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Meet Me at the Houston Book Festival
I will be at the National Black Book Festival in Hoston, TX, Oct. 25th & 26th.
Time: 11 am to 7 pm ........Friday
10 am - 6 pm .......Saturday
Location: Fallbrook Church at 12512 Walters Rd.
Free General Admission to the Public!
A Look Back In Time: Memoir of a Military Kid in the F Read more of this blog post »

What unique talents do top book marketers bring to help self-published writers succeed?
Chuck Morgan, Crime Fiction Author
Many self-published authors struggle with navigating the complex landscape of book marketing. Understanding the unique skills that marketing virtuosos possess can empower you to e Read more of this blog post »

Dragon on Centre Street

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Waiting for Godot/my God we are in hell/my God nothing really matters.
All those feelings are summed up when you think of this trial and read this account of it.
The 2024 trial of Donald John Trump whi Read more of this blog post »

Goodreads Giveaway
There are 3 copies up for grabs right now on my GoodReads Giveaway.
Winner selected Nov 15.
Open to Canada and US.
Good Luck!
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh... Read more of this blog post »

Mating Practices of Earth Monkeys (Sonnet 2440) ― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

In a materialist society,
be it modern or medieval,
woman’s clock starts at 19 and
ends at 29, while a man’s clock starts
at 30 and runs till he drops dead.
Young women going for older men is
nothing new, it’s been the relationship
norm of apekind for thousands of years.
Regardless of your hypocrisies,
in a Read more of this blog post »

Beleggen (Investing) in Nederland: Een Complete Gids

Wat is Beleggen (Investing)?
Beleggen, of investing, is het proces waarbij je geld of kapitaal inzet met de verwachting in de toekomst financieel rendement te behalen. In essentie koop je iets, zoals aandelen, obligaties, vastgoed of andere activa, in de hoop dat de waarde ervan zal stijgen. Het is e
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Flashback Historical Fiction
I like books like Jayber Crow b Read more of this blog post »

Seducing Audrey now in Paperback
It took a few tries to adjust the Seducing Audrey ebook cover art for Amazon's paperback print-on-demand, but I think it came out OK. Their print quality for the interior, on light cream paper, is gorgeous. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FWRK8DT4
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PSA: Fake "Author" friend requests
As a way to support our community of authors and readers, you know, real one's - something rather disturbing has been happening more and more recently to my inbox - and through a bit of digging, research and verification, I thought I'd jot out this PSA blog post because I have a f Read more of this blog post »

Update to Echoes of the Wild Hunt
I have ordered copies coming next week, which means Read more of this blog post »

Book 12 out soon

A Letter from a Writer No One Has Heard Yet
Years go by, and sometimes I feel as if I’m writing into a vast emptiness that never echoes back.
I sit before the page, pouring my whole heart into words, while the world moves on as if nothing happened.
No one has heard my voice yet—not because it is weak, Read more of this blog post »

Richard Nixon gives the orders. An excerpt from WORLD WAR NIXON.


Golem Loves Latkes: A Tasty Hanukkah Tale

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A fun story about Latkes, topping preferences, and getting along. Cute characters, imaginative, and cultural with an awesome glossary of Yiddish terms and backmatter.
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Mistletoe Meet Cute is Available Now!
Falling for my brother’s teammate wasn’t on my Christmas list.
Neither was working for him, but here I am—nannying for Camden Monroe, Philly’s star quarterback, single dad, Read more of this blog post »

Penalty Play Cover Reveal!
Cover Designer: Qamber Designs
Blurb Coming Soon.
Pre-order your copy today!
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246. When Childhood Trauma Reawakens: Stacey Hettes on Healing After Midlife
Have you ever felt like you were finally okay—only to be blindsided by a wave of emotion you didn’t see coming? In this episode of Pursue Your Spark, “When Childhood Trauma Reawakens: Stacey Hettes on Healing After Midlife,” I sit down with Dr. Stacey Hettes, Read more of this blog post »

Built From Ashes is Free This Week!
I’m so excited to share that my debut novel, Built From Ashes, is free to download on Amazon Kindle from October 16th to 20th! 🌸
It’s a story about love, power, and healing — a slow-burn contemporary romance that dives deep into forgiveness and self-discovery. If you love emotional read Read more of this blog post »

