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Hey guys!
Just want to let you know that I will be having a book signing at Barnes and Noble- The Summit
Birmingham Al on June 9th at 6pm. Hope you guys can make it. Can't wait to talk about The Faewitch Series and what is next. More dates for events to come so go to mjboshers.com and check them ou... Read more of this blog post »

Tarja Rikkinen wanted to practice her staff moves to the fullest of her abilities, but something was off. Perhaps the sadness of potentially breaking up with her boyfriend served as a major distraction. Perhaps it was her belief that she failed him that wouldn’t allow her to twirl her staff witho... Read more of this blog post »

Yes. And possibly even more so for indie authors producing nonfiction titles.

Regardless of the book, the book cover is an essential marketing tool. Perhaps the the most essential marketing tool. Current data specifically on book covers and sales is hard to come by, but plenty of anecdotal evidenc... Read more of this blog post »

After several months of planning, the audiobook version of Enemies of Peace is now available on Audible. Check it out!

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Philip Roth is dead at the age of 85. If memory serves I read only three of his books, "Portnoy's Complaint," "The Professor of Desire," and, my personal favorite, his Kafkaesque novella "The Breast" which concludes with one of the most meaningful lines, at least for me, that I've ever read in a... Read more of this blog post »

30 years ago I asked Miss Molly of Romper Room if she wold do a fundraiser for me and my school. She said yes; her manager said yes; Andrea of Lehman College said yes; the principal said yes; the P.A. said yes. Angela helped me distribute flyers. Thank you Angela.

Today Angela asked me to autograp... Read more of this blog post »

Title: It’s Always Been You

Author: Bella Emy

Pages: 153 pages

Type: Kindle eBook

Date Published: May 17, 2018

Goodreads Rating: 4.8

My Rating: 5

 

Pre-order now: https://books2read.com/ItsAlwaysBeenYouBella

Blurb:

Chase Martins.

The one man who I’ve always loved ever since we were little kids...

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Jenna Ward is done waiting for Pete Lacroux to see her as more than a friend! This summer she is ready to explore other men, but will Pete's jealousy ignite his true feelings? Find out in HEARTS AT SEASIDE, your next fun, flirty sweet romance!
➜KINDLE: http://smarturl.it/SweetHAS_Kindle
➜iBOOKS: h... Read more of this blog post »

In less than a month I have to start delivering bits and pieces of Mardi Gras in Kodachrome. It looks like it might be on schedule; at least most all the captioning is done. My first picture book, an unfamiliar experience.

I am now a peoples choice finalist. Thank you guys so much for your support. Now I'm fighting in the finals. If you have two mins please vote for my book Don't Go Mango Picking using the link below.

https://www.bocaslitfest.com/2018/peo... Read more of this blog post »

Hi everybody!

I hope you're all doing well. I am very excited to announce that I am currently working on two new writing projects - a romance/fantasy novel with a hint of sci-fi and an inspirational article/poetry book with a loved one. I am not sure when the novel will be finished, but I do hope... Read more of this blog post »

Book Number 19:
The Woman in the Window
by
A.J. Finn

Anna Fox is plagued with agoraphobia and alcoholism. In spite of this, she manages a life for herself while trapped in her home. She pops pills and drinks gallons of wine yet somehow is lucid enough to play chess online, watch countless old noir m... Read more of this blog post »

Meanwhile, Carmen was sitting there trying to figure out what to call me. Tell him my name, I begged Meeka.
I can’t, she told me. He understands better than most humans, but not good enough to tell him you’re Alfred.
Well, my mommy dumped me off. She called me Alfred and you said I don’t even loo... Read more of this blog post »

Boy, you talk about a long drive home-try two and half days all alone from Reno, NV to Kansas City.
Now that I've shaken off the dust not only from my clothes but my car, I'm ready to kick into high gear with completing the third book in the Fat Girls Club series, and another manuscript with a new... Read more of this blog post »

The mystery surrounding bathrooms have always been, well, a mystery to me.

