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January 30, 2018
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
For most aspiring Authors looking to better hone your craft, Stephen King's book, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is a must read. It is half Autobiography and half writing "how to". For anyone old enough, they will remember when Stephen King was hit by a vehicle while out taking a walk. This book was started before that incident and completed afterward.
This book is quite frequently on lists of must reads for any Author. After reading it, I highly recommend it to any Author looking to better their craft.
I would love to hear feedback from everyone if you have/do read it.
Here is the Amazon link to pick up a copy:
http://a.co/9h315Jd
Feel free to check out my Review vlog over the book at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Es7q...
This book is quite frequently on lists of must reads for any Author. After reading it, I highly recommend it to any Author looking to better their craft.
I would love to hear feedback from everyone if you have/do read it.
Here is the Amazon link to pick up a copy:
http://a.co/9h315Jd
Feel free to check out my Review vlog over the book at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Es7q...
January 29, 2018
With Angel's Wings by Stephanie Collins
With Angel's Wings written by Stephanie Collins is a biographical story about her struggles with having a special needs daughter being born while her husband was deployed overseas. Without giving away too much, she struggled through numerous uncertainties with her daughter clinging to life, due to multiple heart defects and health issues stemming from those defects. Along with dealing with all these overwhelming trials, she also struggled with clinical depression.
This story is a must read. I picked it up at every opportunity. "With Angel's Wings" is both inspiring and harrowing.
Follow the link to pick up your own copy on Amazon: http://a.co/g12XGK5
You can also follow Stephanie on twitter: https://twitter.com/W_Angels_Wings
Feel free to check out my Review vlog over the book and also hear what I had to say on the subject of Depression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgAgt...
This story is a must read. I picked it up at every opportunity. "With Angel's Wings" is both inspiring and harrowing.
Follow the link to pick up your own copy on Amazon: http://a.co/g12XGK5
You can also follow Stephanie on twitter: https://twitter.com/W_Angels_Wings
Feel free to check out my Review vlog over the book and also hear what I had to say on the subject of Depression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgAgt...
The Namaste Club by Tim I Gurung
The Namaste Club written by Tim I. Gurung is the story of four friends who met at a specific location every week to spend time together, visit with one another, and discuss a multitude of topics. After their meeting place is destroyed in a fire the four friends struggle to find balance amid a myriad of personal setbacks. The friends are plagued with everyday difficulties as well as personal loss and injury.
The story had great characters and plot. The story read similar to a descriptive play in the sense that all of the characters and locations were described, in detail, at the very beginning of the story, before any of the plot is told. Personally, this writing style seemed to detract from the story.
Over all, the story was good and had a decent ending. There were a few lines within the story that jumped out at me.
Gurung's family charity (ISSLCARE) is completely funded from sales of his books.
You can learn more about Tim on his website: www.timigurung.com and follow him on twitter: www.twitter.com/TimGurung.
Be sure to check out my vlog review and be sure to subscribe to keep up to date on when new videos post to the review vlog.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8SVB...
The story had great characters and plot. The story read similar to a descriptive play in the sense that all of the characters and locations were described, in detail, at the very beginning of the story, before any of the plot is told. Personally, this writing style seemed to detract from the story.
Over all, the story was good and had a decent ending. There were a few lines within the story that jumped out at me.
Gurung's family charity (ISSLCARE) is completely funded from sales of his books.
You can learn more about Tim on his website: www.timigurung.com and follow him on twitter: www.twitter.com/TimGurung.
Be sure to check out my vlog review and be sure to subscribe to keep up to date on when new videos post to the review vlog.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8SVB...
January 23, 2018
Review of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle In Time Series
The "A Wrinkle In Time" Series, written by Madeleine L'Engle is a classic series that has been loved by generations.
Individually, the five books in the series are great. As an entire series, however, it is lackluster. The force the characters are fighting with in the first three stories, is phased out completely by the fourth novel.
The individual plots and story lines on their own were great. Each had great substance of characters, action, and conflict to keep them entertaining from cover to cover.
I believe with the entire scope though with the last books in the series in comparison of the other stories she fell short as a whole.
Feel free to check out my vlog review at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATfZd...
Be sure to click subscribe to stay notified of new videos that post to the vlog as well.
Individually, the five books in the series are great. As an entire series, however, it is lackluster. The force the characters are fighting with in the first three stories, is phased out completely by the fourth novel.
The individual plots and story lines on their own were great. Each had great substance of characters, action, and conflict to keep them entertaining from cover to cover.
I believe with the entire scope though with the last books in the series in comparison of the other stories she fell short as a whole.
Feel free to check out my vlog review at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATfZd...
Be sure to click subscribe to stay notified of new videos that post to the vlog as well.
January 21, 2018
Stage 3 by Ken Stark
Stage 3Stage 3, is about Hank Mason's struggle to survive after waking up in a world plagued by zombies. Along the way he meets Mackenzie, a girl trying to reach her Aunt and is suffering from blindness that is one of the beginning indications of the virus.
