Divided Worlds Trilogy 01 - Disconnect (24 page)

Disrupt: Book Three of the Divided Worlds Trilogy (July 2013)

Tyler Nitbone and the Snowflake Traitor (November 2013)

Imran Siddiq lives in Syston, Leicestershire (UK) and works as a Senior Information Manager with the NHS. He makes time to write in-between work, tweeting, dabbling in digital art and feeding his two cats. A timetable stretching out for the next three years keeps his focus sharp. Can you blame his ambition to tell a tale or a dozen?

Interact and seek what lurks in his mind at:

http://www.imranwrites.com

https://www.twitter.com/flickimp

http://www.facebook.com/imransiddiqwriter

Believe it or not but thanks goes to my guide in Borneo who left me alone to absorb the zillions of bugs creeping within the jungle. In a minute of solitude, I realised the one thing missing from my life that had spurred me on as a child; writing. I couldn’t blame anybody except myself for not continuing the worlds and dastardly characters I used to create. As soon as I got home, I started writing. Disconnect is my second novel, and at the time of writing, I’m working on my sixth.

A huge thanks to everybody that believed in me to write and not give up, even during those moments when I doubted myself. My wife, Shehnaz, for putting smiley faces on bits of the manuscript, although I often wondered why? In addition, my two cats for inspiring me – yes, try to work that one out.

My writing group: The Nomad Novelists
http://nomadnovelist.wordpress.com
tore apart the first draft and kicked me into gear. They deserve credit for making me think again.

Kudos to Sendol Art Studio
http://william19.deviantart.com
for the amazing character art on the front cover. I sense a long-term relationship formed.

Appreciation galore to Stephanie
http://edit-my-book.com
for the great copy-editing and proofreading. It’d be wrong not to mention another Stephanie
http://about.me/rachelwritereditor
for doing a great job in copy-editing an earlier version and helping me to focus my writing. Thanks to Jo
http://www.ebook-formatting.co.uk
for tweaking the formatting of the manuscript, and eBook Partnership
http://www.ebookpartnership.com
for their valuable conversion and distribution services in getting this to you. And in no way last of the experts, Giselle
http://www.xpressoreads.com
for the amazing promotion packages put together.

A final thanks to colleagues, friends, friends of friends, and many on Twitter and Facebook.

I hope that I delivered.