L.A. Starks's Blog, page 27

Earthquakes & Oil

Strike Price points the way to the dangers around a hidden but critical part of the US energy system.

So do earthquakes:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

5-star-rated Strike Price suspensefully tells the story of these old-now-new oilfields.

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e-book & whales

In honor of 5-star thriller 13 Days e-book going live in Australia at Amazon.au, Angus & Robertson Bookworld, and Collins, a lovely drone-shot video from offshore Australia, showing whales approaching a paddleboarder. It is here:

http://www.businessinsider.com/austra...

If you're in Australia, look for your launch invitation.

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Semi-Annual Newsletter

My semi-annual newsletter has just been published and can be found online here:

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

In it I discuss the new e-book edition of 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy, energy news, and recommendations of eight specific books among the 36 I've read in the last six months.

13 Days E-book!

If you like affordable, convenient e-books and haven't yet read 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy (Lynn Dayton Thriller #1) by L. A. Starks, look at the 4- and 5-star reviews by your fellow Goodreads readers and reviewers.

The e-book is available now from Amazon Kindle http://tinyurl.com/ptgjzcz , Barnes & Noble Nook http://tinyurl.com/oge7mnv , and Apple iBooks, Smashwords, Inktera, Feltrinelli (Italy), Collins (Australia), Indigo (Canada), Paper Plus (New Zealand), or Livaria Cultura (Brazil).

Enter for Giveaway

Just a few more days for the giveaways for the first two Lynn Dayton thrillers. 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy is dedicated to all who cared for and revived New Orleans, post-Katrina. The giveaway for Strike Price celebrates the Cherokee National Holiday, Sept. 4-6.

Giveaways

Enter the Goodreads giveaways for 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy (Lynn Dayton #1) and Strike Price (Lynn Dayton #2).

A percentage of sales of 13 Days goes to a NOLA rebuilding fund, in recognition of the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. (13 Days is dedicated to the rebuilders of New Orleans.)

The Strike Price giveaway honors the Cherokee National Holiday, Sept. 4-6, which commemorates the 1839 signing of the Cherokee Constitution.

Reading Lists

Forget "prestigious private" and look at these reading lists.
http://www.businessinsider.com/summer...

Some of my favorite:
The Martian (reading now)
Dune (TBR)
Song of Solomon
Catch 22
The Old Man & The Sea
Lord of the Flies
Invisible Man
Madame Bovary
To the Lighthouse
Emma
Pride & Prejudice

LAS signing, N. TX, to benefit Library Friends

N. Texas readers are invited to stop by and meet six Texas authors at the Smith Library in Wylie, Texas. We are there 3 PM, Saturday, June 27th. The location in Wylie is 300 Country Club Road, Building 300 75098.

Our signing benefits the Friends of the Library. I hope to see you there. Please introduce yourself!

Here is more:
http://www.wylietexas.gov/departments...

MDay + 1 Free

Two Kindle short stories. One is perfect for Mother's Day; the other is free today + tomorrow and gives an important clue to Lynn Dayton thriller #2, Strike Price.

For Mother's Day, Josh Rosen and Bubbe:
http://www.amazon.com/Josh-Rosen-Bubb...

Free key clue for Strike Price, A Time for Eating Wild Onions:
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Eating-Wil...

Free and clue to #LD2

A Time for Eating Wild Onions is a short story that--in addition to capturing the tenor of the 70s--provides a vital clue to STRIKE PRICE, (Lynn Dayton #2). And for the next three days, A Time for Eating Wild Onions is free on Kindle.

http://www.amazon.com/Time-Eating-Wil...