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[John]

Hi, everyone. My name is John Sailors. I am an avid reader and recently published a novel ("Flying the Coop") that brings the mystery genre into the video game industry in the San Francisco / Silicon Valley region. It's available for Kindle and will be in print soon.

I'm new to Goodreads and am looking forward to interacting with people here.

Thanks,

John

Flying the Coop: The Video Game Mystery Novel

[Kate]

Hi,I'm Kate, an Australian author and avid reader. I'm fairly new here and still feeling my way around. My books are 'An Independent Woman' and 'A Liberated Woman'the first two books in the Redwoods series,which is historical romance/famly saga set in the late nineteenth century and switches between England and Australia. 'Inheritance' is a romance/mystery/adventure set in far north Queensland and 'Reflections' is short stories. 'Independent Woman','Inheritance' and 'Reflections' are available as ebooks on Kindle and Smashwords, and all as paperbacks.
I have seen that you can 'like'other authors, that sounds good. How does it work?

[Moon Shine Art Spot ~ Lisa]

I am a cover designer & Illustrator. I have also started a book review blog at http://MoonShineArtSpot.blogspot.com where I review books for authors if they want to provide the book.

samples of my illustrations are at facebook.com/MoonShineArtSpot

twitter is: @moonShineArts

I list free ebooks I find via other sources on twitter & my blog weekly.

I am especially interested in children's books or YA, and cover design & illustration for both, or just about anything as far as cover art goes.

Contact me if interested in book reviews or cover art.

Lisa

[Christine]

Of course, you realize this means war! Help me win a bet with my husband. I've got a prime rib dinner in the wings if I win. And well, we all know what my husband wins if I don't; )

I'm trying to reach 1,000 hits and 10 new flags on my website http://bloodandmatzah.com and 25 legitimate posts on my blog http://blogandmatzah.com by May 31.

Mama needs a fancy dinner at The Outback! Thanks in advance for your support. Send me a link to your site/blog and I'll return the favor. Happy reading/writing to all my new indie author friends!

[Jon]

I am Jon McDonald, author of "Divas Never Flinch" a humorous book about the Santa Fe social scene. I have been in Santa Fe 24 years, and only started writing at the age of 68 after my job was victum of the Great Recession. This is my first published book, but I have since written 4 others. As you might guess I love to write, but also enjoy a good read. I came to prose writing after having written a number of plays and screenplays - never thinking I would venture into fiction. But it suits me well and am delighted to join this wonderful group here.

[J.Z.]

Hi, reintroducing myself as my book just hit amazon in trade paperback.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936...
Cheers!
For more on it and extra graphics, please see:
http://deathofheaven.com

[Kay]

Hello, all! I suffer from multiple author personality disorder. I write paranormal romance under the pen name Kay Glass, and I also write erotica under the name Kendra Glenn.

I have 2 books published- Love Bite and Bitten By Regret, in the Just One Bite series. I'm currently writing the third, Taste of Grief. I also have two short stories, Table of Blood (a horror short story) and Heaven Can Be Hell (a paranormal romance short story).

Under the name Kendra Glenn I have two short erotic stories published- Bonfire is the first, and Sub and Switch is the second. I'm currently writing a third called Teach Me, My Love.

I feel like I'm always writing. When I'm not I'm taking care of my family, and reading, editing, and reviewing books for other authors. I'm always excited to meet new people. Have a wonderful evening, everyone, and happy writing!

http://www.facebook.com/KayGlassAuthor
http://www.facebook.com/KendraGlennAu...

[Maya]

Hello all, I'm Maya. I'm a reader, a reviewer and a writer. My urban fantasy novel Entanglement will be out very shortly. I'm all over the web, but principally at my blog:
http://mayapanika.wordpress.com/

Looking forward to getting to know you all.

[Rory]

Hi all,

My name is Rory Cantwell and I am the author of The Great Hollywood Double Hustle.

My book is a comedy crime caper story about a gang of film-star look-alikes who attempt to con a Hollywood producer into financing their bogus blockbuster movie.

A professional film-maker, animator and editor by trade, I was inspired to write The Great Hollywood Double Hustle when one fateful night, I accidentally stumbled across a professional look-alike website and found myself crying with laughter as I scanned the good, the bad and the totally delusional celebrity doubles smiling up at me.

Some were genuinely remarkable double's, capable of convincing anyone that they were the legitimate real star but in honesty, the funniest were the ones looked so unlike their supposed famous duplicate, that I was very much worried for their obviously 'fame-obsessed' and visually impaired sanity. Needless to say, once I finished laughing, I started writing.

