Okay, it's got so silly in this country that I have to write up the latest happening. This is so stupid and transparent. Why can't anyone see this?
Last year, the Government closed all shops larger than 200/250m2 (can't remember the specifics) on Sundays. Their reason? They don't need a reason, do they? Something about people needing to go to church...like religion and politics should mix, huh, and closing shops would make people go...anyway...
The Opposition Party wanted a Public Referendum for a question similar to "Should all shops have the right to be open on a Sunday?" They registered at the correct office one week in advance (as that's the law) and 40 odd seconds before they could hand in their question, an old woman who owns a small shop that is allowed to be open on a Sunday miraculously handed in a question about the same topic. The Opposition Party was not allowed to hand in their question because the law states that only one question on the same topic is allowed per year. The old woman's question was later rejected (who knows why) but because she'd handed in that one question, the Opposition Party had to wait a year.
Back story: for years, the Government have been putting BILLIONS into football in this country, including building stadiums which aren't up to holding first or second class matches, or stadiums which will never be filled. Watch a match on TV and you'll see an almost empty stadium.
Now the time comes for the Opposition Party to try the Public Referendum again. They register one week ahead. They go to the correct office to hand in the question...BUT...five huge muscular guys physically get in their way, and while they try to get past them, a little old woman (yes, the same one) sneaks by and hands in her question.
It's the stuff of novels, really. This is so dumb.
The Opposition Party find out that these five muscular guys are security men who work for the most aggressive football team in the country, the director of which is connected to the Government.
Transparent, eh? What do you think? This is so wrong. And yet nothing is done. Demonstrations are not shown on TV (because of censorship) and no one can speak against the Government. Almost every day, something like this happens...and nothing is done...other than people getting into trouble for speaking out.
UPDATE: The 'little old woman' is in fact the WIFE of a Pro-Government village ex-Mayor. This transparency has got to STOP!
Comments are SOOOOO welcome and please SHARE this around. People need to know.
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Monday, February 22, 2016
Infatuation - a poem?
"All For Love" is still out there, waiting for someone to read it.
http://www.amazon.com/All-Love-Dani-J-Caile/dp/0692622470
The book is basically about 'infatuation', but it has a secret message hidden inside, a personal message for those special people who give a shit :-)
Here's a little 'poem' about it. I don't write poetry.
You were Never There
You were an idea, an infatuation,
One that almost destroyed me.
You played the game, and the game was me.
But it was all me, and never you.
You were never there.
It was all me.
Yep. That's why I don't write poetry. LOL
But I do write books...love the cover.
http://www.amazon.com/All-Love-Dani-J-Caile/dp/0692622470
The book is basically about 'infatuation', but it has a secret message hidden inside, a personal message for those special people who give a shit :-)
Here's a little 'poem' about it. I don't write poetry.
You were Never There
You were an idea, an infatuation,
One that almost destroyed me.
You played the game, and the game was me.
But it was all me, and never you.
You were never there.
It was all me.
Yep. That's why I don't write poetry. LOL
But I do write books...love the cover.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Weekend Quickie 167 - 200 words of #KanyeWest
Yep, it's time for an Iron Writer Weekend Quickie (167).
Go see them on the website...
http://theironwriter.com/iron-writer-challenge-weekend-quickie-167
...AND see mine here:-) Thought I'd go 'popular'...lol
200 words of 'class'...HA!... Kanye West...
Go see them on the website...
http://theironwriter.com/iron-writer-challenge-weekend-quickie-167
...AND see mine here:-) Thought I'd go 'popular'...lol
200 words of 'class'...HA!... Kanye West...
WQ
167 – image above, controversy, ground
rules, business as usual
"Calm
down, please. We're here to make some ground rules between your fat
ass mouth and bubble butt brain, Mr. West. We need to stem this rush
of controversies you have created recently," said the suit, a
lawyer from his record company.
"Dat's
'Kanye' West to you, white boy! You can't change a black man's name
like that! You ain't got no right!"
"I
was merely showing respect, 'Kanye' West, sir." He straightened
his tie and coughed.
