Here’s my author interview with Indie Author Land.
It’s about my first release ‘Endurance’ and a little about myself. Why not have a read of it here –
And check out the Indie Author Land site whether you’re a writer or reader.
Endurance was #3 on Amazon’s FREE Horror, Suspense chart.
Thank you to everyone who downloaded Endurance, I hope you enjoying/ed it.
My short 350 word story ‘The Metaphorical Truth?’ has been featured on Maurice Tudor’s BookShelf Short story page.
Check out the page here – http://mauricetudor.com/short_story.htm
The site is for any BookShelf member. So check it out, join the site and then have a go yourself.
Here’s the BookShelf site – http://mauricetudorbookstore.wordpress.com/
Flash! Friday is 1 years old, congrats! Which means it’s competition time for all, all week!
I thought I’d take part AGAIN! We had to write a piece from the image given, and it had to be no more or fewer then 350 words. Pretty tough… But below is what I wrote. It’s an ambiguous piece with lots of imagination, leaving it up to you (the reader) to decide what’s real and what isn’t.
This is the picture supplied below…
So from that picture, this is THE METAPHORICAL TRUTH? by T. J. Blake (350 words)
I lean over-board, seeing my reflection down in the ripples the dragon creates.
I look ahead to see a hexagon piece of blue sky, and the sun beginning to be smothered by the clouds.
The irregular sizes of land around us scattered unevenly, as we bobble in the centre of the lake.
I stand behind the dragon feeling its layered, semi-circular scales on the top of its head under my flat palm.
“It isn’t real you know?” I hear Dad say behind me, containing his laughter within his chest and throat.
“He is.” I sigh.
I continue to stroke him, looking at the land nearest to us on my left. I watch a teenage boy and girl holding each other, gazing into each other’s eyes. She wears a white and blue hatchet dress; he wears his knight’s uniform.
He steps away from her on the high land, her eyes widen. Her light pink lips open as she takes a step back. He kneels down, his mouth moves like a prayer.
She smiles, runs up to him and he lifts her up as they kiss.
The dragon continues to glide along the water, moving closer to the clusters of land. I see the tops in destruction. The edges crumbling, the grass burnt, people fighting with swords and bows and arrows. A king is hiding behind his knights, until they are tossed aside, some in the water and others hit the rocks. The king begs I hear his screams echo towards me, until an arrow pierces through him, hitting the dragons left side of his neck.
I see a body in the water, a young knight and a blue and white hatchet dress floating on the water.
I blink, the arrow disappears.
I look across the water to the knight to see tangled seaweed floating over the ripples. I look away from it and instead look ahead at the route the dragon will take. I stroke the dragon’s head and move my hand down to the left of it, feeling the hole of the arrow.
I look behind to dad, he’s gone.
So, what did you think? Feel free to let me know. Check out Flash! Friday’s site and have a go yourself.
It’s interesting what you can find on the internet isn’t it?
Well, I thought I would casually stalk myself and Endurance on the WWW and it has got around!
It is so bizarre that so many links and book places had it on their site and on torrent sites… But one that stood out to me most was it being on eBay! It was listed on there for many different prices, one being a whopping $11.38 (pricey if I may say so myself!)
If you haven’t already, check out Endurance on Amazon here – http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-T-J-Blake/dp/1491074566/ also available on other Amazon sites. You can read the first few chapters on Amazon also!!
So I have once again had a go at Flash! Friday. This is what I came up with from the picture I was given. You can check that at the flash Friday website and have a go yourself!
WANDERER By T. J. Blake
Pushing my way through the crack in the window, I escape the direct burning rays of the sun, and the gawping beaks of soaring birds.
Clambering across the dust and dead flies on the ledge, I rest myself against the window frame.
I look into the building I’ve entered, and see humans. They all sit on separate chairs facing the front, looking down to their desks.
I shoot my web onto the ceiling and then lower myself down onto the floor. As I walk across the floor, dodging the bails of rolling dust, I climb up onto the chair to find another spider, like me.
