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October 17, 2021
What Makes a Spellbinding Horror Read?
Rita Delude
By Rita Delude
What’s the most horrific thing you can think of? For me, it would be witnessing someone I love being hurt physically or mentally.
To me, that’s what makes a great horror read, a story where something is not merely about blood and guts, but emotions so raw and passion so deep that the reader gets sucked into it wondering what he or she would do if someone hurt a loved one.
The psychology of the plotting of revenge and the best way to punish the evil one matters most, not whether or not there’s blood and gore enough to fill a football stadium.
So, that’s how I write my horror stories. For example, Alicia experiences the emotional breakdown of her younger sister after a brutal attack leaves Cadie raped, beaten, and left for dead.
Every fiber of Alicia’s being tells her that she has to get revenge. The man has to pay. But the courts take over, and to prison he goes for a pitifully short sentence that’s cut even shorter for good behavior and a system that itself is broken.
That’s not good enough for Alicia who watches Cadie miss her senior year of high school, the prom, graduation, and all the fun her friends are enjoying. So Alicia concocts a plan. It includes a psychological plot and a pen pal that will make George pay in the proper way for destroying Cadie’s life.
Find out what Alicia, a psychology major, has in mind for George as she plans and then executes her plot against George in Sister’s Revenge available in paperback and ebook at http://mybook.to/SistersRevengeCI
https://books2read.com/u/meg8pl
Life picks up for sisters Alicia and Cadie when George pays for his crime against the youngest sister. Alicia finds true love, Cadie moves on. Yet, George now wants his fair revenge against the older sister, Alicia, who wronged him.
In Sweet Revenge, George formulates psychological revenge to rival anything that therapist Alicia could dream up, and he has plenty of help from his newfound friends to make both sisters pay for what they did. You can pick up Sweet Revenge at http://mybook.to/SweetRevengeRD
Psychological horror with a touch of gore is enough to satisfy most everyone’s horror needs. That’s what I like. I hope you do too because that’s what I write. Happy reading.
Join me at Rita’s Ravenous Readers https://www.facebook.com/groups/18084... on Facebook where I give away at least one prize per week, we talk books, have fun, and learn more about each other.
By Rita DeludeWhat’s the most horrific thing you can think of? For me, it would be witnessing someone I love being hurt physically or mentally.
To me, that’s what makes a great horror read, a story where something is not merely about blood and guts, but emotions so raw and passion so deep that the reader gets sucked into it wondering what he or she would do if someone hurt a loved one.
The psychology of the plotting of revenge and the best way to punish the evil one matters most, not whether or not there’s blood and gore enough to fill a football stadium.
So, that’s how I write my horror stories. For example, Alicia experiences the emotional breakdown of her younger sister after a brutal attack leaves Cadie raped, beaten, and left for dead.
Every fiber of Alicia’s being tells her that she has to get revenge. The man has to pay. But the courts take over, and to prison he goes for a pitifully short sentence that’s cut even shorter for good behavior and a system that itself is broken.
That’s not good enough for Alicia who watches Cadie miss her senior year of high school, the prom, graduation, and all the fun her friends are enjoying. So Alicia concocts a plan. It includes a psychological plot and a pen pal that will make George pay in the proper way for destroying Cadie’s life.
Find out what Alicia, a psychology major, has in mind for George as she plans and then executes her plot against George in Sister’s Revenge available in paperback and ebook at http://mybook.to/SistersRevengeCI
https://books2read.com/u/meg8pl
Life picks up for sisters Alicia and Cadie when George pays for his crime against the youngest sister. Alicia finds true love, Cadie moves on. Yet, George now wants his fair revenge against the older sister, Alicia, who wronged him.
In Sweet Revenge, George formulates psychological revenge to rival anything that therapist Alicia could dream up, and he has plenty of help from his newfound friends to make both sisters pay for what they did. You can pick up Sweet Revenge at http://mybook.to/SweetRevengeRD
Psychological horror with a touch of gore is enough to satisfy most everyone’s horror needs. That’s what I like. I hope you do too because that’s what I write. Happy reading.
Join me at Rita’s Ravenous Readers https://www.facebook.com/groups/18084... on Facebook where I give away at least one prize per week, we talk books, have fun, and learn more about each other.
February 27, 2021
Rita Delude's Blog: Rita's Ravenous Readers
Do yourself a favor—read a YA book!
Why should adults read YA (Young Adult) books? I can think of three important reasons Perhaps you can add more.
