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Brian Leiter's blog:
Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Professor Fingarette's interests ranged widely, from Chinese philosophy to philosophy of action and moral responsibility. He was best-known to the public at large for his arguments against the "disease" model of alcoholism....
R.J. Francis's blog:
As a new threat closes in on Arra, Elaina ventures eastward across the wilderness to rescue Eleonora, who is about to give birth in a dusty cell dug into the desert floor. Elaina's plan is to continue on from there to Destauria, where she will have a chance to break the ancient curse that binds... Read more of this blog post »
Josh Lanyon's blog:
Today is Patreon's official Celebrate Your Patrons Day.Creators were encouraged to find special ways to say thank you to their patrons. I made a bunch of little goofy videos to share on various social media platforms
AND I made sure to complete Seance on a Summer's Night on Saturday, so my patron... Read more of this blog post »
Wil Wheaton's blog:
You guys, I loved the Owlbear Conservation Society design I did with Stands earlier this year, so we decided to offer it again, for a super-limited time … AND OH MY GOD WE MADE ENAMEL PINS!
Check it out:
I embedded a link to buy your own shirt or pin in this image, because I go the extra mile for...
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Ann H. Gabhart's blog:
So you’re a country kid taking a walk in the autumn months and come across a persimmon tree. Older and wiser people are walking along with you and tell you that you have to try tasting one of those persimmons. You note their smile, but you’re a kid and you do want to try everything at least once...
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Alex Ross's blog:
Chris Kallmyer performs George Brecht's "Drip Music."
Orchestra of the Future. The New Yorker, Nov. 26, 2018.
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Scott Adams's blog:
Topics:
Little Adam Schitt
President Trump’s tone this week vs. last week
I fund my Periscopes and podcasts via audience micro-donations on Patreon. I prefer this method over accepting advertisements or working for a “boss” somewhere because it keeps my voice independent. No one owns me, and that...
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John Scalzi's blog:
Merry Thanksgiving week! To show my appreciation for you, my readers, here’s a short story I wrote to read aloud while I was touring with The Consuming Fire. It’s called “Automated Customer Service,” and it’s what happens when, in the near future, something goes wrong with a household appliance a...
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Paulo Coelho's blog:
“Nunca desistas de un sueño. Soólo trata de ver las señales que te lleven a él”. “Todo está permitido, menos interrumpir una manifestación de amor”. “Hay en el mundo un lenguaje que todos comprenden: es el lenguaje del entusiasmo, de las cosas hechas con amor y con voluntad, en busca de aquello q...
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Warren Fahy's blog:
Face of the Day – Borneo peacock pheasant: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fa/07/...
Debra Robinson's blog:
I realized tonight I have more submissions out at the moment than usual. Nineteen total. I recently began to do this after reading several good authors who claim it is the most efficient method. Not only does it up your chances of acceptance, it softens rejections, since you've got so many others...
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Lauren Runow's blog:
RELEASE DAY PARTY INVITATION
Bryce is now LIVE and Free on Kindle Unlimited!
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2NOXuK4
Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2yDtfzS
Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2CN5eel
Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2QUQnBp
BLURB:
“Truth or dare?”
“I’ll take your dare.”
“Kiss me.”
I don’t believe in Prince Charmi... Read more of this blog post »
Bryce is now LIVE and Free on Kindle Unlimited!
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2NOXuK4
Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2yDtfzS
Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2CN5eel
Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2QUQnBp
BLURB:
“Truth or dare?”
“I’ll take your dare.”
“Kiss me.”
I don’t believe in Prince Charmi... Read more of this blog post »
Jenna Lindsey's blog:
In honor of William Goldman, read one of his books. His writing always inspired me to write and write well.
William Goldman wrote brilliantly.
Godspeed.
William Goldman wrote brilliantly.
Godspeed.
Christopher George's blog:
Mana Dissociation
Jessie thought she had it all planned out. She was wrong. Too soon she finds that there are some secrets that you cannot unlearn. Some powers that change you. Drawn into the Mana she must learn to accept that she is no longer the same person. She is a Mage and her world will neve... Read more of this blog post »
Jessie thought she had it all planned out. She was wrong. Too soon she finds that there are some secrets that you cannot unlearn. Some powers that change you. Drawn into the Mana she must learn to accept that she is no longer the same person. She is a Mage and her world will neve... Read more of this blog post »
J.D. Stark's blog:
“Looks like I miss my meeting,” she offers.
