THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB discussion

Hello, All!

I have just released novel#2. For those who have read any of my work, it is done in the same basic style, and again, it is CLEAN. I have included the product description and link below. Thank you for the platform. I look forward to any comments or suggestions.

***WARNING***THIS STORY CONTAINS STRONG ELEMENTS OF THE SUPERNATURAL. IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO THIS SUBJECT, DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK! ***

The Welsh Healer: A Novel of 15th Century England tells the compelling story of a young woman growing up in the midst of the Hundred Years’ War. Spanning the reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V, it touches upon historical events including the Welsh rebellion, the English army's invasion of France, and their triumph at Agincourt.

http://www.amazon.com/Welsh-Healer-Ce...

Ghost writer comes back to life: his own!

Greetings!

After years of making a living working on projects I was not allowed to mention, my new novel, releasing in my own name (Yea!) "The Jake Collins Band and the Fading Silence," is now available. Please go to http://www.krabbe.com to order your copy today!

(also available on Amazon and all on-line book sellers)

It is available in print, as well as eBooks/Kindle?ePub/Mobi etc.

Thank you for your kind attention!
Rob Krabbe

Here is the description:
Jake Collins had worked his whole young life to get to that night. Rock and roll, the big times. The boys knew they had made it. Three number one hits, a sold out amphitheater concert in Tinley Park, Chicago, and a five album deal.

The crowd was insane. The music was great. The energy was legendary.

But, what happened next was even bigger. Life, as they knew it, was suddenly and irrevocably changed by powers they could never have imagined in a million years.

Rock and roll, became life and death. The beginning of super-stardom, became the unexpected adventure of a lifetime, and the world they knew became the world that was never the same again.

Join Jake Collins, singer-songwriter, rock and roll star, and all around sexy guy; Ray, an old crazy librarian; Sa’li, a female Cherokee retro-warrior with a bad attitude; Drummer Dave, a optimistic drummer bordering on total madness; Mara, gorgeous deaf mute with a talent for scavenging and making conversation; Big T, a bear of a mountain man bent on revenge and some great barbeque; Bradley, a seven foot tall, 450 pound government created experimental killing machine with a childlike sense of humor, and Garcia Garcia, an East LA want-to-be, urbane refugee and ticket scalper, who was also a drag queen on alternate Thursday nights, as one world ends and another begins, in this thrilling adventure story that brought them all together to survive, make a new life, and try to figure out who they are becoming if they live through the day to find out.

Rob, looks very interesting & I already have a copy although I haven't started it yet.

But I've liked your other books, especially your poetry, so I'll start this one soon.

Thanks Howard, for the kind words! I hope you enjoy it!

I recently published my first novel, Life's Attic. Thanks so much, Rick, for the LinkedIn invitation to post about it here. I'm so happy to have discovered such a great group!

From the Back Cover of Life's Attic:
In the fictional West Coast town of Clementine, Leanne Porter is about to meet Jay Hanson. There’s just one problem. Jay has AIDS. But will that stop them from loving each other? And what will their lives be as a result of this chance meeting?
Two thinkers who are great talkers, Jay and Leanne remain true to themselves, facing tough inevitabilities head-on with humour, optimism, and joy. Life’s Attic is a journey of hope and happiness amid the challenges of life and death. Life has many forms. So does love.

My website http://elizabethely.com has more information about the novel as well as a section about my former life as a professional harpist. There's also a blog component featuring posts on a range of subjects – everyday musings to animal and environmental concerns.

Life’s Attic Press Release http://elizabethely.com/2012/10/24/pr...

You can also “Look Inside” Life's Attic at any of the Amazon sites.

I also have a Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethEly...

Thanks so much for looking. :)

Elizabeth wrote: "I recently published my first novel, Life's Attic. Thanks so much, Rick, for the LinkedIn invitation to post about it here. I'm so happy to have discovered such a great group!

From the Back Cover ..."

very welcome!!!

Final Frontier is the latest novel:

In this sequel to New Frontier, the USS Lewis & Clark begin their search for the Soviet starship Yuri Gagarin. They find the wormhole that the Gagarin went through twelve years earlier and decide to go through it. On the other side, the crew of the Lewis & Clark find a solar system that used to be populated by aliens known as Pictorians, but they're no longer there. Neither is the crew of the Gagarin. So, the Lewis & Clark is flown back through the wormhole to report back to Earth.

