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New Directions and a Kindle Fire Giveaway!

If you’ve tuned in to BloodWrites recently, you’ll no doubt have noticed that the website has a new face. A new tone. A new catchphrase. And a whole lot fewer …

Macabre Research for the First Erin Solomon Ghost Story: The Purrinton Murders

SERIAL SLEUTHS, Volume 1: Haunted is a collection of shorts I did with authors Susan Russo Anderson, DV Berkom, Joanne Sydney Lessner, and Wayne Zurl. Each of the stories features …

10 Reasons to Back SOUTHERN CROSS on Kickstarter

The SOUTHERN CROSS Kickstarter campaign is now at 65% of the way funded, with just a few days remaining.I’m thrilled with the progress I’ve made and the support I’ve gotten, …

The Kickstarter Chronicles: It’s All About Mindset

As some of you may already know, I’m currently doing a Kickstarter campaign to raise $2,500 toward the production and promotion of the third novel in my Erin Solomon mystery series, SOUTHERN...

Author Interview: Joyce Schneider

My guest this week is Joyce Schneider, author of the gripping medical thriller EMBRYO. Joyce is a former staffer at Newsweek, and author of FLORA TRISTAN and DARKNESS FALLS, published by Simon & Schuster and Pocket Books, respectively. EMBRYO is her first e-book. You can check out my review of the novel on Awesome Indies. Here, Joyce talks a bit about the novel, her process, and what she strives to achieve in her own writing.

Let’s start by talking about your novel, Embryo. Can you give reader...

Author Interview: Joyce Schneider

My guest this week is Joyce Schneider, author of the gripping medical thriller EMBRYO. Joyce is a former staffer at Newsweek, and author of FLORA TRISTAN and DARKNESS FALLS, published by Simon &...

Excerpt-ional Tuesday: Embryo, by Joyce Schneider

If you’re looking for a grab-you-by-the-throat medical thriller that will dog you for days after you’ve read that final page, EMBRYO is the novel for you. Here, author Joyce Schneider kindly shares a free excerpt from her tour de force!

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Maria Moran’s first inkling of trouble was the coppery taste in her mouth. It came suddenly, a rushing whoosh of something that made her gag, and when she reached up to wipe her mouth, her hand came away smeared with blood.

“What…?” She heard her own high vo...

Excerpt-ional Tuesday: Embryo, by J.A. Schneider

If you’re looking for a grab-you-by-the-throat medical thriller that will dog you for days after you’ve read that final page, EMBRYO is the novel for you. Here, author Joyce Schneider...

Must-Have Resources for the Dirt Poor and Graphically Challenged Indie Author

This is another one of those departures from the norm today, since of late I’ve been working a lot on the whole business-and-marketing side of this wild author adventure. So, I thought rather...

Book Review: Embryo, by Joyce Schneider

Title: Embryo

Author: J.A. Schneider

Genre: Medical Thriller

Rating:

J.A. Schneider’s medical thriller EMBRYO opens with every woman’s worst nightmare: Very pregnant mother-to-be Maria Moran is crossing a busy street when crippling pain suddenly brings her to her knees. Within moments, she is bleeding from virtually every orifice and barely coherent as strangers cry for help.

From that gripping prologue, Schneider launches directly into the life of Dr. Jill Raney, a brilliant and appropriately bea...