Blog #51; SWIMMING AMONG THE OLYMPIANS; FREE GIVEAWAY for the next two days

Ever wondered what it is like for athletes to be in top condition, training for the Olympics?  I briefly experienced that when I was a freshman at the University of Florida and training with their swim team.  The absolute intensity of the limits you could push your body to, daily swimming faster than you ever had before.

Also, this book has an abundance of short stories, some of them swimming-related, others more character based domestic dramas.  The award-winning writer Joe David Bellamy once said of my short stories:  The journey is always insightful. surprising, and deeply felt, and the reader knows he is always in good hands with Chris McClelland.

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Blog #50; Black Friday Free Giveaways

Get ready for another chance to get the popular PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF short story collection on Thanksgiving and Black Friday.  Many have responded the first time we gave this away, and we are making it FREE again.  Also, I may have said in an earlier post that this latest book, short that it is, marks a new dimension in the development of my short fiction.  A more authentic, heartfelt example of writing.

I also ask that you make note, in December, we will have more specials and giveaways for the holidays.  Almost all of my books, including the powerfully selling IN LOVE AND WAR, will be on offer for FREE next month.

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Blog #49; the Readers' experience; the writers' craft

Hello! No new giveaways yet, but there should be one or two later in the month.  An especially big giveaway was for the short collection, PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF.  They were in big demand during the last giveaway.  There are six stories in this short book, and the stories are all less than ten pages.  I call them, "compact" because that is what they are.   I have always done better in the shorter prose narrative form, and I am stretching that ability to the maximum here.  The reader experiences, if I did it correctly, a forceful emotional impact.  I am especially fond of the story, "The End of Something," the title of which I lifted from Hemingway.  It captures, like no other story I have written, a certain time and experience of my life and what I feel about it today;  And I don't mind borrowing his title, and as he says, borrow from the best; he is a fine example of a short story master.  So is Raymond Carver, John Cheever, and so many others.  Charlotte Perkins Gilman.  Kate Chopin.  Alice Walker.  So many great short story writers in English.

I feel a special gratitude for this small collection because it marks a turning point in the development of my fiction.  More personal, more authentic, but at the same time more professionally controlled craft-wise.  

Meanwhile, if you choose to wait until towards the end of the month, you can get a digital copy for free.

Happy Autumn!

Blog #48; Special Day, special FREE GIVEAWAY

 For the last three days, we have had a successful giveaway of IN LOVE AND WAR ebooks.  For tomorrow, the day that World War One officially ended, we are having two GIVEAWAYS.  On November 11th, 1918, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the eleventh hour, what has been known as the bloodiest war in world history finally ended.

This is a time to remember all who fought for this country and the values we hold dear.  Today, I got to see my own corner of this glorious country, and it reminds me that it really is something worth fighting for.  Working on a new book inspired by the losses I suffered as a result of my involvement in the military, I feel especially personally affected by this holiday.

The special FREE GIVEAWAY: One day only NOVEMBER 11, 2021,  You can access your FREE ebook copy of UNDER OLD GLORY, about a devout man who struggles to keep his faith alive while fighting to survive World War One.

On this special day, or any day after, as long as the following PROMO CODES last, you can access an audiobook version of UNDER OLD GLORY!

Use these PROMO CODES.  If the code doesn't work, try the next one in line.  If none of them work, contact me and I will personally give you a PROMO CODE:

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I hope you enjoy the audiobook!

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Blog #47; IN LOVE AND WAR available for FREE, both digital and audio versions from now until Veterans' Day

 In honor of all of you who served your country, and all those who died so that we could enjoy the freedoms we hold so dear, the digital version of my World War Two novel, IN LOVE AND WAR, is available for the next three days, for FREE.

Also, if you prefer a FREE audiobook version of IN LOVE AND WAR, contact me at provocanyonreview@gmail.com. If you simply contact me at that address, I will send you a promo code that will give you access to the FREE audiobook version.  I would never divulge your contact information to a third party.  That is my promise.

Have a good Veterans' Week,

Chris

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