Unfortunately, something is wrong, they find themselves 30 years in the past. As they struggle to wait for their future to catch up, the crew of the Lewis & Clark make changes to certain events, but they cause unintended consequences; including making another alien species mad enough to forbid humans from traveling beyond the Sol System. Find out what happens in this conclusion of the New Frontier series.

Where to buy as an ebook only:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ORP5U0 all Amazon sites
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/final...
http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Final-...
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/fina...
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

Or... buy the combined novel, Beyond the New Frontier, for $4.99 only on Amazon or borrow it for free: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009NVH76M or buy the paperback for $12.99 (currently only on Amazon).

FREE 11/2-11/4 The Halloween Issue of Poetry In Motion.

Poetry In Motion contains cute and clever rhymes for children and the young at heart. From Halloween witches, ghosts and goblins to turtles, woodchucks and squirrels, these comical rhymes will put a smile on your child's face.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Poetry-In-Mot...

SUPER BOOKS COMING OUT!!! SO IMPRESSED!

COVERT DREAMS, an international suspense thriller, is free today, Saturday, November 3rd.
Mike Meyer
http://www.amazon.com/Covert-Dreams-e...

For this month only, the ebook version of my science fiction novel Moons' Kiss is half price ($2.50 instead of 4.99) at Smashwords.com . . . use coupon code SV83D at checkout.

Hi all:

My new book "Snow Ashens Angels Fall" has been released in eBook form... the trade paperback will be out in a couple weeks.

"Expect not warmth from an Angel, for a Well of Souls is born not of fire but of ice..."

Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Major Gay Character...

If anyone in this group would like a free eBook copy here is a link where you can fill out a form letting me know where to email you and the ebook format you prefer (name is optional)... The link will be up until November 15th, 2012.

http://www.jeffreyjude.com/snow0.html



Abrazos,

Jeffrey Jude

Hi. My book will be on amazon in two days time. To celebrate, I'm giving away 5 electronic advanced reading copies.

Where Bluebirds Fly- Romantic Historical Fantasy just email me on goodreads and first five win.

Thanks. awesome group

Hi, all! My short story, The Golem of Zukow, a tale of love, Golems, and the Holocaust, has just been published online at The Kenyon Review! Here's the link-- http://www.kenyonreview.org/kr-online...

We are having a Giveaway of our SciFi/Futurist book "SCARECROWS: A DANDY World" on Goodreads. Here is a link to the main page which has an entry link:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14...

Thanks!

Hi all my new book is available on amazon. the link here leads to a sample. Keep your eye out for free days on it
thanks
brynn



http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/B00A3...

Happy murder times are here again! Everyone's favorite holiday approaches and we've got the second Thanksgiving crime anthology ready for reading 'round the table. Pull up a bowl of mashed potatoes and gravy and prepare for the laughs. Out now wherever ebooks are sold.

The Killer Wore Cranberry: A Second Helping

It’s the Thanksgiving mystery anthology everyone’s been dying for!

In 2010, The Killer Wore Cranberry showed how funny murder and food could be. Now, in 2012, Untreed Reads presents a new installment of the worldwide, bestselling anthology with a table full of seasoned authors and new voices alike.

Join all of these fantastic authors as they make your holidays murderous and fill you with laughter: Arthur C. Carey, John Weagly, Earl Staggs, Amanda Lundberg, Betsy Bitner, S. Furlong-Bolliger, Steve Shrott, Andrew MacRae, Zoe Burke, Arlen Blumhagen, Lesley A. Diehl, Gail Farrelly, Herschel Cozine, Linda S. Reilly, Stephen D. Rogers, Barb Goffman and Laura Hartman.

So make some room for that extra portion of turkey, scarf down another slice of pumpkin pie and make room in the basement for all the dead bodies in this hilarious short story anthology that’s destined to become a holiday classic.

How to Purchase The Killer Wore Cranberry: A Second Helping:

The Killer Wore Cranberry: A Second Helping is $4.99 from The Untreed Reads Store in EPUB and PDF formats. Through November 30th, readers can get 40% off the original The Killer Wore Cranberry when both titles are added to their shopping cart. Discount taken at checkout.

