Brand New YA Series

Blimey, that was quick.
You can now get New Kid In Town in US for 99cents or in UK for 99p and in Europe for 0.99 euros, by clicking here.

I have to take a moment to thank three phenomenally talented ladies for their help in getting this one out there:
   Hannah Sullivan, my editor, for her patience and skill,
   Icy Sedwick, my cover designer, for her Artistry, and
   Alice Bell, an incredibly supportive Beta Reader.
Thank you for your awesome efforts on my behalf.

To read a little more about the characters, click here.
Here's the link to preview/buy.

Last Chance Saloon

Sorry, but you know me and cliches!
Archer will only remain free (and Rory at $0.99/99p), for one week - from 22nd March, they will both return to full price of $4.99/£4.11.

Your last chance to buy these at knock down prices.
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Download Archer for #FREE from Amazon or your chosen bookseller by clicking here.

Rory can be bought on Amazon or your chosen bookseller here.

Already got them both and waiting for Reagan to drop down?
Here's an idea: send me a link to your review (of either book) on Amazon, or any other platform, and I'll enter you into a competition to win a copy of Reagan for free. Can't say fairer than that.

Cheers
    Jacky

Excited? I should coco.

After months of furtling, the 1st in the Bryant Rockwell series, New Kid In Town, is finally fit for human consumption. If you want to get in on the launch of this exciting new series, I'm always looking for new opinions to help cross t's, dot i's and iron out wrinkles. In my humble experience, no matter how good your editor and beta team are, there are always a couple of things which slip past even the most eagle of eyes.

One of my FOs (frequent offenders) is to re-name a character at the last minute and not catch every occurrence of the name (despite any number of global search and replaces.

You can find out more in the post below this one. If you are interested in helping to launch the book, click here to join the team.
Cheers
    Jacky

10 Things I Love About This

This is one of my regular watch-again movies, based on what has to be my all-time favourite Shakespeare play, "The Taming of the Shrew."
Not just because of the chance to remind myself how much I miss Heath Ledger, but because it's well written, well acted and has so many great characters/scenes.

So after an intense, full-on Christmas, I spent a lot of time just vegging out in front of Netflix, but you can't do this ALL day long, so I dug out a series of stories I started writing last millenium (blimey Jupiter, get that exaggeration hence!). I wrote the first three in two years, less than two decades ago, in 1999/2001. The last three took seven and a half years to write, because guess what, I was teaching!
I'd completely forgotten about all the Shakespeare references - the guys are studying "Twelfth Night" and even go to see it being performed in Stratford. In my head the series is a cross between "Glee" in the US and "Waterloo Road" in the UK with plenty of action, drama and teenage angst - mainly the romantic kind.

Returning to the characters, they were just as compelling to me as when I first met them:
    Liv - a witty polymath convinced she's fat and a Queen Bitch
   Jude - an all-round sporting star destined to be an ice-skating Olympian
   Kat - an ethereal Irish songbird with a dark secret

This trio are torn apart by the guys in their lives
    Ray - smart, charming, but a chip on both shoulders after a car accident curtailed his swimming career
    Luke - an angry jock who narrowly escaped juvie court after a "joy-ride" went bad
    Terry - a nervous wimp who turns into a leading man on stage or in the ice rink
    Jimmy - a motorbike-riding sixth-former leading a rough gang

So far, the feedback from my lovely editor and several Beta-readers is a big thumbs up, but I'd love to hear from you if you want to help me out with your take on the first book. Click here to join the team.

Thanksgiving - Archer is permafree

I've finally taken the plunge and made Archer FREE for a little while to try and attract a new audience.

If you are now grinding your teeth because you just bought a copy at the sale price, I would like to make an offer to show my gratitude. If you send me a proof of purchase (the easiest way is the link to your review of that book), I will send you details to get your copy of Rory or Reagan for free.

You can send your proof of purchase in a comment to this post, or on the facebook post.

Happy Birthday to me.

To celebrate my birthday, for the next two weeks I'm offering a free copy of the first Hengist book, Archer, to anyone who signs up to my newsletter.

This offer closes on 13th October. 

"Swashbuckling medieval adventure with a host of unforgettable characters"
                                                                                     - Book Viral

I look forward to hearing from you.
     Jacky 
       ♥♥♥ 

P.S. As a further reward for signing up, there will be a Bonus Swag Bundle (exclusive to subscribers), and a chance to enter a competition for more free books.

Giving Thanks

Yeah I know I'm a little early for Thanksgiving, like four months too early, but it's never the wrong time to show appreciation for all the wonderful people in my life who continue to help me on my path.

Number one has to be all the people who have bought, downloaded or read copies of the Hengist books, particularly those who left a review on Amazon. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to hear people's thoughts about the stories and every comment helps me to understand what works and what doesn't. So everyone who emails a link to their review on Amazon to jacky@hengistarcher.co.uk will receive a FREE short story about Archer's nemesis - the villain everyone loves to hate - Edlyn. This has never been published and is normally only available to people who subscribe to the newsletter.

Second comes the best support network an author ever had, my very best friends, the World Wise Writers. Each one of them has a wealth of talent she freely shares with the rest of us as we share this crazy writer's journey.

Andrea Domanski: author of The Omega Group series, the ultimate marketing wizard,
Hannah Sullivan; author of The Thunder Stories, master of the comma and my awesome editor,
S.M.Freedman: author of The Faithful Series, genius webmaster with a fierce intellect,
J.D.Fauklner: author of The Time Archivist Novels, phenomenal wit and social media guru.

Third are all those other fabulous creative people who help to bring my stories into being, my fabulous cover designer, Rebecca Sterling and three more fabulous authors, Veronica Richards, Alice Bell and Paula Yourell, all of whom are a constant source of encouragement and great ideas.

Last, but never least, comes my ever-enduring family and friends, who put up with the sight of me plugged into my lap-top, kindle or the ever-present pad an paper 24-7. Thank you for giving me the freedom I need to live this fantastically creative life.