Great news! The boss (short for very-hard-to-get-approval-from general manager of Catapult Press) approved the manuscript and the cover (after a bit of consultation with my design assistant), so Give me a Break is all set to go. Here's the cover & the blurb. I'd really appreciate it if you could share this post with your social networks - use the buttons at the bottom of the post. If you want a print version, it's important that you fill in the form below because lots of requests will make it happen more quickly. Give me a Break, a young adult magical realism novella by Tahlia Newland will be published on ebook by Catapult Press in early June 2012. A print version is planned for later in the year and will include the short story collection, A Matter of Perception. The blurb Sixteen year old Carly wants to write her own life and cast herself as a superhero, but when she stands up to a bully, the story gets out of her control. Dylan, a boy who supports her stand, turns out to be a … [Read more...]
A drop from the well of creativity & a revamp
I 've revamped the blurb for A Matter of Perception, changed the order of the stories so that the one that got all the accolades is at the beginning, added the blurb for Give Me a Break at the end, and written an introductory story called A Drop From the Well of Creativity. (Do you like the serial commas?) Here's the new blurb. It's a big improvement on the old one. Take a journey into a world where the hidden becomes manifest and the lines between fantasy and reality blur. This collection of imaginative and entertaining stories about ghosts, sirens, light spectrum mages, realm hopping gods, alien monsters and ordinary people will warm your heart and make you smile, shiver, and maybe even wonder about the nature of reality itself. The theme of individual perception as a result of our assumptions, beliefs and emotional experience bind these otherwise diverse stories into a unified whole. If this inspires you to purchase the book - at $1.99, why not? - click the cover for … [Read more...]
Single short stories now available in all ebook formats
Reader's favourites from my short story collection, 'A Matter of Perception' are now available as individual books on all ebook formats. The heartwarming magical realism tale of Norris and his Goddess, 'A Hole in the Pavement' is 99c, available here, and the poignant story of two women facing death in vastly different cultures and times yet linked via their dreams, 'Not Me, It Can't Be,' is FREE and available here. … [Read more...]
A Christmas gift – Free ebook for 5 days only, 25th to 29th December
Merry Christmas to all my readers. I hope you had (if you’re down-under) or are having (if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere) a lovely time full of love and laughter, and that there will always be peace in your heart and in the heart and minds of the whole human race throughout all of space and time. My Christmas gift to you and your friends is everyone’s favourite short story from ‘A Matter of Perception’. Some of you have already received this gift, but if you haven’t, or if you wish to give it to someone else, you can get “A Hole in the Pavement” free on Amazon from the 25th to the 29th December. I hope you all got ereaders for Christmas, but if you didn’t you can read it on your computer by downloading kindle for PC. Go to Amazon and have a look on the right hand side, underneath where it says ‘Buy Now’, it says ‘Available on your PC’. Click that, download the program, then you click 'Buy Now', set up an account and you're set to read kindle books with one click in future. This … [Read more...]
