THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB discussion

Good Sunday morning everyone :) I've always written contemporary romance, but I'm veering into something new. For anyone who might be interested, just published, Dragon's Thief, a post apocalyptic paranormal/fantasy romance set thirty-three years in our future.

If I've said this already, please give me a virtual slap. My 12th century historical novel 'Song at Dawn' is on Christmas promo, free till 24th, if you use code FF49C at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view... The novel won the Global Ebooks Award for Historical Fiction.

I'm just revising the sequel and it's due out March 2013.

My book The Goose that laid the golden egg, a narrative nonfiction about a psychiatrist that takes on multi billion dollar drug company but gets chewed up snd spit out, was featured today on Ereader news today as a great book at a great price 99 cents kindle also on paperback. Current #1 best seller in medical nonfiction on amazon kindle.

http://ereadernewstoday.com/book-of-t...

Thank you and I hope you get a chance to check out my book. If you can, please like, comment and share.

Doug Bremner
Physician, researcher, writer, director and/or producer of:

Catania!

Http://www.dougbremner.com/catania.html

The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg

and other books

Http://www.www.dougbremner.com/books....

Doug Bremner
Physician, researcher, writer, director and/or producer of:

Catania!

Http://www.dougbremner.com/catania.html

The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg

and other books

Http://www.www.dougbremner.com/books....

Hello guys and gals, my short story collection, Strange Worlds, will be a giveaway beginning tomorrow till the 30th of December. Post post-modern, traditional sci-fi and fantasy.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

SILENT INVASION
They are here! They are hidden among us! They will stop at nothing to destroy us! Are we doomed? Or can a teenage boy and his friends save us from a terrible fate?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006ZQTWPW
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006ZQTWPW

Howdy,

Rick suggested I come here and say hello and spread the word. I'm the author of the Spar Battersea Thrillers (DEATH MATCH, CON JOB, and DICE ROLL) as well as the anti-TWILIGHT vampire novel BLOOD AND SAWDUST.

Rick was kind enough to review both DEATH MATCH (a punk rock thriller set in the world of pro wrestling) and BLOOD AND SAWDUST, both of which he really enjoyed. (you can see them here, http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/..., and here http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...).

If Rick's reviews hit a nerve, please feel free to either check out my work on Amazon (all my ebooks are crazy cheap: http://www.amazon.com/Jason-Ridler/e/...)

But if times are tough, I do send review copies. Send me a message via GR or check out my FB fan page. http://www.facebook.com/Ridlerville

Cheers!


Jay Ridler
Brief Bio:
I am the author of BLOOD AND SAWDUST, the Spar Battersea thrillers (DEATH MATCH, CON JOB, and DICE ROLL), the short story collection KNOCKOUTS, and have published fifty stories in such magazines and anthologies as Out of the Gutter, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, EVOLVE II, and more. My popular non-fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Dark Scribe, and the Internet Review of Science Fiction. I’m a former punk rock musician and cemetery groundskeeper, and hold a Ph.D. in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada. Visit me at twitter at http://twitter.com/JayRidler, Facebook , http://www.facebook.com/Ridlerville, or his writing blog, Ridlerville, at www.jsridler.com

Before you head for the hills on 21st December head over to Amazon and grab yourself a free e-copy of Woodlife. http://www.amazon.com/Woodlife-ebook/...

To celebrate the old Celtic winter solstice - a time of rebirth, and the day on which most of the action in Woodlife unfolds - I'm giving everyone the chance to download a copy for nothing. Why? Well, there's no point in selling them if I won't be around to spend the proceeds, is there.

Have a great Christmas and happy New Year.
Woodlife

Sometimes on long winter nights when sleep was slow in coming, those cold nights when the outside was filled with familiar sounds of cracking ice and thrashing tree limbs and the wind shaking the house and, inside, still more familiar noises as the house answered back with creaks and groans, then the old man lay awake in his cold bed and fed on memories such as this. Sometimes the memories gave him pain; more often they solaced him.
http://www.amazon.com/Trees-And-Memor...

I just learned that Cybersp@ce is now available in print on Amazon. EBook copies, however, will still be made available as scheduled on January 1, 2013.

Feel free to share with those you feel would be interested...

http://www.amazon.com/Cybersp-ce-Jeff...

