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This year marks the 150th anniversary of Memorial Day. The original May 30, 1868 commemoration was deemed “Decoration Day” and paid tribute to the fallen Union and Confederate soldiers of the Civil War. In 1882, it was renamed Memorial Day and continues its celebration on the last Monday in May.
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Thanks to readers and to the Next Generation Indie Book Awards for honoring The Chords of Memory in the category "Best Christian Novel." Congratulations to all contest winners & merci beaucoup to our readers and judges. Thanks, also, to the valiant soldiers, sailors, and airmen who risk life... Read more of this blog post »

It was a blind date. We didn't hit it off as a lot of blind dates go. The meeting was short, and final. There were no follow up phone calls, or wishing wells from overseas. You were far from my mind when you show up on the page, to do with my debut story. Yes, I asked you to read it, and no, I di... Read more of this blog post »

BOOK SIGNING - HISTORICAL FICTION - THE BROKEN LANCE & THE SIGN OF THE EAGLE TRILOGY. For those of you who live in the greater San Francisco/Silicone Valley, California area, I will be signing copies of my exciting historical novels, set in First Century AD Celtic Britain and Imperial Rome, @... Read more of this blog post »

I knew May 2018 would be a hectic month when I scheduled the release of the second book in the Constellation series, but I never predicted the month that unfolded for me.

Our family went through an emergency just 2 weeks before the release date. I had to put everything on hold, including many aspe... Read more of this blog post »

Hello Book Aficionados!

Release Me is coming out July 12. Thought I would upload a teaser to keep you interested. Also, Resist Me Audiobook will release the same day!

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Antony watched her lip quiver. She was trying to be strong. He ran a hand through his hair. He moved to stand in front of... Read more of this blog post »

My new giveaway started today. "My Name is Rebecca: A Novelette" is a special story. Historical fiction, it is written as a tribute to all of those who came to America in the early 1900s for a better life. Follow the Geshler family on their voyage from Russia (in steerage), through the process of... Read more of this blog post »

A new podcast I did that talks about #transhmanism and my #libertarian run for Governor: https://soundcloud.com/user-199156708...

Good morning, friends. Not a whole lot going on in today's post, just a chance to meet a couple of talented bloggers and authors who aren't me. Enjoy!

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Hello Folks;
May has been an excellent month for most of my 50 books, but I just noticed on my Amazon account that 15 of my "treasured babies" haven't yet been purchased or read by anyone this month. That travesty cannot be allowed to stand.
To rectify the situation, on Sunday (May 27th) I am giv... Read more of this blog post »

Hi All,

I noticed many readers have put Glass Lands on their To Be Read shelf. Thank you for that, but now it's time to take the book off the shelf and dive into Gerald Goodstone's world. To help with that, I'm starting a Kindle Countdown Deal on June 11. For a whole week you can download the book... Read more of this blog post »

Here I am dearest Divine Eternal One. I have lived many, many years of joys and sorrows upon this wondrous planet Earth. I am an Old Soul. I understand we are in times of transformation. Many things have changed, are changing, will change. Our planet Earth is vibrating at a higher frequency now.... Read more of this blog post »

Chapter 1 - Peace Undone (continued)

Solaris returned to his chair, set the goblet down, and continued with the quill.

I am afraid my people do not appreciate my advice to take precautionary measures after an enemy disappears. I know from several decades of war that longtime enemies always strike a... Read more of this blog post »

I am pleased to announce the release of my latest novel, "Escape from Konigsberg", which is set in Northern Europe during the last days of WWII and based on true events including one man's courageous tale of survival. This is the second edition of a work that has taken five years to find its fina... Read more of this blog post »

Memorial Day is a great time to load up for Kindle for beach reading. I've dropped the price on Asylum to $0.99 (or equivalent in other countries) for two days so you can take Colin and Hernán with you on vacation.
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the drifting I have done in my life away from the two major political parties. I’ve also been thinking about the blame those parties deserve for the rotten state of affairs in our country—in our world. When I was in high school, I was pretty liberal, but some... Read more of this blog post »

I know what it’s like to go through the day disorganised, and without knowing what I’m doing.

I know how a day can be swallowed whole by the lure of tasty and stimulating distractions.

