MATTERS OF CONVENIENCE needs your votes

A few minutes of your time is all I request to read an excerpt from my soon to be published second novel - Matters of Convenience. It has been submitted to Amazon's Kindle Scout contest and will be eligible to vote on for 30 days starting on September 14th.  A split second is all that's needed to push the button nominating it for publication by Kindle Press.  Peruse book excerpts available in multiple genres for others to your liking as well, with 3 nominations allowed at a time. If Matters of Convenience is offered a publication deal from Kindle Press, a free copy of the Kindle edition will be sent to you as reward from Amazon and THANK YOU from me.

Cover design by Erin Rogers Pickering


The Kindle Scout program has been described as American Idol for books. Rather than singing and dancing for your entertainment I've presented an excerpt (first 5000 words, give or take a few) from Matters of Convenience. Enough nominations from readers for publication puts the decision in the hands of judges at Kindle Press. You get to have a say in what's published, and if a book you nominated is chosen, you land a free copy of it.

It's as easy as ABC, and as bonus there is D.

Step A:  Read the excerpt at Kindle Scout (or if you would rather read the entire book in one shot, simply start with Step B)

Step B:  Nominate to move my book on to the decision makers at Kindle Press

Step C:  If Matters of Convenience receives an offer of publication from Kindle Press, you receive a free copy of the Kindle ed.

Step D:  Regardless of the outcome of the Kindle Scout contest, Matters of Convenience will be published and available for purchase in print and Kindle formats come November 15, 2016.

The Moment Has Arrived

My novella FEEDING THE SQUIRRELS has been published by SynergEbooks. For under $6 you can purchase a copy of this ebook in your choice of electronic formats. The fantastic cover was designed by the lovely Erin Rogers Pickering, and hopefully those who choose to buy it will find my prose to their liking as well. See below for a synopsis. To read an excerpt and obtain a copy for your reading pleasure,

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“Feeding the Squirrels” tells the story of a self-absorbed philanderer who lives a life of leisure and usually manages to remain one step ahead of consequences for his actions. Michael reveals himself to the reader by chronicling his rapid fire sex life woman by woman. He is a prolific lover who defines himself by his various sexual conquests. Each chapter in between the first and last of this literary novella is named after a woman who has been seduced by him, and thus helped to shape his identity. Every one of the erotic encounters can be read as a story unto itself, with Michael’s single minded pursuit of pleasure being the common thread that unites them. Although his succession of affairs are singular experiences to a man who rarely thinks of yesterday or tomorrow, they eventually manage to intertwine and leave him with a web of his own design to untangle.

I love to hear from my readers, so please stop by after reading "Feeding the Squirrels" to let me know what you think.

- Roy

First Review: http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/BookReviews/Feedingthesquirrels.html

We're Back!!!

It was our initial intention for this blog to be a regular endeavor, although Erin and I never specified exactly how regularly (daily, weekly, every 2 weeks, monthly?) we would get to it. Those of you who have been stopping by have no doubt noticed the considerable gap between our previous postings and those we have entered today. What can I say about that but "Ooops, our bad". The process of day-to-day tends to interrupt even the best laid of plans. Or to put it more profoundly by paraphrasing from one of the great songs of our time - "Fish don't fry in the kitchen; Beans don't burn on the grill. Takes a whole lotta tryin' Just to get up that hill."

We won't promise to do better, but we will promise to try. After all, chronicling our best efforts at being artists / parents / spouses / entrepeneurs / legends in our own minds / is what this blog is all about. As you can tell from Erin's latest posting, we have been doing a little more than just twiddling our thumbs. Despite our back-to-back trips to Virginia and New Mexico, along with a much shorter trip to DA BRONX, Erin did manage to create another wonderful ACEO -

Elephant

- and to do some artistic brainstorming for projects she'll eventually get around to sharing with the world. As for me, I made the decision to work towards getting my novella [Feeding the Squirrels] published as an ebook. If all goes according to plan, a copy of it in electronic format will be available for purchase in the not too distant future from SynergEbooks. Erin has designed the cover, so it's guaranteed to look sharp.

I suppose I could take up some time and internet space to express the wonder of being embraced by the extraordinary landscape of New Mexico, or share my thoughts on fatherhood now that I've had the gig for over a year and almost know what I'm doing half the time, or write an essay on how to get your property landscaped for no cost and practically no effort. But for the time being I will keep these matters to myself and save the energy for future blogging, which I plan to do on a far more regular basis from this point on. When I become as accomplished at "doing" as I am at "planning to do", I will be able to officially declare myself the greatest of success stories. Until then, I have some more fish to fry and beans to burn. Take care.

- Roy