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September 14, 2015
Goodreads Giveaway is Live!
"The Proud Bastards" GIVEAWAY is LIVE at GOODREADS!
Five (5) autographed copies are up for grabs! Full details and entry:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
Five (5) autographed copies are up for grabs! Full details and entry:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
September 6, 2015
Author Responsibility
Most authors struggle for promotion, publicity, and those "oh-so-important" reviews. Many times hosting bloggers list giveaways for authors' books here on Goodreads. Usually the bloggers are doing this FREE OF CHARGE, giving their time and effort because of their love of books and reading.
It's lately come to my attention that many times when people sign-up for giveaways, some authors fail to thank them and wish them luck in the "comments" block beneath each entrant's name. It could be simple oversight, but if you think about it, it comes across as RUDE behavior on the author's part. And how must it make the host blogger feel if, despite all her efforts (blog listing, book review, FREE exposure and publicity), the benefiting author does NOTHING to help!
The least we authors can do is offer our support any way we can by working WITH our host blogger. It's simply good manners, and the right thing to do. Think about it!
It's lately come to my attention that many times when people sign-up for giveaways, some authors fail to thank them and wish them luck in the "comments" block beneath each entrant's name. It could be simple oversight, but if you think about it, it comes across as RUDE behavior on the author's part. And how must it make the host blogger feel if, despite all her efforts (blog listing, book review, FREE exposure and publicity), the benefiting author does NOTHING to help!
The least we authors can do is offer our support any way we can by working WITH our host blogger. It's simply good manners, and the right thing to do. Think about it!
August 11, 2015
"The Private War of Corporal Henson" -- Blitz & Giveaway!
Enter "The Private War of Corporal Henson" Blitz & Giveaway!
Details at: http://tometender.blogspot.com/2015/0...
Prizes include 10 Kindle or PDF ebooks, and a $25.00 Amazon Gift Certificate! Open internationally (where allowed by law).
For some, WAR doesn't STAY on the Battlefield.
Corporal Henson brought his war home.
Details at: http://tometender.blogspot.com/2015/0...
Prizes include 10 Kindle or PDF ebooks, and a $25.00 Amazon Gift Certificate! Open internationally (where allowed by law).
For some, WAR doesn't STAY on the Battlefield.
Corporal Henson brought his war home.
June 29, 2015
Words of Wisdom from Charlie Daniels
It's time to do away with labels: Caucasian-American, African-American, Asian-American, Native American and so forth.
How about just a simple "AMERICAN?"
--Charlie Daniels
How about just a simple "AMERICAN?"
--Charlie Daniels
June 21, 2015
Kindle Paperwhite GIVEAWAY - One day left to enter!
Enter to win! One day left. No cost/obligation. Kindle Paperwhite Giveaway
http://www.booksbnimble.com/giveaways...
http://www.booksbnimble.com/giveaways...
June 15, 2015
Interview & GIVEAWAY!
Don't miss my latest interview & giveaway at Epic Book Quest!
One winner will receive a signed copy of both THE PROUD BASTARDS & THE PRIVATE WAR OF CORPORAL HENSON (US & Canada only).
Two winners will receive a $10.00 Amazon gift card (open Internationally).
Drop by EpicBookQuest.com and enter!
http://epicbookquest.com/2015/06/15/a...
Good luck!
One winner will receive a signed copy of both THE PROUD BASTARDS & THE PRIVATE WAR OF CORPORAL HENSON (US & Canada only).
Two winners will receive a $10.00 Amazon gift card (open Internationally).
Drop by EpicBookQuest.com and enter!
http://epicbookquest.com/2015/06/15/a...
Good luck!
June 11, 2015
I'm interviewed on CN SALUTES -- Check it out!
CN SALUTES VETERAN MARINE CORPORAL E-4 E. MICHAEL HELMS
Today CN Salutes Veteran, Marine Corporal E-4 E. Michael Helms. Helms joined the Marine Corps a few months after high school graduation in 1966 (he had to...
CNSALUTES.WORDPRESS.COM
https://cnsalutes.wordpress.com/2015/...
Today CN Salutes Veteran, Marine Corporal E-4 E. Michael Helms. Helms joined the Marine Corps a few months after high school graduation in 1966 (he had to...
CNSALUTES.WORDPRESS.COM
https://cnsalutes.wordpress.com/2015/...
I'm interviewed on CN SALUTES -- Check it out!
I'm interviewed on CN SALUTES -- Check it out!
https://cnsalutes.wordpress.com/…/cn-...
CN SALUTES VETERAN MARINE CORPORAL E-4 E. MICHAEL HELMS
Today CN Salutes Veteran, Marine Corporal E-4 E. Michael Helms. Helms joined the Marine Corps a few months after high school graduation in 1966 (he had to...
CNSALUTES.WORDPRESS.COM
https://cnsalutes.wordpress.com/…/cn-...
CN SALUTES VETERAN MARINE CORPORAL E-4 E. MICHAEL HELMS
Today CN Salutes Veteran, Marine Corporal E-4 E. Michael Helms. Helms joined the Marine Corps a few months after high school graduation in 1966 (he had to...
CNSALUTES.WORDPRESS.COM
May 29, 2015
DEADLY RUSE Named Finalist for RONE Awards!
I just learned that DEADLY RUSE: A Mac McClellan Mystery (#2) is a finalist for the 2015 RONE Awards! A HUGE "THANK YOU!" to everyone who took the time to vote for and support DEADLY RUSE! I'm truly humbled and grateful.
The finalists' novels will now be turned over to a panel of independent judges who will determine the winners. Winning books in all categories will be announced at InD'tale Magazine's InD'Scribe Convention held September 17 - 20, 2015, at the Renaissance Resort Hotel in Palm Springs, CA.
I want to thank you all again from the bottom of my little pea-pickin' heart," as the late-great Tennessee Ernie Ford used to say!
The finalists' novels will now be turned over to a panel of independent judges who will determine the winners. Winning books in all categories will be announced at InD'tale Magazine's InD'Scribe Convention held September 17 - 20, 2015, at the Renaissance Resort Hotel in Palm Springs, CA.
I want to thank you all again from the bottom of my little pea-pickin' heart," as the late-great Tennessee Ernie Ford used to say!
May 25, 2015
*** R-E-M-E-M-B-E-R ***
* R-E-M-E-M-B-E-R *
“If you are able, save them a place inside of you. And save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not have always. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind.”
--Army Maj. Michael O’Donnel (Killed-In-Action, Vietnam War)
“If you are able, save them a place inside of you. And save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not have always. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind.”
--Army Maj. Michael O’Donnel (Killed-In-Action, Vietnam War)
Michael's Musings
The giveaway for my Vietnam memoir, THE PROUD BASTARDS, ends on Halloween! If you'd like to add a signed copy to your Trick or Treat bag, then click on the book's thumbnail which will take you to the
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