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Happy launch day, little book! ❤ I have spent ten years with you, dreaming you up, writing you into existence, and now you’re out there, in the world, finding your readers. And even though our time together is over, I find comfort in the thought that stories, as long as they’re shared,...

Hi everyone,

I’m not sure why I’m getting emails from readers asking for me to send them a copy of the Xander Christmas short stories, but they are not free at this time.

I realize there are issues with Amazon search and certain books not appearing for customers, and I apologize on their behalf....

First off, I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to vote for DRACUL! With over 900,000 books published… MORE

The post DRACUL made the FINALS for the GoodReads Choice Awards! #DRACUL appeared first on J.D. BARKER.

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We’re just one week away from RELEASE DAY: November 20! In a Starred Review, Publishers Weekly declares Poppy & Andrew’s story “a real treat for Quinn’s fans and anyone who loves historical romance.” Team JQ thinks it’s high time everyone meets Captain Andrew James Rokesby, who mak...

Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s weekly politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited.

sarahf (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): So we’re here today to talk about the midterm elections and the BLUE WAVE … or blue trickle? Which is it, team!?!

nrakich (Nathaniel Rakich, elections analyst...

Is there anything more trite than observations about the changing seasons and how we react to those changes?  Poets, composers, and painters have had a field day with that subject, using it to explore attitudes toward life and death, the cycle of the seasons serving as a metaphor for the cycle of...

It’s finally here! It felt like today would never come, didn’t it? I am so excited to share this final book in The Pucked Series with all of you. This has been such a fun cast of characters to write, and while I’m sad for it to come to an end, I’m looking forward to […]

The post PUCKED LOVE is LIV...

The Kiss and Thrill blog, where this was originally published, will soon be disappearing, and I am republishing my Kiss and Thrill posts here to keep a copy.  This one is from December 2014.

HAPPY (almost) NEW YEAR! As 2014 draws to a close, I’m thrilled to once again be ending the year with a new...

** Update – latest news on Simon & Charlie

Fans of Simon and Charlie, do not despair! I’m working on the next full-length Simon and Charlie novel – I think it will probably be published in early 20...

This is one of my world-famous emails, originally sent Friday November 9, 2018. You can get on the list if you want this directly wired to your brain (…or nearest connected device).

It’s Author Launch Week here in the Richard Parry empire. This is like other weeks, but with a...

No, this is not a political blog. I’m not touting one candidate over another. The election of 2018 is over. Some races went the way I wanted, others did not.

For me, though, four things stand out.

Thinking Wolf Thoughts

Yesterday, Jim had the staples removed from his knee.  Today the work begins on having the tub in the front bathroom converted into a walk-in shower.  In case you were wondering, life here has not settled down.  And that means I’m not doing much in the way of w...

CONTROL

Control is s...

While researching family history, it’s inevitable that one will eventually come to a dead end. Records are missing, and/or lost, there are multiple versions, or mistakes have been made. Those missing folks are always listed as “Unknown”,  a word that means the family line ended, and it makes me k...

Piccola Vipera, il mio nuovo romanzo ora in fase di editing è pieno di musica. Solo la colonna sonora è di ben 5 pagine….Perciò nei prossimi mesi aspettativi di ascoltare su questo blog divese canzoni che mi hanno ispirato durante la scrittura. Questa è una. Burn dal musical Hamilton. Un musical...

Problem: Not Enough Noro means I have to use a fill-in yarn

SOLVED: On November 3rd, I finished my Stained Glass Sweater, a project I’d been working on in small pieces since August 18th.

Problem: About two weeks ago (late in the actual season), I discovered that the Diablo 3 season had something I...

I’m so excited that Wicked Grind is part of the FREE Winter Nights anthology — available only for a limited time!  Check it out and grab your copy while you can!



HEAT UP YOUR NIGHTS! 10 steamy books from bestselling authors fill this limited-time winter boxed set! If you love alpha heroes and sexy...

I admit it. I was skeptic. While I’d seen the televised effects of Dowsing or Divining Rods, I assumed their accuracy was user manipulation. But I recently had an opportunity to try them out on a paranormal investigation. And I have to admit, I was impressed.

Several of us novice investigators de...

Have you ever wondered what Team Epic Reads talks about behind the scenes? Which books we read, and which made us cry immediately before we recommended them to each other? Well, if so, you’re in luck! We wanted to give you a front-row seat to our first ever round table, in which we discuss the l...

PBS aired this program about public sector pensions a few weeks ago. I waited to post it until after the election, when you would have more time to watch it.

It is a vivid explanation of how the politicians of Kentucky dipped into the pension funds of public employees and used it to fund public pr...

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Yes, my novella Cold Dead Hands is available now in a Kindle edition! A vicious attack on a grocery store has turned into a hostage situation. But things are much worse for the ten people hiding in the walk-in freezer…

Have you ever faced a hard life situation that left you thinking, “Why this? Why now? Why me?”

Sometimes our expectations look like one thing, but then our actual experience is quite another thing. The distance between those two becomes the fertile soil of disappointment where fear, disillusionmen...

Reading for the Blind interview

Name: Matt Jenkins

I understand you are involved with one of the services providing spoken word material for the visually impaired – tell us a bit more about this work.

Yes. I am the “technical editor” for the local Talking Newspaper charity.  Every two weeks we t...

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Today I’m over on Angela Hayes’ THANKFUL AUTHOR 2018 blog talking about blessings. Have you ever thought what your life would be like if you weren’t blessed? Or have you considered being a blessing to others?

Come join me and tell me who you’ve been blessed in your life. THANKFUL A...

My co-author, Brad A. Schwartz, and I will be appearing at the American Writers Museum in Chicago next Monday evening, from 6:30 till 8:30. The address is 180 N. Michigan Avenue, and we will give an informal talk and answer audience questions as well as sign (and, I hope, sell) copies of Scarface...

I deleted the question and my response and decided to answer it here so the author is not seemingly attacked by me. The author’s only fault is a massive belief in myths. So no point in me getting personal.

So here is the author’s question in general.

The author had a large (400 plu...