June 2011 Blog Posts (433)

When Mariah and Ashton's daughter's family is brutally murdered by pirates, the Half-Elven heroes go hunting for vengeance, only the privateers present a graver danger than they expected.  Visit: Taking Vengeance:…

What every Indie Author NEEDS!…

My wife is nice enough to say that this is one of our pieces of work to date. I think the material and the other author have more to do it with it than my limited writing ability. “Prince” as we have come to call it is a digital short story that can be read by anyone, and to anyone. I plan to read it to my grandsons and also I am going to let my youngest daughter finally take a crack at something the old man had a part in. It has me a bit pumped and I am thankful that Mark Miller has not…

The Widow’s Walk League, the fourth book in the Regan McHenry Real Estate Mysteries series I write is about to be released and I’m getting a little nervous. I have all the usual, “will people like it, more importantly, will they buy it,” jitters writers have with each of their books, but this is something else.

 The book blurb reads:  “Santa Cruz husbands are being murdered.  The local news media is buzzing because a dark-clad figure witnesses describe as Death had been seen…

Pump Up Your Book will be hosting the June 2011 Authors on Tour at a chat/book giveaway party on Thursday June 30, 2011 starting at 8 p.m. eastern (7 p.m. Central, 6 p.m. Mountain and 5 p.m. Pacific) and ending at 11 p.m. (eastern time) at their new chat room at Pump Up Your Book!

Tell your book friends that not only will this give them an opportunity to chat with their favorite authors there will be a huge giveaway at the end of the…

I am sure that many of you have been - or may soon be - impacted by Amazon's decision to close affiliate accounts in any state that passes a law to collect taxes on out-of-state Internet sales.

With that in mind, I am wondering:

Who are the best non-Amazon affiliates to work with as a book reviewer and why? And, are there any that you've tried that you would avoid?

Thanks for any feedback you can provide on this topic! :-)

5 days, 11 bloggers, 25 prizes, 3 winners

Make sure you get in on the hop to celebrate Canada!!! open Internationally!!

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And generally my generation wouldn't be caught dead

Working for the man and generally I agree with them

Trouble is you gotta have yourself an alternate plan

-Ani DiFranco, "Not a Pretty Girl"…

Hello everybody! I got this news yesterday and immediately my blood pressure sky rocketed. Incredible, fun, cutting edge, intense, how more commas can I have in this sentence? Anybody?

Let’s get to it shall we: Paul D. Brazill ,one of the gods of noir/hard-boiled/mystery/horror has begun to not just put together a character but an entire series called “Drunk On The Moon” ! The first installment hits cyberspace next Friday July 8^th. Each month a new installment of series…

Mike Arsuaga, Paranormal Romance Author, is at Ravencraft’s Romance Realm today giving his second workshop on How To Write A Book Series. After writing his own five book Subspecies series, he knows what he’s talking about for sure.…

Hi everyone,

I just did a blog talk radio interview with Candy and it went great!  She is very easy to work with.  Feel free to listen in at 5:30 tomorrow afternoon (Pacific time).  If this is inconvenient, I think it will still be available for a few days. Or, she'll connect to it on her blogsite, I think also.  Thanks and enjoy!!  Cindy

 The direct link is…

About the Book (from The Writer’s Coffee Shop):

When literature student Anastasia Steele is drafted to interview the successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating.  Convinced their meeting went…

Hello Blog Readers! 

I am giving away a copy of The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson on my blog. Closes tomorrow at 12 AM! 

Willa

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