First, most YA books are so well written that they will tantalize your mind and get you hooked on a series or author. A lot of fantasy is written as YA reads, but the genres for YA are multiple: romance, historical romance, paranormal, horror, suspense, mystery, and just about any genre that attracts you as an adult, with the exclusion of perhaps erotica. These can be found on the shelves of YA book collectors.
Next, they typically feature middle school or high school aged protagonists, and as such help your travel back in time to those days when football games, band practice, or finding a date for prom where the most pressing issues of the day. If you enjoyed your middle and high school years, it’s nice, once in a while, to slip back to those simpler times and recall them with pleasures. If middle and high school chalks up as some of the worst years of your life, it’s time to pick up a YA read and revel in the fact that you don’t have to go back to those days in real life, yet can appreciate them from a different perspective.
And if you have middle or high school aged kids of your own, it’s a great bonding experience to read the same books they do and talk about them. With plenty of time spent taxiing your kids to school events, practices, parties, or shopping trips, it’s nice to have something you’ve both read to discuss. It passes the time, shows you’re interested in some of the same things, and helps with reading comprehension. Don’t tell them that last part or they’ll start thinking of it as extra homework instead of a reading hobby to enjoy together.
So before you thumb your nose up at a Young Adult book, find one in a genre you appreciate and read it. I believe you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the enjoyment YA books provide. At least I hope you will.
My latest YA book is a suspenseful romance called Strawberry Blonde, about a first job, first love, and a kidnapping.
In it, Ginger-haired, freckle-faced Erin McLaughlin wishes forever that her dull life would be spiced up and she could escape the boring, little New Hampshire town she grew up in.
One day her wish comes true, and she should have been careful what she wished for.
Will she ever see her parents, her few friends, the tiny, boring town, with its quaint soda shop, again? Find out in Strawberry Blonde.
Strawberry Blonde: A Soda Shop Series Novella
It’s available both in eBook and paperback at these links:
eBook: mybook.to/StrawberryBlonde
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KH13716
Enjoy! Until next time, keep reading; there’s so much to explore. If you have other reasons why YA books make great reads, I’d love to hear about them.
Why should adults read YA (Young Adult) books? I can think of three important reasons Perhaps you can add more.
First, most YA books are so well written that they will tantalize your mind and get you hooked on a series or author. A lot of fantasy is written as YA reads, but the genres for YA are multiple: romance, historical romance, paranormal, horror, suspense, mystery, and just about any genre that attracts you as an adult, with the exclusion of perhaps erotica. These can be found on the shelves of YA book collectors.
Next, they typically feature middle school or high school aged protagonists, and as such help your travel back in time to those days when football games, band practice, or finding a date for prom where the most pressing issues of the day. If you enjoyed your middle and high school years, it’s nice, once in a while, to slip back to those simpler times and recall them with pleasures. If middle and high school chalks up as some of the worst years of your life, it’s time to pick up a YA read and revel in the fact that you don’t have to go back to those days in real life, yet can appreciate them from a different perspective.
And if you have middle or high school aged kids of your own, it’s a great bonding experience to read the same books they do and talk about them. With plenty of time spent taxiing your kids to school events, practices, parties, or shopping trips, it’s nice to have something you’ve both read to discuss. It passes the time, shows you’re interested in some of the same things, and helps with reading comprehension. Don’t tell them that last part or they’ll start thinking of it as extra homework instead of a reading hobby to enjoy together.
So before you thumb your nose up at a Young Adult book, find one in a genre you appreciate and read it. I believe you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the enjoyment YA books provide. At least I hope you will.
My latest YA book is a suspenseful romance called Strawberry Blonde, about a first job, first love, and a kidnapping.
In it, Ginger-haired, freckle-faced Erin McLaughlin wishes forever that her dull life would be spiced up and she could escape the boring, little New Hampshire town she grew up in.
One day her wish comes true, and she should have been careful what she wished for.
Will she ever see her parents, her few friends, the tiny, boring town, with its quaint soda shop, again? Find out in Strawberry Blonde.
Strawberry Blonde: A Soda Shop Series Novella
It’s available both in eBook and paperback at these links:
eBook: mybook.to/StrawberryBlonde
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KH13716
Enjoy! Until next time, keep reading; there’s so much to explore. If you have other reasons why YA books make great reads, I’d love to hear about them.
