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Some people in this world are just gullible. I mean no offence. I happen to be one of them. Particularly when I was young I fell for every story or trick my brothers could come up with. I believed my brother who told me Bruce Lee was poisoned because he was too fast to shoot with bullets. Then th... Read more of this blog post »

If you're ever on the corner of Granville & Robson, look up! You may see some familiar faces on the advertisement screen. We've partnered with the City of Vancouver to promote our fast approaching LiterASIAN Festival through their Vancouver Live! Video Screen Advertising Program. pic.twitter....

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Last night, after bolting dinner and changing into jeans, my husband and I walked two miles down the road to a large equine facility. We'd heard the RCMP Musical Ride was doing a demonstration there and, being a horse lover and dressage rider, I was keen to go have a look. I've seen the Musical R... Read more of this blog post »

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Touching Sin by J. Saman
#AlphaHero #SexyAsSin #ForbiddenLove
#LasVegasSin #RomanticSuspense

Release September 20th, 2018

═ Important Dates to Remember ═
→ Release: September 20th
→ ARCs go out on September 10th
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i'm not quite sure most people understand how lonely it gets here in my head. when you're constantly reliving your past, and can't seem to make any move forward with your future. it just sets off this snowball of events that always goes to the same place... always to the same damn question... wil... Read more of this blog post »

Book Two of my CRANE BROTHERS ROMANCE series is now live!

TEMPTING ENGAGEMENTS is a steamy, contemporary African American romance about hot-headed Dominic Crane and the soon-to-be-married (to someone else!) Sidra Lowell.

What happens when the two of them meet? Well, sparks fly -- from Dominic's t... Read more of this blog post »

Writers need to read not only their own genre but others as well. No matter how much a writer practices their writing skills, seeing how other writers handle a story helps.
So the reading list should be award winning books, right? After all, these are the ones writers and readers praise. They must... Read more of this blog post »

Today is The Glass Butterfly's official book birthday! HURRAH!

(gif by Heather Love King)

However, there's been a glitch. Since I've chosen to publish these books as indie titles (see story behind that decision here), I myself am responsible for uploading every version individually, paperbacks, ebo... Read more of this blog post »

I'm in Edinburgh at the moment. Writing the 1st draft of 'From the Stars' early in the mornings before exploring. It's my 2nd time in Edinburgh and the place is an inspiration. Nothing in specific, just the whole thing, the atmosphere, the gothic buildings, the narrow closes that snake through th... Read more of this blog post »

A quickie today...
I'm giving all my followers on Goodreads/Amazon a ten day heads up. On August 25th Books 1&2 of The Otherworld Series (The Silent Goddess and The Screaming Stone) will be getting face lifts and....on sale for free.
The books will be on sale for free for a very short time. My... Read more of this blog post »

I like living in Maine precisely because we don't usually have more than a handful of hot, humid days each year. 2018 has already broken the record. DO NOT tell me climate change is a hoax. It's pretty obvious something untoward is going on with the heat index.

We have window units in three rooms... Read more of this blog post »

Bad Things Happen by Rowena Holloway

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Another brilliant read from Ro Holloway! Sensational ending with some unique twist and turns. Ms Holloway crafts an extraordinary thriller with well defined characters. The pace is well timed and the build up happens so subtly, you are a... Read more of this blog post »

Kraven embraced me (which he seemed to enjoy) and we teleported back inside the mansion. The feeling was strange, a loss of breath and flash of bright light, then a slight dizziness after reappearing. I envied the necromancer's ability to magically transport his body, and my own, to distant locat... Read more of this blog post »

With colorful description and profound glimpses of personal experiences, SPARED author Shaun Deane looks back at the devastating circumstances that upended his life and his struggle to free himself from his self-centered father’s legacy of anger and bitterness.

Reading baby-boomer Shaun Deane’s me... Read more of this blog post »

OMG! I just learned the Dead Again, my second Emlyn Goode Mystery novel is in the running for the 2018 M&M Book Awards novel competition for Mystery & Mayhem Fiction.

Pray for me—and cross your fingers. Please.

If you haven’t yet read the book, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N0OA1IV Read more of this blog post »

Book 2 of The Nemo Paradox, The Mysterious Planet of Captain Moreau, is now with the beta readers! I am getting ever closer to release.

I hope to release it close to Halloween, in time for Hallowcon, if not sooner!

