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Guest Author Feature – Author D.G. Kaye interviewed me for her blog

111 Tips to get Free Book Reviews

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“Treasure of Saint-Lazare“, by John Pearce, is a mystery about events far distant in time and space that profoundly affect the peaceful life of a wealthy American businessman living in Paris.

… Pearce weaves richly textured descriptions of life in Paris through an intricate plot with believable, well-drawn characters.

Overall, this is a satisfying mystery, a surprising love story, and an up close look into the dark days of Europe as WWII drew to a c...

A Politician EXPOSED

“I mentally prepared myself for entering this historic U.S. residence which is, by all means, a political hell hole and private war zone where corruption, hypocrisy, and danger breeds.”

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The Narrator in A Politician EXPOSED is a tiny housefly who reports: “Deviance, debauchery, and corruption commonly thrive at politician’s addresses. Personally, I enjoy the challenge to scoop up as much dirt as possible so we can fry these hypocrites, and I can usually smell them a mile away. I’ll be shock...

Why it’s Smart to Sell Books via KOBO

Many writers I am talking with are still selling their books via Amazon only. It is hard to understand why they “put all their eggs into one basket only”.  During the last years, I wrote more than a dozen of articles, and explaining in detail how authors can diversify – a commandment in any business!  So why not sell your books at Apple’s iBooks, on Barnes&Noble, on Kobo, and many other retailers in and outside of the USA?

I showed on my blogs all the avenues an author can go, up to selling...

POD Services & Distributions Compared

Now as Amazon Create for print books is coming into the picture – and hopefully soon out of the Beta version – Authors get even more choices to get their print books on to the Amazon market – but maybe not much else. Bookstores are not eager to deal with or to carry books, produced an Amazon company, such as CreateSpace or AmazonCreate.

Did you choose Extended Distribution for your print book version on CreateSpace? This option at CreateSpace on their distribution page offers to make your b...

Behind Closed Doors…

Dr. Charlayne Grenci

You might have read the prequels Last Curtain for a Stripper or A Politician EXPOSED – but now the new, completed ebook Behind Closed Doors with twenty-one chapters is available. 
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Decadence, Sex, and Crime
Did you ever wish to get a peek behind closed doors – or you imagined you would be a tiny fly to get access and find out what’s really going on in the lives of celebrities or your neighbors?  Experience this fictional investigation of a detective “fly on the wall” – y...

Good News for Your Ebook Conversions

The worst experience I ever had with ebook formatting was last year when I commissioned – my usual professional ebook builder was ill – a manuscript to let it format by a person in South Africa which I had “met” on social media. She promised to deliver within days.
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I paid in advance for .mobi and epub, and received both versions after a wait of almost two months! and dozens of emails.  I immediately transferred it to our distributor. He refused the epub version as it contained 63 !!! techn...

Why is Critical Thinking Important for Writers?

When I studied Investigative Journalism in college, it was a basic requirement.  For journalists in general, the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY and HOW are the tools of the trade.
But everyone, especially writers, should use these question words all the time: when researching background information for a book, when questioning and editing their novels or non-fiction books, when participating in a writer’s critique group and most important: when looking for publishing possibilities.

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Short Story: A Politician EXPOSED

A prequel for
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS:
Detective Fly on the Wall

Dr. Charlayne Grenci

Decadence, Sex, and Crime BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

Experience the shocking, uncensored stories about the private lives and the double lives of people we think we know.  Take a peek behind the masks of hypocrisy and the walls of deception which lurk and thrive in the mainstream.  The secrets and desperate lives of sinners, perverts, criminals, and even politicians remain well hidden from the wrath and condemnation of...

Short Story: Last Curtain for a Stripper

Decadence, Sex, and Crime Behind Closed Doors…
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Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Tolino, and Scribd  – in North America and in Europe – get your copy for only $0.99.
ISBN:  978-1-988664-07-1

Experience the shocking, uncensored stories about the private lives and the double lives of people we think we know. Take a peek behind the masks of hypocrisy and the walls of deception which lurk and thrive in the mainstream. The secrets and desperate lives of sinners, perverts, politicians,...

Why It’s Important to Edit, Edit, And Edit More

You might have read the story of the missing Oxford comma, which had changed the outcome of a court case in Portland, Maine.  What readers (and also TV viewers) heard or saw, was the outcome of an appeal case between dairy drivers and their employer. But what has an Oxford comma to do with this labor case?

The Oxford (or serial) comma is the final comma in a list of things. For example: “Please purchase a gallon milk, two yoghurts, and a pound of butter.”

Grammarly.com states: “Use of the Ox...