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Tim wrote: "Review I just posted for Edwin Stark's "Echo Station One"South America will never be the same...
Edwin Stark is a writer who, as he would say, is trapped in the hinterlands of Venezuela. This wo..."
Nicely done Tim.
Tim wrote: "Review I just posted for Edwin Stark's "Echo Station One"South America will never be the same...
Edwin Stark is a writer who, as he would say, is trapped in the hinterlands of Venezuela. This wo..."
Great review, Tim. Congrats, Edwin!
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I woke with a sharp pain in my thigh. The cardboard I had earlier pulled over me for protection against the wind was gone and the frigid wind stabbed easily through my ragged clothes. The policeman kicked me again, in the stomach this time.
"Move on, buddy. You can't stay here." His voice was callous and cracked with age.
I didn't argue, didn't even look up, just staggered to my feet and made my way out of the small alcove of the brick apartment building, back into the dark street. I knew I had to go at least a dozen blocks to be out of his beat. With luck, the next policeman would be younger and not so street-hardened. I longed to settle down and sleep in one spot for more than a few hours. How long had it been since I'd slept peacefully? A lifetime—no, two lifetimes...the lifetimes of my wife and little boy.
I gritted my teeth and trudged on, thankful there was no snow yet. Christmas lights glared at me from many of the apartment windows I passed. I didn't know for certain, but it seemed to me the dreaded holiday was only a week or so away. Just the thought of it gave me a sink¬ing feeling inside.
I fought against it, but the memories of my last Christmas flooded my mind. I remembered the way Tabitha had laughed and joked until I broke the news. I remembered the way she had coddled Derek as I left the apartment that night. The accusation in her eyes had stayed with me every day since.
How could I have known? How could anyone have known that Santa Claus would be a jacked-up teen with an addiction in the apartment below ours? And who could have guessed that the kid would attempt to light a cigarette with his gas stove and instead catch his hair on fire? Like a campfire to kindling, the flames had spread rapidly through the dried wood of the old building. In just moments, all four stories had erupted into flames.
I rounded a corner and made my way east, my mind still toiling through the memories. I should have been there. I had desperately needed to be there. But once again my work had taken priority. "Another few months," I remembered telling her, "and we'll have all the time in the world. Another few months and we can move out of this apartment and get someplace nice for Derek."
"But we need you now," she countered. "It's Christmas Eve."
"I know, Tabby, but the partners are expecting me. We can still get a sitter if you want to go to the party with me."
"No!"
She hadn't been about to leave the baby alone on Christmas Eve. I might have been a heartless parent, but she wasn't. Ultimately, I had gone alone to the firm's Christmas party without her. I had left my family alone, instead choosing to be with a bunch of lawyers who neither thought about nor cared a single iota for me or for my family.
For those people and for my own warped sense of priorities, I had left my family alone to die.
In all, twelve tenants had been pulled from the building and laid with sheets over their bodies. Most, like my wife and son, had suffocated in the thick smoke. The police said Tabitha made it all the way to Derek's room, but there she collapsed. They found her beside the crib, her hand still grasping the lower rail. Neither she nor Derek had survived.
Tim Greaton's novels:
[[ASIN:B003LBRITQ The Santa Shop (The Santa Conspiracy)]] Christmas through the eyes of suicide (27 five-star reviews).
[[ASIN:B005D7JNDA Under-Heaven]] Pain doesn't end at death, at least not for nine-year-old Nate (6 five-star reviews). See the amazing theater-like book preview here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZrA0K...
[[ASIN:B005F9YF20 Zachary Pill, The Dragon at Station End (The Zachary Pill Series)]] Magic won't save you...but monsters might (7 five-star reviews).
[[ASIN:B005BRTY7C Bones in the Tree]] A chick-lit dating catastrophe in Maine (four five-star reviews).
[[ASIN:B005I4O73E Ancestor - Book 1]] A 1600's colonial terror wants to come back now.
[[ASIN:B005ME3B0A Ancestor - Book 2]] Friends stand against an evil too powerful to defeat.
Tim Greaton stories/anthologies:
[[ASIN:B0054QZV22 The Shaft & Two Other Stories]] dark tales to leave you shivering.
[[ASIN:B005ZY76DU Dustin Jeckle & Mr. Hydel]] a modern twist on a classic tale.
[[ASIN:B005ZYAB6Y For the Deposit & Two Other Stories]] Tales of murder and mayhem .
