Johnny Ray's Blog, page 31
May 29, 2014
Novelist Johnny Ray having fun in Sarsota
You knowI always thought my boat would come in one daybut for some reasonthis is not exactly what I had hoped for
Well at least I have a little shade to rest under
But having a nice bar nearby makes the wait even better
Oh yes, there is something special about being strandedat tiki bars
But when all is said and done, this is better, don't you think




But when all is said and done, this is better, don't you think

Published on May 29, 2014 07:45
May 28, 2014
Johnny Ray to expand on his guide to HOW TO WRITE YOUR MEMOIRS
HOW TO WRITE YOUR MEMOIRS
IS BOTH A WORKBOOK AND GUIDE TO HELP YOU WRITE YOUR MEMOIRS
JOHNNY RAY IS CONSIDERING EXPANDING THIS TO A 1/2 DAY WORK SHOP
IF INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT HIM FOR DETAILS

A GREAT GUIDE AND WORKBOOK FROM ONE OF AMAZON'S TOP AUTHORS ON HOW TO WRITE YOUR MEMOIRS
WRITTEN BY JOHNNY RAY An Award Winning Novelist
And Professional Memoir Ghostwriter
Do you have a legacy that needs to be preserved?
Would you like to see your life told in the form of a novel?
Or made into a movie?
Making you both rich and Famous
What words of wisdom do you want to leave for your family?
Would you like to have your life's work validated?
Or the record set straight?
In Reality, when will you write your memoirs?
Tomorrow, or the next or . . .
Written by master storyteller JOHNNY RAY this guide and workbook will lead you through the process of telling the story that must be told and can only be told by you.
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE
1) An introduction to what is a memoir
2) How to get started
3) How to recall the memories that make up the pages of your life
4) Determining the main turning points in your life
5) How to stay focused on the main story
6) Deciding which characters to include or exclude
7) Doing research and fact checking
8) Determining the author's voice and point of view
9) Determining if the book should be factual or fiction
10) Determining the driving purpose behind writing the memoir
11) Determining who the intended reader is
12) Determining how open the author wishes to be
13) Showing versus telling
14) How to polish the memoir
15) How to find an agent or publisher
16) Other methods of getting published
17) How to hire a ghostwriter
18) A list of questions a ghostwriter will usually ask
This guide and workbook will lead you through the steps to create your own memoir. A ghostwriter can cost you as much as $500 for even a short story type memoir to over $100,000 for a full length memoir. The consulting fee alone can run to as much as $500 per hour.
This guide will save you money as it shows you how to develop and write your own memoir.
If you decide you do need to hire a
ghostwriter later the instructions enclosed in the guide and workbook
should decrease the cost of hiring a ghostwriter by lowering the amount
of time the ghostwriter has to spend in developing the story, saving you thousands of dollars.
Published on May 28, 2014 12:31
Johnny Ray's best novel that should be made into a movie
LITERARY AGENT BEWARE
ONE QUESTION
After going to bed with a literary agent, shouldn't you expect more than a form rejection letter? This novel has been converted to a movie script and is being circulated. Hopefully one day the right offer will arrive.
This is another romantic thriller from one of Amazon’s bestselling mystery authors.
This story of a serial killer that stalks and brutally kills literary agents is set inside the world of publishing, looking at it from both a writer’s and publisher’s point of view.
Just asking, but after sleeping with a literary agent, shouldn't you receive more than a form rejection letter? It might also have helped to know that this want-to-be writer is bi-polar. However, she is not the one to be feared most by this agent. For her anger and zest in destroying his career has created a copycat, a serial killer with a new target--literary agents.
When a serial killer stalks literary agents, and brutally kills them, the world of publishing panics with fear as the FBI hunts for the cold blooded killer, wondering what could cause a person to become such a monster?
To someone else, the rejection letter might be perceived as a simple piece of correspondence. But when Amy, who suffers from bipolar disorder receives a form rejection letter from Edward, an agent she had an affair with at a recent convention, she takes the rejection as both personal and professional--in short--a declaration of war.
Amy quickly embarks on a plan to get revenge by destroying Edward's literary agency, but Amy is soon not the one to be feared the most. Her actions create a copycat, a serial killer, who targets literary agents and viciously murders them.
Living with the knowledge she has created a monster, a serial killer, is one thing, while doing nothing to stop the madness is another. But how could she track down a killer when she has no training in such?
Thinking like a mad man might be the only way--but could she go there and survive herself? When the winds of fate, however, rekindle the romance with Edward, thus making him the next target--she really has no choice but to help the FBI before it is too late.
ONE QUESTION
After going to bed with a literary agent, shouldn't you expect more than a form rejection letter? This novel has been converted to a movie script and is being circulated. Hopefully one day the right offer will arrive.

