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Just a quick FYI, when Things to Do in Denver was posted for pre-order by Siren this past week, their system didn’t generate an alert e-mail like it usually does. I contacted them and they’re in the process of a site overhaul, and that’s one of the features currently being redesigned.

So…make sure...

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Six paragraphs from Wrynter, a paranormal, contemporary fantasy, romantic suspense.

1. “I noticed you seemed to be comfortable inside my apartment. I saw you running your bare hands over the furniture. Since I’m here with you, I take it you either know everything about me and it doesn’t bother yo... Read more of this blog post »

If you are interest in purchase plant hooks. It’s a good idea to get an idea of what’s available on the market. Although they are become very popular and there are several different types to choose from in the market. Not all are created equal and there are various types to suit individual needs...

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One thing about bad movies is that generally they have their own system of logic that doesn't really follow real life.  They're like dreams that way.  Bad dreams.  I mean, where else would the girl run UPstairs to escape the maniac with the knife?  Or decide that a creepy old house/cabin/motel is... Read more of this blog post »

This came a while ago from MH out in Portland who works there at the wonderful Powell’s Books. It always makes me smile:

“There are many little rewards to working in a used bookstore. One of them is the privilege of being surrounded by old books, to learn about and from them. When people sell thei...

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An Islamorada woman hit her husband in the face with her cellphone when he refused to buy cocaine for her, according to the Monroe County Sheriff���s Office.

(Thanks to Janice Gelb)

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New York’s MoMA Shines a Light on Socialist Yugoslav Architecture http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/artic... Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980 https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibit... Toward a Concrete Utopia: Yugoslavian...

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Hello everyone! Today I’m going to tell you about this awesome comic that a reader of this blog told me about (when I posted about Death as a character). It is a comic about the personification of death, otherwise known as Dee, befriending a teenage girl named Emily! They become besties and she t...

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Dear billcipherbruh,

Honestly, I am very excited about it too. It’s decidedly not another book in the Raven Cycle — it’s very different tonally and thematically and in its plot interests — but it’s been very rewarding to be back in the heads of Ronan, Adam, and a bunch of new characters I’m excite...

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The new Novella I am writing is currently pending. It has been kind of a rough month for me, so I hope this does well.

It is somewhat of a basic story, but I think it will be fun with nice character designs.

I'll post another update when it's up proper.

Enter The Highlanders (Milady Needs... Book 2)
Lady Caitriona must face her own Highland warriors after engaging in an unusually intimate alliance with a Viking horde. However shall she demonstrate her loyalty? https://amzn.to/2ujeSPZ Read more of this blog post »

We are officially *4 DAYS* out until the release of SURRENDER, Gareth Harris's story at last!!

It's been 10 months of waiting and you guys have been awesome patient! Thank you for being on this journey with me and I cannot wait for you to read Gareth's story!!!


Preorder Surrender⚽ ➜ https://amzn.t... Read more of this blog post »

A bed of Knock Out Roses at Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

 

As long as you can develop tolerance and not demand total perfection, you can enjoy growing roses without knowing all the solutions to every rose diseases. As we get older, we just don’t have the energy to maintain a perfect disease free ros...

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I am being slammed about THE DANCE. It is a LIFE STORY, not a love story or romance. It take two to dance and each has their own story....

So, https://youtu.be/bpwdwbO1uvM

Hello friends,

My newest release "Knightshade: Shadow Scourge" is now live in the Amazon and is offered at a special release price of 99 cents.

https://www.amazon.com/Knightshade-Sh...

Shadow Scourge is the long-awaited sequel to my dark fantasy novel "Knightshade: Perdition Bleeds."

From the synopsi... Read more of this blog post »

The first Ant Man movie was one of those stealth Marvel movies featuring a relatively unknown character that kind of snuck up audiences and was a surprise hit. Ant Man and Wasp came in with far more fanfare, since the characters were now more established and well known. I was big fan of the first... Read more of this blog post »

Tons of free books available now!
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Last year, I had the opportunity to talk with students and answered some of their questions about writing. Since we ran out of time, I thought I would answer their questions on the blog.

Every month or so, I’ll post answers to your questions here. Feel free to send me your questions!

WHY DO YOU LOV... Read more of this blog post »

Oswald wiped the rainy weather from his face long enough to see another reason to cry his eyes out if he so chose: Antero Magnus with a book of matches. Clearly, a compromise had to be made. Or did it? “Why the fuck do you keep following me everywhere I go? Are you some kind of lost puppy dog or... Read more of this blog post »

It’s face-meltingly hot in the summer. Saying 29C at 8:40PM doesn’t do justice to the humidity and the smell of overripe city. Yesterday was a misery of work, dentist, dehydration, migraine, and heat. It took most of today to recover. As a result, the best I could do for dinner was a spicy chicke... Read more of this blog post »

What's up, everyone? I know I haven't been writing on my blog lately since I had a sale on one of my books. In fact, I haven't been on a lot, because I was binge watching a lot of the shows that I have discovered. I mean, I never binge watch a lot, but I guess I deserve it because I've been worki... Read more of this blog post »

Despite the warmth of the day that was still evident above, the cold within the depths of the abandoned tech seeped into her bones.