Through the story the reader is taken on a story of bonding, growth, and survival that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Other than a few words being misspelled and a couple missing words here or there, it wasn't anything that detracted from the momentum of the story.
I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a thrill ride of a read!
You can pick up a copy of this story at:
http://a.co/fW8AMNZ
You can also follow Ken Stark's Author page on twitter at: https://twitter.com/PennilessScribe
You can view my vlog review over this book at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waf6N...
Through the story the reader is taken on a story of bonding, growth, and survival that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Other than a few words being misspelled and a couple missing words here or there, it wasn't anything that detracted from the momentum of the story.
I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a thrill ride of a read!
You can pick up a copy of this story at:
http://a.co/fW8AMNZ
You can also follow Ken Stark's Author page on twitter at: https://twitter.com/PennilessScribe
You can view my vlog review over this book at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waf6N...
New Vlog and Getting Back to Blogging!
Hey, Everyone! Sorry for my absence on here as of late...okay....as of the last few months...lol. I have started a new Review Vlog on youtube where I will be doing video reviews over books that are on my lengthy tbr list.
I will be posting a couple videos a week...maybe more if I get time or can read more than what I can fit into one video. I will also be posting blog posts here after the videos go live and post the link as well!
Be sure to head over and check out the channel and click subscribe to hear about it before I write the blog posts.
Thank you, Everyone, for your patience and support.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2KH...
I will be posting a couple videos a week...maybe more if I get time or can read more than what I can fit into one video. I will also be posting blog posts here after the videos go live and post the link as well!
Be sure to head over and check out the channel and click subscribe to hear about it before I write the blog posts.
Thank you, Everyone, for your patience and support.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2KH...
November 24, 2017
Reviews
Hello, Everyone! I hope all of my US followers had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My apologies for missing last weeks post. Dad was visiting for a week and then health issues had me in bed all day last Thursday.
I would like to briefly discuss reviews in today's post. Writing a review can be unnerving at times. "Do I be truthful?" "Do I be nice and bend the truth a bit?"
The truth is...most authors want you to be honest. Reviews let us know what we're doing right and what we're doing wrong. The also let us know how we can improve on the type of writing our readers are liking and less of what disinterests them.
Reviews also play a huge part in Amazon's algorithm as to how much a book/story is viewed on the search pages.
If you're not one for writing lengthy posts, a star rating even helps. You don't have to leave a novel length review. The star ratings even figure into the algorithm.
Like I said, this week's post would be short. I just got done with my weekend and have to work the next five days. I will try and think of a post topic for next week's blog post.
Thank you again to all the readers! Remember to support Indie-Authors and for God's sake...leave a review.
I would like to briefly discuss reviews in today's post. Writing a review can be unnerving at times. "Do I be truthful?" "Do I be nice and bend the truth a bit?"
The truth is...most authors want you to be honest. Reviews let us know what we're doing right and what we're doing wrong. The also let us know how we can improve on the type of writing our readers are liking and less of what disinterests them.
Reviews also play a huge part in Amazon's algorithm as to how much a book/story is viewed on the search pages.
If you're not one for writing lengthy posts, a star rating even helps. You don't have to leave a novel length review. The star ratings even figure into the algorithm.
Like I said, this week's post would be short. I just got done with my weekend and have to work the next five days. I will try and think of a post topic for next week's blog post.
Thank you again to all the readers! Remember to support Indie-Authors and for God's sake...leave a review.
November 11, 2017
Mane of Redemption
Good Morning, Everyone! Welcome to the last blog post of the initial week! Today's topic will be "Mane of Redemption". This story is the origin story for my upcoming Redemption Series.
"Mane of Redemption" starts with Jude Crenshaw, walking home from work and comes across a woman being attacked in a dark alley. He jumps in to rescue the woman and almost loses his life in the process.
He is then granted a divine gift from Heaven in which he is to use to combat the rising forces of Hell. The Devil is conspiring to start a war against Jude and Heaven.
Feel free to check out this story that has been ranked with all four and five star ratings on Amazon!
https://www.books2read.com/u/47kvjq
http://a.co/eNs5f9m
http://amzn.eu/biyNKij
Mane of Redemption
"Mane of Redemption" starts with Jude Crenshaw, walking home from work and comes across a woman being attacked in a dark alley. He jumps in to rescue the woman and almost loses his life in the process.
He is then granted a divine gift from Heaven in which he is to use to combat the rising forces of Hell. The Devil is conspiring to start a war against Jude and Heaven.
Feel free to check out this story that has been ranked with all four and five star ratings on Amazon!
https://www.books2read.com/u/47kvjq
http://a.co/eNs5f9m
http://amzn.eu/biyNKij
Mane of Redemption
November 10, 2017
Regaining Power
Good Morning, Everyone! It's Friday! I hope this post finds all of you well.
This will be my second to last post for the week. After tomorrow's post I will be dropping down to weekly blog posts.
