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What Makes A Hero

So in a few months my first book titled Dawn of The Shadow will be released. In it I made a hero called Shadow. I wont go into to much about him but he takes the name as an omage to a dark presence he has within himself. It becomes his way splitting himself between who he is and who he really is.



My question is what really makes a hero. Is it personal sacrifice or is it a need to serve something greater then themselves? Most writers I admit create differing reasons for the creation… Continue

Added by Peter Kelly on December 31, 2009 at 4:56pm — No Comments

THE BADASS BUREAUCRAT

FORWARD







Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a

thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

—William Jennings Bryan



This book began to take shape one cool May afternoon in

2000. Retired since 1998, I had been content walking my big

yellow lab COSMO around and chauffeuring my youngsters here

and there. For me, at long last, the rat race had ended.

Pilar is the youngest of my three daughters… Continue

Added by Arthur Murray on December 31, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

Truly, Madly ARC giveaway!

I'm having a giveaway of the ARC, "Truly, Madly" by Heather Webber. I really enjoyed the book and just wanted to pass it along to someone else who might also enjoy it!

http://melissawatercolor.blogspot.com/2009/12/truly-madly-arc-giveaway.html

Added by Books and Things on December 31, 2009 at 2:51pm — No Comments

Streams of Babel by: Carol Plum-Ucci

http://thebookwormslibrary.com/?p=2222

Added by Lisa Armstrong on December 31, 2009 at 2:15pm — No Comments


Author IS GOD DEAF?

A recent popular song questions whether God really cares. Is there any truth to that idea? My recent book, Keys To Destiny, addresses this issue in the section entitled Simeon-God Hears where it goes on to say that God's ways are above our ways. In fact, the Bible says God cares so much he even numbers the hairs on our head. His answers or seeming lack thereof come from a divine perspective beyond space and time. In addition, there is an enemy of our souls, the devil, who attempts…

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Added by Craig W. Dressler on December 31, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Legacy of the Ripper is a Kwips & Kritiques Recommended Read

I'm delighted to say that 'Legacy of the Ripper' has just been awarded 'Recommended Read' status by the reviewers at review body CK2S Kwips and Kritiques. This is great news as the book is also nominated for the 'Best Thriller' award in The Preditors & Editors Awards, won last year by 'A Study in Red'. I'll be posting news of the awards and how to vote when the polls open tomorrow 1st January and I hope a few of my friends will support my nomination, and also that of my children's… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on December 31, 2009 at 6:31am — No Comments

Jane Austen Book Club (movie review)

Here is my review of this movie over at Heather's Books

Added by HeathersBooks on December 30, 2009 at 4:55pm — No Comments

Author Tip #1 - Editing And Proofreading

"So, while I gave up the notions of publishing at that time, I never stopped editing and refining that book. A few years later, in 1987, I thought I had it ready to go out again."

R. A. Salvatore





After your masterpiece is complete or even while it is still in the works your book will require editing. No matter the topic and no matter how good of a writer you may think you are you will always need editing.





Editing is fast becoming a requirement to getting… Continue

Added by Dream Books LLC on December 30, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Review from 12/28/2009

Review of Laura Bynum's Veracity.

Added by PeterWilliam on December 29, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Sophie's Choice by: William Styron

http://thebookwormslibrary.com/?p=2218

Added by Lisa Armstrong on December 29, 2009 at 8:36pm — No Comments

Alphabet Meditations for Teachers Book Review

Alphabet Meditations for Teachers

By Nancy Oelklaus EdD

ISBN 9781932690880



As you stare out at a classroom of little eyes starting right back at you. Sometimes you wonder am I reaching them? Do they understand the information I am presenting? A sense of panic goes through the body. They you begin to say to yourself… Am I a good teacher? When the same information is presented why does child one receives A’s and child two get F’s? Most fall into the cycle of present test then… Continue

Added by Jenifer O'Neill on December 29, 2009 at 3:42pm — No Comments

Win a free book

Win a FREE copy of the suspenseful thriller "Scribbles" by Tommie Lyn: http://bit.ly/4zy5QU

Leave a comment under the "Scribbles" review by January 1, 2010 to enter.

