THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB discussion

Brand new book by myself and new author/friend of mine named M. J. MacGregor. It's about 4 frat boys...but it's not all non-stop drinking and sex...it's drama and love and moving on after a really tough breakup. Enjoy!The Alpha Lambda House

S.L. wrote: "Brand new book by myself and new author/friend of mine named M. J. MacGregor. It's about 4 frat boys...but it's not all non-stop drinking and sex...it's drama and love and moving on after a really ..."

congrats S.L. and best wishes as ALWAYS!!!!

Rick wrote: "S.L. wrote: "Brand new book by myself and new author/friend of mine named M. J. MacGregor. It's about 4 frat boys...but it's not all non-stop drinking and sex...it's drama and love and moving on af..."

Thanks, Rick!

Well, mine IS all non-stop drinking and sex. Just kidding. There's actually a good story and characters in

The Platte River Waltz, introductory chapters
and its free for Amazon prime this weekend.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos...

Last October I published a memoir, Dancing in Heaven, about the life and death of my sister Annie who was born with severe brain damage yet lived to be 51 years old, greatly exceeding doctors' expectations.

Dancing in Heaven has been described as:
"beautifully conceived and beautifully written"
"a gripping read"
"touching and inspirational"
"very courageous, brave writing"

You can read excerpts and reviews here:
http://randomthoughtsfrommidlife.word...

Christine wrote: "Last October I published a memoir, Dancing in Heaven, about the life and death of my sister Annie who was born with severe brain damage yet lived to be 51 years old, greatly exceeding doctors' expe..."

A truly touching and wonderful memoir

Mine is here:

The Absolutely Amazing Adventures of Agent Auggie Spinoza

Available now for Kindle; print version coming in a month or so. Middle grade fiction, aimed at kids 8-12 (in fact, it started as a fun project with my son but he moved on and I couldn't stop writing :-))

FREE download today and tomorrow of The Maze, the third in the modern love story trilogy "MacLaren's Women". They can all stand alone. They are a little racy.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0061SB3TC

My first book, The Superiors, is FREE all week on Smashwords for Read an Ebook Week.

Also, I'm giving away 7 e-copies of The Vigilantes on my blog and a an ARC of the paperback at the end of the week.

Stop by to check it out.
http://lenahillbrand.blogspot.com

Without referencing any of the wonderful posts about all the superb projects our Member Writers are producing..it would take to long a list!! I just want to say- BEST OF WISHES AND SALES!!!

Two of my books, Wind and Fire and Shadows in the Brook are available at 50% off until March 10, 2012 as part of the Smashwords Read an Ebook Week. Just enter coupon code REW50 at checkout. Thanks for your support.

www.smashwords.com/books/view/133776

www.smashwords.com/books/view/124007

Hello Rick and friends...I'm finally back online. Moved Jan. 1 from Monterey, CA to our townhouse in Albuquerque, NM...and moving sure wrecks havoc with writing times! But we're settled in, and here's my big news: ebook V, Into the Flames...the final ebook in The Raker Chronicles series... is in its final editing phase and will be released this month...check my Raker pages on Facebook. Digi-Tall Media is planning a special deal for Raker Readers, so stay tuned!! Have missed Goodreads..great to be back!

I have started a brand new project. It is a novella called "Ghostly Revelations" and I am hoping to get it out late this year or early next year. I am also prepping for NanoWrimo in November early so I can do the 30 day challenge it presents this year. My ultimate goal is to get published by the time I am 30 so I have a bit over a year.

The Description for Ghostly Revelations:

A gruesome murder, a guilty ghost and a family that unknowingly gets caught in a mystery they cannot solve on their own. Mark’s wife was brutally murdered and now years later, burdened by guilt he dies too. A family moves in and that is when the scares start. One medium, a couple, and a couple ghosts who have a secret of their own. Enter the house full of Ghostly Revelations

Cheryl wrote: "Hi, everyone. I'm offering my latest fantasy novel Pool of Souls FREE of charge for 10 days on Smashwords. Just enter the following coupon number, SL93Y. The coupon expires on March..."

Only 2 days left to take advantage of this amazing deal!! Get it while you can!

Cheryl wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "Hi, everyone. I'm offering my latest fantasy novel Pool of Souls FREE of charge for 10 days on Smashwords. Just enter the following coupon number, SL93Y. The coupon e..."

