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Sharon Hannaford Sharon Hannaford's blog:
It's really hard for me as an author being so far from most of my readers, so I really want to try and find ways to make up for not being able to do book signings and readings. In this spirit I have narrated a short section of the first book in my Hellcat Series for readers to go and listen to. S... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 19, 2013 01:00 • 2 views
F.G. Cottam F.G. Cottam's blog:
Quite a busy time. My agent is reading The Lazarus Prophecy. The Memory of Trees is published in a couple of weeks. And I have to have the first novel in my dystopian trilogy ready by a deadline of June 30.

I'm pleased with Trees. It's an atmospheric tale that I hope will have readers seeing fores... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 19, 2013 00:56 • 2 views
Marie Medina Marie Medina's blog:
Coming June 21! Saving His Mate (The Year of Hears 2)

Lance devoted his life to serving a vampire, Elizabella, until the day she committed suicide. These tragic events bring another vampire, Tavok, into his life. Though Lance knows immediately that he and Tavok belong together, he wonders if he de... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 18:28 • 2 views
S.J. Drum S.J. Drum's blog:
Look at me! How cute is my hair?! Ha!

*I used GRAMMARLY to grammar check this post because I have two toddlers, two cats, and one large, needy canine each demanding my attention while I try to write a coherent sentence.*


Writing Under Contract: The Down and Dirty Details
Writing under contract wit... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 12:22 • 3 views
Cari Z. Cari Z.'s blog:


Notes: So, I don’t get as in-depth on the game as I wanted to, but I just ran out of time to write and I need to move past this particular day in the story. Don’t hate me, Bostonians! Plus, smexy chapter! Plus introspection, plus history, all equals what I hope is a good time. Thanks for the birt... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 11:05 • 5 views
Nyrae Dawn Nyrae Dawn's blog:
So, as you know I went to San Francisco this past weekend for a book signing. It went great. I love spending time with readers. I got to meet so many wonderful people and see so many author friends. I met one of the readers (psst Amber, this means you) who has been around since the beginning of t... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 20:40 • 2 views
Izza Aripin Izza Aripin's blog:
Tajuk: Cinta DorayakiPenulis: Izza Aripin Penerbit: Alaf21 Tahun: 2013 Harga: RM23.00 Sinopsis: “Alamak! Buku nota keramat aku tertinggal atas meja!” “Jangan jadi gila, Durrah. Dah lewat ni. Tak hilangnya buku nota tu.” “Wei…penting. Nyawa aku tu.” Malangnya buku nota keramat … Continuereading→ Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 19:59 • 5 views
Emily Guido Emily Guido's blog:

4 Seditious Book Cover


Down the corridor, Dmitri pulled Hera into a small study.
Deep inside her heart, Hera was still hurt. Even though she understood about how Bathsheba clouded his judgment, she could not understand how he could fall to pieces again. With this in mind, she most certainly did not want to be pulled an... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 07:38 • 4 views
Petra F. Bagnardi Petra F. Bagnardi's blog:
Sign up to read and review "A Veil of Glass and Rain" at:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
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Published on June 19, 2013 00:09 • 4 views
Sarah L. Holland Sarah L. Holland's blog:
Hey guys :)
Well, this is my first proper blog and I guess I'm going to talk about my book 'Last Lives'

Last Lives (Last Lives, # 1)

Blurb: The world is changing. Human kind has become an endangered species. Crimson hates what she's become and would do anything to be normal again, to have her family again.When a delicate bal... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 19, 2013 00:07 • 4 views
Jim  Graham Jim Graham's blog:

In my first novel, Scat, I mention that Earth in 2203 is a resource-depleted and climatically challenged place and that Man had to push out into space to bring back the minerals it needed to repair its climate and keep its factories open. It’s a backstory that allows for the discovery of an artef...

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Published on June 18, 2013 13:27 • 4 views
Ander Louis Ander Louis's blog:
I just joined Wattpad.com, so if you are a wattpader, add me: wattpad.com/user/anderlouis (or handle @anderlouis)

Happy reading!
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Published on June 18, 2013 23:56 • 4 views
Marissa Doyle Marissa Doyle's blog:
I recently acquired a charming fashion print from June 1816’s La Belle Assemblee (that’s it at right—“The Coburg Walking Dress” and wound up with an unexpected bonus along with it—accounts of part of Princess Charlotte of Wales’ wedding trousseau (remember poor Princess Charlotte and her short m... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 10:04 • 5 views
Kate Evangelista Kate Evangelista's blog:
I’ve always had a soft spot for old people. It’s my belief that hurt anyone else but children and old folks. My father is eighty-three. This is where my attachment to anyone above seventy comes from. I love old people the way I love my father.

On a recent trip to Singapore, my mother and I got i... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 19:44 • 4 views
Michelle Birbeck Michelle Birbeck's blog:

I got a bad review. The first, but definitely not the last. Most readers and even a couple of professional reviewers (USAToday for instance) liked my novel St. Bart’s. This reader did not. Even those with more tempered enthusiasm in the past had good things to say about the book. Not this woman....

