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Get a jump on Halloween! Free Sunday 8/10!!Poetry in Motion - Halloween Issue
http://amzn.com/B0099AL7YU
Today is book release day for my Prohibition-era mystery, The Yankee Club. Hope you'll take a look at some of the Goodreads reviews. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...Michael Murphy
www.mjmurphy.com
I'm pleased to announce that I have signed a contract with Deer Hawk Publications for my novel, "Broken." My novel, "Soul Man," is scheduled for release next April, followed by "Broken" in January 2016. Both novels are part of the Salem Matthews series which began here:www.amazon.com/Deep-Water-Ronald-Paxt...
"This 5 star book will be a welcome addition to anyone's collection. The suspense and climactic drama is superb in each of his 3 books."http://lnkd.in/b7ePUVw
My new novel, Moxie's Problem is now available in ebook and paperback editions. I'm offering Goodreads members a 50% discount on Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view... Use discount code xe34v at checkout to get the discount
Here's the book blurb
Do you enjoy untypical coming-of-age stories? Well, you won’t find one more untypical than Moxie’s Problem. Moxie is an obnoxious, teen-age princess who has never been outside her father’s castle. Until now. The real world is quite different and she struggles to come to grips with reality. The story take space against a backdrop of Camelot. But it isn’t the Camelot of legends. It’s Camelot in a parallel universe. So, all bets are off!
"I enjoyed every second of the read. Can't wait to read more from this incredible author..."www.amazon.com/Deep-Water-Ronald-Paxt...
When a fellow writer gives your book this kind of praise you've got to brag a little: http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Desire-...
Wow! This isn't the Wall Street Journal or the New York Times, but I am sure pleased to take it. http://www.examiner.com/article/the-t...
Delighted that The Plot to Save Socrates is on 10 Perfect Summer Reads Authored by NYU Alumni, along with The Hunger Games, Catch 22, Lipstick Jungle, Pretty Little Liars, and novels much better known than mine. http://hashtagnyu.tumblr.com/post/859...
Mike wrote: "Wow! This isn't the Wall Street Journal or the New York Times, but I am sure pleased to take it. http://www.examiner.com/article/the-t...
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Congratulations, Mike. Hope it sells some books for you.
Calling all writers and book lovers. Open invitation for authors to promote your work on my FB page from now through Friday, September 5th. If you're a book lover stop by and check out the latest from some great authors.www.facebook.com/ronald.paxton.3
Thank you Ronald! I just shared my website on your page. Feel free to share your work on my page too! https://www.facebook.com/suejulsen
Work or kids stressing you out? Give yourself a break and giggle a little. Funnybones contains a variety of comical quick reads sure to tickle your funnybone. Buy it for Kindle or in paperback at Amazon. This collection is now FREE for subscribers to Kindle Unlimited. Try KU for Kindle and Kindle apps. The first month is free...http://amzn.com/B008VTNT0A
Hello, for my BSP, blatant self-promotion, if you dig crime and mystery stories, I offer my collection of such in Treacherous: Grifters, Ruffians and Killers. Alan Cranis said of the work on bookgasm.com -- "Phillips obviously loves his anti-heroes, as the stories’ major characters are all, as the subtitle promises, grifters, ruffians and killers. You may not be on their side, but you can’t help but be fascinated by their escapades."Here's the link to the e-book version --
http://tinyurl.com/ngp9wu3
Under False Flags (Skyhorse/Yucca Publishing) is now out in paperback, ebook and audiobook: 
In Under False Flags, two soldiers on opposing sides—one American, one German—desert together after being forced into suicidal duty during WWII's brutal Battle of the Bulge.
My new novel, "Haven," is featured this week on the Piker Press bookshelf. Stop by and take a look if you have a few minutes.www.pikerpress.com
Tales From Gundarland, my award-winning collection of fantasy short stories and novellas, is now a free download. It’s available from Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...IStore https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/tale...
and B&N http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tales...
Hi,My new book, the latest in the Murray of Letho Regency crime series, is 99c till the end of September.
1812 – Recovering in Naples from the intrigues of Scottish politics, Charles Murray is drawn further afield by urgent news of an old servant in distant Mughal India. Going to the aid of one woman, he finds another and is pursued by a third. But that is no recipe for an easy life, and with imperial spies on the streets of Delhi, Murray must investigate the murder that brought him to the East, and redeem himself in his own eyes.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tender-Herb-M...
My paperback book The Weavers of Time will be coming out very soon. Book One contains 80,000 words of the 199,000 word story and is based on the six part Kindle series of the same name. It is a Viking fantasy set in Norway in the C10th and is based on authentic Viking mythology and beliefs.When the parents of a Norse family are murdered by Viking raiders, the four children Thorkel, Gudrid, Kelt and Little Freya are forced to flee for their lives. When they learn of the mysterious Norns - the fabled Weavers of Time - who can restore the past, the children set off in search of them.