The topic for today's post is "Regaining Power". It is a short story I wrote initially for a competition. I didn't get it finished in time for the deadline so I decided to self-publish it instead. The topic of the contest was write something that happens in a dark room.
A basement came to mind when I read the parameters of the contest, and then my mind went one step darker. I automatically thought of a person being murdered in the basement and the murderer trying to cover up the evidence. The darkness went even further, and the idea came to mind to have it be a wife trying to free herself of an abusive relationship by killing her husband and trying to hide the body.
Claire Chritensen was a nurse who had been mentally and physically abused by her husband for three years. She could see no way out and decided to take matters into her own hands.
She decided that she would set everything up while he's at work and then torture him and show him the kind of pain he had put her through for three years.
The story was written as fiction and isn't a "how to" story. Domestic Violence is a very serious issue.
Here is the statistic page from The National Domestic Violence Hotline: http://www.thehotline.org/resources/s...
If you are a victim of or know someone who is a victim of Domestic Violence, the site has many avenues to get help. Do not stay silent on the issue. There are many deaths every year due to abusive relationships. The key is to speak out to someone, anyone. Do not remain silent or you or someone close to you may only be heard through a thundering memory.
Regaining Power
https://www.books2read.com/u/bo6qRa
http://a.co/dChVUY8
http://amzn.eu/9qJDods
Half of my earnings from this story will be donated to The National Domestic Violence Hotline.
This will be my second to last post for the week. After tomorrow's post I will be dropping down to weekly blog posts.
The topic for today's post is "Regaining Power". It is a short story I wrote initially for a competition. I didn't get it finished in time for the deadline so I decided to self-publish it instead. The topic of the contest was write something that happens in a dark room.
A basement came to mind when I read the parameters of the contest, and then my mind went one step darker. I automatically thought of a person being murdered in the basement and the murderer trying to cover up the evidence. The darkness went even further, and the idea came to mind to have it be a wife trying to free herself of an abusive relationship by killing her husband and trying to hide the body.
Claire Chritensen was a nurse who had been mentally and physically abused by her husband for three years. She could see no way out and decided to take matters into her own hands.
She decided that she would set everything up while he's at work and then torture him and show him the kind of pain he had put her through for three years.
The story was written as fiction and isn't a "how to" story. Domestic Violence is a very serious issue.
Here is the statistic page from The National Domestic Violence Hotline: http://www.thehotline.org/resources/s...
If you are a victim of or know someone who is a victim of Domestic Violence, the site has many avenues to get help. Do not stay silent on the issue. There are many deaths every year due to abusive relationships. The key is to speak out to someone, anyone. Do not remain silent or you or someone close to you may only be heard through a thundering memory.
Regaining Power
https://www.books2read.com/u/bo6qRa
http://a.co/dChVUY8
http://amzn.eu/9qJDods
Half of my earnings from this story will be donated to The National Domestic Violence Hotline.
November 9, 2017
Second Chances
Happy Thursday, Everyone! I hope this blog posts finds you all well! Today's post will be discussing the Novella "Second Chances".
Chaun Hutchins was in a mentally abusive marriage. After leaving a Christmas Party and a fight begins, He finally decides to stand up for himself. His wife, Katrina, is 8 months pregnant. When he verbally stands up for himself, he says words that cut deep to Katrina's core.
As soon as they're spoken, there is an accident. Chaun wakes up two months later and finds that Katrina was killed in the accident, but the doctors were able to save the baby.
Chaun is haunted by his last words to Katrina and wishes there was a way to make amends. The family is plagued by a dark entity that frequently possesses Chaun's infant daughter, Samantha. He and the family must find a way to put an end to the paranormal occurrences before someone is seriously injured or killed.
Second Chances is available in both print and eBook formats, as well as multiple outlets! Those who have already read it have given it 5 stars! Feel free to pick up a copy for yourself today!
https://www.books2read.com/u/3Lrdr5
http://amzn.eu/bSJgzU4
http://a.co/76WwIDc
Chaun Hutchins was in a mentally abusive marriage. After leaving a Christmas Party and a fight begins, He finally decides to stand up for himself. His wife, Katrina, is 8 months pregnant. When he verbally stands up for himself, he says words that cut deep to Katrina's core.
As soon as they're spoken, there is an accident. Chaun wakes up two months later and finds that Katrina was killed in the accident, but the doctors were able to save the baby.
Chaun is haunted by his last words to Katrina and wishes there was a way to make amends. The family is plagued by a dark entity that frequently possesses Chaun's infant daughter, Samantha. He and the family must find a way to put an end to the paranormal occurrences before someone is seriously injured or killed.
Second Chances is available in both print and eBook formats, as well as multiple outlets! Those who have already read it have given it 5 stars! Feel free to pick up a copy for yourself today!
https://www.books2read.com/u/3Lrdr5
http://amzn.eu/bSJgzU4
http://a.co/76WwIDc
