Wednesday 12 June 2013

It's launch day for Bombs and Butterflies

Phew - it's been a journey, getting this little ebook ready for publication. It's very different from Hidden Tiger - there were no cyclones, no terrifying brush with wild life (though I did have an interesting encounter with a rat).

The blurb -

Did you know that Laos is the most bombed country in the world? If Jo Carroll had spent more time with her guidebooks and less with a physiotherapist preparing her creaking knees for squat toilets she'd have been better prepared when she crossed the Mekong in a long boat and stepped into the chaos of Huay Xai. But bombs still lie in Laos' jungles, in the rice paddies, and in the playgrounds. While young people open their doors to new ideas and possibilities, memories of war are etched on the faces of the old.

What sort of welcome would they give a western woman, wandering around with her notebook? Would they dare let her peer into their secret corners?

Now, I'm off to buy launch cake. Chocolate or lemon drizzle? Chocolate and lemon drizzle? Meanwhile, So maybe you'd like to take the opportunity to have a little look at my ebook.

You can buy it on Amazon here if you are in the UK, and here in America.
You prefer Smashwords: here. And you'll find it here on Kobo.

10 comments:

  1. Congratulations! It sounds fascinating. I'll pop over to buy one. Oh yes and chocolate cake for me please :-)

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  2. Happy launch day! And lemon drizzle, please :)

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  3. Whoop whoop, love the blurb...and can't wait to find out what secrets they did offer you!

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  4. Thank you all - just dishing up cake ...

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  5. Congratulations Jo! I'll toast you with a glass of good red - as well as the cake :-)

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  6. A glass of red ... now there's a thought ...

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  9. Brilliant! Many congratulations, Jo.!!! Tweeting links like mad!

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