January was an exciting month for the Sam Smith Mystery Series with bumper sales and top twenty chart positions in ten countries, including #1 on the amazon.com private detective chart. February has started well with lots of writing and editing. Currently, I’m polishing the Stardust manuscript for publication on March 1st while working on the outline of Mind Games and developing ideas for Digging in the Dirt.
Mind Games is centred on a chess player, though you don’t need any knowledge of chess to understand the plot. Essentially, Mind Games is a love story, of sorts. If you read the book you will understand what I mean by that statement.
Digging in the Dirt features a murder set in the world of archaeology. One of the subplots to this book might include the story of Alan’s grandparents, and their activities during the Second World War. This strand ties in with the theme of the main story, the way the past affects the present and the future.
As ever, thanks to everyone who’s read a Sam Smith book, and if you haven’t read one yet, here’s a shopping link. Book one, Sam’s Song, is free while the other books in the series are only $0.99/£0.99 each 😃
I’m delighted to say that as part of a Sam Smith Mystery Series January promotion, Sam’s Song, book one in the series, is currently available FREE from all major Internet outlets: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iBooks, Kobo and Smashwords. So if you would like to read the book, please take advantage of this offer. If you have already read the book, thank you, and please consider passing this message on to your friends. https://www.amazon.com/Sams-Song-Smith-Mystery-Book-ebook/dp/B00OHZ151W/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
To get by, I need to eat, drink, love, write and listen to music. This song, written by Tom Schultz, seems appropriate for New Year’s Day. Happy New Year!
Don’t look back
A new day is breakin’
It’s been too long since I felt this way
I don’t mind where I get taken
The road is callin’
Today is the day
I can see
It took so long to realize
I’m much too strong
Not to compromise
Now I see what I am is holding me down
I’ll turn it around
I finally see the dawn arrivin’
I see beyond the road I’m drivin’
Far away and left behind
It’s a new horizon and I’m awakin’ now
Oh I see myself in a brand new way
The sun is shinin’
The clouds are breakin’
Cause I can’t lose now, there’s no game to play
I can tell
There’s no more time left to criticize
I’ve seen what I could not recognize
Everything in my life was leading me on
But I can be strong
I finally see the dawn arrivin’
I see beyond the road I’m drivin’
Far away and left behind
Do you make New Year’s resolutions? Are they a good idea? This article from Psychology Today might give you food for thought. Meanwhile, here are some useful suggestions on goal setting, from publishtosucceed.com
Hannah Howe 