99 cents each
Tim wrote: "27 Five-Star reviews for [[ASIN:B003LBRITQ The Santa Shop (The Santa Conspiracy)]]. Here’s an excerpt…I woke with a sharp pain in my thigh. The cardboard I had earlier pulled over me for protecti..."
Oh my God, Tim. That was so powerful. Amazing writing.
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By the way, I just got off the phone with a writer in the DC area, Larry Donnell. Your name came up. He currently is focused mostly on stories. Would you consider him for a review and interview?
Either way, let me know and I'll pass the information on :-)
Hi everyone, would like to offer you a free copy of my new novel Johnny Oops 11 - Timeless at Smashwords ES34DRegards,
ArthurJohnny Oops 11 - Timeless
Tim wrote: "Thanks, Sandy. By the way, I just got off the phone with a writer in the DC area, Larry Donnell. Your name came up. He currently is focused mostly on stories. Would you consider him for a review ..."
Tim,
Sure you can give him my name. Here's my e-mail address: sandy(dot)wolters(at)q(dot)com.
Sandy
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I forwarded your email, Sandy. I imagine he'll be in touch soon :-)
Thanks Arthur. I'll read it when I get done with all the others that I have to read. I'm doing really good about doing a review when I get done reading a book now.Our book is on Smashwords.
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
PY76G
Maybe somebody in this group could use another free book to read and possibly review.
Lynn
Morning AllSorry to be ignoring you at the moment. I'm trying to catch up on all the book reads I've promised. Oh! and trying to do some writing also :)
Miss you all but keeping an eye on the thread still.
Tee
Good morning, everyone.Today I'm featuring Jenny Milchman, author of the short story The Very Old Man available in Lunch Reads Volume 1.
This is an exciting interview because Jenny not only discusses her short story with us, she also tells us about her eleven year journey to get her novel, Cover Of Snow, published. Stop by Sandy's Spotlight, leave a comment for Jenny, tweet your peeps and Facebook your friends. If you enjoy learning about new authors, please subscribe to the blog to receive an e-mail every other Friday to remind you of the new author interview.
http://sandywolters.weebly.com/2/post...
Sandy,It has been tweeted and Face-booked on my end. Hope it helps you both out.
Lynn
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Experience an amazing life in the heartlands…
“A gentle tug is all it takes,” might have been the author’s first thought when he wrote the opening hook of a young girl’s infatuation with a singularly wonderful boy. Then, once we are settled in for a simple love story, C.E. Lemieux Jr. pulls us faster and faster through what soon becomes a fabulous storyscape in the life of a beautiful woman.
Abby Lynn McAllister is a tomboy with her heart set on one man, or boy as he was back then. Her best friend and hero, Henry Newburn was destined to be hers; she just knows it. Like every relationship, though, theirs has obstacles that require both patience and love, but it isn’t until tragedy strikes that Abby Lynn learns the true depth of Henry’s love for her.
As the story unfolds in Forgan Oklahoma, a sparse little town just far enough inside the panhandle to make travel to anywhere almost a villain in Abby Lynn’s journey through life, we realize the author has granted us a genuine time-stamped peek into the heartlands of this country. C.E. Lemieux Jr.’s true gift, however, is how he populates this real place with characters that, though flawed, are often sprinkled with an underlying sense of goodness that I can only hope will rub off on his readers.
I whole-heartedly endorse this book. After all, it could also serve as a blueprint to a more fulfilled life.
Reviewed by “Maine’s Other Author”(TM) Tim Greaton
Sandy wrote: "Lynn, You're awesome! Thanks."I do what I can to help out. You're most welcome.
Tim,You even write reviews very well.
Lynn
Can I recommend both of these books by Gerry McCulloughBelfast Girls and Danger Danger. I have just now finished Danger Danger and this is the review.
DANGER DANGER
GERRY MCCULLOUGH
Danger Danger is the wonderful story of twin sisters separated at birth. Their seventeen year old unmarried mother, can only look after one child. Thinking the twin is a boy Maria the mother decides to keep the little girl.
Their lives at times run almost parallel. Katie and her boyfriend Declan run a thin line with drug involvement, whilst her unknown sister Jo-Anne (Annie) survives in a different high profile world of Monet paintings and Zurich Swiss bank accounts.
Katie and Jo-Anne (Annie) finally get to meet when they are both involved in a tragic head on collision.
