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Invisible Path by Marilyn Meredith

Tempe Crabtree Mystery Series Book 10
A popular young Indian man is found near the recovery center at the far end of the Bear Creek Reservation. While investigating, Deputy Tempe Crabtree learns the victim wasn't quite what he seemed, and crosses paths with a militant para-military group who pique her curiosity and end up being a threat.
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Lingering Spirit by Marilyn Meredith

After her police officer husband is killed in the line of duty, Nicole Ainsworth struggles with the changes forced on her life. Her efforts to focus on her daughters and cope with her grief are kept off-balance by images of Steve, her deceased husband who seems to be trying to communicate with her. Eventually, Nicole finds that Steve isn't the only one watching over her, and discovers a second chance at happiness.
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Not as it Seems by Marilyn Meredith

Tempe Crabtree Mystery Series Book 14

Deputy Tempe Crabtree and her husband Hutch travel to Morro Bay to celebrate their son's wedding. The festivities are complicated by the murder of the maid of honor. At her son's request, Tempe investigates too many suspects and clues from the spirit world.AMAZON           KINDLE          REVIEWS

Calling the Dead by Marilyn Meredith

Tempe Crabtree Mystery Series Book 6
Tempe Crabtree is the resident deputy of Bear Creek, a small mountain community in the southern Sierra. Her continuing interest in the spiritual side of her heritage often causes unrest in her marriage to her minister husband. In Calling the Dead, Deputy Tempe Crabtree investigates a murder that looks like death from natural causes, and a suicide that looks like murder. Putting her job on the line, she investigates the murder on her own time and without permission from her superiors. Jeopardizing her marriage, she uses Native American ways to call back the dead to learn the truth about the suicide.   AMAZON            KINDLE  AUDIOBOOK       REVIEWS

Dispel the Mist by Marilyn Mredith

Tempe Crabtree Mystery Series Book 9

A Tulare County Supervisor, with both Native American and Mexican roots, dies under suspicious circumstances. Because of Deputy Tempe Crabtree's own ties to the Bear Creek Indian Reservation, she's asked to help with the investigation. To complicate matters, besides the supervisor's husband, several others had reason to want the woman dead. Tempe has unsettling dreams, dreams that may predict the future and bring back memories of her grandmother's stories about the legend of the Hairy Man. Once again, Tempe's life is threatened and this time, she fears no one will come to her rescue in time.AMAZON          AUDIOBOOK          REVIEWS

Deadly Omen by Marilyn Meredith

Tempe Crabtree Mystery Series Book 1


A candidate for Princess is murdered at a Native American Pow Wow while Tempe is working there in her capacity as deputy. Tempe's investigation takes her into the Yanduchi reservation, and Hutch has difficulty with Tempe's growing interest in her own native heritage as she seeks the identity of the killer.


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The Astral Gift by Marilyn Meredith

A victim of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather, Elaine Brinsfield can't bear the thought of being touched by a man. The coping mechanism of astral projection she used as a child returns unbidden, accompanied by the threatening appearance of ghostly evil spectral beings. The gift-or curse-of astral projection enables Elaine to solve a vicious murder, but skeptical cops make her the number one suspect.

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Seldom Traveled by Marilyn Meredith

Tempe Crabtree Mystery Series Book 15

The tranquility of the mountain community of Bear Creek is disrupted by a runaway fugitive, a vicious murderer, and a raging forest fire. Deputy Tempe Crabtree is threatened by all three.


