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September 20, 2017
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September 14, 2017
Beautiful Unicorn Planner Goodies Bundle Sale
Aside from writing and reading, I love planning, and I love getting YOU hooked up with cool goodies at sale prices. Do unicorns captivate you? I know youll LOVE the artwork on this gorgeous cover and coordinating planner charm!
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About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
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July 19, 2017
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Book Review of Cozy Mystery A Lovely Murder (A Danni Deadline Thriller, Book 2) by Lori Ericson
Welcome back to another Write On Purpose book review. I share well-written books. I highlight what makes each good from the reader’s perspective, and I reveal what writing skills and techniques make it an irresistible read. Thus, each review serves both writers and readers. This time, it's a cozy mystery called A Lovely Murder, by Lori Ericson.
First, here are the book details:
A Lovely Murder (A Danni Deadline Thriller, Book 2) by Lori Ericson
Evil tends to snatch away the best-laid plans.
Life is finally coming together for reporter Danni Edens. Her mother's mental illness seems to be under control, her career is taking off after a major setback, and she's found love.
But a mistake from her past comes back to rob her of that newly found happiness and possibly more.
As Danni struggles with the biggest loss of her life, the challenges start piling up. She fights to keep her grief at bay while searching for the killer who took her fiancé, but soon realizes the culprit wants more blood. Her vehicle is deliberately sabotaged causing a wreck that injures her best friend. Then she's accused of murder and forced to defend herself. All the while, more bodies are piling up.
How can she prove her own innocence, protect her family and friends, and rebuild her life when a killer lurks? Will she lose all she holds dear, including her dream of a happy future?
Or even her life?
My Review
Read my 5-star review on Amazon.
Here's why I gave A Lovely Murder 5 stars on Amazon and why I enjoyed it so much.
A Note about Book 1: A Lovely County
Book 1 is currently not in print, as Ms. Ericson is switching it over to the same publisher producing this book, Pen-L Publishing. You can watch for details there or on Ericson's Amazon Author Page.
Compelling Point-of-View Character, Danni
Dannie is in a deep funk as the story begins because of what happened in book 1. Even though I didn't read the first in series yet, I had no trouble picking up Danni's tale.
Now coping with the loss of her beloved fiancé, Dannie is plunged into mystery and danger. She finds her way back from grief enough to try to figure out what's going on, but she has no idea what is happening nearly up to the end. Danni is an interesting person worth being inside her head.
Good Supporting Characters
Part of what makes a good cozy/crime series interesting is a great cast of characters surrounding the hero, and A Lovely Murder has that. Danni grew up living in a graveyard. She has interesting parents and the ubiquitous wacky BFF. Various townspeople add their quirks into the mix.
And...you'll go into the mind of a villain. These scenes are particularly chilling.
Villain Sharing the Storytelling
Most of the time in cozy mysteries, the hero tells the whole story, whether from first or third-person point-of-view. In this case, the reader gets to dive into the mind of someone who is definitely up to no good..
These scenes are CREEPY, which makes for great reading. And doesn't it make you wonder what goes on in the mind of us authors when you read stuff that gives you chills?
Excellent Writing Technique
I've read platy of books that are entertaining and worth reading but fair to good in terms of writing technique. Ericson is an excellent writer. When an author uses words, punctuation, and strcture well, the reader can have an even more enjoyable experience. Ericson is one of the best writers in terms of the craft.
If you like a good crime thriller, you'll love A Lovely Murder.
Buy the Book
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This book is available through various online sources or your favorite shop.
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Award winning author, photographer and artist
About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
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July 5, 2017
An unwelcome gift. A hypnotic deception. A supernatural Killing Spree…and They All Died Smiling | Release
Are you a fan of paranormal romance and urban fantasy? If you are and/or you know someone who is, please keep reading and shareThe Wild Rose Press is publishing it soon. Before the progress update, here's why you want the book...
Kassidy Spence just wants to live her life, but her intrusive gift turns her world inside out…again.