Jeff wrote: "

I just learned that Cybersp@ce is now available in print on Amazon. EBook copies, however, will still be made available as scheduled on January 1, 2013.

Feel free ..."

congrats Jeff..loved the book!

Thank you!

Today is the last day of the Goodreads giveaway of the techno-thriller, Cybersp@ce. Two signed copies are being given away, so be sure to enter before it ends tonight!

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


Rick wrote: "Jeff wrote: "

Hello Everyone.

Please pass this along if you know someone who might be interested...

There are ONLY TEN DAYS LEFT in the Goodreads giveaway of a FRE..."

In view of the events of 2012 in the Middle East and North Africa, the need for raising awareness and getting organized in an effort to change the spontaneous movements where many lives will be lost, into real Revolutions; the need for reading specific genre of progressive books is an undeniable fact. Here are two starters:
The Little Black Fish
24 Hours Between Dream & Reality

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL.

A FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE #1 AMAZON KINDLE STORE BEST SELLER ON THE MEDIEVAL HISTORY LIST at http://amzn.com/dp/B00AEIHBFU DEC 21-23.
When you download 'LEGEND OF THE CATHARS, December 21- 23, please take the time to 'like', actually read and then review it. Thanks!

The eBook of The Way of Nacor is FREE today and tomorrow on Amazon!

The Way of Nacor is a heartwarming story about four children who, after the death of their father, struggle to find their way home after being mysteriously transported to an alien world.

A Christian allegory along the lines of Chronicles of Narnia or Pilgrim's progress, The Way of Nacor is a wonderful story whether you are young or young at heart.

Please share with those you feel would be interested.

http://www.amazon.com/Way-Nacor-Tales...

Here I go! I just spent the most ever on a huge promotion blitz for SILENT INVASION and DROP OUT (my two best sellers). I did it through blogads.com. I’ve read other posts about the effectiveness of such ads and most said that author’s sales increased because of them. I booked on nine different sites with a combined reach of 312,000 avid readers. These are people who actively read the blogs. My ads will feature the cover, a blurb, and the link to buy the book. The blitz will run on all sites simultaneously for an entire two weeks beginning on December 26th and running through the New Year into January. My logic is that people will be getting ereaders (it’s the #1 gift this year) at Christmas and then will have time off through the holiday to peruse various reader and book sites. At the same time, my newest novel debuts on Amazon and B&N, and I’ll be promoting that one like a rabid beast. If there’s a recipe for going viral I think I have all the ingredients. It’s just a matter of how much time it takes to cook.
http://www.neilostroff.blogspot.com

FREE for Kindle this holiday season. ~ Defying Fate is a humorous Sci-Fi/Fantasy epic adventure novel featuring a naive prince, a pessimistic ranger, a kindhearted bodyguard, a beautiful messenger, and a couple of ancient androids. The story follows the adventures of young Prince Donald of Westgrove as he tries to untangle the truth behind the Warden of Mystic Defiance in an effort to stop his country from going to war.
The Kindle edition will be available free from Amazon on 25 through 29 December 2012. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005E1JBBO
(Defying Fate is a Kindle exclusive, available free for these five days only from Amazon sites in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and throughout the E.U. The Kindle edition includes both Warden novels, The Warden Threat and The Warden War (both also available in paperback - but, unfortunately, not free).)


More information on this giveaway with links to international sites can be found here: http://dlmorrese.wordpress.com/2012/1...

Funnybones, my collection of four humorous quick reads will be free Dec.25-27. This edition includes My Husband's On Facebook, Facebook Zombies, Thoughts at Three and Poetry in Motion - Hallowen Issue. Have a happy holiday season and remember to... giggle a little.
http://www.facebook.com/BabyboomerHumor
http://www.amazon.com/Funnybones-Coll...

The China Twist

Do you like Auntie Anne's Pretzels? Interested in non-fiction narratives?

This is the cautious tales of two Wharton MBAs who brought a beloved US franchise to China and encountered outrageous obstacles that will make anyone in business laugh, cringe, and think twice about doing business in Asia.

Amazon Kindle/ Print:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A...

Facebook Book Page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Chi...

Merry Christmas, everyone, and Happy Holidays. A gift for you: WHITE JADE, Book One in the PROJECT series, is FREE today on Amazon. Please take a look, if you enjoy fast-paced action thrillers.

http://www.amazon.com/White-Jade-The-...

