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October 7, 2018
Tangled Webs
Officer Gordon Butler and his overanxious trainee Dakota Ayala are dispatched to a scene where they find a woman named Melody White who has been stabbed to death. Gordon is not surprised. He’d been called to that address several times to confront Jacob Hulsey who had stalked the victim. The neighbor who placed the call to the Rocky Bluff Police Department reported seeing Hulsey there the night before. But when another neighbor says Melody’s ex-husband had threatened her, and then one of Melody’s co-workers at the day care center where they worked reported a clash between Melody and her boss, suspects seem to be multiplying like Russian nesting dolls. And to add to the difficulty of sorting it all out, Gordon’s new partner is making moves on Gordon’s wife, and detective Doug Milligan’s daughter Beth has become moody and secretive. At least two of the suspects and maybe some others are weaving tangled webs.
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Love At First Swipe
Love At First Swipe provides valuable tips and advice to help you navigate your way through the minefield of online dating. Whether you are looking for love, companionship or something more casual, Love At First Swipe looks at dating options for every type of dater, whatever your relationship preference or sexual orientation. Love At First Swipe ensures that people avoid the common pitfalls that come with online dating, as it can be a minefield at times. It can be daunting and scary at times, but also fun and exciting and it can lead to you finding happiness. Love At First Swipe also looks at dating options for single parents, people over 50 years of age, young adults/teenagers and people with disabilities.
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Rumors
When a flaming poltergeist steps through a portal in the teenage Reynaldo Reyes’s kitchen door at his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. and in Tampa, Florida, it’s just the first of a series of frightening encounters with evil spirits and unexplained deaths, including that of the well-known rapper Jam Master Jay whose real name is Jason Mizell of the rap group Run DMC. This is the bizarre true story of a life-long struggle with the supernatural. Website: www.JamMasterJaysUnsolvedDeath.com
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October 2, 2018
Live it Love it Sell it
Does the thought of selling your product or service make you shiver with fear or horror? If you’d like not just to be able to sell but to fall in love with sales, this book is for you. ‘Live It, Love It, Sell It’ is for anyone interested in doing sales in a human, non-sleazy, non-pushy way, whether you’re male or female, working for yourself or working for an organisation. Dragons’ Den winner Jules White brings you the benefit of her experience and knowledge gained from over 30 years of selling to debunk myths about sales being all about formulas or pushiness and explains how everyone has the power to sell using their natural ability – and to love doing so. It’s a book that will transform how you feel about sales and selling.
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Blessed Curse
In Rugby, Tennessee, Jorie Wainright and the man she loves, Logan Mathis, grew up as two of the Rugby Six: a group of children so closely bound that they experience each other’s emotional and physical pain. And they have the power to affect others.
TO FEEL ANOTHER’S HEART
At twenty-six, tormented by a darker facet of her past, Jorie abandons love along with the desire to ever be a mother. The act plunges herself and the remaining Six into anguish, and it is all for naught. She is already pregnant with Logan’s child. When her father’s death forces her back to her hometown, she goes alone.
Logan’s love for Jorie forces him to obey her wishes. Still, for him there can be no other woman. And, like always, he can feel her pain…and her need. She waits in a rural Tennessee town on the edge of the spirit world, where a dark and sinister presence threatens all she never wanted. All that Logan knows she will never let die. All he knows they must save—together.
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September 28, 2018
From the Black
Nikko adores his life of solitude in his quaint abode in the middle of nowhere. But his lifestyle changes after an earthquake disrupts his peaceful existence, and a visitor is found unconscious on his property.
The vile alien species known as the Rahziem threaten Nikko’s safety, and the safety of humanity. These ruthless bounty hunters travel across galaxies to destroy Earth and collect human assets to sell.
Unexpected alliances form in this thrilling science fiction novel by debut author Aria Degray. The fate of the world rests on the shoulders of Nikko and his visitor.
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September 26, 2018
Backyard Volcano and Other Mysteries of the Heart
These stories help define the world of the Texas-Mexico Frontier–an explosive world where lives break, loves shatter, and healing happens. Kathryn Lane, a native of Mexico, explores this world, leading readers on a journey through time and geography with the promise of magic and transformation.
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September 21, 2018
Desperation Rules the Day
Nathan, the captain of a ship, finds himself in serious trouble. Unless he can pay his gambling debts, he is liable to lose his fingers. Given this, when offered a large sum of money to accept two containers on his ship, Nathan is only too willing to agree. He later finds he has jumped from the frying pan into the fire. To his shock and horror, he finds himself the unwilling accomplice in a terrorist plot targeting America. After the authorities learn of this, Nathan makes a failed bid to escape a possible death prison sentence. As a result, he takes his own life. On the American President hearing about the failed attempt, he wants answers on who was behind the plot.
