Yo peeps
This here author, is giving away two of his own books, for this here blogger book fair. Wowsers. That’s the good news. The bad news is that they are digital copies only, ‘cos I’m too cheap to sign up to one of those print-on-demand places who want to charge me a bleedin’ fortune. If I was rich, I would do it, but you lot keep buying silly nonsense like Fifty Shades of Grey, so you only have yourselves to blame.
Right then. I’m not going to warble on about myself, as there isn’t much to tell if I am honest. I’ve been a brain in a jar for three hundred years now, so we probably don’t have a lot in common. About the most exciting thing that has happened to me recently, was when someone decided to top my jar up with some de-scaler. I know that this is a hard water area, but seriously, that was just plain daft.
Oh, alright then. I’m 33 and live in jolly England. We still don’t have decent dentistry over here, so my breath smells really bad. When I’m not writing epic novels, I like to relax by hiring a naked Frenchman to read me poetry.
The first book of mine up for grabs is called Shades of Grey. No, not the grotty erotic book, but a collection of three short stories. Now, before you all moan about how you don’t like short stories, you really should check these ones out. Maybe I’m biased, but they are jolly good. The first story is sort of a spy story, and has some action, intrigue, and death. The second one is set in WWII, and has a spot of action, no intrigue, but a sense of innocence and some death. The last one, which most people say is their favourite, is about a young boy with a special friend. There is no intrigue, not much action as such, but loads of innocence, a spot of death, and suspense. All of them contain some humour, and touch upon various aspects of morality.
The other book that you can win, is a novel called Underneath, but doesn’t have anything to do any films that
may share the same name. Now, before you all moan about how you don’t like novels, you should give this one a chance. I’m probably biased when I say this, but déjà vu infliction is one of my favourite hobbies.
The book is a thriller that stars a bloke called Hugh, who is a bit of a mentalist, along with two police officers that like a bit of banter and a bacon sandwich.
I hope all you hoppers have enjoyed this part of the hopping process, and stick around for a while. Robert is very kind for hosting me and my nonsense, and you are all very kind for taking part.
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As a special treat Michael would like to offer up a couple of copies of BOTH of his books for some lucky commenters. TEN to be exact. That’s right, TEN people who leave a thoughtful comment on this post can win both of these books. Winners will be picked randomly at the end of the Book Fair (12:01AM July 30th)
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You can find Michael Cargill’s books on Amazon US & Amazon UK and on Smashwords
Find out more on Michael
And there we are! It’s me!
Hello, everyone.
Thanks for the great giveaway and for featuring such great books! They sound wonderful and I’m anxious to read them! *fingers crossed*
They do sound great don’t they! Be sure to look around at the other booths in the blog fair. Some great ones all around the place
Some great freebies to grab too.
Oh I am most certainly making my way around these booths! No booth left unturned! Hehe. There are so many great books! And I will never turn down a feeble!
I might be slightly biased when I say this, but these really are great books, that should be read by everyone, and their dog.
I hope you enjoy the rest of the book fair!
Well in that case, I should start teaching my dog how to read right away!
I enjoyed your introduction, Michael. Reason enough to grant a fellow author one of your books!
Well, as long as I manage to entertain at least one person each day, then I’m happy.
Hope you enjoy anything that you manage to snag…!
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Sorry, I meant ‘snag’, as in if you win anything in the giveaway.
That’s a bit like saying ‘I can only please one person a day, and today is not your day’ Michael – nice rant there
Ooooh, you’re a crafty one, Linda.
Ah, you know me
BTW for eveyone hoping to enter the giveaway you won’t be disappointed by Michael’s writing – I love it and it really challenges your perceptions of the world around us 
I’d love to win either, and I’d never gripe about reading short stories OR novels! Bring it on! By the way, I love the cover for Underneath. Simple and yet striking.
Thank you, Becca. I spent quite a while searching for the right picture for Underneath, and it was a toss up between that one, and another one.
Did you see the opening ceremony to the Olympic games by any chance? It was bloomin’ marvellous!
Nope. I didn’t. :/ I probably should DVR the Olympics. I rarely have time to watch TV.
Well, after a bit of a slow start, it was blimmin’ great!
Lots of bizarre Britishy type bits in there, but once it going, I was hooked.
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I am a writer of short stories, and I sometimes believe they are more difficult than novels. In a novel you have hundreds of pages to get stuff done; in a ss, you have only a few pages to tell a story, embellish with emotion and move the plot steadily before the work concludes. It is not as easy as it looks, but is always worth it.
Yup, being able to engage a reader emotionally in such a short space is a skill in itself.
Brain in a jar huh? That explains why you know so much Obi Wan.
I’m the guy in the corner, absorbing all the intelligence of those around me.
Well, I never really read his book but they actually sound pretty good! I really like to write and I try to find inspiration. I hope to win this book and if I do win this book, I hope it gives me some good inspiration!
I hope you get some inspiration as well!
Good luck.