This story of a serial killer that stalks and brutally kills literary agents is set inside the world of publishing, looking at it from both a writer’s and publisher’s point of view.
Just asking, but after sleeping with a literary agent, shouldn't you receive more than a form rejection letter? It might also have helped to know that this want-to-be writer is bi-polar. However, she is not the one to be feared most by this agent. For her anger and zest in destroying his career has created a copycat, a serial killer with a new target--literary agents.
When a serial killer stalks literary agents, and brutally kills them, the world of publishing panics with fear as the FBI hunts for the cold blooded killer, wondering what could cause a person to become such a monster?
To someone else, the rejection letter might be perceived as a simple piece of correspondence. But when Amy, who suffers from bipolar disorder receives a form rejection letter from Edward, an agent she had an affair with at a recent convention, she takes the rejection as both personal and professional--in short--a declaration of war.
Amy quickly embarks on a plan to get revenge by destroying Edward's literary agency, but Amy is soon not the one to be feared the most. Her actions create a copycat, a serial killer, who targets literary agents and viciously murders them.
Living with the knowledge she has created a monster, a serial killer, is one thing, while doing nothing to stop the madness is another. But how could she track down a killer when she has no training in such?
Thinking like a mad man might be the only way--but could she go there and survive herself? When the winds of fate, however, rekindle the romance with Edward, thus making him the next target--she really has no choice but to help the FBI before it is too late.
Published on May 28, 2014 12:13
The background story to FOR LOVE AND VENGEANCE BY JOHNNY RAY

This full length romantic thriller moves from the beaches of Florida to Moscow and ultimately to Paris and Nice, France. The powerful forces that control the world both politically and economically soon learn that the power of love can be much more than they want to contend with. FOR LOVE AND VENGEANCE is an International romantic thriller filled with action and adventure that jumps across the globe as Vance searches for a girl he had only spend one night with, but one that promises to the perfect fit in his life. All he has to do is rescue her and keep her from becoming another casualty in the "for the better good", a lie he was given earlier when his previous girlfriend was murdered.
When everyone lies to you--trust your gut instinct
If that fails--start over
For your love deserves the best
And murderous terrorist your vengeance
May God have mercy on their soul
Both the Americans and the Russians think Victoria works for them exclusively. In truth; the Pack, an International Crime Syndicate, brutally controls her while they launder money in America by buying distressed houses for terrorist sleepers. While she executes the perfect escape, staging her death during a shark attack, she makes one mistake--she meets Royce, who worked as a special operative several years earlier, the night before disappearing.
Royce, on the other hand, wants nothing to do with any American led special operations after he had been lied to in order to keep him focus on his prior mission. His girlfriend had been abducted and brutally murdered earlier while they had kept him in the dark. The last thing he had ever expected was another woman in his life, especially a Russian spy. Furthermore, he never would have believed that she would be the one thing that would encourage him to finish a mission that he should have taken care of the first time.
Royce is well trained on how to discover the truth, so although Victoria's apparent shark attack was well conceived he knows better. He had used the life of a surfer bum for years as his cover. The more lies he uncovers, the more suspicious he becomes until finally he feels like he has little choice. His prior operation was so top secret even the CIA were told nothing He didn't need them then, and he sure the hell didn't need them this time either. The last time it was for country--this time it was going to be personal.
Published on May 28, 2014 11:51
Novelist Johnny Ray used his background in photography to write this novel
MODELS AND LOVERS
This is a modern day romance from one of Amazon's bestselling romance writers who writes true life contemporary romances.
Is it possible to be the most eligible bachelor forever?
Even in NEW YORK CITY!
And to do so while also owning the top modeling agency there?
After meeting that one special woman there are only two questions that have to be answered:
Will his ego now prevent him from acknowledging his true inner feelings? And will she be able to trust him with her own hidden fears?
This is a love story blossoming inside the world of modeling. In spite of the glamor and intrigue of this high fashion world, love is really about one guy and one girl finding each other. But wait, there is one more condition--they have to admit it to each other.
Thomas (Tommy) Conseco, the frightfully delicious owner of one of the top modeling agencies in New York City, demands respect which he has so rightfully earned. Aspiring models from around the world would sacrifice anything to become one of Tommy's "girls" fully knowing he can make them a legend, or send them home crying. Tommy has one rule he has followed without exception. He never gets personally involved with anyone in the modeling industry, and as far as sex with his models and employees is concerned, it's strictly off limits. As a result, his heart is immune to even the most beautiful women in the world. This rule has served him well in business, but has left his personal life and bed cold and empty.
Enter Balarie Danson, the woman who is about to turn his carefully constructed world upside down. Balarie may not have the glamorous looks of a super model, but she's bright, attractive and terrific at her job booking talent for the agency, especially the male models. Yielding to her charms, Tommy invites her to go on a business trip to Milan with more than business on his mind.
When she turns him down, saying she'd prefer to concentrate all her energies in the New York market, Tommy assumes she's refusing him and the possible chance at romance. The truth--Balarie is secretly terrified of flying and a long cross-Atlantic flight is more than she can face, despite her ambition in business and her secret attraction to her enigmatic boss.
She's heard the rumors, but the sparks flying between them are telling her Tommy's looking for more than her talent as a booking agent. But Balarie is also looking for more than a one-night stand. So if Tommy intends to break his long-standing rule and seduce this woman into his bed, he'll also have to let her into his heart because Balarie won't settle for anything less than a love that lasts forever, and a hero who can help her conquer her fear of flying.
This is a modern day romance from one of Amazon's bestselling romance writers who writes true life contemporary romances.

