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February 17, 2011
Guest Post: Blogging to Overcome Writer's Block by Gerald Arnolds
Today I'd like to welcome Gerald Arnolds to Two Ends of the Pen. Writer's block is something almost every author encounters in their writing career. Gerald Arnolds is a writer living in Seattle, Washington. He is a guest blogger for My Dog Ate My Blog and writes on the online psychology degree for Guide to Online Schools.For almost everyone, it's much easier to choose not
February 16, 2011
Follow-up with H.P. Mallory
Hi HP, welcome back to Two Ends of the Pen. Since your interview here in July, a lot of things have been happening and I thought it would be great to catch up with you.
Hi Deb and thanks for having me again!
You mentioned in your first interview that you had landed an agent, but that that relationship went sour. You now have a new agent. How did that happen?Well, after my December sales, I
Hi Deb and thanks for having me again!
You mentioned in your first interview that you had landed an agent, but that that relationship went sour. You now have a new agent. How did that happen?Well, after my December sales, I
February 15, 2011
Interview with Dawn McCullough-White
Briefly describe your journey in writing your first book. The first book I ever published came after years of writing novels (about 12) that aren't good enough to actually publish. My first published novel is Cameo the Assassin a dark fantasy that follows the life of an unwilling assassin with some supernatural abilities. I had written about Cameo from the time I was a teenager and several
Interview with M.G. Scarsbrook
Briefly describe your journey in writing your first book. How long did it take you to finish that manuscript?THE MARLOWE CONSPIRACY is my first novel. The actual writing of the book took me approximately 6 months, although I had a long planning period before that, and many months of research, too. I stumbled across the subject of Christopher Marlowe while researching one of his plays. As I
February 14, 2011
Today's Sponsor: DATING MY VIBRATOR by Suzanne Tyrpak
Book blurb:Dating My Vibrator and other true fiction is a collection of nine true and almost true short stories all based (unfortunately) on my own experience. After nineteen years of marriage I was thrust into a brave new world of dating: online, offline, standing in line, listening to lines. And I have survived to tell these tales. Dating, divorce, desperation—all that good stuff. CAUTION: if
February 13, 2011
#SampleSunday: Can you become invisible?
Today's excerpt is from the QUEST FOR NOBILITY. The Telkur Duchy is nearly bankrupt. Darius and Dyla Telkur have no choice and have entered the dangerous and grueling Grand Competition. If they win, the winning purse could save their duchy, but that's the big question. It's not only IF they win, it's IF they can survive the two week competition. Is Éclair Jortac their
February 12, 2011
New Release: ANGEL FIRE by Valmore Daniels
Book Blurb:My name is Darcy Anderson, and I am cursed with a dark power: Whenever my life is in danger, something inside me summons elemental fire to protect me. I cannot control this.
One night, I was attacked in my home. The fire ... it raged out of control. I survived the inferno, but my house burned to the ground - with my parents inside.
I was at a loss to explain to
One night, I was attacked in my home. The fire ... it raged out of control. I survived the inferno, but my house burned to the ground - with my parents inside.
I was at a loss to explain to
February 11, 2011
Guest Post: Getting High in Vegas
By Rebecca Forster
http://www.rebeccaforster.com
Oh, puhleeessssee. You were expecting a torrid tale of my exploits in Sin City? If you were, the best I can do is confess to losing twenty smackers at the roulette table. For me, that's the slippery slope to ruin which just shows what kind of risk taker I am.
No, I'm talking about really getting high in Vegas; like 23 stories high above the
http://www.rebeccaforster.com
Oh, puhleeessssee. You were expecting a torrid tale of my exploits in Sin City? If you were, the best I can do is confess to losing twenty smackers at the roulette table. For me, that's the slippery slope to ruin which just shows what kind of risk taker I am.
No, I'm talking about really getting high in Vegas; like 23 stories high above the
February 10, 2011
Today's Sponsor: BENEATH A BURIED HOUSE by Bob Avey
Book Blurb:
Things aren't always what they seem. Tulsa Police Detective, Kenny Elliot's quest to uncover the truth behind the death of a transient makes him a target – from whom or what he isn't sure. When he brushes the dirt from the surface of an apparent John Doe overdose case, he finds a labyrinth of misdirection and deception beneath, and a trail, which leads him to an encounter with an
Things aren't always what they seem. Tulsa Police Detective, Kenny Elliot's quest to uncover the truth behind the death of a transient makes him a target – from whom or what he isn't sure. When he brushes the dirt from the surface of an apparent John Doe overdose case, he finds a labyrinth of misdirection and deception beneath, and a trail, which leads him to an encounter with an
February 9, 2011
Review: TAG by Simon Royle
4 of 5 starsBig brother is watching. Author Simon Royale takes this premise to a new and terrifying reality in his novel Tag. Fast forward into the next century and we find all humans are identified by their PUI (Personal Unique Identifier). The government knows everything about you, everywhere you go, everything you buy, literally everything. A scary thought in itself.
Book blurb: In the
Book blurb: In the
