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My first book is on sale for $0.99 for a limited time!Blue Honor
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Honor-K-Wi...
Blue Honor follows four tightly twined families during the course of the American Civil War. Sometimes yielding their own skirmishes is the only way to see friends and loved ones through the conflict. The only certainty they have is that nothing will be the same when the battles end.
Emily Conrad is the bookish daughter of a wealthy Vermont dairy family. Her indulgent father educated her well, and cultivated ambitions thought improper by her urbane mother. It is decided by her that Emily must settle down with longtime friend, and town philanderer, Evan Howell. The outbreak of war offers Emily an escape, but a stranger soon arrives, threatening her plans more than societal conventions ever could.
Devoted to the young woman who healed her wounds, Henrietta becomes part of the Conrad family, all the while hoping to see her husband and son again. As an escaped slave, she’s lucky to have found peace there, but Evan Howell's return, and the man he brings with him, imperil her new found freedoms. This is a change that could see her locked back in irons, if not executed for what she has done.
Evan isn’t as bad as his reputation implies. He knows his chum Emily will be the best doctor Vermont has ever seen, and he knows he’s not the man to marry her and see that through. With a little manipulation, he convinces his commander, Lieutenant Joseph Maynard, to take leave with him and see the beauty of the North. He just doesn’t let on it’s not hillsides and streams he’s setting the man up for.
Joseph has both power and privilege as the son of a Baltimore lawyer, but status can't guarantee him the things he wants in life. His commission in the army is likely to end in death, a sacrifice he was ready to make to aid the end of slavery—that was until he saw Miss Emily Conrad. Torn between duty and desire, Joseph struggles to maintain his waning convictions.
War weary, they all march on to duty…
An adventure like nothing you've ever experienced: The Kor. http://www.amazon.com/Kor-Warren-Fahy... An experience you'll never forget.
My YA, TALENT, will be released November 1. Fifteen-and-half-year-old Sandee Mason wants to find her talent, get her driver's license, and stop living in the shadow of her big brother, Bri, who disappeared while serving in Afghanistan. B. Lynn Goodwin
The first book in the Royal Command series, Dangerous Liaisons, is FREE today and over the weekend. Sequel is out so don't miss your chance! These are romantic suspense with a dark twist of adult content.
viewbook.at/DangerousLiaisons
Howard Loring I've been asked to join an Authors Forum in order to present my three Epic Fables of Time at the Main Library not far from my Current Reality, a large deal as they are self-published and public libraries pro forma shun such books.It's nice to be recognized.
As fascism descends on a fading America two industrialists test 3 teenagers to see if they deserve freedom or slavery in my new thriller, Escaping America. http://www.amazon.com/Escaping-Americ...
Winner of 12 independent press awards, starred review in Publisher's Weekly Select the feminist food memoir Tasting Home: Coming of Age in the Kitchen is on sale.99 cents, kindle edition, Dec 8-10.
Comes with recipes. Think, Holiday Gift.
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I'll be making a presentation about using prompts to fuel your writing at the California Writers Club--Mt. Diablo Branch meeting this Saturday, December 12. I hope I'll also sell a few copies of my books. B. Lynn Goodwin
Writer Advice Managing Editor, www.writeradvice.com
Author of YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT? Journaling for Caregivers & Author of TALENT
blynngoodwin.com
I will be speaking at the Belvedere Tiburon Library March 29 7 p.m. about my father-in-law's experiences as a Holocaust survivor.
If in the area and need the address please message me! Thanks.
Authors are invited to promote their work on my FB page now through Saturday, March 5th. This is a monthly event that I host. All fiction genres, poetry, and non-fiction are welcome.www.facebook.com/ronald.paxton.3
My YA novel about an 11-year old girl who goes into service in Victorian Derbyshire is on offer @ 99c (US) or 99p (UK) until tomorrow: http://www.amazon.com/Nancie-Angela-R...http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nancie-Angela...
The fourth book in the Jamie series is due for publication on 15th June 2016. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Choices-Jami...As a taster, the first book Looking for Jamie has been reduced to 99c or 99p
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Looking-Jami...
Today's stop on my Virtual Book Tour for my 2nd Detectrive Al Warner suspense novel, BORN TO DIE, is a post of an artixcle I've written on Advise to new fiction weriters. Here's a link:http://www.lilacreviews.com/showcase/...
BORN TO DIE has received all rave reviews, including a recent ione by a reviewer fro Readers' Favorites on line mag.Born To Die: A Detective Al Warner Suspense
Today's post on my Detective Al Warner suspense, BORN TO DIE, is an excerpt from the novel. Several stops on the Tour are posting excerpts, mostly Ch. 3 or 4. There's a larger excerpt available on the Amazon book site in "Look Inside." The novel is on Kindle special now, and FREE for Amazon Unlimited members. Here's the lionk to today's post,. Enjoyhttp://cancersuckscouk.ipage.com/book...
Sign up to win an e-copy of my book, HUSH, LITTLE BABY at www.deborahmpiccurelli.com!You might also want to check out the two new reviews to add to your pile of great summer reads!
Hope to see you there!
