparently I have been tagged by Maria Savva in a blog tour! I therefore present my own answers to the questions they have been asking.
Q. Where were you born and where do you live at the moment?
A. Essex – I was born in the London suburbs, but now I have moved out nearer to the coast.
Q. Have you always lived and worked in Britain or are you based elsewhere at the moment?
A. Pretty much, except for when I was a student, when I lived for a year in the Netherlands.
Q. Which is your favourite part of Britain?
A. Probably the West End of London, as that is where I often go out to enjoy myself.
The Magus, by Alex Sumner
Q. Have you ‘highlighted’ or ‘showcased’ any particular part of Britain in your books? For example, a town or city; a county, a monument or some well-known place or event?
A. Not as an ongoing theme. I set “The Magus,” my first book, in London because I knew the locations so well. I deliberately set the following books elsewhere to show that the characters were venturing through “unknown territory” both literally and metaphorically.
Q. There is an illusion – or myth if you wish – about British people that I would like you to discuss. Many see the ‘Brits’ as ‘stiff upper lip’. Is that correct?
A. I think it is an old-fashioned concept which, like male-chauvinism, has been or is being rendered obsolete by the rise of feminism. It might have been true before the age of Women’s Lib but it is increasingly not so. I think it is because in today’s world men now have to justify their behaviour to both men -and- women, instead of just justifying it to other men. Nevertheless, there are still plenty of older British men who are still like that.
Q. Do any of the characters in your books carry the ‘stiff upper lip’? Or are they all ‘British Bulldog’ and unique in their own way?
A. I made Detective Inspector Toby Croft, the senior male detective in “The Magus,” like that due to the fact that he is an old-fashioned type of guy.
Q. What are you currently working on?
A. I have recently done a revision of my first novel, “The Magus.” I am also writing a tale about the Law of Attraction (Cosmic Ordering, Manifesting, The Secret, etc), and how different characters get to grips with it in different ways.
Q. How do you spend your leisure time?
A. Conjuring angels, demons, and non-corporeal beings of a morally dubious nature; playing Enochian Chess; indulging in Tarot, Astrology, and related disciplines; and plotting the fate of the new world order with other members of the Illuminati. This is actually more fun than it at first sounds, as they generally hold all their meetings on licenced premises.
I object to you callin’ me illiterate! And so does my wife and sister!
Q. Do you write for a local audience or a global audience?
A. Global. As much as I love my native land, it only amounts to 10% of the potential world audience for ebooks in the English language.
Mind you, I may have harmed my sales in the USA with the title of the story Shall We Kill The President?
Q. Can you provide links to your work?
A. Yes: my books are available in both print and Kindle editions from Amazon. Readers who prefer other Ebook formats may buy them from Barnes & Noble, iTunes and Smashwords.
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