self-improvement – Arthur Hofn

03 May 2024

On Sunday 5th May, my novel Framed of Rathgar will be FREE on Amazon Kindle. You can get a copy from here, or you can get a copy in paperback. (From midnight PDT for some reason.)

Who controls your life? Dublin, Ireland. Cathal, Dean and Tomasz are three lads living in Rathgar, or to them Bedsit-land. They have good jobs, ok some of them do. All is well, or it was. City living gets harder as life throws the unexpected at them, including a find that will lead them to the centre of a gang war. Just how much control do they really have over their lives? And what secrets will come out?

UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07T91FR93
or
US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T91FR93
Rest of the world see your local Amazon, it will be available.

Set in Dublin over the course of a year it follows the lives of three lads who live in the leafy suburb of Rathgar. You can get a copy from Amazon or my website http://www.arthurhofn.home.blog.

“They walked in silence for the most part. Tomasz seemingly lost in a world of his own, and Dean himself, not feeling like saying much, assuming his partner felt the same. Dean generally walked in front of Tomasz on the right hand side of the road in case any other vehicles passed by; they did not.
The air remained wet and visibility was low. It was only because he knew there was a barren wilderness out there that Dean had any idea, there could have been anything lost in the mist and fog.
Occasionally they passed a fork in the road but they decided to keep on the main track, regardless of if the new road seemed to promise a higher elevation. Roads and tracks out here could suddenly disappear and they didn’t want to add getting lost to their heap of woes at the present.”

I lived in and around Rathgar for over a decade, it’s an important place to me. Sadly I no longer live in Dublin, but I was able to reconnect with it by writing this novel.

I hope you enjoy your free copy.

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22 April 2024

My novel Framed Of Rathgar has been republished! Set In Dublin over the course of a year it follows the lives of three lads who live in the leafy suburb of Rathgar. I’m very pleased with it. You can get a copy from here.

‘I don’t understand what is wrong with the guitar,’ Tomasz commented as they walked away.
‘Normally nothing,’ answered Dean.
‘But the moment one’s brought out at a party,’ explained Cathal, ‘it sucks all the life out of it. Everyone has to sit there and politely listen, when instead all anyone wants to do is just kill themselves; or is that just me?’
‘You have strong feelings on this matter,’ replied Tomasz.
‘And the ego on him,’ Cathal continued, ‘does he think we’ve just all come to listen to his rendition of Black is the Colour or whatever?’
‘He does indeed have strong feelings on the matter.’

Earlier in the year I stated I had felt the need to redraft my existing novels, simply because I knew I could make them better. It’s always hard to do everything yourself, you’re too close to it all so see, therefore it’s natural to miss typos etc. However, I’ve now got some proper editing software and it’s a revelation! Therefore I’ve been slowly working my way through my books and making some changes and my second novel, Framed of Rathgar is now available once more, in better shape than ever and with an ever better cover, yet another thing I’m getting better at doing.

It’s already available, and I’ll do another free e-book day of this when I can and I’ll post about that then.