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Billy Ray Chitwood
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May 2011
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Mama's Madness
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2018
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12 editions
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Stranger Abduction
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2015
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7 editions
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An Arizona Tragedy: A Bailey Crane Mystery (Bailey Crane, #1)
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2011
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8 editions
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The Cracked Mirror, Reflections of an Appalachian Son
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2011
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7 editions
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Butterflies and Jellybeans - A Love Story
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2011
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6 editions
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A Common Evil - A Bailey Crane Mystery (#6)
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2014
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5 editions
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The Reluctant Savage
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2013
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4 editions
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Cloud Dancer
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Phoenix Fire
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2016
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2 editions
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Satan's Song: A Bailey Crane Mystery (Bailey Crane, #2)
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2011
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A Night With the Swells
A Night with the Swells
A Short Story by BR Chitwood
I’m not a party-animal! Well, more accurately, my first reaction to a party invitation is, ‘I don’t want to go’! I’m basically a more private person and don’t like the first hour or so among so many people I don’t know. Now, with a few drinks, I can open the can to all my scintillating party skills that will ‘wow’ anyone within my auditory rang... Read more of this blog post »
A Short Story by BR Chitwood
I’m not a party-animal! Well, more accurately, my first reaction to a party invitation is, ‘I don’t want to go’! I’m basically a more private person and don’t like the first hour or so among so many people I don’t know. Now, with a few drinks, I can open the can to all my scintillating party skills that will ‘wow’ anyone within my auditory rang... Read more of this blog post »
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Butterflies and Jelly Beans - A Love Story
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A lightning strike brings two people together to fall in love. Jason Prince and jenny Mason know their hearts are in tune, but fate has always a card to play in the game of romance. This old fashioned love story provides some dips along the road: a brother's deception, a gambling habit far outside the norm, and a grandmother's painful secret. It will take a death, a matriarch's great will, an Arizona dust storm, and a long wandering desert rebirth to bring the love story to its 'old fashioned' happy ending. Treat yourself to a poignant and uplifting heart warmer.
Two poems: "Mirror Images" and "Portrait in Time"
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These two poems are in my new book, THE CRACKED MIRROR, Reflections of an Appalachian Son (A fictional memoir)---just published and available on amazon.com (book and kindle). "Mirror Images" is the beginning point for THE CRACKED MIRROR. "Portrait in Time" is the ending point.
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“I ate some emotional soup in my childhood and have spent a lifetime trying to digest it.”
― The Cracked Mirror: Reflections of an Appalachian Son
― The Cracked Mirror: Reflections of an Appalachian Son
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Chad B. wrote: "Billy Ray, thank you for the Goodreads friend connect.Wishing the very best!
Chad"
Thanks, Chad, happy to be connected with you. Have a great weekend...
Hope all are well and would like to wish everyone Happy Thanksgiving.Hope you all can catch my posts.
My best wishes,
Billy Ray
Hi Billy Ray,Thanks for sending a friend request to this fellow Goodreads mystery author!
Forgot to mention...signed up for twitter and trying to get the hang of it (www.twitter.com/brchitwood). Any tips?My best,
Billy Ray
Been doing a lot of writing --- eight of my books are now out and available on amazon.com in book and Kindle. Guess I've missed a lot in the past few months. Can someone show me how to link my Goodreads to twitter? OR, is that a no no? Also, can someone show me how to do URLs, when to do them and how? It is shameful to admit but I'm lost in the digital world most of the time. I've tried to get all the 'straw' out of my hair...guess it's time to stop writing and just learn about the tech aspects of social networking. WHERE HAVE I BEEN?
HELP WANTED! (Free help, that is!)
Hope everyone is happily reading and enjoying life. The sun and surf are constant here on the Sea of Cortez. My best to all...
Billy Ray
Thanks for the friendvite, Billy Ray. You'll get the hang of things on here. I learn something new all the time.
A.C.,'The Moods' ("The Wind Among The Reeds") is also a favorite among Yeats' lyrics---'Time' is an ending theme in my new book, "The Cracked Mirror."
Are you familiar with James Kavanaugh's "Will You Be My Friend?"
And, will you be my friend?
Billy Ray
P.J.,Thanks for the congrats on "The Cracked Mirror" and for your good advice. It's good to make a connection and good to have a friend.
Billy Ray
P. J. wrote: "Congratulations on "The Cracked Mirror" and welcome to Goodreads. A word of advice: don’t enter your book into a Goodreads giveaway. The winners will not appreciate it and some will trash it for th..."P.J.,
Thanks for your congrats on "The Cracked Mirror" and for your good advice. It's good to make a connection and good to have a friend.
Billy Ray
Congratulations on "The Cracked Mirror" and welcome to Goodreads. A word of advice: don’t enter your book into a Goodreads giveaway. The winners will not appreciate it and some will trash it for the stupidest of reasons. Don’t expose your book to abuse by rank amateurs, chosen at random, who have no idea how to write an objective book review. Most winners have no real interest in the books. Don’t waste your money. I appreciate and enjoy Goodreads, but will never again enter a giveaway.