Is it possible to be the most eligible bachelor forever?
Even in NEW YORK CITY!
And to do so while also owning the top modeling agency there?
After meeting that one special woman there are only two questions that have to be answered:
Will his ego now prevent him from acknowledging his true inner feelings? And will she be able to trust him with her own hidden fears?
This is a love story blossoming inside the world of modeling. In spite of the glamor and intrigue of this high fashion world, love is really about one guy and one girl finding each other. But wait, there is one more condition--they have to admit it to each other.
Thomas (Tommy) Conseco, the frightfully delicious owner of one of the top modeling agencies in New York City, demands respect which he has so rightfully earned. Aspiring models from around the world would sacrifice anything to become one of Tommy's "girls" fully knowing he can make them a legend, or send them home crying. Tommy has one rule he has followed without exception. He never gets personally involved with anyone in the modeling industry, and as far as sex with his models and employees is concerned, it's strictly off limits. As a result, his heart is immune to even the most beautiful women in the world. This rule has served him well in business, but has left his personal life and bed cold and empty.
Enter Balarie Danson, the woman who is about to turn his carefully constructed world upside down. Balarie may not have the glamorous looks of a super model, but she's bright, attractive and terrific at her job booking talent for the agency, especially the male models. Yielding to her charms, Tommy invites her to go on a business trip to Milan with more than business on his mind.
When she turns him down, saying she'd prefer to concentrate all her energies in the New York market, Tommy assumes she's refusing him and the possible chance at romance. The truth--Balarie is secretly terrified of flying and a long cross-Atlantic flight is more than she can face, despite her ambition in business and her secret attraction to her enigmatic boss.
She's heard the rumors, but the sparks flying between them are telling her Tommy's looking for more than her talent as a booking agent. But Balarie is also looking for more than a one-night stand. So if Tommy intends to break his long-standing rule and seduce this woman into his bed, he'll also have to let her into his heart because Balarie won't settle for anything less than a love that lasts forever, and a hero who can help her conquer her fear of flying.
Published on May 28, 2014 11:30
Novelist Johnny Ray's story based in NYC
SCANDAL–THE DEATH OF A LEGACY
Another romantic suspense from one of Amazon's bestselling romantic thriller authors. His books are designed to please those wanting a mixture of intense suspense and romance.
This spellbinding contemporary romance is set in NYC where this crime novel has a gripping plot that explores the inner conflicts of abortion and the wishes of one man and one woman who have to decide for themselves what is right for them. This high action adventure offers a mesmerizing tale of what it is like growing inside one of the families of the super rich in New York City.
After being raped, dealing with an abortion and a man who now wants to kill her makes her glad that in a world of madness a least one man can prove to be her hero, but sometimes, even a hero can have secrets that must be confronted.
KRISTINA SUTHERLAND learns she's pregnant, but how?
She couldn't remember having sex with anyone for a long time.
Her only explanation--a date rape drug.
The problem: it happened on board the corporate yacht attended by every member of the board of directors, older men and friends of her family. Still, the test strip didn't lie. And now, someone wants her to have an abortion to end the scandal and would do anything necessary to make sure she either complies or dies before giving birth.
An insider, the head of security for Lyon International soon offers her the best chance in surviving and discovering the truth. But SHAWN DAVIS has his own deep secrets to hide. While his grandfather, Brent Lyon is the chairman of the board he had tossed Shawn and his mother to the curb when he was born. His mother had refused to have an abortion, a decision Shawn obviously felt thankful for. This time, however, Shawn can make a difference, especially when Kristina needs someone to believe in her, to be her champion.

