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Showing posts with label The Fires of Waterland. Show all posts
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Sunday, April 14, 2013

The Fires of Waterland: Book Signing Event SUCCESS !


 
Books and Reviews !


The "Meet the Author & Book Signing Event"  that was held at the Nolalu Eco Centre to introduce  The Fires of Waterland  on Friday, April 12th was a great success!

In spite of terrible weather, a heavy snowstorm,  the event went ahead as planned.   The reading and book signing was well-attended by hardy souls who braved heavy snow and really bad road conditions to attend.


What a Surprise! The Fires of Waterland  is in PRINT!

Reading: The Fires of Waterland




I wish to offer special thanks to:
  •  Jacomyn Gerbrandy, hostess  at the beautiful Nolalu Eco Centre for so generously hosting this milestone event on my behalf
and 
  • Wendy O'Connor, a fellow writer,  for her kind words of introduction,  
and 
  •  Wendy K.,  Jane, Wendy O., Dodie, and Jacomyn for providing coffee, snacks and baking for our guestsLots of cookies! 


Most notably,  I would like to extend a special thanks to our determined and brave guests, who negotiated absolutely terrible road conditions and heavy snow to attend   
Some of our hardy guests in  the ensuing book discussion
  
 Book Signing --The author with Wendy O'Connor


Your interest in my writing efforts and The Fires of Waterland is much appreciated!   I do thank each and every one of you! Again, thank you, everyone!  Your kindness will not be forgotten.

 
Sincerely,
Raymond  

Is that Incoming I hear? 



Saturday, March 16, 2013

Get Used to it, Jack

The Light is Upon Us


Wake up!... er....what?   "Get Used to It, Jack!"


Well, it's time to wake up,  after all, these echoes are also  IncomingBytes, are they not?
As a boy- child once said when  he woke me up, little fingers prying open both eyelids for me,  "Sun's up, so get up!"
I wipe the sleep from my face. The blue eyes are only two inches away from my own. "Wake up!"

How can we sleep with that kind of sunlight in eyes pried wide open?
Smart kid. Action, reaction, and satisfaction. Persistence pays. "eh?" er...-that would be "huh?" in American.   

Get used to it, Jack!  The boy pokes the muse, and the muse insists.  We are the bored... tired.   We cannot escape. We will be assimilated.  Beam me up, anyone!  *Note for future reference: "beam me up" is not synonymous with "wake me up"  or "get me up" ..... lazybones.  
 We shall get to  enjoy those technical disparities  whilst snoozing for another five? Another..two? 

Well, not...quite. The  child is insistent, and the sun is getting stronger,  fast.  It is incredibly bright but still -20C according to the thermometer just outside the window.   Joking. It's balmy....only -17C.  That's much better isn't it?   Fact is, we still have 3' of snow in Northwestern Ontario, but ---who's measuring? The sun is the color of daffodils.

I get up with the sun. Most of the time. It's a lifetime habit. Assisted by growling, once in a while, I must admit. Reluctantly, quite often, I must admit.
 I can smell the coffee already too. That's a good excuse.  The brain registers. Coffee. Hot. That does it every time.  Hit the deck.  Get used to it, Jack!  Cold red oak wakes the feet up in no time.


 It seems that here on Incomingbytes.blogspot.com  we have been procrastinating,  playing hookey, m.i.a. , absent on a bit of a hiatus, or...something,  a sabbatical,    'taking some time off -well, not intentionally, you understand, just doing something else which is supposed to be as good as a rest, or so they say.  Who is 'they' anyway? 
 .....I wonder which goofy tired blog-person first said that whilst the eyelids were propped up with toothpicks?
 Do you feel like that sometimes?  If so, you, too, cannot resist. You, too-- shall be assimilated. 
We have been busy, assimilated by life itself.  Working on my new website, incomingbytes.com ,  including blog and author portfolio. 

We have also  been launching The Fires of Waterland,  my hot new novel published by Redmund Productions. We have been admiring the first hands-on paperback copy, of The Fires of Waterland-- which is now the first signed edition, a milestone for any published author.


We have been writing press release sheets. And that doesn't include handouts, setting up book signings,  amusing Tilly the Tall and Ebony the Short  (T.T.S. and E.T.S, the resident pups) or planning (dreaming about) the garden.
  
I can tell, I need some more sleep already...Wake up!


Update:  THIRD Edition!

 Notice....... on the sidebar, the 3rd Edition of The Fires of Waterland  (2016)  is now available on Amazon in print and eBook!   

Why is this story so important?...because...
 
"Fire changes everything but the past....Feel the HEAT...
 


Is that Incoming I hear?