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Read First Impressions of “The Hiding Girl” on BookishFirst

BookishFirst is a great service that allows book-lovers to preview excerpts from new books. People who post their first impressions from the excerpts get entered a raffle to win an advance reading copy. Check out the 374 first impressions of The Hiding Girl, set for release on June 15, 2020. The Kindle version is available […]

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Psycho-Tropics Makes Man Cry – This Week’s Fav Amazon Review

Love to express appreciation for the folks who take the time to post thoughtful Amazon reviews that ring true to the heart and this new review Psycho-Tropics fits the bill. Thanks so much to this reader who said Psycho-Tropics made him curse, lengthen his breaks at work, annoy his wife and even cry.

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Song Lyrics in Fiction and the Fair Use Doctrine

By Dorian Box In a previous post, I briefly discussed the interaction between the “fair use” exception to the U.S. Copyright Act and the use of song snippets in works of fiction, but wanted to conduct a more in-depth legal analysis of the issue. The fair use exception to copyright laws is designed to promote […]

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Song Lyrics in Fiction and the Fair Use Doctrine — Part 2

By Dorian Box In a previous post, I briefly discussed the interaction between “fair use” exception to the U.S. Copyright Act and the use of song snippets in substantial works of fiction, but wanted to dig into the issue in more depth. The fair use exception to copyright laws is designed to promote free expression […]

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The Hiding Girl by Dorian Box – Available for Preorder

“Dark and gritty … an exceptional, heart-pounding story full of raw emotion, deep-seated fear, and an undercurrent of hope and innocence. Deeply atmospheric … without peer in contemporary mysteries/thrillers.” — Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize Semifinalist THE HIDING GIRL (EMILY CALBY BOOK 1) Twelve-year-old Emily Calby was a good girl from a religious family in rural […]

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The Hiding Girl by Dorian Box — Available for Pre-Order

“Dark and gritty … an exceptional, heart-pounding story full of raw emotion, deep-seated fear, and an undercurrent of hope and innocence. Deeply atmospheric … without peer in contemporary mysteries/thrillers.” — Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize Review Twelve-year-old Emily Calby was a good girl from a religious family in rural Georgia. She loved softball, her little sister […]

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The Hiding Girl by Dorian Box — Coming Soon!

Some kind reviewers have been asking, essentially: “What the hell ever happened to this Dorian Box guy? I read his novel Psycho-Tropics and liked it, but can’t find anything else written by him.” That’s because I’ve spent the last four years writing the first two books (and a portion of the third) of the forthcoming […]

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This Week’s Favorite Amazon and Goodreads Reviews for Psycho-Tropics

Lots of downtime these days? Going stir crazy with no sports, no restaurants, etc.? What could be a better time-filler than curling up with a good book? May I recommend Psycho-Tropics? Check out the reviews. But you know it is with reviews. After you get a certain number, people rarely see the most recent ones. Here […]

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Using Song Lyrics in Fiction (and Psycho-Tropics Soundtrack)

The power of music to evoke deep connections makes song references a good tool for fiction-writers to capture times, places, characters and moods.  Without any particular design, Psycho-Tropics ended up littered with the names of songs. Some reviews have commented positively on them for evoking places, time frames and emotions. Not a surprise. Several studies show the power of […]

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This Week’s Favorite Amazon Review

There’s no better feeling for a writer than to have a stranger appreciate their work, so this week we celebrate not only Independence Day, but this new Amazon review:In answer to the writer’s expressed hope that I’ve “been toiling away on a new near-masterpiece,” the answer is I’ve certainly been toiling away, having completed the […]

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