Her power to see demons inside people brought her to ruin once. She refuses to use it again…
...until using her power could mean the difference between life and death.
When Kassidy borrows the hottest new self-help book for women from a friend, her natural nosiness and unwanted ability send her on a quest for the truth. Could the charismatic leader be on a diabolical, hypnotic killing spree?
If you like vivid characters, spine-tingling chills, and sharp humor, then you’ll love best- r Ronda Del Boccio’s first installment in this witty and chilling supernatural adventure.
Grab your sneak peek now to enter a world of unseen powers and covert alliance.
Path to Publishing They All Died Smiling
There's so much more to being a published book author than writing the book. Finding a publisher can take a long time. Once one offers to bring your book into the world and you sign a contract, a whole new phase begins.
I am now in the early stage of that "What happens after 'I do?'" phase.
They All Died SmilingPhase:1st Roundd Edits100%Get Book UpdatesMyBookProgress by Author Media
Self Edits
The Wild Rose Press furnished me with a self-editing guide, which has about a dozen pages of guidelines. I went through my whole book and brought it up to spec.
My self-edited book went back to my editor.
First Round Edits
Once my editor went through the book and made her desired change marks, she sent it to me. I got it a couple days ago.
Now, I am in the process of going through the book and looking at her marks.
FGet on the early notification list & receive a sneak preview of the book!
.If you'd like to read the prologue and a few other goodies from the book, please join here.
I'll let you know as soon as the book is available for pre-order, and I'll also reveal some other secrets about the book.
Thanks for reading!
Please share this all over the social web!
Cheers to your #BlissfulLife!
Ronda Del Boccio
#1 best selling author and speaker
Award winning author, photographer and artist
About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
Join Ronda's readers for free stories, sneak peeks at her next books and more at WriteOnPUrpose.com/read
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An unwelcome gift. A hypnotic deception. A supernatural Killing Spree…and They All DIed Smiling | Release
Are you a fan of paranormal romance and urban fantasy? If you are and/or you know someone who is, please keep reading and shareThe Wild Rose Press is publishing it soon. Before the progress update, here's why you want the book...
Kassidy Spence just wants to live her life, but her intrusive gift turns her world inside out…again.
Her power to see demons inside people brought her to ruin once. She refuses to use it again…
...until using her power could mean the difference between life and death.
When Kassidy borrows the hottest new self-help book for women from a friend, her natural nosiness and unwanted ability send her on a quest for the truth. Could the charismatic leader be on a diabolical, hypnotic killing spree?
If you like vivid characters, spine-tingling chills, and sharp humor, then you’ll love best- r Ronda Del Boccio’s first installment in this witty and chilling supernatural adventure.
Grab your sneak peek now to enter a world of unseen powers and covert alliance.
Path to Publishing They All Died Smiling
There's so much more to being a published book author than writing the book. Finding a publisher can take a long time. Once one offers to bring your book into the world and you sign a contract, a whole new phase begins.
I am now in the early stage of that "What happens after 'I do?'" phase.
They All Died SmilingPhase:Self Edits100%Get Book UpdatesMyBookProgress by Author Media
Self Edits
The Wild Rose Press furnished me with a self-editing guide, which has about a dozen pages of guidelines. I went through my whole book and brought it up to spec.
My self-edited book went back to my editor.
First Round Edits
Once my editor went through the book and made her desired change marks, she sent it to me. I got it a couple days ago.
Now, I am in the process of going through the book and looking at her marks.
FGet on the early notification list & receive a sneak preview of the book!
.If you'd like to read the prologue and a few other goodies from the book, please join here.
I'll let you know as soon as the book is available for pre-order, and I'll also reveal some other secrets about the book.
Thanks for reading!
Please share this all over the social web!
Cheers to your #BlissfulLife!
Ronda Del Boccio
#1 best selling author and speaker
Award winning author, photographer and artist
About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
Join Ronda's readers for free stories, sneak peeks at her next books and more at WriteOnPUrpose.com/read
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June 29, 2017
Claim Your Sneak Peek Excerpt of They All Died Smiling, a Suspenseful Paranormal Romance Urban Fantasy Novel, Now!
