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I have seen a trend lately in books series where book one doesn't really stand alone, rather it feels like part one of a larger story. It doens't have its own arc, or climax. Each story is a continuation of the last story. It seems more like a serial, book one stops the action with no resolution.... Read more of this blog post »

The next story in Café Chronicles takes place at Café San Parrillón which is the on the corner of 7th avenue and 65th street in the Chapinero district of Bogotá. It is the perfect local diner type restaurant. The have the special of the day and do the typical Colombian diner food along with burge... Read more of this blog post »

'Neon Black', my new surrealist short novel, is free on Amazon through the 28th.

Get it here: https://amzn.to/2s65pdH

A cynical, embittered man undergoes heart surgery following injury sustained in a terrorist attack. Under anesthesia, he dreams of bizarre confrontations with lovers from his past... Read more of this blog post »

What happens when life becomes a time thief? When life gets in the way and your writing time is stolen? The most important thing is to keep the stories simmering, don’t let them get entirely cold. It might not be possible to keep up with everything at times. (My blog went dormant and it seemed th... Read more of this blog post »

Tomorrow I hit the road to go visit my parents. My kids are so excited to see Grandma and Papa. Well, mostly they want to see the chickens Papa is raising. That leaves me an eight hour drive to think about Knight's story that I am currently writing. I'm close to half way through it and it's going... Read more of this blog post »

I'm giving away five signed advance reader copies of Misadventures with a Rock Star, releasing June 5th!

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Hi, friends!

I got a wild hair this morning and made Lucky Number Eleven free. Yay!

I've never had a free ebook before but though, 'Hey, we're all just sitting around waiting on Cross to release, right?' ;)

Get it while the gettin' is good. Ha!

http://bit.ly/LN11Free

xo,
Addy

PS: Cross should be releas... Read more of this blog post »

Imagine for a moment that you’re a 35-year-old adult male. You tend to think of yourself in serious terms. You had career ambitions, dreams of becoming a writer. There was a time when you divided up your day into 20-minute intervals to make sure you got the most of every moment.

Now, you find your... Read more of this blog post »

Maybe there’s some legal element I don’t understand, but this ruling seems wrong to me. Not that I don’t want to see the Donald discomfited in every way possible, but

Twitter is a service provided by a private company, it’s not a public forum; and

Blocking people on Twitter doesn’t impede them from...

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I blame the positivity
Just when you think your writing is crap
And you are ready to give up
Done
Some MOFO will give you a good review
And
Thus the pain continues

Türk lirasındaki değer kaybı daha ne kadar sürecek bilmiyorum ama seçim sonrasında hükümet ister aynı kalsın ister değişsin, işleri hiç kolay olmayacak. Ekonomide her şey birbirine bağlı. Karşılıklı olarak birbirimize bağımlıyız hepimiz. Okulda fotokopi çekiyorum. Elektrik kullanıyorum. A4 kağıtl... Read more of this blog post »

We've all been there.


We've all done it before.



The scene is a grocery store.  A gigantic one.  Huge, in fact.

It is 3:20 in the afternoon and you have yet to have lunch.  That little bowl of Rice Chex consumed at 9:30 a.m. just isn't doing it for you any longer.  You need to eat.

And then you remem... Read more of this blog post »

My second book, (Ri)ġenerazzjoni, is about to hit the bookstores. I am about to see myself in print again. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to believe this is real.

Being a published author is an incredible experience. Suddenly a chunk of your imaginings gets unstuck from the muddle in your head a... Read more of this blog post »

“I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It is what every book should be... a real page-turner!” Amazon

Get bestselling crime thriller Drug Gang FREE on Amazon all Memorial Day weekend!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

#amwriting #writerslife #amreading #AuthorLife #crime #CrimeFiction #... Read more of this blog post »

Each and everyday I wonder what something may be like. It could be Anything really, just thoughts.
Lately thoughts have wandered to the abortion referendum in Ireland and how it seems so dark and mysterious.
People will vote all passionately about an issue they feel they are changing while playing... Read more of this blog post »

