Just like that, it’s done.

Having lost hope in the nation’s major Publishing Houses – originally a reputable triplicate, now an amalgamated duo largely unwilling to chance new authors – I have gone more or less, (more less) solo.

Through the CompletelyNovel website, who apparently do their trading through the Amazon website, following painstaking editing of two manuscripts, which on account of the foolhardy nature of self-editing I almost guarantee will still contain errors, my most recent novel – the one that came after the one I had been posting on my site but has since been so massively adapted that those early ‘chapters’ will be rendered more or less meaningless (mostly more) – is now for sale at a rock-bottom price of, I think (but am not entirely sure), 5 pounds 99 pence which is odd, because I don’t even think it’s a British website…

I decided to upload Pride in the Land (the second one) prior to Pride in the Name (the first one) for the reason that I believe, despite Pride in the Land entering into the story more or less where Pride in the Name leaves off (mostly more but a little less), at a time where half the world is already under North Korean control (cease your fretting, I’m not spoiling it, you learn that in the blurb for Christ’s sake, I think…), as I was saying, I believe Pride in the Land (the second one) is better suited to pose the beginning of the saga, leaving Pride in the Name (the first one) to be released later, I’m thinking after the sequel, Pride in the State is released, as a prequel.

…They did offer the alternative of USD but try as I might I couldn’t seem to activate that function; truth be told, I had extreme difficulty activating many of the functions, including uploading the manuscript, uploading a cover design and ultimately, managing basic navigation of their Goddamned site.

Regardless, my debut novel is now for sale. As mentioned try looking for it, I think (but don’t really know given that I’ve not looked for it myself, also the fact that I have only ever bought novels second-hand and in paper form thus know little to nothing about online book sales), at Amazon or failing that CompletelyNovel but no, I’m pretty sure you’d go directly through Amazon.

It’s called Pride in the Land, it’s by Tim Walker, and the cover should be an awesome picture of a beautiful orange sunrise.

Get into it. Buy copies for everyone you know, even buy a few spares for after.

So shameless.

Promotion by Tim Walker

Edited by Full Hardy

Photography by Orin G Son-Rise