THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB discussion

THE THREE KITTIES THAT SAVED MY LIFE just went live on Amazon for both the Kindle and in paperback. This was a very emotional book for me to write. I have been working on it for a long time. It is the true story of my journey from grieving widower to the happily-married man I am today. I hope that you will check it out and also help me get the word out. I feel that my true story might touch others and might even help them through their own journey through life.
http://www.amazon.com/Three-Kitties-T...

The Tattoo In My Heart by Jewel Webber

Just published: A story of life and love in college and beyond at the dawn of the sexual revolution and women's liberation. Intended for mature readers.
Alteration

The second Murray of Letho crime novel, Knowledge of Sins Past (set in early 19th. cent. Scotland) is now out via Amazon Createspace as a paperback.

'Scoggie Castle is cold and grim, but a refuge to the disinherited Charles Murray. Then a series of mysterious deaths shakes family and servants alike, and splits the local village in two. Murray is thrown once more into the midst of murder, but who has the answer in this dark rural landscape - the pig-lovers or the pig-haters?'

Good luck to all other Indie writers on Good Reads!

Lexie wrote: "The second Murray of Letho crime novel, Knowledge of Sins Past (set in early 19th. cent. Scotland) is now out via Amazon Createspace as a paperback.

'Scoggie Castle is cold and grim, but a refuge ..."

Is there a kindle edition? If so, please provide the link to find it.

Lee wrote: "Lexie wrote: "The second Murray of Letho crime novel, Knowledge of Sins Past (set in early 19th. cent. Scotland) is now out via Amazon Createspace as a paperback.

'Scoggie Castle is cold and grim,..."

Yes, here's the link! Thanks for reminding me.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Knowledge-Sin...

Lexie, I'm in the US and can't buy via amazon UK. I will look for the Murray novels on amazon US. If you haven't put them up on the US site, I suggest you do so soon.

I'm offering a chance to win Sooner Than Gold here http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Lee wrote: "Lexie, I'm in the US and can't buy via amazon UK. I will look for the Murray novels on amazon US. If you haven't put them up on the US site, I suggest you do so soon."

They are indeed there: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos....

Thanks for your help!

Scarlet Gown is on my kindle now.

REVIEWS, REVIEWS, REVIEWS

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An intriguing original Australian story about looking after the environment, the children and the future generation. It is the impossibly possible delivered in a seriously unserious manner.

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For those that have already read about our Deva's we would love your comments on here also about your thoughts of it to encourage other readers.

Thanks again and looking forward to hearing from you...

Kel! ;)

Lee wrote: "Scarlet Gown is on my kindle now."

I hope you enjoy it after all that!

I have a book out about an old rescued ranch horse and all the amazing things he has done since he was rescued. It was written about him in his voice. It is available at http://www.outskirtspress.com/pie/ On my website/blog you can see the reviews and promotions on the book http://www.kandykayscaramuzzo.com

Thanks for creating this thread and helping us get word of our books out there. A little about my novel:

The end of man was not signaled by marauding gangs or explosions, but with silence. People simply grew older knowing a younger generation would not be there to replace them. The final two residents in the neighborhood of Camelot, an old man and his invalid brother, are trapped in their house by forests full of cats and dogs battling with the bears and wolves to eat anything they can find. As the man struggles to survive, he recounts all the ways society changed as the human population continued to shrink—the last movie Hollywood ever made, the last World Series that was played, how governments around the world slowly disbanded. THE MAN WHO WATCHED THE WORLD END is the haunting account of a man who has witnessed the world fade away. It is also a story about the power of family.

My website: http://www.watchtheworldend.com
Available at: http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Watched...

Defying Fate includes the novels, The Warden Threat and The Warden War. They tell the exciting and often humorous tale of young, naive Prince Donald and his quest to prevent an unnecessary war prompted by exaggerated claims of the threat posed by the mysterious WMD (Warden of Mystic Defiance). This a character driven science fiction story in a fantasy-like setting—a parody of epic fantasy with a bit of cultural satire and a lot of fun for readers of all genres who may be looking for something fresh and different.

This combined Kindle edition is currently rated five stars on Amazon.

I hope you’ll give it a try. If you enjoy the book, I invite you to let the rest of world know. I also would not object to you checking out my other books. Actually, I’d quite appreciate it.

The Kindle edition will be available free from Amazon between 30 April and 4 May 2013. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005E1JBBO

My romance novel and mommy blogger memoir kindle editions have been reduced in price on Amazon. I invite you to check them out and give them a review!