You’ll also find the titles at virtually every ebook retailer around the world including Amazon, B&N and Apple’s iBookstore.

I'm getting ready to release Book Five in the PROJECT thriller series and have some promos, starting today. Today through Sunday the 11th, you can download Book Two, The Lance http://www.amazon.com/The-Lance-PROJE... for FREE, which is about as inexpensive as it gets. And for once, you get something for nothing that's worth something. If you like action/adventure novels, you will enjoy The lance. Please take a look...

Rick wrote: "As this Group continues to grow- we are over the 1400 member mark- ranked 26 out of 25,086 Groups- many of our members who are writers have books coming out- I have created this thread for those me..."
Various types of books. Interested in:
--Short stories: (about the 1950s): adventure at sea, racism in Deep South, segregation, Havana on eve of Castro Revolution, adolescent angst etc. in 17 stories)?
---Espionage/thriller?
---Learning Spanish?
---Translations of short fiction from Spanish?
---Translations of poetry from Spanish?
---Interviews with JL Borges and 10 other Argentine/Uruguayan writers?
See http://www.clarkzlotchew.com
Also see Amazon, Books, Zlotchew
and Barnes & Noble, Zlotchew.

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Please accept my offer of a FREE download of The Seduction of Mr. Bradley available on Authorstand. The entire novel is available for download onto an eReader, Kindle Reader, or your computer. It’s in PDF format. I don’t know how long this offer will be available so please hurry! And for haven’s sakes, let me know what you think of Mr. Bradley and his journey through life. There's a place for review on Authorstand, but I would appreciate you sending me a review to my email address. minnie247@sbcglobal.net

Look for Minnie E Miller in the “Recently Added work” column.
http://www.authorstand.com/

Thank you.
Peace.

Minnie E Miller
Writer, Essayist & Humanist
http://www.millerscribs.com/blog

I thought club members might want to know about an outreach effort by my publisher offering a chance to win a $100 Amazon Gift Card to everyone who shares the word about my latest novel PANCHO LAND on Facebook. Five second place winners will win a signed novel. Hope you'll check it out. You'll find more details here: http://tinyurl.com/PANCHO-LAND-Go-Viral

The second book in my Post Cold War political thriller trilogy, The Poksu Conspiracy, is now available on Amazon for the Kindle. The Cold War has ended, but a reliable report reveals a plot that could throw the Far East into turmoil. Burke Hill, clandestine director for a Washington PR firm that's a CIA spinoff, is tasked to find the truth about a secret agreement for Israel to help South Korea develop nuclear weapons. The new Seoul government wants all U.S. troops to leave. A bomb decimates the North Korean leadership in Pyongyang, and Hill finds a diligent Seoul Metropolitan Police detective investigating a series of murders he believes are targeted at civilian leaders who favor close cooperation with America. Captain Yun Yu-sop identifies a ruthless Korean assassin who targets anyone who stands in the way, including Yun and Burke Hill.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A1TZ96K

Hey all! I have 3 books out currently, with two more slated for Jan and March. I'm a bit ADD, I guess, so I write in many genres.

Treasure hunt/action adventure:
Solomon's Throne (on GR giveaway til Dec 10)
The Hoard of the Doges

Christian historical romance (Civil War):
Undaunted Love

The early 2013 books are the first two in a YA dystopian sci-fi/fantasy series. (I've also written a dystopian screenplay.)

I blog on writing at http://jenningswright.wordpress.com and am on Twitter.

Thanks for reading!
Jennings

If you like fantasy with a splash of action and romance, check out my book, The Kings' Council. It's on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and a few other websites.



Back cover description:
Long ago, the gods created the fey people in their image. The fire fey were created by the God of Fire, Hesta, while the water, wind, and earth fey were created by the other gods, Euria, Haizea, and Irati.

Those same gods passed their essence and powers into the bodies of the four most devout noblemen in the land, creating the first elemental kings of the fey.

The Eurian king was given the hands of water, the Haizean king was given the hands of wind, the Iratian king was given the hands of earth, and the Hestian king was given the hands of fire.

For thousands of years, those divine powers have been passed from each king to his firstborn prince… until now.

The Kings' Council is the story of Alazne Katarin Lorea Viteri, the princess of the fire fey.

