R.J. Parker's Blog, page 20
July 3, 2014
July 1, 2014
An opportunity to write a true crime case in an upcoming book Update July 1 2014
UPDATED JULY 1, 2014..... We have extended the expression of interest date from June 10 to July 10.
Do you consider yourself good at research and enjoy writing? Would you like to have your name and article that you wrote published?
Here's the deal. The book, Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2015, Vol. II , will be published mid-December in eBook, paperback and audiobook editions. Between the five acclaimed true crime writers, we have nearly 400 books published. We want to offer ONE person a chance to get their 'foot in the door' as an author.
Rules :
Expression of interest deadline (June 10) Email AuthorRJParker@gmail.comCase file written, edited and submitted (July 31)Serial Killer to write about is Russell Williams (Canadian)Word length between 3,000 and 3,500 wordsSingle spaced, Times 12 pt. Full justificationCite 5 sourcesEmail in Word .doc only to AuthorRJParker@gmail.comI will be checking for plagarism using Copyscape programThe winner's name is included on the cover and inside the book under the case Russell WilliamsThere is no remuneration for this. It's simply an offer to help you get started and the privilege to be a part of an acclaimed team of authors.The winner will be required to sign a contract waiving any copyrights and pay expectations. The authors of this year's second annual Anthology are:
Michael Newton (over 200 books published)Dr. Peter Vronsky (PhD, Professor and Historian)Sylvia Perrini (Over 30 books published, Historian)RJ Parker (14 books published, Publisher of other authors, Certifications in Serial Crimes and Criminal Profiling)Dr. Katherine Ramsland (PhD, Professor and over 50 books published)
The Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2014, Vol. I has become a bestseller in just five months, selling several thousand copies in four editions and in over 100 countries.
It could be YOUR name on this cover :)
Visit RJ Parker Publishing at
http://www.rjparkerpublishing.com/
Do you consider yourself good at research and enjoy writing? Would you like to have your name and article that you wrote published?
Here's the deal. The book, Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2015, Vol. II , will be published mid-December in eBook, paperback and audiobook editions. Between the five acclaimed true crime writers, we have nearly 400 books published. We want to offer ONE person a chance to get their 'foot in the door' as an author.
Rules :
Expression of interest deadline (June 10) Email AuthorRJParker@gmail.comCase file written, edited and submitted (July 31)Serial Killer to write about is Russell Williams (Canadian)Word length between 3,000 and 3,500 wordsSingle spaced, Times 12 pt. Full justificationCite 5 sourcesEmail in Word .doc only to AuthorRJParker@gmail.comI will be checking for plagarism using Copyscape programThe winner's name is included on the cover and inside the book under the case Russell WilliamsThere is no remuneration for this. It's simply an offer to help you get started and the privilege to be a part of an acclaimed team of authors.The winner will be required to sign a contract waiving any copyrights and pay expectations. The authors of this year's second annual Anthology are:
Michael Newton (over 200 books published)Dr. Peter Vronsky (PhD, Professor and Historian)Sylvia Perrini (Over 30 books published, Historian)RJ Parker (14 books published, Publisher of other authors, Certifications in Serial Crimes and Criminal Profiling)Dr. Katherine Ramsland (PhD, Professor and over 50 books published)
The Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2014, Vol. I has become a bestseller in just five months, selling several thousand copies in four editions and in over 100 countries.
It could be YOUR name on this cover :)
Visit RJ Parker Publishing at
http://www.rjparkerpublishing.com/
June 27, 2014
As a parent, can you imagine killing your children?
One day only, June 28 - $0.99 a Kindle Exclusive
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As a parent, can you imagine killing your children?What really incites parents to kill their children? This heartbreaking book portrays ten filicidal killers, people like--Andrea Yates, Diane Downs, Susan Smith, and Jeffrey MacDonald--received a great deal of media attention. The author explores the reasons; from addiction to postpartum psychosis, insanity to altruism.
Each story is detailed with background information on the parents, the murder scenes, trials, sentencing and aftermath.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY - "{A} valuable resource and reference book for Criminologists and Psychologists on the fraught subject of maternal filicide, supported with ten case studies. A clear-eyed view on the most heartbreaking of crimes."
TRUE STORIES
Andrea YatesDarlie RoutierSusan EubanksLianne SmithAlan BristolJeffrey MacDonaldDeanna LaneySusan SmithTonya ThomasDiane Downs
"Acclaimed true crime author, RJ Parker, has a knack for collecting high-profile cases under specific themes. This collection about parents who kill their children provides a fast-paced, gripping overview of how things can go horribly wrong in once-loving families. From Andrea Yates to Jeffrey MacDonald to Susan Smith, Parker reports on the stunning case details and suggests reasons why the parental bond can get so twisted. The updates at the end of each chapter add a lot, since popular media rarely follows up. An important reference for true crime readers."
