Thomas Rydder's Blog: The Clearing, page 5

Now you have a choice of winning either ebooks or paperbacks of my two babies…

Yes indeedie - I now have two giveaways going on. One on rafflecopter for ebooks of either book here: Book description:  1. “Do Unto  Others” (short  story) - Jeremy is  a street hood, lawless and unchained. When he is wronged by a local businessman, it becomes his mission to seek revenge.  But his new enemy has friends – ones that don’t take kindly to intruders.  2.  ”Colors” […]

Want to improve your writing? Try “14 Prompts” by Joe Bunting, over at The Write Practice…it’s FREE

14 Prompts is a short eBook full of fourteen unusual writing prompts designed to both inspire you to write and teach you a few practical techniques to improve your writing.  (Click on the image to read on)  Filed under: Articles and Posts by Authors, My Road to Better Writing Tagged: joe bunting, prompt, the write practice, […]

How an Email List Can Foster Reader Engagement — The Book Designer

By Joel Friedlander: I’m often asked why authors, particularly novelists, should bother with an email list. Aren’t email lists just for nonfiction writers or Internet marketers with something to sell? Novelists are trying to get readers involved with the worlds that they create, and to care about the characters who populate those worlds. In other […]

“Nightlife Paris”, by my brother Travis Luedke is FREE on Amazon…check it out!

Click on the cover to get it on Amazon! Book Description: Vampire master Michelle, and her slave, Aaron Pilan, flee to Paris, leaving behind the slaughter in Las Vegas. Aaron made the costly mistake of taking a bloodslave, and then married her. The tragedy of his wife’s death has driven a rift between them and […]

May I introduce Ms. Donna Collier, cover artist extraordinaire :)

Over the weekend, I had the rare luxury of buzzing around the net, just browsing for this and that. I came upon Ms. Collier’s site, and I have to say, her work is impressive. She runs DLC Designs out of her blog, and has quite a number of cover samples listed, along with client feedback […]

BookDaily.com – Book Samples for Book Lovers (A great site I found)

During my wanderings, I discovered this site. Bookdaily is a book listing site, where you can list your book’s title, isbn, description, where it is sold, and a chapter of your book. The site currently has an Alexa rank of  112,475th worldwide and 24,792nd in the US, so it evidently gets a boatload of visitors. […]

Now you have a choice of winning either ebooks or paperbacks of my two babies…

Yes indeedie - I now have two giveaways going on. One on rafflecopter for ebooks of either book here: Book description:  1. “Do Unto  Others” (short  story) - Jeremy is  a street hood, lawless and unchained. When he is wronged by a local businessman, it becomes his mission to seek revenge.  But his new enemy has friends – ones that don’t take kindly to intruders.  2.  ”Colors” […]

With thanks to Travis Luedke: THE FUSSY LIBRARIAN brings you free-discounted books DAILY

THE FUSSY LIBRARIAN Readers, how would you like to get emailed a handful of ebooks custom curated for your unique genre preferences? What if they were FREE books, or steeply discounted?  Authors, how would you like to have your free-discounted books emailed out to thousands of fans of your genre? Would you be willing to pay for this customized list? […]

Lucy Pireel features the delightful (and best-selling author) Carol E. Wyer…it’s a hoot!

By Lucy Pireel: Good day Carol! I’m glad you could free up some time to join me on my blog today. For those who do not know you already, I’d like to start with some ‘personal’ questions. If that’s okay with you? *Carol nods.* (She can’t answer, because she’s just stuffed her face with my […]

“Lost geese” – a beautiful, haunting poem by my pal, Jane Dougherty

Click on the image to read it  Filed under: Articles and Posts by Authors Tagged: jane dougherty, Poet, Poetry, restless souls, The Clearing, Thomas Rydder