Outcome of yesterday's R and D

1. After a lot of digging and searching, I found a (Dutch) page with a list of blogs. I submitted my Blog for it. I don't know if it will be placed, but if it is, I'll put the link up here.
2. I've also submitted another column for Metro. Alas - like the site - above, I'm also waiting for this to go through a review process. And again, I'll put the link up ASAP. But in this case, I'll also put up a translated version of the column.
3. A critical look at my Bol.com page showed that it has one whopper of a flaw. It has zero reviews. So I send some mails around asking for some.
4. Speaking of reviews....there are lots of list out there with tips on how to promote your book. And one tip they all share. Ask a newspaper for a review. So I've a copy to the local paper - De Stentor - and kept my fingers crossed. (I send it this morning. And since today is Sunday, it'll probably be a couple of days before I get a reply. If I get one at all, that is.)

That's it for now. More on this as things develop.

Promoting Hollywood

Hello world,

Time for an update.... My attempt to promote Hollywood by means of the paper has failed...spectacularly. I spent 75 Euros on advertisements and didn't sell a single book. The column got 6 votes, but needed 70 plus. Furthermore, I send a copy of Hollywood to Marvel Entertainment. (This happened a while back) The result...zero. (To be honest, I was expecting this, but it still sucks.)

So I'm spending today doing R and D on further options. First up, a minor review/upgrade of this Blog/site. By my count this will be version 2.1

(The original color scheme with way to many labels was 1.0, then I cleaned up the labels - creating version 1.1. Next I added the 'about me' page, creating version 1.2. And then I changed the color scheme, creating 2.0.)

Alas, only for Dutchies

Hello world,

My column is now open for voting. Alas, it's a Dutch newspaper. Which means that (likely) only Dutchies can read the column. But if you want to vote/stem anyway, you're more then welcome.

http://www.metronieuws.nl/lezerscolumn/ed-dantes/actueel/2016/05/misschien

Marvel's cruel pun (and a small update)

Hello world,

Just a little fun fact, since today is mother's day (at least in the Netherlands)...

Spoilers ! (If you haven't seen season 2 of Agent Carter yet)

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For those of you out there who have seen it. Remember how Anna Jarvis got shot and now can't have kids ? Well, today is mother's day, of which the modern version was created in 1914 by a lady called....Anna Jarvis. To paraphrase Peter Latimer of Warehouse 13. ' Not cool, Marvel, not cool !'

Furthermore, I'm going to continue work of Chapter 10 of Battlestar Xanthi: A Collection of Memories today. And I have a column for Metro (a Dutch newspaper) in the pipeline ( you can submit columns on-line and then people can vote. Win and you get published + 100 Euros), along with open reply requests for Frontier Fleet. All in all, it's going to be a busy day. So I am out of here....

Chapter 9 is up !

Hi all,

Chapter Nine is ready, steady, go ! So, time to start work on Chapter Ten....

Oh no, you don't !

It almost happened again, my blog nearly started to gather dust again. But not this time...

I've planned Chapter 9, 10 and even 11 of Battlestar Xanthi: A Collection of Memories. There's a major twist in there, but where ?....well, you'll just have to read them. Chapter 9 has reached the writing stage, so it's coming ASAP. Speaking of which, time to get back to it....

Chapter 8 is up !

Hello all,

Well...Chapter 8 of Battlestar Xanthi: A Collection of Memories is up. And Chapters 9 and 10 will soon enter the planning stage. So there will be more new content on my FanFiction.net site. (Yeah !) But I'm keeping further details under wraps for now. (Gotta keep the fresh content going here as well.) So, stay tuned for further updates as they come out. folks.