When we were kids, our mother had a friend who had a daughter who was around the same age as my younger brother and me. When they came over, the three of us kids would head off to our bedroom to play. One day in the middle... Read more of this blog post »

►►Shades is LIVE◄◄

Well, "live" for the most part. Unfortunately, there's a technical issue at Amazon UK, IT, and NL. So (after over 2 days) the eBook edition is not appearing there yet. Amazon is aware of the issue and they are working on it. I'm crossing my fingers it's resolved sooner rather th... Read more of this blog post »

Now it's time for some updates. :)

Book Number three will be released in June. (Does a little happy dance.)

Already working on book four.

On a list at Barnes and Noble in Torrance, CA to have a book signing. (0.0 whaaaaat?)

And uh...Ethan, Timothy, and Conrad will be seeing you sometime soon.

So much... Read more of this blog post »

Stay tuned for my new giveaway, "My Name is Rebecca: A Novelette," beginning on May 26th.
Enter to win one of 30 signed paperback copies that will include a free bookmark complementing the cover.
Initially written as a tribute to my mother's family who came to America in the early 1900s, the story... Read more of this blog post »

So, when I was 25, I remember looking around to find writers who experienced great success before the age of 30. I was hopeful. Ambitious. And ultimately, disappointed. Oh there were lots of writers who came out of the gate like being shot out of a cannon. I just wasn’t one of them.

A few weeks ba... Read more of this blog post »

Follow my author page here on goodreads! I will be doing a free book give away here soon! Details coming soon!

For those of you looking for Book Two of my Detroit Eight Series, I'm pleased to report the manuscript is in the hands of my editor for a final scrub. I was hoping for a June release and still holding on to that thought.

For most of the past year, I've been off the grid, lost in the early 1970's.... Read more of this blog post »

To make a positive change in your health you have to change the negative words in your mind.

Visit my website to know more about my books: https://nancylharris.com or buy my books: https://nancylharris.com/purchase/ Read more of this blog post »

Now, happy as a clam with my 120,000 word (and change) novel, I'm told by my publisher that books in my genre should be closer to 100,000 words.

Huh? Why? (Nothing makes a writer more defensive than being told something he didn't know that he suspects he should have known.) BUT I wrote it using j... Read more of this blog post »

Hello, my name is Michael Gorn and I'm an aerospace author and historian who just recently began an authors page on Goodreads.

My aim is to encourage those in the Goodreads community to participate in discussions about the history--and the present and future--of space exploitation and exploration... Read more of this blog post »

THE DARKEST SIDE OF THE MOON 🌙 is changing hands
#TitanInkorp is taking it over.

So EXCITING 🤩🤩🤩

It will have a whole new look...

The old cover will be a limited edition very soon along with any of the clothing line purchased

Will keep you updated

Round 2 with the monster. I’m sure some people have taken offence to my calling a puppy a monster. Perhaps it would be different if it was my dog or my family dog but it’s not. The monster belongs to my son who is “staying” with us for a while. In the mean time the creature seems bound and determ... Read more of this blog post »

Много обичам Манол Пейков по сто причини, една от които е: понеже го уважавам.

Прочетете тази кратка петиция и я подпишете - в Гудрийдс няма нужда да обяснявам защо.

Да живеят книгите! Read more of this blog post »

È stato un anno pieno di vuoti immensi e di immense soddisfazioni, di addii che non avrei mai voluto dare e di nuovi, preziosi progetti. Ogni giorno come il primo giorno è uno di loro. Eccolo qui, ormai ci siamo.
Il romanzo sarà in libreria dal 31 maggio ma già da oggi, se volete, potete preordin... Read more of this blog post »

A fascinating meditation on the meaning of faith that grew out of Wakefield's New York Times Magazine article "Returning to Church." Wakefield's first two sentences grab hold instantly: "One balmy spring morning in Hollywood, a month or so before my forty-eighth birthday, I woke up screaming. I g... Read more of this blog post »

Another Rise of the Realms FREE short story has been loaded to my blog. Please be sure to subscribe to get your notifications of new weekly FREE stories.

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The scripture for today, May 23(5/23, is Exodus 5:23 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:

"Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your [God's] name, he has brought trouble upon this people, and you have not rescued your people at all."