Peter Benchley's Jaws - Review

My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The classic natural horror thriller that launched the modern creature feature mania.
Taking a late night swim, a young woman is fatally attacked by a great white shark off the coast of the small town of Amity.
Some authorities want the attack hushed up, Read more of this blog post »

What Dr. Debasish Mridha’s Philosophy of Inner Peace teaches us?
Dr. Debasish Mridha, MD, believes that inner peace is the foundation of all happiness and the essence of a meaningful life. As both a physician and philosopher, he teaches that true peace is not found in the world around us but within t Read more of this blog post »

From Self-loathing to Unconditional love — The most important journey of all.
For much of my life, I didn’t like myself very much. In fact its fair to say that there were times I actually hated myself.
I came from an environment where the messages I absorbed were mostly about what was wrong with me. I Read more of this blog post »

99 cent Kindle deal for my eerie Gothic novella!
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Confessions of a Writer with Too Many Ideas and Not Enough Time
The original plan? Procrastinate writing my new novel, A Se Read more of this blog post »

ANW’s Fruitful Friday
Loads can be heavy, but, with help, they can be lightened.
At work, unfortunately, help was scarce, as many complained that their workload was too heavy or they would disappear when there was work that needed to be done. The list of excuses were endless, which taxed the work cultu Read more of this blog post »

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New! Free!

On Writer’s Block (and other surgical complication)
People imagine that writing is the hard part. It’s not. Writing is breathing — or at least it should be. What’s hard is finding the oxygen for it when you’ve spent sixteen hours inhaling recycled hospital air, listening to the constant chor Read more of this blog post »

Rue and Asher's smut story

Da Carosello a Tik Tok

Greed Among Friends
Laura Applegate
When I initially thought about the main character of Greed Among Friends, I wanted to create someone who would be recognizable as an honest, no-nonsense individual that my readers could relate to. I ended up selecting what I believe are a combination of good qualiti Read more of this blog post »

Out Now: PULP FIN DE SIÈCLE (new novel)

Opposites and Equivalents – Part 3

Light for the blind, Shepherd for the sheep, Life for the dead, King and Servant and Sin Offering for the people. His name is Jesus.
Enter through the Door of the sheepfold and meet your Shephe
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Review- 'Maskerade'.

My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I liked the humour in this book more than in other novels of the Discworld series, as it relied more on the characterisation and plot rather than regular puns, which can sometimes be a weakness in Pratchett's writing. There were numerous memorab Read more of this blog post »

Thoreau: "I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government"
Blazing Reader,
In response to an excerpt I posted on Wednesday, from my forthcoming semi-historical fiction, Covid Disobedience, one dear reader wrote to say:
"That point about extreme oppression being used to justify a milder version doesn't quite land for me."
It doesn't land well for me either.
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thanx
To those of you who won, and to all of you that I hope will purchase my books in Ebook, audiobook, or paperback, enjoy the adventure!

"The Teeny Tiny Ghost", "A Dark Dark Tale" and "Little Frog and the Scary Autumn Thing"
The Teeny Tiny Ghost
4 stars
Author: Kay Winters
Illustrator: Lynn Munsinger
The teeny tiny ghost is very shy. Everything is scary. What's a ghost to do?
The illustrations are great. The ghost's two cats really add to the story. There are lots of Hall Read more of this blog post »

Reaction to Peter's abilities
In Falling Up, at the end of the hurricane sequence, Peter takes Lucy home, and brings her sailboat with them. Flying thousands of kilometers carrying a sailboat is pretty unusual, and leaving it floa Read more of this blog post »

Catching Up
On the downside, fell at home while trying to get to the door quickly Read more of this blog post »

Mad Love is on SALE for Prime Members!
Read today with Amazon Prime!
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Blurb:
A small-town, single dad, enemies-to-lovers standalone sports romance in the new series, The Single Dad Playbook, from USA Today Bestselling author Willow Aster
He's a quarterb Read more of this blog post »

Surviving Ice is on SALE!
Download today for $1.99!
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Blurb:
The nationally bestselling author of the Ten Tiny Breaths s Read more of this blog post »