Now available at Amazon, Creating Christ: How Roman Emperors Invented Christianity by James Valliant and C.W. Fahy. Get it today! https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Chris...
Hello. I have entered my novel Matters of Convenience in Amazon’s Kindle Scout contest. The link below will take you to an excerpt that went live 9/14 and will be up for 30 days. Please check it out if interested, and hopefully you'll see fit to nominate MOC for a publishing deal from Kindle Press. Thank you very much in advance to those who show my book some love. If KP chooses to publish Matters of Convenience, everyone who nominated it will win a free copy. https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/33R3...
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Matters of Convenience
“...A book so original, exciting, accessible and informed on subjects that are of obvious importance to the world.” – Prof. Robert Eisenman https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Chris...
After 30 years of research, now available at last. The Da Vinci Code was a fantasy. This is the truth. https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Chris...
The Da Vinci Code was a fantasy. This is the truth. CREATING CHRIST: HOW ROMAN EMPERORS INVENTED CHRISTIANITY is now available in audiobook: https://www.facebook.com/CrossroadPre...
Hello Everyone.
My new Christian Romance/Suspense/Fantasy novel, Heaven's Oasis is due out next Tuesday (November 22nd)! Below is a little about Heaven's Oasis:
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HEAVEN'S OASIS
Claire is dead.
She’s been the love of Kevin Foster’s life for as long as he can remember; his soulmate, and his best friend.
Before she dies, Claire, an archaeologist, goes on an expedition to the Middle East and comes across evidence supporting the existence of a biblical, antediluvian site the ancients called Heaven’s Oasis, and that certain ancient artifacts can lead her to it. Claire believes that finding this site will help prove the Bible's veracity, and provide indisputable evidence of God's existence.
Following her unexpected death Claire's expeditions become public knowledge, and the subsequent assaults against her reputation from the scientific community and the media are both brutal and relentless.
Furious at the public ridicule and to prove she was right, Kevin decides to pick up where Claire left off in her search and to finish what she started. He’s willing to sacrifice everything, even his life, to restore her reputation and to honor her memory.
A billionaire arms dealer named Kain Masterson has also been searching for the Oasis, however, intending to keep what he finds for himself. The deadly competition soon becomes a struggle just to stay alive in the race to find the artifacts, follow the clues, and ultimately to find Heaven’s Oasis.
Watch the Book Trailer: https://www.goodreads.com/videos/1118...
Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/hgqdd9t
Just released my latest book, Power Writing: Make Your Genre Fiction Soar! Learn how to color outside the lines and write bold genre fiction that will enthrall your readers and make your stories soar.Power Writing: Make Your Genre Fiction SoarNovice writers learn about 'tells' that warn editors and agents of amateur writing. Veteran writers discover the flavors of world building, description from the eye of the beholder, and the power of theme.
Power Writing provides insights into many unique topics rarely discussed by other writing books. You'll find tips on writing magic, fortune telling, making maps and writing great battle scenes. Learn how to spice it up with romantic subplots and how to write with iconic images and tropes.
Examples are drawn from genre masterworks like Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Martin's Game of Thrones, Herbert's Dune, Rowling's Harry Potter, and the author's own Silk & Steel Saga, as well as examples from silver screen blockbusters like Star Wars, Star Trek, Braveheart and Gladiator.
Fans of The Silk & Steel Saga will peek behind the curtain, gaining insights into the author's imaginings. Revisit the wonders of Erdhe with the author as your tour guide.
BORN TO DIE, the 2nd of my Detective Al Warner series, is going on Kindle Countdown on Nov 29. Rave 5-Star reviews from review magazines. Get if for $0.99 on the 29th and 30th, then it goes up a dollar. Regular Kindle price is $4.99. And of course, Kindle Unlimited members can get it for free.Don't miss connecting with a very human detective, likened by readers to Patterson't Alex Cross.Born To Die: A Detective Al Warner Suspense
Just a reminder: My 2nd Detective Al Warner novel, BORN TO DIE, is on a $0.99 promo (usually $4.99) as a Kindle Countdown, starting on Nov. 29. Don't miss a chance to get this 5-Star reviewed novel, where Al Warner, on medical leave after a shootout at the end of DEATH'S ANGEL, helps Casey, a beautiful nurse, investigate a suspicious rash of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) deaths of 6-month-old boys. Casey's obsession eventually puts her life in mortal danger. Become a Warner fan. Readers liken him to Patterson's Alex Cross.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B016V6P7EK
Born To Die: A Detective Al Warner Suspense
Honored to contribute to this anthology of horror writers on "Animal Attack" films. I wrote the essay on "Jaws." https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/909...
The His Perfect Love virtual book launch party soon. Don’t miss it!Thursday, December 8, 2016, 6:00 p.m. through 10:00 p.m. Central Time.
My book will be available on Amazon and Kindle in 3-5 days. (correction...it is available now to my surprise. :D )
This will be a costume party. Dress up as your favorite character from your favorite book, sign in, and be read to post a picture of yourself in costume so we can guess which character you’re dressed as. (Don’t worry if you can’t get a costume…come as you are…even in your PJs) Bring lots of virtual food and drink, and be ready to post a picture of what you’ve brought too, with recipe, if you have one.