"How
dare you label me, white boy!"
The
lawyer turned to West's bubble butt brain. "I'm sorry, but as
you have seen, your fat ass mouth has run away with itself so many
times in the last few months, you are in danger of being spewed out
with all that hot air. I strongly advice you to find other
accommodation."
"He
ain't goin' nowhere! He stay wid me and we make the bestest bestest
music ever!" screamed Kanye. "I'm the most greatest human
who ever live!" He stood up, taking his brain with him and made
a pose to imaginary cameras. sent out a tweet asking for another 1
billion dollars and left the building.
"Oh
dear. Business as usual," sighed the lawyer.
...and "All For Love" is still out there, a 'black' comedy about infatuation...
Thursday, February 18, 2016
"All For Love" Paperback! + C145 Win!
"All For Love" paperback is finally out on Amazon! Don't all rush at once!
http://www.amazon.com/All-Love-Dani-J-Caile/dp/0692622470
Somehow I broke the 100k on the Amazon Author Rank (#94,275) for a day :-)
And thank you, Annoymous, for your latest comment. No, I don't think those sex websites would be good to look at.
And...I won the Iron Writer Challenge 145 with a nice little story called "Dalloway's Clown".
Can you see the 4 elements?
Dalloway’s Clown
The whiskey bottle, black eye and forlorn look said it all. Another failure. “How did it go, the birthday party?” she asked.
“I quit.”
“Oh, that well.” She hung up her coat and went into the kitchen to make a coffee. “Did you do your song and dance thing with the water squirting flower?” He grunted and she heard him take a swig.
“It’s my opening act. Went down like a turd in a playground.”
“Did you do your $1 changing to a $2 trick and then back again? I like that one.” She put the kettle on and prepared her cup.
“The kid only had a $10, so when he saw it change, he got upset and ripped it up.”
“But that $2’s a collector’s item!” she said, getting out a spoon.
“Tell that to an eight year old.”
“Where did you get the eye?”
“From his dad.”
“Why?”
“I was strangling the git!”
If only he would go back to his street performing she loved so much and not do these cheesy, pathetic children’s parties. She remembered when they first met, her falling for his colourful baggy trousers, red nose and him juggling knives while blowing fire from his mouth. She swooned at his mixture of Chinese and Celtic tattoos and they went for a burger on his takings. He was such a man then, but now? Now he was a mere clown. “You can’t find the answer in a bottle.”
“I can try. This is the last one. Have we got any more?”
She looked around the kitchen; he’d drunk the whole place dry.
“I even drank that piss poor vodka in the jar.”
What vodka? They didn’t have any vodka. “Why didn’t you try your balloon animals, that’s always a winner.” Her water boiled and she made her drink.
“I did. They said my poodle looked more like a woman’s genitalia.”
“Eight year olds?”
“Yep.”
“What about your X-ray glasses gag? That always gets the adults going. That’s half the fight.”
“Yep, did that one, too. I think I’m gonna be indicted for harrassment.”
“Oh. How about your joke cigars?”
“Second indictment.”
A sip from her coffee took the edge off. “So, bad gig, then. But come on, you’ve gotta look ahead, try out new routines. Have you got any new things from that shop of yours?”
“Oh, ‘that’ shop? The one you said was full of crap?”
“Yes, that one.” Why did she even say that?
“Haven’t been there since we went. It was so embarrassing, you saying it was so lame. And then you bought Sea Monkeys. Sea Monkeys!”
“They looked interesting.”
“I’m sorry I let you see that shop now. Last time I went in they laughed at me. I’m quitting this clown act. I’ve had enough.”
“Maybe you should. Speaking of my Sea Monkeys, where are they?” She went into the room and held up the empty jar. Why was he now puking on the carpet? He could never hold his drink.
http://www.amazon.com/All-Love-Dani-J-Caile/dp/0692622470
Somehow I broke the 100k on the Amazon Author Rank (#94,275) for a day :-)
And thank you, Annoymous, for your latest comment. No, I don't think those sex websites would be good to look at.