I know the frustration of having a busy day, and working hard, yet feeling like I’m running in one spot not goi...

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Original words, written by Rachel Marie Martin, author of FindingJoy.net today in an auditorium full of parents my son scanned the room looking for me. when he saw me his face lit up the room. he wasn’t looking for the perfect parent. he was looking for his mom. don’t ever forget the power of sim...

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Captain’s Log
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Universe in Flames Box Set (Books 1-5, plus bonus novella)

I revamped, updated, and relaunched the U... Read more of this blog post »

Aside from Tolkien, my biggest collection of books by an author for #circleofbookishfriends is JK Rowling. There’s so many different styles to the Harry Potter series that it’s hard not collect them. The sun is shining and it’s a hot day, so I decided to take my book out for a walk

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 Dear Lady Love I know this site is for questions about dating and relationships but I’m having a problem with my dad and really need your help. I got in trouble because my dad got upset that I bought an e-cigarette online and I had not even tried it yet. It all started when he said, “Whats in th... Read more of this blog post »

Alpha’s Submission went live today in all Amazon stores! It’s also available in Kindle Unlimited, as all my books are. You can grab it here or find out more info and read the blurb here. 

I hope you guys will love the second book in the Irresistible Omegas series. I had a blast writing it, and I h...

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My message for the blog tonight is simple: GO SEE SOLO.

It’s not a perfect movie, but it just might be the best that these new Star Wars films have come up with to this point, and the Ho and I *genuinely* enjoyed it. I also hear that it’s projected to underperform, and we don’t want that to happe...

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mi sono iscritta ai corsi di scrittura online di zandegù.
ho attivato questo abbonamento perché è da un anno che non scrivo un romanzo e avevo bisogno di stimoli. oppure, perché avevo bisogno di un'altra scusa per rimandare il momento in cui mi sarei rimessa a scrivere.
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The Girl in Between, sequel to The Boys Next Door, is now available for pre-order! Amazon US | Amazon CA | Amazon UK | Amazon AU

What do you think of the cover? I love it. It’s sexy and steamy and seductive and just a little bit dreamlike. It brings back the pool from Boys Next...

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How many of you teach writing? For a while, to pad my income, I actively sought writing gigs but backed off that because it was A) a lot of work finding gigs, and B) I didn't get a lot of interest. It was embarrassing touting myself as a "National Bestselling Author" and have zilch in terms of st... Read more of this blog post »

My ranking of the top 100 prospects for this year’s MLB draft is up for Insiders. Over at Vulture, my ranking of the 25 best mobile board game apps went up last week.

Keith Law: It’s just a change in me – something in my liberty. Klawchat.

Spencer: Corey Ray recent performance is reminding me of...

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This is my book of regional humor and universal dread. Now available in paperback for dropping in a lake. Have a good vacation!

bit.ly/painfulbeaches and johnhodgman.com/tour.

See you in New England.

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J. Geils Band: “You’re Gettin’ Even While I’ve Been Gettin’ Odd”

This – the only post-Peter Wolf release from the J. Geils Band – is by far the worst record in my entire collection, even worse than Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em (which at least has camp value/irony-listening potent...

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It’s very special for a writer who has recently published her debut book to meet her readers first hand. In the early hours of the morning on the 18th of May, I dodged the heavy traffic in Bangalore to reach Inventure Academy, a world class school on the outskirts of Sarjapura.
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市道不好，小販就出現了。找不到工作，有甚麼比擺攤子做點小買賣更好？

日本經濟泡沫一爆，已有十多年了，大家想盡辦法求生，現在他們搞所謂的流動販賣，就是我們的「快餐車」。

我對這種經營手法甚感興趣，十幾年前與洪金寶和成龍一齊到西班牙，拍的也是以快餐車為主題的電影。

當今日本流行的車子，一輛賣十萬多港幣，車內設備齊全，有爐有灶，不過這種車一賣到其他地方就要貴得多了。

很贊成當小販這一回事兒，百花齊放，多好！在泰國，我們的攝影隊去到那裏，那裏就有小販出現，像群螞蟻。政府照顧民生，放條生路，我們的所謂文明社會，禁這個禁那個。

小販真的好像政府所說那麼不乾淨嗎？我們也經過小販年代，還不是好好地活了下來？看別的...