I hope you enjoy my book as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Check out the funny Book-trailer I made.

I think I got a little carried away with it but lots have praised it! ;0)

I would love to know what you guys think.

http://www.rorycantwell.com/play-trai...

or you can see it on my goodreads author profile as well.

Many thanks

Cheers Rory

[Diane]

Hello, I'm Diane Lynn Tibert McGyver. I'm a reader and a writer. My fantasy novel, Shadows in the Stone, has been recently published. Besides writing, I operate a small farm in Nova Scotia, Canada, where I raise rare Cotswold sheep. This is my first group on Goodreads, so I'm just finding my way around.

[Nic]

Diane wrote: "Hello, I'm Diane Lynn Tibert McGyver. I'm a reader and a writer. My fantasy novel, Shadows in the Stone, has been recently published. Besides writing, I operate a small farm in Nova Scotia, Canada,..."

Hey Diana, and a warm welcome from Quebec :D If you want to check out my blog please do so at: www.bookmark-reviews.blogspot.com

[J.D.]

Wow, I've been remiss with welcoming new people here. Goodreads could turn into a full-time job! If I haven't said "Hi!" to you yet, here goes...

Hi!

[Alana]

Tim wrote: "Hello everyone

My name's Tim Stevens. I've recently joined Goodreads, and I've posted more about my debut thriller Ratcatcher in the Welcome section of the 'Thrillers' category.

I'm a devotee of ..."

Hi, Tim, Welcome! He's not exactly little known, but have you read C.J. Box? Protagonist is Wyoming game warden, Joe Pickett. Latest title is "Cold Wind." As for me, I write historical mystery fiction and have a book coming out in December called The Sign of the Weeping Virgin. It's set in Renaissance Florence. I'll check out Ratcatcher. Great title, by the way.

[Madison]

Armed and Outrageous
Madison here again, here is my link for Armed and Outrageous.
When the going gets tough - the tough get typing!

[Tim]

Alana wrote: "Tim wrote: "Hello everyone

My name's Tim Stevens. I've recently joined Goodreads, and I've posted more about my debut thriller Ratcatcher in the Welcome section of the 'Thrillers' category.

I'm a..."

Hi Alana, and many thanks - I've seen C. J. Box's novels in the shops and library but have never read any of them. Sound interesting, as does your Renaissance mystery. Will check it out.


Tim

[Christine]

It's nice to meet you tim

[Ryan]

Hello, my name is Ryan Petty, and I am a reader and new author. My book is called The Life He Never Knew which won a Pinnacle Achievement Award for historical fiction. I read an assortment of genres from history to action and even a little romance. I do plan to write some more in the future. My website is www.ryan-petty.com Thanks.

[Sascha]

The "official" bio for me: Proclaimed by the Publishing industry as the Bad Boy of Romance, I started writing thirteen years ago. My erotic romances have been listed under the Night Owl Romance and Road to Romance’s Recommended read list, as well nominated for a CAPA by The Romance Studio

I host the Unnamed Romance Show on Radio Dentata and continue to write for Sizzler Editions and Decadent Publishing. Readers can find my work, plus free reads at http://saschaillyvichauthor.com

I edit for Sizzler Editions Intoxication Erotic Romance line and I’m also part of the WriteSex Panel, a blog group defining erotica for writers in any genre! Find us at http://www.writesex.net


Otherwise, I'm just a romance reading man. I just finished reading Wrath's book from the BDB series and am on Laural K. Hamilton's book A Lick of Frost as time permits. I'd like to have more time to spend here, so we'll see :)

Sascha Illyvich

[J.C.]

Hello everyone, I'm J.C. Henderson, author of the novel "Halfway To Nowhere", available on Amazon.com.
I have a page on Facebook that I use for everything. I write mostly mainstream fiction (or literary, if I want to sound all academic-like), mostly due to my stories aren't very cemented in any particular genre.
I tend to read a bit of everything though, mostly so I can learn new things, but also cause i enjoy reading. Right now I'm reading YA Fiction for the first time and having an enjoyable time with it. I hope I get to hear from some of you soon!

www.facebook.com/AuthorJ.C.Henderson
Halfway to Nowhere

[Kim]

I will follow everyone from Goodreads back on Twitter this week ;) See you there for Book release information and shenanigans. Kim Cormack @kimcormack

[Russell]

Sascha,

Hey, Marathon Man from Webster, TX: "Female Dominance is a powerful thing but does not capture the market share in erotica or erotic romance. It never has and sadly it never will." - Sascha on lackluster sales of Her Male Slave.

