About Duffy
Who Is Duffy?
“Content is King but engagement is Queen, and the lady rules the house!” – Mari Smith
Duffy is a freelance writer based in Sydney and a book supernerd. She loves creating sharp content for small businesses which drives traffic, sales and engagement.
An average week consists of reading a book or two, heading out to a movie screening and writing shiny new content for growing Australian businesses. It’s sometimes stressful, sometimes quiet, but always creative.
If you’re looking for the right words for your business, drop me a line and I’ll create some!
Want to know more about Duffy?
Find me @duffythewriter on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for wordy, nerdy book stuff.
Browse some of my freelance projects.
If you have a book you would like me to review, read my book review policy before contacting me.
Hello, thanks for the kind words about my blog, if you check out my review page you can see options for a book blast. Unfortunately, I’m not taking on any more books at the moment.
Hi Duffy I hope that you are navigating successfully these interesting although challenging times.
I just published on Amazon the book ‘Captain You – a course in Emotional Self-Reliance’ https://www.amazon.com/Captain-You-course…/dp/B08LGB4HBV.
I kept it short and sweet, 120 pages, most of my work is in there, it combines exclusive knowledge about the mind, Adult Emotional Dependency (AED), Emotional Self-Reliance, mind management, key to success, etc., with exercises, takeaways, and tips. It includes full access to the Bosurgi Mind Fitness™ VR program.
I would be deeply honored if you could review it, it will help potential readers to know that a solution to mind management, AED, anxiety, fear, low confidence, overwhelm, depression, alcohol and drug abuse, and procrastination exists, and it is available.
You have such a wonderful tribe of follower that a review written by you, would support greatly my mission to spread the message about the still unknown syndrome of Adult Emotional Dependency (AED), that I believe to be the cause of the majority of today’s emotional struggles, and the power of self-reliance and self-parenting.
I’m happy to send you the book or the iBook, I’ll get the Audiobook as well in a few days. Please let me know.
Lot of blessings
Luca
luca@bosurgimethod.com
310-623-7289
http://www.lucabosurgi.com
I just released a self help book on Law of Attraction Scripting. I am looking for reviews. My first free day for the book is June 8th. I can send a PDF directly to you if you miss claiming a copy on the 8th.
I Am So Happy and Grateful – Law of Attraction Scripting
by Bruce Goldwell
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089RZC4DK/ref=thirdrockhq
Law of Attraction Scripting is helping those who had trouble using the law of attraction to manifest their dreams. It is all about feeling, emotion, and gratitude. In this short micro eBook, you will learn in easy to understand layman terms how to use Law of Attraction Scripting to manifest anything you desire. It’s your turn to start living your dream life.
Kindle Store›Kindle eBooks›Self-Help
Hello, Check out the guidelines on my blog for books to review and if you are interested, email me directly.
Dear Duffy,
Would you be interested in reviewing my book :
Title: The Method: A Self Help Guide
Abstract: This is a Self Help Book which contains the 12 rules of life and influences success habits; time management and goal setting skills which you may already be using and The METHOD helps materialize your New Year Resolutions. Hope this is useful to you!
Its available at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N75VDLB
Dear Joann,
Thriller set in Paris catacombs. Dynamic young engineer teams up with jaded veteran cop to try to save the city from being destroyed from below. I realise I can’t sell this as a summer read for you, but the book is free to download from Amazon today.
https://www.amazon.com.au/City-Dark-Claire-Dickinson-ebook/dp/B07SPDBCJ1/
Hi Claire, I’m overstocked with books to review at the moment but happy to chat about an author guest post? You can find my email in the book review policy page of my blog.
Hi Duffy,
My name is Claire Dickinson. I’ve just self-published a political thriller on Amazon and I was wondering if you’d be interested in reviewing it. I’ve looked over your blog and I think we have similar (eclectic) tastes in books, which makes me hopeful that some of the themes raised in my novel could interest you.
