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Can you feel it? The anticipation has been mounting. The excitement has been rising. We’ve been holding our collective breath. Now it’s time to get to work. 

Over the last, few weeks, we’ve been using the lens of Nehemiah to see that when we work together, it can change how a generation sees God....

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Grand Beast: Book 1: The Bear

Grand Beast: The Bear is now up on Amazon.

To say it was fun to write would be an understatement. It also was one of my longer novellas, being 40K and not being a bundle.

There are some similarities to Lord of Dusk, but I do think there are also enough differences for... Read more of this blog post »

Here's the last exclusive chapter before you can dive into the full novel tomorrow!

You can start reading from Chapter 1 here.

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What Lurks Inside

Alex was out of excuses. Every time he imagined walking towards the study, knocking on the wooden door, and facing Julian’s stern face, his gut did strang...

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As an author, I sometimes wonder who would best play the roles in my novels.

I recently watched an enjoyable comedy called The Nice Guys. In the movie was this actor I like, but I've never taken the time to find out his name. I was thinking he'd make a fabulous groundsman in Master of Madhouse, b... Read more of this blog post »

I'm sorry, reading pals, that I've been so lax on updates-- but I have had two major award wins for Eyes Like Mine/The Lost Ones that I wanted to share. The book has won a KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE and STRAND MAGAZINE CRITICS AWARD for best first novel!

Thank you to my readers and fans for your s... Read more of this blog post »

The Pearl is the tallest building in the world. Built in Hong Kong, the retail spaces on the lower levels are open but the residential levels above the 96th floor are still empty. The problem is getting insurance to cover the residential areas. Will Sawyer, a building security analyst, is called... Read more of this blog post »

Brought to you by Podium (the Martian, Summoner Trilogy) and narrated by Ralph Lister (Shogun, Malazan Book of the Fallen). Please click here to sample or buy a copy:

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With social media over-saturated with stimuli, it's hard to keep up with everything that is going on.

I know, I know.

But here I am, giving you yet another link to follow.

I have a reader group (and a giveaway).

Join until August 31st 2018 and be entered to win. Prizes: either one $15 Amazon GC or... Read more of this blog post »

To be honest, at first I didn’t intend to write a sequel to Doomware. The ending was supposed to be abrupt and ambiguous, leaving readers to decide in their imaginations what happened next. It also seemed, for really the first time since I’d started writing novels, that somehow I’d been “channell...

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I guess I am starting a blog! That's not something I ever thought I'd do, but here we are.

I've got to start off by saying just how awesome God is! I used to write stories in junior high and high school. Some were made-up stories of how I wished my life would be, and some were loosely centered a... Read more of this blog post »

Today in 1565 Mary Grey married Thomas Keyes. She was the youngest of the Grey sisters and a potential heir to the throne as a granddaughter of Mary Tudor, Henry VIII’s sister. As such, she was not allowed to marry without Queen Elizabeth’s consent – despite her never being a real contender for t... Read more of this blog post »

I recently learned that my book, Finding Jesus among Muslims, was awarded Second Place in the 'General Interest' category by in the Association of Catholic Publishers' 2018 book contest.

I am very grateful to the ACP for this recognition, and to my publisher, Liturgical Press, for putting the book... Read more of this blog post »

"As he walked down the street, James found his senses instantly assaulted but not in an unpleasant way. The music intensified in his ears. Faeries and humans brushed past him. He was dizzy from taking in all the different sights and colors and lights. He smelled sickeningly sweet foods and sharp,...

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Hello again everyone!

I'm sorry for my absence, but have had some medical issues that have kept me from my work. But it also has given me some time to think and map things out.

I'm in the process still of writing up my first book of short stories, so be on the lookout for that. I'll let everyone k... Read more of this blog post »

The following 4 books will be free on Kindle on the 1st of each month as from August 2018:

Wizard's Brew (Camelot Wizards #1)
Wizard through the Looking Glass (Camelot Wizards #4)
Fear of Dragons
The Man who Stole the Future

From the start of my writing career, I was plagued with this question: what genre am I writing in? I knew what I wanted to write about, but finding a classification for it in the world of books so that readers could identify my books from other authors, that was the problem. So, here we go, I wri... Read more of this blog post »

Ieri sono stata al Padova Pride.

Tornare a Padova è sempre come tornare a casa e già questo sarebbe bastato a rendere la giornata memorabile, ma c’erano anche la parata e le mie amiche a renderla indimenticabile, quindi eccomi qui a scrivere di questo 30 Giugno 2018.

Secondo i giornali eravamo 1...

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I'm headed to Denver tomorrow for RWA 2018, and I couldn't be more excited! If you're going to be in Denver, whether you're a writer, a fan, a librarian, or blogger, here's an overview of where you can find me. I'll leave this post pinned to the top of the page for the duration of the conference....

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A little off the writing topic but...

CONGRATULATIONS, FRANCE, ON WINNING THE 2018 WORLD CUP!

Here is to a hard-earned, well-played victory of excellent skill and sportsmanship! Enjoy the next four years on top of the world, guys! You earned it! This World Cup, France truly had a squad to be proud... Read more of this blog post »

Picked France to win the World Cup before tournament started, could not have asked for a better final match. Glad to see my boys come through and finish strong.

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Yesterday I had the pleasure and the honor of hosting a workshop at the SCIFI-LX FESTIVAL in Lisbon with writer Pedro Cipriano about HOW TO KILL YOUR CHARACTERS. The theme of the festival is The Apocalypse and the workshop was very interesting to me and hopefully to the diverse audience present a...

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I am too told to read Harry Potter. I was too told to read the series the first time I attempted to read it thirteen years ago.

During this Eid-ul-Fitr, my brother asked me to read it. I refused.