They embark upon an incredible journey to Asgard the realm of the gods, but before they get there they have to cross Joutunheim the land of the giants where many dangers await them. In this epic adventure the children are forced to grow up very fast and they soon learn that their own gods can be just as fickle and unpredictable as their fellow humans...
“Romances of George Sand” now available as a $2.99 KindleOxford professor, Belinda Jack said about “Romances of George Sand”: “What a read! Not lacking in action and very imaginative.” Other positive reviews and blurbs from established scholars and writers are available on the book’s page: http://anaphoraliterary.com/catalogue.... This radical, anti-romantic, historical novel about one of the top French female literary figures, George Sand, is available in soft, hard, Kindle and Smashwords editions from various distributors. Grab a Kindle here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NP555AM. The author is readily available for interviews, for emailing review copies and other projects related to this book. Send notes to director@anaphoraliterary.com. Anna Faktorovich is the Director of Anaphora Literary Press, which has released over 100 titles by different authors.
Anna Faktorovich
John wrote: "My paperback book The Weavers of Time will be coming out very soon. Book One contains 80,000 words of the 199,000 word story and is based on the six part Kindle series of the same name. It is a Vik..."I wish you all the best.
Hollywood made him a blacksmith, who seduced a queen. The Arabs called him "like a king." The English with Richard the Lionheart saw him as "shallow-minded" and "savage" -- but the Lionheart turned to him when he needed peace. Balian d'Ibelin was a controversial man even in his own time. Read more about him in "Knight of Jerusalem," the first book of a three part biographical novel now available on amazon.com:http://www.amazon.com/Knight-Jerusale...
HI Rick, Just wanted to share out my latest work "Politics 101: A Guide to Creating Your Campaign. Thirty years of experience shoved into one short ebook. http://www.amazon.com/Politics-101-Gu...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..."
For a humorous look at finding a setting for a book, please check out Evelyn Cullet’s post today at http://marjamcgraw.blogspot.com/ . I think you’ll enjoy her reasons. Thank you,
Marja
Hello my fellow members and avid readers!I just wanted to let everyone know that I have listed a giveaway of Rominus: The Initiation that will soon end in 2 days! Enter now for a chance to win. Check out what other readers have said about it. If you're looking for a cool read this Halloween/autumn season, this might be the book for you.
SYNOPSIS:
Rominus is a chronicle of human history and a coming-of-age story about a poor and embittered young man named Julian Angelis who mysteriously loses his mother on the night of his 21st birthday when she is murdered in cold blood. Shortly after her death, he is taken in by an elite academy that clandestinely seeks to make him into a weapon and initiate him into vampirism. Little does Julian realize however that he is surrounded by his mother's killers who are all members of the Rominus Empire, a secret society of vampires that has mercilessly ruled over humanity since the fall of Atlantis. But when the academy forsakes him after his third suicide attempt, Julian is saved by a vampire so notorious that his name has become legend even among humans, Vlad Tepes Dracula. Convinced that Julian is the Messiah destined to rule the Rominus Empire and unite its warring clans, Vlad risks everything to aid a vengeful Julian by helping him to finish his vampire training. But when Julian discovers Vlad's intention to make him into King of the Empire that killed his mother, he tries to run away until he realizes that his hate is not enough to push him to finish his training and stop his mother's killers, he needs a driving force more powerful to finish his journey. And he finds it in the heart of a beautiful young slave girl named Imani. The bitter youth who had for so long sought to end his suffering and life, finally finds a reason to live, a reason to fight. Love.
With the help of Vlad, Imani and another historical despot turned reluctant guardian, Erzsebeth Bathory, Julian embarks on an impossible journey into lands unknown in order to stop his mother's killers before they usurp the throne of Rominus and spark the annihilation of humans and vampire alike.
If you'd like to learn more, please visit www.eruscrolls.com
Happy readings everyone ^-^
Free Ebook Sept. 27th & 28th at the Kindle store Goddess of the Moon: Mayan World of Vampires
http://www.amazon.com/Goddess-Moon-Ma...
This ebook is scheduled for other free promotions on Oct. 4th, 5th and 9th. A review both at Goodreads and at Amazon are appreciated. This is clean reading but it has romance and plenty of action. The dialogue was written with young people in mind.
3rd Sierra Waters novel - Chronica - now available for pre-order
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NYEX3T4/r...
1st paragraph of novel http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2014...
faces of the real characters in Chronica http://www.pinterest.com/paullev/real...
Just in time for Halloween, Untreed Reads is launching a 25 percent off sale on all horror and mystery titles, through Oct. 31. The sale includes two of my short stories--Open and Shut and The Man Everyone Loved. If you haven't read them, here's a link: http://store.untreedreads.com/index.p...While you're there, check out some of the other great offerings.