I absolutely fell in love with Gerry McCullough’s block busting novel Belfast Girls, which in my opinion couldn’t be surpassed and very worthy of the Man Brooker Prize. Danger Danger is an amazing page turning, stunning novel, which caught me by surprise and is equal to Belfast Girls in every respect.
I can’t wait for her next novel to be published. I know I will love it whatever the storyline. Mc Cullough cannot put a foot wrong and has a natural flair for writing blockbusters.
Teresa Geering 04/11/2011
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You even write reviews very well.
Lynn"
Very kind of you to say, Lynn. I received your interview information and will get it back to you soon :-)
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Belfast Girls and Danger Danger. I have just now finished Danger Danger and this is the review.
DANGER DANGER
GERRY MCCULLOUGH
Danger Danger..."
Sounds like these would be great books to read. I'm almost afraid to add them to my TBR list, though, because it's already long enough to be a novella. Maybe I can tuck them in there at the top, though...
Thanks, Tee :-)
Tim wrote: "Teresa wrote: "Can I recommend both of these books by Gerry McCulloughBelfast Girls and Danger Danger. I have just now finished Danger Danger and this is the review.
DANGER DANGER
GERRY MCCULLOUGH..."
My Kindle is getting heavier by the day with the downloads Tim, but anything I see by Gerry McCullough I ALWAYS zone in on.
Tee
Tim, is there any way as the admin of this site that you can turn off the replay of the previous post. I don't even read half the posts here because they all start out with so and so said. I know if we would all erase those before we type that would solve the problem but not all of us are going to remember to do it. I belong to so many groups any more it can be time consuming and I hate to reread the same thing too many times. If not, I'll continue to muddle through. I know a place Charity has here at goodreads the previous posts don't come up. I am not sure if she did something or if it is the type of group it is. Marla
I was interviewed by Steel Diamonds Publishing. I'm curious to find out if any of you have the same reaction to some of the questions that I had. When you click on the link, you have to scroll down to get to my interview.http://www.steeldiamondspublishing.co...
Maybe I'm just being hypersensitive.
Sandy Wolters
Sandy wrote: "I was interviewed by Steel Diamonds Publishing. I'm curious to find out if any of you have the same reaction to some of the questions that I had. When you click on the link, you have to scroll do..."Sandy,
Read your interview, some of the questions felt a little strange like they hoped to get a rise out of you, but you handled them all beautifully.
No worries here for your image. You did great.
Just Sayin,
Craig
C.S. wrote: "Sandy wrote: "I was interviewed by Steel Diamonds Publishing. I'm curious to find out if any of you have the same reaction to some of the questions that I had. When you click on the link, you hav..."Thanks, Craig. I took offense to some of the questions. Maybe it was just the way they were worded, but it did bother me. I was concerned that I came across as a little bitchy in my responses.
Sandy wrote: "C.S. wrote: "Sandy wrote: "I was interviewed by Steel Diamonds Publishing. I'm curious to find out if any of you have the same reaction to some of the questions that I had. When you click on the ..."Not at all Sandy. If someone asked me what portions of my book someone might take offense to, I would tell them I don't write to offend people. I write where the story leads me.
I felt that one was setting you up to come off as bitchy or uppity.
Or the self publishing question about getting inferior writing on the market. You are right, we read our material more than anyone and even though I'm with a small press, they don't have money for extra editing, so I need to do what I have to to polish it. Self publishing didn't do anything to change that.
But you handled them well.
Take Care,
Craig
C.S. wrote: "Sandy wrote: "C.S. wrote: "Sandy wrote: "I was interviewed by Steel Diamonds Publishing. I'm curious to find out if any of you have the same reaction to some of the questions that I had. When you..."Whew. I feel so much better. Thanks, Craig.
Marla wrote: "Tim, is there any way as the admin of this site that you can turn off the replay of the previous post. I don't even read half the posts here because they all start out with so and so said. I know ..."Hey Marla, you should be able to do it. On the group home page click on edit membership then scroll down to group discussion updates. I hope that this helps :)
Charity, as far as I can tell that is just for the emails. Marla
I'll watch to see if what I did helps. Thanks
You're welcome Tim. I'll be looking for it. Thanks.Lynn
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5.0 out of 5 stars [[ASIN:B005D7JNDA Under-Heaven]] (GMTA REVIEW), November 6, 2011
By Kitty Bullard "Great Minds Think Aloud Litera... (North Carolina) - See all my reviewsThis review is from: Under-Heaven (Kindle Edition)
"UNDER-HEAVEN" BY TIM GREATON
It's two o'clock in the morning here and I just finished Tim Greaton's novel "Under Heaven." I could not go to bed until I wrote this review and you will soon understand why. There is so much emotion in this book that you can't help but feel it in the depths of your soul.
