It's out!!!

Finally, book two in the Renatus series is out.  It is available on the Amazon sites, but here's the link for the co.uk site.   http://www.amazon.co.uk/Renatus-2-John-Saunders-ebook/dp/B00I6M9MOE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391295022&sr=8-1&keywords=renatus+2  and here's the link for number one in the series...   http://www.amazon.co.uk/Renatus-John-Saunders-ebook/dp/B00B0FD2HM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391630405&sr=8-1&keywords=renatus   Thankyou.

Second side to the story

I kinda had a hunch about this situation.  I posted a while ago about the beware of walking over bridges for the trolls that lurk...etc.  There was an interesting development involving the moderator of the facebook group that a load of us were members of.  Something had always bugged me about why so much hostility was being directed at this guy, and in turn the writers group itself.  There was the throwaway remark directed at someone wanting to enter the group and then there was the sudden blocking of a senior writer.  What looked like two egos getting pricked seemed to generate a hell of a lot of mileage in this forum.  A lot of digging was done and a dead forum thread was uncovered where this moderator had suggested a scheme for everyone to reduce their book prices and then buy each others books, he was talking about 180 people. My own book sold two copies the other day and I rocketed up my genre chart by 230,000 places to 35000, so 180 purchases over a couple of days can easily propel you into the top 1000, maybe higher.  A group of more experienced writers politely explained that amazon could suspect some system being played and remove the books and authors. The general consensus was that most authors want their sales to be genuine ones where the books are actually read and reviewed.  The response to this advice was shocking, this first time writer, who to be honest had not written a very good book was challenging the credibility some serious writers who knew their stuff. Needless to say the ball for this guy was already rolling before he even got his group off the ground, and the hostility spilled over.  The old moral is to see both sides of the story, but the other side is that if a party is out to make a point, please inform anyone who reacts to it where the relevant facts are to save a lot of wasted time arguing the toss.  A couple of statements have been put up which have been graciously accepted, people are leaving this guys group so I guess he may learn that he has to be careful how he says things, especially in print where it cannot be retracted, I'm guessing he will not. Suffice it to say that a number of us who stepped up to try and defend this guy and then the group feel let down by his earlier actions.  We're out of this group and have joined a number of others, so all systems go again.  See you later.

dotcom.

Just a quick one, I've built a small website.  I'm totally new to this so it is a basic site but as I get the hang of it I will be adding and modding it to suit.  www.johnsaundersauthor.wix.com/johnsaunders


Catch you soon.

Beware when walking over bridges for what may lurk underneath.

Hi all, longtime no see.

I experienced something that could be as near to trolling as you can get.  The fortunate thing is that reasonable dialogue did occur and a line has been drawn. 
I belong to an authors group on facebook.  The moderator of the group was plugging it on one of these amazon forums and gave what he obviously thought was a witty response but was actully quite an unnecessary insult.  She was understandably put out and so were a few of her co-contributors and a few jibes were thrown his way.   A few days later a writer was blocked from this group with no apparent explanation  and Jesus, the gloves well and truly came off.  I've never seen so many negative, sarcastic and undermining comments thrown his way, even promoting other groups to people who wanted to join this one.  Most of this thread was directed personally towards the moderator of the facebook group and it was almost laughable until a couple of group members had a topic under the title of 'plaigiarism' posted and directed their way. This was put up onto facebook by another blockee.  A bomb was put up by me, posting the whole thread onto the group page and it got a reaction, equally there were many who buried there heads and did not give a f**k. The funny thing is that all of a sudden a few one day old new member 'anonymous' contributors on the amazon forum jumped in to the debate and it would appear a number of moles have been reporting back to these amazon contributors.  As I've said, reasonable dialogue did eventually take place and a line has been drawn, unless the bloody moderator decides to block another without explanation.  I am toying with leaving this group as it now has a rotten core.  I have joined a couple more already established groups and I figure what I don't know ain't gonna hurt me and responses have been good.  I now have a slightly thicker skin and if it starts again, I ain't around to see it.  Cheers.

Youtubed.

Just a quick post this time.  A good friend of  mine has put together a small movie type trailer for my book. It is on youtube, and hopefully the link will work. Please feel free to go and have a look. All the links to the various sites where you buy the book are in the blurb.  Cheers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4ArlREow9g&feature=share

Got another paperback copy from a site called www.feedaread.com  It is the same format as the www.amazon.com and the www.amazon.co.uk copies and looks fabulous.  I've put it up on a new site to hopefully reach new members of other sites.  Fingers crossed. Here's the link:http://www.feedaread.com/books/Renatus-9781782993667.aspx

Still tapping away.

Well here I still am.  I felt like I had bitten off more than I could chew with my second novel.  The storylines are all in my head but it is just the act of getting them down on paper (or screen) that is the tricky bit. There are so many plates spinning at the moment my head is spinning with them. One by one each storyline is being played out and slowly I am getting to the half way point where like the series of Keifer Sutherlands 24, a new and deeper story starts.  Thats the plan anyway.  Watch this space. 

As a reminder here are the links to book one

http://www.amazon.com/Renatus-ebook/dp/B00B0FD2HM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367007553&sr=8-1&keywords=renatus

http://www.amazon.com/Renatus-Mr-John-Anthony-Saunders/dp/1481973940/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1367007613&sr=1-12&keywords=renatus