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Things are hotting up ...

6/30/2014

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Chambers and I are making considerable progress on this and other projects ...


The south is quite different to the mountains; the people are just as friendly but here in Saint Tropez at least they are sooooo chilled out; Chambers being included in that number.


If progress continues at the same pace then we hope to see Black Veil out on the shelf by the weekend ... subject to the weather!


Alp
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Sons & Mothers on offer this weekend

6/27/2014

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Hollie and I have put Sons & Mothers on free offer this weekend, 28th and 29th June only.


Please take advantage of the offer and grab a copy; here are the links:

Amazon.com

Amazon.co.uk

Enjoy the weekend and I hear that Andy Murray got through to the second week of Wimbledon; I still haven't convinced Chambers to give me time off to write 'New Balls, Please'.



We've begun 'Black Veil' the second Inspector Fenchurch Mystery ... I should have packed more sun-screen.

Take Care,

Alp
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The Blakely Affair is on the shelf

6/23/2014

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Here we go!


Chambers and I are really pleased to let you know that 'The Blakely Affair' is on the shelf; here are the links:


amazon.com


amazon.co.uk


This story is likely to be the first of a series which we write together; the next instalment, 'Black Veil' is on the blocks but we plan to take a break from the laptop for a few days to celebrate and recharge our batteries.


We both have other projects which we are working on too so it would look to be the start of a very busy summer for us both.


We really hope you enjoy the story and we promise to bring you more in the future. I never imagined that I'd collaborate with anyone; and when we started, I didn't realise just how hard it was going to be, or how rewarding and above all enjoyable.


Take Care
Alp
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Summer is here!

6/22/2014

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The 'Summer Collection' is out on the Kindle shelf.


here are the links:

amazon.com

amazon.co.uk

Enjoy the summer!



Alp
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Draft cover for The Blakely Affair

6/20/2014

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Said that we were working ... story has been drafted and we're working through all the changes ... it's hard to see the screen of the laptop when it is in the flat and we are on the beach ... 


Alp
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I am working ... promise!

6/16/2014

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I am working but being down here on the Riviera with Chambers is the perfect excuse to take some time out and actually have a proper break. That said, we are working and, of course, not on the project which brought me down here in the firs place. Our plan had been to knock out the Space opera but a casual remark by one of my closest and dearest friends, who had suggested writing 'The Blakeley Affair' hit a chord and that is the story which Chambers and I are working on right now. The Blakeley Affair by Carter Seagrove is a fictitious book which features in our story Dust Jacket. It's a murder mystery featuring the Edwardian detective, Inspector Fenchurch. Typically, Chambers and I have seen the potential for a series of case files much like Zac Tremble Investigates, except that the series will be based on the Riviera, specifically around Chambers' own Saint Tropez.

So, The Blakeley Affair is underway and progressing smoothly; so much easier to write together when you are both sat at the same table.

If there is to be a series then some research is definitely going to be required and I think we're off to Nice tomorrow and maybe Menton. Chambers is keen to visit Villa Beau Site in Nice, the former home of Gisele Tissier who, along with her husband, organised lavish evening entertainment events during the inter-war period, les fetes d'arts des annees folles ... excuse my appaling pronunciation, Chambers says it properly and there's nothing like the soft and seductive tones of a southern Frenchman ... and I must find myself one!

Gotta walk the dog ...

Bon soir!

Alpxx


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Something special ...

6/14/2014

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I wasn't sure if the idea was going to come off but I'm very pleased to tell you that it did and as you can see, Hollie and I have collaborated on a publication; this is not a writing project; it's a publishing project and 'Sons & Mothers' contains a story from each of us; Hollie's The Secret and my 'Infatuation or Bust'.
I've laid out the blurb below because it explains things better, and here are the Amazon links:

Amazon.com

Amazon.co.uk

‘Sons & Mothers’ is a publishing collaboration between us as authors. We are Hollie Bowrie and Alp Mortal. Both of the featured stories have already been published solo and both are available in eBook and paperback formats exclusively through Amazon.

The stories were chosen because they both touch on the relationship between a Mother and a Son. Hollie’s story, The Secret, deals head on with the issue of when - and how - the question of a young man’s sexuality becomes a fact known to the family of which he is a part; in particular, how his Mother addresses the question which she feels needs to be asked - believing as she does that her son is gay.

Alp’s piece, Infatuation or Bust, has a slightly different take; similar to Hollie’s in that a Mother believes her Son to be gay but the Son has very different ideas about how that fact is going to be disclosed – and indeed, how the rest of his life is going to lived.

Two takes on what is unquestionably the issue which many young gay men struggle to address – that of telling Mum. However, in neither story does the young man initiate that conversation; so they are not, how shall we say, prescriptive; unless you’re a Mother, then the stories might help to allay some of the natural anxiety which accompanies the subject.

First and foremost, we simply want you to enjoy the stories as stories in themselves.

Please bear in mind that these stories are written for an adult audience. Hollie’s story does not contain any sexually graphic content; however, Alp’s does and for that reason we respectively suggest that this material is only suitable for readers above the age of 18.

As authors, we are always delighted to hear from you and actively welcome feedback.

Our email addresses are:

holliebowrie@mail.com
alpmortal@hotmail.com

Please feel free to visit our websites:

www.holliebowrie.weebly.com
www.alpmortal.weebly.com

Thank you!

Hollie & Alp
June 2014

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New Brief Encounter

6/8/2014

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Running alongside the Sci-Fi project with Chambers, I've got a new Gay Brief Encounter which I'm working on and that will appear before anything else at it currently stands.

The weather is absolutely superb today and I have a distinct feeling that I'm going to be out and not in!

Alp
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Chambers has just published a new case

6/7/2014

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It was meant to be out by the end of May but Dust Jacket kind of got in the way of Chambers' schedule to publish the latest Zac case ... it's here now!

Amazon.com

Amazon.co.uk

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Next collaboration underway

6/5/2014

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Very much a Chambers project but it's already proving to be a 'stretch' just like Dust Jacket; our Sci-Fi opera has began. Chambers is taking the editorial lead this time; we both agree on the title of the piece which is 'Trojan Horse'.

Stylistically, it will in some respects resemble an opera and the prose might be interpreted as 'staging notes'. However, as working on Dusty has already shown us, nothing is ever that simple ...


Cover choice is another rich area of debate ... for now we have parked the choices although having a cover for me is fundamental to the establishment of the overall theme of the work; Chambers agrees with that; just not the images I have already proposed.


Progress should be rapid and we'll keep you updated through our blogs.


Alp
xxx
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