August 2010 Blog Posts (301)

Here's an excerpt from my first Bookstrand historical romance, FLAVIA'S SECRET.

What could be more unexpected - and possibly more deadly - than a slave falling

in love with her master?Here's the moment where Flavia realizes she has fallen

in love with Marcus.



EXCERPT:Marcus had lit two lamps in the study, so that she could read in a good

light. Lady Valeria’s old wicker chair had been draped with the wolf skin…

Last Sunday, I shared with you a series of novels I thought would make you laugh and cringe at the same time. This week I have a novel for you that have recently been released in paperback, Joseph Finder’s Vanished. To

say I am a fan is an understatement. I have read all his novels and always look

forward to the next. So, if you wish, click off here, thinking I am a homer, see

you tomorrow, maybe. Me being the

Yankees fan I was raised to be, always can…

A KNIGHT’S CAPTIVE – Excerpt



"Rot in hell and back!" Marc bawled, bringing his sword round in a close, lethal arc that raised sparks on the bastard's belt buckle and rent a bloody welt across his chest. "No sanctuary here - you are dead!"

He stamped on the jerking creature and raised his sword, aiming for the heart, when a low moan beside him had him tumbling to his knees to guard her. At the same instant, her two attackers crawled…

40 days ago no one on the web knew I existed or that I was a writer. Now a month into this adventure I have sold well over 100 books on line. Just a hundred you say? After questioning the forums of several places I learned that about 20-30 books is about average for an unknown first timer selling between .99 - 2.99

Well I sold 45 copies of my epic fantasy novel at $8.88

35 copies of my Novella at $1.00

4 copies of my Y/A title at $3.88

and 8 copies of my Short…

Sue Duffy has written a book laced with tension, excitement, and subterfuge. Andie Ryborg is in danger because her father is running for governor of the state of Florida on a very strong anti-drug campaign and the drug lords are out to make certain that he is not elected. Consequently, Andie's life has been threatened and she has been forced into hiding. In spite…

Where The Rain Is Made Receives Recommended Read from Black Raven Erotic Cafe!

Where The Rain Is Made by Keta Diablo

Publisher: Decadent…

Please before you come after me to explain how this fits into the category of digital shorts, it’s very simple. Carla Rene has put together a novel of short digital shorts that in total has a word count of

16,580 words. I am not going to go into each and every short she has. Instead I

am going to focus on one, the cute little diddy she put together that has the

childhood reading characters, Dick & Jane, and Jack & Jill in a race. I

like the…

When does promotion start?

The minute you take yourself seriously as a writer.

When my first book, FOOLS RUSH IN, came out in 2006, I was a novice at promotion. I did…

Last week at my writing group, one of the aspiring authors had a bit of a breakdown. She suffered from what all writers eventually go through. Her faith in her abilities was shaken, the struggle to get her story on paper seemed overwhelming, and the awful question loomed: Am I really a writer?

This rite of passage is crucial. Writing a book initially seems like fun. The potential novelist thinks, “Oh, I have stories to tell, I have…

I find that many things are true in this world, one of which is that I have quickly become a big fan of Zandri’s. He penned another digital short available from StoneHouse Ink- True Stories. The digital short is 4560

words of pure emotion; I was totally wiped out when I was done reading it. The

naked emotion he is able to convey in his brief narrative is nothing short of

amazing.

The cover has…