(First Appeared in the Paper Cut blog 1/28/10 written by Shades of Luz author John Gorman)

I guess this will serve as my first elegy to a great writing mentor. Salinger is the first writer I truly admired and tried to emulate. I devoured his books and actually reread them. I loved the way he got under his characters’ skin and slipped under my own. I loved that he topped off by the two-hundred page mark.
Vonnegut passed away a few years…
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Added by John Gorman on January 31, 2010 at 6:19pm —
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Behold the Eye: Braumaru
Author:
Veronica R. Tabares
Publisher:
Sun Break Publishing
Behold the Eye: Braumaru is the first installment of three that are sure to satisfy the imagination of young readers and even adults. This would be a wonderful addition to any school library. The first half of this unfolding story begins with Micah Zomorah, a young boy of fifteen residing in another realm, reflecting on his anticipated day of becoming a “man”. However,…
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Added by Ann Hauer on January 31, 2010 at 5:35pm —
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Curse of the Tahiéra
Author
Wendy Gillissen
Publisher
Booklocker.com, Inc.
In the beginning, we meet Rom, a half-blood Tzanatzi outcast young man of nineteen. From the lack of true nurturing from his mother, as she feared him and his nightmares as many came true; daily abuse from a Lord he is assigned to serve; to just learning to fend for himself, survive and lay low from the Lord’s men; it is safe to say Rom can represent something in all of us.
While…
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Added by Ann Hauer on January 31, 2010 at 5:24pm —
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I'm happy to announce that my latest release from Moongypsy Press, 'Purple Death' is now also available to order in paperback from
Amazon.com I hope everyone will take a look at my latest thriller release.
Tranquil suburban Richmond-on-Thames, home to such landmarks as Hampton Court Palace and Kew Gardens, becomes…
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Added by Brian L Porter on January 31, 2010 at 5:00pm —
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A serial killer is on the loose, terrorizing the unsuspecting citizens of rural Hanson, British Columbia. Dubbed the “Birthday Boy” by the media, the sadistic menace chooses to target only women on their birthdays. As his horrific crusade escalates, Birthday Boy soon falls square in the sights of the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police - that is, only if Jack Staal doesn’t get to him first. Anxious to solve what will surely prove to be the…
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Added by William R. Potter on January 31, 2010 at 2:30pm —
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Although not something dwelt on often, it was thrust into my consciousness recently and there it remains. I’m referring to how I speak versus how I write.
Recently, I had a conversation with a friend who is also an English teacher; twice she corrected me on poor word choice. At the time I just laughed it off and continued whatever it was that I was telling her. It was later that I began to worry about it. A self-analysis began that I’m now continually addressing, even in this…
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Added by Daniel Lance Wright on January 31, 2010 at 7:22am —
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Beauty
translated from the Spanish of Miguel de Unamuno
by John Howard Reid
Sleeping waters,
dense green grass,
golden stones,
silver sky!
There is a dense greenness in the water
and from the greenness
like giant spears of wheat
that etch their gold
against the sky’s silver
four tiers arise:
the river
the trees
the tower
and the sky upon which it rests.
And yet all descend upon the…
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Added by John Howard Reid on January 31, 2010 at 5:15am —
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Added by PeterWilliam on January 31, 2010 at 12:02am —
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Comment of my reviews of Lynn Tincher's Mind Bending Series & win the books:
http://bit.ly/a18eED &
http://bit.ly/9Kp5kf - great thrillers!
Added by Nicole Langan on January 30, 2010 at 10:04pm —
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Today is post 999 with review stats, past headers and my favourite posts. Tomorrow is about when and why I started my blog, my first reviews, memes, etc... and a bunch of giveaways!
I hope you will all come and share it with me. I'm really hoping for some comments!
http://smsbookreviews.blogspot.com
Added by Kathleen Garber on January 30, 2010 at 7:52pm —
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Starman
True-Life Remote Viewing Projects by the Elite Omega Team
by Kimberly Snow
With the world facing the most devastating geophysical event since the dino days, there's just one thing on everyone's mind in this fifth and final installment of the Omega Series: sanctuary.
