“…no man (woman, author, authoress) is an island…”

I think Mister John Donne was on to something as far back as 1600 ( that’s the year 1600, Mabel, dear, not 1600 hours ..) when he espoused his non-recluse position for all of us, that ‘no man is an island’…the longer I’m allowed to play on this wondrous merry-go-round of the internet, with its whims, wobbles, warts and all, the more I subscribe to his view…as much as I acknowledge that my ego is in constant need of deflating, I type here before you in a state of immense gratitude…My second novel, VENGEANCE WEARS BLACK has just completed its second two-day wave on the Kindle Free promo circuit, with gratifying success…that could not have been possible without the support and kindness of so many of you out there in the hugely embracing writers’ universe…I know, I know, I know, that we’re exhorted to use the Sosyal Medya to get our message heard/seen/understood, but when it actually happens, it’s a thing of beauty and a joy for this writer to savour for ever… I confess that my incompetence in managing even the TweetDeck (my cat could do it better, really), caused my intended individual RT requests to be blanketed to all of my follower list… major faux pas, but mea culpa, it’s done, and we move on… hopefully to ‘know better next time’…what DID happen was that so many people DID pick it up and passed it along the Twitterverse…not only that, some did multiple RT-ing, backed up by great support also on Facebook …let me not omit the groundswell that joined in from the decks of the goodship, S.S.Goodreads…there were tons of tweets and emails and wall posts of encouragement long before the freebie dates,…I hail from a supposed ‘hard’ area of Glasgow, but readily admit to a lump in the throat and an overpowering sense of the ‘niceness’ of so many of you, who’ve never even met me apart from on here…some of you will be aware that I try to ‘pay it forward’ by RT-ing and giving a leg up where I can to others, and dole out my ‘great pals awards’ weekly… it’s my silly way of saying  ‘THANK YOU’ to each and every one of you for becoming an integral part of my life… now let’s put the wimpy tissues away and get down to business…A request please… authors among you will appreciate the importance of reviews (HONEST reviews) on the likes of the Amazon pages…may I humbly ask that  if any of you were among the legion that downloaded the novel, to try to place a couple of sentences or so of review on the Amazon pages…and I’ll love you forever, or at least until I get sane, which may take a lo-o-o-ong time…Matron’s arriving with her little helpers,..I better get back to my ward…see you all later…

But before I go, a HEARTFELT THANK YOU LIST to all who’ve been involved in one way or another in this project are listed below (in NO particular order, coz I don’t want you fighting now y’hear …)

SUPER MEGA WONDERFUL GREAT MARVELLOUS PALS PERSONS LIST :