Neil wrote: "Here I go! I just spent the most ever on a huge promotion blitz for SILENT INVASION and DROP OUT (my two best sellers). I did it through blogads.com. I’ve read other posts about the effectiveness o..."

Best wishes Neil- hope your hard work gets it's rightful rewards!!

Wish I could respond to each post..needless to say I check out all the links and am so amazed at the talent and variety of genres our James Mason Member Writers excell at!!

Greetings and a Happy Holiday Season to you all! We just published a one act play in honour of the season -- "The Man In The Red Suit". Please have a look if you are interested. We will be having a Goodreads Giveaway, and should have the Kindle version up in a day or so.

The Man In The Red Suit
A Devilishly Dark Comedy In One Act by Jonathan Emrys

Some may call it "A Christmas Carol" for the new Millennium... but depending on what you believe; “The Man In The Red Suit” could very well scare the dickens out of you.

It is Christmas Eve, the worst Christmas Eve of Perry Roussel's life. He thinks things are bad now, but when a truly mysterious stranger shows up unexpectedly, Perry finds himself believing that his whole world is going to Hell in a hand basket...

“The Man In The Red Suit” is a play about life, love, faith, sacrifice, and what really matters in the end.

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A visit from a familiar stranger in a large red suit results in a heated metaphysical and spiritual debate which could cost the lives of one man’s family.

Mixed with generous portions of dark humor, this play takes several twists and turns to reveal an unexpected ending, with a metamorphosis of both Perry (the angry husband and father) and the Man in the Red Suit (the uninvited interloper).

How does mortality influence the minds of men and women? How does the loss of loved ones affect the way we see ourselves and our futures? How can we be so sure that it’s over? And why should we? The Man in the Red Suit is an exploration of self and the universe, a search for meaning, a search for life, death, and the afterlife . . . or the next life. It is about the pursuit of truth and hope. The discovery of belief in something, wrapped up with a ribbon and a bow, and presented neatly in an elegant Red Suit.

CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE . . . and a Claus.

The Man In The Red Suit

I don't know how long it's going to last, but at least for today (12/26) Bogey's Ace in the Hole is 99 cents on Amazon (ebook, of course).

Marja

Fallen from Grace
For a limited time only, my publisher, Oak Tree Press, has reduced the price for Fallen From Grace to 99 cents. Why not grab a copy? http://www.amazon.com/Fallen-From-Gra...

I should have included the link. Sorry. Oak Tree Press has also discounted my book, Bogey's Ace in the Hole, for 99 cents. Link: http://www.amazon.com/Bogeys-Hole-Bog...Bogey's Ace in the Hole

Standing Guard, a new short story, is now available from Amazon.

It's an old-style aviation adventure: an elderly aircraft returning from a display, a wrecked ship and a distress call. With the air-sea rescue over an hour away, and night fast approaching, the elderly plane is the only chance the surviving crew have, but her rescue gear was removed for display and the aircrew are untrained...

It will be free to download from Amazon on the 1st of January.

More news. Both Bogey Nights and Bogey's Ace in the Hole are priced at 99 cents through December 31. You might want to give them a shot.
Bogey NightsBogey's Ace in the Hole

IMAGINATION
A botched military mission finds new recruit Christopher Parker in a hostile prison camp. His life has become pain. To escape the prolonged misery of torture, Christopher journeys deep into his own memories and imagination, reliving his life in extreme detail. Imagery is so precise the people who occupy these memories believe they are living real lives. As each character explores ever-shifting landscapes of Christopher’s imagination they uncover a shocking truth; Christopher is slowly dying. Can they fight against Christopher’s own thoughts from convincing life to slip away before everything they know disappears forever?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ATFC3JM
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ATFC3JM

New release, Hemingway House by RJ Parise (comical fiction) Takes place in the late 70's. Kindle $2.99

My name is Richard Raymonds. I was a resident of Hemingway House, a halfway home for the "mentally challenged" for nine years. I was admitted in nineteen seventy-five after spending my twenties in a much worse place. During my stay, I took notes of the comings and goings, successes and failures of the myriad of residents that passed through. Most everything written here is true, although colored by time. All names have been slightly altered to protect the innocent from the guilty.
http://www.amazon.com/Hemingway-House...

