Scott Semegran's Blog, page 12
December 27, 2020
The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island
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December 20, 2020
Best Books of 2020
2020 will go down in history as a year to remember. No, not for the pandemic, but for all of the great books I read! Here is my list of the Best Books of 2020. Many of these were released in 2020. Some were released just prior to 2020 (2018 and 2019 were also great years for books: sans-pandemic). I have eclectic taste in books so their categories vary from humor to literary to thriller to microfiction. One thing is for sure: all of these books are great! Let's congratulate these stellar writers for their fantastic books.
Ain’t Nobody Nobody by Heather Harper Ellett
The Seclusion by Jacqui Castle
In Wolves’ Clothing by Greg Levin
The Hollow by Owen Egerton
The Illusion of Leaving by Jeannette Brown
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
All Things Left Wild by James Wade
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
The World Is Yours by Ran Walker
The Printer and the Strumpet by Larry Brill
Let the Guilty Pay by Rick Treon
The Dark Corners of the Night by Meg Gardiner
December 15, 2020
Austin Liti Limits Episode 19 with Ran Walker is Out Now
Austin Liti Limits Episode 19 with Ran Walker is now available! Watch my interview with Ran that we conducted remotely via Zoom because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Check it out now over at the Austin Liti Limits website. Or watch right here:
December 8, 2020
Holiday Sale on All eBooks!
HOLIDAY SALE! From now until January 1, 2021, all of my eBooks are only $1.99. That's an amazing low price for some award-winning, fun fiction! Thousands of words for pennies on the dollar. If you buy them all, then that's less $16 for almost 818,000 words! Find all of my eBooks at this amazing low price for the holidays at these fine eRetailers:
If you still prefer paperbacks or hardcovers, then buy your holiday gift books at Bookshop. They support indie bookstores in your city or town like my favorites BookPeople and Malvern Books in Austin, Texas. Go here:
I hope you have a fabulous holiday!
Take care,
Scott
November 10, 2020
The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island is Available Now!
Available now in paperback, hardcover, eBook, and audiobook, The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island is a suspenseful adventure story that takes places in the summer of 1986 about four middle school friends who sneak away to an abandoned lake house in the middle of Texas, only to become stranded on a desolate island without food or water. It's Lord of the Flies meets The Body by Stephen King, the inspiration for the classic movie Stand By Me.
Read the book or listen to the audiobook. Buy it today!
2020 Quarter Finalist for Young Adult Fiction - The BookLife Prize
“A genuine, moving and irresistible meditation on the value of friendship.” — BlueInk Review (Starred Review)
“A fantastic coming-of-age thriller.” — IndieReader (IR Approved)
October 2, 2020
Book Giveaway For The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island
Enter for a chance to win one of 100 copies of The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island by Scott Semegran!
Giveaway dates: Oct 02 - Oct 14, 2020
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September 21, 2020
NOW on Audible: The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island
NOW on Audible. My new suspense novel about four middle school friends who sneak away to an abandoned lake house, then get stranded on a desolate island: The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island. Narrated by Tim Sailer. "A modern classic." — Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews, 5 stars. This novel is Lord of the Flies meets The Body by Stephen King. Listen now!
https://bit.ly/TBLOSI
September 7, 2020
The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island - Coming Oct 1st!
Add to your TBRL List! The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island
Read the review for The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island:
https://blueinkreview.com/book-review...
August 26, 2020
Book Launch Event for The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island
With the pandemic shuttering live book events, authors have had to move their book launches online. I hope you can join me along with my special guest, Charlotte Gullick, and the staff of Malvern Books, a fabulous indie bookstore in Austin, Texas, for my Zoom-enhanced book launch of my latest novel, The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island. It may not be in-person in the shop, but it's the next best thing! In addition, we will conduct a raffle for a signed hardcover edition of my novel. Very cool!
Links for buying the books and the Zoom meeting details are below.
Buy The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island at Bookshop and support Malvern Books:
https://bookshop.org/a/2325/9781087856858
Buy Charlotte Gullick's novel By Way of Water:
https://bookshop.org/a/2325/9780988225282
Join Zoom Meeting
Date: October 03, 2020
Time: 07:00PM
Click here to join:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2829783950?pwd=NHROdVlSWFljYk5OelJQdzFudTZ3dz09
More info here:
http://malvernbooks.com/event/scott-semegran-book-launch/?instance_id=3287
https://www.facebook.com/events/3056776284380426/
https://www.goodreads.com/event/show/1069056-book-launch-the-benevolent-lords-of-sometimes-island
I look forward to seeing you there.
Thank you,
Scott Semegran
August 23, 2020
Austin Liti Limits Episode 16 with Jeannette Brown is Out Now
Austin Liti Limits Episode 16 with Jeannette Brown is now available! Watch my interview with Jeannette that we conducted remotely via Zoom because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Check it out now over at the Austin Liti Limits website. Or watch right here:
Austin Liti Limits interviews author Jeannette Brown from Larry Brill on Vimeo.
