John Martin
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
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You can download a free copy of my book in Kindle or ePub format:
Kindle - https://books.pronoun.com/serve/1131c...
ePub - https://books.pronoun.com/serve/1131c...
Of course, a review on Amazon or Goodreads isn't obligatory. But it helps other readers decide if a book is worth reading, and it helps shape what I might write next.
Sorry to be slow responding.
Thanks for connecting with me on GR.
Hope you have a great week.
Cheers!
Rob
Best wishes from Majenta
My funny (with pathos) novel, Major BS and the Illegal Immigrants.
Reviews appreciated.
https://www.amazon.com/Major-BS-illeg...
Major BS and the Illegal Immigrants
https://www.amazon.com.au/Major-BS-il...Major BS and the Illegal Immigrants
https://www.amazon.com.au/Jack-jellyb...Jack and the Jellybean Stalk
If anyone's interested in reviewing this ebook, which comes out in the next few days, give me a hoy at jkmdunno@gmail.com
I can send you a pdf or, alternatively, I plan to make the book free for five days at Amazon from September 2. All I want is an honest review at Amazon and/or Goodreads.
You can preorder it here.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G4JJCPO#...Major BS and the Illegal Immigrants
Best wishes from Majenta
Major BS and the Illegal Immigrants
Fast forward to 2016 and a moon landing figures in my collection of funny flash fiction, Romeo and Julie.
It's one of 16 stories, and the good news is the ebook is currently free to download from Amazon, http://ow.ly/EqkH302sbUK
Find out who got the cocoa pops from the Variety Pack they took with them on the lunar landing module. Find out, too, who is most annoyed with his snap shots photo-processing lab.
Read also samples from my three upcoming novels. I call them funny novels with pathos.
Romeo and Julie
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My novel is due out on August 23 but you can pre-order now --
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Only it's not that momentus. But my book is still free on Amazon Australia http://ow.ly/4mV2Mn for a limited time. So hurry, hurry. Step right up.
He had the right mix for me of humour, anger and sensitivities.
When i entered journalism as a copyboy in 1976, one of my first jobs was to tear up the paper from the telex machine as it arrived and arrange it in piles - news, sport,features etc for the various editors.
Royko's columns reached us in Tasmania via worldwide syndication and was used inb our newspaper each week. But I read it first, so much so that I probably neglected the other piles a bit. Thus began my aspiration to write like Royko. I never reached it buyt, boy, I still read that collection from time to time and dream.
As a Chicagoan, I've got to say that anyone who has Royko on their shelf, can't be all bad.