During the party, there will be giveaways chosen at random. I’ll be giving away an autographed copy of my book during the first hour and autographed copies of books from other authors, and gift cards throughout the evening. We’ll also have author guest spots where you can interact with some very good writers, a writing prompt at which you can try your own hand and skill, recipes, and fun, fun, fun.
Amongst all the other activities, I’ll be posting some segments to the first chapter of His Perfect Love. So, keep your eyes peeled.
Here's the link to the page: https://www.facebook.com/events/24621...
The acclaimed new groundbreaking book, Creating Christ: How Roman Emperors Invented Christianity, is now on Audible: https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Chris...
Aaron(Everlast) wrote: "Sounds fascinating, Warren. Is it available in stores and libraries?" It is available in eBook and Audible.
See the irrefutable evidence that finally proves that Roman emperors invented Christianity in the new blockbuster... https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Chris...
Happy New Year! Chick Lit Humor - The Vampire Mafia - A Guardian in Love - A Lost Gold Mine - Four Authors - Four Giveaways See posts for eligibility and End Dates!Click on Banners to Enter - Discover a NEW Author to Read!
The Da Vinci Code was fantasy. Here, at last, is the truth. Now in Audible. https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Chris...
I need your help! Please #Nominate Unknown Presence on #Kindlescout! If selected you receive a FREE eCopy!https://goo.gl/gdC4IK
Tired of winter? Be sure to attend the HEA Stories - Sweet Romance Winter Getaway on March 8th from 7:00 - 9:00 pm EST. There'll be books, giveaways, and more. Don'[t miss the fun!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/12273...
My eBook – So Great an Announcement – will be available for free download on Amazon, from 15 to 19 March 2018, and other eBook - The Night of Transition - from 22 to 26 March, both at http://bit.ly/19ebow. Kindly post honest reviews of the books on Amazon – whether favourable or unfavourable – after reading, and thanks in advance. Both books are religious fiction dealing with the search for the World Redeemer of mankind at the end-times.
I'll be doing an AMA at AMAfeed this Friday. More details soon!
AMA with me, author of Fragment and Pandemonium, on Sunday at 6pm PST: https://authorsama.amafeed.com/warren...
RIGHT NOW! ASK ME ANYTHING! Author of biological thriller FRAGMENT and other novels...
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#Writers submit your #fiction short stories forSEPTEMBER WRITING CHALLENGE: Dystopian World
Writing Prompts:
1. An all controlling government
2. A global catastrophe
3. An unusual home.
SETTING – Any, Past, Present or Future
PLOT – your choice
LENGTH: 1,000 to 1,500 Words
DEADLINE: Sept. 27th
Winner get bragging rights :)
Theme: Your Utopia, My Dystopia
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
“1984 for the 21st Century…” My novel, MAGENTA, is free today for the holidays. What are you waiting for? Get a copy for yourself or as a gift for others. Please share! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
If anyone is interested in moderating the group Writers 750 here at Goodreads, please message me here at Goodreads. The group started on Linkedin and was moved to Goodreads January 2016 when Linkedin was going through changes. The group traditionally holds a monthly writing contest where the host (usually someone who volunteers) gives the writing theme and prompts. The group has put out numerous anthologies beginning with several Giant Tales anthologies, 31 Days of October Volumes 1, 2, and 3, Waiting for Messiah, and The Power of Forgiveness. With continued effort and leadership, the group can continue to do great things. Please message me if you're interested. Thank you.https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Join us for a February writing challengeWriters 750 Goodreads
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Feb. Nat'l Tell A Fairy Tale Day
#WritingCommunity #FlashFiction
like Grimm fairy tales, https://lnkd.in/gB7VJYcU
Prompts:
*Magic and Enchantment
*Talisman
*Revelation
Deadline Feb. 24th
I'm participating in Heather Graham's Writers for New Orleans in June. https://www.writersforneworleans.com/Also doing San Jose Con in August. https://sanjosecon.com/
If you're local to either of these events, I'd love to meet you.
Haven't been around much lately (writing!) but back with a new novel!To Refrain from Embracing
If you enjoyed my last novel, Shirts and Skins, you'll likely enjoy this one as well...
"From the backdrop of an impoverished steel-working community in working-class Hamilton, Ontario, in the 1970s, To Refrain From Embracing follows the trials faced by a small family after a suicide-attempt results in 34-year-old veteran Ted being checked into the Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital. His wife Gloria struggles with family finances and growing worries related to the well-being of their 10-year-old son Josh while also re-embracing her Indigenous identity through encounters with a local steelworker and remembrances of her mother. Josh meanwhile, struggles with his nascent sexuality, lack of acceptance from his peers, and fears about his father's mental health, all while entering into a friendship with a troubled neighbourhood teen.
To Refrain From Embracing is an immersive, naturalistic, and sometimes darkly comedic exploration of a family pushed up against personal and societal precepts of class, race, and sexuality."
Happy reading!
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The Trailokya Trilogy, Book One: The Shadow Soul
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