You could, of course, be right, Sascha. Then again, you could be wrong -- unless the "dominance" you're talking about is literally BDSM and that of a dominatrix (sp?) -- and, since I know next to nothing about any of that, I'll plead non contendere.

As for dominating females, however, I don't really think gender is the issue. I believe power is. And since power often derives from income (or at least from wealth, possibly inherited), the question of who controls in a "loving" relationship is not a question of gender.

As they say in the big, bad biz world: "Just follow the money."

Russell

[Justin]

I would like to introduce myself again to everyone and to new members, so with that I say..HELLO! :D
I am and Author, Writer and Poet and hopeful promising future Entrepreneur. I am the author of a book of Horror Poetry entitled, The Macabre Masterpiece: Poems of Horror and Gore. It is my first book and I am always looking and happy to have new people interested in reading it. Along with this I also mainly write poetry and have recently started writing in other styles and I'm currently working on my second book.
I always enjoy meeting new people here on Goodreads and try getting into topics and starting good topics and discussions. I look forward to talking with you all and please feel free to check out my pages.

Justin Bienvenue
http://jbienvenue.webs.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Mac...

[Barry]

Free book - Kindle till midnight

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Universe-One-...

In the 53rd Century the human race pulls a genius from the past to save their society. But have they got the right man?


History Teacher Jon Ransom is dragged into the future by what he believes is the last vestiges of the human race. Mistaken for a genius scientist brought forward in time to save the interstellar city-ship liberty from possible collapse and disaster. Centuries of life spans increasing have left the human race decadent and without the skills to save themselves. Shown the wonders of the massive interplanetary craft he finds that he is not the only one who has been brought forward. Other figures from across time have been kidnapped and they soon learn that not all is as it seems and they may have traveled more than just through time. The captured men discover that they have not only been brought forward in time; they have also been pulled into a different version of their Universe. Rather than the scientific genius they expected, they are from alternate realities where Philosophers become Army Colonels and scientific genius fails to make its mark. Together they must try to find a way to work together and to find a way home and learn the truth of Universe One.

[Trisha]

Hi All! I'm Trisha Ventker, author of Internet Dates From Hell.

Internet Dates from Hell is not only a guide; it is also a six-year journey through my dating life as a single kindergarten teacher who relocated from the suburbs to New York City to find my soul mate. I share my frightening but true encounters in the wonderful world of online dating.

Along the path, I endure hundreds of first dates. Encounters include a conspiracy theorist from the United Kingdom, a religious fanatic from Texas, a sadomasochistic psychiatrist, and even a pre-op transsexual, to name a few.

I enjoy meeting new people here and look forward to talking with you!

[Heather Lynn]

I popped into this thread to introduce myself, but I find myself feeling intimidated by all you published authors. *whimper*

Anway, I'm Heather, and I live in a suburb of Chicago. I've been a voracious reader all my life, but I've just recently located the courage to start writing. Like I JUST started. I have stories in my head all the time, but writing them down scares the bejeezus out of me. We're talking heebies AND jeebies. But I'm trying to get over it. Right now, I'm writing a few little romance stories -- that's what I tend to read most often, and I'm going with comfort until I get my feet wet.

I joined Goodreads to spend time with other people like me: unabashed bibliofiles. I joined this group for exposure to other writers, to try to soak up as much as I can about the craft.

I look forward to sharing with all of you!

[J.D.]

Hi, Heather! (and everyone else I've missed saying hello to)

It's good to meet you.

You're in a great place to find authors willing to help out new writers. Check out some of Michael_J_Sullivan's very helpful postings, for a start.

[Dimah]

Hollo everybody.
I am not a published writer...but I hope to be in the not-so-distant future. I'm a Caribbean raised Canadian and I love cats. I've had around 20 of them in my life.
I've been writing since I could read, but somehow high school ruined my ability to think straight >_> Although that's probably just me placing blame for my procrastinating, self-conscious ways...
I made a blog... in the hopes that it will help me be less shy with writing.

[Russell]

Dimah,

"I've been writing since I could read, but somehow high school ruined my ability to think straight."

That's okay. I think the same thing happened to Rita Mae Brown. She and I went to the same high school (a few years apart), and she's been writing about cats for the past 30 years.

'Course, she once wrote a thing titled RUBY FRUIT JUNGLE, which put her on the "literary" map. Otherwise, you would never have heard of her.

Russell

[Christine]

Christine wrote: "Of course, you realize this means war! Help me win a bet with my husband. I've got a prime rib dinner in the wings if I win. And well, we all know what my husband wins if I don't; )

Ten days, over 1,000 web hits, 25 blog posts (by the skin of my teeth) and 6 foreign flags. Many huge thanks to all of my new friends and friends I have not yet met who visited my site and told a friend from outside the USA to take a gander onto my site http://bloodandmatzah.com/

You guys rock!