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Until Next Time...The Blogging Adventures of a Broken Housewife and Mom http://tinyurl.com/arnofgk

He didn't commit suicide but who's going to believe her... Tainted Waters my new book is available tomorrow, April 30th. Kindle edition available now, with more ebook sellers coming soon. Come and join my release party for Tainted Waters on facebook tomorrow morning at 10 MDT.

Frustrated at being fired from her latest job and overwhelmed by her consolatory family, Sam decides to move to the family’s cabin at the lake. A place she hasn’t been since her dad committed suicide there twenty years before. Or did he? Snooping is something she’s good at but someone seems to be taking offense to her looking too closely at what has been happening at the lake. What she discovers is shocking. Now she must uncover what’s real and what’s not. All that she learned growing up, may be false. Keegan who has recently moved to the area to finish his latest book is also trying to find out if his grandfather, who’d passed away ten years before, died of natural causes or was murdered? The descendants of the four families who own the land around the lagoon are dying off. Since Sam and Keegan are the only ones questioning the deaths, they find themselves working together to seek the truth. Are people being murdered? Who would benefit from their deaths? Why would there be barricades and armed guards at the north end of the lake? To stay alive, Sam and Keegan must find the answers and convince others, before more people are killed... including them.

I'm participating in another Goodreads Giveaway, but if you're not lucky enough to win a copy of Darkness Rising: Book One of The Catmage Chronicles, don't worry! I put the ebook and paperback on sale. The ebook is now $2.99.

And my cover artist, Julie Dillon, has been nominated for the 2013 Hugo Award! I knew she was good when I hired her, and now a lot of other people will know that, too.



It's been hundreds of years since the Darkness last surfaced, a grim time when both humans and Catmages lost their lives. But now the Wild Ones work with humans again, and thirteen-year-old Andy Cohen gets the surprise of his life when a talking cat shows up in his front yard.

Goldeneyes, a powerful Catmage, needs Andy’s help. Her grandmother—the wisest, most powerful Catmage alive—is missing, and her trail leads straight to Andy’s town. But there's a problem: Goldeneyes doesn't like humans very much, and Andy is impulsive and reckless. They have to learn how to work together, and they need to do it before the Wild Ones kill Nafshi and steal her powerful Magelight.

In the first installment of this new series, the reader enters a world of magical cats, dark powers, and a boy who finds himself entangled in their war.

I am just blown away by all your posts. And very humbled to see how many truly talented writers we have in our James Mason Group

Hi everyone! You can find out about all of my books on my website. Best News: My "Bitter Memories" series has just been picked up last week by a traditional publisher who is taking the series nationwide, and really trying for a movie deal. WE already have a newspaper interested in the UK. Keep fingers crossed, please!
Pop on over and check the books out when you get a chance! Thanks!

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I just posted an essay at

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

The title is "How a Nation Reports its Grief."

It's about poetry disguised as journalism in press accoiunts of the death of Lincoln.

Glenn Cheney
Hanover, Conn.
cheneybooks.com

Tomorrow and Sunday, the intro chapters to my frontier saga, The Platte River Waltz, introductory chapters will be free.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055WXMEO

For Amazon Prime members the entire book is a free borrow (two volumes). Here's the first:
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The Orphan Trilogy (The Ninth Orphan / The Orphan Factory / The Orphan Uprising) - our three top rated conspiracy thrillers are now available as a 3-in-1 kindle box set via Amazon.

Twenty-three orphan babies are turned into the deadliest assassins the world has ever known. One will rebel.



An orphan grows up to become an assassin for a highly secretive organization. When he tries to break free and live a normal life, he is hunted by his mentor and father figure, and by a female orphan he spent his childhood with. On the run, the mysterious man's life becomes entwined with his beautiful French-African hostage and a shocking past riddled with the darkest of conspiracies is revealed.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BGGM05U/

This series was co-authored by son James and I, a Down Under writing team. We also co-wrote the historical adventure-romance, ‘Fiji: A Novel’.