Perhaps it's that the story has so much to do with children and the tragic demise of young Nate, or perhaps it's simply the spiritual elements that have just the right amount of religious undertones to truly make you think... and wonder. What happens to little Nate makes you feel a mixture of hurt, sadness, and anger at a whole new kind of prejudice that a lot of us likely never even knew existed. But, the part that brings the wonder is watching his story in "Under-Heaven" develop alongside that of another young boy named Jesse.
By the time you get to the end you won't believe the connection the two share and as much as you try to figure it out you never will. I loved this novel and urge you to read it. It's a beautifully written story with a cinematic quality you can see play out perfectly in your mind's-eye. Frustrations will form as you try hard to figure out what the two stories have in common, but it's the good kind of frustration that keeps you riveted to the book until the very end.
I give it 5 Ravens!
Kitty Bullard / Great Minds Think Aloud / [...]
Only 99 cents
Wow Tim. That's a fabulous review. Congrats!Sandy
That is a great review, Tim. Awesome. Have a great day.Craig
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Marla wrote: "Charity, as far as I can tell that is just for the emails. Marla"
I'm sorry. I'm out of ideas now LOL
I actually sold paperbacks today wow!
Tim, Be happy with any and all sales. Not everybody gets a sale everyday or every week.
If we are out there and name is showing and tapping into different resources then what more can be done?
Lynn
Tim wrote: "Good morning, all. I woke to find a new review kicking around...5.0 out of 5 stars [[ASIN:B005D7JNDA Under-Heaven]] (GMTA REVIEW), November 6, 2011
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Great review Tim, well done! :)
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Ah, now I'm with you. Silver bullets sounds like a good plot line for somebody. Maybe they should be magic silver bullets that reach out and grabs a reader's heart, mind, and imagination so much that they right awesome reviews. Okay, I'm a dreamer but it could happen.
Lynn
Hey all. Sorry I've been absent. My husband came home yesterday and had to go to the hospital with chest pains. We didn't get home until this morning. He's doing fine. No heart attack. No blood clots. No masses or tumors in his lungs. Thank God. He has to see a cardiologist to get more answers.I'll be back to tweeting and FBing tomorrow.
Sandy
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Thanks, Anthony :-)
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I'm with you, Lynn. Now we just have to find it :-)
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I hope it all turns out to be something simple and safe. Best always, Sandy.
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South America will never be the same...
Edwin Stark is a writer who, as he would say, is trapped in the hinterlands of Venezuela. This would be terrible if it hadn’t inspired him to write the uproarious romp known as “Eco Station One.”
Eduardo Sinnombre is a man struggling to survive in the financial wasteland that Venezuela has become, so when he stumbles across a help wanted ad for a job that offers a fabulous wage, he lurches toward the chance. But from the moment he meets corpulent job offerer Thaddeus T. Barnum, representative of the evil Mucusoft software company, he knows he’s stepping into a huge muck hole. That knowledge, however, doesn’t dissuade him from accepting the cash—er, position.
And so Eduardo journeys all the way to Eco Station One, a scientific outpost positioned ever-so-inconveniently in the rainforest, which is also smack dab in the center of Ikawiri Pigmy territory. As if having to sing his way past the vicious natives weren’t bad enough, Eduardo soon finds that his guide Pedro Alfredo Mendoza dela Villahuerta Paomos y Linarez (Mendoza for short) has it in for him, and with the help of his three cousins Taco, Paco, and Manolo (the Mendoza Trio) it seems almost certain Mendoza will sabotage his new job.
Populated by wacky events and zany characters (which include Harry the talking—well, signing—black mountain gorilla and Paul Culvert the bus-driving hippy who still thinks he’s in the 1970s), “Eco Station One” is sure to grab you by the armpits and tickle you mercilessly right up until the last page.
Read this book and enjoy a story that is as hilarious as the Stark-raving voice that tells it.
Reviewed by “Maine’s Other Author”(TM) Tim Greaton