Category: Publishing

In Your 12 Best 2019 Links Part 2 – Laugh Again! I continue what I started in part one. Read Part 1 here.

So where did I finish off? Six months, six links, makes it through June. 

Your 12 Best 2019 Links Part 2 – July 2019

I could hardly decide this month. I had a lot of great videos in July. Check them out here. But I think this one takes the cake.

In light of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, this video won the race.

Next, on to August’s best link/video/image. Which will it be? I haven’t decided yet.

This also showed up in July:

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The Best of August 2019

First, you can gander at all my posts from August.

Then, cast your eyes upon this wonderful item:

Not only did we celebrate the Moon landing, but also the development of a real hoverboard–rather like in my book, Paranormal Privateers.

What’s the Best Thing From September 2019?

Good question! Your can read all my posts from September 2019 right here. I chose this one. Why?

I love when science catches up with science fiction. Here I just wrote Paranormal Privateers in 2018 including mind control through skull implants. Then I read an article heading in the same direction with current technology!

Can anything top this in October 2019? Find out in the next section.

Your 12 Best 2019 Links – Next, October

In one blog post, I discussed where I got my ideas for Paranormal Privateers, my third novel. I had to surpass my previous books. I added a surprise twist and I gave two hints. Here’s your first hint:

Then you got this second hint:

I love these two movies, so, naturally, I included elements of them in my book.

If you haven’t read Paranormal Privateers, let me know your guesses about the plot twist. The best response gets a free ebook of your choice!

Next, 2019 November’s Best

My best in November was my worst mistakes in publishing. These were fresh in my mind, since I just published Oops! Tales of the Zombie Turkey Apocalypse.

However, my first short story book released in November and THAT’s the best thing about November.

And here you have the back cover and blurb:

Oops! I almost forgot! I got a review for Oops! Here it is:

The First Review of Oops!

Oops! Tales of the Zombie Turkey Apocalypse by Andy Zach is a collection of short stories and as the clue is in the title, the theme is zombies. And boy do they come in a variety of different shapes and sizes.

The book starts with three stories that are a starter and not in the zombie genre. Firstly, you are introduced to a world where nothing is heard. Then we move on to finding an elusive phoenix and trying to use its DNA for breeding. Lastly, we have a story about a time-travelling wheelchair.

Then we jump straight into zombies. From zombie pickles, to zombie service dog corgis, to zombie models and even zombies in a nursing home. There is a timeline thread running through the stories where characters that create something or meet someone bring them into a later story. And all of this in a world where becoming a zombie is as easy as ordering blood online!

After each story, the author explains where he got his ideas from, and since in his bio he claims both his parents were zombies, he must be an expert on all things undead. The author has a very quick mind and some of the quips and plays on words were very clever. In some of the stories, however, I would have preferred a definite ending—one where the story doesn’t just finish and you think there is more coming. It was almost as though they were ideas taken from diary extracts with sporadic glimpses into a world of zombies.

From Reedsy

Oops! Review Part 2

After the zombie stories came tales from some of his other books about teenage superheroes. I think the one I enjoyed the most was of the hamster that one of the kids had experimented on and had developed some superpowers. He taught himself to read and was eventually able to communicate with others by typing on a computer. The author very cleverly integrated himself into that story by being the author in the story and the one that the hamster contacted. And of course, we had to have a story about aliens to end it off.

The editing of the book was very good, and I only caught a couple of minor errors. I enjoyed the writing style of the main author and very often you had to reread something because the clever nuances were so subtle you only got them a few lines later. The different styles of writing by the different authors was a bit offputting as you get into a tempo with one and then get thrown off your rhythm by another.

While I enjoyed the book overall, I would still put it in my average category as I wouldn’t go back and reread it. I would, however, recommend it to anyone looking for a quick read where you can turn your brain off from reality and just jump into a world of crazy.

From Reedsy

Finally, of Your 12 Best 2019 Links, the Best of December 2019

What could be the best thing about December? Maybe, Christmas?

What a great way to close a year by a parody author! I hope your year was wonderfully fulfilling and joyful and 2020 is even better.