Unfortunately, I was four flags short so I didn't win the bet with my husband. Looks like Mickey D's instead of prime rib at The Outback. : (

[Rebekah]

Hi Everyone! I write under the name Rebekah Burton. I am from Texas, but have had the opportunity to live in New Jersey, Maryland, and Germany. I enjoy traveling and learning about different cultures.

I've recently published my first novel "Hope for Joy" on Amazon and am working on my second, third and hopefully more books coming soon. I primarily write Christian women's fiction, so if you are interested, find out more at:

http://rebekahburtonwrites.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/rebekahburto...

Thanks!

[Miles]

Hi Rebekah, and Welcome!

[Tony]

Hi folks! I'm new here and looking forward to hanging out a bit. But if it bothers anyone, I'll try to stop anything hanging out that shouldn't. I have been known to have issues in that department...
I'm a keen reader of travel books, especially the comedy variety, and am trying to be a travel writer as well. Sigh! Aren't we all?
I'm 33, an English bloke, currently living in Perth,Australia, where I emigrated in December after spending the last 7 years bouncing around he world. (That's a lot more painful than it sounds, as most of the world is quite hard to land on).

Oh, and I'm married to a stunning Aussie girl called (imaginatively enough) Roo. She has hair dyed in all colours of the rainbow... and consequently is having fun finding work... :0)

I love to read - far more than I love to write! - and I love to travel. Things I hate: stopping reading, stopping travelling, stopping drinking - and getting out of bed. Especially if I'm reading and/or drinking in there...
I'm also absurd. Well, if that's grammatically possible?
Okay. I'm an idiot. That'll do :0)

I blog occasionally about the stupid things I do, and the crazy crap that life seems to keep on serving up to me, at Adventure Without End (.com).

Looking forward to meeting you all!
Tony

[Helga]

Vincent wrote: "Please introduce yourself! Do you write books? Do you just enjoy reading them?

Let us know a little bit more about who you are:"

I do write books. Used to write academic books, but since retirement from the University of Oklahoma, I have returned to my first love--fiction. Have written two novels, translated one of them into German, a travelogue, and am now working on something called "You're Not From Around Here, Are you?" Reminiscences. I live with my husband, Richard Beck, who teaches Ancient Greek at the University of Oklahoma, one dog, and five cats in Norman, OK. I have three children, and we have six grandchildren. Life is rolling along.

[Miles]

Hi Tony and Helga...and Welcome!

[C.A.]

Vincent wrote: "Please introduce yourself! Do you write books? Do you just enjoy reading them?

Let us know a little bit more about who you are:"

[C.A.]

Hi, I'm Laura Seaborn. I write as C.A. Rose and Y.A. Rose. Just published some short stories as C.A. Rose in The Dallas Writers Journal and under my own name in The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. Some title, huh?

I'd like to talk about dragons.

[Tony]

Thanks Miles!
Hi all!
So, dragons, eh...?

Gotta love dragons... or at least treat 'em politely :0)
My favourite in recent times is from Katherine Kerr's Deverry series, she has a particularly temperamental beast as star of the last chunk of the series...

[Shelly]

TWISTED ROOTS

Hi Everyone. I'm Shelly Wright and I've wanted to write a novel since I was eleven. So I'm 40 and my first novel releases June 19. My mom always said I was a late bloomer.
I write Christian Fiction mostly, but have written some short stories along with some local paper articles. I also belong to a writing critique group which has been amazing and the reason I finally finished a project. Now you can't stop me. Glad to read through the post and see the talented people in this group.
Shelly
www.shellygoodmanwright.com

[J.D.]

C.A. wrote: "Hi, I'm Laura Seaborn....I'd like to talk about dragons"

I'm always willing to talk about dragons...provided they're out of earshot.

[Tony]

J.D. wrote: "C.A. wrote: "Hi, I'm Laura Seaborn....I'd like to talk about dragons"

I'm always willing to talk about dragons...provided they're out of earshot."

And they have big big ears...

[Christine]

It's nice to meet you tony and j.d. and shelly

[JoAnn]

Trisha wrote: "Hi All! I'm Trisha Ventker, author of Internet Dates From Hell.

Internet Dates from Hell is not only a guide; it is also a six-year journey through my dating life as a single kindergarten teacher ..."

Okay... You are amazing! I don't know whether you eventually met your SOUL MATE, but you certainly gained life experiences as a writer. I doubt that most of us would like to subject themselves to your technique, but I suspect we would enjoy reading your writing and living vicariously through you.

