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July 8, 2017
July 8, 2017: #SaturdayScene
New York Times bestselling author Erik Larson (Dead Wake) called it “A rip-roaring saga of hair-breadth escape,
espionage, and resistance.” Being Nixon‘s Evan Thomas notes “Lynne Olson is a master storyteller.” I could not agree more with either of these gentlemen, and I am delighted to share with you, dear readers, this week’s #SaturdayScene from bestselling author Lynne Olson.
Excerpted from her latest work, Last Hope Island—an epic, character-driven narrative of Britain, Occupied Europe,...
June 23, 2017
June 24, 2017: #SaturdayScene
This week’s #SaturdayScene showcases author Mary Carlomagno’s debut novel, BEST FRIEND FOR HIRE. Jersey Girl Jessie DeSalvo has her dream job at one of New York’s top publishing companies. After ten years of hard work the day of her big promotion has arrived. Unfortunately, her company has other ideas. Instead of a corner office, Jessie is handed her pink slip.
My new hot pink crocodile iPad case was lined up with its office accessory family. The iPad itself was just one of the many things I...
June 3, 2017
Scarred Receives the National Indie Excellence Award for Military Fiction
SCARRED: A Civil War Novel of Redemption was recently announced as an NIEA Award winner in the Military Fiction category! This award, open to all English language printed books available for sale, including small presses, mid-size independent publishers, university presses, and self-published authors, is given annually.
May 6, 2017
May 6, 2017 #SaturdayScene
The Lusitania was once the largest ocean liner in the world. On May 7, 1915 she was sunk by a German U-boat sending shockwaves across the globe as 1,201 passengers and crew lost their lives. The ship was traveling from New York to Liverpool when it was torpedoed 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland. The death of 128 Americans heavily influenced the U.S.’ decision to join the First World War.
Erik Larson’s DEAD WAKE The Last Crossing of the Lusitania offers readers an enthralling and po...
April 29, 2017
April 29, 2017: #SaturdayScene
This week’s #SaturdayScene is a special sneak peek into my new novel, currently titled: THE POSTWOMAN, which will be published before year’s end.
The street lights were turned off, but Dedee could navigate well in her old neighborhood with just the ambient light from the sky. When she turned onto her street about two blocks from her house, she stopped to scan the area. The street slanted downward and she could easily see that no cars were parked anywhere near her home. In this area, each ho...
April 21, 2017
April 22, 2017: #SaturdayScene
This week’s #SaturdayScene features the opening scene from Man Martin’s upcoming novel, The Lemon Jell-O Syndrome, out this May from Unbridled Books—and a dandy gift for all occasions. The night before being struck by the Lemon Jell-O Syndrome, his private nickname for his terrible, incapacitating illness, Bone King taught Wednesday night Composition 1101 with an unease with which it has rarely been taught. When reminding his students that the object of a preposition could never be a...
April 20, 2017
eLit Book Awards: Scarred takes Silver in Historical Fiction
I am delighted to share that SCARRED: A Civil War Novel of Redemption has been awarded a Silver medal for Historical Fiction in the eighth annual eLit Awards—”a global awards program committed to illuminating and honoring the very best of English language digital publishing.”
I’m honored to be among these outstanding writers!
April 17, 2017
April 15, 2017
April 15, 2017: #SaturdayScene
As we wrap up National Library Week, today’s #SaturdayScene is brought to you by former-librarian-turned-author, Jill McCroskey Coupe, and is excerpted from her award-winning debut novel TRUE STORIES AT THE SMOKY VIEW.
Newly mulched flowerbeds bordered the curved sidewalk at the funeral home’s entrance. Yellow jonquils, their star-shaped saucers holding tiny cups, seemed to glow beneath a dark and threatening sky. Vrai paused under the portico to button her black wool coat, bought years ago...