Flash Friends: A Perry County Novel
Dennis Royer
Paperback: 334 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (July 23, 2017)
ISBN-10: 1547166517
ISBN-13: 978-1547166510
https://www.amazon.com/Flash-Friends-...


Reviewed by: Dr. Wesley Britton


I was delighted to meet author Denn... Read more of this blog post »

Or at least palatable. Not literally, unless you like the taste of paper, because it's a novel. :D All I can tell you at the moment is rather vague - it's a horror drama with LGBT themes, and one of its main topics is gourmet.
I have this insatiable drive to start publishing something every Hallow... Read more of this blog post »

My adult shaving experience began with the United States Army where we shaved daily whether we needed it or not. Cheap disposable cartridge razors and a can of chemical goo became a routine that I carried into civilian life for decades. The razor burn, ingrown hairs, and what I later learned were... Read more of this blog post »

“The romantic, intriguing adventures of New Jersey shore guest house owner, Cal Cozzi, and his husband, Michael, continue with Cozzi Cove: Happy Endings, the fifth volume in this highly entertaining, immensely enjoyable series from author Joe Cosentino. The colorful guest list at Cozzi Cove inclu... Read more of this blog post »

The new book is out!!

https://www.amazon.com/New-Haven-MN-E...

Here's the description!

“Jamie is dead.”

Sydney Dwyer had never considered returning to her hometown of New Haven, Minnesota until she heard those words. She’d left the town and her twin sister, Jamie, behind years ago with no intention o... Read more of this blog post »

Jon Hess has this to say about #1 Son and Other Stories , Michael Marcus’s debut story collection: “Michael Marcus takes us on a wild adventure through the darkest depths of addiction, sexuality, deceit, and depravity with a raw grace and eloquence that brings to mind the voices of Jim Carroll i... Read more of this blog post »

Sip

Sip is in paperback if you guys are into paperbacks.

Also, I think my last blog said I was back on Twitter.

I am no longer on Twitter.

Cheers! Read more of this blog post »

NOTE: Like brushing your cat when she wants to eat, this is going to be a relatively short session. Not because I have nothing to say. Heavens. Because it involves too many other topics better covered under other headings. You’ll see… Also, the direct answer is, well, fairly direct.

The question t... Read more of this blog post »

Building a primary character is a difficult process to describe to someone who is not a writer, mainly because the process is so intuitive. But if I try to look at it analytically, I estimate that crafting a character in a novel is about 45% imagination, 40% lived experience, 10% researched detai... Read more of this blog post »

Rare 80% off sale has started! US Kindle Countdown for 5-star, first-in-series thriller, 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy, available at $0.99 for a brief time.

https://www.amazon.com/13-Days-Pythag... Read more of this blog post »

Writing a Space Opera can be hard, but it’s so worth it

A Space Opera happens to be one of the most widely read sub-genre of science-fiction. Bringing readers a scintillating combination of melodramatic space adventure, warfare, risky strategies, and interplanetary conflicts. It’s almost mandatory...

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A lot of readers compare Jimmy Darwin to Forrest Gump, usually saying they are similar, but when you really think about it, the two are quite different. So let’s break it down and compare the two books, including Forrest Gump the movie which is very different than the book.

First, the similaritie... Read more of this blog post »

Between Before & After is a dual narrative novel about a girl in 1955 San Jose who discovers there may be more to her family than meets the eye, and her Brooklyn born mother who was forced to make drastic decisions in the aftermath of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918.
It's a redemption story a... Read more of this blog post »

Today I'm blogging on Love Bytes Reviews about writing poly relationships in romance, and the idea of opening up to different pictures of what real love looks like.






Post link: http://lovebytesreviews.com/2018/08/1... Read more of this blog post »

The Online Book Club just reviewed Kindred Journeys and gave it 4 out of 4.Especially noted was the characters and the interplay between them--the most fun to create and write about!
Check it out at:

https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/vie... Read more of this blog post »

if you have lost a dear dog and can not sleep, let me give you a audio code FREE. As i have a few. and if you find it helpful then please share a few words to.
Dogs are the kindest friends, and live can be unbearable when they pass.
I am a great believer in Fate, so if you reading this, it must be... Read more of this blog post »

Just a quick update, Morrigan's Bidding is live.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GGWCL51

BREAKING BOOK NEWS! Price drop! Visit my newsletter for all the links! https://mailchi.mp/b04323b0ee91/lis-w... My new book HUNTING CHARLES MANSON is now available for great price! Sale price: buy the ebook for $1.99 and the audiobook is $4.99! Order your copy today! Read more of this blog post »

Raving reviews are coming in for Aces: A Novel of Pilots in WWII with wing guns blazing!

