Personal Blogs

Marina Lewycka, author of the million-selling A Brief History of Tractors in Ukrainian, has a new short story out, from Goggle Publishing.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Four-Minute-Warning-Marina-Lewycka-ebook/dp/B00GYJMH3E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385721161&sr=8-1&keywords=four+minute+warning+marina+lewycka

The story is edited by Michael Stewart.  It is number 2 in a set of six stories, of which my ‘Pick-up Technique’ is the first.  There is a brief article about the launch on the Goggle Publishing blog site.  An interview with Marina Lewycka follows, to be published in The Bookseller.

http://gogglepublishing.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/marina-lewycka-four-minute-warning/

Anybody who wants to buy (or download a free sample) of my story as well can do so here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pick-up-Technique-William-Thirsk-Gaskill-ebook/dp/B00CPRHTH8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385746467&sr=8-1&keywords=pick-up+technique

'Pick-up Technique' has now been in the top 100 Kindle paid short stories for over 24 hours.  It is currently at #65, down slightly from #49. 

It has had 6 reviews so far, all from people I happen to know.