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Hello!My name is K. Dawn Byrd and I write inspirational romantic suspense. My first work of fiction will debut on April 1 at Desert Breeze Publishing. I'm just crazy about my cover art. If you'd like to see it, you can click on this link:
http://stores.desertbreezepublishing....
Have a great day!
Oooo, K. Dawn...love the cover!Best,
~Donna~
My name is Connie Gotsch (rhymes with Scotch except it's German) I am the author of a cosy romantic psychlogical thriller called Snap Me a Future available in e-format and POD from dlsijpress.com A reporter finds herself face to face with a knife wiedling antiquities thief. Fortunately a Setterdor saves her. This is not a mythical beast. I had one. I also have an e-book called A Mouth Full of Shell from dlsijpress.com, all about office politics. For clindren I have Belle's Star, written from a dog's point of view. It empowers cildren to rebuild their lives after escaping bullying and abuse. It comes with a teacher's guide and is available in paper and e-format from apbooks.net
Hello everyone,My pen name is Claire Avery, and I write with my sister. We have a novel coming out in June, called "Hidden Wives." It's about two girls coming of age in a polygamist cult (very similar to the group in Texas). My web-stie is www.claireaveryauthor.com.
I'm really looking forward to getting to know everyone. So happy to be a part of this group.
Hello! My name is Rachel Starr Thomson. I'm a full-time writer, editor, writing coach, and indie publisher from southern Ontario, Canada. I also give live spoken-word performances while touring with Soli Deo Gloria Ballet, a dance/performing arts company I co-direct. My ballerina co-director and I recently spent ten days in Vancouver during the Olympics, performing poetry, storytelling, and dance on the streets and in churches and theatres. An awesome experience :).I write fantasy, poetry, short stories, narrative scripts for our ballets, devotional nonfiction, magazine columns on writing and nature, and anything else that strikes my fancy! I self-publish through Little Dozen Press and currently have six books out.
Glad to be here!
You can check out my work at www.rachelstarrthomson.com/books and www.rachelstarrthomson.com/articles . I blog at www.rachelstarrthomson.com/inklings .
You can see more about Soli Deo Gloria Ballet at www.solideoballet.com
Hello and welcom Connie Gotsch Author Belle's
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Amazing!!! I'm impressed and happy to find all this new talent!Carry on!
Hello,I'm Candi Taylor-Jeter, Author of "25 Thoughts About Your Destiny. I love to write about emotional well being, relationships, poetry...the universe!
Hello! My name is Kathy. I write using the name kgcummings. Lazy is why I run it together like that! I'm the author of six novels based in the Vietnam/Hippie era. The story is written from the home front rather than the battle field. It's more about relationships during that era, and how the war affected them.I live in Florida, where the winter has been way too cold for me this year. I "work" actually play with my two year old grand nephew a few days a week, and spend the rest of my time doing pretty much whatever else I like.
In the writer's corner of my life, I have two "jobs" lined up penning biographies for two ladies. One was a teenager during the early Nazi years in Germany. The other is a woman that was left paralized after a traffic accident when she was in her early thirties. Neither woman is "handicapped" and their stories are highly inspirational and motivating.
I've enjoyed reading posts in this group, and hope to make more new friends here.
kgcummings... Kathy
http://www.kgcummings.com
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I'm Dustin from Colorful Colorado. I love reading and I have a shelf set aside for Goodreads Authors. I just heard about this group today, so I had to join :-)
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I'm sure you'll find plenty of new authors here!
Hi. I am an avid reader. I have been known to read 3-4 books a week. I am a 40something mom of 3 very active boys, so reading is a nice escape from the world. I love to read Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, and Young Adult books. Looking forward to reading some of your stuff soon......
:-)Thanks for the warm welcomes!
Hi! My name's Julie and I just discovered Goodreads the other day. My first novel is "The Serpent and the Stag." It's an ebook, available on Smashwords. If there's enough demand, I'll look into publishing it on paper.It's a mystery/adventure and a romance, in which the teenage protagonist finds herself running for safety...into the home of a serial killer.
There's more info here: http://www.your-taxes.com/books/Serpe...
And a Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Books-b...
And the book can be downloaded (First half is free) here: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
Hello all,My name is Lisa and I'm somewhat new to Goodreads. I'm married and a mother of two sweet girls. I love to read and I write when I find time (which can be hard). I mainly read and write Urban Fantasy, but I love traditional Fantasy as well and Sci-Fi when the mood strikes. I'm currently working on a UF book but there's still a long way to go.
I'm excited to see what my fellow Goodreads authors have out and sharing myself, if I get to that point! :)
Greetings everyone! New to the site and the group and wanted to introduce myself. I'm soon to be 44 (where does the time go?) father of two, living in Montana. My first book, A Measure of Disorder, is in the editing stage and will be published soon. The first chapter is available in my writing if you'd like to have a look, I'd appreciate any comments! I'm excited to join this group and look forward to some entertaining discussions!
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Welcome Julie, Lisa, Alexia and Alan :)
My name is Christy Leigh StewartI just came out with [image error] Loath Letters and I plan on another book out this fall.
I'm going to read over 600 books this year.
Hello all!My name is Clifford Scovell. My first published Sci-Fi novel, Prison Earth - Not Guilty as Charged was released by Black Rose Writing in January. (www.prison-earth.com)
My day job is as a freelance computer support consultant in Salem, Oregon, but by night I am an active writer, and reader.