- Dr. Katherine Ramsland, Ph.D., bestselling author of "The Mind of a Murderer" and "The Ivy League Killer."
"Is there anything more reprehensible than filicide--that is, the intended act of a parent killing his or her own child? In "Parents Who Killed Their Children," the award-winning true crime author RJ Parker shines a powerful light on this dark and sordid phenomenon. First, Parker offers a number of possible psychological and environmental causes (or at least correlates) of filicide. Then he presents ten shocking, real life case histories of parents who murdered their children. The result is a book that is bound to make you rethink the absolute sanctity of motherhood and reflect on why some mothers do indeed "eat their young." This is a powerful read and another hard-hitting, compelling entry by RJ Parker."
- Dr. Scott Bonn, Ph.D, criminologist, professor and author of the forthcoming "Why We Love Serial Killers" October 2014 from Skyhorse Press.
"The only thing more shocking than female serial killers is when mom or dad kills their own children. RJ Parker has collected some of the most notorious and horrific cases of homicidal parental units out of control. Shocking and gripping."
- Dr. Peter Vronsky Ph.D., investigative criminal justice historian and filmmaker. The author of the bestselling history of serial murder, "Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters" and "Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters."
"The author writes the before, during, and after, like no other. I'm an avid reader, but selective, and will read everything he is associated with." - Lori Smith
NOTEWORTHY
This book has been selected by several Universities in their upcoming courses in Criminology, Sociology and Forensic Psychology, including, the University of Utah and Penn State University.
Parker has written 14 true crime books, available in eBook, trade paperback and audiobook editions and have sold in over 80 countries. He holds Certifications in Serial Crime and Criminal Profiling.
Visit RJ Parker Publishing at
http://www.rjparkerpublishing.com/
Each story is detailed with background information on the parents, the murder scenes, trials, sentencing and aftermath.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY - "{A} valuable resource and reference book for Criminologists and Psychologists on the fraught subject of maternal filicide, supported with ten case studies. A clear-eyed view on the most heartbreaking of crimes."
TRUE STORIES
Andrea YatesDarlie RoutierSusan EubanksLianne SmithAlan BristolJeffrey MacDonaldDeanna LaneySusan SmithTonya ThomasDiane Downs
"Acclaimed true crime author, RJ Parker, has a knack for collecting high-profile cases under specific themes. This collection about parents who kill their children provides a fast-paced, gripping overview of how things can go horribly wrong in once-loving families. From Andrea Yates to Jeffrey MacDonald to Susan Smith, Parker reports on the stunning case details and suggests reasons why the parental bond can get so twisted. The updates at the end of each chapter add a lot, since popular media rarely follows up. An important reference for true crime readers."
- Dr. Katherine Ramsland, Ph.D., bestselling author of "The Mind of a Murderer" and "The Ivy League Killer."
"Is there anything more reprehensible than filicide--that is, the intended act of a parent killing his or her own child? In "Parents Who Killed Their Children," the award-winning true crime author RJ Parker shines a powerful light on this dark and sordid phenomenon. First, Parker offers a number of possible psychological and environmental causes (or at least correlates) of filicide. Then he presents ten shocking, real life case histories of parents who murdered their children. The result is a book that is bound to make you rethink the absolute sanctity of motherhood and reflect on why some mothers do indeed "eat their young." This is a powerful read and another hard-hitting, compelling entry by RJ Parker."
- Dr. Scott Bonn, Ph.D, criminologist, professor and author of the forthcoming "Why We Love Serial Killers" October 2014 from Skyhorse Press.
"The only thing more shocking than female serial killers is when mom or dad kills their own children. RJ Parker has collected some of the most notorious and horrific cases of homicidal parental units out of control. Shocking and gripping."
- Dr. Peter Vronsky Ph.D., investigative criminal justice historian and filmmaker. The author of the bestselling history of serial murder, "Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters" and "Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters."
"The author writes the before, during, and after, like no other. I'm an avid reader, but selective, and will read everything he is associated with." - Lori Smith
NOTEWORTHY
This book has been selected by several Universities in their upcoming courses in Criminology, Sociology and Forensic Psychology, including, the University of Utah and Penn State University.
Parker has written 14 true crime books, available in eBook, trade paperback and audiobook editions and have sold in over 80 countries. He holds Certifications in Serial Crime and Criminal Profiling.