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Tools to Leverage on Amazon

Tools to Leverage on Amazon.com VERSION 2  Created on: Aug 28, 2009 4:26 PM by CreateSpaceResources - Last Modified:  Sep 10, 2014 12:36 PM by CreateSpaceLee  How to Leverage Tools on Amazon.com to Increase Your Sales Opportunities
Amazon.com, the world's leading online retailer, enables authors, filmmakers, and musicians to connect directly with their audience through a number of innovative features which are designed to help customers find what they are looking for. Utilize these features to encourage customers to land on your product's detail page. Below are some of the features that may lead to greater visibility on Amazon.com. Get online and explore!
Customer Reviews Located below the editorial reviews on your product's detail page, customer reviews are opinions of other consumers who purchased your title and want to tell other shoppers what they thought.
How can this help you sell more?
Encourage anyone who tells you how much he or she enjoyed your product to write a review on Amazon.com. As your positive reviews grow, so may your sales. Don't be discouraged by the occasional less-than-glowing customer review. Having a neutral or negative review actually increases the credibility of the ratings overall, because you can't please all the people all the time (and if it looks like you are, people might be suspicious).
Rankings Your product's sales ranking on Amazon.com can be a great selling tool to include in promotional materials. How do the rankings work? The calculation is based on Amazon.com sales and is updated each hour to reflect recent and historical sales of every item sold on the site. Sales of your title will help boost your Amazon.com sales ranking and will significantly increase your title's search relevance on Amazon.com.
Listmania!® Lists Listmania! Lists are a fun way for Amazon.com shoppers to help one another find useful products--or in this case, to help customers find products they may not have otherwise come across. The lists appear when they pertain to the keyword that was searched or contain the product currently in view.
Creating a Listmania! List featuring your title, and other similar titles and products--and asking your friends, family, and fans to do the same--is a great way to lead readers straight to your title!
Visit Amazon.com to learn more about creating Listmania! Lists.
So You'd Like to . . . Guides So You'd Like to . . . Guides are similar to Listmania! Lists, and are a way for you to help other customers find all the items and information they might need for something they are interested in. The guides provide a great opportunity to share your advice, experiences, and product recommendations with others, and just like Listmania! Lists, you (and your friends, fans, and family) may want to create a So You'd Like to . . . Guide that features your title. It will increase the likelihood that people will come across your product while browsing on Amazon.com.
Learn how to create your own So You'd Like To ... Guide.
Search Inside the Book® For authors, Amazon's Search Inside the Book program allows customers to see the interior pages of a book.
How does it work? When customers search for books, Amazon.com uses the actual words from inside participating books--not just the author, title, and keywords supplied by the publisher--to return the best possible selection of books. For matches inside the book, they also display a short excerpt and links to the page where the query matched. From any book detail page, customers have the opportunity to sample the book using the Search Inside! reader. This includes previewing sample pages, viewing a random page, or searching for a specific reference or character.
Titles submitted to the Search Inside the Book program are automatically eligible for personalization and merchandising features throughout Amazon.com, such as recommendations. With this helpful search feature, customers can discover books that may never have surfaced in previous search results.
All CreateSpace titles are submitted for the Search Inside the Book program, free of charge.
Take advantage of the many tools Amazon.com offers and your title may become the next great thing customers didn't even know they were looking for!
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10 Free Writing Contests With Cash Prizes (No Entry Fee)

1.                  The 7th Annual Spirit First Poetry Contest is open for submissions of poems that relate to meditation or mindfulness. Poets may submit up to three unpublished poems. The first place winner will receive $200; second place will receive $150; and third place will receive $100.Deadline is February 29. To learn more, read the contest guidelines.
2.                  The Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Awardwelcomes African American poets to submit a book-length manuscript for consideration. Books should be approximately 60 to 90 pages. Broadside Lotus Press will declare a winner who will receive $500 and publication by the press in early 2017.Deadline: March 1. Submissions must be sent via postal mail. To learn more, read the award guidelines.
3.                  The Lindquist &Vennum Prize for Poetry is currently open for submissions. Poets can submit a book-length manuscript, but there is no page requirement. The winner will receive $10,000 and publication by Milkweed Editions.Deadline is March 1. To learn more, read the prize submission guidelines.
4.                  North Carolina State University is holding its Annual NC State Poetry Contest. North Carolina-based poets may submit three poems of any genre and any length. The grand prize winner will receive $500, and the best NCSU undergraduate entry will receive $100.Deadline is March 1. To learn more, read the contest guidelines.
5.                  Lake Forest College and &NOW Books are currently hosting the Madeleine P. Plonsker Emerging Writer’s Residency Prize. Fiction writers under forty may apply for the prize, which includes $10,000 and a three-week residency at the college.Deadline is March 1, and only the first 200 applicants will be considered! Apply for this one right now if you’re interested. To learn more, read the prize guidelines.
6.                  The Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award is currently accepting nominations. Indiana-born or Indiana-based Authors may nominate themselves or be nominated. There are several award categories, and the prizes include cash awards and grants for the winning authors’ hometown Indiana public libraries. The cash awards range from $6,000 to $10,000.Deadline for nominations is March 18. To learn more, read the award guidelines.
7.                  AmericaMagazine, the National Catholic Review, is holding its 2016 Foley Poetry Contest. Poets may submit one unpublished poem for consideration. While the poem must be 30 lines or fewer, there is no restriction on genre. The grand prize winner will receive $1,000 and publication in America. Deadline is March 31. To learn more, read the contest guidelines.
8.                  Winning Writers is currently hosting it Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest.Poets can submit one humorous poem for consideration. The first place winner will receive $1,000; second place will receive $250; and 10 honorable mentions will receive $100 each. All winners will be published online. Deadline (appropriately) is April 1.To learn more, read the contest guidelines
9.                  Blue Mountain Arts is hosting its 28th Biannual Poetry Card Contest.Writers can submit poems that focus on a special occasion or person. There is no limit to how many poems a writer can submit. The first place winner will receive $300; second place will receive $150; and third place will receive $50. The winning poems will also be published online.Deadline is June 30. To learn more, read the contest guidelines.
10.              The Griffin Poetry Prize welcomes poets and translators to submit their work. Two prizes will be awarded. The Canadian Prize will go to a Canadian poet or translator who has published or translated a work. The International Prize will go to a poet or translator from any part of the world. Each prize winner will receive $65,000 CAD. In addition, shortlisted poets will receive $10,000 each.Deadline is June 30 with a second deadline of December 31. To learn more, read the prize guidelines.