Happy reading!
Lance Morcan

Free Kindle 5/4-5/5 DIETINA'S DIARY (March Issue)
Dietina's Diary brings both advice and laughter into the world of dieting. As she struggles to keep her weight down, Dietina never loses her sense of humor. Follow along with the trials and tribulations of Dietina in the March Issue of Dietina's Diary.
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What would happen if you took the libretto that Richard Wagner used for his Ring Cylce of operas and moved it from the Dark Ages to the future? You'd get Wotan's Dilemma. It's a retelling of the Rhinegold Myth as scifi with aliens instead of fantasy cretures. It's great fun. Check it out at:
http://strangeworldsonine.com//?page_...

Win a book. Sooner Than Gold is featured at http://www.thebookboost.blogspot.com/

Free today are the introductory chapters to the two volume family saga, The Platte River Waltz. The entire work is available as a free borrow for Amazon Prime members.

"What a wonderful and superbly written account of a journey West!
I was completely absorbed by the remarkable characters and sweeping landscapes- caught so brilliantly by the magnificent writing and plotting!
A winner!!!"
--as reviewed on goodreads.com—

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055WXMEO

My debut novel, A Hunger in the Heart, is the selection for Catholic Fiction Sweepstakes.

Grand Prize:
Amazon Kindle Fire - or - $100 Amazon.com Gift Card

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A Hunger in the Heart (hc) - or - $20 Amazon.com Gift Card

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Curse of the Shifter is my first short story which I'll tie into my second book The Cursed Leviathan. I posted my short story on Goodreads for your reading pleasure.
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...

~ Glenda

Hi All,
Just had another positive review of my political-military thriller...written by the owner of one of the top fifty military oriented blogs on the Internet...feel free to look it over...I'm excited!

http://macsmilitary.com/sgtmacsblog/b...

Just wanted pop in ... From Tel Aviv (my last day here before heading home, sweet, home!) and thank all of you for your wonderful posts. So many truly superb books!

Hello,

The fifth in the Murray of Letho series, Fellowship with Demons, is even now being uploaded on to Kindle. Historical crime series, set in Georgian Scotland. It's at 99c for a month and I'd be very grateful for reviews on Amazon - hope you like it!

Edinburgh 1810: Charles Murray of Letho, a young gentleman of means, is in much demand: a rich widow, an old friend, and new military acquaintances all need his help. But when Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville, sends him an invitation, vanity and curiosity force him to accept – and straightaway he has to deal with murder. Why did a cowardly surgeon kill a drunken engraver? And what would the consequences be, in the rainy mists of autumn? In the end Murray’s answers to his problems will lead to a decision that will change his life.

As promised, here's the link to the new Murray of Letho crime novel:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fellowship-De...

Hope you enjoy it!

is on sale during May!

You can get this satire of the Internet for only 99 cents: Get it for 99-cents on Amazon here. You can get other formats at Smashwords for 99-cents too. Just use code YU86X.

Rick Friedman, Founder of James Mason Community Book Club, had this to say about it:

"Utterly brilliant!!! Truly hilarious and more so because- while satire- it contains more than a grain of truth about the human character! LOVE IT!!! This is part Terry Pratchett, part Elmore Leonard with a dash of Swift! and All Mark Rayner!!! So many laughs per page- and yet like brilliant satire- the grains of truth make the hilarity far more incicive and lasting...A MUST READ!!!"

this thread is great. I've added a couple of additional books to my already out-of-control reading list based on books I've found in here.

Last month I launched my "Tales of Chivalry" series with the publication of "A Widow's Crusade."

Anno Domini 1212:

Across France, the children are on the march. Seduced by a shepherd boy with a vision of freeing Jerusalem through the power of innocence alone, tens of thousands of children have left their homes and set out upon a new, peaceful crusade. As they stream through the city of Chavigny in Poitou, they are singing the old crusader ballade: The Song of Palestine.

The melody awakens memories in the heart of a rich widow, Blanche. Long ago, when she was still young and beautiful, she had been in love with a poor knight, who followed Richard the Lionheart on crusade – and never returned. An oblique reference to a man of the same name in a letter addressed to someone else sparks an irresistible longing to go to the Holy Land herself in search of her lost love.

Blanche sets out on a personal crusade, across the war-torn Languedoc, daring the pirates and slavers of the Mediterranean -- only to find a man, who is nothing like she remembered him, and anything but pleased to see Blanche again.

"A Widow's Crusade" is available for $1.99 on Kindle.

For more about the whole series, which encompasses a total of nine novels set in the 13th century, take a look at my video trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN9HxY...

or visit my website: www.tales-of-chivalry.com.

A Widow's Crusade

'The story is solid; plot twist unexpected.' First review of Open and Shut: http://www.amazon.com/Open-and-Shut-e...