Rob wrote: "I have started a brand new project. It is a novella called "Ghostly Revelations" and I am hoping to get it out late this year or early next year. I am also prepping for NanoWrimo in November early ..."

Best of wishes to both of you on your projects!!

Just to say that My Imaginary Life is free for a few days. (Amazon Kindle)

Here's the US link :)

Honest reviews more than welcome - thanks!

Rick wrote: "Without referencing any of the wonderful posts about all the superb projects our Member Writers are producing..it would take to long a list!! I just want to say- BEST OF WISHES AND SALES!!!"

Rick, I echo your "best of wishes and sales". But, there's always a but in my inquiring mind, I would like to know what sales follow your offer of free books. As we all know every reader will take advantage of a free book. Can (will) anyone report on their sales figures as a result of the free-book-project? Please don't be offended, this is a business question.

Author of "The Seduction of Mr. Bradley" on Kindle and other paperbacks.

The Seduction of Mr. Bradley

Minnie wrote: "But, there's always a but in my inquiring mind, I would like to know what sales follow your offer of free books."

Minnie, this is the first time I've offered my book for free and, I have to say, I was somewhat leery about doing it.

Like you, I'm curious to see what, if any, sales follow afterward. I'm hoping those readers who have already taken advantage of the offer will post reviews on Smashwords and Goodreads and maybe someone else will be intrigued and interested enough to buy my book. *fingers, toes and eyes crossed*

I'm giving away three copies of Dancing in Heaven - a sister's memoir on Goodreads Giveaways. Enter here to win before St. Patrick's Day: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

The Limping Dog, my new standalone mystery, is now available in Kindle on http://www.amazon.com/The-Limping-Dog...

Coming soon in print. Available now in print and electronic versions at www.whiskeycreekpress.com

The Amazon Kindle edition of our historical adventure-romance Fiji is FREE until Monday March 12 PST.

My co-writer/son James Morcan and I have recently put this new release novel into development as a feature film through our production co., Morcan Motion Pictures. Readers agree it will make a wonderful movie.

Set in 19th Century Fiji, it is “a spellbinding novel of adventure, cultural misunderstandings, religious conflict and sexual tension set in one of the most exotic and isolated places on earth”.

In the mid-1800's, Fiji was a melting pot of cannibals, warring native tribes, sailors, traders, prostitutes, escaped convicts and all manner of foreign undesirables. It's in this hostile environment in our story that an innocent young Englishwoman and a worldly American adventurer find themselves. Despite their differences, there’s an undeniable chemistry between them. When their lives are suddenly endangered by marauding cannibals, they are forced to rely on each other for their very survival.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057YCZM0/

More reviews are welcomed for this mainly 5-star reviewed novel!

Lance

Cheryl wrote: "Minnie wrote: "But, there's always a but in my inquiring mind, I would like to know what sales follow your offer of free books."

Minnie, this is the first time I've offered my book for free and,..."

Cheryl, thank you for coming forward. We'll keep watch on this subject and see where it goes.

Peace.

Sterling wrote: "The Amazon Kindle edition of our historical adventure-romance Fiji is FREE until Monday March 12 PST.

My co-writer/son James Morcan and I have recently put this new release novel..."

Superb plot!! downloaded novel!

Mine is, "Without A Testimony". A gay mormon coming of age story that takes place in Northern Idaho. Would love comments and feedback about reactions to the drama and tragedy that takes place in my new novel. Peace and light to you all on goodreads. Thank you friends!

http://www.amazon.com/Without-A-Testi...

I published my fourth book today. I hope you enjoy it. I thank you for your interest in my writing.

James Cuffy, better known as Cuff, is living in paradise with his girlfriend, on the small Caribbean island of St. Croix, where the sky is as blue as Cuff’s eyes, the ocean as pretty as Rosie’s cheeks, where the gentle lapping of the waves is a lullaby, and the swaying of the palm trees is a dance. The sandy beaches are as white as sugar, and the horizon is a world away. St. Croix indeed is paradise, the perfect place for living, laughing, and loving.

But the sandy beaches and the turquoise sea can provide no cover from the deadly eyes of the unknown stalker pursuing Cuff. Murder leads to murder as he attempts to untangle the terrible web in which he has suddenly become entangled.

The twists and turns are relentless, the roads of the fast action leading in all directions, but time is running out, and Cuff, his faithful Rosie at his side, knows it.

My Amazon purchase site: http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Eyes-ebo...

