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The Woolwich terror attack in south-east London is just another example of how easily vulnerable people can be radicalised by religious extremists. An attack like this is one reason why I wrote The Bomb On My Back. The way radicalisation brainwashes a person is truly frightening.

Blog.Culture.Book reviews.Variety of themes.Active google translate button.

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A young British soldier walking in Woolwich London was cut down by two men wanting to be filmed, publicised and willing to die for their cause but in doing so take a life and traumatise a family and a community.
Its hard to imaging what drove these men to commit such brutal murder but having worke... Read more of this blog post »

Assalamualaikum wbt.

Seminggu sudah berlalunya pesta buku terbesar di Malaysia - PBAKL 2013. Alhamdulillah, setelah sekian lama, inilah baru pertama kali saya dapat menjejakkan kaki ke pesta buku tersebut sebagai seorang penulis.

Pengalaman yang mengujakan.

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Been getting some questions about what's up with I'm Only Human After All and amazon.com. Currently the book is going through the final phases of a revision for a new edition that is more teacher friendly. 3rd party sellers are selling 1st eds. for $100+ because the book is TEMPORARILY unavailab... Read more of this blog post »

Why don't you pop on over to Amazon Kindle and have a read it is now the 44th Best selling Amazon Kindle Horror book and 69th in Science fiction.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ORIGIN-ebook/...
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Has Already gone on sale my new book of fairy tales, in Spanish; Noche en la estación del Norte y otros cuentos fantásticos, you can download it in your shop Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CXTIT22

Hi!

So now Huaquero, my thrilling sequel to Huahuqui, is available to download as a Kindle book from Amazon!

http://www.amazon.com/Huaquero-Huahuq...

Only .99!

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Why you may ask do I feel he is owed one? Simply because he was the first to say that the United States and the United Kingdom are two nations separated by a common language, and I am using that as the basis of this blog today.
It is a problem faced by any author who wants his work to be read in b... Read more of this blog post »

You may not know it, but your copyright piracy could land you in jail:

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Dear friends,
I invite you to read my books, too, while you are swallowing the best of the great writers' work. After all, while the huge elephants and impressive zebras romp the earth, the tiny creatures and lovely birds also flit about in this atmosphere of ours.
I am dedicating my ebooks to me... Read more of this blog post »

I’ve never actually met my partner’s cousin (who shall remain nameless). He lives on the other side of the world and I have only ever communicated with him via Skype and, more recently, Facetime. That is to say, I usually poke my head into shot, wave to him and say a few words over my partner’s s... Read more of this blog post »

I released Evan Burl and the Falling in August of 2012. It rose to #1 on Amazon and many great reviews starting pouring in (and some not-so-great reviews). But over the following months, I began hearing more and more, from a significant segment of my audience who were frustrated with the ending.... Read more of this blog post »

If you don’t follow publishing news, you probably missed the Kindle Worlds announcement. If you do follow publishing news, you’re probably literally drowning in Kindle Worlds commentary right now. “Help, I’m so scared” you manage to sputter, coughing up a lungful of op-ed pieces and trying, despe...

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One of the most popular series of posts on an old blog I had was Vintage Ad Fun, so I thought I'd resurrect it here for your amusement. The first installment is brought to you by the miracle that is Listerine.

Are you unpopular?



It might be your "unexcusable" bad breath.

But don't worry. You can in... Read more of this blog post »

Το αν ένα βιβλίο ανήκει στον αναγνώστη ή στο συγγραφέα του με απασχολεί συχνά τελευταία. Διαπιστώνω με τρόμο πως θέλω να κάνω αυτό που κορόιδευα, να υπερασπιστώ τα γραπτά μου, να εξηγήσω την τάδε λεπτομέρεια, να αντικρούσω τη δείνα κατηγορία, να δώσω στους ήρωες μου τα μαλλιά και το πρόσωπο π... Read more of this blog post »

“Quelle âme se disputera mon corps?”“Je suis toutes les choses, tous les hommes et tous les animaux!”Arthur Cravan.



