Books: mine
The following are now available on Amazon, Smashwords, Sony Reader Store, Barnes & Noble, iTunes Bookstore and Kobo. More details of each book can be found within the drop-down ‘Books – mine’ menu buttons.
AVAILABLE:
eShorts
- ‘April’s Fool‘ (a competition-winning story about a long-suffering farmer’s wife from forthcoming anthology) – eShort available $0.99 from Smashwords, Sony, Barnes & Noble, iTunes and Kobo (or $1.22 inc tax from Amazon).
- ‘Feeding the Father‘ (a competition-shortlisted monologue from forthcoming first person anthology) – eShort available free from Smashwords, Sony, Barnes & Noble, iTunes and Kobo (or $1.22 inc tax from Amazon).
- ‘The Dark Side‘ (from forthcoming second-person anthology) – eShort available free from Smashwords, Sony, Barnes & Noble, iTunes and Kobo (or $1.22 inc tax from Amazon).
- ‘The Threadbare Girl‘ (from the anthology ‘Story A Day May’) – eShort available $0.99 from Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, iTunes and Kobo (or $1.22 inc tax from Amazon)
Writing guides
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‘The 365-Day Writer’s Block Workbook (Vol.1)‘ (over 1,000 sentence starts split three per day with writing-related tips at the end of each week) – currently just $1.49 (c. £1 / AS$2)) from Smashwords, Sony, Barnes & Noble, iTunes and Kobo (or $1.62 inc tax from Amazon).
- Volume 2 is currently being written and should be available by the end of May.
eBooks (currently just $1.49 (c.£1 / AS$2))
- ‘Story a Day May 2011‘ (the 31 stories written for Story A Day.org May 2011) – from Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, iTunes and Kobo (or $1.62 inc tax from Amazon)
- ’31 stories – an author’s challenge’ (the 31 stories written May 2011 plus details of the prompts given and author comments) – from Smashwords (not available from Amazon).
- Story a Day May 2012 is currently being written and should be available by the end of June.
TO FOLLOW (in no particular order):
- a lad-lit novella about a trainee hitman
- a lad-lit novella about a very personal trainer
- a general fiction novella about a woman’s death – and her complicated life
- a first-person anthology (which will include ‘Feeding the Father’ above)
- a second-person anthology (which will include ‘The Dark Side’ above)
- a third-person anthology about some weird but wonderful men
- a third-person anthology about some weird but wonderful women (which will include ‘April’s Fool’ above)
…and anything else that spills out. 
These are all likely to cost $1.49 (c. £1 / AS$2), certainly for the foreseeable future, and the individual short stories will be available from free to $0.99.
Rosanne Dingli
September 21, 2011 at 2:21 am
COMMENTS LEFT REGARDING EARLY DRAFT COVERS:
I like the landscape but it looks more like a novel based in the country. Perhaps an object that signifies time, May, or stories should be included. Also – change the font. That’s a font so widely used (because it’s nice and legible) that most high school projects are written in it. You need something different. Download an unusual font to look more professional.
morgenbailey
September 21, 2011 at 8:11 am
Thanks Rosanne – that’s pretty much what Rachel has said… my homework for after work tonight.
Marla Madison
September 23, 2011 at 3:46 pm
I think the Writer’s block workbook is a great idea. How about a small pic of some child’s ABC blocks in one corner? Is it serious or humorous? Maybe both. That might make a difference. Also for the story a day book. Could use something cheerful on the cover, how about a daisy or dandelion chain? With a sunny day in the background.
morgenbailey
October 24, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Thank you Marla. It’s so funny you should say that because draft 2 cover for that book had a beautiful sunny day (which I really liked and taken on a Norfolk beach on my birthday mid-August) but I was overruled (rightly so, on reflection) by my editor, and others, because it’s part-workbook (the “author’s challenge” bit) part-stories (the whole stories but I’m sure you know what I mean). I love the picture so I’ll definitely be using it elsewhere. I’ve been writing for several years so there are plenty more books to come.
Rosanne Dingli
October 24, 2011 at 2:50 pm
OMG – great improvement. Yes – the blue works, and the fonts are a whole heap better. I am so flattered you value my opinion! I like the cyclone fence wire – great idea. Good luck with these.
morgenbailey
October 24, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Oh I do, I do, I do Rosanne. Thank you. The fence is actually looking through into one of the tennis courts at my local park.
vonniewinslowcrist
October 25, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Covers should help a book stand out from others sitting beside it on a shelf or table. I’m worried that Writer’s Block, April’s Fool, and the Dark Side have a visual “sameness.” Story a Day and Feeding the Father are also visually similar – perhaps choose a different background color for one of them. Personally, I’d make the Story a Day with the May reference a field of grass (maybe even “up” the green via altering it with the computer). Green suggests newness and growth – not a bad idea for a book that encourages growth as a writer.
I’d reduce the calendar image on Writer’s Block slightly, and add a color border (not too wide, just enough so when scanned and used on blog or review sites it “stands out” from the background and nearby type. This will also make the book more visually enticing on a webpage or book counter.
Story content (which I don’t know) should suggest more visually enticing images for Dark Side & April’s Fool. You mention a farmer’s wife in April’s Fool – that gives you all sorts of images to work with.
Good luck with this ambitious publication schedule. I know it’s hard work, but it’s quite rewarding when readers get back to you who’ve enjoyed your writing.
morgenbailey
October 25, 2011 at 5:25 pm
Uh oh, back to the drawing board.
Thanks Vonnie. I’ve just added the original background for Story a Day May which I liked but was felt too much like a country novel. SADM is a difficult one because it’s part-stories / part-workbook (saying what the prompt was and why I wrote what I wrote etc). I agree about the FTF background so will change the colour forthwith. 
morgenbailey
October 25, 2011 at 5:40 pm
OK – colour changed on FTF.
morgenbailey
October 25, 2011 at 6:00 pm
And text put on the SADM background. April’s Fool was done with the calendar as it will be part of a calendar-inspired anthology but I know what you mean. Thanks again Vonnie.
vonniewinslowcrist
October 26, 2011 at 6:50 am
I like the changes you’ve made. It will be interesting to hear what others think.
Now, SADM and FTF don’t look “the same” – but have both color and image to separate them. I ‘d still think about a thin color “border” of some sort around Writers Block calendar image (but not pink, since it’ll look too much like AF). Again – best wishes for success with the books.
morgenbailey
October 26, 2011 at 9:05 am
Thank you Vonnie – much appreciated.
morgenbailey
October 26, 2011 at 9:50 am
Border added – I think we’re there
Magdalena Ball
May 25, 2012 at 11:46 pm
What a multi-talented person you are Morgen. I’m going over right now to check out some of those shorts – they look fantastic.
morgenbailey
May 26, 2012 at 9:27 am
:*) Thank you very much, Maggie.