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Rosa Christian M.A. - Poet, playwright. Novelist aka Percy Rose - crime novels aka Rosie O'Grady - children's author
Novels, Writing

Alack Alas

Sigh! Here I was getting all excited about having Escape to Danger ready for sale as a paperback before Xmas so my friends and neighbours here could purchase them for pressies, but the best laid plans etc.

I will now plan for a book signing for sometime in the new year, all ways supposing I can upload the cover to the printer to their requirements. I made some mistakes at first but went back and corrected them, however it proved impossible. I really wanted to have it printed in Australia, but looks like that won’t happen. I think I am on top of it now and will resubmit it though they have not responded to my last submission.

On a happier note, I did load it onto Amazon for printing without too much trouble and ordered a proof, which has arrived. Thank god I did ask for the proof. I found what to me was a big timeline error, and a number of typos, which I have now fixed. The quality and look of the book was pretty schmick. So, it will be available as a paperback from Amazon books soon.

I have started Book 3, but have put it on hold to work on the above and also do a further edit on ‘Daughter of Anger’ Book 2 of the DNA series to enter into a Allen and Unwin’s Crime novel competition. I need to get a move on cause it closes 26th Feb 2021. Plenty of time you might say, but don’t forget the silly season has started and I am bound to be distracted.

Speaking of which, allow me to get in early and wish you a happy, healthy and safe holiday season, celebrated in which ever way you do with the people you love.

I may get in another post before the end of the year but I make no promises. 2021 is going to be a ripper. Get excited and stay positive. Talk soon, Percy.

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Writing

DON’T READ THIS…

Book 1 in the Death ‘N Anarchy series.

Now available as an ebook on Amazon

DON’T READ THIS BOOK unless noir psychologique is your thing.

Be warned… It broaches many disturbing subjects.

Not to give too much away, but there is a serial killer out there, and it may be someone you know – someone charming and kind…and deadly. They are everywhere – living next door, pillars of the community, in your family. 

You will call them evil, but they are you and me – to a lesser or greater degree. They are people you like and/or admire. They are human; complex, damaged and cruel: oft-times kindly, generous and loving. 

If you are filled with rage and hatred and want to hurt them, want to kill them; what does that make you; what does that do to your soul? 

Look into their eyes. They were once young and innocent, until something happened to change them, weren’t they? OR, were they born evil, already damaged by an aberration in their D.N.A.? Look into their eyes during their last moments; they are frightened of death, but long for it; terrified by life, but long for it. They are human.

Of course, the whole book is not filled with horror. As in life, there are good even joyful moments, full of love and laughter; tenderness and beauty; adventure and travel; exploration and discovery. 

You must understand, whether protagonist or antagonist, or sometimes one and then the other, the characters are human after all. However, you know that…you’ve met them…

Percy Rose.

P.S. I got some kick-back for writing such racy, nasty, weird, horrifying stuff.

Others loved it…go figure…

Writing

What’s Up?

Well, here I am again.

I have been pretty quiet because of high anxiety caused by the US elections. I didn’t even realise that I was anxious until a flood of relief washed over me when it became obvious that Biden had won. Usually I give only passing notice to elections on the other side of the world, but this one was super-important: the stability of the whole world hung in the balance. We’re not out of the woods yet, that maniac who still occupies the White House can still do enormous damage. However, at least we now have hope that America will stand for true democracy (well okay, capitalist democracy) and not be completely over run by evil.

I realise Evil is a fraught word, and am usually loath to imagine it as an entity with a life of its own, but sometimes there doesn’t seem like any other explanation.

Anywho, that’s enough about politics, especially when I have no influence whatsoever on its ramifications.

Onto more immediate things. 

I have finished Book 2 of the Beaufort Mystery Series and copies of it are in the hands of my cadre of Beta Readers. I was aiming to publish before the end of the year but that’s just not going to happen.

Book 1 has undergone another and a final Title change and is now available as an ebook from Amazon as Escape to Danger. It will soon be available as a paperback from Amazon as well. I am awaiting the arrival of a proof copy. It’s supposed to arrive on 20th November, so all being well should be up before Xmas.

I am also having some copies of the paperback version printed by IngramSparks in Melbourne. I had intended having them in hand by now, but have had such a difficulty getting their requirements right. Hopefully, that is now in hand. Have any of you found difficulty or am I just a bit stupid?

I am planning to have an author reading/signing at the local Rollingstone Community Hall late November or early December, but that is assuming all will run smoothly from here on in. I won’t be holding my breath…yes, I will. I can’t help being a little bit excited…breathe in – 1. 2. 3. Breathe out. 

That is all for now so … Ciao for now, Percy Rose.

Novels, Short Stories, Writing

I’ve moved out…

I am going to re-publish this as an update and see if it appears on my FB page…here goes…..

Well hellloooo fans,   I have grown up, moved out and landed in my own new home. which is here, where you are, obviously.

It has been a learning curve all over again. Thank god WordPress is relatively easy to negotiate. By that I mean, I still made lots of mistakes and that’s why its taken me so long to write my first post…lol.

Still, I’m up and running now. There are presently three pages One with the collection of short stories and poems...Death, Danger and Dark Dreams. 

The second is simply titled Mysteries and presently has Book 1 of the Beaufort’s Landing series…Twin Powers (Psycho or Psychic) earlier known as… Death of a Twin.

The third page is titled Thrillers and though they are not yet published the page will lead you to to my very dark writing…killer diller, psychological thrillers. They are not for the faint-hearted. More about them soon…

Peruse the pages and let me know what you think.  Talk soon,  Percy Rose.

 

PS Well that didn’t work …this site is supposed to have gone Public, but nothing has happened. I will investigate and hopefully it will happen soon.