Hello hello lovely readers and listeners. Welcome back to another mini podcast episode. This one should hopefully be a bit of a laugh… Have a listen below!   http://helenscheuerer.com/wp-content/...   In episode #8 I read out some bad reviews from Goodreads and Amazon, talk about finalising the m... Read more of this blog post »

Eerlijkheid is één van de allerbelangrijkste dingen bij het runnen van een boekenblog: mensen rekenen erop dat wat jij over een boek schrijft de waarheid is, of in ieder geval jouw waarheid, en dat je die niet onder stoelen of banken steekt. Helemaal geen probleem wanneer je een boek top vond en...

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A common question authors are asked is, "where do you get your ideas?" It's a funny question; it's the equivalency of asking a bird, "where do you look for materials for your nest?", or a bee, "where do you go for flowers to pollenate?"

For authors, ideas are just sort of... there. Sometimes there... Read more of this blog post »

I’ve been so excited to show you the cover of Persuading Perfection!

If you’ve read Broken Boundaries, then you briefly met the arrogant Zachary Calloway. Now it’s time for his story and I promise you don’t want to miss it. He’s incredibly swoon worthy… 

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You might typically be a green salad and egg-white omelet type, but it’s hard to resist the pull of fried shrimp and frozen margaritas at this time of year. Summer’s starting, and even those of us stuck in landlocked Tennessee are thinking of the beach. So pass the cocktail sauce, and in exchange... Read more of this blog post »

I’ve mentioned previously that a big chunk of Void Black Shadow takes place within a suitably horrific imperial prison. So, when it was time to come up with something for the Tor.com blog, I decided to look into prisons of science fiction and fantasy. In looking for hints of books I could read fo... Read more of this blog post »

What do you do with a book you don't like? Do you force yourself to power through, or do you abandon it, plenty more fish in the sea and all that? I have to admit, I used to belong to the former category. I would plow into a book and discover, fifty or so pages in, that I really didn't like it ve... Read more of this blog post »

A Counterfeit Heart is one whole year old today, so I though I’d set up an Amazon giveaway to celebrate. Hurrah! Happy book birthday Richard and Sabine!

If you’d like to enter this drawing, here are the details:

See this #AmazonGiveaway for a chance to win: A Counterfeit Heart: A Secrets and Spies...

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We’re five months into the annual Goodreads reading challenge and I’m chugging along, having hit 13 out of my goal of 21, so its safe to say we will probably surpass that number before year’s end.

What did you set your goal to, and how far along are you? Cruising along or need to pick up the pace?...

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“I believe if you just go by the nightly news, your faith in all mankind would be the first thing you lose.”

I love this line from Luke Bryan’s recent hit song, “Most People Are Good.” There’s a lot of positivity in our world, yet the media chooses to spotlight doom and gloom.

Years ago, I had the... Read more of this blog post »

And welcome back to Indie E-Con! If you haven't checked it out yet, it's been awesome! So many wonderful books, so much great advice, so many games and contests that I have no time to play... *sigh*

Voting for the book awards is still open, and I'm sure any of the authors involved would appreciate... Read more of this blog post »

Back in early 2017, I completed the final book in the Runes of Issalia trilogy and found the moment bittersweet. The overarching plot for the series was something I had conceived two years earlier, before I even wrote the first book. Seeing the story come to fruition felt wonderful. At the sa... Read more of this blog post »

Please welcome my good friend and fabulous author, Debbie Lynne Costello!!  She has a new release out that you're not going to want to miss! In fact, you're not going to want to miss any of her books either.  I'm so thrilled to have her as my guest!  Welcome Debbie Lynne! Please giver her a Cross... Read more of this blog post »

“For me, stories are a rehearsal. I’m running from something. Hell, make no mistake, we’re all running from something—death. The evil in our stories works like a straw man for death. How do we face evil in stories? We approach it head on. With a gun. With a sword. With a fistful of dirt. With the...

