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Cheryl's Book Nook Review

Review of Silver Serenade:                                

 Cheryl's Book Nookhttp://cherylsbooknook.blogspot.com/2010/07/silver-serenade.html Silver Malloy works for Earth Centrum Security Integrated Network. Her latest mission involving taking down Tyrone Bluth. Tyrone is the leader of Tyrone's Marauders. The toughest bandit crew around. Silver almost had Tyrone when she came face to face with another opponent. His name is Jace

Jace is also tracking Tyrone but for a different...

INTERVIEW AT SAPPHIRE PHELAN'S SITE

I'm being interviewed today over at Sapphire Phelan's Passion Corner

Leave a comment for your chance to win a $7 gift certficate to The Wild Rose Press.

SETTINGS THAT SIZZLE

Join me for a discussion of Settings that Sizzle over at Babes in Bookland!

Prize drawing for $7 gift certificate for TWRP from all my blog commenters in July so please leave a comment.

Here is the Babes in Bookland fabulous review of Silver Serenade:

Silver Malloy is an intergalactic assassin for S.I.N. from earth. Her first assignment is a dream come true – to eliminate Tyrone Bluth, the cruelest, most ruthless outlaw in all of the galaxies. Tyrone is also responsible for the death of her...

NEW RELEASE DAY!

SILVER SERENADE is now available in print and digital formats from The Wild Rose Press!

You can read all about it  over at The Galaxy Express where I'm interviewed by Heather Massey.   Prize drawing for a free copy of Silver Serenade from all guest commenters on her site!  Winner will announced at The Galaxy Express on Sunday night.  Interview goes live at 9am today.

And don't forget about the drawing for a $7 gift certificate from all my blog commenters in July for here and blog tour! See...

ONLINE BLOG TOUR

NANCY J. COHEN'S ONLINE BLOG TOUR STARTS JULY 15!

Prize Drawing From All My Blog Commenters in July for a $7 gift certificate from The Wild Rose Press

  July 15, Thursday

Interview at Believing is Seeing

http://sandrasookoo.wordpress.com/

July 16, Friday

Interview at The Galaxy Express

http://www.thegalaxyexpress.net

Prize drawing from commenters!

July 17, Saturday

Blog at Babes in Bookland

http://www.pfd.bravejournal.com/

Topic: Settings That Sizzle

July 18, Sunday

Interview at Sapphire Phelan=s...

BAIT AND SWITCH TACTICS

Bait and Switch Tactics are a means to keep your reader on the edge of her seat with gripping fear for your characters' lives. What you'll want to do is isolate your characters, then write scenes in each person's viewpoint with a cliffhanger at the end of each sequence.

Take my main characters in SILVER SERENADE, for example. Silver is an assassin whose assignment is to kill Bluth, the leader of Tyrone's Marauders. Jace, a hunted criminal, needs the terrorist alive to prove his innocence...

SEQUELS: CHARACTER GRIDS

For the first time in my publishing career, I'm creating a character grid to keep track of my characters. I'm doing this three-quarters of the way through book number two in the series because it's essential for what comes next.

It wasn't necessary for my earlier Bad Hair Day mysteries because those stories all featured Marla Shore, hairdresser and amateur sleuth. We, the reader, viewed everything through her eyes.

But the paranormal romance series I'm working on now features warriors from the ...

TEDIOUS TASKS FOR WRITERS

Are there times when you feel brain dead or too tired to think straight? Never fear, you can still accomplish something by doing a mindless task. Here's a list of boring jobs to do when you want to be productive without much mental effort.

Organize your Internet Bookmarks or FavoritesVerify that the links are still valid on your Favorites listVerify that the links are still valid on your websiteUpdate mailing lists and remove bounces and unsubscribesTransfer files from floppies (if you still...

STARLIGHT CHILD

STARLIGHT CHILD, book three in my Light-Years Trilogy, is now available in digital format.              

When terrorists kidnap the Great Healer's daughter, Mara Hendricks offers her extrasensory powers to help rescue the child. She joins Cmdr. Deke Sage on a journey to the distant planet Yanura, but their mutual passion threatens to distract them from their goal. Sage is unwilling to open himself completely to this tempting woman, until he realizes that without her powers their mission will...

JULY BOOK LAUNCH CONTEST

July celebrates the debut of my new paranormal romance, SILVER SERENADE, set to launch on July 16!       

My Book Launch Contest will run from July 1 to August 1, 2010. Winners will be announced on my website and blog during the first week in August.

PRIZE: Copy of SILVER SERENADE (your choice print or digital) plus a silver heart necklace.                                                    

To enter the contest, please send an email to: contest(at)nancyjcohen.com

In the Subject line, put...