Could a wildly popular self-help author be lulling heartbroken young women to their death? When several seemingly separate events rouse Kassidy’s suspicions, the professional busybody embarks on a relentless search for the truth.
Kassidy’s despised “gift” of seeing demons in people re-awakens during her Friday commute home. Her roommate loans her a hot new women’s self-help book. Her boss at the paper sends her to cover a drowning. The dead woman wears an ecstatic smile on her face…just like a motorcycle accident victim who died months ago, hundreds of miles away. And sparks fly between Kassidy and a childhood friend she hasn’t seen in a decade who reappears in her life.
When supernatural power oozes from the popular book and tries to grab her, Kassidy suspects that the minister author has sinister intentions and demonic alliances. But will she use her gift to stop the demonic killing spree?
They All Died Smiling is the first book in the Reluctant Demon Hunter series, a suspenseful paranormal romance and urban fantasy saga. If you like vivid characters, spine-tingling chills, and sharp humor, then you’ll love best-selling author Ronda Del Boccio’s first installment in this witty and chilling supernatural adventure.
Download your free chapter of They All Died Smiling and enter a world of unseen powers and covert alliances now.
Watch for details about when The Wild Rose Press and I will release this book. When you get your free chapter, you'll be on the early notification list. So you'll know just a few minutes after I do when the book will launch.
I hope you love it!
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Award winning author, photographer and artist
About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
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April 6, 2017
Would You Give a Few Clicks to Help a Powerhouse Woman Entrepreneur ? “Accidental” Millionaire by Stephanie Frank Book Re-Launch
It's fun being part of the Relaunch. I've been sharing the book and asking people to take a few minutes to get involved.
Stephanie Frank is one of THE COOLESST women on the planet! She has created magic and miracles in the lives of thousands of people. Her autobiographical story, The Accidental Millionaire, has been out for some years,, and now she's re-launching it with the help of The Relaunch Queen, Linda Stirling.
A Slight re-Name
Since she doesn't really believe in accidens, she wanted to reflect her new perspective without re-titling her story, so now "Accidental" has quotes around it in the titl.
Please at least DO THIS NOW (a
I hope you'll join the launch team and pick up the book, but if you would at least do t his, I will feel very happy and appreciative!
99 Cent Kindle Promotion + Launch Week BONUSES!
releasing the new edition of her book on Kindle at 99 cents for a limited time, starting Monday, April 10.
Launch Update from Stephanie Frank
HIS IS GETTING SO EXCITING! For those of you watching the book re-launch, here are the latest stats:
This Group : 184 members
Thunderclap : 100 (and 1.8 Million reach)
...
(If you haven't pledged your support, please do so. The link is in the group description.
I'm feeling excited, ready and prepared. People are already asking about interviews, training, coaching etc. We are posting every day in various social media outlets, groups and engaging in conversations.
In 24 hours, we will begin the public preview postings. That will last for 4 days and then we have a campaign ready for the launch week.
I hope you're following along so you can do some great things with our own book on Amazon!
For those of you wonderful souls who have asked "What do I do"? Here it is:
1. Pledge your Thunderclap support (link is in the description)
2. Download your PDF of the book (it's in this group).
3. Prepare to write your review (or ask for help but don't post it yet).
4. We WILL be asking you to make a purchase next week. Please wait for instructions on that.
Huge shoutout to girl powerhouse and friends Adryenn Ashley Tomo Albanese Sage Lewis Michael Murdock Karen Griffard Putz Adam Heller Taylor Kay Stephens Lara Buckheit for doing some pre-re-launch great work and sharing so much.
How to Participate in the "Accidental" Millionaire Book Relaunch
Would you like to help out? It won't take that much time, nad you can learn about book marketing and launching/relaunching your own books.
Join the launch team FB group
Join the ThunderClap (takes under 1 minute)
I hope you'll join me and the rest of the team.