“…An important one?”
“Uh...not really. Gives me an excuse to go home early. Did you say earlier you were relocating to Dallas?”
“Yeah, regardless of how the interview goes tomorrow.”
“You’re moving here with nothing lined up...no job, no concrete offer.... Read more of this blog post »
“…An important one?”
“Uh...not really. Gives me an excuse to go home early. Did you say earlier you were relocating to Dallas?”
“Yeah, regardless of how the interview goes tomorrow.”
“You’re moving here with nothing lined up...no job, no concrete offer.... Read more of this blog post »
Henry Lion Oldie's blog:
Генри Лайон Олди: «Путь Меча» — рецензия Natastraik
Живой, я живые тела крушу...
Необычная книга. Не для всех, это однозначно. Фантазия о том, что героем книги может быть меч – это могут принять не все. Но, если вас не пугает и не вызывает отчуждения такая тема, советую к прочтению.
Ли... Read more of this blog post »
Живой, я живые тела крушу...Необычная книга. Не для всех, это однозначно. Фантазия о том, что героем книги может быть меч – это могут принять не все. Но, если вас не пугает и не вызывает отчуждения такая тема, советую к прочтению.
Ли... Read more of this blog post »
Jordan Frost's blog:
Massive waves pounded the shore under the darkness of a new moon. The coming dawn would announce a new day and a new year, though very few would notice. Most in Midori would be too preoccupied with sleeping off their year-end revelries to pay any heed to the sunrise. None of them, not one, would...
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Rita Lee Chapman's blog:
I've just received this review from Diabolic Shrimp for Missing in Egypt.
Rita Lee Chapman
Rating: 4 Shrimps!
When a man goes missing, an adventure is born. Rita Lee Chapman’s Missing in Egypt is both smart and engrossing. It’s a classic mystery to its core with an air of Indiana Jones. Great for an... Read more of this blog post »
Rita Lee Chapman
Rating: 4 Shrimps!
When a man goes missing, an adventure is born. Rita Lee Chapman’s Missing in Egypt is both smart and engrossing. It’s a classic mystery to its core with an air of Indiana Jones. Great for an... Read more of this blog post »
K.S. Nikakis's blog:
We’ve all heard the saying that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail, but I guess the truth of this lies in the individual definition of failure. I have blogged previously about the desperation that overtook me when I was writing the last 25,000 words of my Angel Caste series, and it was still a...
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Karanam Pavan Prasad's blog:
ಯಾವುದೇ ಒಂದು ಗುಂಪನನು ತೋರಿಸಿ ಇದರಲಲಿ ಸಾಮಾನಯ ಭಾವ ಗುರುತಿಸಿ ಎಂದರೆ ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಗುರುತಿಸಬಲಲೆವು. ಅದು ಪರದೇಶ, ಜಾತಿ, ಭಾಷಾ ಆಧಾರಿತ ಗುಂಪು ಏನೇ ಆಗಿರಲಿ. ಮಲೆನಾಡಿನವರ ಸಾಮಾನಯ ಭಾವ, ಅದಕಕೆ ಬಯಲು ಸೀಮೆಯ ವಿರುದಧ ಭಾವ. ಬರಾಹಮಣ ಪಂಗಡದ ಸಾಮಾನಯ ಭಾವ ಅಬರಾಹಮಣರ ವಿರೋಧ ಭಾವ ಅಥವಾ ಕನನಡಿಗರ ಸಾಮಾನಯ ಭಾವ, ಹಿಂದಿ ಭಾಷಿಕರ ವಿರುದಧ ಭಾವ, ಹೀಗೆ... ಅದರಂತೆ ಈಗಿನ ರ...
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B. Buena's blog:
Chapter Five
His eyes fluttered open. He smiled as the warmth and scent of her registered against his skin and in his nose. He (tightened his arms, squeezing her lightly), and pressed his lips against the tangled mass of dark curls glued to the side of her head before slowly unfurling his body fro... Read more of this blog post »
His eyes fluttered open. He smiled as the warmth and scent of her registered against his skin and in his nose. He (tightened his arms, squeezing her lightly), and pressed his lips against the tangled mass of dark curls glued to the side of her head before slowly unfurling his body fro... Read more of this blog post »
Leah Moyes's blog:
I am excited to tell you BERLIN BUTTERFLY- DECEPTION (Book 2) is live and available on Amazon in paperback and ebook! Happy Holiday Reading!!
