This week has been a good week for exposure. In fact, I’ve basked for three whole days in the sun of the virtual world. In case you missed it all, here’s what happened.
On Wednesday, I was a guest on The Undercover Soundtrack, the fabulous website hosted by acclaimed author Roz Morris. Here’s how Roz introduced my slot:
On Wednesday, I was a guest on The Undercover Soundtrack, the fabulous website hosted by acclaimed author Roz Morris. Here’s how Roz introduced my slot:
“My guest this week had never realised his fiction was so closely tied to music, nor how much that meant it reflected the landmarks of his own life. Through significant songs he has peeled back the years to channel aspects of his family and upbringing, to flesh out the characters in his short stories and novels. He is McStorytellers founder Brendan Gisby and he will be sharing his Undercover Soundtrack on Wednesday.”
And here’s what I had to say in The Soundtrack of My Life:
http://mymemoriesofafuturelife.com/2012/11/28/the-undercover-soundtrack-brendan-gisby
On Thursday, my long short story, The Hitchhiker, was reviewed by the brilliant author, playwright and book reviewer Cally Phillips. The review was posted on the cutting edge Indie eBook Review (IEBR) website. Here’s an extract from it:
http://mymemoriesofafuturelife.com/2012/11/28/the-undercover-soundtrack-brendan-gisby
On Thursday, my long short story, The Hitchhiker, was reviewed by the brilliant author, playwright and book reviewer Cally Phillips. The review was posted on the cutting edge Indie eBook Review (IEBR) website. Here’s an extract from it:
“The Hitchhiker ostensibly tells you the story of a young working class Scottish man in the early 1970’s who goes on his own small ‘tour’ – one small step for man, one big adventure for our ‘hero’. But there’s much more to it than this. The opening preamble ‘About the story’ gives a hint when it says ‘Have you ever looked back and wondered if you had achieved anything worthwhile in your life, anything worth remembering?’ Because that is the real journey in this story. While the ‘journey’ to the Highlands is described in close and beautifully astute detail, which will be instantly recognisable to anyone who travelled those parts of Scotland in that era (but especially if they were of the same class and so stayed in the same sort of places, travelled on public transport, etc.), it is the story behind the story that is of just as much interest.”
Clearly, Cally’s review is so much more than a straightforward critique of that slim volume of mine. Read it in full here:
http://indieebookreview.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/the-hitchhicker-by-brendan-gisby
Then on Friday, St Andrew’s Day, I was one of a host of authors featured in a celebration of Scots indie writing, again on the wonderful Indie eBook Review. Catch up with the site’s St Andrew’s Day Special here:
http://indieebookreview.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/st-andrews-day-special
I’m now feeling totally invigorated, if not tanned, after my time in the virtual sun. Thanks for that, Roz, Cally and IEBR!
http://indieebookreview.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/the-hitchhicker-by-brendan-gisby
Then on Friday, St Andrew’s Day, I was one of a host of authors featured in a celebration of Scots indie writing, again on the wonderful Indie eBook Review. Catch up with the site’s St Andrew’s Day Special here:
http://indieebookreview.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/st-andrews-day-special
I’m now feeling totally invigorated, if not tanned, after my time in the virtual sun. Thanks for that, Roz, Cally and IEBR!