And...I won the Iron Writer Challenge 145 with a nice little story called "Dalloway's Clown".
Can you see the 4 elements?
Dalloway’s Clown
The whiskey bottle, black eye and forlorn look said it all. Another failure. “How did it go, the birthday party?” she asked.
“I quit.”
“Oh, that well.” She hung up her coat and went into the kitchen to make a coffee. “Did you do your song and dance thing with the water squirting flower?” He grunted and she heard him take a swig.
“It’s my opening act. Went down like a turd in a playground.”
“Did you do your $1 changing to a $2 trick and then back again? I like that one.” She put the kettle on and prepared her cup.
“The kid only had a $10, so when he saw it change, he got upset and ripped it up.”
“But that $2’s a collector’s item!” she said, getting out a spoon.
“Tell that to an eight year old.”
“Where did you get the eye?”
“From his dad.”
“Why?”
“I was strangling the git!”
If only he would go back to his street performing she loved so much and not do these cheesy, pathetic children’s parties. She remembered when they first met, her falling for his colourful baggy trousers, red nose and him juggling knives while blowing fire from his mouth. She swooned at his mixture of Chinese and Celtic tattoos and they went for a burger on his takings. He was such a man then, but now? Now he was a mere clown. “You can’t find the answer in a bottle.”
“I can try. This is the last one. Have we got any more?”
She looked around the kitchen; he’d drunk the whole place dry.
“I even drank that piss poor vodka in the jar.”
What vodka? They didn’t have any vodka. “Why didn’t you try your balloon animals, that’s always a winner.” Her water boiled and she made her drink.
“I did. They said my poodle looked more like a woman’s genitalia.”
“Eight year olds?”
“Yep.”
“What about your X-ray glasses gag? That always gets the adults going. That’s half the fight.”
“Yep, did that one, too. I think I’m gonna be indicted for harrassment.”
“Oh. How about your joke cigars?”
“Second indictment.”
A sip from her coffee took the edge off. “So, bad gig, then. But come on, you’ve gotta look ahead, try out new routines. Have you got any new things from that shop of yours?”
“Oh, ‘that’ shop? The one you said was full of crap?”
“Yes, that one.” Why did she even say that?
“Haven’t been there since we went. It was so embarrassing, you saying it was so lame. And then you bought Sea Monkeys. Sea Monkeys!”
“They looked interesting.”
“I’m sorry I let you see that shop now. Last time I went in they laughed at me. I’m quitting this clown act. I’ve had enough.”
“Maybe you should. Speaking of my Sea Monkeys, where are they?” She went into the room and held up the empty jar. Why was he now puking on the carpet? He could never hold his drink.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Neuromancer by William Gibson...fantastic!
In terms of science fiction, I was more into Greg Bear and his "Blood Music" and lately "shoot-em-ups" from my friend Jasper T. Scott but now I bumped into William Gibson's masterpiece "Neuromancer" again. When I first tried to read it, I couldn't. I stopped because I didn't get it. But now... it's a fantastic book. Okay, the end is a touch flat but the rest is a fresh air to the mind! I can understand how some people can say they 'don't get it' or feel
that's it's 'forced', but it's a certain style and I sped through
it. I really enjoyed this book. Putting a 5 star review on Amazon now...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0441569595
...talking of books...here's the full paperback cover of "All For Love"! Still not available yet, but soon...the Kindle ebook is here...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0441569595
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0441569595
...talking of books...here's the full paperback cover of "All For Love"! Still not available yet, but soon...the Kindle ebook is here...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0441569595
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Some movement and other wonderful things
Although there are no sales, there's some movement on my FREE downloads over on Smashwords.
It amazes me, really. For a while, nothing happened. Then a little later, nothing happened again. Now, in the last 30 days, some people have taken a few downloads. Nice. Thank you.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/2766
"All For Love" will also be available in paperback in a few days (hopefully).
http://www.amazon.com/All-Love-Dani-J-Caile-ebook/dp/B01APR99OK
Challenge 145 is still up...nice story I have there...
http://theironwriter.com/the-iron-writer-challenge-145/
At the moment? Nothing much. I'm letting my next novel sit inside my head for a bit, let it mature until it it pops out under the pressure.
