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Another Fantastic TimeSplash Audiobook Giveaway!

Graham — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:43:24 +0000

Yes, another one. So, for all of you who missed out on the Martha’s Bookshelf giveaway, and anyone else who fancies a free copy of this fast-paced time travel thriller, hurry over to the Nerfreader blog where three more copies of the TimeSplash audiobook PLUS a short story (the prequel to the novel) read by yours truly, can be had.

And there’s more! Chris, who runs the fabulous Nerfreader blog, interviewed me about the recording of the short story and about TimeSplash. I’ve been interviewed a few times now about TimeSplash now but I found Chris’s questions particularly interesting and engaging. I had a great time answering them (which, of course, says something about me, doesn’t it?) So check out my Nerfreader interview and find out what was the hardest part of recording the short story, and why people should stop trying to invent time travel.

As with the previous three-audiobook-plus-bonus-short-story giveaway, this one has been organised by (and the audiobooks kindly donated by) the brilliant Iambic Audiobooks – a publisher I am really enjoying working with. If you want low-cost, excellent audiobooks, you should definitely take a look at the Iambik Audiobooks website.And what better way to relax with a bellyful of Christmas pud and sherry, than to let someone read you a great book?

And that’s my last post until the New Year, so Merry Christmas everybody and I hope you all have a happy and successful New Year.

Reviewer Turns Interviewer

Graham — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:14:12 +0000

An Interview with Alaskan Bookie

You will remember the Alaskan Bookie site recently gave TimeSplash a five-star review. Well, afterwards, Dorothy, who runs the site, asked me over for an interview. You can see the result on the Alaskan Bookie website. This is a particularly good interview in a couple of ways. Firstly, the questions were really enjoyable. I’m not sure quite why, but each one sparked a little excitement – which you might notice in my enthusiastic responses Secondly, I am very impressed with Dorothy’s professionalism. You can see some of this just in the way the interview is laid out. It is one of the best-organised interview formats I have ever seen, with all the right information available but presented in a very palatable format. Again, I’m not quite sure why I think this. I will have to sit down and analyse my aesthetic response to what Dorothy has done here. Anyway, if you want to see me in excited and enthusiastic mode, talking right at you, visit the Alaskan Bookie today.

TimeSplash Reviewed by Graham Clements

Graham — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:22:26 +0000

Just when I thought all my Christmas pressies had arrived, I find there is one more. Australian writer Graham Clements has done a review of TimeSplash on his blog. Please pop over there and have a look. To quote:

I would recommend Timesplash to anyone in the mood for a fast paced adventure thriller. I reckon you don’t have to be into science fiction, like I am, to enjoy it.

Isn’t that great? I’ve heard this before from people – TimeSplash might just as well have been described as a thriller, or a techno-thriller, as science fiction. Since most of the action takes place in a near future that isn’t wildly different from today, there may be something to it. In an age when sci-fi is rapidly declining as a genre and thrillers are still increasing in popularity, such genre distinctions can make a lot of difference to the marketing of a book.

In case you haven’t read it yet, and in honour of Graham’s review, let me just remind you that my action-packed thriller, TimeSplash, is available throughout the holiday season at a hugely discounted price if you buy it direct from the publisher. So grab it now, even if you mean to keep it for later.

I hope you’re all having a great holiday, reading some great books, and keeping safe.

Huge News for TimeSplash: A New Publishing Deal

Graham — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:31:22 +0000

A new logo on the spine.

After just six months as an ebook from Lyrical Press, TimeSplash has been picked up by publishing house Big Bad Media and will soon be appearing in Print and as an Audiobook.

I can’t tell you how excited I am about the deal I have just signed with Big Bad Media. This is a new and very energetic multimedia publishing house, based in Denmark and run by ex-pat Brit, Greg McQueen. (You may well know them for their amazing success with 100 Stories for Haiti, which is still helping to raise money for that devastated country.) Greg is a big fan of techno-thrillers and his enthusiasm for TimeSplash is both gratifying and energizing.

I have been working with the amazingly talented YA author, Emma Newman, to record the audiobook for a couple of months now and I’m pretty sure you’ll like the result. Emma’s podcasts of her own novel “Twenty Years Later” gathered a huge following on her blog Post Apocalyptic Publishing – not just because it is a great book (which it is), but because of Emma’s unique voice – and I am extremely lucky that she was keen to record TimeSplash. If you’ve read TimeSplash already, you’ll know what I mean when I say she gives just the right tone of vulnerability and toughness to Sandra’s character.

The audiobook should be available in just a few weeks as an iPad/iPhone app (with lots of added extras) and shortly after that it will be available through Audible.com and other leading online retailers. I just can’t wait to hear what you all think of it! Before then, though, Big Bad Media will make a pre-release version available. This will happen in the next day or two. If you are considering buying the audiobook of TimeSplash, you might want to grab the pre-release as it will be significantly cheaper than the full release when it arrives. We’re rushing this out partly because we just can’t wait to get it out there, partly so that it will be ready in time for WorldCon next week, and partly because we know people love a bargain.

The print version of TimeSplash should be out before Christmas. So start making a list of all the people who would like to receive a copy from Santa

One really special thing about this for me is that my daughter, Becky, who is a graphic designer (among many other things,) had already done a design for a TimeSplash cover, and when I showed it to Big Bad Media, they liked her work so much they asked her to do both the print and audiobook versions (as well as a couple of other books they are about to publish!) I’m going to be so proud of my book for so many reasons.

Lyrical Press will continue to publish the ebook edition, so if you were planning to feed your Kindle, don’t worry, it is still available.

You can probably tell what a big deal this is for me. Being in print and audio means TimeSplash has access to between ten and thirty times the audience that it has had as an ebook (depending on whose figures you believe). That means a lot more people will read it and that, at the end of the day, is what writing it was all about.

I’ll keep you posted when the pre-release is available and then when each of the new editions arrives in the shops.

Enjoy Christmas 2009. Christmas 2049 Might Not Be So Good.

Graham — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:53:14 +0000

Christmas 2049 just seems to pass everybody by. Jay is busy tracking timesplashers across Europe. Sandra is on the run and desperately seeking allies. And Sniper is preparing to jump back in time to the 1936 Olympics to kill Adolf Hitler. With all this going on, it’s hardly surprising that no-one really notices it’s the season to be jolly.

But let me not be so remiss. I’d like to say a big, hearty ‘Merry Christmas!’ to everyone who has so kindly dropped by to read about TimeSplash over the past few months. I hope you all have a great holiday and that you all get ebook readers for Christmas (and loads of books to go on them.)

For all those wonderful people who will be taking part in the TimeSplash blog tour next year, you’ll be pleased to hear that my editor has just agreed that the book is ready and we can produce the ARCs at last! I’ll be in touch in the next week or so.

Cheers,

Graham.