January 19, 2021
When a List Run Becomes Real
Six months ago, I ventured into a "list run" with twenty other talented USA Today and bestselling authors to each write a dark romance or paranormal romance novel or novella.
Our goal is to make the USA Today Bestsellers List. The stories have been written; what would seem to be the hardest work is done. Our publisher just announced that we combined for over 699,000 words that will delight readers in the Possessed by Passion limited-time collection.
My story, Driven by Desire, is a combination of both dark romance and paranormal romance. I couldn't resist including both. It takes Ashley Gage out of a corrupt marriage into a "new-to-her" Victorian home where she meets Perry, a handsome ghost who was shot by his wife in 1920. From there the story twists and turns, especially when Ashley discovers the journal Priscilla, Perry's wife, hid in the attic of the old home. But, I promise a HEA you won't suspect!
And I'm here to tell you for a list run much of the work goes into marketing the collection. All authors involved, plus their PA's, advertise every day to get the word out about these 21 fabulous books. I can say fabulous because I've read about half of them already. There's something for everyone.
For just 99 cents on any platform, you can hold this treasure and be possessed for hours by the tales we've weaved for your romantic pleasure.
UBL: https://books2read.com/u/31qZ0M
Apple: https://apple.co/3kqjj3e
Nook: https://bit.ly/33GUjhw
Kobo: https://bit.ly/35FXys0
Amazon: mybook.to/PBP
I promise, you'll be Possessed by Passion with these stories.
Until next time, relax, read, review, and repeat. I'll love you for it.
Rita
Our goal is to make the USA Today Bestsellers List. The stories have been written; what would seem to be the hardest work is done. Our publisher just announced that we combined for over 699,000 words that will delight readers in the Possessed by Passion limited-time collection.
My story, Driven by Desire, is a combination of both dark romance and paranormal romance. I couldn't resist including both. It takes Ashley Gage out of a corrupt marriage into a "new-to-her" Victorian home where she meets Perry, a handsome ghost who was shot by his wife in 1920. From there the story twists and turns, especially when Ashley discovers the journal Priscilla, Perry's wife, hid in the attic of the old home. But, I promise a HEA you won't suspect!
And I'm here to tell you for a list run much of the work goes into marketing the collection. All authors involved, plus their PA's, advertise every day to get the word out about these 21 fabulous books. I can say fabulous because I've read about half of them already. There's something for everyone.
For just 99 cents on any platform, you can hold this treasure and be possessed for hours by the tales we've weaved for your romantic pleasure.
UBL: https://books2read.com/u/31qZ0M
Apple: https://apple.co/3kqjj3e
Nook: https://bit.ly/33GUjhw
Kobo: https://bit.ly/35FXys0
Amazon: mybook.to/PBP
I promise, you'll be Possessed by Passion with these stories.
Until next time, relax, read, review, and repeat. I'll love you for it.
Rita
November 10, 2020
Be Proud of Yourself
Have you ever had a moment where you felt you did something just right? Baked the perfect cake, sewed the most exquisite quilt, or climbed the highest mountain? I finally have.
I’ve written my best book after having published eighteen contemporary, paranormal, and YA romances, I combined my love of romance, writing, and history and wrote The Locket, mybook.to/TheLocketRD a World War II historical romance about Vanessa and Simon who meet in the Warsaw Ghetto, fight for freedom there, commit to love each other for a lifetime,
eventually get sent to a concentration camp, and each have a powerful will to survive despite all odds.
To write what I consider my best novel, I did hundreds of hours of research with the Holocaust research librarians at the Washington, DC Holocaust Museum, watch hours of survivor testimonies, and combined that research to create a story that I hope proves true love can survive despite all odds.
Having always been a history lover, this foray into historical romance taught me that this is my true calling. I’m now researching the internment camps that kept hundreds of thousands of Japanese-American citizens captive during World War II because the country suspected they might be spies or enemies of the state. This sad period of US history will become another historical romance called For the Love of Lily, coming out in 2021.
So, if you’ve written a book that you are very proud of, tell us about it. We want to know, so we can check it out and let you know what we think. Don’t be shy. It’s not every day when you toot your own horn but every once in a while, it just makes sense to do it. Be proud, and let the world know you are.
The Locket: A historical romance
I’ve written my best book after having published eighteen contemporary, paranormal, and YA romances, I combined my love of romance, writing, and history and wrote The Locket, mybook.to/TheLocketRD a World War II historical romance about Vanessa and Simon who meet in the Warsaw Ghetto, fight for freedom there, commit to love each other for a lifetime,
eventually get sent to a concentration camp, and each have a powerful will to survive despite all odds.
