Here I am at the edge

Fantasy on Disqus. On my channel - https://www.alsdominion.co.uk/the-reading-room/free-stories-to-read , you can get some free short stories to read over the weekend.

My e-books are on Amazon. I am amazed that people ask me where can they get my e-book? My first stop, and for the majority of people, would be Amazon    https://www.alsdominion.co.uk/indie-world.html . I am even more amazed if I get a sale from these inquiries after so many years of inaction as the result of the inquiries.

Mental health concerns. Not a topic of general interest as people tend to shy away from issues of  mental health .  For many years, I have had occasions when I lose a day in a month, at that rate it is not serious, but when I lose two days in a week the matter goes up many notches on the scale of priority.  I have a scan booked for next month, but I am considering canceling the appointment. Not because I am scared of finding out I have   Alzheimer's disease , or because I am concerned about the effect it will have on the family knowing what lies ahead for us. I am concerned that after all the bad that has happened/is happening in my life this year, this will tip the balance for me. I put the memory losses down to increased stress caused by the loss of my disability allowance this month.

Read the Updates Here are links to some of my short story posts -   https://hereiamattheedge.blogspot.com/2023/06/gothic-romance.html ,  https://hereiamattheedge.blogspot.com/2016/09/30-pages-and-ongoing.html , https://hereiamattheedge.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-revenge-of-carlotta.html ,  https://hereiamattheedge.blogspot.com/2021/04/mill-house-terror.html .

I did try to get a story on BBC Radio 4. Several years ago, I undertook an online writing course. The result of which was I came in the top 5% of writers on the course, and most had been writers who had earned reps for many years.  In the beginning, I was in the middle of the class, then we changed to writing dialogue-driven work and I hit my stride. I cannot understand the problem of writing dialogue.  There are a few easy to recall rules - A different line for each speaker. Let the reader know who is talking if you have more than two people involved in the chatting. At various times, it has been suggested that I should try my hand at writing for TV/Radio as most of my work is dialogue-driven.

Two series that could be turned into books. If I am to set myself a realistic goal I think self-publishing my stories      https://disqus.com/home/channel/indieworld/topics/baal/ and/ or    https://disqus.com/home/channel/indieworld/topics/shandra/   is reasonable. The change to  fantasy  from  Science Fiction  is because the latest Science Fiction I wrote never sold, and apparently, the readers in the UK prefer to read fantasy and I am yet to sell here.

My dream was never achieved. Even at the height of its popularity, my series never came close to fulfilling my dream of selling ten copies of one e-book in a day, despite the series selling over 800 e-books in the USA, and the book Forgestriker selling over half of the sales for the series    https://hereiamattheedge.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-science-fiction-success.html#.W4AZz-hKjIU