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More companies, agencies and NGOs are openly referring to science fiction as a tool for exploring trends and possible repercussions of rapid change. (I just did 25 speeches around the world in 90 days.) Here the CEO of SCOUT, Berit Anderson, discusses how her company applies SF-style thought expe... Read more of this blog post »

The Uprising Series tells the story of three freedom fighters and their friends in high — and low — places that come together to overthrow a vainglorious Emperor and his militaristic Cabal to restore the city, and the way of life, they once knew and loved. In The Gathering, Jamie Ryan has defecte... Read more of this blog post »

If you’re reading this because you think I’m going to rant about how women are patronized and under-estimated because of their sex, this isn’t the post for you. If you’re reading this because you think when I say objectify that I’m getting mad for a guy thinking of a woman as only an object (whic...

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Give me a slim man in a classic suit and pomade in his hair. I find nothing sexier than an old time movie star.I’ve noticed that the latest heartthrobs are getting muscly-er, bigger, and hairier (at least beard-wise). I’m not dead inside, I appreciate their good looks.But for me, there’s nothing... Read more of this blog post »

The Corey C. McNabb Fine Art Gallery and Studio will host a book signing for Suki on Saturday, August 25, from 12-2 p.m. at 1 Roberts St., Suite 201 in the River Arts District of Asheville, NC.

Escapement – An Exquisite Tale of Love and Passion

by Kristen Wolf

Publication Date: August 1, 2018

Pixeltry

Paperback & eBook; 481 Pages

Genre: Fiction/Historical/Women’s

 

 

***WINNER of the 2018 IndieReader DISCOVERY AWARD***

From the bestselling Author of THE WAY, hailed by O, THE OPRAH MAGA...

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Aha. My mail present for this week was my five copies of the paper ARC, aka advance reader copy or advance uncorrected proof, of "The Prisoner of Limnos". Officially upcoming from Subterranean Press, according to the back cover, January 31, 2019.

Peek at the Lauren Saint-Onge cover here: https://s... Read more of this blog post »

We all have our opinion of something. Some opinions are best unsaid and left alone. We go through our ups and downs which is a part of life. The end result will depend on the path we take and the path we stay on. I would like to share my journey with you and all I ask in return is for you to plea... Read more of this blog post »

Ik heb een aantal volgers die mij vanaf het begin van mijn blogperiode – nog vóór ik over boeken blogde – volgen (en ik hen). Geeske van Aardekracht Sieraden was daar een van. Ik genoot van haar creaties die zij op instagram zette, want ik ben dol op zelfgemaakte dingen én dol op kristallen en […...

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Originally posted on Linda's Book Bag:
Recently I’ve seen quite a bit about Young Adult (YA) fiction claiming it is a lesser cousin of adult fiction. I couldn’t disagree more. Some of the best…

This week's pictures is a creation by artist RoadioArts a digital artist from the Philippines. He calls this one: Cadena de Amor. He has some interesting art, many depicting people in anguish. You can check out more of his stuff on his Deviant Art page.

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When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away, but the godly have a lasting foundation.Proverbs 10:25 


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I’ve had an attack of rationality and “slashed prices” by 70%. I’ve gone off the “do three; make that a trilogy” model and taken down almost everything but the full trilogies, which are now mostly $2.99. It will likely take a little time for this to trickle through ‘Zon but it is in process. Next... Read more of this blog post »

A new addition to the Readers' Gallery!

Why not send a pic of yourself with one of my books to be in with a chance of winning a signed edition of Book 4, Manuel Estimulo's Fascist Book of Everything? Read more of this blog post »

Photo by: Emily Turner

So, I was going to post this pic and write something cheeky about going for it, diving in to life. All in, both feet. Then I got distracted. Distracted by inspiration. I'm in Hawaii this week while Britt is working with RHNL, and I'm inspired by the scent of plumeria blossom...

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في أيدي العسكركيف أسهمت الولايات المتحدة في الفوضى المصريةبرنامج فريش آير في إذاعة NPR في 7 أغسطس 2018تقديم: تيري جروس
 تيري جروس: معكم تيري جروس من فريش آير. أحب أن أستهل حوار اليوم بالإشارة إلى أنني مصابة بالبرد، فقد تلاحظون بعض الحشرجة في ثنايا حلقة اليوم. والآن إلى الحوار وهو بالمناسبة مسجل ب... Read more of this blog post »

Băiatul mamii, ai de grijă de tine Să mergi la şcoală, să-nveţi ce este bine. Un viitor să-ţi faci, o cale-n viaţă Să nu ajungi să vinzi cartofi în piaţă.   Şi n-ai ajuns acolo, chiar dacă la şcoală Nu … Continuă să citești →

Articolul Un altfel de august apare prima dată în Îmblânzitorul de fanta...

