16 Comments

  • Fire Thrower May 31, 2013 at 9:25 pm

    Hi Bob –

    No worries! You posted the pic on Facebook and told me about it. You’re entered!

  • Bob Terry May 31, 2013 at 8:54 pm

    Hello,

    Where do we post the pictures?

  • Fire Thrower May 9, 2013 at 10:50 am

    Very good point, Derek. Get one of the covers on the screen and take a snapshot of that! I won’t penalize for not having a portable Ereader!

  • Derek May 9, 2013 at 7:06 am

    I really like the Bakkian Chronicles series, but I do not think I can take my desktop PC running the Kindle app to a tourist attraction. Makes the contest kind of unfair, don’t you think?

  • Fire Thrower April 23, 2013 at 9:33 am

    Hi Megan! Thanks for looking me up!

    Pryllan is one of my favorite characters, too. Don’t worry, we haven’t seen the last of her. She’s one of the protagonists in the story I’ll be working on after I finish The Lost City. It’s going to be fun!

    And no worries about having to make a day trip for the pic. Just add one of the book covers to whatever setting you feel would make a great picture and send it in! Sarah and Lia (my wife and her friend) will be selecting the winners!

  • Megan April 23, 2013 at 2:13 am

    I’m now seriously addicted to the bakkian chronicles. I can’t put my kindle down!
    I’m disappointed that I’m not going away anywhere soon. Will have to find a local landmark to enter!
    Hope you carry on writing! Pryllan is one of my fave characters 🙂

  • Fire Thrower April 20, 2013 at 7:13 am

    Hi Sally!

    The deadline will be the end of next month. That way it’ll give everyone a chance to get their pics planned out and submitted!

    Steve is your favorite character? Very nice!!!

  • Sally Watkins April 19, 2013 at 11:56 pm

    I need to know the deadline to get the pic in or did you say somewhere on here and I missed it? I missed the last contest:( and Steve is my favorite character too. He’s hot, no pun intended.lol

  • Fire Thrower April 19, 2013 at 9:47 am

    Hi Dennis! I appreciate you telling me that. I’m so very glad you enjoyed it! Interested in winning some Bakkian Chronicles merchandise? Enter the contest I have going right now and you’ll have a chance to do just that!

  • Dennis Ohlinger April 19, 2013 at 7:37 am

    I JUST FINISHED YOUR FIRST BOOK. YOU HAVE GAINED A FAN! YOUR PORTRAIL OF THE FANTASY WAS EXTREMELY LIFELIKE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. SINCERELY, DENNIS O.

  • Fire Thrower April 18, 2013 at 8:10 am

    Man alive, got a very persistent Russian Troll. They are bouncing their IP through London, but it’s still annoying to see that many crap messages come through. Telecom Tekhpodderzhka Ltd. Sounds like a phony ISP to me. I’m reporting them now.

    UPDATE

    I contacted my host provider and they essentially told me there wasn’t anything they could do to block just one ip address from accessing my site. Well, turns out there is something you can do if you know what you’re doing. 🙂 If you know the ip of the person you want to block, and you create a “.htaccess” file, and you’re hosted on a Linux machine, it works like a charm. Russian Troll – VANQUISHED!!

  • aspidistra April 17, 2013 at 9:57 pm

    this is going to be fun but now i have to figure out how i want to do the picture

  • Fire Thrower April 17, 2013 at 8:54 pm

    That’s ok, Toni! A good friend of mine, Scott, told me how his Kindle has the ability to read a story out loud, thereby turning it into an audio book. It had some serious stumbles when it tried to pronounce some of those words in there. Bakkian. Jhorun. Rypo. Pontal. I just wish I could have that feature with my iPad’s Kindle app. *sigh* Oh, well.

  • Toni Trick April 17, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    And due to auto correct Bakkain came out Balmain in my first comment…grrrrrr

  • Toni Trick April 17, 2013 at 3:22 pm

    I love The Balmain Chronicles! Being a lover of Dragons, one of my favorite characters is Kahvel! I love them all, tho, and look forward to more of their adventures.

  • Fire Thrower April 17, 2013 at 10:27 am

    Ok, after discussing the possibilities with my wife, we came up with a really cool thing to do. Let me give you a little background on how we thought of this…

    In the local newspaper here there’s a feature that’s always on the last, or the next to the last page that shows readers “On Vacation” in various places around the country. Or the world, for that matter. What they do is hold up a copy of our local paper and they take a photograph with it, usually while they’re in the front of some cool tourist attraction or else some really pretty scenery.

    What I’ll have you do is take a copy of any of the books in print, or else whatever e-reader device you use to read the books with the book cover displayed, and take a picture of it next to a landmark, tourist attraction, or any setting you feel would make a great picture. I’ll leave it up to you whether or not you’d like to be in the picture. Either post the picture on Facebook or email it to me directly at: jmpoole (at) gmail dot com. Then leave me a message here stating you sent in a picture and where the picture was taken.

    This time neither myself nor Keeley (Peanut) will be choosing. Since I’ve been told I’m not good choosing pictures, my wife and her friend will be selecting the three winners. Yes, you read that right. Sarah and Lia will be choosing the winners!

    Speaking of winning a contest, what will you win? Glad you asked! Up for grabs will be some fantastic Bakkian Chronicles themed merchandise! Hats, tee shirts, mugs, magnets, etc. As soon as I finalize what the prizes will be I’ll post it here.

    As of right now, I’m lowering the security once more so that all you have to do to leave a message is fill out the form. I’ll deal with the Trolls as they show up! 🙂

    Thanks everyone! I hope you all have a great day!