Trailer for DEADLY EYES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWLBtV...

Mike

A woman skipper of a yacht shares her experiences in crossing the Indian Ocean three times under sail, and then rounds Singapore into the South China Sea up to Borneo and Philippines.

Sailing With Senta - Eastward Ho! is the first of a series of six adventures in voyaging the seas under sail.

It's free to download this Kindle edition on Sunday 11th March.

My Husband's On Facebook! March Edition is free today and Saturday. Wake up with a smile. 5 Star review on Goodreads. Thanks Fiona.
http://www.amazon.com/Husbands-Facebo...

AS USUAL!!!GREAT BOOKS BY GREAT MEMBERS!!

I'm having two signings for my novel, "Splattered Blood" 1. At the New Haven, Ct Dept of Child and Family on March 16th from 10a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The other is at the North Haven, CT Barnes and Noble on Universal Drive, North Haven on March 24th from 1pm to 3pm. If you're in the area, come out and see me. It would be a good time to purchase a signed copy of my novel for your library or as a Father's Day gift.
Mike

Michael wrote: "I'm having two signings for my novel, "Splattered Blood" 1. At the New Haven, Ct Dept of Child and Family on March 16th from 10a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The other is at the North Haven, CT Barnes and No..."

Best wishes and many sales at the signings Mike!

Happy to share that my debut historical novel, The Sister Queens, launched this past week :) It's currently on the "new releases" table at B&N as well as in other stores (and on line).

I am interested in creating a collage of "sister-queen spottings" and would appreciate pictures of my novel from varous locations around the country. So if you see it, use your cell phone and snap one for me please!

For more information on my novel visit my books page
The Sister Queens

INTO THE FLAMES, my fifth and final ebook in The Raker Chronicles series, was released this week. Whew! Based on my 528-page hardcover TERMINAL POLICY, all five books were produced in 18 months. Overall plot:
If you thrive on intrigue, romance, gorgeous females, torture, sex, death, green chile and Irish whiskey --meet Beverly Martin Raker (although no one has called him Beverly more than once) -- in a romping tale of terror and the insurance world. After all, they both sell fear … and business is business! Lightning-paced terror, sex and romance romp from Manhattan executive offices to Haiti, Paris, Baltimore, Mexico City, Rome, New Orleans, Geneva, and London toward its cataclysmic finale. Can thrill after thrill be stopped? Is your name on a policy? Read the books!
---NOW the real test begins for all writers: how many folks will become Raker Readers? The publisher Digi-Tall Media is planning a "Don't be an April Fool" special and pricing each eBook at .99 during April. Watch for more info on www.thrillerpublications.com ... and thanks!

Hi, everyone:

Just thought I'd let you know that I have lowered the prices of my ebooks on Smashwords.

You can get a great deal now for $2.99 for my two fantasy novels, Wind and Fire and Pool of Souls. My young adult adventure story, Shadows in the Brook, is an even cooler deal at $0.99.

Hi All
A good week just past : my novel 'the Delta Chain,' entered the Amazon UK Kindle/Thrillers Top 100, reaching #30 and then bouncing around #40-#80 for a few days. All good.

'The Delta Chain,' is mystery/suspense, focusing on a small-coastal-town detective's investigation of a drowning victim. The victim cannot be identified and has never been reported missing, and the mystery escalates into unchartered dangers when a pattern of similar cases is uncovered internationally.

More info at my blog http://bit.ly/y8nyH9
Drop on by

US link http://amzn.to/zBGl78
UK link http://amzn.to/AxOpGd

Congratulations, Iain! That's quite an accomplishment and one of which I'm sure you're very proud.

Cheryl wrote: "Congratulations, Iain! That's quite an accomplishment and one of which I'm sure you're very proud."
Many thanks, Cheryl, and best wishes with 'Pool Of Souls.'

Iain wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "Congratulations, Iain! That's quite an accomplishment and one of which I'm sure you're very proud."
Many thanks, Cheryl, and best wishes with 'Pool Of Souls.'"

Thanks, Iain. By the way, "The Delta Chain" sounds very interesting and I've put it on my wish list.

Hi Liam,
now how would such a genteel fellow like you know about Irish Whiskey?? Hic!
I trust the move from Ca to N.M. went well.
We've just put RO out at $1 on kindle[my first book pub. in 2003]to get people used to 'Timothy Pilgrim' books, time will tell. You take care now.
All the best Paul Rix [oldgeezer]

Timothy wrote: "Hi Liam,
now how would such a genteel fellow like you know about Irish Whiskey?? Hic!
I trust the move from Ca to N.M. went well.
We've just put RO out at $1 on kindle[my first book pu..."