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Our 8th issue of the Magnolia Journal hits newsstands today! I’m excited to be sharing some thoughts on the theme “Made Ready,” with you, as well as a look at some of the stories you’ll find in the issue.

As autumn edges closer, and the garden readies for harvest, I’m noticing that this transitio...

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NOU la Nemira: Încotro ne va duce tehnologia în următorii 50 de ani? Scriitorul Adrian Mihălțianu răspunde într-un mod original, actual și verosimil în seria Terra XXI, începută cu romanul Epoca inocenței, și continuată din această toamnă în Apusul.

În 2018, Adrian Mihălțianu a fost finalist...

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„Fidelă misiunii sale de a promova lectura și de a le oferi tuturor cititorilor și scriitorilor posibilitatea de a-și dezvolta creativitatea și abilitățile scriitoricești, editura Crux Publishing organizează sâmbătă, 15 septembrie 2018, de la ora 15.00, la Epic Bar în București, prima întâlnire... Read more of this blog post »

 

It’s been a little while, sweet friends!!! Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have sent emails or messages asking if I’m okay. It means so much that you would check on me like that! I hope you all are having a beautiful summer. Mine has been chock-full of adventure and so much fun. :)

If you en...

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Monsieur D’Artagnan and his servant Planchet seemed to do little more than drink, revel and feast at the Tabard. They were waiting on orders from Mazarin, so they said. Personally, I found it irritating, but the news of a sword exhibition at least piqued the Frenchman’s interest. I met with him i... Read more of this blog post »

[image error]Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, writing this on August 10, the first relatively cool day we’ve had in weeks. More heat and humidity are due in next week, when this blog will actually appear. Let me just say . . . yuck!

I like living in Maine precisely because we don’t usually...

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Dear Readers,

Stephanie and I get enough questions about our use of the name John Carter for Angelica Schuyler Church’s husband that we decided to share our source material on the man.

One of the most interesting family dramas we got to write about in My Dear Hamilton was the elopement of Angelica...

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Hey friends! I am so excited to share that Finale, the third and final book in the Caraval series, is now up on Amazon for pre-order, there’s even a little description to go with it, just be warned that this summary does contain spoilers for Legendary.

Finale is also up on Goodreads, if you’d lik...

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To be remembered is to be loved.

Regardless of wealth, beauty, or power, past present or future, the human heart desires, first, love. And to be loved is to be remembered. Never was this truer than for the Egyptians. Their worth, the culmination of their time on earth, the virtue of their Akhu (im... Read more of this blog post »

Sunscreen & CoconutsPROLOGUE

Cube. c-u-b-e.

Fell. f-e-l-l.

Brother. b-r-o-t-h-u-r.

“Oh, you nearly got it, Aidan,” I murmured. I scribbled the correct spelling next to the misspelled word.

Door. d-o-o-r.

Fast. f-a-s-t.

I cringed at the misspelled word on the next line: Field. f-e-i-l-d.

I ran my hand...

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Si hay un elemento de mi escritura del que soy dolorosamente consciente es mi preferencia por escribir personajes masculinos. Y digo dolorosamente no porque los personajes masculinos sean algo inherentemente negativo, sino porque es un hecho no discutible que los hombres, especialmente en role...

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Amazing news!

Moira Ashe: Enemy Within has won bronze in two categories in Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Awards!

Paranormal Bronze medal winner

Historical Fantasy Bronze medal winner

Thank you to Dan Poynter, everyone involved in managing the awards, thank you to the judges, and thank you to you for sup... Read more of this blog post »

Sixth Empirica is an experience in itself. The restaurant is in the middle of club road, Punjabi Bagh. Reaching here without your own conveyance is a bit of inconvenience. It is on two floors, third and fourth. An exclusive set of lifts is there. Else staircases are there to climb up in case you...

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DEFIANCE OF THE HEART COVER IS HERE!!!!

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Image Credit: Kanaxa

A string of blazing summer days in New York City and after the sun went down, perfect summer nights, diners in sidewalk cafes along Columbus Avenue, dogs walking their owners, and my wife walking me. “You need to get out and move around,” she says. “It’s not healthy to sit at a desk all day.” And...