This is Moses talking to God, and Moses is very angry... Read more of this blog post »

“Although the story has promise, I just didn’t connect with the voice. It needs to be stronger. It’s a pass. Sorry.”

As an agent, I pitched books to acquiring editors at publishing houses. Rejections came concerning connection of the story itself to the editor, but the one I see the most regards v... Read more of this blog post »

Thanks to Women Writers for retweeting a nutrient-rich 2016 article by Katie Rose Guest Pryal: Tips for Author Blogs.

Ms. Pryal's introduction to her tips:

Here they are, in order of importance: (1) create relationships, (2) entertain your readers, and (3) sell books.

The first rule is, by far, the... Read more of this blog post »

Good afternoon, Arrowheads! Today I’m super excited to have Sarah Addison-Fox visit with us for an author interview as apart of her joint blog tour with Tricia Mingerink. Sarah Addison-Fox is the author of the dazzling Allegiance series, including Disowned, Dissemble, and the newly released Disso...

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GOD NEED NOT APPLY!
Our society is addicted to outrage, and the latest outrages are school shootings and the opioid crisis. Both of these are serious topics and require intelligent insight and opinions. I watch the network newscasts religiously, but I’m usually disappointed with what I hear.
I’ve w... Read more of this blog post »

In a previous blog posting (Evolution, Consciousness, and Altruism), I suggested that consciousness gave us the ability to override any programming of our actions coming from our DNA. This opinion runs counter to that of many thinkers in Evolution theory, Richard Dawkins for example, who claim th... Read more of this blog post »

As a seasoned adoptive parent, I have come across many curious people, children and adults, regarding adoption and everything that it entails. Many times, people are inappropriate, rude or down right discriminating. I take every question. I understand people's curiosity and that they are simply c... Read more of this blog post »

Who would have thought this could happen to us? An economic superpower in our day and we never saw it coming. Okay, that last part isn’t true. They did try to warn us: the botanists and economists, the climatologists and even those pretentious foodies, damn them! But we refused to believe it. So... Read more of this blog post »

Hello everyone! My name is Barbara White and I would like to introduce myself as a new author. I'm not only new to Goodreads but this is my first published book. I am a stay at home mom for 26 years. I have four children that range in age from 26 down to 5 years old. I live in a small southern Io... Read more of this blog post »

Recently I had the great fortune to listen to Olympian Michelle Kwan speak at our shared alma mater, the University of Denver. Kwan’s parents immigrated from Hong Kong to the United States. Her parents sacrificed tremendously and worked multiple jobs to ensure Michelle and her siblings could purs... Read more of this blog post »

Last night, I fulfilled a long-standing promise and attended a DSBN Board of Trustees meeting.

Since the last school board elections, I've been trying to give the board a chance to prove itself. Like many citizens in Niagara, I was shocked that the board's decision to sell Parliament Oak School w... Read more of this blog post »

Brilliantly conceived and told, with plenty of surprises in store for fans, the culmination of the Jessica Sweet Trilogy in “Sweet Destiny” is, quite literally, the proverbial cherry on the top of the sundae, served up in classic DalRae style with just the right touch of romance, angst, and veng... Read more of this blog post »

Some new critical links out with my work in them. I aim to spread the news good or bad: https://evolutionnews.org/2018/05/tra... & http://e-learning-teleformacion.blogs... &
https://cahighways.org/wordpress/?p=1... Read more of this blog post »

All books are now available on Nook, Kindle, iBook and Kobo.

Go grab a copy!

It's always hard for a writer to wait for those first reviews. But when they start coming in and are good, you start to relax a little (just a little :-). This week, I was excited to get a blurb from none other than Code Name Verity's Elizabeth Wein:

“Hanna’s story brutally captures the slow, rele... Read more of this blog post »

The book is taking longer than I had ever imagined that it would to get into order. There are a number of reasons for this. Firstly, I cannot throw a book at my readers that just does not meet a high standard. The second is that I love the idea and needed to throw a few extra words at it in a few... Read more of this blog post »