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I'm so proud of almost reaching 2,000 likes on Facebook! To celebrate and say thank you, I will have a rafflecopter giveaway when I reach the milestone of 2,000. What will I be giving away? Two signed copies of 'Promise Me Darkness.' Stay tuned!

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BOOK PIRACY
By: Claire Ryan
Okay, we all know about this. Piracy, the great and terrifying force that’s destroying authors’ means to make a living on one hand, and getting their work in front of thousands of new readers on the other. There’s plenty of conflicting infor... Read more of this blog post »

I never used to believe in “writer’s block.” Part of me still doesn’t want to think it exists, that its something we writers have to power through. There have been times in the past where a story has been difficult for me, where I didn’t know what happened next. I rarely had a deadline or readers...

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In the mood for a sweet love story between a Sadist and an accidental masochist? Need to read something that will not only give you a happy sigh at the end, but also leave you wiggling in your seat? If so, boy have I got a book for you! Clicky de Linky below to see a snippet of Chapter 1 and buy... Read more of this blog post »

This poem, “The Sick Muse” by Charles Baudelaire:

“My impoverished muse, alas! What have you for me this morning?

Your empty eyes are stocked with nocturnal visions,

In your cheek’s cold and taciturn reflection,

I see insanity and horror forming.

The green succubus and the red urchin,

Have they poured...

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.. أمام مستشفى 57357
التقيت به .. و كان قبيح ، اسود و شاحب اللون ،
يحمل منجلا ..
انه الموت

صرخت .. لا يارب .. لا يارب

سما .. في يدك .. سما .. طفلتك

امي تبكي .. ،
ابو الطفلة و امها يبكيان ..
الكل صامت
شعرت انني
بالقرب من مدينة اشباح

محلات قديمة
كلاب تسير .. باحثة عن لحوم .. باقية
و عظام تلعقها

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There are a lot of perks to raising kids in a small Southern town like Greenwood, MS. But if you asked my kids what the best part of living here is, they’d all list in their top three things they love— the mailman. In an age of e-mail, text messages, and instant messages, here in Greenwood, rea...

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Hello! Welcome to the Wet and Wild Blog Hop. I love giveaways and for this one I'm offering 2 ebook sets of the Rulers of Darkness series. This is an international giveaway and takes place between May 20th-25th. Skye Waren is the host of this giveaway and is offering 2 wonderful grand prizes: The... Read more of this blog post »

I have reduced the ebook price of Homecountry for two weeks to .99 cents.

Available on Amazon, itunes and Book.ish. Read more of this blog post »

When Smiles Fade- Read The First Four Chapters...http://www.paigedearth.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/WhenSmilesFade.pdf

Buy at: http://www.amazon.com/When-Smiles-Fade-Paige-Dearth/dp/1475096925/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2

Love,
Paige Dearth


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Sorry it’s been so incredibly, terribly, achingly long since I said I’d post winners. The last contest was for a …

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Yesterday I flew into San Francisco in the early morn. I was picked up by yet another incredibly hilarious media escort, a professional musician named David Golia. His wife–he gave me one of her CDs–is a bodybuilding, accordion-playing, seismologist who performs under the name Big Lou.

I must mee...

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FIX THE PAST…SAVE THE FUTURE

In the fall of 2011, I got a phone call from Scholastic, asking if I was interested in a book series they were putting together. “History is broken,” they said, “and these breaks are leading to a coming Cataclysm in which the world will be destroyed. Three kids travel...

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Just been confirmed! No cover as of yet, and I'm afraid I've broken Anne Cain. (Oops.) But hopefully not. I'll let you see the cover as soon as I have it. I do have the first part of the Infected: Undertow soundtrack for you, though. http://8tracks.com/notmanos/infected-... Read more of this blog post »

Let me first start this post by saying I know a little about book packaging, but purely from the outside in--through knowing authors who've done it as work-for-hire and people who worked at packaging houses and as a general "watcher of the industry" and articles that get written about it. None of...

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Apparently, the creator of the gif says that the term is pronounced like the peanut butter brand, Jif. I can’t see how this can be true because, as Salvador Rodriguez points out in his article: “But why “jif” and not “gif?” I mean, its a “graphical” interface format, not a “jraphical” one, right?...

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Two years ago, this month, I indie published Rock and a Hard Place. So many wonderful things have happened since then, including three more books. Readers found Rock and a Hard Place and made it a best seller. Today I am awaiting the book’s re-release by HarperCollins Teen. It will be officially...

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Readin’ on a Jet Plane

Some recommended reads for those long flights.

Chick Lit is Dead, Long Live Farm Lit

The grown genre known as “Farm Lit” from the Atlantic.

Report’s of the Bookstore’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

Contrary to popular, small, independent bookstores are not going the way of the...

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on the advice of my financial consultant (my wife) I have reduced the price of
Something Bad to $.99
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and
She Found Them to $.99
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Sorry for the delay, folks. I finally succumbed to unconsciousness this morning in a chair that has some reclining function, so I might have managed to get some decent rest for the first time in days without unpleasant sounds of distress after waking. Anyway, new comics, so yay! Tweet

Pretty close to being done with #3! Just a few more days of formatting and polishing things up, and Work of Art will be ready for launch. In the meantime, I have a sneak peek for you and a very big favor to ask. I am unsatisfied with the blurb. Despite loads of encouragement and help from my pal,...

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Ahoy-hoy, I did an interview over on Ryan Schneider's glitzy and glamorous author blog!

It consists of 10 fascinating questions with 10 witty and interesting answers, if I do say so myself...