Just want to pass on this service to the other Authors on Goodreads... PRlog.org -- where you can do FREE Press Releases about your books, and events! As an example, here is our new one:

I just published a press release for "The Man In The Red Suit" on PRlog.org -- a great resource for companies of all kinds. Especially small companies with no PR budget ;) http://www.prlog.org/12049889-the-man...

★★★★★ "Deluge of the Dead -- Another great book in the series" The Sovereign Spirit sails on at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ANFW7KS

Sales of the whole series have been reKindled with release of the 3rd book in the saga. If you haven't had a chance to check them out, there is no time like the present to experience the zombie apocalypse of 2012 from a unique perspective. Don't miss the boat!

Voyage of the Dead
Flotilla of the Dead
Deluge of the Dead

Rick wrote: "Wish I could respond to each post..needless to say I check out all the links and am so amazed at the talent and variety of genres our James Mason Member Writers excell at!!"

Don't feel badly about not responding to our blogs. FGS! You have far too many members to keep up. I often wonder how you're able to read as many books as you do.

Gidday! I'm a new author and new to this site ~ stepping out into the world of social media n all that hype! Prefer to be 'old school' but learning to change my ways...hoping to check in with different discussion topics once a day!

Just published "Time Out, Tune In, Turn On: Live the Path of your Heart" in line with discovering that I love to write! But more importantly, it's the sharing and caring that occurs when you're connecting that I love the most!

So that's why I'm also busy blogging, doing giveaways and learning about a whole host of new online adventures! leenythomas@hotmail.com

I'm doing a monthly book giveaway on goodreads and am doing a crystal heart in handmade felt pouch as a giveaway on facebook, but you've got to work for this one...just a bit! It's about discovering 'Presence' and reflecting on your experience of giving 'Presence' as presents this christmas!

Happy to hear from you and love the vibe of this site!! Leeny x

Outside Plumbing, a wry look at the male dynamic, will be free to download at Amazon from 12/28/12 through 1/1/13.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0098R9HPK

A quick read, it is a light-hearted commentary to further everyone's understanding of why a guy is a guy.

Outside Plumbing: the Myths of Manhood

I'm doing an exclusive giveaway for all James Mason Members of my debut novel, Into The Dark. I'd love to have honest reviews on Amazon and Goodreads, so I'm happy to give away 10 copies to James Mason members. If you're interested, please message me!

Go to https://www.smashwords.com/books/view... and use the following UD96T code and get my ebook "Conjoined Souls" for free. Coupon expires, January 5, 2013.

Only one week left before the coupon expires.

The synopsis for Conjoined Souls:

Samantha (Sam) Brennan and Alexandra (Alex) McNulty were conjoined twins in a past life and identical twins separated at birth in this life. For ninety years, their souls had remained tethered to one another.

Days before Sam’s twentieth birthday (as well as Alex’s), Sam had ended up in a coma after becoming collateral damage of an attack on a Seattle judge.

Three years and a few months later, Alex—now a rookie police officer from Saint Louis, Missouri—gets lured into a home while being off duty and smothered by something that had a strange odor.

Sam wakes up from her coma while struggling to breath, and after realizing that she was safe in a Seattle hospital, she proclaims that she is Officer Alexandra McNulty of the Saint Louis Police Department.

As Sam’s adopted mother Pamela (Pam) Brennan attempts to convince Sam/Alex that she was Sam by showing her photos of Sam’s high school graduation and of Sam’s graduation party, Sam/Alex correctly figures out that she (while believing that she is Alex) and Sam were identical twins separated at birth, and then made a request for Pam to look up her Facebook page.

Once Pam became convinced that Sam/Alex was Alex in Sam’s body, Pam had helped Sam/Alex to get to Saint Louis so that Sam/Alex could figure out who had attacked her.

We are currently working on a sequel to ZEKE. It won't be as dark and violent as the original novel. It will follow Sue and how she recovers from her ordeal.

Outside Plumming sounds interesting ~ both hubby and myself will enjoy taking a look at it!

Funnybones, my collection of four humorous eBooks will be free Dec.31-Jan.1 This edition includes My Husband's On Facebook, Facebook Zombies, Thoughts at Three and Poetry in Motion - Hallowen Issue. Have a happy New Year and remember to... giggle a little.
http://www.amazon.com/Funnybones-Coll...