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Cheers to your #BlissfulLife!
Ronda Del Boccio
#1 best selling author and speaker
Award winning author, photographer and artist
About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
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April 4, 2017
Live the Plan with Me: Designing It Your Way: Happy Planner March 27-April 2
Lots of people do 'plan with me" vdeos inn which they show themselves doing se can be long.
Mine are totally different. My videos are about combining fun design and functionality so you can actually LIVE the plan you put down on paper.
In this Live the Plan with Me video tutorial, I share how your planner layouts don't have to be the same each week. Some weeks I have lots of white space. Others, I have lots of stickers. Others still, I incorporate my own artwork.
I'll give yousome ideas to do it your way and show you how I incorporate wild animal stickers into a fun weekly spread.
Resources from the video:
Fun Stampers Journey Just Write Gels FunStampersJourney.com/blissfullife, item # JD-0060
Happy Planner,available at Michaels, Hobby Lobby or MeAndMyBigIdeas.com
Some stickers from Peekaboo Planning Etsy Shop. Use code PEEKABOO15 for 15% off.
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Award winning author, photographer and artist
About Ronda Del Boccio
Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
Join Ronda's readers for free stories, sneak peeks at her next books and more at WriteOnPUrpose.com/read
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March 31, 2017
#AmReading Historical Novel From Silt and Ashes by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
We book fanatics love to share and compare what we're reading. So in that spiritsince some of the most awesome readers on the planet (those of you who read my work!) kep asking, I've decided to let you know what I'm reading and how to get it if you so desire.
I love several genres, mostly in the suspense and fantasy realm, but I also enjoy delving into bygone eras with historical fiction.
I barely even heard the word "Diaspora" in school, and this week's book follows Jewish families on their journey in a highly personal and poignant way.
This week I'm into a historical second-in-a-series romance fiction book called -
From Silt and Ashes by Rochelle Wisof-Fields.
Here's the book description from Amazon:
You killed Jesus - We will kill you!Sequel to Please Say Kaddish For Me
Death and destruction was the lot of the Jewish people in 19th and 20th century RussiaRussian peasants and other miscreants professing to be Christians attack the Jewish population with immunity and the blessing of the Russian Czar. Only by fleeing the country could a Jew be safe. Leaving loved ones and friends behind, Havah and a few relatives and friends escape the marauding horde in Russia, seeking safety in the United States of America. But even in America - the land of the free - there is bias, discrimination, hatred and mayhem.
Although things were worse in America than they had believed, it was like heaven compared to Russia, and Havah did have one American friend in her corner: President Theodore Roosevelt. Her faith and determination enabled her to persevere and lead her people through trials and tribulations that at times seemed almost too much to bear, but she was buttressed by her father's words: "As one must, one can."
˃˃˃ Sequel to best-selling Please Say Kaddish For Me
Grab your copy today.
Get the Havah Gitterman Saga Series:
As One Must, One Can
Author Rochelle Wisof-Fields
Kansas City native, Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the author of THIS, THAT AND SOMETIMES THE OTHER, an anthology of her short stories, which she also illustrated. Her stories have also been featured in several other anthologies, including two editions of VOICES.
A woman of Jewish descent and the granddaughter of Eastern European immigrants, Rochelle has a close personal connection to Jewish history, which has been a recurring theme throughout much of her writing. Growing up, she was heavily influenced by the Sholom Aleichem stories as well as Fiddler on the Roof. Her novels PLEASE SAY KADDISH FOR ME and FROM SILT AND ASHES, represented by Loiacono Literary Agency and published by W& B Publishers, were born of her desire to share the darker side of these beloved tales--the history that can be difficult to view, much less embrace.
Before becoming an author, Rochelle attended the Kansas City Art Institute, where she studied painting and lithography. She and her husband, Jan, have raised three sons in the Kansas City metro area and now live in Belton, Missouri. When she takes a break from writing and illustrating, Rochelle enjoys swimming, dancing and maintaining her blog, ADDICTED TO PURPLE
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Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda's books on Amazon.
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