Today we have a sneak peek from the humorous novel by Marita Fowler: Fat Assassins.
Southern style sweet-potatoes Shasta and Ulyssa have stuck together through thick and thin since their escape from third grade fat camp. But on one dark day, they both find themselves unemployed and searching for a new job. Confusing mafia lingo leaves the girls thinking they’re being interviewed to cope with a rodent infestation and they’re shocked when they receive a target profile and an envelope full of cash. They want out, but it’s too late. The mob doesn’t allow do-overs. But the clock is ticking and when the body count is still zero after multiple attempts, the boss decides to bring in additional assassins to finish the job and tie up loose ends. And the girls just happen to be one of those loose ends.
This book is available on Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and iTunes.
And now, an excerpt from Fat Assassins…
I read a Facebook post recently where an author was bitterly complaining about the service (yep, that’s the word they used), they were receiving from an administrator at an Indie book site. The service was slow and they weren’t happy that it had taken several weeks to have their book featured. And, just the other day a reviewer friend of mine who just lost a family member, emailed an author apologizing that their interview would be delayed and explaining why. The response back from the author was silence, no sympathy, just silence, and then eventually, a short email from the author tersely asking when they could expect their interview to be posted. This is unacceptable behavior, online or face to face.
Back in the olden days, before eBooks and the internet and such, we used to print out manuscripts. Crazy, right? Now, with all these great ways to electronically generate books, we crank ’em out, edit, and proof read them in digital form. Guess what? I think that’s a BIG mistake.