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Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No, to Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Blurb Having clear boundaries is essential to a healthy, balanced lifestyle. A boundary is a personal property line that marks those things for which we are responsible. In other wo... Read more of this blog post »

Hi everyone,

Still finding my feet here on good reads, thanks for your understanding and support.

I am currently working on the follow up to Woodrush towers – Agents of odd.

Agents of odd – Rip Eye has more of a fantasy element to it and is based ten years after Woodrush. I’m 10k words in and it... Read more of this blog post »

Fanucci non è più l’editore italiano di Brandon Sanderson. Lo ha comunicato l’editore stesso con un messaggio su Twitter. Care lettrici e cari lettori, da oggi non siamo più gli editori italiani di #BrandonSanderson e non sappiamo chi lo sarà … Continua a leggere → Read more of this blog post »

Ik ben dol op Harry Potter. Als kind en daarna als tiener verslond ik alle boeken en films en ik ben al jaren van plan om een Pottermarathon op touw te zetten zodat ik alles kan herlezen en opnieuw kan kijken, maar daar ben ik nog niet aan toe gekomen. Nu de mobiele game Hogwarts Mystery is uitge...

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Wat doe je wanneer de titel van een boek eigenlijk al verraad hoe het boek gaat eindigen? Dan ga je hopen dat er toch een andere manier zal zijn… Dat had ik dus ook met Op het einde gaan ze allebei dood van Adam Silvera. Ik had al veel over het boek gehoord, maar het was al […]

Het bericht Op het...

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This is from today's AMA on Reddit: http://j.mp/2s2TIEL DEFINITION AND CRITIQUE Postmodernism is essentially the claim that (1) since there are an innumerable number of ways in which the world can be interpreted and perceived (and those are tightly associated) then (2) no canonical manner of inte... Read more of this blog post »

TODAY’S PROPHETIC WORD

The plans I have for you are good. Bad things will happen, but I will be there to show you a good thing, to comfort you and bring you peace. Trust Me.

RESCUE TO REDEMPTION

The power of redemption can come into your biggest, darkest nightmare. The power of redemption can come i...

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As an entrepreneur you're not getting paid for the hours you put in.

And instead you get paid for how big the problem is that you're solving.

For how much it matters to other side (and not you).

And it doesn't really matter if it requires four hours of work a week to solve that problem or one hun...

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Emilia Romagna

I've been planning a trip to Bologna, where part of my third novel is set. I've been researching the heck out of that area. I already knew it has the oldest university in the world, but one of the things I was most intrigued to find was  Bologna was a city of towers. There were a...

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I’ve been doing quite a bit of devotional work, more intently than usual, for Sigyn lately. She is such an under-estimated Goddess and I don’t think She gets anywhere nearly the attention and veneration She deserves within modern Heathenry and for a number of reasons (1). She is one of two Goddes...

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My mom fed us organic foods since the time I was five years old. I mostly eat organic foods and fed it to my children when they were growing up. Yes, it’s more expensive but I don’t want all of the toxic chemicals sprayed on foods that are conventionally grown.

I have been reading a book called “...

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I’m going to start talking about plots by quoting an incredibly smug man who makes the seemingly proud boast that he has only ever read one book.

(An article I read the other day said that President Trump is only thought to have read three pieces of fiction. And you really don’t want...

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It turns out Amazon went a little crazy and put up Awaken Online: Evolution within 45 minutes of me hitting the “publish” button — which has to be some sort of record.  The good news is that you all get it a little early!  It clocked in at a whopping 768 pages in print, so it might even take you...

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Eller förlagshelg kanske man ska säga? Förrförra helgen åkte jag i alla fall ner till Caroline tillsammans med Sara för att ha en jobbhelg. Telefonen visade att det skulle bli molnigt och inte alls särskilt varmt, men oj så fel den hade. Kunde minsann sitta i solen och jobba större delen av lörda...

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I too read Asterix comic books that I've read before. The memories of reading them as a child, the familiarity of the characters and the incidents, the dialogue even. Of course, there are lots of reasons why we might want to return to a book. Reading a book again is not just reading it for a sec... Read more of this blog post »