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September 19, 2018
Tips for Getting the Feedback You Really Need
Feedback is one of the most useful things in the universe. In fact, it’s one of the things that makes a living organism, well, living. As a writer, it’s one of the key ingredients to being successful, whether you’re article writing, blogging, or working on your umpteenth book. It’s how we understand what’s working, what isn’t, and what’s holding us back. But getting the kind of feedback that will really move us forward isn’t always easy. Here are a few tips that will help you both find the feedback you need and get the most out of it.
Know what kind of feedback you’d like—and ask for it.
What kind of feedback you need will really depend on what stage your text is at and what its key elements are. Just starting out with a concept and want to know if it’s even remotely interesting to anyone but you? Or perhaps you’ve worked and reworked your book with fifteen revisions and you just need a beta reader. Or maybe you’re somewhere in-between—your copy is still pretty rough, but you’ve been through it a few times and the text is (you’re hoping) getting pretty close to how it’ll appear in the final edit. Or maybe you just want someone to check the copy and look for errors. As far as the elements are concerned, if you’re writing a novel you might want to know if the characters are believable and consistent or if there are holes in the plot. If you’re writing non-fiction, are the arguments believable? How’s the flow from topic to topic? Whatever the case, knowing what kind of feedback you want and letting your reviewer know will really help them focus in on what’s important for you.
Make sure your work is feedback-ready.
While feedback can be useful in just about any stage of writing—from concept to final draft—that doesn’t mean you should just slam something out and send it off. Take the time to look things over, catch typos and awkward phrasing, and basically just make sure your work looks presentable. Also, the more you catch the obvious errors, the more time your reviewer can spend on the bigger issues that you’re likely to really need feedback on.
Don’t just go for the positive reviews.
Obviously, we all want someone to say that our work is awesome, but the reality is that the hard-to-hear feedback is often the most valuable. We need to know where our text isn’t holding up or where the reader’s losing interest. Of course, it’s helpful if the feedback comes in a form that’s at least mildly digestible, but even if it isn’t, it’s worth bucking up and trying to get where the reader believes our text is falling short.
Stop your first reaction.
Ok, you’ve asked for the hard feedback and your reviewer delivered. Or maybe you just asked for a general impression and what came back was not what you were expecting. What do you do? Well, first breathe. Really. Maybe a couple of times. See if you can rein in any thoughts or feelings that want to bat away the critique you’re receiving. Even if the feedback totally misses the mark, it’s important to at least give it consideration, and that will take a clear mind.
Wait before you respond, then respond graciously.
Sort of on the same lines of stopping your first reaction, waiting before you respond to your reviewer will also help you come at things from a clearer perspective—especially if their feedback was challenging to take in. And regardless of what critique they’ve given you, always keep in mind that they didn’t have to look over your work—they’re doing you a favor. So be kind and gracious and be sure to thank them. It’s important—even if you never use them again.
Find readers who give you the kind of criticism you need—who will critique in the way you’re looking for.
Great critique givers are like good friends: hard to find, yet worth more than gold. Once you find them, you’ll never want to let them go. Maybe they’re people in your line of work or maybe they’re writers themselves. Or maybe they’re just people who love to read and are really good at giving feedback. Whatever the case, it’ll be well worth your while to seek these kinds of people out, and that means getting your work out there. The easiest way to start is by finding other writers, perhaps finding a local writer’s meetup (which can be beneficial in many, many ways) or joining an online group such as Scribophile. Or, if you’re really interested in networking, attending one of the many, many writing conferences out there and hobnobbing with the amazing mix of writers, editors, and publishers who attend.
This post is contributed as a Guest post by Bonnie Skott.
Bonnie Skott is a creative writer who left her full-time job at a publishing company to pursue her freelance carrier. Currently, she helps a photography software company Skylum to manage their blog. She really likes planting, so if you want to chat about that or ask any questions, feel free to drop her a message!
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September 17, 2018
The Great Liquor War
The year is 1885. Hank James has been in Canada several months panning gold from a stream near Roswell, British Columbia. When he hears a prizefight will be held in town, he attends along with everyone for miles around. With a little help from the fight referee, he wins big betting on the fight. Having realized that the life of a miner isn’t nearly as romantic or rewarding as he expected, and with advice from the policeman who helped him win money on the fight, Hank goes to Farwell to haul freight with pack horses for contractors building the transcontinental railroad.
The railroad’s security, a detachment of North West Mounted Police, have maintained across the West that no liquor be allowed one mile on either side of the rail bed. Provincial authorities disagree. Hank James believes in honoring and repaying his debts, but that doesn’t mean he should be involved in a war between the BC Provincial Police and the North West Mounted.
He and his partners have trouble enough running their freight business, they don’t need to be caught between competing policemen. They are already stuck between Canada’s transcontinental railroad people and the contractors doing the actual construction. While the police are fighting one another, who is looking for criminals, particularly those stealing Hank’s horses? Despite a variety of jobs, D.M. McGowan now works as a commercial driver and lives near Mile “0” of the world-famous Alaska Highway.
His stories bring Canadian history to life. “I believe in seeing morality and societal responsibility rewarded. Too much of today’s fiction seems to lead into the dark instead of the light.”
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