Check it out here: http://authorryanschneider.blogspot.c... Read more of this blog post »

Booklist did an early review of THE WIDOW WALTZ, calling it a "witty, heartfelt addition... fiction that will appeal to readers of Elizabeth Berg and Anna Quindlen" and Library Journal described the novel as "well-written, page-turning fiction about a family’s reinvention and healing that will at... Read more of this blog post »

I’ve been so busy with SOUL OF SWORDS that I forgot to post ebook sales for April 2013! Let’s rectify that:

5,069

This is down from the 7,084 of March 2013, but up from the 3,521 of April 2012. I suspect the drop came for three reasons. First, I haven’t released anything new since March. Second, Ap...

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Amazon recently unveiled Amazon Worlds, a platform through which they intend to monetize fanfiction. Intellectual Property owners license their franchises to Amazon Worlds, who in turn allows fanfic authors to write derivative works.

A few things about the press release caught my attention.

Amazon... Read more of this blog post »

Hey everybody, the first trailer is now up for my new movie, Don Jon! I’m so curious to hear what you think of it :o)

WATCH THE TRAILER HERE!

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Me today...

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Well holy shit. I was all settled in for a nice, productive Wednesday, and then Amazon blew up the internet. People love stories. Sometimes, people don’t want stories to end. Sometimes they want them to end differently. Sometimes they want Draco in leather pants, whipping Harry with a ten inch wa... Read more of this blog post »

So, you may remember me revealing the Cover for Girl With Guitar last week (in which I also shared a fun snippet). Well, now the book is LIVE, and it also happens to the author's birthday, so I'm all kinds of happy over here.

Caisey Quinn is a complete doll and I couldn't be more happy for her. He...

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Read on April 29, 2013 SPARK
Published: August 28, 2012
Publisher: Kensington
Format: Paperback
Page Count: 345 pages
Source: Purchased
Series: The Elementals, #2

This review is entirely spoiler free, even if you haven't read book one,Storm.
I can't even begin to fathom how awesome Spark was! The drea... Read more of this blog post »

copyright 2013
Bailey Bradford




~~Chapter Twenty-Eight~~

Cole’s family had always meant everything to him. His father and brothers, along with Shaun, had been the only people he’d loved. Well, he’d loved his mother, but she’d passed when he was still too young to have many memories of her. But in th... Read more of this blog post »

This cat = me trying to actually get work done.

This weasel = my brain trying to destroy me:

Me: I have work to do.

Weasel: You should check the internet because remember yesterday when that one person on the internet was wrong and it made you so mad, but not actually mad enough to register to leave...

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There has a been a slight delay on the tradeback edtion. Found an error on the cover that I simply had to correct. the tradeback edtion should be available again within 24hrs if not sooner. I apologize for the delay, but I simply couldn't let the flub remain. I will post again when the tradeback... Read more of this blog post »

TODAY!!!

IndieReview Behind The Scenes goal is to be your source of the HOTTEST in INDIETAINMENT news and features! Check out today’s Mid-Week Mix w/ Michelle Cornwell-Jordan. Music by: Trel Mack, X-Phaze, Cecile Monique, Telekinesis, YeaSayers, Juliette Dreams, Pisees ft Leanne Louise, and much...

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I'm so excited to announce that I have two...count 'em, TWO releases this month.




Granted, they are somewhat related, but still, you can buy them separately so it counts! :p




First up: The Rise of Rae (An Ovialell Series Companion)




Available Now









Raeanne is a common girl with an uncommon problem. Gro... Read more of this blog post »

Ahoy!
That’s a totally legit greeting, by the way. Feel free to use it.
This week, I recommend another book that I haven’t finished reading yet. I’m not supposed to do this! But I’m going to do it anyway, because it’s interesting.
Oh, but before I do that, I should say that if you missed… Read more of this blog post »

I'm deep into writing the manuscript but I wanted to check in an share that twin ram lambs were born today! It's a beautiful and encouraging thing, to see more Scottish Blackface sheep in this world. They are my breed and one I hope to continue to raise. The announcement is bittersweet though, as... Read more of this blog post »

A sketch book sketch of Bran from the TV series Game of Thrones. Pretty much perfect csting, I think. Very close to how I imagine him to look in the book. Read more of this blog post »

Big Sky Dead has been entered into the Goodreads Book Giveaway and two paperback copies will be given away to lucky winners. Sign up starting June 1, through June 15, 2013 to win at Goodreads. Click here

Mark your calender to make sure you don’t miss out.

Here’s a little teaser: Charlie Draper ta...

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Take a peek at my interviews and get to know the girl behind the book.
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I got the print proof of One Big Beautiful Thing today and it looks fantastic. Kristin's cover looks amazing. The picture of me on the back looks just like me, but what can you do? Kristin is a gifted artist, but she can only do so much.

As for seeing it in print, I read almost exclusively ebooks... Read more of this blog post »

Eeeeeep! I'm attending Comicpalooza or, ahem, The Texas International Comic Con this weekend.


I love cons, from the dressing up to the super-specialized panels and workshops (the courtship rituals of space aliens, anyone?), the cult films and filk music. However, attending as an author instead of... Read more of this blog post »

As part of my Summer Shake-up, I have decided to snag some of the most interesting-looking reads on my “to-read” list and bump them up! My second bump is See how fast this goes when I do it this way? I have finished myreviewof book #1 and am ready to read book #2: Strange […] Read more of this blog post »

Fundaţia Comunitară Iaşi îşi propune să aducă împreună oamenii buni care mişcă lucrurile şi lucrurile care merită mişcate, spre beneficiul întregii comunităţi, pentru transformarea Iaşului într-un oraş în care să fim mândri că locuim.

Ne dorim construirea într-o manieră durabilă a unui viitor mai...

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