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Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Source: CARTOON 08-15-2018

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Tonight’s talk with the Worthing Friendship Centre is about the 1960s. an era we lived through. Married in 1966, with our first son born in 1968 it made me hunt out some old photographs. Of course they are all prints in albums. not images on a computer s...

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Há uns tempos atrás tinha partilhado no Facebook algo acerca desta Maratona e na qual prometia alterações à TBR... pois bem, aqui estão!

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It’s about seven hours ahead of the expected midnight launch, but this book just didn’t want to wait. Detonation Boulevard, the second book of the Wisdom’s Grave trilogy, is available now! You can grab the e-book version at Amazon now, and the paperback version should be available by this weekend...

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BLOGWORDS – Wednesday 15 August 2018 – WREADING WEDNESDAY – FEATURED BOOK COVER REVEAL– WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME by PEPPER BASHAM
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WREADING WEDNESDAY – FEATURED BOOK COVER REVEAL – WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME by PEPPER BASHAM
 

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Welcome to the official COVER REVEAL blitz for When Yo...

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This is the image that inspired the book I'm writing at the moment. I'm calling it The Angel Monument and it's set in 1824-25. I'm getting within sight of writing The End under the first draft.

I belong to a Facebook book club, the UK Crime Book Club, which recently passed the milestone of 5,000... Read more of this blog post »

Facebook, in an effort to stop the various nefarious activities that screwed with not only it’s site but social media in general, has stopped ‘allowing’ WordPress to automatically post to it.  That means that if you are seeing this, it’s probably because you subscribed to it (thank you), you saw...

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It was a fairly quiet week for Canadians in MLS, so let’s focus on a couple of newsworthy moments from our players down in USL:

‘Michael Cox made his first appearance for Saint Louis FC since being traded there from Nashville. He came on as a sub and scored – hopefully this is a jumpstart for Cox,...

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Data aparitiei   7 sept. 2018Titlu original    Last train to IstanbulColectia    Damen TangoISBN    978-606-43-0304-2Cod bara   9786064303042Autor   Ayse KulinTraducator   Cristina CraciunFormat    PaperbackDimensiuni   130 x 200 mmNr. pagini   352
Selva, fiica unui conducator otoman, pleaca la P... Read more of this blog post »

When setting boundaries with someone, it’s important to differentiate between what you prefer and what’s actually wrong. Before you talk to someone about changing his behavior, figure out if what he is doing is really a “bad” thing or just something you don’t like.

I (Dr. Cloud) refer to this dist...

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Randy Alcorn recently made a profound point: that people can claim to “believe every word of the Bible” even while they proclaim things directly contradictory to the Bible’s teaching. This dynamic is truly remarkable, as one doesn’t have to outright reject the Bible any more in order to do away w...

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You’ve read here about closed loop insulin delivery systems … and the do-it-yourself closed loop systems (RileyLink, OpenAPS).  This comes out the movement of #WeAreNotWaiting … T1s and parents of T1s are creating do it yourself solutions instead of waiting for companies to develop, price and ge...

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Hey, loves!

It's that time of the week again where you ask me all your burning questions, and I try to answer them to the best of my ability.

Just a reminder - please don't ask me for outtakes in the AMA form, that's not what it's for. I also won't answer those kinds of things. If I have not gotte... Read more of this blog post »

Le glyphosate est aux agriculteurs ce que les produits dopants sont aux coureurs cyclistes. Cet herbicide si efficace est un véritable symbole : celui d'une société pour laquelle la notion de compétition mondiale est si importante qu'elle préfère s'autodétruire plutôt que de revenir sur son modèl... Read more of this blog post »

Hey everyone! Thanks so much for sharing with me how you found my books, I enjoyed reading every one of your posts, even if I haven't had time to respond. I'm in the "final frenzy" stage of the content edits (first round, big story elements) of next year's release, The King's Mercy. I'm hoping to... Read more of this blog post »

आपलयाला मिळालं ते राजकीय सवातंतरय. महणजे परकीय सतताधारी जाऊन एतददेशिय महणजे आपले सवत:चे राजय आले. तयामागे अगणित सवातंतरय योदधयांचे तयाग व बलिदान होते. सवतंतर भारताने राजय घटना बनवुन सवत:परत अरपण करुन सवातंतरय, समता आणि बंधुता या महनीय ततवांवर आधारित, विविधतेतील एकता असणारे एक लोकशाही बलशाली राषटर... Read more of this blog post »