Chris wrote: "this thread is great. I've added a couple of additional books to my already out-of-control reading list based on books I've found in here."

I agree Chris!! so impressed with all the remarkable posts!

ALWAYS WRITING
A blog about the writing life, making it as an indie author, and showcasing the books I write. Please check it out.
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How is this for a Review on Jade & The Deva Series 'Hidden Wings'... 'Why I wasn't Ready to Finish Reading 'Jade and the Deva'

Everything Books & Authors
http://www.everythingbooksandauthors....

Jade and the Deva – Book One: HIDDEN WINGS

By Keith Tutor & Jade Fishburn

This gets filed under Everyone a Critic - or, no good deed goes unpunished -



Spotted on EBay - copy of Black Mist and other Japanese Futures, anthology edited by Orson Scott Card and Keith Ferrell, with my story "A Medal for Harry" which I was gracious enough to autograph :)

Meanwhile, in other news, Unburning Alexandria - long-awaited sequel to The Plot to Save Socrates - was just published last week http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CMBWDXW

here's the cover -

Hello All:

I write children's books for ages 9 to 12 and contemporary steamy romance, not erotica, but heated. I have a new children's book due out next week, part of my series, I'll post a link here when it comes out.

On second thought, I'll put a link to my two newest contemporary romance releases here:


Best!

White Magic Woman

The Odor of Violet

Published but in desperate need of reviews.

You can dip your feet here to see if you want to take the plunge: http://www.jahnasleep.com/

I will happily send you a copy in exchange for a review. Any takers?

Hi Christine, I would be honored to review your book. Let me know if you have it in paperback or ebook.

Best!

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Greetings, all!

My latest release is The Movement of Crowns, republished in its own separate volume before the coming sequel!

At the point when kingdoms’ ideas of humanity differ…
The nation of Diachona is celebrating the twentieth birthday and rite of passage for Constance, the Diachonian king’s daughter and heir. Yet, the pause for festivity doesn’t erase collective doubts about Constance’s aspiration for a place with the men on the National Council, nor does it eliminate fears roused by oppressive threats from a neighboring, powerful empire. Amid increasing rumors of war and personal misgivings about her own future, Constance deems this an inopportune time to be falling in love with one Commander Alexander.
Will Providence keep them all through international tensions and the changing of times, or is Diachona watching its territory in vain?

Find this novella at Amazon, Amazon UK, and Smashwords.

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A sneak peek at my new novel.

Season Of The StrangerKyle Forrest


Chapter One

"Here's A Riddle For You"


May 1994

Robert James Etchinson scaled the long, narrow staircase leading to the third floor living quarters of the cemetery gatehouse. In his left hand he clutched an ancient book of poems, 'Maurine' by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, it's gilt-edged pages yellow and decaying after years of exposure to the bleak sadness of his mother's bedside. She has presented the rare volume to Robert on the eve of her death, which had come quietly in the middle of a chill autumn night as the claws of a hopeless cancer finally overcame her staunch resistance.

Now, a year after her death, Robert had come to appreciate the book of poems, the flawless rhyme and meter of a bygone era that lulled and consoled him with the gentle reassurance of a mother's caress. Poetry offered the seventeen year old peace...and diversion from the morbidity and frustration that were necessary evils of his thankless role as the dutiful son of a crippled cemetery caretaker.

Robert had risen with the dawn on this ordinary day, his eyes clouded and burning from lack of sleep after completing Homer's Iliad for his English class, and had marched as if to a solemn dirge down the gatehouse steps to the basement crematorium, where he had patiently read 'Maurine' as the white hot fires of the industrial oven reduced another corpse to a mound of chalk and bone.

When he reached the third floor landing, he placed the book on the oak parson's table beneath his mother's portrait and ushered himself through the musty Victorian dining room to the kitchen, where he hastily began preparing his father's breakfast.
Cracking two eggs in the skillet, which his father preferred 'over easy' with a dash of salt and no pepper, Robert winced when he heard the familiar sound of his father's wheelchair, creaking from the adjoining bedroom to the head of the table.

Daniel Etchinson was a stickler for punctuality, and on those rare occasions when Robert had failed to meet the unwavering exactitude of his father's schedule-one that revolved around mundane chores and regular meals-the day had invariably begun on a harsh note.

