Well I'm on the way home from Gabycon, where did the time go?
There will be a report midweek but it turned out to be a great weekend, those of you too shy to come missed some excellent food, great company, brilliant sightseeing and loads of brand new Gaby!
Put it in your diary for 2012 so you don't miss out next time!
Well we are all having a great time at Gabycon, Ang has already posted the Con special and there's another Book 7 chapter posted too!
Today we've got more readings for attendees and as the weather is looking good this morning we'll be hitting the beach later - well Chesil isn't exactlty Skegvegas but there's sea and er pebbles!
Lulu are offering 20% off any order delivered to a UK address up until the 9th September, just put code SeptemberUK in the voucher box before you checkout for your savings.
It is with great sadness and a few scrapes and hurts that i have to announce the demise of my faithful steed Foxy. On the way home tonight she hada major failure which luckily occured on a bit of traffic free road as i ended up in a heap on the floor.
I think someones trying to tell me something as i only lost Ginny a few weeks ago so a double bike bereavement is a bit of a hint.
I've escaped serious injury so thats good i think and it could have happened on our recent trip around Denmark or on a busy road.
I've now resumed the posting of Gaby book 7 that Sephrena started some while ago. It is my intention to get at least one chapter up a week at which point i will commence with posting book 8.
Just a reminder that the 5th International Gabycon will be taking place over the weekend of 9-10-11 September 2011 in the Dorchester area.
If you'd like to attend the weekend or even just be a day visitor drop me a line either here or to maddyannebell @ yahoo.com.au so we have some ideas of numbers. We can also point you towards possible accomodation venues.
format is as usual
Friday evening dinner
Saturday bike ride (weather permitting)with various readings - this year it will include stuff from book 8 and book 9!
To let you know that me, my side kick Nena and Foxy have completed our Danish odyssey and are now safely back in Sheffield a bit bruised and battered bur pretty relaxed too.
want to read the rest of book 7 here on BC. Since my fairy book poster is not currently on the job i might have to step up to the ocky - but only if you want it!
I'd like to thank everyone who has supported my writing over the years and an extra big thank you to everyone who has purchased books, especially the resounding enthusiasm for Book 8.
I'm away for a while soon but rest assured that i will be writing Book 9 on my return, i hope to have it ready for the Gabycon in September - or at least well on its way.
Over the last few years Angharad and I have written a number of pretty much standalone Gabysodes for various competitions and events. Some of these have been widely seen on the internet, others have only limited distribution.
I thought it would be nice to bring a selection of these tales together in one single volume so if you have missed their previous appearances or simply like to see Gaby in print, this one’s for you.
So here it is, Gaby Tales, ten Gabysodes that sit outside of the main stream of either Angharad's or my own main Gaby storylines.
I finally had time today to find out what the problem with my conversion software was and hopefully on Wednesday not only will i have some more fanfics posted but I will resume getting all the print stuff into ebook format.
So check out my website on Wednesday to see the latest news.
On another front, I've taken the plunge, exchanged beer tokens and ordered a new hd for my lappy, well actually an SSD. If i'm lucky i'll be back on line at home before i head for plastic block land in July!
Well, its ahead of schedule but the final parts of Changes will be with my editor today so i hope to have part 4 available on Lulu in the next few hours!
Part 3 is now available and I apologise in advance for the blue background. It seems there is a gremlin in Lulu's conversion programme - I am trying to sort the problem but it seems rather hit and miss.
Well it seems the gremlins have been in here somewhere and my original release was badly corrupted.
Hopefully its fixed now
i suggest if you have issues with copyright that you don't use kindles and other ebooks - download the standard pdf file instead.
for those of you who were sharp out of the traps last night - well i can only apologise, send me your email address in pm and i will get you a clean copy of the file sent out asap
Well things have gone better than i hope which means that the second part of Changes, book 8 of the Gaby saga will be available over on Lulu in paper, ebook and pdf formats in the next 24 hours!
As i've had lots of requests and its now much easier to do, I've embarked on the process of making all the Scaramouch library available in a format which can be downloaded directly onto your Kindle or Ibook platform.
In the course of the coming weeks i will endeavour to get all of the previous Gaby books as well as all the other Scaramouch releases converted to ebooks so there will be no excuse in not reading my wares anywhere!
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