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Published on June 18, 2013 10:44 • 4 views
T.A. Miles T.A. Miles's blog:
The Immarcescible Word is hosting its first guest post. I'm pleased to welcome author Steven Manchester to my five-layer monster(he and I met through my review blog). Steven's novel The Rockin' Chair launches today through The Story Plant. While I have not read his book yet owed to time, I'm intr... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 01:00 • 23 views
J.A. Rock J.A. Rock's blog:
Happy Tuesday! I've been wildly disorganized as of late (and also my whole life). Just got back from South America and may or may not have slept a ridiculous number of hours after two days in airports and on planes. But here's something I do know: all five LI authors from the Big Gay Wedding Tour... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 10:52 • 5 views
Sara Ramsey Sara Ramsey's blog:

My next book,The Earl Who Played With Fire, is coming in a few short months! The writing is progressing as planned, and Prudence is currently giving a certain earl some hell on their way to their happily ever after :) In the meantime, though, I could use your help with a critical component: the c...

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Published on June 18, 2013 22:05 • 2 views
C.J. Roberts C.J. Roberts's blog:
Watch the video, then click HERE for the alternate ending

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Published on June 18, 2013 14:54 • 22 views
Kate Griffin Kate Griffin's blog:

This is from sci-ence.org:



I open with this, because it’s kinda cute, kinda fun, and I don’t want tempers to fray before I’ve even got a paragraph in.


So, this time last year, I took the train from Carcasson to Toulouse. I say that… I took a long series of ever-increasingly-delayed trains to Toul...

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Published on June 18, 2013 01:26 • 4 views
J.A. Redmerski J.A. Redmerski's blog:

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Note: KILLING SARAI is Romantic Suspense & not considered New Adult.

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Published on June 18, 2013 06:40 • 20 views
Mindy McGinnis Mindy McGinnis's blog:
A new BBCHAT awaits you! For my new followers, this is an acronym for BigBlackCat's Humane Agent Talk: In Which A Particularly Agreeable Agent Answers a Series of Questions that Have Nothing to do with Queries or Submission Guidelines. Yeah, don't try to make an acronym out of that last bit.

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Published on June 18, 2013 04:00 • 4 views
Nick Miller Nick Miller's blog:
“The truth will set you free—but not until it’s done with you.”

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David Foster Wallace,Infinite Jest, as quoted in D. T. Max’sEvery Love Story Is a Ghost Story. (via fishingboatproceeds)



This is full of truth.

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Published on June 18, 2013 14:27 • 5 views
Adrienne Furness Adrienne Furness's blog:

“It’s understandable for people to want all their favorite things to happen, but the crazy thing is to think that they can avoid all the hard things. To want everything you ever dreamed of, to the exclusion of anything hard, that feels common to me now in a way that is hurting people. They’re ign...

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Published on June 18, 2013 16:51 • 3 views
Kristan Higgins Kristan Higgins's blog:
I live in fear that someone's going to publish my browser history. Divorce law, accidental death, Channing Tatum shirtless...so incriminating! What's the last thing you searched on the web?

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Published on June 18, 2013 14:10 • 4 views
Cara McKenna Cara McKenna's blog:


buzzfeed:



If you’re ever feeling down just look at this dog with a hamburger in his mouth.


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Published on June 18, 2013 12:01 • 4 views
Shweta Ganesh Kumar Shweta Ganesh Kumar's blog:
Continuing in this week's focus on grandparents, the times of Amma now reveals the secret behind the grandparents boundless energy.
That energy which every parent yearns for as their toddler puts the energizer bunny to shame through sunny afternoons and late into wee hours of the night.
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Published on June 18, 2013 22:44 • 3 views
Rachel  Harris Rachel Harris's blog:




I'm soooo excited!!


My adult debut, Taste The Heat, is only a few short weeks from being live and out in the world...EEP! We just had the cover reveal, which was a blast and I can't thank y'all enough for the fun comments and love.


We shared a tasty (I can't help myself lol)excerpt with the reveal...

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Published on June 18, 2013 05:35 • 9 views
Doris O'Connor Doris O'Connor's blog:
Excuse me whilst I squee and do the loony, snoopy dance. Now, I love release days, but you know it's even better when you share it with friends.

You only have to look at my backlist to know that I love Anthologies. There is something about an anthology call that I just cannot resist. Her Type Of G... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 16:00 • 2 views
Remittance Girl Remittance Girl's blog:

“Sh-h,” I soothed, and stroked his brow, my lips against his temple.


I sat on the end of the high bed and he knelt beside it. My legs draped over his shoulders, his head caught between my knees.


“This is what you said you wanted, isn’t it? His cock in your mouth?” I squeezed my thighs, just to let...

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Published on June 18, 2013 04:52 • 3 views
Thomas Winship Thomas Winship's blog:




Last year, I introduced you to an amazing new writer, Cameo Renae and her debut novel, In My Dreams! Today, let's talk about her second effort, Hidden Wings.


Hidden Wings:








(Hidden Wings #1)


Seventeen is a life changing age for Emma Wise.


As her family's sole survivor in a car crash, she is left...

