Monthly Archives: March 2016

Your Chance To Win A Free Copy Of “Lost In The Labyrinth Of My Mind”

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I am offering the chance to win a print copy of my recently released collection of poetry, “Lost in the Labyrinth of My Mind”.

“Lost” is currently only available as a Kindle download

I am, however in the final stages of producing a print copy (the book is with the printer and should be available for sale at a cost of £11.45 by late March.

If you would like to win a free signed copy of “Lost in the Labyrinth” please answer the following question

What is the title of my first collection of poetry?

Please send your entries via email to newauthoronline (at) gmail dot com, putting “Competition” in the subject line.

Rules:

1. Only one print copy of “Lost in the Labyrinth of My Mind” is being offered.
2. The first person to email me with the correct answer wins a free copy of “Lost”.
3. The winner will be contacted by email with a request that they provide their full postal address so the book can be posted.
4. Your personal data will be deleted once the competition closes. It will not be shared with anyone.
If, having read “Lost” you would like to write a review, this would be very much appreciated. You are, however under absolutely no obligation to do so.
Good luck.

Kevin

Hyacinths

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Hyacinths on a gramophone.
Alone
They stood
On polished wood.
Their scent carrying me back
Down childhood’s track.
The flower’s smel
Blossoming in a wishing well
With a plastic handle.
My thought tangles
With the ivy that
In a bowl sat.

As a boy
My goal was joy.
The earth was good as the man.
I can
Recall
Honeysuckle on a garden wall
And roses, their scent
Is long since spent.
My grandfather went away
Yet in my heart he stays
As I lose myself, in spring days

Copyright Infringement

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I was concerned to see that my collection of poetry, “Lost in the Labyrinth of My Mind”, which is legally available on Amazon only (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01AF5EPVY), is (seemingly) being offered on the website of Lilplay, (http://www.wcano.com/lost-in-the-labyrinth.html), without my consent.
A search for Lilplay brings up an extremely high number of customer complaints, including those by authors who state that their copyright is being infringed by Lilplay.
In terms of resolving this matter, I will be following the advice set out in this helpful link, (http://thestoryreadingapeblog.com/authors-resources-central/copyright-infringement-actions-to-take/), which is, in essence to submit a DMCA via the ISP of the company hosting the copyright infringing material. My thanks to The Story Reading Ape for this helpful resource.

Kevin

Rhyming Traditions

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My thanks to Jayne King for sending me a link to this interesting article on rhyming traditions, (http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/07/the-rain-in-spain-rhyming-traditions-from-early-china-to-modern-day-rap/).

Kevin

Poetry Unplugged (Tuesday 22 March)

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kevin-morris-and-his-guidedog-trigger     Toby Wheeler

I am planning to attend the Poetry Unplugged event, together with fellow poet Toby Wheeler, on Tuesday 22 March and read some of my poetry.

The event takes place at the Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street in London’s Covent Garden.

If you are in the vicinity it would be great to see you there.

For details of Poetry Unplugged please click HERE.

Kevin

Read An Ebook Week – Victoria (Tori) Zigler’s Books

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I have received the below, from my author friend, Victoria (Tori) Zigler, who’s books are enrolled in “Read An Ebook Week”. Please do check out Tori’s books.

Kevin

“Some of my books are on sale this week as part of Smashwords Read An eBook Week.

Details of which ones I’ve enrolled, how much of a discount you’ll get, and what coupon codes to use, can be found HERE

Meet Sally Cronin

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Please welcome Sally Cronin, author of a short stories, a copious and impressive blog, novels, and a number of books on health, wellness, weight loss, and media training. Her most recent book is called Tales from the Garden. I’m particularly thrilled to have Sally on Reade and Write because she is a tireless and selfless promoter of other authors.

Hi, Sally!

Thank you so much Amy for inviting me along today to talk about my books and blog.

Tell me about your new book.

My latest book is a collection of fairy stories called Tales from the Garden and the stories cover the usual fairy story themes of love won and lost, evil witches and handsome princes.

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Who is the audience for the book?

Judging by the comments it would seem that fairy stories appeal to all ages and I was surprised by the reaction from men and women…

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“Lazy? No, Miss-Judged” by Jayne King

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I am pleased to publish the below poem, “Lazy? No Miss-Judged”, by Jayne King. For Jayne’s poem, “Dreadfully Drained” please visit http://newauthoronline.com/2016/03/03/dreadfully-drained-by-jayne-king/.

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People think I’m lazy,
Sleeping until noon,
They don’t see my misery,
Making judgments, too soon.

They don’t know that I have been
Laying awake for hours.
Tossing as well as turning,
Underneath the covers.

Finally, as the world around starts waking,
My eyelids feel like lead,
Now, what I’ve been waiting for all night,
I have to fight, instead.