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January 22, 2011
Interview with Suzanne Tyrpak
Briefly describe your journey in writing your first book.I wrote my first novel, Rosey's Dream, over ten years ago, but Vestal Virgin, my third completed novel, is the first novel I've published. Rosey's Dream grew out of a short story about a go-go dancer who gets caught up in the seedy underworld of New York City in the 1970's. Okay, I admit it--a lot of the story is based on my own experience
And the winner is...
The winner of all 3 of the Alexis Stanton books by J.C. Phelps is:
kast1j
Congratulations! Ms. Phelps will be in touch with the you about getting the books to you.
Thanks to everyone who entered. There will be another giveaway next week so come back and check it out.
kast1j
Congratulations! Ms. Phelps will be in touch with the you about getting the books to you.
Thanks to everyone who entered. There will be another giveaway next week so come back and check it out.
January 21, 2011
Guest Post: Am I an Idiot?
Working with a Freelance EditorBy Rebecca Forsterhttp://www.rebeccaforster.com
January. We begin anew. We slough off our baggage and leave the past behind. Except when we don't. Which brings us to the topic of freelance editors.
I have dragged mine into every New Year, every new project,* every new puddle of angst where I wallow in the knowledge that I will never write a decent book again. I
January. We begin anew. We slough off our baggage and leave the past behind. Except when we don't. Which brings us to the topic of freelance editors.
I have dragged mine into every New Year, every new project,* every new puddle of angst where I wallow in the knowledge that I will never write a decent book again. I
January 20, 2011
Blog Tour Stop - Ami Blackwelder
Set in Alaska in 2040, Melissa Marn and Bruce Wilder must work under the iron fist of the SCM, while still trying to maintain humanity. Discovering a world of shifters and hybrids, the scientists must struggle with human prejudice and betrayal. With the original ancestors, dubbed shifters, still living on earth, humans are in the midst of a fifteen year old war. As the eldest hybrids, Unseen and
January 19, 2011
Today's Sponsor: LISTEN TO YOUR HEART by Margaret Lake
Book Blurb:World War I - Lena Manning is barely 20 years old and already a war widow with a baby on the way. Her church takes care of her, gives her employment and wraps her in its secure world. When the bishop appoints a new pastor, a young, handsome widower, she is forced to seek other employment to avoid any hint of scandal. Her new job as social secretary to the wife of a wealthy New York
January 17, 2011
Book Giveaway: 3 Alex Stanton Chronicles by J.C. Phelps
Author J.C. Phelps has graciously agreed to a fantastic book giveaway - a digital copy of all 3 of her Alex Stanton Chronicles books.
To enter the contest for a chance to win digital copies of the books, just click "follow" this blog [after the interviews section in the side bar] and then leave your email address in the comments section by Friday, January 21 at midnight. You can also enter
To enter the contest for a chance to win digital copies of the books, just click "follow" this blog [after the interviews section in the side bar] and then leave your email address in the comments section by Friday, January 21 at midnight. You can also enter
January 16, 2011
#SampleSunday - THE CRYSTAL FACADE
For today's Sample Sunday, I am posting two short excerpts from THE CRYSTAL FACADE. The first one is when Dyla Telkur visits her father's crypt. She has decided to travel to Earth again and is not sure when she will return if ever. The second excerpt concerns her twin, Darius, who is off on his own adventure in the Berkshire Duchy on Otharia trying to save the Duke's daughter.
Excerpt from
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January 15, 2011
Review of Accidental Demon Slayer by Angie Fox
2 of 5 stars
I downloaded this book during a free promotion on Amazon. I'm glad I got it for free because I would have been disappointed if I had paid money for it. I wanted to love it and the beginning started out with a bang, but then it went downhill from there.
On her 30th birthday, uptight school teacher Lizzie Brown, receives a visit from her long-lost harley-riding witch grandmother. At
I downloaded this book during a free promotion on Amazon. I'm glad I got it for free because I would have been disappointed if I had paid money for it. I wanted to love it and the beginning started out with a bang, but then it went downhill from there.
On her 30th birthday, uptight school teacher Lizzie Brown, receives a visit from her long-lost harley-riding witch grandmother. At
My Blog is International
I have been blogging away for more than a year now and I check my stats all the time to see what posts resonate with my followers and to find out who's clicking on my blog link.
First I'll post the screen shot of the most clicked on posts. I'm not surprised it's the panel discussions. I think everyone enjoys getting inside author's heads and I plan on doing more panel discussions in the
First I'll post the screen shot of the most clicked on posts. I'm not surprised it's the panel discussions. I think everyone enjoys getting inside author's heads and I plan on doing more panel discussions in the
January 14, 2011
Interview with Ruth Francisco
Author bio:
Ruth Francisco worked in the film industry for fifteen years before selling her first novel Confessions of a Deathmaiden to Warner Books in 2003, followed by Good Morning, Darkness, which was selected by Publishers' Weekly as one of the best mysteries of the year, and her controversial third novel, The Secret Memoirs of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. She now has
Ruth Francisco worked in the film industry for fifteen years before selling her first novel Confessions of a Deathmaiden to Warner Books in 2003, followed by Good Morning, Darkness, which was selected by Publishers' Weekly as one of the best mysteries of the year, and her controversial third novel, The Secret Memoirs of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. She now has