Here, the outlines of the junk grew perilous; protected from the elements, they were jagged and sharp.

They offered no remorse if Priyanka should strike them by accide... Read more of this blog post »

Never had this problem before - though I have heard of it in the past. Was posting link to a book of mine that is free for the rest of July on Smashwords. Got banned from posting in all groups for 24 hours for "posting the same content" too many times. If it's a link to my free book, then it HAS... Read more of this blog post »

Other than the bliss of silence, I enjoy the sound of birds chirping at dawn. The clucks, whistles, and soft cries fill me with hope. They herald a new day and remind me of everything not man-made or artificial. I shun alarm clocks anymore. I used to hit the snooze button repeatedly for the next... Read more of this blog post »

This one’s for my homies over on Twitter. At the college library I work at, we (quite unexpectedly) have some extra money to spend on books. We (the college) also have classes on horror fiction and film. So I decided to increase our collection of horror fiction, so that when the students want to...

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A number of copies of my short story collection, Einstein's Beach House, are now available here through an Amazon giveaway:

https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/0e60d03...

Feel free to share this link. If you win, please consider writing a review. If you would like a complimentary PDF of this or any of my... Read more of this blog post »

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I'm blogging on Love Bytes Reviews today about bisexual characters in M/M.

http://lovebytesreviews.com/2018/07/1... Read more of this blog post »

The Road to Vermilion Lake
Vic Cavalli
Harvard Square Editions
2152 Beachwood Terrace, Hollywood, CA 90068
www.harvardsquareeditions.org
9781941861400, $22.95, 250pp

Sharon Alker, Reviewer
Professor of English, scholar of eighteenth-century and Romantic Literature

Near the center of Vic Cavalli's... Read more of this blog post »

Say what you like -- call it silly, childish, anything -- but doesn't it make you puke sometimes to see what they're doing to England, with their bird-baths and their plaster gnomes and their pixies and tin cans, where the beechwoods used to be?

-- George Orwell, "Coming Up For Air"

Only a fool s... Read more of this blog post »

Hola a todos. Estoy muy contento, pues, no solo tengo una reseña nueva de una lectora a la que le ha gustado El Principio del Origen, que no es poco, sino que la autora, Jazmin de Navegando entre Letras, además se ha currado un banner de entrada en su blog donde muestra cómo ve ella a los mellizo... Read more of this blog post »

Sniper: a Frank Renzi crime thriller by Susan Fleet

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


from Midwest Book Reviews.

"Sniper pairs New Orleans homicide detective Frank Renzi's crime-busting abilities with a challenging scenario as he faces a French Quarter sniper, a crime spree, and a set-up in which a deadly k... Read more of this blog post »

I would like to congratulate my French Facebook friends for their win in today’s World Cup. I know none of my British friends were rooting for France—memories of the 100 Years War and all that. :-) But I love France and was happy to see them win. Had Croatia been playing another team, I’d probabl... Read more of this blog post »

Today, we'll be going over how to strengthen a weak plot, and we'll be using ANT-MAN AND THE WASP for our writing sample. The film's writing is uncharacteristically weak for Marvel, but it makes for good examples. Spoilers ahead.

The main gist of the film is that an ex-SHIELD operative named Ghost... Read more of this blog post »

For all of you who'd like to use the upcoming holiday weeks to spend a few days filled with romance and adventure in the 17th century, have look at kindle today and tomorrow.

the French Orphan can be downloaded - and yes, you can do it with a clean consciousness - not like the many pirated version... Read more of this blog post »

IS SUICIDE REALLY PAINLESS?

Part 6

Continued from Part 5

   Because human nature is mutable it is easily imprinted by its environment, in natural and unnatural ways. This dynamic creates a type of holographic identity. A hologram is a 3- dimensional image formed by a light source. It has no true... Read more of this blog post »

Ah, the fun never ends when people read what I’ve written and love it. A new review of the Emlyn Goode Mystery, Dead Again (now 18 readers have given this book 5 stars):

“Ms. Solomon strikes again! A deadly encounter re-emerges decades later, even more deadly than before. The plot twists will keep... Read more of this blog post »

Cooking for Picasso by Camille Aubray

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


"Cooking for Picasso" is one of those books that readers devour and authors envy.

Camille Aubray has crafted a novel that could have become disjointed and confusing in less than expert hands. Celine's story in 2016 is told in first perso... Read more of this blog post »

I read novels for work more than I actually write. I find myself immersed in novels and not so much for research, but to pay attention to the character and plot development that other authors employ. I like to pay attention to their language and use of description.

I happen to appreciate when auth... Read more of this blog post »

Episode I - Birth of a Faceless Loner

Writing saved my life.

There is no doubt about that. Don’t get me wrong, I always wanted to be a writer, it just took me a long time to do anything about it. Life got in the way.

I was born in the eighties. My real name is **** ******* ******. My name now is De... Read more of this blog post »

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