When a rebellious thief frees the fire-wielding princess from the castle that has served as her prison since birth, she is forced to decide between taking the crown that is rightfully hers and living the life of a normal woman.

GENERAL QUESTION

Here is a question that may reveal a lot about my tech skills or lack thereof, but I must know. When you review a book on Goodreads, to the right it says share this review on your blog and shows some code. I have done this successfully in posting widgets, but where on your blog do you paste this piece of code to share the review? If you put it in New Post it shows all the code.

My international suspense thriller, COVERT DREAMS, will be starting a month-long blog tour this coming Sunday, November 18th. I invite you to journey along with me and would love to have your friends join us too. Thanks! Here are the dates and stops:
http://www.virtualbooktourcafe.com/3/...

Hi Rick

There's probably a better way of doing this, but I'm afraid I'm still not very confident about navigating my way around Goodreads! I just wanted to pass on the information to you and the J M C Bookclub that Niedermayer & Hart is on special offer this weekend at Smashwords (most formats) where it's selling at the reduced price of $0.99 if you use the coupon code YB53H at the checkout. https://www.smashwords.com/books/view... If you'd like to see what people have been saying about the book then please take a look at the reviews which I've posted here http://www.mj-johnson.com/reviews.html

Many thanks, all best wishes

Martin

Wow, Rick, over 2000 comments! This site is really growing!

Wanted to share my romantic mystery SET UP will be free today and tomorrow (Nov. 17-18) from Amazon for Kindles.

http://www.amazon.com/Set-Up-ebook/dp...


Set Up

Brynn wrote: "Hi all my new book is available on amazon. the link here leads to a sample. Keep your eye out for free days on it
thanks
brynn

I love your cover, Brynn! I hit 'like' and 'agreed' with your tags.

Best of luck!

~Donna

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/B00A3..."

Come on, guys. Some one of you must have done this. Please help me? I just read somewhere about how important it is to join the reviewing community.

GENERAL QUESTION

Here is a question that may reveal a lot about my tech skills or lack thereof, but I must know. When you review a book on Goodreads, to the right it says share this review on your blog and shows some code. I have done this successfully in posting widgets, but where on your blog do you paste this piece of code to share the review? If you put it in New Post it shows all the code.

Virginia wrote: "Come on, guys. Some one of you must have done this. Please help me? I just read somewhere about how important it is to join the reviewing community.

GENERAL QUESTION

Here is a question that ma..."

hmmm when I post a review it asks me to share it on my twitter and facebook pages- I just click OK-

Yes. I got that. It says to share it on your blog copy the code. Like when you add a widget. But I don't want to add it as a widget. What location on your actual blog do you copy it to?

That's okay. I hardly ever review anyway. I'll let it go.

Virginia wrote: "Yes. I got that. It says to share it on your blog copy the code. Like when you add a widget. But I don't want to add it as a widget. What location on your actual blog do you copy it to?

That'..."

Hi Virginia,
On my blog (blogger). I click on the layout, click on add a gadget, then click on add a HTML/Java Script which allows 3rd party functionality. This is how I can add wdigets/codes from other web sites.
Hope that helps :)

Hey everybody, I just wanted to let you know that I released a novella on Amazon today called The Vampire Murders. Here's a little blurb:

"In an early-20th century Seattle that never was, someone is rampaging through Chinatown and committing atrocious murders with unheard of barbarity. Assigned to work the case, Detective Fekhal is determined to stop the killings and bring the murderer to justice. As the murders continue though, he starts to suspect that the killer might not be of this world..."

Anyhow, it's at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A9OC1C2 and it's much appreciated if you check it out. If you're willing to leave a review, I'm happy to send you a free copy, just pm me on here. Have a great day everyone!

I've just joined today so I figure I should list the two novels I've written so far that are available. The first self published novel is The Sacrifice Areawhich I completed in Feb 2012. The second is RED VENGEANCEwhich was just recently published and is available as a giveaway. Although RED VENGEANCEwas published as my second novel it is actually my first but I had shelved it for a decade and wasn't even sure if I would publish it.It was for all intents and purposes completed in Dec of 2002 . Almost got an agent for it but almost doesn't count. I just didn't want to deal with any war topics back then. With Afghanistan in full swing and a war in Iraq looming on the horizon I was too depressed to peddle the topic. So,I let it lay . I tweaked the manuscript back in spring of this year and had it professionally edited (as I had with the The Sacrifice Area).