The story is entitled City of Dark and takes place in Paris, where the catacombs are being used for terror attacks. A weary counter-terror investigator joins forces with a young (female) engineer, whose detailed knowledge of the underground network takes them on an urbex adventure. You can find a more detailed synopsis as well as a kindle preview on the promotional website: https://cityofdark.com/
While the plot of the story is set in the contemporary city, the intrigue builds on historical details about Paris and the catacombs. It’s a story that blends reality, history and myth. I honestly believe that it touches on a variety of contemporary issues such as fake news and political impunity. It’s available on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/City-Dark-Claire-Dickinson-ebook/dp/B07SPDBCJ1/ It is registered for kindle unlimted. If this isn’t convenient for you, I can send you the pdf.
Originally from Canada, I’ve lived in Paris for many years now. The city’s rich atmosphere provides the inspiration for my work.
If you think the book might be the kind of thing you would enjoy, obviously I would be more than happy to hear from you.
Thanks for considering this.
Best,
Claire Dickinson
P.S. I’m also a big Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan, so I sort of hope that the “Duffythewriter” is a reference to that.
Thank you! Look forward to interacting with you. I have a few new book reviews coming soon!
Hi, you have a great page! Agree about “Instant Family.” Liked your review. Looking forward to keeping up with the site. As my two favorite things are writing and the movies as well!
Hello Duffythewriter@gmail.com, be sure to read my review policy first 🙂
Hi Duffy, I am hoping to send you a review on behalf of an author I am representing but I am unable to find your email. Please let me know how I can contact you to send you some more information! The author is Leslie Hall Pinder and she is quite established – she even has a testimonial from Margaret Atwood! You can check out her website here: http://www.lesliehallpinder.com
Thanks in advance!
Hi Walter,
Your story sounds very intriguing! I am however, quite behind on books to read and review so I can’t add your book to the list at the moment. I would be happy to post a guest blog from you? Please email me if you would be interested in doing so 🙂
Would you be interested in reviewing my dog rescue memoir entitled Lance: A Spirit Unbroken? At http://www.lanceaspiritunbroken.com you can get a feel for the story and my writing.
Thank you.
Walter Stoffel
Dear Duffy,
I hope you are well.
I am an author from Leeds, UK and my second book, The Thing Is, will be out later this month published by Proverse. I am contacting you to see whether you might be interested in receiving a free review copy?
Here is the blurb:
“Andrew Carter is a man in his thirties with a wife and child, greying hair and a tendency to go to bed before 10 pm.
His second book, The Thing Is, is a collection of charming and hilarious tales about all that went on before.
From a childhood in Leeds where he cheated in chess tournaments and tough kids stole his SNES games, he grows into an adolescence including dalliances with drink and drugs, attempts at punk rock stardom and an overwhelming desire to look cool in front of girls.
Wanderlust takes him across the globe where there’s a spot of bother in Bolivia, Australia in a battered van, a police chase in the Greek mountains and a stint as a minor celebrity in Hong Kong.
There are late nights and fistfights, Sunday league struggles, call centre hell, a campus love story and a whole lot more.
Like a perfect conversation with your pals in the pub, you’ll feel fuzzy with nostalgia, wince in recognition and laugh out loud.”
Here is a sample chapter about an awful job I once had.
https://link.medium.com/FRRcBfIkOR
I was also on Leeds TV recently. Here is the link (look out for some inexcusably bad acting where I pretend to type.)
If you are keen, please let me know and my publisher will post a free copy out to you shortly. I’d also be happy to email you the final edit in PDF now if you’d like.
Thank you for your time.
All the best,
Andrew Carter
07931872698
http://www.facebook.com/andrewcarterauthor/
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if you are interested in the book would wait for your review
Hi Elizabeth,
This sounds a fun read, but I’m completely swamped with book requests and am about 6 months deep in books to review. Im happy to offer a giveaway on my social media, or an author guest post. If you are interested shoot me an email or contact me through my blog. Duffy.
Hello Duffy!
My name is Elizabeth Jahns from Beacon Publishing Group, and I want to make you aware of one of our new non-fiction releases, an autobiography by famed comedian Kip Addotta, titled “Kip Addotta: Confessions of a Comedian” (released April 13, 2018).