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8:40AM
Alright, moment of truth. Got the file open, late last night when I couldn't sleep I came up with a title and an idea for how to formulate the story, and I also got a fresh pseudonym figured out. Well, it's a stand-in anyways. Never know, might come up with a better one. First cup of coffee... Read more of this blog post »

War Storm by Victoria Aveyard
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Rise, red as the dawn.

I've finally finished Aveyard's fourth and final Red Queen tale, which I expected to be an epic, electric bloodbath.

Maybe it wasn't a bloodbath per se, but it was still quite epic and electric, once again validating my... Read more of this blog post »

[image error]C’è una scena che racconta meglio di molte altre il segreto di Philip Roth. Si trova in un video dove viene incalzato da un intervistatore – un pelato paffuto vagamente simile a Philip Seymour Hoffman, se non ricordo male – che fa un lungo giro di parole per sottolineare come diversi...

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Los Angeles has seen gang violence plummet in the last decade.

Some of the reasons why were on display in two federal criminal conspiracy cases announced this afternoon at a press conference at the L.A. office of the U.S. Attorney.[image error]

The cases involved the Mexican Mafia prison gang contr...

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Hey friends,

Legendary is out in only 6 days!  But I know a lot of you have waited a lot longer than six days for this book, so to make this final stretch of waiting easier I’m sharing my Legendary Pinterest board.

I find a lot of inspiration from Pinterest, and for Legendary I was especially ins...

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I'm curious, what book turned you into a reader? And when? I know many readers who came late to the page, and many who started when they were little. It's always fascinating to me to hear how you got...

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Când i-am arătat Sofiei pozele astea, m-a întrebat: – Mami, ia stai, ăștia suntem noi?? Prietena mea mi-a zis că pozele par făcute în...

Articolul O poveste de vară la apus, după furtună (p) apare prima dată în Printesa Urbana.

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How well is the church engaging LGBTQ students? What can youth influencers do better? Sean interviews youth expert Jonathan McKee about an upcoming event. Read more of this blog post »

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Hi everyone!

I’m not here to explain the GDPR or add my take on it. Like many others, I’m just scrambling to comply and feeling a bit overwhelmed.

Because of the requirements pertaining to data retention and consent for the use of personal information, I’ve decided to make some changes to this bl...

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Acest roman grafic cuprinde două părți ale aceleiași povești. Vreau să menționez de la început că Paris nu este genul de poveste care trebuie setată drept model pentru vreo femeie pasionată de lumea modei, ci mai degrabă reprezintă un pamflet, o narațiune tragicomică care aduce în prim-plan o mar... Read more of this blog post »

Rescue by Susan Aylworth
Synopsis:
What will it take to stay alive? When Dulce wakes up hanging in a giant mapajo tree, she fears she may be a lone survivor, stranded in the Amazon rainforest. What comes next may be even worse.
The last thing sixteen-year-old Dulce Donovan wants to do is move away f... Read more of this blog post »

Sean will be performing at the Tale Tellin’ Festival in Selma.

More details to come.

The post Selma, Alabama appeared first on Sean of the South.

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This is why you’re annoying. 

You've taught Kindergarten through Graduate School. Of these, which "class" of students did you find to be the most inspiring? And why?

I taught in the Writing Across the Curriculum Program at MIT for almost eight years. Essentially: Writing lecturers were integrated into tech classes; those cla... Read more of this blog post »

Very pleased to have the new edition of NO ORDINARY KILLING out on May 28, 2018, published by Canelo, available through Amazon/Kindle, Google Play, Apple iBooks and Kobo.

https://www.canelo.co/books/no-ordina...

The book got to Number One in Amazon/Kindle Historical Thrillers earlier this year and... Read more of this blog post »

One of the things I most enjoy about being an author is meeting readers (especially readers who like my books!). Since the publication of The Hanged Man’s Noose, I’ve had the good fortune to be a guest author at a few local book clubs. Basically, the club selects my book, and on the day of […]