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CONQUER YOUR LOVE will release soon. If you’re a book blogger/reviewer and interested in participating in the blog tour to run June 8th - 20th 2013, please enter your details below and choose your preferred event(s) on the sign-up form. You can choose between hosting a cover reveal, giveaway, boo... read more »

Don't forget my giveaway is still going on thru Friday@ midnight! And incase you miss it or you just want to come back & visit, there will be a HUGE... let me repeat... HUUUUGGGGEEEEE Indie Author Giveaway that begins Friday@ midnight!!
You can enter for a chance to win eBooks, signed paperbac... read more »

Happy Sunday everyone. Just wanted to remind you that the last few hours of my UK Giveaway are ticking away. If you want to be in with a chance of winning a copy of Jumping in the Puddles of Life, enter here: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Don't hang about, the time is slipping away. It... read more »

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Hello there! I’m a longtime reader of the comic and a fairly large fan, and as my way of thanks for brightening my day with your bootlegging feline shenanigans for the past four-or-something years, I wanted to share this with you; the first track of what I hope to eve...

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نعتذر لعدم البث والتواصل

فقلبى قطع الإرسال بعلاقاتكم
واصبح مشوش

والفضل يرجع إليكم
بسبب تصرفاتكم وافعالكم
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Guy de Maupassant, one of France’s most prolific writers of the 19th century, is also the father of the modern short story, for good reason. He wrote over three hundred short stories throughout his career, with most of them being written during the 1880s. While most of these dealt with mundane o... read more »

Thought today I'd tell you a little about Emerge's inception. Parts of Laney are very loosely based on my oldest daughter. She suffered a tremendous loss in Aug 2012 and Emerge started as my journal, an outlet. So much of Dane is SDS, so much of Laney LGS and my Evan is my TAH. I hope you enjoy t... read more »

It’s a quiet Sunday morning and after two cups of coffee, baking oatmeal cookies, and humming Gray Skies Are Gonna Clear Up, I am getting ready to head out to my first barbecue of the season. The weather isn’t being overly cooperative, but the wind is frisky and so here’s hoping we see some sunsh...

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This is a cute book for kids. It will be free May 25- 27, 2013. Here is the link.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CTVNTE2
Be sure to check it out! read more »

Hi, sweet readers.

I've realized, in a couple different ways over the past two weeks, that my Publishing 101 posts caused some pain and/or offense to some that read them. Several folks read them as a declaration that I thought that my publishing process was the only right way to publish, or the on... read more »

ماهر فرغلى



لم أنسَ إلى الآن، كيف كان يفتى لنا أحد قادة الجماعات، بأنه لا يجوز الصلاة خلف حالق اللحية، فإذا دخلنا إلى المسجد ورأينا الإمام حليقاً، قعدنا خلف الصفوف حتى يفرغ من صلاته، ثم قمنا إلى صلاتنا خلف أميرنا، الذى يمكن أن يكون أقل علماً أو حفظاً لكتاب الله.

تذكرت ذلك، حين مررت أمام مبنى وزارة ا... read more »

As this blog is about how to craft your story into a novel, I'm assuming you've already addressed all those crucial questions you need to ask before you even begin. You know the ones; about plot, viewpoint, narrator, themes and so on. So you've written the first draft of your masterpiece and reac... read more »

I have read a few comments on Fire along the lines of 'why do they have modern tech but use rudimentary weapons; it doesn't make any sense'. This surprised me as an issue because, to me, it makes perfect sense, so I wanted to explain my reasoning here.
'Fire' arms makes me think fire - the only re... read more »

Anyone who has not heard of the band Boyce Avenue needs to–seriously these guys are talented. read more »

It's true that I'm sharing this list because Bone & Bread is on it (hurrah!), but I really do think it is a wonderful bunch of books that won't steer you wrong:



CBC Books' Summer Reading List for 2013



They call Bone and Bread a "dazzling debut" (!!!).



In terms of the rest of the list, I rea... read more »

Oh my god! How dare you review my literary masterpiece, you’re not even a proper reviewer! You’re just someone unqualified person off the street who read my book!
So, some authors out there seem to think that it’s okay to look down on “unprofessional reviews”. I don’t know WTF an “unprofessional... read more »

I just came across an article about an Australian politician who was apparently attacked by a kangaroo and I started thinking about a possible link to former president Jimmy Carter.

Apparently, Shane Rattenbury, Australian Capital Territory municipal services minister, was out jogging when he star...

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POST GENRE?

by Dianne Harman

Romance, dystopian, science fiction, etc. A friend recently made the comment that most writing today is “post genre.” The more I write, and the more I read, the more valid that comment seems to be.

What started me thinking about this subject is what happened to my nove...

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В школе меня, помню, мутило от «Оды к вольности». Нам ее читали в усеченном виде, пропуская строфы про «преступную секиру», казнившую бедного ЛюдовИка. И получалось, что это поэт говорит от своего собственного имени: «Твою погибель, смерть детей с жестокой радостию вижу». Я был мальчик с живым... read more »

GOOD NEWS: I went to NYC for a quickie visit with some friends and got to see my daughter. YAY! BAD NEWS: I didn’t see Hugh Jackman once, BUT WHEN I WENT SHOE SHOPPING, SOMEONE IN MY GROUP SAW HIM IN A COFFEE SHOP . *sob* I need a pick me up. Hang on …. [...] read more »

Mark your calendars and set your automatic reminders to July 10, 2013 at 8:00pm ET.

