Dead Men Lie

   Morning everyone.

 What then do I write about today? According to the title it should be about the book but there is a line that must be drawn. Too much of a good thing becomes tiresome and frankly boring to you the reader while to the authors our books and their promotion are fundamental in getting our stories read.

 How then to reach a perfect balance? is there any such thing. Take the picture above it is from a friend in Canada it is in my opinion perfect, beautifully framed and a wonderful composition but do you think the same? No doubt there are some that find it dull and soulless. However like the river if not fed constantly by melting snow in the mountains a book will wither and die if not constantly brought to the attention of the readers.Therefore i am going to go against convention and speak about my book again and again and again until i have bored everyone to tears.

Dead men Lie is a good book. Who says so well take the time to look at our reviews. Maybe there aren't that many but they are a reflection of what people think. I haven't dragged them out of friends and family I haven't paid for them or prostituted myself in the hope of receiving favourable reviews. Nor have I set the book out to be anything other than what it is a story of historical interest.

Some may say I haven't pushed it enough, some have even asked why I haven't advertised it more aggressively. The short answer to that is cash or lack of it. Dead Men Lie always had to fund itself, any advertising came from book sales, which was why I always intended it to be entirely an e-book. of course we had to have a few paperbacks printed but the cost involved made them far too expensive to sell commercially.

Like all authors I find it difficult to accept criticism, especially any that come from those who think themselves in some way superior to me. My old dad said no man is any better than you they all breath they all eat they all defecate just some have more money than you. So to anyone who wishes to deride my work take heed and more importantly read dead men Lie then tell me its tripe!

What i am trying to say and failing miserably is simply trust what i say and buy a copy of dead men Lie to read. i am sure you will not be disappointing. My website is now ten months old and in that time we have had over 4000 hits while the blog-site continues to grow, in fact in little over a month 2000+people have viewed my inane scribbling's. Add into this equation the various countries that we are now known in and Dead Men Lie appears to be going from strength to strength. A few more reviews would be nice and some more comments good or bad would be appreciated but i am not one to complain. thank you everyone for reading my work and apparently finding it interesting.      

As for the future well at the moment i am stuck in the sequel caught between what to do i fear i will have to start again and incorporate  a lot of note's into one new book but i will get there eventually the muse will return and something will trigger the writing juices to start flowing but for the moment as i say i am bogged down in the mud.


For now enjoy this Blog and if you are still hesitating do it buy dead men Lie Go one be a devil.

Cheers dave




Update on Dead Men Lie have ordered another print run though most will be heading for Canada and the book fair. its all go in the  office today.

By the way do please head to Ottawa on June 15th if possible to see the book in the flesh so to speak.  Lisa will need all the encouragement she can get and she would love to discuss our story with as many of our readers as possible.

Cheers Dave