Not a difficult decision as to the topic of the day. It’s February The Fifth’s first anniversary. Bring on the cake and candles!
One year ago today I released my first Glothic Tale. Of course with the main character being called February and the story being set around an old pope, calendars, luxury space travel and a lot of fine food, it is more a farce than a tale.
If you are wondering how the title came about, I’ll let you in on a little background information. Firstly, it is my own birthday and I just thought it would be a great to not only have my name on the front cover, but my date of birth as well. I skipped the idea of adding my address and telephone number though.
Secondly, I love alliterations, so Feb Five satisfied my fatal fetish.
To all of you who have bought February 5th in the last year, I thank you very kindly. For those who haven’t as yet, well, what better day than today to discover what February The Fifth is all about.
So to a quick blurb to help you decide.
A young fool becomes king and quickly discovers he has some very nasty enemies. Particularly the ones who are shooting at him.
In a remarkable turn of events, a young man with a lot definitely not going for him, somehow manages to come to terms with a startling reality. He has to grow up. Being handicapped by not only having rather nasty acne and an odd eye impediment, he also has to suffer the fact that his name is February. Or at best, Feb to his very limited number of friends.
While not at all wishing to rush into this startling new reality, circumstances and a few elbow nudges from his very protective elder sister ensure that his ‘not at all wishing’ turns out to be a complete waste of time. Thrust totally and altogether unwillingly into a position of authority by early afternoon, February finds himself with a new appendage tacked on to the end his name.
The Fifth. The new and very authoritative part of his name.
Of course, as is the case in all such rapid and thrusting types of promotion to positions of power, there will be those who are not happy about it. In February’s case however, he finds that in fact these those amount to just about everyone apart from his three sisters.
Undaunted by this reality, Feb accepts his new responsibility and by early evening sets about getting himself into a real tangle. His only true achievement being that he discovers that quite a few of these those who weren’t so happy, are in fact really very upset about the whole Fifth appendage deal. By bedtime, he thinks he is in trouble.
Before lunchtime the next day, he is sure.
February The Fifth is available from most online and even offline retailers.
Amazon or Smashwords
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4 comments
Jack Eason
05/02/2012 at 4:55 pm (UTC 2) Link to this comment
Happy birthday mate, and many more of them
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Sabrynne McLain
05/02/2012 at 8:37 pm (UTC 2) Link to this comment
Hi Derek,
Congrats on the anniversary of your book and happy birthday!
I’m in the throes of launching my first book, and I was wondering if you would help me get my head out of the mist a bit.
I see you went with Createspace/Amazon, which I’m doing as well. Are you selling printed copies in the UK, and if so, who is your pod company? Are you using CS’s expanded distribution for the US or someone like Lightning Source?
Sorry for the questions; I’m struggling to make sense of Lightning Source here in the UK and wondering if there is a better, easier way.
Sabrynne McLain
Derek Haines
05/02/2012 at 9:22 pm (UTC 2) Link to this comment
Hi Sabrynne!
I use CS, and while I have been extremely happy with them, the UK is a problem. CS is an Amazon company but even through expanded distribution, it doesn’t necessarily make you book available on Amazon.co.uk. All the other Amazon sites yes, but UK is the odd man out for some reason.
So much so, I have just about given up even bothering with any promotion for amazon.co.uk. My belief is that it is an independent franchise, but of course no one will admit to or confirm this.
Well, the UK has British Rail! Seems to me Amazon UK works just as efficiently.
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Niki Savage
06/02/2012 at 11:53 am (UTC 2) Link to this comment
Hi Derek, Happy Birthday for yesterday. Hope you had a wonderful day. May the year ahead bring you everything you’ve ever wanted.
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