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NEW RELEASES: DECEMBER 10-16

DECEMBER 14 THE LOST MACAW, BY B.L. BLAIR
Novella, Mystery. Self-published. 94 pp.

The Lost Macaw is the fourth novella in the Lost and Found Pets series. Alexandra Prescott is a licensed private investigator specializing in finding missing animals. Reuniting pet and owner is more than just a job.

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NEW RELEASES: NOVEMBER 26 - DECEMBER 2

NOVEMBER 28 POWER STRUGGLE (DETECTIVE MADISON KNIGHT), BY CAROLYN ARNOLD
Mystery. Hibbert & Stiles Publishing. 460 pp.

NY Literary Magazine describes Power Struggle as "a thrilling page-turner featuring a well-written, captivating, and logical plot along with realistic characters. Author Carolyn Arnold demonstrates great attention to detail and fine writing skills. Fans of realistic detective mystery books will love this book!"

One man hit who's back for revenge.
One detective who's not going do...

Q & A: DOES READING FICTION BOOKS HELP YOU BECOME A SMARTER PERSON?

Q: Does reading fiction books help you become a smarter person? Did Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates read literary fiction novels or do they only read non-fiction books? A: I find different genres of books exercise different areas of the brain and contribute to different forms of intelligence. It perhaps goes without saying that reading nonfiction can make you "smarter," especially with regards to the subject of that particular book.

But I find fiction helps develop emotional intelligenc...

NEW RELEASES: NOVEMBER 19-25

NOVEMBER 21 ONE DAY YOU WILL, BY KRISTOFER CLARKE
Contemporary Fiction. Prodigy Gold Books. 260 pp.

Syreeta Mercer, a successful lawyer from Atlanta, lived her life as Daddy's Little Girl, and she wouldn't have wanted it any other way. She's known only one man as her father, but two weeks after laying him to rest, she is startled by the news that this might not be her truth and everyone else's lie. Against her mother's wishes and warnings, Syreeta embarks on her own search that may result in m...

NEW RELEASES: NOVEMBER 12-18

NOVEMBER 13 DANGEROUSLY DARK (DREAMCASTER), BY C.J. BURRIGHT
New Adult Paranormal Romance. Pronoun. 286 pp.

Some call him Purgatory's Missing Prince. Demon Master. Overlord of Shadows. Only one woman may call him hers.

TAKE DOWN (BLOOD AND GLORY, 2), BY HARPER ST. GEORGE AND TARA WYATT
Romance. Pocketstar. 220 pp.

The second novel in the sizzling Bloody and Glory series--perfect for fans of Katy Evans's REAL series and Sidney Halston's Worth the Fight series--reveals that fighting for your hear...

GUEST POST: 5 THINGS NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT QUERY LETTERS

Some of us are taking the plunge into another (or our first) NaNoWriMo, but some of us are still staring at last year's book and wondering "what now?"

I'm so excited to bring you this guest post from Christopher Kokoski. Christopher has been studying query letters for over 20 years and landed an agent with his very first query letter. He has since written The Query Letter Swipe File: Exact Words, Phrases, and Templates to Write Query Letters, Get Literary Agents, and Publish Books...

NEW RELEASES: OCTOBER 29-NOVEMBER 4

We're back at it! I took most of this year off -- somewhat intentionally, somewhat unintentionally -- for reasons I will definitely cover later in a future post, but in the past weeks Blondie Marie has been on my mind and I wanted to really make a concentrated effort in these last months to get back into the routine of posting regularly. 

And so we start with this.

Each Friday, my intention is to post the books that will be published in the coming week. They'll mostly be self- and indie-publish...

REVIEW: THE HELPER

THE HELPER, BY M.N. SNOW. Self-published, 2016. 296 pp.  John Sloan is a Marine Corps veteran with a life-long secret that is haunting him. He is a conduit to a healing light that draws him to people on the brink of emotional disintegration, people who are then healed and Helped by this light. His blue-collar world is shattered when he finds that his connection to this anonymous portal has vanished. He is alone, seemingly beyond aid, and in desperate need of a Helping himself. Th...

Face it: Christian Grey is actually Dexter Morgan

Imagine my face when I close the cover of Fifty Shades Darker think to myself, This Christian Grey guy. He reminds me of someone else.

Yes ... you read it correctly in the title. Christian Grey is Dexter Morgan.

Now, obviously they're not exactly the same. But there are enough similarities to make an eerie comparison.

For those who don't know: Christian Grey is the super-hot billionaire in E.L. James' wildly popular novel series Fifty Shades of Grey and corresponding moti...

IT'S BEEN A WHILE ... BUT I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE

Can I be honest with you all? I seriously considered giving this up a few months ago.

Here's the backstory. I left my job at the newspaper I had been working at, in pursuit of a new career a a financial planner. I started working at a financial planning firm in my town, and I'm currently working toward becoming a full-fledged advisor. The upside is that this is what I want. This is a career that can have some great benefits for me and for my family. I had been working toward a job in this indu...