En 1917, el New York Times se hace eco de una publicación de 1913 de un tal Arthur Cravan relatando que Oscar Wilde estaba vivo. El susodicho autor afirma en Oscar Wilde est viv... Read more of this blog post »

Guess what? The amazing & wonderful Stephanie fromSteph's Cover Designredesigned Kitchen Affairs cover jacket! What do you think?

Didn't she do amazing??Will be available for paperback purchase soon! :)
Brooke xo
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Does any of these statements sound familiar?

Lacking at engagement, responding to tweets, comments on Facebook etc.
LinkedIn page needs added or updated.
Not sure what to do with the new Facebook applications that replaced the Facebook tabs.
Social listening, how do you do that again?
ROI, measurin... Read more of this blog post »

Blogger, The Mad Reviewer, talks quality in her post "An Apology to Self-Published Writers". Of the hundreds of books she has read and reviewed, she praises MINE. Thanks!

Her honest post is a must read for all book readers. I excerpted my little mention below but click here to read her full, insig...

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It is true. You can print food now.

NASA paid to develop a prototype 3D printer for food, so astronauts may one day enjoy 3D-printed pizza on Mars. NASA hopes the technology may one day be used to feed astronauts on longer space missions, such as the roughly 520 days required for a manned flight...

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This is what my refrigerator looks like right now (and no, this is not staged…it actually looks like this:

What can I say? I’ve been traveling a lot and working like crazy to promote the book, in addition to my regular screenwriting job. Still, this is abysmal.

(And before anyone suggests that my h...

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Once I reach 500 Likes on my Author Facebook Page then I will be holding a rafflecopter for a chance to win an ecopy of Private Message, $5 Amazon Gift Card and a hand painted "Book Slut" plaque!

Here is the link:

Author Danielle Torella on Facebook

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“I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense.”

- Eve Ensler

Some authors can write all day and then cheerfully read all evening. Others can't. And unfortunately, I'm very much afraid that I fall into the latter category. I can't properly concentrate on my own work while reading the work of other people.

Why? Well in my case, I'm afraid it's a matter of a t... Read more of this blog post »

An Odyssey of Adventure and Discovery

Telling my story has been a story in itself. After writing for five months I had to determine how to publish my manuscript. As an independent recording artist, my creative DNA is wired to do things myself. Music industry gatekeepers have never supported me, a...

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Okay. So. If you know me, you know I'm a ASoIaF fandude.

I find the writing brilliant, the early plotlines completely engaging, the characters to be fantastic, etc etc etc. I don't mind all of the characters , and backstory, and lore. I didn't find the first three books boring. I found them fucki... Read more of this blog post »

So, as the postsuggests i want to talk a little about times zones. Of course seeing I know nothing really scientific on the topic it won’t be all thatinformative, it was just something i found cool, in a way, i guess.

So today I had to wake up at 4am in the morning to attend a webinar, (which for...

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Cia lives in Five Lakes colony, the region of the country that used to be the Great Lakes, but is now a blighted region thanks to the Seven Stages War, a terrible conflict that killed millions and left most of the world environmentally destroyed. The United Commonwealth is now focused on revital... Read more of this blog post »

I'm having a Facebook cover reveal party! Come join us, and be entered for a chance to win some fun prizes. ;)Take Me There!C'mon who doesn't like prizes?
June 3rd, don't forget to swing on by to see the new cover for Dead Run.
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Branded by Abi Ketner & Missy Kalicicki
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Title: BrandedAuthor: Abi Ketner & Missy KalicickiRelease Date: June 28, 2013Genre: Mature Young Adult, DystopianReveal Host: Lady Amber's ToursBook Description:
Twenty years ag... Read more of this blog post »

My inner blue-footed booby doing a happy dance

Here’s the first review ofHelen’s Storyfrom Matthew Fryer.He likes it!

“Rosanne Rabinowitz paints the otherworldly mo ments with vividstrokesand effortlessly transports us between Victorian and contemporary London. She captures the character and nua...