@ogtomes

@Rozwood1970

@mikeinla09  and George the parrot

@crimeficreader

@CA_Kendrick

@NessaToale81

@CharityParkerso

@jamesjohnsonka

@JoeMcCoubrey1

@Clive_SJohnson

@jimmysmustard

@WriterAnnMullan

@KTBug4Peace

@Glasgowlee

@ColinBaines

@RStephenson5

@Susan_Buchanan

@DouglasRCobb

@VeraAnnMatty

@BZHercules

@DavidHaleSmith

@EdwardGGordon

@mufc99treble

@LillithKain

@Freddy_Mash

@relatetojody

@Maria_Savva

@Joyreesemoll

@Lyndajdickson

@GaryKassay

@StuartHaddon

@albersona

@GasparTheThief

@SuddenlyLIW

@bumbog

@News_Meister

@TweetBookTweet

@MichaelJMcCann1

@nicholasbirns

@TheGonzoLecture

@kshaigswood

@AlanKealey

@KathleenHagburg

@vmmckevitt

@dagonsblood

@roylmurry425

@kindlbookreview

@TimGreaton

@SuzanneGRogers

@SerenaAkeroyd

@MaryReedMcCall

@eCrimeThrillers

@m16agenda

@PeterCarroll10

@JaneIsaacAuthor

@seamuscorry

@PeggyBechko

@ABPotts

@MissMarple1

@tishwebb1

@ZaneBradey

@Hell4Heather

@MiraKolarBrown

@memichaeledward

@PrudenceMacLeod

@janewenhamjones

@AnthonyGillis

@eBookBuilders

@squidpublishing

@tobywneal

@janromes

@BillTalcott

@iblogtoglasgow

@crimefilover

@mcswainandbeck

@janeldridge1

@jay_squires

@terrytyler4

@RobSowrey

@Gary_C_King

@TheMasterThief

@mcjordan37

@TParrington

@FifeRover

@TheDeadlySeries

@RebeccaRatliff1

@shellieblum

@BethLynne1

@thewhiteou

@jack_rylance

@bushdog51

@BerwickBabs

@RebeccaBoyle3

@JedLomax

@katelaity

@AnyaLipska

@HarryCocque

@lochee

@ceesav

@authorzoesharp

@DaviDWilson

@hawkssr128

@james_lennie

@dleadbeater2011

@Goal786

@Dearharts

@StephenEdger

@LATripp2818

@guernseyevacuee

@WSHW1966

@susanlouineau

@TanjaArtStudio

@atocher

@plantagenatea

@AnneAllen21

@dnlkenyon

@CollapseNovel

@Stephenwoodfin

@rsguthrie

@davidtlender

@TheWritersRoad

@CeliasJourney

@scarberryfields

@ds_butler

@DundeePoet

@ItDaFiveOh

@_VanessaWho

@ChrisPetersenTX

@LemuelRoem

@seams16

@crowe_lisa

@Wendy2066

@peterjmcfc

@MG_WELLS

@TeodorFlonta

@Digital_Hobo

@panika

@jayeandrew

@backporchlady

@DebraWattes

@originaloflaura

@rnmorris

@adders500

@IHPower

@MeanOldManMike

@aly3008

@SirBenfro

@momilp

@amyjarecki

@helenmpearce

@kindle_promo

@ukeditor

@AndyHolloman

@KarenFRiley

@PattyannMc

@RaeannBlake

@jameswriter

@JChaseNovelist

@WilliamJKenney

@DionneLister

@tamwirral

@Andynpeters

@GuyPortman

@douglassteve

@failte215

@Operakatie

@AnneJames22

@Eileenhamer

@TheNLVampire

@Cat_Astrophe28

@wilkravitz

@clrdougherty

@lleander11

@UnaTiers

@tbraun_author

@KatieMettner

@IndAuthorSucess

@Fredadewar

@TWDittmer

@JuliaJay8

@Melonhead999

@kaminadra

@goroe

@thefrailninja

@ellariley2

@WilliamDeen

@CynthiaWoolf

@LaurieHanan

@willowmyst

@iantweetz

@annablack01

@riceauthor

@dmcgowanauthor

@WendyCartmell

@LJGroveArts

@886niko

@jim_coleman

@mikeslickster

@onisha

@EllisVidler

@treequeen

@obsidianpoet

@c9c

@JimGiammatteo

@BWitzenhausen

@PaulDBrazill

@Mirandstork

@greg_geek

@KatyHuthJones

@samanthajamison

@the13thdoorway

@BobbyMadigan

@TeriHeyer

@bruceablake

@FlickM3

@rossmkitson

@JJCollinsAuthor

@Sisyphus47

@JAMcCorkle

@111Publishing

@WrightLaRoche

@LindleyE

@JennyTwist1

@MrTumshie

@MyVogonPoetry

@playliststory

@colon_melanie

@Indie_Authors

@IndyStories

@FreeEbooksDaily

@TheReadersGuide

@VickyLimbert

@IndieKindle

@ReginaPucket

@nightflyer7

@JMLeitch

@SimonFoxWriter

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@JillKilihill

@Carolynngill

@IndieAuthorNews

@MrsWilkinson1

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@ruthninawelsh

@LifeRestored

@andm76

@katrin_blue

@PatMcDermott

@KissablySweet1

@DouglasWickard

@FiendishlyFab

@WodkeHawkinson

@pcarrigan1

@WH_Cann

@Doug_Pratt

@BradleySalters

@MilaABallentine

@talina

@BevMorris1

@danielkemp6

@SpaceOrville

@nicolehill17