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Published on June 18, 2013 22:00 • 4 views
Aaron Armstrong Aaron Armstrong's blog:


Morals play a large part in religion; morals are good if they’re healthy for society. Like Christianity, which is all I know, the values you get from like the Ten Commandments. I think every religion is important in its own respect. You know, if you’re Muslim, then Islam is the way for you. If...

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Published on June 18, 2013 03:30 • 3 views
John  Goode John Goode's blog:
“The realm of Aponiviso is widely considered the most chaotic realm in
existence by visitors. To the native inhabitants it makes perfect sense.
The world is dying and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it.”

Milo Farnsworth
Royal page and messenger for the Family Crimson

Chapter One

I had no idea w... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 22:41 • 36 views
Felicia Ricci Felicia Ricci's blog:
Hello! How are you? Feeling weird? Good, me too. This is why I'm here to tell you about something called Vine--the latest social media craze.

What is Vine, besides a thing on which grapes grow?

Vine is an app for your phone or tablet or [name of other strange, reality-displacing device] that allows... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 14:01 • 4 views
Laurence O'Bryan Laurence O'Bryan's blog:

About Mathias: Born in Germany in 1969, moved with my family to Switzerland when I wasten years old. Started to love reading as a young teenager.


Have been working in airtraffic control simulation for most of my adult life. Apart from aviation, have always beeninterested in history and the dark si...

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Published on June 18, 2013 22:29 • 3 views
Byron Bending Byron Bending's blog:
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Published on June 18, 2013 22:34 • 4 views
Dina Begum Dina Begum's blog:
Jadi begini, kata Slamat Sinambela, novel Laba-laba dan Jaring kesayangannya (Charlotte's Web) "sudah berulang kali dibaca Stephen (putranya). Padahal, petualangan Pinokio hanya sekali dibacanya. Dengan menepuk dada, saya bilang padanya, penerjemah buku ini teman bapak loh :) " Continue reading »... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 18:47 • 5 views
Lindsay Paige Lindsay Paige's blog:
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.



Since I'm on the dreaded book buying ban, I won't be buying any new releases for a while. Therefore, the books on my summer TBR list are all books that I have. The top ten on my list are books that I've had for a while and wa... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 09:17 • 6 views
Mona Ingram Mona Ingram's blog:
Loving From Afar is Book One in The Women of Independence series.

This book has it all: despair, sorrow and romance. I enjoyed writing it, and based on initial reaction, readers are enjoying it as well. Here's a brief description:

What would you do if your perfect life was shattered by a series o... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 11:16 • 6 views
Samantha Young Samantha Young's blog:
Yay!



Until Fountain Bridge, the On Dublin Street novella following Adam and Ellie's story is out today in the US! For you UK folks it's out on the 20th June.



From the New York Times bestselling author of On Dublin Street and Down London Road comes a new novella about finding love in familiar place... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 18, 2013 01:31 • 26 views
Zena Shapter Zena Shapter's blog:
The crowd gathered...

The crowd gathered…



Last Thursday night, the NSW Writers’ Centre took their tutors out of their comfort zones and asked them to create a story, mashing together two very different genres.


My challenge was to mash up…



The podium awaited...

…the podium awaited…




social media


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fairytales




Reading out my genre mash!

Reading out my genre mash!


Oh my!


I was...

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Published on June 17, 2013 22:23 • 4 views
Frederick Lee Brooke Frederick Lee Brooke's blog:

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The readers have spoken, and you chose this cover: I have to say, I love it too. And I want to say a big thank you to Mallory Rock, who did my cover last year for Zombie Candy and outdid herself this year with the newest Annie Ogden mystery.



COLLATERAL DAMAGE launches on June 23, 2013.



For a li...

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Published on June 18, 2013 12:52 • 3 views
Randy Ingermanson Randy Ingermanson's blog:

The phone rang just as I was sitting down to write my next blog post. One look at the caller ID told me it was trouble. My plumber, Sam, who has an endless number of ways to drain my bank account.


I let the phone go to voice mail and logged in to my blog.


The doorbell rang. Twice. Three times. Then...

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Published on June 18, 2013 12:44 • 5 views
Margaret McGaffey Fisk Margaret McGaffey Fisk's blog:
This is a bit old news for those who watch the space program closely, but it deserves a second look regardless for the unexpected twist, showing that even when expected results are "known," it's still worth poking them.

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Published on June 18, 2013 10:00 • 4 views
Marie Landry Marie Landry's blog:












The Daydreamer’s Ramblings is

a semi-regular discussion feature about bookish things. I love to hear
your opinions on all topics, and if there any topics you think I should
talk about be sure to let me know!



A couple weeks ago, Chuck Wendig wrote a post called “25
Things You Should Know About Youn...
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Published on June 18, 2013 21:01 • 4 views
Marian Coman Marian Coman's blog:

Mara, Marian Coman, Moroianu, Harap AlbVă spuneam că zilele trecute am fost în București, la lansarea numărului 5 al revistei Harap Alb Continuă. M-am întâlnit, printre alții, cu personajele inventate de Creangă și reinventate de echipa HAC, așa cum puteți vedea în fotografia alăturată. În numărul 5 apare și un nou episod din nuvela m...

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