There are so many
books being launched every day and you're probably wondering why you should buy
mine. To help you, I've written down some reasons why you should take the leap. As the author, you'll agree that I'm totally unbiased.
1. Obscure Setting
The novel is set in a
little known place called, London. You've probably never heard of it. I'd never heard of it until I checked my location on Google Maps. There must only be a handful of books set in this unusual place. My novel offers free tourism around the city, seeing alternative sites such as Big
Ben, The Tower of London and Buckingham Palace.
2. Contains Bananas
Did you know bananas contain high levels of
potassium?
Of course you did. It's what your Mum used as an argument to make you eat them. Even though you had no
idea what potassium was, you were persuaded, because it sounded a bit like a
super power.
Before you accuse me
of false advertising, I'll admit you can't actually eat the bananas in the
book. Not because they're fictional, which doesn't help, but because most of
them have either been dowsed in bleach or spray painted. Just read the novel and it'll all make sense.
3. Features Work by *Future
Poet Laureate
Worried my novel might be substandard?
Don't. There are
at least five lines in it which will be brilliant thanks to collaboration from
the winner of the Cardiff International Poetry Prize, Isabel Rogers.
*I can't guarantee
she'll be the future poet laureate, of course... but you may as well buy the
book in advance so you can say you'd read her years before she became the
chosen one.
4. There's a Human Egg
in it!
Nah, not really! I'm just copying The Sun's sensationalist headline style. Haven't you seen the book cover? It's hardly going to be Sci-Fi.
Egg, or Egbert, is just the main character's flatmate who I'm rather fond of. He's in a re-enactment group
and he's self-published the book, It's An Egg Life. Don't google it, I haven't
written it for him yet.
5. So they let me
write more stuff
The thing is, if you buy this book, then my publisher will
want me to write more books, and if I write more books then I might be able to
do this for a proper living one day.
Please? Look how cute I am!
*False advertising
alert*- I'm not actually a cat.
6. There's a cute
kitten in it
Disappointed I'm not a cat?
You'll be heartened to know that The Temp does have a kitten in it. He's
called Rupert. It's the first time I've written a cat into a book. Previously I
was worried about the hairs interfering with the text.
7. Cheap as Chips
I don't know how much chips are in your neck of the woods, but The Temp Part 1 is only 49p and if your local chips are cheaper than that, well, maybe they aren't chips!
If you live in London, then your chips will probably be the same price as the paperback...
Whatever the price of your chips, or whether bananas improve your mood or not, I just hope that if you decide to buy it, that you have as much fun reading it as I had writing it!
Thanks for all your support!
