Book Tour & Giveaway – Building The Beast: The Comic Memoir of a Crazy Idea!

AND WE’RE OFF!

In a virtual sense at least – welcome to the blog tour for my new book, Building The Beast: How (Not) To Build An Overland Camper which launched today.

I am thrilled to say that last time I looked, it was #6 in Amazon’s Hot New Releases in Travel Writing!

It has also been awarded a Readers’ Favorite 5* Seal. Click HERE to read the Readers’ Favorite review.

For A Limited Time, the eBook is 99p/99c

Grab Yours Now!

After the promotion, the price goes back to £2.99/$3.99

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Free Printable Caravan Setup Checklist

We have seen people drive away from campsites with their roof lights open, TV aerials up, and even their corner steadies down!

Checklists are the best way to ensure you don’t forget key aspects of setting up or packing up your caravan!

Here, I’ve prepared a printable version of the checklist I always use. Click the Download button to get your own copy in pdf format. I hope you find it helpful!

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Come & Meet The Beast! On Show in the Campervan Campout Self-Build Section

I am delighted to announce that, along with a number of other fabulous Built Not Bought campers, The Beast, our unique, Volvo N10 overland truck, will be on show in the Self-Build Show Section of the Campervan Campout.

The festival takes place at the South of England Showground, Selsfield Road, Haywards Heath RH17 6TH, on 3-5th May, 2024.

If you have any questions about our build, our travels, or how we manage with four dogs in tow, please feel free to ask.

Or just come along and say ‘Hi’!

We will have some stickers and other goodies to give out. I will also be launching my new book, Building The Beast, which documents the trials and tribulations of our DIY build. The ebook is available on Amazon at the special Pre-Launch price of 99p/99c.

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What Goes Into A Book Launch Campaign?

I have been quiet on the blog for the last few months because I have been writing my new book, the comic memoir, Building The Beast: How (Not) To Build An Overland Camper.

Readers and Authors – I thought you might be interested to know what goes into a book launch campaign for an independently published author, after spending months creating the final product…

And if you have any ideas, please let me know in the comments!

I started in November and am pleased to say, after five months of writing, editing, and revising, it is now available worldwide for pre order on Amazon at the special launch price of 99p/99c ahead of the release date on 26th April 2024.

It follows the story of how Mark and I made an impulse purchase, sight unseen from the internet – a 24.5-tonne army truck.

Building The Beast is the story of how we specified, imported, and converted an unregistered, 6×4-wheel drive Volvo N10 into a unique off-grid tiny home-on-wheels fit to undertake an overland expedition to Mongolia with our four pups in tow.

Needless to say, it didn’t go to plan. Even before Brexit and coronavirus put their own unique spanners in the works…

“Hugely inspirational… What a story – and a fabulously entertaining book/read.”

Julie Haigh, Amazon Top 1000 Reviewer & Goodreads Librarian

Grab Yours Now!

After the launch, the price goes back to £2.99/€3.99/$3.99

A picture of the ebook building the beast, which features a cartoon representation of The Beast, a volvo N10 truck, along with Jackie and Mark who built her, and their four cuddly dogs, on a background containing customer testimonials

However, If you thought writing a book was hard, try launching one…

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