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James is a full time fiction author, writing for the last five years. Prior to this he spent thirty five years in the IT industry where he wrote many hundreds of training manuals. He turned his attention to fiction during the summer of 2009. Armed with an A4 pad and ballpoint pen he unleashed a stream of consciousness—some forty thousand words—before drawing breath. Writing with such unbridled passion was new to him; a far cry from technical authoring. The excitement of not knowing where the narrative is going spurs him on, as do the characters he invents. The Hole Opportunity was the first product of his imagination. The Unexpected Consequences of Iron Overload followed a year later. (A paranormal, romantic spoof thriller, written to raise awareness of a genetic medical condition called Haemochromatosis, and to raise funds for the Haemochromatosis Society). Book two of the Hole Trilogy—A Tunnel is Only a Hole on its Side, was released in December 2013. In August 2014 James published his first book aimed at the younger reader: Billy’s Tenth Birthday. James is currently writing book three of the Hole Trilogy—Marmite Makes a Sandwich, Dynamite Makes a Hole, whilst continuing to raise awareness for Haemochromatosis. He enjoys sharing his experiences of self-publishing and self-promotion with other indie authors.
Reviewed by Anne-Marie Reynolds for Readers' Favorite
The Hole Opportunity by James Minter is English farcical humor at its very best. Colin and Izzy come from farming stock. Their families have been farming the same land for generations and now their way of life is being threatened. Desperate to raise money and find something that will keep their business going, Colin decides to go into the Hole farming business. He gets his first job from a golf course – 18 holes required. Colin isn’t the most competent person to handle things though, and an incident raises problems between him and the captain of the club – Major Woods. Things pick up when Lady Wills arrives, needing holes for her ponds. However, she needs a reference from Major Woods. How can Colin get a reference from the one man who hates him? Can he save the business he has so carefully built up? And, how does one go about farming holes?
The Hole Opportunity by James Minter was hilarious from start to finish. The double entendres had me in stitches, the plots were clever and funny, and the characters were of the kind that you can easily picture in your head. Mr. Minter has captured British farming life to a tee and the whole book reminded of a few quintessentially British comedy shows from the 1970s. Well done, I have to take my hat off to him. He has come up with a masterpiece of ingenuity, a story that any British reader will identify with and that any other nationality will chuckle, if not laugh uproariously over while reading.