Why can't he understand I just want to lead a normal life? What's wrong with that? I've got to have a life of my own. I've got to get out of here. Just because he's stuck in a wheelchair doesn't mean I should have to vegetate along with him, Robert mused to himself as he started up the coffee.

"Riley didn't show up this morning," Robert announced matter of factly as he slid the plate and the clinking cup and saucer into position in front of his father. "I had to put the Ferguson woman in myself. God, I hope he's here in time to pack the urn. The service is at ten thirty."

"He'll be here," the old man croaked through thin colorless lips that were drawn in a perpetual frown across his weathered face.

Robert lowered himself into the high backed chair to the left of his father and snatched an orange from the bowl of fruit in the center of the table. Father and son were a study in contrast. The vibrant teal blue of Robert's eyes had, in his father, faded to a lifeless gray, and the square jaw that was once a hallmark of the Etchinson clan had eroded into bags of sagging flesh around the old man's throat.

Robert clearly favored his mother, whose attractive features had endured until virtually the eve of her death. His blue-black hair was thick and lustrous, combed back from his high forehead in soft waves. But it was the awkwardness of Robert's six foot two inch frame that prevented him from being considered a handsome man.

Robert stood a head over his father, whose spinal column had withered four inches after the crippling accident that had relegated him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. The accident happened two years ago while Daniel Etchinson was rearranging the artificial grass mats that one of the workmen had carelessly placed over the fresh mound of soil beside an open grave. Cursing under his breath, he stooped down and grabbed the offending mat with both hands. But as he braced his feet on the ground and tugged, the edge of the grave gave way and he found himself catapulting backward into the open hole...where Riley had discovered him, his arms and legs twisted beneath him like a crumpled marionette, only moments before the mourners arrived.

Robert gathered the orange peelings into a small, neat mound on the table in front of him, broke off a wedge, and popped it into his mouth.

"You eat like a damned pig, " his father declared.

Robert winced. "Dad...I've been wondering. What would you think if I got a summer job in town?" Shifting in his seat, he tried to assume a casual expression. "Just waiting tables or something." He shrugged sheepishly.


His father continued chewing, then replied. "There's plenty of work to do around here."

Robert set the orange down on the table and folded his hands in front of it. "But Dad...I want to..."

"What you want to do," his father said with his mouth full, "and what you're going to do are two different things." He lifted the coffee cup to his lips with a trembling hand.

"But I'd be home every night," Robert insisted, a hint of exasperation creeping into his voice. "Nothing's gonna change. I'd still be here to take care of you. You know I'd never-"

"No!" his father snapped. "I need you here."

"Dad," Robert protested incredulously. "I'm only talking about a few days a week over in Daly City. You know I won't leave you alone."

"No need to go way the hell over to Daly City. Your place his here-with me"

Robert squirmed and looked at his father defiantly. "I'm getting a job, Dad. As soon as school's out."

Looking directly into Robert's eye for the first time this morning, Daniel Etchinson croaked. "You never done a day's work in your life and now you're telling me you want to get a job?"

"Dad," he said hesitantly, "please listen to me...I'm your son. I love you. I just want a chance to...strike out on my own a little bit...to be like the other kids." He sighed deeply, reached across the table and wrapped his fingers around the back of his father's hand. "Please try to understand me. I've been a prisoner of All Saint Hill for seventeen years. It's like..." His voice cracked. "It's like being dead."

Daniel Etchinson snatched his hand out from under Robert's, curled his bony finger around the edge of the table, and pushed the wheelchair away with a fierce scowl.

"You know what they call me in school Dad? Coma Man. They call me Coma Man! Pretty funny, huh? Well, I am in a coma...I feel like I'm dying." As his father spun around in the wheelchair, turning his back on him, Robert experienced a surge of pity for the man so bitterly trapped in a gleaming mesh of stainless steel and spoked wheels.

Robert placed a hand on his father's shoulder. "Your father worked here...." The words seemed to stick in his throat. He swallowed. "And you worked here...." He curled his fingertips into the soft flesh of his father's spindley shoulder. "But I can't. Don't you understand I get sick every time I see a line of black cars rolling through those gates. I want--"

"YOU WANT!," The old man spun around, his gray eyes flashing. "You want? You want what, you ungrateful little bastard? You're just like your mother. No loyalty! She couldn't wait to leave me."

Robert could no longer hold back the flood of tears. "Mother didn't leave you. She loved you...she gave you everything she had. This place killed her...just like you're killing me!"