This spellbinding contemporary romance is set in NYC where this crime novel has a gripping plot that explores the inner conflicts of abortion and the wishes of one man and one woman who have to decide for themselves what is right for them. This high action adventure offers a mesmerizing tale of what it is like growing inside one of the families of the super rich in New York City.
After being raped, dealing with an abortion and a man who now wants to kill her makes her glad that in a world of madness a least one man can prove to be her hero, but sometimes, even a hero can have secrets that must be confronted.
KRISTINA SUTHERLAND learns she's pregnant, but how?
She couldn't remember having sex with anyone for a long time.
Her only explanation--a date rape drug.
The problem: it happened on board the corporate yacht attended by every member of the board of directors, older men and friends of her family. Still, the test strip didn't lie. And now, someone wants her to have an abortion to end the scandal and would do anything necessary to make sure she either complies or dies before giving birth.
An insider, the head of security for Lyon International soon offers her the best chance in surviving and discovering the truth. But SHAWN DAVIS has his own deep secrets to hide. While his grandfather, Brent Lyon is the chairman of the board he had tossed Shawn and his mother to the curb when he was born. His mother had refused to have an abortion, a decision Shawn obviously felt thankful for. This time, however, Shawn can make a difference, especially when Kristina needs someone to believe in her, to be her champion.
Published on May 28, 2014 11:10
STALKING LOVE MY AWARD WINNING NOVELIST JOHNNY RAY
STALKING LOVE
Another spellbinding romantic thriller from one of Amazon's bestselling suspense authors who has the ability to mix a contemporary romance with the vicious crimes of a serial killer.
This intense murder mystery is a work of fiction packed with action and adventure and set inside the world of real estate. It involves a red hot contemporary romance between a realtor and a mortgage broker who is fifteen years younger than she is. While they have issues to be worked through in their budding romance they must first survive the serial killer who is still on the loose and closing in on them.
Sometimes when you think your career has provided you with everything you would ever want, life has a way of opening your eyes to what little you actually have. While finding and accepting love can be the biggest challenge of a life time, revealing secrets can be dangerous. So, can it be possible to admit what is really important and toss away a life time of work to lock in on love?
STALKING LOVE is a romantic thriller set in St. Petersburg, Florida during the current real estate crisis. With a serial killer targeting people involved in the real estate business, and a potential love of a lifetime in the works, it takes all of the strength and courage of a woman thought to have it all, but lacking everything that really matters to grow and develop into who she is destined to become.
As Rachel Contino, a proficient, thirty-eight year old realtor, attempts to avoid the real estate meltdown caused by her main client, developer Jonathan Harrell who had died in an apparent suicide, new evidence surfaces that it wasn't a suicide but murder. This is soon followed up by the murder of Jonathan's partner. These murders inside a condo complex hosting her largest number of listings makes her sales all but disappear, forcing her into deeper financial problems. In addition to her financial situation, she is scared that the murderer may be targeting her next.
Meanwhile, Rachel, who has no time for a life outside of her profession, meets Carlos Martinis, a twenty-three year old mortgage broker, and yields to the teasing of her friends in attempting to make this stud her boy toy. When a hot romance develops between this unlikely hero and heroine, a serial killer closes in and forces her to reassess her goals in life. Now, can she learn the secrets to relying on love instead of her money?