I look forward to interacting with readers and other authors via goodreads.com
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Hello all! I am brand new here, but hope to make this my default social site.(I still haven't 'got' facebook yet. maybe because I don't have any friends :(Anyway, I am a newly published author and my book "Warped & Wired" is available in ever widening distribution across the web(physical and ebook). No brick-and-mortar distro yet, but here's hoping.
You can find more about my book and myself @ www.TheWryterChronicles.com and www.TheBloggitonPost.com
Check them out and let me know what you think.
Hi everyone! My name is Sue Breckwoldt and I am the author of the children's book "The Story of Craig Winston: An Adopted Bear." The story finds Craig (a lovable green bear) feeling stunned and confused when he accidentally overhears his parents telling his Grandma and Grandpa that he has been adopted! Craig, together with the help of his best buddy Ben, tries to come to terms with this shocking discovery. The book is written for adoptees, but also for the parents, educators, school psychologists, librarians and counselors in their lives.
Professionally I am a Clinical Psychologist and have treated many who have struggled with adoption issues. I am beyond excited to have my first book published and look forward to the impact it can make on people's lives!
You can check out more about Craig here: http://www.authorhouse.com/Bookstore/... and here: http://thestoryofcraigwinston.wordpre...
Thank you for any and all feedback!
Hello, everyone,I'm John Lathrop, an American/Canadian whose spent some time in the UK. I've written two novels: The Desert Contract, and the upcoming The End of the Monsoon. Political thrillers, both of them. More about them and about me at: http://jplathrop.net.
You're a book buying country, and I'm interested in what British readers are reading these days.
Hello all. My name is Breanna and I am an aspiring young adult science fiction and fantasy author as well as an aspiring actress (on the stage of course). I love the theater and I also love to spend way too much time making youtube videos. I have a huge folder of started books and I finally settled down to work on just one a couple of months ago. Now that I am about to graduate college, I will finally have time to sit down and actually finish it (unless I get into the Denver Center Theater company... then I'll have to balance to two activities). I will have a pen name once I do actually publish so I will make that my user name the minute my book gets accepted by someone :D I love to read so I hope I can find a lot of good material on here to delve into. I am especially fond of young adult fantasy (like Percy Jackson and Harry Potter). I also talk a lot so I'll just stop there :)
Welcome Christy, Clifford, Cmscovell, Joshua, Suzanne, John and Breanna :)Tika :)
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Hello Everyone! I'm Cici and I love reading! <3 I used to write short stories and poetry, but I really don't anymore :( I do write in a journal though. I'm happy to join the group and have some fun discussions. I love book talk!
Hello, I am a children's book author. My first novel is releasing soon. BELLYACHE: A Delicious Tale.
I love children's books and now have a 9 month old daughter I can share them with!
Hi, I'm Cliff Ball. I'm a reader of SF, historical fiction, political biographies and some politics in general. I'm also an English major, so I completely swear off "classics" for now! lol I have two novels that I've published so far, both science fiction. I've been writing off and on since I was around 10 years old. I had a short story that won 3rd in a contest when I was in high school through my Creative Writing class.Thanks!
Cliff Ball
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Hi there,I am Dune Elliot, I am both an author and reader of mythical/ epic fantasy. It is a genre that I have loved ever since my first experience with 'The Hobbit' when I was younger.
As I write, I want to improve the genre of fantasy and build characters and worlds that are rich in their detail, complex in their reality and easy to fall in love with.
Necromancer
www.duneelliot.net
Hey ya know I read this awesome idea in a Cemetery Dance mag. It was in an interview with Neil Gaiman they did and he talked about Stephen King and Lemony Snicket doing this thing where they had people placing bids for spots in their books. Like you bid and could pay to have your name and a character based on you put into one of their stories somewhere. The money from the bids went to some book or reading thing for schools. I thought this would be a great idea to share with all the authors on Goodreads and I hope someone starts one of these again.
Wow, Steven, that is really interesting. Of course, you have to a name to pull it off, but interesting. :)
I don't know I have read some of the stuff from some of the "not so big named" authors on here and I would definitely bid at least 20 bucks to be put into one of their stories...that would be an awesome experience...and heck it would be an "Unfortunate Event" for my character if I were stuck in Derry Maine with the It clown or burying my wife in the Pet Semetery, as it is in real life I work in a supermarket so my most exciting thing that could happen to me would be for a strange fog to roll in off the Columbian with a nasty government created surprise :o)
lol. I could see where that would be "extraordinary". It's something to keep in mind for the future since it is a very interesting concept.
My name is Denise Roper, and I am the author of The Lord of the Hallows: Christian Symbolism and Themes in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter, which is available at www.outskirtspress.com/thelordoftheha.... I have given several lecture presentations at science fiction and fantasy conventions on the "deeper meaning" of the Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Narnia series. The Lord of the Hallows is the result of all of the research that I've done for these presentations, and so far it has been very well-received by the fandom.
You can read more about it at http://phoenixweasley.wordpress.com.
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there are more nuts on this site than an entire troop of monkeys could eat in a week. If there is an opinion on anything someone will have it! We even talk about books from time to time. Some really good ones come to light which would otherwise have been overlooked. Anyway, enjoy.
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