"now how would such a genteel fellow like you know about Irish Whiskey??" AMAZING!! I had the exact same initial reaction!!!

Timothy wrote: "Hi Liam,
now how would such a genteel fellow like you know about Irish Whiskey?? Hic!
I trust the move from Ca to N.M. went well.
We've just put RO out at $1 on kindle[my first book pu..."

Always great to hear from you, Paul. The move went surprising well, thanks, and it feels good to be "home" where we've spent most of our earlier lives! Had a grand 87th bday lunch here with many OLD media friends. Good luck with the Kindle resurrection of RO. As I said, my fifth and final eBook in the Raker Chronicles series was released last week. And so the publisher is dropping the price to 99 cents for each of the 5 ebooks. As you said, time will tell (and WE know about time, don't we, geezer!)Take care of UK and you, sir. Regards, hic...Liam

Cheryl wrote: "Iain wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "Congratulations, Iain! That's quite an accomplishment and one of which I'm sure you're very proud."
Many thanks, Cheryl, and best wishes with 'Pool Of Souls.'"

Tha..."

Cheryl, same, added "Pool Of Souls' to my To Read. I love your cover.

Hi Rick, and Liam,
clearly a case of great minds etc, or is just a case of a misspent youth all round!
There is something about a drop of the Irish, it sort of lulls you into 'I'll be alright with just one more', of 2 or 3! where as with the highland dew you know it's going to get you!! Yes, that is the voice of past experience! oh my acheing head!
All the best, Paul Rix [oldgeezer]

Iain wrote: "Cheryl, same, added "Pool Of Souls' to my To Read. I love your cover."

Thanks, Iain, that was very kind of you. I hope you enjoy it.

Timothy wrote: "Hi Rick, and Liam,
clearly a case of great minds etc, or is just a case of a misspent youth all round!
There is something about a drop of the Irish, it sort of lulls you into 'I..."

hahahah!!!! well scribbled my friend!!!

Bogey's Ace in the Hole by Marja McGraw (me) has just been released. Right now it's available on Kindle and Nook and will soon be up in paper format. It's lighter reading with some humor. Just thought I'd mention it. :)

The only people who might strike terror in Chris and Pamela Cross’s hearts are the Church Ladies, who want them to find a missing friend. When the friend turns up on her own, Chris finds a new kind of terror—a Murder for Hire plot the woman has overheard.

Ride along in Chris’s 1950 vintage Chevy with the Church Ladies, his wife Pamela, their son Mikey, and two overzealous yellow Labrador Retrievers while they try to find not only a potential killer, but the intended victim.

Marja wrote: "Bogey's Ace in the Hole by Marja McGraw (me) has just been released. Right now it's available on Kindle and Nook and will soon be up in paper format. It's lighter reading with some humor. Just thou..."

Sounds like a terrific read!!

Rick wrote: "Without referencing any of the wonderful posts about all the superb projects our Member Writers are producing..it would take to long a list!! I just want to say- BEST OF WISHES AND SALES!!!"

Awesome sentiment, dude. Nice of you to say.

Rick wrote: "Marja wrote: "Bogey's Ace in the Hole by Marja McGraw (me) has just been released. Right now it's available on Kindle and Nook and will soon be up in paper format. It's lighter reading with some hu..."

Thanks, Rick. It is, but then I have to say that. :)

Marja wrote: "Rick wrote: "Marja wrote: "Bogey's Ace in the Hole by Marja McGraw (me) has just been released. Right now it's available on Kindle and Nook and will soon be up in paper format. It's lighter reading..."

L.H. wrote: "Rick wrote: "Without referencing any of the wonderful posts about all the superb projects our Member Writers are producing..it would take to long a list!! I just want to say- BEST OF WISHES AND SAL..."

All I can reply is that my best wishes and admiration is quite heartfelt!!

Rick wrote: "Marja wrote: "Rick wrote: "Marja wrote: "Bogey's Ace in the Hole by Marja McGraw (me) has just been released. Right now it's available on Kindle and Nook and will soon be up in paper format. It's l..."

Thank you! And I have no doubt that you wish the best for each and every one of us. We appreciate that very much.