Happy New Year!!

Divorcees.Biz is my new novel. It was released as an ebook on 22nd Nov 2012. The paperback version is due to appear on Amazon in January 2013.

Published by SalGad Publishing, the story tells of four, thirty-something, divorced woen who decide to set up an online dating agency for divorcees.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Divorcees-biz...

http://www.amazon.com/Divorcees-biz-N...

Divorcees.Biz is also in a competition, your vote would be appreciated. http://turningthepagesnews.webs.com/b...

Thank you everyone.

What if everything we perceive, all we experience, is just a figment of someone else’s imagination? And what if that someone is dying?

IMAGINATION

A botched military mission finds new recruit Christopher Parker in a hostile prison camp. His life has become pain. To escape the prolonged misery of torture, Christopher journeys deep into his own memories and imagination, reliving his life in extreme detail. Imagery is so precise the people who occupy these memories believe they are living real lives. As each character explores ever-shifting landscapes of Christopher’s imagination they uncover a shocking truth; Christopher is slowly dying. Can they fight against Christopher’s own thoughts from convincing life to slip away before everything they know disappears forever?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ATFC3JM

Well, we went and did it, we put a new cover on Jonathan Emrys' "SCARECROWS: A DANDY World". It is showing up on Amazon, on the primary page, but we still have to wait for it to migrate to the 'Look Inside' and the Kindle. You can have a peek at it here: http://www.amazon.com/Scarecrows-DAND...

The old cover is still showing on Goodreads. I will have to look to see how to get the new cover to show up.

A new look for the New Year!

Okay, Goodreads does not let you put the new covers up, but the Librarian's FAQ says to add them to your additional photos. I have done so, if you would like to see the new cover, please go to the main SADW book page and click on the cover, it will bring up a page to show you both. Thanks Fellow Members.

Hello, all. I'm a new author, and am currently giving away three copies of my novel, Darkness Rising: Book One of The Catmage Chronicles. The wonderful Julie Dillon is the cover artist.



It's a new YA fantasy series about Catmages (cats with human intelligence and magical powers) and teenagers working together to try to stop the Darkness from rising again.

You can register for the giveaway here:

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

You can also read four chapters for free on my blog:

http://merylyourish.com/free-chapters/

And Happy New Year!

Hi anyone who happens to stop by...

My debut novel, Healer's Touch, is due to for release at the end of the month, by Kristell Ink publishing.

I'm a debut author, not overly new - I've been playing at it a few years, and I've been hangning around GR awhile now.

Anyway, my novel is a fantasy tale, with homages to steampunk/weird west. The MC is a girl with the power to transfer life energy between people/animals/plants, etc... Basicallyl, she can heal, but must kill in order to do so. This book begins to explore that power and the problems that could come with it.

I am currently working on book 2 of a planned trilogy. The next book will explore the world further, expanding on what I've begun in the first book... and digging darker, I think.

Free ebook ARCs are already available through my publisher, if you blog/review, email: contact@kristell-ink.com

Meryl wrote: "Hello, all. I'm a new author, and am currently giving away three copies of my novel, Darkness Rising: Book One of The Catmage Chronicles. The wonderful Julie Dillon is the cover artist.

[bookcover..."

Gorgeous cover! By the way you might be interested in learning more about the Cat Writers Association http://www.catwriters.org since there's a contest each year for published work. *s*

There's a Cat Writers Association? Man, there's an association for EVERYthing. :-)

[clicking link now]

Deb E wrote: "Hi anyone who happens to stop by...

My debut novel, Healer's Touch, is due to for release at the end of the month, by Kristell Ink publishing.

I'm a debut author, not overly new - I've been play..."

BEST WISHES on your debut novel Deb!!!

I just want to wish ALL OF OUR JAMES MASON MEMBER WRITERS ...MUCH MUCH SUCCESS..with all your projects this year!!!

I'm starting out the new year with a giveaway of my first novel, "The Zarder". It's a fantasy novel with dragon-like creatures, a fire-breathing evil queen, a budding romance in peril and the human who has to make sense of it all. You can find the giveaway here:

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

I'm hoping at least one of the ten copies available goes to someone in the James Mason group. :)

This has been your friendly author's giveaway plug. Now, I must return to writing my next project, a humorous paranormal (more on that later).