I wrote a book about being in a covers band

Phil_aka_Pip

Dave_Vader said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

FWIW I asked for and got Weekend Rockstars for Christmas. Had read and enjoyed it by NYE.

This makes me very happy.
Thanks Phil.

I just read it again. And enjoyed it again.

Dave_Vader

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Dave_Vader said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

FWIW I asked for and got Weekend Rockstars for Christmas. Had read and enjoyed it by NYE.

This makes me very happy.
Thanks Phil.

I just read it again. And enjoyed it again.

Would it make you happy to know I came up with a way to do a sequel the other day? (It will be about a year at least before it can even be a dreadful first draft but it's probably happening).

Phil_aka_Pip

@Dave_Vader ; It probably would. Will George still be with Elaine, will his new band be the cause of their breakup, will he abandon the bass, go electronic and make a fortune out of silly beep-beep noises on the interweb? We wait to see ...

ZenOvertone

I gave a copy of the book to a new vocalist last year as an introduction to band politics etc...

A lot of the characters are familiar...

Wolfetone

ftumch said:

lloyd said:

Did you live in your car while doing it?

The guy that wrote that is a friend of mine and he got treated like a piece of crap on here for trying to promote his book.
You should all* feel ashamed of yourselves, but you won't.

*maybe not all but those that gave him a hard time.

I couldn't see anything negative in this thread? Was there another?

Dave_Vader

To those of you who liked my other books, I've got a new one out today.

 You can get it here

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gap-Years-Dave-Holwill-ebook/dp/B07MQFLDKX

If you didn't, go ahead and ignore this, thanks

EricTheWeary

I did read Weekend Rockstars on Kindle, very enjoyable. I tend to voraciously read books on holiday and never at other times so I'll try to make a mental note of the new ones for the summer. 

Seymour1

Enjoyed both "Weekend Rockstars" and "The Craft Room" so very happy to buy a copy of the new one. Not sure when I'll get chance to read it though so I'm not likely to post a review in the near future.

Dave_Vader

If you're a tweeter I'm giving a free copy away for a RT of this tweet

https://twitter.com/daveholwill/status/1101390706231394304

prowla

So, has anybody read it cover to cover?

thomasross20

Just ordered "Weekend Rockstars" 

Dave_Vader

Thank you - am up to my eyeballs in the sequel at the moment, so hope you like it.

Dave_Vader

Hello

It's only 99p for a bit, for those of you who haven't felt like reading it yet

(that's a bit less than a pack of Rizlas, rather than it's usual price of a bit less than a disppointing cup of coffee)

http://mybook.to/weekendrockstars

thomasross20

I read it recently on holiday - very enjoyable!

Dave_Vader

Thank  you very much @thomasross20 glad you enjoyed it.

When I first came up with it I decided to make sure people knew it wasn't autobiographical by making George much older than I was. It starts on his 42nd birthday (because of a deleted Douglas Adams homage joke that didn't work in the end).

I had also just given up playing in covers bands, and wasn't going to do it anymore.

I was 42 on Saturday and did a covers gig in a small pub in Appledore.

My younger self hates me, and wants me to be miserable.

EricTheWeary

Dave_Vader said:

Thank  you very much @thomasross20 glad you enjoyed it.

When I first came up with it I decided to make sure people knew it wasn't autobiographical by making George much older than I was. It starts on his 42nd birthday (because of a deleted Douglas Adams homage joke that didn't work in the end).

I had also just given up playing in covers bands, and wasn't going to do it anymore.

I was 42 on Saturday and did a covers gig in a small pub in Appledore.

My younger self hates me, and wants me to be miserable.

Eric the Weary* is a character I created when I was a student drawing cartoons for the student magazine. He was a grumpy old social worker with a beard, glasses and wore jumpers. 
I'm now 54, have gone back to social work, am decidedly grumpy and have glasses and am wearing a jumper today. 

So, it could be worse Dave.

But, yes, if I didn't say so before I enjoyed the book.


*Eric the Weary Bee is a character in a children's book although my development of him/ my future self long precedes that. 

Dave_Vader

Thanks Eric,

The upside to having gone back to it and got even older is that the sequel very nearly exists now, thanks to some awful people I have met in the last few years.

PhilW1

Just finished it and really enjoyed it,looking forward to the sequel.

Dave_Vader

Excellent news, thanks Phil. Any and all reviews gratefully accepted on amazon or goodreads - whether well written or just stabbing at keys with your thumbs - all helps with the algorithms.

pmbomb

I ordered your book Dave, on Kindle though I now wish I'd gone full dead-tree.