Visit RJ Parker Publishing at
http://www.rjparkerpublishing.com/
June 20, 2014
New release on FILICIDE - the act of a parent killing their own children
As a parent, can you imagine killing your children?
What really incites parents to kill their children? This heartbreaking book portrays ten filicidal killers, people like--Andrea Yates, Diane Downs, Susan Smith, and Jeffrey MacDonald--received a great deal of media attention. The author explores the reasons; from addiction to postpartum psychosis, insanity to altruism.
Each story is detailed with background information on the parents, the murder scenes, trials, sentencing and aftermath.
PARENTS WHO KILLED THEIR CHILDREN Available in eBook Paperback and Audiobook editionsVisit RJ Parker Publishing at
http://www.rjparkerpublishing.com/
What really incites parents to kill their children? This heartbreaking book portrays ten filicidal killers, people like--Andrea Yates, Diane Downs, Susan Smith, and Jeffrey MacDonald--received a great deal of media attention. The author explores the reasons; from addiction to postpartum psychosis, insanity to altruism.
Each story is detailed with background information on the parents, the murder scenes, trials, sentencing and aftermath.
PARENTS WHO KILLED THEIR CHILDREN Available in eBook Paperback and Audiobook editionsVisit RJ Parker Publishing at
http://www.rjparkerpublishing.com/
Want your book published?
RJ Parker Publishing, Inc., now accepting submissions for 2015 in several genres. Click HERE for guidelines.Visit RJ Parker Publishing at
http://www.rjparkerpublishing.com/
http://www.rjparkerpublishing.com/
June 17, 2014
An Encyclopedia of 100 Serial Killers New Release
New Release SERIAL KILLERS ABRIDGED $3.99 Top 100 in several categories. An Encyclopedia of 100 serial killers
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June 15, 2014
My daughter and I on Father's Day
My daughter Amanda and I.
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Enter to win $100 gift card June 16
Preorder today and receive tomorrow when it's released. Last chance to enter to WIN a $100 Amazon gift card.
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June 9, 2014
Enter to WIN a paperback copy of Serial Killers Abridged (Daily)
NEW RELEASE - MAY 31
SERIAL KILLERS ABRIDGED
Post by RJ Parker ~ Serial Killer Series.Visit RJ Parker Publishing at
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Post by RJ Parker ~ Serial Killer Series.Visit RJ Parker Publishing at
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June 3, 2014
Best True Crime Books of 2014 and Serial Killer Books
I have compiled a list of True Crime Books, and Serial Killer non-fiction books of 2014, that will or already are bestsellers. These are not in particular order. The other true crime authors, my colleagues, I have a great deal of respect for and they write incredibly good books.
Serial Killers Abridged (May 31) - RJ ParkerIf I Can't Have You: Susan Powell (May 20) - Gregg Olsen and Rebecca MorrisObsessed (March 2014) - M. William PhelpsSilent Rage: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer (March 2014) - Michael NewtonThe Killing Kind (June 2014) - M. William PhelpsParents Who Killed Their Children: Filicide (May 2014) - RJ ParkerMissing Wives, Missing Lives (June 2014) - Jennifer J. SlateSerial Killers True Crime Anthology Vol. II (Dec 2014) - Peter Vronsky plus 4Dead of Night (July 2014) - Gary KingSocial Media Monsters: Internet Killers (Sept 2014) - RJ Parker and JJ SlateWomen Serial Killers (May 2014) - Sylvia Perrini
Under construction. I will be adding to this list over the next few days.Visit RJ Parker Publishing at
http://www.rjparkerpublishing.com/
Serial Killers Abridged (May 31) - RJ ParkerIf I Can't Have You: Susan Powell (May 20) - Gregg Olsen and Rebecca MorrisObsessed (March 2014) - M. William PhelpsSilent Rage: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer (March 2014) - Michael NewtonThe Killing Kind (June 2014) - M. William PhelpsParents Who Killed Their Children: Filicide (May 2014) - RJ ParkerMissing Wives, Missing Lives (June 2014) - Jennifer J. SlateSerial Killers True Crime Anthology Vol. II (Dec 2014) - Peter Vronsky plus 4Dead of Night (July 2014) - Gary KingSocial Media Monsters: Internet Killers (Sept 2014) - RJ Parker and JJ SlateWomen Serial Killers (May 2014) - Sylvia Perrini
Under construction. I will be adding to this list over the next few days.Visit RJ Parker Publishing at
http://www.rjparkerpublishing.com/
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