L.A. Starks's Blog, page 26

free Kindle short story

May 11-May 15; if you haven't yet read the Kindle short story "Robert and Therese Guillard: Choices" it is free for five days, starting May 11. Robert Guillard is the Parisian antagonist of 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy.

https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Therese...

The Wild Detectives Indie Store

Many thanks to The Wild Detectives for supporting the Dallas Book Festival last weekend.

Stop by this amazing Dallas independent bookstore at 314 W. 8th Street in Dallas to buy/order TAA award-winning STRIKE PRICE and thousands of other books, and to have a morning coffee or afternoon snack.

http://thewilddetectives.com/

Dallas Book Festival, Saturday, April 30th

Please join me Saturday, April 30th for the 10th annual Dallas Book Festival. 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX. From 12:50-2:30 I'll be talking about mysteries, suspense, and thrillers (Keeping Dallas in Suspense) and signing books at the Community Exchange Room on the first floor of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library.

The Dallas Book Festival ( #dallasbookfest) is free and highlights extraordinary authors such as Adam Mansbach, Lawrence Wright, Curtis Sittenfeld, Alfredo Corchado, Bryan Stevenson, Merritt Tierce, Sarah Hepola, and others. Panels on higher floors feature poetry, children's crafts, family stories from Casa de Espana, pianist Brunny Bell, beer, chocolate, wine, and many other subjects.

http://www.dallasbookfestival.org/cen...

Books & Writing

My semi-annual newsletter includes a summary of sixmonths of reading recommendations. Available at the link below:

http://lastarksbooks.com/newsletter_0...

Headline Authors for BookFest

A fantastic array of headline authors for the Dallas Book Festival, April 30th. Bryan Stevenson, Curtis Sittenfeld, Andrew Mansbach, and many more.

http://artsblog.dallasnews.com/2016/0...

Save the Date, April 30

You've heard of SXSW? Southwestern US readers, get ready for DBF on April 30th.

http://dallasbookfestival.org/

free & #1

Thanks, all! Robert & Therese Guillard: Choices, a thriller short story that leads into the first Lynn Dayton thriller, hit #1 in Amazon subcategory
Free Kindle Short Reads>15 minutes> Mystery, Thriller and Suspense.

Free thru the end of today.

free Kindle short story

Robert & Therese Guillard: Choices introduces a primary antagonist and his wife. Contributing to but not included in Lynn Dayton thriller #1, 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy, this short story bring to life Robert's love of wingsuit flying--alluded to in the book--and one of the possible plot outcomes I considered.

Free between now and Jan. 31 on Kindle.

http://www.amazon.com/Robert-Therese-...

20% off at TAA

20% off coupon for all books sold at Texas Association of Authors, including 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy and Strike Price

http://books.txauthors.com/

50% off for one more day

Buy the new e-book edition of 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy at Smashwords. Enter coupon code AM42A at checkout and get 50% off through November 3, 2015 only, reducing price to $2.50.

Epub edition for e-readers, smartphones, tablets, and computers. For Kindles, the link to Calibre conversion for epub-to-mobi is also shown below.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

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