Join@donalynbooks, me (@iChrislehman), and we’re excited to be joined by friend and collections’ co-editor@pennykittle!Use and follow the hashtag #DonGraves.

At IRA’s convention in San Antonio I attended Penny Kit...

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Soooooo. You know how sometimes you have this idea of how you want a story to end and then you get to the point of writing it and suddenly you just can’t because the story bores you to tears? I know most of you don’t because you don’t write books, but this happens. Protip: if you are bored writin...

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The countdown has begun. When Dachshunds Ruled the Serengeti will be released on Friday, May 24th, just five days from now. Pre-release orders have been strong so I hope this one does well. It is the story of Phillip and Jose, two eighteen-year-old men who meet when they are assigned to be col...

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Philip A. McClimon is the gory guy behind the new zombie thriller, H.E.L.L. Nicole's Odyssey. A new indie author, he's already making bloody waves with his new series. Let's crack open his noggin and dig around inside...

Ang: When were you first bitten by the zombie affliction? Can you take us bac... read more »

Now for my favorite part... the team!

From now until release day, I'll be posting profiles for each guy on the team and for the heroine of SEAL OF HONOR, Audrey.

So here we go. It's my pleasure to introduce you to the men of HORNET:

Gabe Bristow
Travis Quinn
Jean-Luc Cavalier
Marcus Deangelo
Jesse Warri... read more »

I have gotten some amazing feedback since I have started self publishing my novels and I would like to thank everyone that has provided it good or bad. As a writer I am just not going to kick back and say my books are perfect because they arent. I don't have a team of editors to make my books as... read more »

Many of you out there in blog world might like to know what it’s been like for me “post-sale” of the novel formerly known as SING TO THE WIND (we’ll get to this point shortly.)
Let’s see if I can recap.
I received an e-mail offer late September.Agent took a week or so negotiating.Once we’d arrived... read more »

I'm a ravenous consumer of books, a kindle-app iPad reader, and perpetual deal-seeker. In my constant trolling of Amazon for great books, I've come across fantastic deals for kindle app readers, many of which are the first books in great series. The prices are always subject to change, but I've r... read more »

I posted about The Destroyer movie at my Web site forum three years ago. It was already stuck in development hell back then. Beats me if there's been any movement since then; all I do know is nobody's called me. My post three years ago was about the movie treatment I'd written. It was so good tha... read more »

One question a day will be addressed, for as long as it remains interesting to me, and the questions keep coming.

Today’s question was asked by Priscilla França.

Priscilla: Why do you kill so many of the characters I love most in Fables? Are you trying to be like George RR Martin?

Bill: Not at all....

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One Of The Enemy

Buy Now From: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Enemy-Hidden-... read more »

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Episode 18 of the Surreal Grotesque is now up. In it, I read "Give Courtney Cute Anything She Wants," a tale from my forthcoming short story collection. As part of my reading, I sing the hit song "Gerardo" by the rock band Rico Suave (not to be confused with the song "Rico Suave" by singer/rapper... read more »

PS : Hujan deras dan macet menghalangi jalanku pulang. Tetapi akhirnya bias pulang juga dan posting, semoga penantian all readers tidak sia-sia yah :))
“Teganya kau memanfaatkan gadis sepolos itu sebagai tameng?” Jason mengernyitkan keningnya, “Dan tameng seperti apa maksudmu?”
Joshua mengangkat... read more »

Hold Fast

By Blue Balliett

Scholastic

$17.99

ISBN: 978-0545299886

Ages 9-12

I honestly don’t think you can be a reviewer without being honest about your own personal prejudices first. When I pick up a book for children I have to cut through a thick swath of issues infecting my brain that may have littl...

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I have had set backs, I have had failure--but, one thing remains I never gave in, or gave up. Today I have a relationship with my dad, because I was not willing to stop. If you want it bad enough, you can have anything you would like.

Here is a nice write up this week

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When “The Killing,” the only show I watched with anything approaching devotion, was cancelled I wanted to cry. Don’t they know what good TV is? Don’t they care about decent crime fiction? Apparently not!

But then AMC uncancelled it and I can’t contain my glee.

The audience became hugely upset whe...

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Today is the final day to get all the books (so far) in the Legend of the Dreamer series for just .99 cents each. That means you could buy The Warrior's Code, The Witch's Curse, and Light of the Moon all for less than it would normally be to buy Light of the Moon! Deal.


The Warrior's Code (Boo... read more »

Hi all! I decided to give you an extra dose of Sample Sunday goodness. Here is the ENTIRE first chapter of TIN GOD. Enjoy! “That’s impossible.” Jaymee’s stomach lurched and then spiraled to her toes. The meager window air conditioner … Continue reading → read more »