I just bought this book on Amazon – Naked Reviews by Gisella Haussman. It was recommended by Stuart Aken another author. I haven’t read it yet but hope it helps.

I sometimes find the cheery tone of these books a bit annoying: ‘Hey! Let’s grab a coffee and move on to the next step!’ But all the reviews say this is full of information.

As a reviewer myself, I know we are swamped. Everybody wants reviews. They’ll give you the book free and a pizza with it. The publishers are banging on the door of review sites. Editor Geoff at SFcrowsnest.org.uk has his rooms all piled high with books waiting to be reviewed. A canny reader need never buy a book again! I don’t.

If anyone wants to review my self-published book Consarn Christmas and Other Stories I’ll be glad to send a copy in mobi, epub or pdf. And if anyone wants to review The Brigstowe Dragons contact Alban Lake Publishing. Thank you for your time.

Eamonn Murphy

My latest published story is Brickworm which appears is issue #2 of Empyreome, which is free to read online.

I started with the old joke about the Irish woodworm found dead in a brick. Totally unacceptable, of course, but the notion of a worm that really could eat brick appealed to me. Obviously it would come from outer space. I started with a chapter heading that spoofed H.G. Wells opening for War of the Worlds (see review here) then managed to find other famous stories to twist for the next chapters. I say chapters but they’re just sections of the story really. This was fun to write.