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Shamelessly Promoting Driven by Death

Shamelessly Promoting Driven by Death

With only 3 days remaining in the 30 day venture, I am now reduced to shamelessly pushing myself all over the social media scene, trying to entice folks to read the prologue and first chapter of my new Parker DuPont mystery,Driven by Deathon Kindle Scout. After reading it I am confident that they will, with great excitement, punch the NOMINATE button.

What does this mean for them, the Kindle Scouts in disguise as a readers of Kindle books?

First, hereis...

The Devlin Deception, the Review

The Devlin Deception, the Review

The Devlin Deception: An Anti-Political Absurdist Thriller

This past June (2016), near the end of our trip down the Florida East Coastand then over and up the Gulf Coast, my wife and I were trying to figure out how to pay for parking as we were getting ready to go out shelling on Barefoot Beach in Bonita Springs (one of those parking kiosks that refused to cooperate) whena guy who looked like he’d lainout in the sun his entire life (could probably make shoes o...

DRIVEN BY DEATH is on Kindle Scout

DRIVEN BY DEATH is on Kindle Scout

Will DRIVEN BY DEATH get published by Kindle Press?

And what is this Kindle Scout business?

I’m sure many of you have seen Amazon’s new venture, inviting authors to present their new, never-before-published books of at least 50,000 words so that the reading public can vote as to whether it is worthy of being accepted for publication. Selected books will be published by Kindle Press and receive a 5-year renewable contract with a $1,500 advance and will be fe...

Hot Roast Beef on Audio, Warm and Inspirational

Hot Roast Beef on Audio, Warm and Inspirational

A Yummy Story

Inspirational and heart-warming–Narrated by the wonderful Voice Actor, Hollie Jackson–Hot Roast Beef with Mustard will leave you full of hope and promise, withthe courage to step out and change your life or be glad with the changes you have made. Whichever the case, you will know that the power is within you to make the changes. Select play and listen to a short sampling of the 1 hour, 48 minute novella. You’ll be glad you did.

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Smilodon (Sabre-Toothed Cat Trilogy, Volume 1)

Smilodon (Sabre-Toothed Cat Trilogy, Volume 1)

Welcome to the world of the sabre-toothed cat…

Imagine recreating the saber-toothed cat for fun? The possibility sounds exciting, but the reality could be nightmarish. Within these pages you are drawn into in a world where man becomes the hunted. It is fast-paced fiction where cats change the rules and people run for their lives. “Tigers in the Wild” and a lucrative fee lure freelance writer, Zechariah Price, into the frozen mountains of Montana...

First Breath… a story that will leave you breathless

First Breath…
a story that will leave you breathless

Who are they, these Indie Authors of the world; specifically, who are they who write fiction… the story tellers? With simple words on paper they manage to create entirely new worlds into which readers can escape to discover great friends, unbeatable heroes and fantastic lovers, where another entire parallel universe comes alive. What is it that keeps them going, these writers? As one who fits the description, I can attest that it sure isn’t...

Steel Walls and Dirt Drops Where the APES go to play

Steel Walls and Dirt Drops
Where the APES go to play

Alan Black – author, writer and publisher

Alan Black is a #1 bestselling author on Amazon and Kindle for Metal Boxes, a young adult, science fiction, military, action adventure. But don’t pigeon-hole him based on that. In his words, “My writing tastes are as eclectic as my reading preferences.”

I first ran on to Alan on Facebook with titles like “Granite Heart”, “Friendship Stone” and “Heaviest Rock.”There seemed to be a theme and they looked...

Chewing Rocks! What a Great Title for this Sci-Fi

Chewing Rocks!
What a Great Title for this Sci-Fi

I first ran on to Alan Black on Facebook with titles like “Granite Heart”, “Friendship Stone” and “Heaviest Rock.”There seemed to be a theme and they looked interesting, taking place in the 1920 Ozark Mountains with a wonderful sounding character, LillieBeth Hazkit; still, I wasn’t compelled to give them a try.

Then I spotted“Chewing Rocks“…

…a story that although related in title, was totally out of this world in difference. I mean that literall...

Genome… Is there power in the Afterlife?

Genome…
Is there power in the Afterlife?

[image error]I have to say that Gary Henson tells one hell of a story. On the surface ‘”Genome”was a plain and simple fun read with plenty of ghost action thrown in. I suspected early on who the killer was, however, I changed my mind several times as the plot progressed. Gary just kept me guessing, which is the way I like it. Deep down, however, ran the thread through which all of us, at some time in our lives no matter what our beliefs or lack thereof, stop to pond...

The Man With the Blue Hat left me with visions of King and Koontz

The Man With the Blue Hat left me with visions of King and Koontz

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I have to say after encountering Potocki’s scene with the shrunken head I had the need to run to the refrigerator to find something to kill the taste in my mouth. Wow! The Man with the Blue Hatwas a full, wrap around sensory overload; taste, smell, feel, the whole gambit. She had a way to weave into my head a very ugly, nasty character, bringing back memories of early Stephen King and Dean Koontz. And then, throughout the entire...