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Yesterday, during the penalty phase of Jodi Arias's trial for the brutal murder of her former boyfriend, Jodi showed the jury a T-shirt she designed for victims of domestic violence. An obvious ploy to curry favor. I have to admit, though, it is a fetching and elegant design: "Survivor," in simp... Read more of this blog post »

By solving a 10th grade science homework problem you can decide for yourself whether or not human beings are causing global warming/climate change by burning fossil fuels.

I’m excited to be able to tell everyone that I’ve sold books three and four in my Accidental Peers series to Entangled Scandalous.

Some of you asked whether you’d be able to read Willa’s story after meeting her in Seducing Charlotte, the first book in the series.

You will!

Compromising Willa will...

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stcollis: Enjoyed meeting last night with the "Tri-B" book club. Thanks for having me! Discussed At Any Cost and new novel I #amwriting.

The 9th chapter of "Weirdo Company," which I'm calling "The Armageddon Protocol," is coming along nicely. Here's a short bit from it:

Davis pushed the door open, slowly, carefully. Across the cafeteria, Ahuizotl’s ears perked up. The creature’s head bolted toward her.

“...Well, fuck,” she muttered...

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Pick up your copy!
Thanks to everyone who has read and reviewed so far! I'm always excited to hear what all of you think!

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Nu îmi mai amintesc cu precizie cînd am cumpărat de la Librăria Mihai Eminescu un exemplar dintr-un volum de Liviu Radu, Ghicit de seară - 77 poveşti foarte scurte (Editura Tritonic, Bucureşti, 2010). Ţin minte însă că i-am solicitat autorului un autograf, iar dumnealui mi-a oferit o frumoasă de... Read more of this blog post »

David Fast Food From GENE LOGSDON I will probably get beaten over the head with one of the best-selling diet books, but I really doubt that we can eat our way to good health. I don’t want to sound opposed to the idea of food as medicine. I just don’t believe it anymore. I made […] Read more of this blog post »

I moved here in September 2002. I started looking for something to do in the area not long afterward; I knew if I just stayed home all the time and did nothing, I’d not only drive myself insane, I’d drive my poor roommate there with me.

I called one local theater and they called me back, but somet...

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I should have posted this a while ago, but I could not let this pass unacknowledged. I'm mourning the loss of the second great Ray... On several occasions I was fortunate enough to sit next to Ray Bradbury and Ray Harryhausen during performances of Bradbury's plays. It was a joy to hear them remi... Read more of this blog post »

a beautiful mess is my story #mymess is yours.

What’s #mymess?

#mymess is way toto describe an awkward, funny, or embarrassing moment that happened to you or your “friend” Quirky situations are also welcome. #mymess is about finding the humor in life, including life’s heavier stuff.

Who should...

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Years ago, before I had ever read any young adult books,my agent told me to pick up Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls. It captured me right from the start. A girl detective with killer fashion sense and Mean Girl-esque snark to match? I was hooked. After I read the first Lulu Dark, I Googled the h... Read more of this blog post »

Umm…ohmigosh. My book is officially out. TODAY! As in, people can buy it. Right. This. Second. Words can’t even express how overwhelmed I am at the generosity and kindness of bloggers, authors, GoodReads reviewers, and everyone else who has supported me along the way. I LOVE y’all!

If you buy Girl...

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I don't know how many of you read my blogs and interviews but you may have noticed me mention that I have some other books in progress. Well I've been formatting the two books I'm hoping to complete over the last few days (if I ever hit enter more than once to start another paragraph I will immed... Read more of this blog post »

Now this is what I call an awesome cover. I couldn’t be happier with it, and I hope you love it too! The art is by Scott Grimando, and the cover design is by Sherin Nicole.

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Click here for detailsSo, let me tell you a little bit about the character I'm highlighting from my book, A Change of Plans. His name is Jori (that's pronounced Yo-ree) Virtanen . He's a 24-year-old model, originally from Finland, who hates his job and dreams of being an artist. He's been throug... Read more of this blog post »