Arthur Graham's blog:
Horror Sleaze Trash is currently accepting submissions for its Winter 2019 issue!
If interested, please submit 2-6 poems to arthur.graham.pub@gmail.com by no later than December 21st.
Previous issues available here.
xoxoxox,
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Nae T. Bloss's blog:
Renea Dubley is a multi-talented superstar that's living her best life, and accomplishing every goal and dream that she’s set forth for herself in the entertainment industry. However, there is one thing that she's not having much luck with, and that is men. But now with her sights set on, Dejuan...
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Judith Cosby's blog:
Threads: A journey into the picture of the soul
Threads was recently published on November 7, 2018. Becoming a first time published Indie Author, this birth of my "book baby" has catapulted me into a journey of exhilaration and of angst!
Threads is an inspirational memoir that shares my personal st... Read more of this blog post »
Threads was recently published on November 7, 2018. Becoming a first time published Indie Author, this birth of my "book baby" has catapulted me into a journey of exhilaration and of angst!
Threads is an inspirational memoir that shares my personal st... Read more of this blog post »
Janie Chang's blog:
Yes, normally I review adult fiction and this is a middle-grade fantasy novel. But some of my favourite books are for kids and don’t lie, some of yours are too. You can skip this review but you'd miss out on one of the most delightful kids books I've read in a while. By Henry Lien, one of the mo...
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Bella Forrest's blog:
"We can't lose this ...”
Ready for the thrilling PENULTIMATE book of Season 8?
Reunite with the Shadians in the conquest of the millennium.
Buy now!
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Ready for the thrilling PENULTIMATE book of Season 8?
Reunite with the Shadians in the conquest of the millennium.
Buy now!
Ebook - http://viewbook.at/asov67
Paperback - http://viewbook.at/asov67p
Read more of this blog post »
Sean Patrick Little's blog:
Okay, time for a brief post about TeslaCon.
I spent most of the weekend hanging out in the hallway near the vendor's room hawking the new Lord Bobbins/TeslaCon novel. I hate selling my own books, but I truly am grateful for the people that want them, and I'm especially grateful for the people who... Read more of this blog post »
I spent most of the weekend hanging out in the hallway near the vendor's room hawking the new Lord Bobbins/TeslaCon novel. I hate selling my own books, but I truly am grateful for the people that want them, and I'm especially grateful for the people who... Read more of this blog post »
Marguerite Martin Gray's blog:
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." Philippians 4:6
Thanksgiving--just the word conjures up many images and memories full of color, smells, and tastes. This one will be no different as my family gathers ar... Read more of this blog post »
Thanksgiving--just the word conjures up many images and memories full of color, smells, and tastes. This one will be no different as my family gathers ar... Read more of this blog post »
Serenity Snow's blog:
Today I'm continuing with my posts for Witches and Psychics. Ruby is still under the lights with a new spell highlighted.
https://spiceofliferomance.weebly.com...
I've decided which version of coyote 4 to use. Now, I'm in the thick of it. My heroine has an interesting ability. I was rather indecis... Read more of this blog post »
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I've decided which version of coyote 4 to use. Now, I'm in the thick of it. My heroine has an interesting ability. I was rather indecis... Read more of this blog post »
L.M. Roth's blog:
L.M. Roth The L. M. Roth Quiz of the Day is a quiz for those familiar with the books of L. M. Roth. If you are not familiar with the books of L. M. Roth, you’d better start cramming!
The answer to Friday's quiz: Dag was the character who was taught to read by a child in Quest for the Kingdom Part... Read more of this blog post »
The answer to Friday's quiz: Dag was the character who was taught to read by a child in Quest for the Kingdom Part... Read more of this blog post »
Doris Mortman's blog:
America is a country divided. Everyone is taking sides over everything. Red. Blue. Right. Left. Pro. Con. There are rules governing conversation, politics being the number one no-no. In some circles even the weather is off limits. Discussion dissolves into debate. And in the end, each side goes h...
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Richard Holeman's blog:
Every year, while Gramma was alive, we’d had a real Christmas tree. Gramma always said that the piney scent of a real tree brought the Christmas spirit into the apartment and every year, in early December, we’d pile into the car, bundled up in our jackets and mittens and scarves, drive across tow...