I predict that, if you can turn your dating experiences into a book... as you have... you will go far as an author. :)

[Wendy]

Hello everyone!! I am excited to be here as a new author. My book, The Crimson Teardrop, was released 3 weeks ago today!!

Check it out here: http://store.sweetcravingspublishing....

YA/romantic/fantasy with a touch of suspense. It's available just about everywhere.

Feel free to check out my blog as well, it's just getting up and going wendygrischow.wordpress.com.

Hope everyone has a GREAT day!!

[Peter]

Vincent wrote: "Please introduce yourself! Do you write books? Do you just enjoy reading them?

Let us know a little bit more about who you are:"

Vincent wrote: "Please introduce yourself! Do you write books? Do you just enjoy reading them?

Let us know a little bit more about who you are:"

My name is Peter Mayeux. I was born and raised in New Iberia, Louisiana. That’s about 18 miles from the Tabasco factory on Avery Island. The next time you handle a bottle of Tabasco, examine the diamond-shaped label to find Avery Island on the label. Both of my parents spoke Cajun French, especially when they did not want the children to know what they were discussing. My sister in Port Allen kept me stocked with all the necessary herbs and spices needed to prepare delicious Cajun food. I consume as much Cajun cooking as I can with each visit to Louisiana.

My undergraduate degree is from what is now The University of Louisiana-Lafayette.

I completed graduate work at The University of Iowa. The emphasis in college was on mass media, especially broadcasting.

My professional career was spent in professional commercial and non-commercial radio and television stations. I worked as an announcer, news reporter and anchor, news director, radio program director, and station manager. I used that background and my graduate degree to teach college-level classes and workshops for about 40 years. My teaching and research/production centered on writing for the mass media and media history.

I published three textbooks focused on mass media writing. One of the books was translated into the Korean language; unfortunately, I do not speak or write Korean. My academic articles were written for media encyclopedias, dictionaries, and journals. Many were short biographies. Others were short pieces on media issues and historical events. I produced a CD on Nebraska media history. In the last few years I have had articles published in general circulation magazines, including one article on hydroponic farming techniques, and a two-part article on rural health care.

Since retiring in 2005, I have spent time writing, volunteering, and traveling. My volunteer work includes: KVSS/Spirit Catholic Radio, a statewide network (working as a board member); Disabled American Veterans (transporting veterans to and from a VA clinic); Nebraska Library Commission (reading for the blind); City Impact (tutoring inner city children to improve their reading skills); and Nebraska Community Blood Bank (donating platelets).

For photos from recent trips, go to
http://www.fototime.com/inv/075BAB6F1...
Under “My Albums,” select an album to view. Select “Start Slideshow” under “Tools” on the left side of the new page. Or you can “click” on the first picture in the album and then control the speed with which you change pictures by using arrows at the top of each photo in the album.

[Claude]

Yeah, new friends!!!

Welcome :)
Return to Caer Lon

Claude Dancourt

[Miles]

Hi Shelly, Wendy, Peter, and C.A.

Welcome to the group!

Miles Gentry

Spontaneous Combustion: Enlightenment and the Cosmic Crucible

[J.D.]

Tony wrote: "J.D. wrote: "C.A. wrote: "Hi, I'm Laura Seaborn....I'd like to talk about dragons"

I'm always willing to talk about dragons...provided they're out of earshot."


And they have big big ears..."

You meant "perfectly proportioned ears", right?

[J.D.]

Christine wrote: "It's nice to meet you tony and j.d. and shelly"

Nice to meet you, too.

[Tony]

J.D. wrote: "You meant "perfectly proportioned ears", right?"

Ohhh shi...
Y' think they heard?
Nice dragon, good dragon...
:0)

[Steve]

Hi all,

I saw a post here somewhere titled 'has science fiction lost its mojo'.

Maybe. I have no idea, as sad to say especially on a site like this one, I'm not much of a reader.

I have heard from quite a few people that all of these 'aliens come to earth' books and movies are about invasion, they're all the same. I think they're right, they do seem quite similar. An alien species comes to earth with conquest in mind, they are considerate enough to engineer into their equipment or plan a single point of failure that will enable a gutsy band of individuals to defeat them.

I thought 'I wonder if I could write a novel about alien visitation that would be a bit different, how hard could it be'. So I did, it's got a couple of 4 star reviews and one 5 star review on Amazon.com. So far so good. As to whether or not it counts as science fiction with mojo, thats up to you.

If you fancy having a look at it here's the link. I hope you enjoy it.
A Strange EncounterSteve Fellick