Hi Everyone,

I am giving away 18 signed copies of my memoir, Letters to my Mother (but really for my father).



http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Hope you win!

Warm Regards,
Kate Kaiser

Beverly Akerman’s collection of stories The Meaning of Children manages to capture with both wit and wisdom the effervescence, the indignities, the curiosity, and the fear that are part of a child’s eye view of the world. This book is teeming with wit and quality observation.
~2012 J.I. Segal Awards; winner,too, of the David Adams Richards Prize

http://amzn.to/KznFvA

@Melissa. Thanks. I guess I will just give it a try. I know how to do widgets and if the widget just says I am an Amazon reviewer, that is fine. I just thought it might put the whole review in my sidebar. They are easy enough to remove if I don't like it. I probably should have just gone ahead and tried it.

COVERT DREAMS, my international suspense thriller, has just begun a month-long blog tour. I hope you will visit along the way. Here is my interview at the second stop of of the tour. I must say that she did a tremendous job.
http://walkermuse.blogspot.com/2012/1...

I'm giving away 5 Advanced Reading Copies of my light mystery TAXED TO THE MAX through Goodreads giveaways.

Taxed to the Max

Do you have an Amazon Author Page? Have you ever looked at Author Central on Amazon? You can get to it easily by clicking on your name right on the page where your book is listed. They have a new rating feature that is very interesting. You can look at the graph for all books,all Kindle books, and each of several subcategories. The thing I don't understand though, is that my rating for two different books this week jumped from the bottom to the top of the graph in several categories and I can only trace this to a single sale as far as their KDP reports are concerned. Do any of you know about Amazon's algorithms? I did sign up as a reviewer this week so it seems coincidental, but some people have said they tie different things together in their algorithms (about which I know nothing). I am certainly not going to ask them and find out they made an error. The numbers are very comforting. I just wish it showed up in the royalty payment.

Sacred Sin

Benny Spinosa is in for a few surprises in my Thanksgiving tale, The Purloined Pie. You can read it at
http://kingsriverlife.com/11/20/the-p...

Okay, I'm confused. With all due respect, memoirs are written by famous people and/or those with notable accomplishments. I fail to see a purpose for a "memoir" and would appreciate it if you would please explain.

Thank you.

Hello all, Black harvest Black Harvest is FREE today through Friday. Book Four in the Project series, but it stands on its own. Please take a look. Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Black-Harvest-T...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Awesome new review of Practice To Deceive: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.act...

Peter, I stopped by your RED VENGEANCE amazon page and liked it.

David

Now available FREE at Amazon - for Kindle as well as free at Kobo.

http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Virus-Epi...

"So as near as I could tell the end of the world began roughly about the time that Billy Carver’s butt rang for Santa Claus about halfway through the War of 1812."

Sixteen year old Briar Gamble is having a bad day.

It started with the cell phones singing for Santa Claus.

Then came the tanks and the storm troopers.

The Black Masks, in their black fish bowl sunglasses.

And then along came Captain Albino.

The shooting started shortly after that.

Like I said - Briar Gamble is having a REALLY bad day.

And it's about to get a whole lot worse.

Do me a favor and download a copy.

On Kindle -
http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Virus-Epi...

Or Kobo -
http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Flash-...

WOW! My new novel, Divorcees.Biz is now available on Kindle. The paperback is due to follow shortly. I understand the publisher is allowing free downloads for a limited period, so those of you who enjoy a lighted, fun read, then please check it out now on Amazon - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Divorcees-biz...

Would greatly appreciate everyone's help.

Today is the last day my short Mil SF comedy Eat Fish and Die is FREE on Amazon Amazon.

Please post feedback and star reviews if you're up to it.

WARNING: This is not a Paranormal urban fantasy romance. Not recommended for children over the age of 43. Some assembly required.

The GHOST CHASER'S Daughter

I'm so proud of this compilation of ALL of my Ghost Stories published over the past year.

If YOU celebrate Halloween all-year round; or just love the telling of Unexplained Phenomenon; I think you will want to add this book [260 pages] *and eBook format* to your library.