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Kay L Moody's blog:
If you've read The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken, then you might be interested in joining my book club discussion on Instagram tonight!
Find me on instagram, @kaylmoody and join the discussion. I'll be posting a review and book club questions at 7:20 PM PACIFIC time.
I would love to have you p... Read more of this blog post »
Find me on instagram, @kaylmoody and join the discussion. I'll be posting a review and book club questions at 7:20 PM PACIFIC time.
I would love to have you p... Read more of this blog post »
M.F. Hopkins's blog:
Still setting up the stage to kill off a gang of bikers...and getting a huge cup of coffee.
My coffee(s) of choice are Peet's (most blends), and Death Wish:
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My coffee(s) of choice are Peet's (most blends), and Death Wish:
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Mark C. Wade's blog:
Magic, Fairy Tales, and MM RomanceWhen Prince Elashor's brother is stolen by bandits, and his father, the king, won't pay the ransom, Elashor decides to set off on the rescue himself.Problem: Elashor has been sheltered in the palace his whole life, so he doesn't know the first thing about survivi...
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Cecily Wolfe's blog:
We are so thankful for our readers that we are offering this prize package of 30 YA fiction e-books to one lucky reader. All of the books shown in the photo are included!
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D.L. Harrison's blog:
Hey everyone. I know this post is early, but Amazon decided to actually publish quickly this time instead of the usual ten to twelve hours.
First, the third Evolution Online novel will be available for both purchase and Kindle Unlimited tomorrow on November twentieth. Titled Island Kingdoms' War.
L... Read more of this blog post »
First, the third Evolution Online novel will be available for both purchase and Kindle Unlimited tomorrow on November twentieth. Titled Island Kingdoms' War.
L... Read more of this blog post »
John Joseph Teressi's blog:
We are very excited to announce that Portals in Time: The Quest for Un-Old-Age by John Joseph Teressi is the winner of ELEVEN AWARDS in the Genres of Inspirational, Visionary, Fantasy, and New Age Fiction.
"Humorous, inspirational, adventurous, mysterious! If you love fantasy, time-travel, and adv... Read more of this blog post »
"Humorous, inspirational, adventurous, mysterious! If you love fantasy, time-travel, and adv... Read more of this blog post »
C. J. Written's blog:
Hi all! my first book 'Connected' was just published! It is available on AmazonConnected as a paperback and on Kindle as well. If you read it please leave a review! Happy reading! and Happy holidays!
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Darlene Corbett's blog:
Many years ago, the legendary investor, Peter Lynch, advised individual investors to buy what they know when discussing stock picks. Well, since the rise of the Internet as well as the increase in investment funds, many professionals see that view as being somewhat antiquated. Maybe, maybe not, b...
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Rachael Arsenault's blog:
Exciting news! The DUIRCEAN TRILOGY Complete Collection ebook is on sale on Amazon in the US and UK! You can now get the entire series in one book at over 50% off! Sale runs from November 19, 2018 until November 26th, 2018.
US.
UK.
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Cindy Vallar's blog:
A Fierce Wind by Regan WalkerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The passing of a new constitution in 1790 marks a milestone for France – the end of the monarchy – but the fierce wind that sweeps through the country afterwards gives rise to Robespierre and the bloody Reign of Terror. Four years later, Zoé Do... Read more of this blog post »
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Interview with Barbara Kingsolver
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Interview with Barbara Kingsolver
What happens when you've done everything right, but you can't pay your bills?
That's one of the questions Barbara Kingsolver probes in her new novel, Unsheltered . Weaving between the present and the past, it follows two families in Vineland, New Jersey, living in different moments of cultural crisis....more
That's one of the questions Barbara Kingsolver probes in her new novel, Unsheltered . Weaving between the present and the past, it follows two families in Vineland, New Jersey, living in different moments of cultural crisis....more
Interview with Tana French
Dublin crime novelist Tana French has the kind of critical reviews that other writers would…well, die for. Her debut murder mystery,
In the Woods
, won rave reviews and multiple literary prizes upon its release in 2007. Since then, her books have tended to haunt the bestseller lists, on both sides of the pond, and for months at a time. British newspaper The Independent has dubbed French "The First Lady of Irish Crime," and The Washington Post says she is the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past ten years. ...more