That’s my piece for this weeks flash Friday…
I don’t know why I decided to write this, I hate spiders!!
I decided to take part in Flash! Friday Fiction for the first time yesterday!
What Flash Friday does, is weekly upload a photo for users to write a 150 word creative piece.
I thought it would be fun so I gave it a go. Admittedly, my piece may not be that great, but what can you do with 150 words which is a first draft and written in a small time scale? Not too much, but I gave it a go, some people had some great ideas and produced good writing.
Below is my piece on the Flash Friday Fiction blog…
THE PATH by T. J. Blake (151 words)
“Gravel crunches under my feet. The gentle breeze smothers my surroundings; making the leaves above me chafe, the barbed wire fence scrape against the wood, and press my orange robe against my body.
I amble whilst staring at the wicker huts and small mountains ahead of me. Birds glide above me in the dark grey overcast. Slithers of glowing light occasionally bursts through the clouds lighting the dim skies. A deep roar sounds in the distance and echoes towards me, chattering the specs of dusted gravel by my feet.
My eyes glance back to the path, lapse of concentration will kill me.
A man in a black robe stands not far from me, his head hidden in the darkness of his hood.
I slip my arm into my orange robe and feel the handle of my sword.
As I approach him, he opens his robe revealing the glint of his blade.”
Feel free to let me know what you think of my piece.
I will definitely have a go at Flash! Friday fiction again when I can and maybe you should too?
It is on a wordpress blog, just google flash Friday fiction.
Sorry for the cheesy title… But today is the last day that my book Endurance will be free on Amazon!!
Go to Amazon and don’t miss out on a free copy of Endurance.
http://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B00E8Q9QCU/
If your wondering whether it is worth having a read, this is some of the things being said about Endurance right now on Amazon!
“This book is fantastic! I literally could not put it down until I had finished! ”
“Very good story line with lots of twists and turns. Great characters. Overall a great read”
“I’m not usually a great fan of this genre of book, but I have now been converted. I look forward to the next instalment and I hope there are a few more twists and turns along the way.”
“complex and creepy”
“One highly readable book with characters are easy to get into, and very good, well thought out plot. Exciting and entertaining read.”
“Love the book, and will read more from this Author.”
“I loved the suspense and the story line.”
“I have enjoyed Endurance and look forward to reading his other books, it is nice to be submerged in a story .
“This book isn’t the genre I usually read. However, this book is highly readable, good characters, and lots of twists and turns throughout the book.
A most interesting premise, good characters, good description and I recommend it to readers of like genre.”
“It’s a fresh plot with a number of unseen twists written in a style that is easy to read.”
“This young author has something that a lot of other writers don’t; an ability to draw the reader in so that you are there, midst the scenery and the extras. Like a movie filmed in 3D it hits you right in the eye, engulfs you in it’s ectoplasm and transports you to another world.”
These are honest reviews from readers I do not know and I would personally like to thank them for their time and I am so glad they enjoyed it!
Who knows, you may enjoy it too so go get your free copy of Endurance, now!
http://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B00E8Q9QCU/
Endurance excerpt
“A man sat slumped with his back against the wall, injured and staring at the last flickering light, at a vandalised station on the London Underground; the bricks and tiles scattered across the floor. The bloodstained walls have made it unrecognisable. No one else was around. He sat in the corner of the stop, deeply hidden within the shadows. The entrance was barricaded with collapsed concrete and bricks. Specks of dust floated down from the ceiling onto the ground and covered the man in a sheen of white. Complete silence was occasionally interrupted by loud screams from above, mostly from women and children. As the screaming stopped, murmuring and deep roars began. The sounds were not completely clear, but resembled a heavy smoker clearing his throat.”
What is being said about Endurance…
“this book is highly readable, good characters, and lots of twists and turns throughout the book.”
Endurance is free right now so get your free copy from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-T-J-Blake-ebook/dp/B00E8Q9QCU/
Endurance is free today on Amazon. Do go get a free copy now!
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