ANDREW BISS

I received a lovely review for The End of the World this week, courtesy of Jessica Knauss, Famous Writer . Jessica had won a copy of my first person short story collection The Impressionists in a giveaway I'd held at LibraryThing , and had enjoyed it so much she decided to check out The End of the World and subsequently write a review of it on her blog . It's a lovely, smart and insightful review, and I'm so glad she enjoyed it. It's also the first time the book's been described as "cheeky" which I must confess I find rather wonderful.

My mystery novelette The One-Eyed Guru is now live and on sale in Amazon's Kindle store in both the US and the UK (and Germany , should you happen to reside there), as well as Barnes & Noble's Nook Books . I'm hoping it does well and that people will enjoy reading it. It's around 30 printed pages (were it made from dead trees) so I think it could be a great quick summer read for the beach or relaxing in the garden. I'm doing a giveaway for it on LibraryThing , which is a great way to get a book out there, as well as test reader interest in what you're offering. My only concern is that the cover doesn't scare people off - I've been told it looks kind of creepy - which I guess it is. But I like the artwork and I think it certainly gets your attention, which is half the battle in marketing. And anyway, there is a creepy element to the story, so it's not out of place in that sense. Next up is my collection of first person short stories entitled The...