Kip Addotta is an American comedian/actor notable for often being featured on The Tonight Show, The Larry Sanders Show, and the syndicated show Make Me Laugh, among many others. He was also featured on The Dr. Demento Show radio show for his songs, “Wet Dream,” “Big Cock Roach,” and “Life in the Slaw Lane,” a series of fish and vegetable malapropisms that, together, form a storyline. In 1989 he released “I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus.” In 1995 Kip Addotta released a DVD, “Live From Maximum Security!”
His autobiography begins with his first interactions with “The Mob” in his early childhood, his nightmarish life with his father until he was on his own at 15 years of age, through his marriages, and how he became one of the best and most famous stand-up comedians of his time. Kip Addotta tells all. He names names and details the how-to and fine-tuning of comedy.
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HmLxMs
Website: http://kipaddotta.com
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/2EM9xDk
I would like to submit “Kip Addotta: Confessions Of A Comedian” (189 pages) for interview/review consideration. If interested, I can forward a PDF digital copy of the manuscript to you. I appreciate your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Jahns
Promotions and Publicity
Beacon Publishing Group
O: 800.817.8480
http://www.beaconpublishinggroup.com
Hi Natalia, I’m pretty snowed under at the moment with books to read, but if you can wait until May, I can help!
Hi Simon, I’m pretty snowed under with book reviews but if you don’t mind waiting until May, then I can help!
The most unusual book review request you may get this microfortnight.
G’day Duffy,
As a successful blogger and avid reader, I am certain you are overwhelmed with requests for reviews. HOWEVER, I have covertly been perfecting a quiver of enticing approaches to ask you to perform a review of my book on your blog. I can beg, bribe, intimidate or impress.
Pretty pleeaaassseeee……. I will give you $100…. that my hired muscle will beat out of you, if you will agree to read my chef-d’oeuvre. Are you now suitably enticed?
For your consideration, TORN: The Story of an Undeserving Wallaby Drowning in a Septic Tank. The first book of the TORN trilogy and what is the f@cked up life of an Aussie living overseas.
After suffering an unimaginable heart break, a dejected man suffers through depression and frustration. After four years of misery he considers ending it all.
What began as a suicide note then turns into a hilariously sarcastic, disruptive and unapologetic book series.
Only when we start to die, do we stop apologizing for who we are and what we go through.
If now intrigued, petrified for your safety, or in desperate need of money please request whatever format you prefer and I will happily send it to you. (Except braille)
I am happy to offer a giveaway or to do an interview as well. Thanking you in advance,
Simon Williams
Sure! An ePub version would be great, thanks for reaching out and for offering to promote on your social media and newsletter too.
I look forward to receiving it. You can send to duffythewriter@gmail.com
Have a great week!
Duffy
Hi Duffy!
Your reviews are so great! My name is Natalia Banks a certified book worm and an indie author who writes in the Billionaire Romance niche.
I wanted to reach out as a new author trying to build a following of fans and gain exposure and ask if you would be interested in an advanced reader’s copy of my new novella in a new series called “SOLD: Auctioned to the Billionaire” (guaranteed a steamy Billionaire contemporary romance novel. Recommended for audiences 18+. No cheating. No cliffhangers. HEA.
I would be more than happy to send a free PDF, MOBI, or EPUB version of this novella for you to review on your channel in the next few weeks before I officially launch it live.
Thank you so much for your consideration! I know how much hard work and dedication you put in your channel to grow it – if interested i would be delighted to promote it on my social media & newsletter too.
Looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience,
Hugs! x
Hi Scott, thanks for reaching out your book sounds interesting! I am drowning in book requests right now but have approved your comment in the hope that other book bloggers and readers would like to know more about your book.
Good luck!
Dear Duffy The Writer:
Isee you like sci-fi and humor, and thought you’d might enjoy a free advanced release e-copy of the brand new sci-fi comedy 11,984. This is not a conventional novel. It contains a lot of creative innovations.
