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April 13, 2016
INDIE: THE SECRET LIFE OF CHARLOTTE DODD
THE SECRET LIFE OF CHARLOTTE DODD, BY HOLLY KERRThree Birds Press, January 2016. 255 pp.
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Charlotte Dodd is having a bad day.
After taking an experimental drug to erase her memories of saving the world (or at least the country -- several times) Cha...
April 11, 2016
ALTERNATE VOICES: DEEK RHEW
If you want to get technical about it, this is "Part One" of a two-part guest post pair. Deek Rhew and his wife Erin, are each launching books this month, and they're each guest posting on Blondie Marie. Deek talks, below, about how every writer's journey is different. For him, the journey writing and editing his two books, Birth of the American Gigolo and 122 Rules (launched this week), led him to meeting his now-wife, Erin.
I hope you check out Deek's post and his new novel, and stay tuned f...
I hope you check out Deek's post and his new novel, and stay tuned f...
April 6, 2016
INDIE: BLACKSPOON
BLACKSPOON, BY DAN EAGLETONSelf-published, December 2015. 201 pp.
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Charlie has just smuggled five kilos of uncut heroin back from the war in Afghanistan. This much he knows for sure. He also knows that, after he made it through customs, another soldier was caught doing the same as him. And that the military policemen who provided s...
April 1, 2016
'ROMANCE' IS MORE THAN THE LOVE SCENE
It may seem like I'm spending a lot of time talking about love and romance and all things mushy, and I totally am. I'm working on a few projects now where romantic love is at the forefront of the story, and so that's where my mind is at.
But I was also readingThe Arrangement, by Ashley Warlick a few weeks ago. this is a book not unlikeThe Paris WifeorZ, dramatizing the life of noted food writer MFK Fisher. Mary Frances (the 'MF' of 'MFK') was caught in a love triangle between her husband, Al F...
But I was also readingThe Arrangement, by Ashley Warlick a few weeks ago. this is a book not unlikeThe Paris WifeorZ, dramatizing the life of noted food writer MFK Fisher. Mary Frances (the 'MF' of 'MFK') was caught in a love triangle between her husband, Al F...
March 30, 2016
INDIE: DEBT
DEBT, BY RACHEL DUNNINGAmazon Digital Services, 529 pp. March 2016
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I pay my debts, and I expect others to.
I was raised in the slums of London, I knew nothing of privilege. My father was murdered when I was seventeen. Morty figured my father's passing meant I would automatically take on Dad's debts. I r...
March 23, 2016
INDIE: THE THEORY OF IRONY
THE THEORY OF IRONY: HOW JESUS LED TO MOON GOLF, BY ERIK VON NORDENSelf-published, 262 pp. August 2015 BuyThe Theory of Ironyon Amazon
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March 22, 2016
ALTERNATE VOICES: C. WAYNE DAWSON
Sometimes the best stories come from history. When C. Wayne Dawson, author ofThe Darkness That Could Be Felt, was looking through some of the more hidden details of history, he came across the relationship between Vlad Dracula and Iona Szilagy. The more he learned, the further his curiosity was piqued, and so on. Wayne recaptures the journey into this story below, in his guest post titled "In Search of the Raven King."
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March 18, 2016
ALTERNATE VOICES: LAURA SMITH
C.S. Lewis once said "We read to know we are not alone." The only problem is, as writers (and many readers), often we are alone. And so, when writing it is important not to forget the people who may make up the largest population of our readership: people like us. I've been focusing quite a bit on writing characters as I've been reading my own books and writing posts to publish on this site, and so it's perfect that Laura Smith (author ofThe Castle Park Kidsand others) chose to w...
March 16, 2016
INDIE FEATURE: DO NOT WASH HANDS IN PLATES
DO NOT WASH HANDS IN PLATES: ELEPHANT FRENZY, PARATHAS, TEMPLES, PALACES, MONKEYS, AND THE KINDNESS OF INDIAN STRANGERS, BY BARB TAUBAmazon Digital Services, 83 pp. January 2016
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THE STORY Once upon the Land Before Time (or at...
March 9, 2016
INDIE: THE ORB OF WRATH
THE ORB OF WRATH (THE MERCHANT'S DESTINY, #1), BY NIC WEISSMANSelf-published, 322 pp. June 2015 Buy The Orb of Wrath on Amazon
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THE STORY
The Orb of Wrath combines fantasy, intrigue and adventure, while transports the reader into a world where nothing is what it seems. Plots, counterplots, mysteries, blossoming relationships, disappointmen...