Added by Nicole Langan on December 29, 2009 at 10:57am — No Comments

CHASING THE INVISIBLE

I was sitting in my room infront of my window gazing outside the beautiful raindrops that aspire me to think so much about life....i felt that mediocrity & anonymity are the two safest choice & if i choose to be different i would be gone with the wind....i learnt something that day-DONT BOTHER TRYING TO EXPLAIN YOUR EMOTION...LIVE EVERYTHING AS INTENSELY AS YOU CAN & KEEP WHATEVER YOU FELT AS A GIFT FROM GOD..IF U THINK THAT YOU WONT BE ABLE TO STAND A WORLD IN WHICH LIVING IS MORE… Continue

Added by olivia samanta on December 29, 2009 at 3:56am — 1 Comment

A Cat's Eye View of Life and Love Book Review

Have you ever just looked at your cat and swore “that cat knows something it’s not telling me.” The eyes, expressions and even reactions prove cats have more going on than they get credit for. Most people think that cats just eat, sleep, use the litter box and repeat. Cat owners and lovers know differently. Some cats meow, others chitter, and some make weird peeps but all of them try their darnest to speak to us. It’s not our fault they are just speaking another language we humans cannot… Continue

Added by Jenifer O'Neill on December 28, 2009 at 3:28pm — No Comments

Valles

Arboles con sombras frondosas, que danzan,

al compas de las brisas de aire fresco que se

filtran por sus ramas como si fuera la arena

dorada entre los dedos.

Nubes de algodon mullido, dibujan sonrisas,

y ocultan el sol como en un juego infantil,

lleno de inocencia y encanto.

Asi me siento mejor, relajando mis sentidos,

seducido para dar rienda suelta, cual si fuera

un potro salvaje de crines del color del fuego,

a mis sueños y mis deseos, todo… Continue

Added by Claudio Gentil on December 28, 2009 at 12:08pm — No Comments

Amigos

Quienes y que somos muchachos?

Hoy por hoy, somos hombres. Casi resueltos.

Maduros, niños presentes en las vueltas del

carrousel de la transicion.

Porque?

Muchas respuestas interactuan en mi universo

gris. Estudiamos juntos. Compartimos diversos

giros en el espiral de la adolescencia. Desarrollamos

la libido en la madurez o en la mejor edad desde nuestro

alumbramiento. Exploramos un sin fin de mundos y

trastiendas, oscuras, y con luz. Llenas de… Continue

Added by Claudio Gentil on December 28, 2009 at 11:42am — No Comments

Reunion

Maestros del Arte, Pintores, Musicos y
bohemios Escritores. Juntos todos, alrededor
de la imponente mesa. De roble añoso.
Retoño de duendes. Hogar de los Dioses.
Una cena repleta en belleza de colores, notas musicales,
pensamientos etereos.
Desarrollo del alma y el espiritu en su
maxima expresion.

Added by Claudio Gentil on December 28, 2009 at 11:40am — No Comments

Unwillingly sidetracked*?

Goals - almost everybody has them, but not all of us know how to go for them. How many times have you set a goal or made a resolution, then only discover at the end of the year that you somehow drifted off the mark of where you wanted to be? Well, if you did not miss your mark due to an “Act of God,” then maybe your mind had something to do with it. The human mind is a creature of curiosity. When it is unregulated, that curiosity turns the mind into sort of a puppet to everything that… Continue

Added by Tapiwa Chitembure on December 27, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Miller's Diary

Miller's Diary

Dear Diary,



Today I have dropped the case. I won’t look into it any further . I thought it might have been a murder but it’s the strangest damn thing I have ever seen.

I come to the crime scene. The police are very hush hush. More so than usual. The windows were broken. The glass crunched under my feet. Dead crows laid across the floor. They were impaled. As I looked down I saw that they had died because they flew through the window. They busted into it until… Continue

Added by Samie Foster on December 27, 2009 at 6:35pm — No Comments

Saucer By Stephen Coonts

Saucer By Stephen Coonts



Over all rating: A surprising fun thrill Ride

Being a fan of sci-fi thrillers, I gave it a try. Not to mention it was given to me. It’s a simple novel called Saucer written by Stephen Coonts. The write up doesn’t explain much. The cover just has a picture of saucer on it, giving the reader no real clue of what their about to read,

So what is it about? It starts off with a archeological team and oil drillers that stumble across something shiny in the… Continue

Added by Samie Foster on December 27, 2009 at 6:34pm — No Comments

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