To write what I consider my best novel, I did hundreds of hours of research with the Holocaust research librarians at the Washington, DC Holocaust Museum, watch hours of survivor testimonies, and combined that research to create a story that I hope proves true love can survive despite all odds.
Having always been a history lover, this foray into historical romance taught me that this is my true calling. I’m now researching the internment camps that kept hundreds of thousands of Japanese-American citizens captive during World War II because the country suspected they might be spies or enemies of the state. This sad period of US history will become another historical romance called For the Love of Lily, coming out in 2021.
So, if you’ve written a book that you are very proud of, tell us about it. We want to know, so we can check it out and let you know what we think. Don’t be shy. It’s not every day when you toot your own horn but every once in a while, it just makes sense to do it. Be proud, and let the world know you are.
The Locket: A historical romance
October 16, 2020
Working Well with Others
Writing is so often a solitary occupation, but every once in a while, a writer gets an opportunity to collaborate with other talented authors.
That opportunity came to me in the form of a collection of paranormal and dark romance novels with twenty-plus other authors.
By working with these USA Today and International Bestselling Authors, I've learned a lot about marketing, meeting deadlines, and supporting each other. It's been a wonderful experience.
My recommendation to all you authors out there is that if you have a chance to join in a collection like this, don't hesitate. Join it. It's a fun learning experience for everyone involved.
I have read many of the novels and novellas in the Possessed by Passion limited-time collection and can't wait to read all those I haven't had a chance to devour yet. These talented writers know how to grab you from the first paragraph and keep you turning pages.
Be sure to mark Possessed by Passion as TBR in Goodreads and pre-order your copy now! It's available on Amazon, Nook, Kobo, and Apple. Twenty-plus books for just 99 cents. You can't go wrong!
Until next time, keep writing, keep reading, and keep trying new ventures. You'll learn something new with each new opportunity that comes your way!
RitaPossessed By Passion
That opportunity came to me in the form of a collection of paranormal and dark romance novels with twenty-plus other authors.
By working with these USA Today and International Bestselling Authors, I've learned a lot about marketing, meeting deadlines, and supporting each other. It's been a wonderful experience.
My recommendation to all you authors out there is that if you have a chance to join in a collection like this, don't hesitate. Join it. It's a fun learning experience for everyone involved.
I have read many of the novels and novellas in the Possessed by Passion limited-time collection and can't wait to read all those I haven't had a chance to devour yet. These talented writers know how to grab you from the first paragraph and keep you turning pages.
Be sure to mark Possessed by Passion as TBR in Goodreads and pre-order your copy now! It's available on Amazon, Nook, Kobo, and Apple. Twenty-plus books for just 99 cents. You can't go wrong!
Until next time, keep writing, keep reading, and keep trying new ventures. You'll learn something new with each new opportunity that comes your way!
RitaPossessed By Passion
October 3, 2020
Possessed by Passion
Hello All,
Wouldn't you just love to be possessed by passion?
I am. Invited to join twenty other talented USA Today and International Bestselling Authors for a collection of dark romance and paranormal novels, I was immediately possessed by the idea.
Driven by Desire is the novel I came up with for the project. In 1920, in a lovely home in Nashua, NH something deadly happened to a family sending a baby to her grave and her mom to the Concord Institute for the Insane.
Fast forward 100 years and Ashley Gage, a Victorian home renovator, buys the place. Her realtor warns her that someone died in residence. She laughs and says, "I don't believe in ghosts."
Perhaps she should because the spirit that haunts her home will play with her passions and yours!
Possessed By Passion
Until next time, stay passionate about something!
Rita
Wouldn't you just love to be possessed by passion?
I am. Invited to join twenty other talented USA Today and International Bestselling Authors for a collection of dark romance and paranormal novels, I was immediately possessed by the idea.
Driven by Desire is the novel I came up with for the project. In 1920, in a lovely home in Nashua, NH something deadly happened to a family sending a baby to her grave and her mom to the Concord Institute for the Insane.
Fast forward 100 years and Ashley Gage, a Victorian home renovator, buys the place. Her realtor warns her that someone died in residence. She laughs and says, "I don't believe in ghosts."
Perhaps she should because the spirit that haunts her home will play with her passions and yours!
Possessed By Passion
Until next time, stay passionate about something!
Rita
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