Life is a series of stories which should be shared. With that thought I wrote 8 short stories based on my experiences as a Navy Medical Officer during the Vietnam war. US NAVAL HOSPITAL was written as memoir tales with a touch of fiction. Names were changed but events were real even though they're sometimes outrageous. My experience with an army sergeant patient who presented as a werewolf introduced me into the reality of a syndrome called Lycanthropy. What about radioactive cockroaches living in a submarine's nuclear reactor room. If they can survive why can't we? It was fun writing about my life but scary living it. http://sbpra.com/peterglassman/
Balian d'Ibelin made a scandalously advantageous marriage -- to the Dowager Queen of Jerusalem, Maria Comnena. She earned the enduring bitterness of English chroniclers by daring to defy Richard the Lionheart. Read more about both Balian (hero of Ridley Scott's film "The Kingdom of Heaven") and Maria in:
Knight of Jerusalem: A Biographical Novel of Balian D'Ibelin
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My newest novel is a Young Adult time travel thriller to prehistoric Africa, called "The Murder of Adam and Eve." It's a survival story, war story, love story, and environmental fable, good for kids and adults alike.My website has details and links: http://www.williamdietrich.com.
Just received a new 5 star review for "Haven!" If you are interested in learning more about this story and my writing in general, this particular review goes into a lot of detail.You can read the review here on Goodreads or on Amazon.
http://lnkd.in/b7ePUVw
Crime writer Joan Curtis interviewed me. We talk about writing, genealogy and characters. Have a look: https://twitter.com/jrlindermuth/stat...
My latest book just came out about recovery from psychological trauma, $3.49 for limited time on amazon and free for anyone who wants to write a review on goodreads and/or amazon.
Just as a sport's team needs to have good team work to win games so does the writer. ... http://janetsyasnitsick.wordpress.com...
Read excerpts from my latest novel Knight of Jerusalem: A Biographical Novel of Balian D'Ibelin
on my blog: http://schradershistoricalfiction.blo...
FREE! SAT-Sun-Mon The Chatman's Corner GangLink: http://amzn.com/B00J9GVBMC
In the fall of nineteen sixty-eight, due to the death of his stepfather, Andrew and his mother are forced to move from their lavish estate in London to the housing projects at Chatman's Corner. On his first night out, Andrew is befriended by Napper Holloway, the leader of the Chatman's Corner Gang. Together the two boys, along with the rest of the gang, begin an adventure which would soon change their lives. Danger lurks around every corner as the gang gets involved in the search for a missing girl. Upon surviving their ordeal, the kids learn a valuable life lesson about the dangers of bullying.
Three 5-star reviewed mystery/suspense novels in one convenient location! See them here:http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos...
Writer Fiona McVie saw fit to interview me. Here's where you'll find all the dirt: http://authorsinterviews.wordpress.co...
Another 5-star review for "Haven!""This was an excellent read and I couldn't put it down. Ronald Paxton is a new favorite author and I am thoroughly impressed with his work. I have to read the other books now. Not going to spoil it for anyone but I loved the imagination and vocabulary in this book. Winter Songs is up next."
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Hi! I'm A'Mera Frieman, author of the Victoria's Journey series of which Victoria's Beginning, Book 1 has been a top Kindle free book in the "Theater" and "Literary Fiction" categories for two months. Reviews are at 4.5 stars! I wanted to share the link and brief synopsis with the group. Enjoy!Victoria's Beginning! Through hardships and challenges, can Victoria triumph over the old family voodoo curse and conquer her differences with her faith and find her destiny? Don't miss the exciting drama! Top Kindle free books!! Get your free Kindle copy today! http://t.co/6ejBNit3A7
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Tell vs. Show
By L. Allen Stovey
Show your readers your story and you will pull them into the action and hold their attention. Create a moving picture in reader’s minds in order to keep the reader in the story. Showing works best for chapter openings and action scenes. Telling the story works when the writer wants to move the story along and quicken the pace. A good mix of both is best.
The five senses in writing may add up to six. The sixth sense being the pictures the author creates. Good use of seeing, touching, smelling, tasting, and hearing woven into the narrative can add up to an overall sense of being in the scene for readers.
For example:
Telling: Jack chased the dog that was chasing his cat into the back yard, tripped on a child’s toy and fell into the pool.
Showing: The neighbor’s big gray dog growled at Jack’s cat and chased it into the big back yard. Jack shoes slipped in the watered grass as he streaked around the house chasing the big gray dog. His cat scrambled so fast it didn’t notice the sixteen foot wide swimming pool straight ahead. The cat leapt across the pool in a panic mode. The hair stood up on its back and it screamed when its feet touched the water two thirds of the way across the pool. Somehow the cat splashed its way across the final few feet of water and clawed its way up the side of the blue tile surrounding the pool. The big dog plunged into the water creating a huge tidal wave that nearly drowned the cat as it streaked into a row of blue spruce trees on the other side of the pool. Jack had no choice. Unable to stop at the last second, he plunged headlong into the water, fully clothed, joining the dog for a swim.
The secret to success is, never quit. That’s all. It’s easy, right!
Good writing and reading.