L.A. Starks's Blog, page 12

Newsletter!

My newsletter summarizes books read in the last six months (24), some flash fiction publications and an award, and thoughts on my other work in the energy biz.

Take a look! Note mention of Goodreads! https://lastarksbooks.com/2021/09/13/...

on writing

Very thoughtful interview on writing by NFReads --many thanks! https://www.nfreads.com/interview-wit...

3 days only $0.99

88% discount to $0.99 for US Kindle edition of first-in-award-winning-series 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy.
Get your copy. Tell your friends! Limited time thru 11:59 PDT Sunday, Aug 8. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

WOW! contest!

Happy that my short story Essence of Genius, Genius of Essence received an honorable mention (top 20 out of 300) in the WOW! Spring 2021 Flash Fiction contest! So fortunate to be among this group of impressive authors.

https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/10...

$0.99 Kindle deal US

August 6-8, 2021 The first book in the Lynn Dayton thriller series, 13 Days: the Pythagoras Conspiracy, is discounted 88% to $0.99 on Kindle in the US

Starts at 8 AM PDT August 6
Link:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

2nd Anthology Briefly Free

Great news for flash fiction lovers! A Year of Shorts will be free on Amazon (all countries) between June 4 and June 10.

ASIN is:
B096Y7WBH6

US link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096Y7WBH6

Anthology briefly free

Book of summer flash fiction shorts on Amazon Kindle: perfect for summer (or remembering summer) reading! Per the editor, free between now and May 31. After that, super bargain at 44 for only US$0.99 (or equivalent in UK, Australia, India, Canada or your country) Some links:
US https://www.amazon.com/Dog-Days-Summe...
UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dog-Days-Sum...
India https://www.amazon.in/Dog-Days-Summer...
Australia https://www.amazon.com.au/Dog-Days-Su...
Canada https://www.amazon.ca/Dog-Days-Summer...

Summer Flash Fiction!

(Dive into northern hemisphere) or (remember summer hemisphere) summer with these 44 short shorts: Dog Days of Summer: Flash Fiction on Kindle. Only $0.99 or equivalent in your country's currency for 44 shorts. Links:

US https://www.amazon.com/Dog-Days-Summe...

UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dog-Days-Sum...

India https://www.amazon.in/Dog-Days-Summer...

Australia https://www.amazon.com.au/Dog-Days-Su...

Canada Canada https://www.amazon.ca/Dog-Days-Summer...

Tulsa Massacre

#TulsaMassacre #Watchmen Scott Ellsworth Excellent early work plus new book as 100th anniversary approaches. Pictures you must see https://lsupress.org/books/detail/dea...
May know from #StrikePrice end notes on Tulsa
https://www.amazon.com/Strike-Price-L... https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/stri...

also available from independent bookstores including, in Oklahoma Full Circle, Braces, Literati Press, and Magic City
https://www.indiebound.org/book/97809...
and TX authors B4R
https://www.b4r.store/strike-price-ly...

Cassandra

Cassandra much? Re Colonial pipeline & threats to energy infrastructure (and thus all of us who use energy) = Lynn Dayton thriller series, first editions 2006, 2013, 2018 (Second Law--cybersecurity) https://lastarksbooks.com/books/the-s...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-pipe...