Thousands of years in the future, humanity has finally eradicated war, poverty, and all forms of human suffering. With no problems or unanswered questions remaining in the world, everyone is bored out of their minds, that is until the sun starts putting on a light show, the first warning sign it’s getting ready to supernova!
Our heroes from the year 11,984 are your typical family of two mothers, three fathers, a couple of kids, and plenty of robots. Fun-loving Troll, so called because of her giant troll doll hair(They don’t have names in the future, or wear clothes) is the world’s leading hydrologist/interior decorator, whose plans to retire quickly change when faced with the drought to end all droughts. Bulb, bald head glowing like a lightbulb, is the cranky Minister of Rational Thought. His faith in science is tested by the total collapse of society. Last but not least is Litterbot, the clumsy garbagebot who gets no respect, and whose highest priority–to clean–is frustrated by a world without messes.
As the family works on building an escape spaceship, the sun bombards them in changing colors, which unbeknownst to them causes radiation insanity. The sky colors keep growing stronger, and these totally peaceful people are at each other’s throats. It gets so bad their bodies mutate (which helps them work faster) and world computer crashes (forcing them to read primitive paper books, and rely more on Litterbot.) Will they launch before getting smashed to pieces?
My first humor novel, Foxavier and Plinka, was published in 2013. May I email the complete 11,984 manuscript of 75,000 words, which features biting social satire, and punctuation from the future? Thank you.
Yours truly,
Scott T. Evans, 15 Savannah St, Rochester NY 14607
Hi Jo-Ann
My self-published Australian debut Science Fiction novel ‘Milijun’ was released in January last year [110,000 words]. It is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, The Book Depository and other on-line stores. I know your time is precious but I would really appreciate it if you could read and review the novel. Please note my pen name is Clayton Graham.
Here is a link to the Amazon site which covers paperback and ebook: http://www.amazon.com/milijun-Clayton-Graham/dp/0994495609/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1452648381&sr=1-1&keywords=9780994495600
Also for Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28460582-milijun?ac=1&from_search=1&from_nav=true
Short Description:-
It is Australia in 2179.
On a moonlit Nullarbor night, Laura Sinclair and son, Jason, witness aliens descend to Earth. The extraterrestrials endeavour to form a symbiotic relationship with humankind, and Jason is chosen as a genetic link in a bizarre trial involving the impregnation of human females with hybrid embryos and exploration of spiritual compatibility.
Laura crosses swords with Major General Sebastian Ord from the Australian Defence Force, Eucla and Uriel, the enigmatic head of Milijun, a reclusive research facility in the outback. Following a disastrous armed attempt to capture aliens at Cocklebiddy Cave and a fierce confrontation at Eucla, Jason is abducted by an alien swarm.
What follows tests the resolve of Laura to the core. Caught in a relentless web of frightening new technologies and alien mystery, spurred by the undying love of her son, she gains a strength of character she never thought possible.
All she has to do is save herself, Jason and several women and unborn children from the scheming plans of man and alien alike …
Many thanks for your time in reading this email. I would be happy to send a copy of ‘Milijun’ to you, in whatever format you prefer and would also be interested in an author interview, blogs, giveaways etc..
Best Wishes
Graham Clayton
Web site: http://claytongraham.com.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claytongrahamauthor
Love the Stephen King quote.
And I come by again because I realized I forgot to leave you a link to the post! Here it is! http://thedissocialmom.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/insert-original-post-title-here/
I just wanted to come by and let you know that I have nominated your blog for the Versatile Blogger award! If you would like to accept you can read about it and see your nomination on my page 🙂
Hello dear,
I sincerely hope you are doing great and having a swell time. I’m dropping by to thank you for following my blog.
It is my hope that I don’t disappoint you and that your visits to my blog have been and will always be quite enlightening, as well as entertaining.
Please bear with me if I do not visit you often enough. But do keep up the good work and always try to make it a joyful experience for yourself & all of us out here!
Thank you and have a lovely time at it.
Always your friend!
YasNiger
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