Surfing Waves

Hello all, apologies in advance that this is my first post here and it’s of a promotional nature. I hope I’ll be forgiven…

I’m posting because I’m releasing a novel in a couple of weeks which is set within the world of surfing. I’m hoping to raise awareness of the book, but also to recruit some keen readers of surf fiction willing to accept a free, advance copy of the book in exchange for a promise to post an Amazon review once they’ve read it.

A (very little) bit about me. I’m a former journalist for a windsurfing magazine. I’ve surfed for nearly thirty years. I’ve read all the surfing books I could find and always wondered why more haven’t been written. About five years back I decided to try and write one. The first attempts were terrible. I’m hoping this one is worth reading!

A bit about the novel. It’s called The Wave at Hanging Rock and it’s a psychological thriller, aimed at being an easy reading, but well written beach-read (as opposed to anything literary). It follows three young surfers who discover an unknown wave near where they live. They begin to treat it as their own private break and vow to do anything to protect it from outsiders. (You could say it’s an exploration of surfing’s localism issue). Cut into this is a second story about a woman searching for her husband who is lost at sea in mysterious circumstances. I won’t say any more as it might spoil it if anyone does want to read it!

It is released on September 10th and will be available in both Kindle and physical form, but only from Amazon. I’m self publishing the novel which means I’m very reliant upon Amazon reviews to stand any chance of ever getting noticed. Hence this post.

Basically I’m hoping a few people will be willing (keen even?) to accept a free copy and post a review soon after the launch. If you’re interested the only caveat is that you have to own a Kindle, as I don’t yet have the printed books (and won’t for a while), but I can email the final book file for you to upload to a Kindle straight away.

You can find out a bit more about the book from the Amazon link here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wave-at-Hangin ... 01J3S1R6A/

And if you think you’d like to take up this offer, please get in touch using the contact form on the website here:

http://www.greggdunnett.co.uk

Thank you in advance!

gdnumber2,
A long-standing rule about performance or writing is to know your audience. It's generous of you to write a complete novel about surfing and even more generous to offer free copies. However, just between you and me, what makes you think us surfers can read?

billie_morini wrote:gdnumber2,
A long-standing rule about performance or writing is to know your audience. It's generous of you to write a complete novel about surfing and even more generous to offer free copies. However, just between you and me, what makes you think us surfers can read?

Self evident Billie you must have read his post, and I yours, mmmmmmmmmm.

Didn't I mention? It's a picture book, there's no words in it...

Actually Billie, I'm a little worried about that point. Not whether surfers can read - I think if you peel back the cliches overlying your average surfer you'll find an almost fully-functioning human underneath. But I'm not so sure about whether surfers do read. For that reason I've tried to give the book wider appeal. Although it features surfers, you don't have to be a surfer to read it. It's really about people - who just happen to surf.

Thanks for the replies though, it's good to prove some surfers can read!

One of Australia's leading authors has several books about people who happen to surf (Tim Winton). But its well known that Australian surfers are the most intellectual....

Hahaha wellllllll surfers overall cover a spectrum of people. I read but I don't read fiction or I would have posted sooner

gdnumber2 wrote:I think if you peel back the cliches overlying your average surfer you'll find an almost fully-functioning human underneath.

Operative word being "almost" lol.

Sounds pretty interesting. Have you had it critiqued by other writers, friends, and families etc? Do you need the reviews by a certain date?

Yeah, friends and family like it - but they're friends and family so who knows?

All reviews by any date would be useful, go on, give it a go...