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Where have I been and where’s the next book?

We moved in August from Los Angeles to Surrey, near Vancouver in Canada. It was a fucking huge move, it turns out you collect a lot more crap when you get older and the piles of boxes grow exponentially with two kids. So we spent months packing and a month moving and lived in AirBnB’s and hotels for a while and are now in our house. Of course two days after Christmas, because who wants a nice and easy life, we had our kitchen ripped out to prepare for a new one.

So that’s where I’ve been. And where is the next book? Well I did write a sequel to After the Fall and after a year or more of edits and rewrites I found it was all shit so am starting from scratch. Currently seven-ish thousand words in on my fourth attempt.

And I went back to school. I enrolled part time at Kwantlen Polytechnic University to do some creative writing courses. Second semester starts back on Thursday and who knows, it may make this fourth attempt the one that works.

So am I back blogging? I would like to be, but who knows. Like any resolution this time of year, it will last until about Tuesday.

I’ve been meaning to read some Sally Rooney for a while now and picked up this months ago. Reading has slowed down a lot in this house with 2 kids and the few minutes peace on the bog is where I read this in snatches.

What did I think? I felt like I was missing something. It’s a novel for smarter people. For the people who read Ulysses and think Joyce was a genius. Not that I have much against Joyce, but Ulysses was a tough read.

The book follows four characters who I would guess are ending their twenties as they find meaning and love. But they have the deep and profound conversations. They email each other about the fall of civilisations during the Bronze age. They search for meaning and beauty and truth and get drunk or stoned and talk even more meaningfully about life.

Maybe I’m just not smart enough for this book, but I did still enjoy it. 4 stars.

Bloggers are liking After the Fall. Read what some of them have to say here.

Gordon Long says it’s “a well-written basic Post-Apocalyptic novel. Highly recommended to fans of the genre.”

Sherry Fundin says “The world building created a desolate landscape and the pacing made it as hard for me to stop as it did for Haley. The characters run the gamut, but many have lost their humanity. They take what they want, with no regard for their actions. Much of the collusion was hidden from me and I love how Gerry Gainford was able to keep me in the dark. It made it all the more dangerous, not knowing who to trust (NO ONE).”

Thank you so much to everyone who bought my book. As I try to start my career as a multi-million-bestselling author, reviews would really help me.

If you can leave a review where you bought the book, that would be great. Also, if you use Amazon, please consider leaving a review there. If you did buy it on Amazon, please leave the review on the format you bought, but if not, please leave it on the ebook / paperback version – here is the link. When you leave the review, if you can upload a photo of the book, your cat reading the book, the book holding up the wobbly leg of a chair that helps.

Amazon rates reviews where you purchased it from them highest, but for everyone else, adding a photo rates the review higher. I need to try to get to more than 50 reviews to get the algorithm to work in my favour and recommend the book.

Thanks for your help

Lots of wonderful people have asked me where they can buy my book. So here’s the handy guide.

For the moment the eBook is only available on Amazon for the Kindle or Kindle app and the audiobook is expected early next year. For hardback and paperback, check the list below. If you find it elsewhere, please let me know, and please let me know how you find using any of these places to buy if there are any problems.

I have no preferred method, none works better than another for me. Thank you for buying.

Ireland
Pick up a copy in person at Keegan’s Newsagents, Carrickmacross
Direct from me (shipping will take around 10 business days).
Waterstones
Amazon

Canada
Amazon
Indigo

US
Direct from me
BookShop.org (supports small businesses)
Amazon
Barnes and Noble