Colonel Nash returns with a proposition for Jane and Daniel. He wants in on the portal deal and has just the ticket. With its Big Brother eye on the same prize, the government is boring a…
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Added by Kimberly Snow on January 30, 2010 at 7:38pm —
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Discontinuity
True-Life Remote Viewing Projects by the Elite Omega Team
by Kimberly Snow
Stuck in San Francisco gridlock on the way to the big game, Joe and Rodrigo are witness to an event so unspeakable, it gives new meaning to the war on terror. A nuclear device is detonated at the stadium with thousands in attendance, starting a riptide of chaos and disruption to the American economy the likes of which have never been seen before. Now the Omega Team faces their most…
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Added by Kimberly Snow on January 30, 2010 at 7:36pm —
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Firefly
True-Life Remote Viewing Projects by the Elite Omega Team
by Kimberly Snow
hen nuclear switches mysteriously shut on and off in top secret military facilities across the globe, there's only one place to turn: PSICORP. Finding the perps is just a simple matter of remote viewing them. But what the data reveals is anything but simple. Their project leads them on an unexpected journey to uncover all things that go bump in the night.
With the Omega Team now…
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Added by Kimberly Snow on January 30, 2010 at 7:35pm —
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Greys
True-Life Remote Viewing Projects by the Elite Omega Team
by Kimberly Snow
Having discovered that the aliens that we've come to know and love called Greys are coming to earth to manipulate key future events, the Omega Team reassembles at the Matrix Research Center to investigate why. They're not the only ones who'd like the answer to that question. Twenty years earlier, DoD's classified military remote viewing unit got data indicating that a close encounters of the…
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Added by Kimberly Snow on January 30, 2010 at 7:35pm —
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Don't miss the first book in this new ground-breaking series of true-life Remote Viewing projects by the elite omega team!
(From the back cover)
When billionaire Elliot Burbank hires PSICORP to find his missing son, they assemble the finest psychic remote viewing unit since the Cold War. Able to penetrate the deepest secrets of the universe using only their minds, the Omega Team soon finds itself in a race to save the child from the clutches of his abductors. But in this…
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Added by Kimberly Snow on January 30, 2010 at 7:34pm —
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Real Remote Viewer Writes Book Series on Secret X-Files Projects
New Paradigm-Busting Genre Will Change the Way you See the World
by Kimberly Snow
I've explored the massive wormholes beneath the surface of Mars. I've been inside the Pyramids of Giza, while they were being built. I was at the resurrection event of Jesus of Nazareth. I've stood in front of the first homosapiens as they wandered the alkaline shores of Lake Turkana. I guess you could say that I've been around.…
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Added by Kimberly Snow on January 30, 2010 at 7:32pm —
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Dear Authors and Bloggers,
It took me thirty years to write and self-publish a 78 page double-spaced memoir. Can anyone relate?
More later,
Anita
Added by A C on January 30, 2010 at 4:53pm —
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The Serotonin Power Diet by Judith J. Wurtman, PhD. and Nina T. Frusztajer, MD. explains what serotonin is and why it can help you with your food cravings. Serotonin is the substance that makes you not be hungry. It also prevents you from overeating when you are stressed out. This book guides you through a 12 week program.
The first thing in the program is that you have to snack. This is one thing that most diets eliminate. Phase 1 lasts 2…
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Added by Vivian Deliz on January 30, 2010 at 4:05pm —
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Added by Lisa Armstrong on January 30, 2010 at 10:13am —
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Wow! What can I say? I'm thrilled to be able to say that in the recent Preditors & Editors Annual Readers Polls, I have been fortunate to have been voted in first place in THREE separate award categories.
As well as being voted 'Best Author, 2009' for my novels, I also picked up the awards for 'Best Children's Book' for 'Tilly's Tale' written under my Harry Porter pseudonym, and 'Tilly's Tale' also won the award for 'Best Artwork', thanks to the…
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Added by Brian L Porter on January 30, 2010 at 7:44am —
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