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October 13, 2011
Guest Blogger: The Muse Next Door by M.E. Patterson
The Muse Next Door
By M.E. Patterson
Launching a writing career is a funny thing. You go to a party or a social gathering and, with your book now finally "on the shelf" (albeit maybe only virtual shelves), you finally have the confidence to answer the inevitable "what do you do?" question with the answer, "I'm a published author."
Man, that is an awesome feeling the first time you say it, though you also feel a bit like a fraud, because you're really thinking, "well, I'm no J...
Book Spotlight: Glorify Each Day by John Banks
GLORIFY EACH DAY, by John Banks, 819 Publishing, 286 pp, $12.64 (Kindle $9.99)
Glorify Each Day is a darkly comical novel depicting the consequences of violence in modern American life. It tells many stories. Tommy "Teach" Morrison, the novel's main character, tells the story of his relationship with his childhood friend Charles – a story of a horrible misunderstanding and a story that Tommy can never retell. It tells the story of Tommy and Cait, a story of shared love ...
October 11, 2011
Get to Know My Book: Lucas Trent: Guardians in Magic by Richard Blunt – Part I
Today we are honored to be hosting Richard Blunt on his virtual book tour this month with the 1st installment of his 3- day Get to Know My Book series of book excerpts. Get to Know My Book is an ongoing feature between blogs where we post excerpts of an author's book so that you can get to know the book better, one blog at a time.
About Richard Blunt
Richard Blunt is the author of the fantasy novel, Lucas Trent: Guardian in Magic. He is currently working on his second book...
October 6, 2011
In the Spotlight: You Never Know by Lilian Duval
Title: You Never Know: Tales of Tobias: An Accidental Lottery Winner
Author: Lilian Duval
Publisher: Wheatmark Press
Paperback: 354 pages
ISBN: 1604945206
Genre: Literary Fiction
What happens when an ordinary person becomes extraordinary?
Tobias starts out in life much the same as any of us—not rich, not poor, with imperfect parents and unlimited ambition. When he's twenty years old, his future is altered in irreparable ways after a tragic car accident pushes him down a new p...
October 5, 2011
Guest Blogger: Ten Things You Don't Know About Greg Messel
TEN THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT GREG MESSEL
By Greg Messel
1. I'm an obsessive movie attender. I love to go by myself. It's my alone time. Sometimes I sneak out to go to a movie by myself. I attend movies with my wife and friends but I also really like to go by myself. I'm not sure why I like to do that. I could have worst habits I suppose.
2. I lay awake in bed at 3 a.m. sometimes imagining conversations or chapters in an upcoming book. I get some great ideas. It's just not t...
October 4, 2011
Guest Blogger: 5 Things I Learned After My Book Was Published by Mary Ann Loesch
5 Things I Learned After My Book Was Published
By Mary Ann Loesch
The road to publication has not been an easy one for my novel, Nephilim. Finding the right home for this urban fantasy took some time and careful thought. In the end, it fell into the capable hands of Lyrical Press Inc. Now that it's published, I'd like to share a few things I learned about writing and publishing after Nephilim was released.
1. Remember your editor's advice for future projects. Listen to...
Guest Blogger: 5 Things I Learned About Fabulously Fifty and Reflecting It That Will Knock Your Socks Off by Tamara Elizabeth
5 Things I Learned About Fabulously Fifty and Reflecting It That Will Knock Your Socks Off
By Tamara Elizabeth
"The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been."-Madeleine L'Engle
You know the old adage, "If I only knew then what I know now boy would things
have been different"? How true the saying is. But as I enter the second half century of my journey, I have come to realize that everything that has happened to me in the past is the...
October 2, 2011
Book Excerpt: Telegraph Island by John Milton Langdon
TELEGRAPH ISLAND, by John Milton Langdon, Tate Publishing, 280 pp.
Step back in time to the Victorian age. The industrial revolution in Britain is in full spate and electronic communication is in its infancy. Based loosely on fact author John Milton Langdon weaves a tale of romance and adventure on the high seas and in the Orient.
Jason Smiley Stewart — My Life Story describes the life of an average man. Although he is born in humble circumstances, he shows how a...
Guest Blogger: All for the Love of a Cat by Candace Hall
All For the Love of a Cat
By Candace Hall
When I sit alone in the dark and feel the silence surround me, I know, I have a friend. His warm eyes meet mine and seem to say, hey! "Who loves you baby?" Those mornings when you wake up and just don't want to get out of bed; who lands with a thud on your chest and seems to smile at you?
On stormy nights when the lightning flashes and the thunder roars, who curls up in your lap and stays close as skin? When those inevitable tears ...
Book Excerpt: Fabulously Fifty and Reflecting It! by Tamara Elizabeth
FABULOUSLY FIFTY AND REFLECTING IT!, by Tamara Elizabeth, Trail Blazing Press, 124 pp.
This is my story, a story of a woman who has discovered how through my reflections, the truly fabulously lovable me; the authentic me that I was born to be. I have moxie like the trail blazing women of the 20's.
Today I am a confident, lovable courageous woman who realizes that fairy-tales don't always have the ending of children's books, but they can have the ending and continuation o...
