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January 20th, 2016

THE TWINS, BY RG MILLER
Self-published, 221 pp. November 2015
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THE STORY Thirteen-year-old Stacey and Jannifer McHill, who were identical twins, celebrated their birthday with family and friends at their parents' lavish estate in Shreveport, Louisiana. Terry and Linda McHill, who did their best to shield their precious angels against the ugliness that was in the wor...

INDIE: THE FALL AND RISE OF PETER STOLLER

THE FALL AND RISE OF PETER STOLLER, BY M. PEPPER LANGLINAIS
Tirgearr Publishing (ebook), January 2016
304 pp. $0.99

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Follow M. Pepper Langlinais on Twitter THE STORY In 1960s London, British Intelligence agent Peter Stoller is next in line to run the Agency -- until he falls in love with cab driver, Charles, and his life goes off the road. When Charles is accused of treason, Peter is guilty by association. Peter manages to extract them both,...

INDIE FEAURE: THE FALL AND RISE OF PETER STOLLER

THE FALL AND RISE OF PETER STOLLER, BY M. PEPPER LANGLINAIS
Tirgearr Publishing (ebook), January 2016
304 pp. $0.99

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Follow M. Pepper Langlinais on Twitter SYNOPSIS In 1960s London, British Intelligence agent Peter Stoller is next in line to run the Agency -- until he falls in love with cab driver, Charles, and his life goes off the road. When Charles is accused of treason, Peter is guilty by association. Peter manages to extract them both, b...

INDIE FEATURE: THIRST--BLOOD OF MY BLOOD

THIRST: BLOOD OF MY BLOOD, BY RP CHANNING
Self-published ebook, 240 pp. $.99 on Kindle
Published November 2015
Genre(s): YA Romance, Paranormal Romance, Dark Fantasy, Horor Buy Thirst: Blood of My Blood on Amazon
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THE STORY
Kira Sutherland
After a near fatal accident (and getting cheated on by her 'boyfriend'), and beating up the lead c...

ALTERNATE VOICES: JIM HESKETT

Today's Alternate Voices features Jim Heskett, author of Wounded Animals. Every writer, at some point in their life, comes across writer's block. It's a hazard of the job. Jim's got some great advice on how to knock it down and move forward with the story. If you like what you read here, check out Wounded Animals, the first book in his Whistleblower trilogy. Both Wounded Animals and The Legend of Kareem, the second book in the trilogy, are available for free on his website. ...

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DOWNLOAD IN .MOBI DOWNLOAD IN .EPUB DOWNLOAD IN .PDF THIS STORY IS INSPIRED FROM THE SONG BY ADELE
ORIGINAL SONG WRITTEN BY GREGORY KURSTIN AND ADELE ADKINS Hello, she said. It’s me. I’m all alone here.

You probably can’t even hear me. I’m not sure why I’m even trying this, but at this point I don’t feel like I have any other choice. There’s no one else I can talk to.

It’s too late, I know. What’s done is done. But I wanted to tell you that I’m sorry. I shouldn’t...

NANOWRIMO DAY 6: YES, BUT ... + NO, AND ...

DECISIONS, DECISIONS If you're anything like me, it's probably very difficult for you to make a decision. I stood in front of the frozen pizza aisle of our grocery store for over 5 minutes last night weighing the pros and cons of different options (Beast and Little Man each had their own already, and they were just staring at me. No pressure.)

Throughout the writing process, you will need to make decisions for your character. There's the whole theory that says, "My character expresses himself/...

NANOWRIMO DAY 5: WRITING "WHAT YOU KNOW"

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW"?
You've heard it before -- writers are always told to "write what you know". But as common as those words are to hear, not very often are we explained what those words mean.

Looking at the nature of writing, and story-telling, I think this phrase can be taken too ways. The first is very direct: John Grisham was a lawyer for a number of years before starting to write. He writes books that feature lawyers or situations involving a courtroom, and he's do...

NANOWRIMO DAY 4: CHANGING PERSPECTIVE

A CHANGE IN PERSPECTIVE I'm reading Hannah Rothschild's The Improbability of Love right now, for review in the Daily Reporter later this week. I just started it, however, so there really is no chance ofspoiling it at this point. But I read a bit this morning that I thought was really interesting, in part because it caught me off guard when I started the chapter.

At the point I'm at (Chapter 3), Annie has purchased a painting from a trinket shop for this guy she's been seeing for the last littl...

INDIE FEATURE: ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR

ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR, BY MICHAEL GOODISON
Self-published, Amazon.

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SYNOPSIS
Set in a war-torn Australia, where killer mercenaries and violent gangs rule the streets, a loan journalist embarks on an adventure to try to piece together a broken world. Fortune favors the lucky ...

REVIEWS
"Wow, this one caught me completely by surprise, finished it in just 2 days! Couldn't put it down, highl...