Death of a Dream

Well, it's all gone South

The idea to make Jekyll's Daughter into a film, that is.
The reason from the upper-ups: There is no fan base.


I had no counter argument to that. 
I have more fans at reverberation and RadioReddit for my music than for all my writing put together.

Well, good bye to a dream, it's dead or stalled.
We didn’t even make it to kickstarter…

A lot of work, many lessons learned, and now time to move on.

Ten Reviews

I am not new to writing, but I am new to marketing and promoting. Like many of us writers, I love the former and despise the latter. My palms are sweaty even as I write this. It makes me unduly nervous. Still, it must be done, and for me I need a simple goal to shoot for: 10 reviews. 

More experience authors might read this and smile bemused. Of course, I doff my proverbial chapeaux to your successes, and I remind you we all have to start somewhere. 

I have reviews, on GoodReads among other places, and scattered elsewhere across the web; I am meaning something more specific: 10 reviews on Amazon.

This seems to be an almost magical number. A point where the casual browser might stumble across your book to sit up and take notice— bloggers and reviewers as well. Ten reviews is a nice round number. I might be deluding myself, or at least bitten off more than I can chew. It’s not just the one book I have, there are nine published now… and, if I were good at math, I’d say I am really looking for 90 reviews at least. Hopes and dreams... and a long way to go.

Free Sand City

Just so you know, my loyal twitter followers can a get free ebub of this, no strings attached.

Just head on over to
https://twitter.com/TractusFynn and leave me a DM.

Jekyll's Daughter Review

I am utterly blown away and humbled by this review posted on Good Reads today
(Five stars)

Jekyll’s Daughter. A gem. 

From the cover: 
William Blake’s, The Night of Enitharmon's Joy: ‘...the female aspect “should never exist in separation”—this splitting is negative and will bring about unfortunate results.’ But, The Night of Enitharmon's Joy was originally entitled Hecate: ‘…associated with crossroads, the knowledge of herbs and potions...’ 
Then, look more closely and it's not a reproduction of Blake’s painting. It's a reproduction of a copy, or a tracing. Not Blake’s drawing at all, unless there are two!? 

To the story:
In Jekyll’s Daughter we meet Henri -Henrietta and Jekyll’s daughter; studious and plain, she gains access to Jekyll’s old notebooks and develops a potion according to his specification but excluding, hopefully, the contaminant. This brew brings forth, not a monster but an opposite. Not better, not worse, but a contrary force. And here the fun begins.
Henri is fond of a tipple, or two. The Widow Hyde is largely teetotal, it is unfortunate therefore, a large pitcher of water stands on the table where Henri is to deliver her dissertation…

The transformation scenes are such wicked good fun. Henri changes to the Widow Hyde, calmly dining, engaging in witty conversation, while the seams on her dress burst, slowly...open...

I thoroughly recommend Jekyll’s daughter; it's clever and witty, but subtle and unpretentious; allowing the reader the pleasure of deduction... 
And/or
Jekyll’s daughter is a charming book, a great yarn, cleverly told; with a lovely cover. 

And the author affords the reader the respect to enjoy the book on either of those accounts. 

Second Review for Sand City

Wow, another 5 Star review for Sand City on Amazon...
I'm thrilled and humbled!

“Great Book”
It's fast-paced, had me hooked from the beginning and I could hardly put it down. The characters, locations, and atmosphere are well written; I could picture everything very clearly. M.K. Alexander has definitely made it onto my "Watch" list, and I can't wait to see what comes next.

The story line had me guessing until the very end. Action, action, action. Around every corner, or should I say page. The plot has some surprising twists in it. I was caught up in the story from the beginning and looked forward to each night when I could pick up it up and once again escape.

Totally Freaked-Out

OK, this is slightly amazing... or I am losing my marbles... and I'm totally freaked-out.

I published a novella .farsi on March 2012
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007KU56HK

And it came true today according to the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/world/middleeast/facebook-and-twitter-blocked-again-in-iran-after-respite.html?_r=1&

My latest book, Sand City is about a time traveling detective!

My first amazon review for Sand City

Yay... a rave review from amazon KDP!

5 STARS for SAND CITY

Thank you, who ever you are!

Sand City Murders by M.K. Alexander brilliantly combines Mystery and Science Fiction. In the off-season seaside town of Sand City, Patrick Jardel, a local journalist becomes embroiled in a string of murders. The plot takes a fascinating twist from the usual murder mystery with the arrival of Tractus Flynn, a time-traveling detective.

Alexander has invented a unique and plausible form of time-travel which adds a powerful complexity to the story. Sand City Murders does equal justice to both the mystery and SF components of the story. The writing is both taut and humorous; while the setting is so real you can smell the fish-stick factory! Alexander does justice to the myriad of residents of Sand City providing a rich background and texture to the story.

Highly recommend this story to fans of both genres. This book deserves a wide audience and there is the hint of more to come. I can't wait to see where this goes in the future (or is it the past? Time-travel can be a bit confusing...)