This intense murder mystery is a work of fiction packed with action and adventure and set inside the world of real estate. It involves a red hot contemporary romance between a realtor and a mortgage broker who is fifteen years younger than she is. While they have issues to be worked through in their budding romance they must first survive the serial killer who is still on the loose and closing in on them.
Sometimes when you think your career has provided you with everything you would ever want, life has a way of opening your eyes to what little you actually have. While finding and accepting love can be the biggest challenge of a life time, revealing secrets can be dangerous. So, can it be possible to admit what is really important and toss away a life time of work to lock in on love?
STALKING LOVE is a romantic thriller set in St. Petersburg, Florida during the current real estate crisis. With a serial killer targeting people involved in the real estate business, and a potential love of a lifetime in the works, it takes all of the strength and courage of a woman thought to have it all, but lacking everything that really matters to grow and develop into who she is destined to become.
As Rachel Contino, a proficient, thirty-eight year old realtor, attempts to avoid the real estate meltdown caused by her main client, developer Jonathan Harrell who had died in an apparent suicide, new evidence surfaces that it wasn't a suicide but murder. This is soon followed up by the murder of Jonathan's partner. These murders inside a condo complex hosting her largest number of listings makes her sales all but disappear, forcing her into deeper financial problems. In addition to her financial situation, she is scared that the murderer may be targeting her next.
Meanwhile, Rachel, who has no time for a life outside of her profession, meets Carlos Martinis, a twenty-three year old mortgage broker, and yields to the teasing of her friends in attempting to make this stud her boy toy. When a hot romance develops between this unlikely hero and heroine, a serial killer closes in and forces her to reassess her goals in life. Now, can she learn the secrets to relying on love instead of her money?
Published on May 28, 2014 11:02
May 27, 2014
RESCUING HER HONOR-- an international romantic thriller by best selling novelist JOHNNY RAY
RESCUING HER HONOR
IS SOLD EXCLUSIVELY ON AMAZON HERE
THIS NOVEL IS A FOLLOW UP NOVEL TO
HER HONOR'S BODYGUARD
INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLING NOVELIST JOHNNY RAY has written an action and adventure filled novel that follows up on his previous best selling novel HER HONOR'S BODYGUARD. With so many people asking for more, Johnny Ray decided to extend the story and take Vance and Noella on to Europe where they have to solve a mystery in order to gain their freedom and to be able to share their life together as husband and wife. This is one crime, a family secret, that will test every ounce of their love for each other, and hopefully will not tear their families apart.
Noella had thought they had stopped the stalkers, and several corrupt governmental factions who wanted her to step down from being a judge. That is until the treats reappeared. Vance, her bodyguard turned fiancée also thought so. But then again, many secrets are still hidden deep inside a safety deposit box in Switzerland. While going to receive Vance's inheritance in Zurich could be a dream vacation for this now engaged couple, who only want to work out some serious conflicts in their wedding and careers, sinister politicians and crooked cops have other plans waiting for them in Europe. AND A FEW QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
Would you consider this a small conflict-She wants to work hard at being a judge, he
wants to travel
When her career endangers her life, he has to stop her, but could he and still make her happy?
When his family lost their money, why did his so-called
friends really abandon him?
When his fortunes are returned to him, should he reconnect
with old friends?
Her friends are rich, marrying her would mean adjusting to a
new life style-could he?
After she is kidnapped in a foreign country can she trust her fiancé/bodyguard to save her?
What deep dark secrets exist in a safety deposit box in Switzerland?
When games become deadly, why is it the children have to
pay?
One thing about a stalker-you never know when they might
reappear, do you?
Why is it a major inheritance can change everything-for both good and the bad?
Isn't the biggest challenge learning who to believe and who
not?
Why are the hardest rules to follow the ones you
establish for yourself?
Marriage-what is best? A short engagement or a long one.
Can children change everything-even before they are born?
Family support is nice, but how do you know if it is faked and used to
betray?
Was it suicide or murder?
Is the truth always the best option?
Is there a time when secrets should remain just that-secrets?
How much can the secrecy laws of Switzerland be relied upon?
Is working with your spouse a good or a bad thing?
Are there always questions you really should have asked your
parents when you had the chance?
Sometimes the real reason for suicide is never known, and
perhaps a good thing
When facts lie-trust your instinct-agreed?
Can a beautiful theory be murdered by a few brutal facts?
What is the hardest part in reuniting with a prior lover?
When trust is broken, how can it be re-established?
Is any job really worth your life?
How do you know who to trust?
Once blackmailed, how do you stop it?
Have you ever had to make an on-the-spot alliance with
someone?
Have you ever hidden a secret in a safety deposit box?
Are you ever considered leaving deep dark secrets in a will?
Is it possible to protect your children from the grave?


INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLING NOVELIST JOHNNY RAY has written an action and adventure filled novel that follows up on his previous best selling novel HER HONOR'S BODYGUARD. With so many people asking for more, Johnny Ray decided to extend the story and take Vance and Noella on to Europe where they have to solve a mystery in order to gain their freedom and to be able to share their life together as husband and wife. This is one crime, a family secret, that will test every ounce of their love for each other, and hopefully will not tear their families apart.
Noella had thought they had stopped the stalkers, and several corrupt governmental factions who wanted her to step down from being a judge. That is until the treats reappeared. Vance, her bodyguard turned fiancée also thought so. But then again, many secrets are still hidden deep inside a safety deposit box in Switzerland. While going to receive Vance's inheritance in Zurich could be a dream vacation for this now engaged couple, who only want to work out some serious conflicts in their wedding and careers, sinister politicians and crooked cops have other plans waiting for them in Europe. AND A FEW QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
Would you consider this a small conflict-She wants to work hard at being a judge, he
wants to travel
When her career endangers her life, he has to stop her, but could he and still make her happy?
When his family lost their money, why did his so-called
friends really abandon him?
When his fortunes are returned to him, should he reconnect
with old friends?
Her friends are rich, marrying her would mean adjusting to a
new life style-could he?
After she is kidnapped in a foreign country can she trust her fiancé/bodyguard to save her?
What deep dark secrets exist in a safety deposit box in Switzerland?
When games become deadly, why is it the children have to
pay?
One thing about a stalker-you never know when they might
reappear, do you?
Why is it a major inheritance can change everything-for both good and the bad?
Isn't the biggest challenge learning who to believe and who
not?
Why are the hardest rules to follow the ones you
establish for yourself?
Marriage-what is best? A short engagement or a long one.
Can children change everything-even before they are born?
Family support is nice, but how do you know if it is faked and used to
betray?
Was it suicide or murder?
Is the truth always the best option?
Is there a time when secrets should remain just that-secrets?
How much can the secrecy laws of Switzerland be relied upon?
Is working with your spouse a good or a bad thing?
Are there always questions you really should have asked your
parents when you had the chance?
Sometimes the real reason for suicide is never known, and
perhaps a good thing
When facts lie-trust your instinct-agreed?
Can a beautiful theory be murdered by a few brutal facts?
What is the hardest part in reuniting with a prior lover?
When trust is broken, how can it be re-established?
Is any job really worth your life?
How do you know who to trust?
Once blackmailed, how do you stop it?
Have you ever had to make an on-the-spot alliance with
someone?
Have you ever hidden a secret in a safety deposit box?
Are you ever considered leaving deep dark secrets in a will?
Is it possible to protect your children from the grave?
Published on May 27, 2014 08:55
Best selling novelist Johnny Ray's take on life is simple
When you wake up, take time to enjoy one of the best but simple pleasures in life.AHHHMORNING COFFEE

Published on May 27, 2014 07:00
May 24, 2014
AWARD WINNNG NOVELIST JOHNNY RAY'S LATEST NOVEL
A small conflict–She wants to work hard at being a judge, he wants to travel. When her career endangers her life, he has to stop her RESCUING HER HONOR IS JOHNNY RAY'S LATEST NOVEL

Published on May 24, 2014 08:59