Kirkus Reviews
In the 1930s, Aaron Miller and Michael “Miki” von Steuven are both students at Princeton University and the best of friends, despite hailing from radically disparate backgrounds. Aaron’s father i... Read more of this blog post »

I've been reading a lot lately since I've finished editing my latest MS. Though I've enjoyed most of the books I've read, I'm surprised by so many famous and well-respected authors, in both the indie and traditional fields, headhopping between every character in the book and randomly switching be... Read more of this blog post »

Hi guys,

I am thrilled to announce that ARRIVAL (THE INVASION CHRONICLES—BOOK TWO) is now available on all etailers! Here are the links!

AMAZON
https://www.amazon.com/Arrival-Invasi...

B&N
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/arri...

iBOOKS/APPLE
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/arri...

KOBO
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A tourist's homemade video of the toxic red tide algae bloom along the Florida Keys happening today. All through August they have been driving bulldozer's down the beaches in the morning to scoop up the millions of dead fish, whales (including a 26' whale shark) and of course... dolphins. Still f... Read more of this blog post »

Welcome to ‘Boro


He was woken by a loud banging. At first he didn’t know where he was or where the noise was coming from, then he saw the wallpaper and remembered with a depressed sigh. The banging continued. He staggered up from the chair into the hallway, stumbled down the stairs and opened hi... Read more of this blog post »

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 yesterday's quiz: an amulet was the gift that Nolwenn received in secret in Quest For the Kingdom Par... Read more of this blog post »

Wednesday, August 15th -- I've got a cool announcement for you. Here's the deal: Ask me any question about PARADOX, e.g., about Savich or Sherlock or Sean, or any characters, or about what I was thinking when I did this or that , you get the picture. Anything at all. And I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION... Read more of this blog post »

Read the excellent reviews of the first two stories in my naughty, slightly taboo short series, "My Mommy's Got Your Daughter" on the Bending the Bookshelf blog!

https://bibrary.blogspot.com/2018/08/...

My Mommy's Got Your Daughter
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On sale for a limited time! 99 cents/pence each for our award-winning medieval Italian time travel duo. Our sale runs from August 15 through 21 on Amazon US and UK. The Other Side of Heaven and Time Enough for Love received coveted Top Picks from Night Owl Reviews. Thank you, and happy reading!

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J.R. Rain's Vampire for Hire World stories are set in the universe of Samantha Moon and are considered unofficial fan fiction. Folks, these stories rock, and they are a great way to feed your Sam Moon fix. Grab Fire Warrior below and Happy Reading!

Fire Warrior by H.T. Night on Amazon Kindle: htt... Read more of this blog post »

On sale for a limited time! 99 cents/pence each for our award-winning medieval Italian time travel duo. Our sale runs from August 15 through 21 on Amazon US and UK. The Other Side of Heaven and Time Enough for Love received coveted Top Picks from Night Owl Reviews. Thank you, and happy reading!

ht... Read more of this blog post »

NOW JUST $0.99 FOR THE KINDLE EDITION!
For a limited time you can buy, download and read the award-winning epic thriller Wendall's Lullaby. Kip Koelsch blends terrorism, hundreds of beached and dying dolphins, political conspiracy, black ops and science into a mystery that reads like a film!

Order... Read more of this blog post »

Enter now to win a copy of Cowboys, Creatures and Classics: The Story of Republic Pictures.

Silence, intense and oppressive, gripped the moonlit expanse of the plains. The slight mist that rose from the ground gave vague and uncertain outlines to the rocks that studded the terrain like stolid sent... Read more of this blog post »

An Angel's Unintentional Entanglement: A Demon's Witch's Series, Book Four, by Tena Steller **Excerpt-Giveaway** #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/w0be30lpDdR

Available for Review Scion’s Destiny by Traci Douglass Genre: Paranormal Romance https://bewitchingbooktours.blogspot....

Virtual Book Tour:... Read more of this blog post »

Word on The Streets: The Kindle price has just been cut from $7.99 to $2.99.

To anyone considering a ride. Hope this leads. To a peak inside.

And to anyone who already bought. The author has two thoughts. First, thank you. And number two. The author knows the ride is worth it. As valuable as the ch... Read more of this blog post »