He insisted. I told her that last time I tried, I had to give it up after 49 pages. The fact that I sti...

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The Devil You Know is currently free on Amazon Kindle! Grab a copy while you can this is only available until the 18th July!!

https://www.amazon.com/Devil-You-Know...

Please share with your book friends!

The Devil's Plaything releases on the 19th July!!! Read more of this blog post »

Today we learn five secrets and more about Patty Wiseman (they're in her intro) and her latest book, That One Moment.  Welcome, Patty.
Greetings L.A.. Thank you so much for having me on your blog! I’m tickled to be here.
You asked me to open with something about myself… well, I’m that person who... Read more of this blog post »

Cruelty's Daughterby Anna Willett
Genre:
Thriller, Suspense
When a young girl is abducted by a notorious serial killer, a woman risks
her own life trying to save her. 
Mina is struggling to come to terms with her past. Having led a reclusivelife, shunning human contact, she decides to take on a loc... Read more of this blog post »

Is not a burden to bear.

It is unexpected in so many ways, yet

there was never a chance for us to avoid it:

the path seeming tangent but twisting and connecting just in time.

Train tracks flipped by a single switch

that altered the course of everything.

Solid ground to stand on, legs strengthened by ho...

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Ahora que se ha acabado el Mundial de fútbol y Agosto empieza a llamar a la puerta, llegó por fin el momento de poder disfrutar de unas tardes tranquilas en vuestros destinos vacacionales. Así que, antes de que dejéis las ciudades vacías, os propongo hacer más amenos esos ratos de asueto entre ch... Read more of this blog post »

I know . . . you’d like Jake’s story. And I promise it will be coming. Just not yet.

You see, I’ve got another couple of stories I’d like to get out of my head and onto paper first. They are different than my Thornton Brothers books. Darker. More twisted. Or, as some of the early reviews have sai...

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We announced the winners of LAND-A-PALOOZA!!!
Every simple Adventurer won something b/c #AleronComesWithTheFREE! lol

The Grand Prize of an entire set of Signed Hardbacks and a Signed Map went to Brendon Brady!!! Congrats dude :)

Now a summary of the rest:
1) DragonCon is coming up. I'll see you there...

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Adam tied up the back of his wagon. Standing beside his horse, in the still of the main road, he closed his eyes. He tilted his head back and took a deep breath. On a breeze from the south the scent of freshly baked bread reached out to him.

Broke Bakery was familiar to everyone in part because it...

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This site expires on the 4th of August, and I see little reason to delay the inevitable. I post infrequently, and only started the blog 3-years ago in hopes it would help with the writing endeavor. Suffice it to say I don’t think this has been the case. I figure it’s best to wrap things up as I h...

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Did the spirit of a deceased pet return to help its owner prepare for the death of a family member?

What cased a spirt to return with a final goodbye?

Did an old ritual conjure unwanted spirits into a mans life?

If you have a real ghost story or supernatural event to report, please write into our sh...

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If you get the John Denver reference, you know where I’m heading today. A week of workshops, friendship renewals, motivation, and hopefully some book sales and new readers. Hee hee – I had to put that one in!

Any hoo….

I’m sitting in the airport, waiting for my flight to leave and t...

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Between these walls the days stretch silent; no staccato of laughter as you land in my embrace, no crystal tears trailing into the crook of your smile. There are moments beneath the barrage in the obsidian hours when I hear a ghostly whisper before descending into dreams, pursued by phantasms of... Read more of this blog post »

This is a follow-up to my just-posted essay on my unchosen-but-apparently inexorable declining interest in baseball. My chief point there is that baseball has increasingly converged on a set of Best Practices but that convergence has made baseball less interesting to watch. (And my secondary poin...

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This post is going to be a departure from my typical writing help-related blog posts, and give all of you lovely people a quick update on where I’m at in the writing process, and what I have planned for the future. I’ve been thinking about doing this post for a while, mainly because I always enj... Read more of this blog post »

Nimic nu se compară cu mirosul de ceară al lumânărilor de la mănăstirea Vărzărești.

Nimic nu putem face ca lumea fără soțiile noastre, nici măcar o listă de cumpărături. Nici măcar cumpărăturile.

Nimic nu ne exasperează mai mult decât visul în care nu reușim să învățăm poezia pentru lecția de mâine...

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What are your daily rituals to promote peace in your life?  For inspiration, take a look at my article on my daily rituals to promote positivity and hope which has been published in the amazing Edge Magazine. Click on the image below to read the article:

An Oriental Murder

The Pera Palas hotel in Istanbul, Turkey plays host to the Agatha Christie Writers��� Congress when real life imitates fiction. The bodies of the Prime Minister and his occasional mistress are found dead in one of the hotel���s locked rooms surrounded by bodyguards. Seemingly...

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Afgelopen week was een week met pieken en dalen. Ik voelde me heerlijk, maar ook verschrikkelijk, soms zelfs op een dag. Maar wat me deze week in ieder geval wél lukte was de 50.000 woorden aantikken van Supernerd. Voor velen is dit misschien niks, maar ik ben er echt heel trots op, evenals de in...

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For those who are

Writing is a solitary business. Everyone knows that. It requires someone who can sit down for long stretches at a time (or short ones) and compose words that eventually, hopefully, become stories. Most writers I know spend a fair amount of time on their craft, whatever type of writer they are. Ge...

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July 16, 2018 is an epic date for chickens and the people who love them! Beginning at 3:00pm EST, Amazon’s best deals of the year begin rolling out exclusively for Amazon Prime members!  Not an Amazon Prime member yet?  No problem! I’ll show you how to get a FREE 30 day Amazon Prime membership so... Read more of this blog post »

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