Yes, I guess a writer does this some times, does nothing and then 'POP', there it is. I'll have to do this. Nothing else is working! Do I sound depressed? That's because I am. It hits me a lot. Usually passes.
Oh, and "Everything I Need to Know about Love..." is still going strong :-)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BK29INQ
Yes, this post is all about me, isn't it? Funny that, I thought it was my blog...
It amazes me, really. For a while, nothing happened. Then a little later, nothing happened again. Now, in the last 30 days, some people have taken a few downloads. Nice. Thank you.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/2766
"All For Love" will also be available in paperback in a few days (hopefully).
http://www.amazon.com/All-Love-Dani-J-Caile-ebook/dp/B01APR99OK
Challenge 145 is still up...nice story I have there...
http://theironwriter.com/the-iron-writer-challenge-145/
At the moment? Nothing much. I'm letting my next novel sit inside my head for a bit, let it mature until it it pops out under the pressure.
Yes, I guess a writer does this some times, does nothing and then 'POP', there it is. I'll have to do this. Nothing else is working! Do I sound depressed? That's because I am. It hits me a lot. Usually passes.
Oh, and "Everything I Need to Know about Love..." is still going strong :-)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BK29INQ
Yes, this post is all about me, isn't it? Funny that, I thought it was my blog...
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Self-proclaimed Bestselling Authors on Amazon...Grrrr!
I can't name names because I'll get inundated with 'hate mail' and a ton of bad reviews on my own books. There are THOUSANDS, yes, THOUSANDS of 'writers' on Amazon - I'm stretching the definition of 'writer' here to mean 'someone who can put two or more words together to make a sentence and bunch them all up to look like a book' - who self-proclaim themselves 'Bestselling Author'.
These 'people' bring the whole Indie Author Market down to the piece of crap they are. Wow, you can collect some words and run it through Createspace, make up a name for your 'indie press' and call yourself 'bestselling'. I would say 99% of all these writers' books are shit. Yep. Shit. Thanks, guys and gals, for making it IMPOSSIBLE for people like myself who like to write and TRY TO DO IT WELL to break into the REAL market and get known.
Here's a nice little letter for you...
Dear Self-proclaimed Bestselling Amazon Author with 'Made up Publishing Press',
You are the chaff in the wheat. Over time, you will disappear. Others will follow in your footsteps, so we will never be rid of your kind. Especially when the 'REAL' Bestselling authors are created by expensive marketing and a continous 'dumbing down' of the reading masses with clone after clone, making the general readership unable to find a good book within the Amazon market. You think you can write but you can't. Please stop. But you won't, will you? The same level of knowledge that makes you realise you are good at something is the same level that doesn't - if you're crap at something, you won't know.
But there is one thing... you keep cover graphic designers in business. Not self-proclaimed editors, though, that's for sure.
All the best,
Dani J Caile
These 'people' bring the whole Indie Author Market down to the piece of crap they are. Wow, you can collect some words and run it through Createspace, make up a name for your 'indie press' and call yourself 'bestselling'. I would say 99% of all these writers' books are shit. Yep. Shit. Thanks, guys and gals, for making it IMPOSSIBLE for people like myself who like to write and TRY TO DO IT WELL to break into the REAL market and get known.
Here's a nice little letter for you...
Dear Self-proclaimed Bestselling Amazon Author with 'Made up Publishing Press',
You are the chaff in the wheat. Over time, you will disappear. Others will follow in your footsteps, so we will never be rid of your kind. Especially when the 'REAL' Bestselling authors are created by expensive marketing and a continous 'dumbing down' of the reading masses with clone after clone, making the general readership unable to find a good book within the Amazon market. You think you can write but you can't. Please stop. But you won't, will you? The same level of knowledge that makes you realise you are good at something is the same level that doesn't - if you're crap at something, you won't know.
But there is one thing... you keep cover graphic designers in business. Not self-proclaimed editors, though, that's for sure.
All the best,
Dani J Caile
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