The paperback version of A Father's Wish: the Tale of King Big Bear the Fat has a new cover (amazon/barnes&noble)

Voila:  (The KINDLE version is the same as this one)…

When I began kicking around the idea of writing my erotic novella, The Bluest Sea, which was recently released by Breathless Press, I got various and sundry responses. Some folks thought I had turned a DANGEROUS corner; others thought me brave. But not one person surmised my real motive: writing an erotic novel is just plain FUN. Well, I should qualify that: it is ADULT FUN.

I have never been one to read erotica or anything close to porn, but I am a creative writer, blogger,…

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On an unusually warm day in early November of 2011, Manny was hanging on the corner of 24th and Oxford Street with his older brother Kiree and their best friend D-Ball. Manny had just turned 26 and was making plans to have a big birthday party at Luxe Lounge in the Old City section of Philadelphia. Times had been good for Manny and business had been booming for both he and his brother. They had become large over the years in the hustling game and were making more money than they…

Someone recently asked me what defines Dutch literature. For a moment I found myself in a tight spot: I had to come clean.



I thought about a few sentences from Herman Koch’s novel Finally War (Eindelijk oorlog) that conjure up this feeling very well: For me, it begins on arrival at the station: the feeling of being in a boiling hot room where none of the windows open.



A few observations in no particular order:

The Dutch trade right around the globe,…

Disclaimer:

I have been a barista and I am currently an author.  Also I love both coffee and books.



When the cold bite of winter and the hustle and bustle of the holidays make you weary, what is the perfect pick-me up?  Coffee.  And not just any coffee but flavored, spiced, milk added, foam topped, creamy drizzles dripping down the sides, coffee.



Fortunately, you can find your fix on almost every corner with Starbuck's freshly brewed, sugary spiked Gingerbread…

A native of Southern Colorado, John Paul Jaramillo now lives, writes and teaches in Springfield, Illinois. He has an MFA in creative writing from Oregon State University, and presently holds the position of Associate Professor of English at Lincoln Land…

Blog Tour Beginning September 24, 2012

Our Novel, A Diary's House: Where True Love Endures…

About Rare Birds:

What does a writer do when he’s got a family that includes a blacklisted member of the Hollywood Ten, the brains behind Tony the Tiger and the Marlboro Man, a trio of gay puppeteers, the world’s leading birdwatcher, 1960s hippies, a Dutch stowaway who served in an all-black regiment during the Civil War,…

The 11-year-old narrator of this story takes the reader through her experiences learning that her mother is ill, watching her mother die, and then finally after her mother is dead and she must face life without a mother. Baker uses very really terms, she doesn’t sugar coat things and I…

“You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.”

Ernest Hemingway wrote of his time in Paris in the 1920s. This was a time of painters, writers and the Lost…

The thought police would get him just the same.

We’ve all heard of 1984 and since I wanted to go into some classic literature that I had passed up during my formative years, I decided to read this one.

The story is about Winston Smith who lives in Oceania. The world that he lives in is surrounded by surveillance and continual threat of being caught for even thinking…

Elizabeth Bennett is one of five daughters whom her parents hope to marry off to rich husbands. Lizzy, being the quick witted, sensible one does not accept any proposal easily, nor does she think her sisters should either. Her encounters with Mr. Darcy prove him to be a mean, unlovable man but he…

Henry Skrimshander comes to Westish College as a baseball recruit. He plays shortstop, the most difficult position. His hero is Aparacio Rodriguez and he carries Aparacio's "The Art of Fielding" as if it was his Bible.

Henry was recruited by Mike Schwartz, the captain of the team. Mike is a catcher and mentor's Henry when he arrives at the college.

Henry thinks good things will come his way and plays shortstop so well that he ties a record for errorless games.…

Here is a great review of 'Sacred Are the Brave' a collection of stories about nonviolent revolutions:  http://www.wordvagabond.wordpress.com

Sacred Are the Brave is a collection of nine short stories about the nonviolent revolutions 1986-1989.  In each story ordinary people are caught up in extraordinary events as they stand against the most ferocious dictators in history with nothing but the power of nonviolence.  Get it now at:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007ECCGP4

About “Shakespeare” by Another Name:

The debate over the true author of the Shakespeare canon has raged for centuries. Astonishingly little evidence supports the traditional belief that Will Shakespeare, the actor and businessman from Stratford-upon-Avon, was the author. Legendary figures such as Mark Twain, Walt…

After twenty-seven years of marriage – and twenty-seven years spent with an artificial Christmas tree – Edward and Annie finally purchase a fresh pine. When they bring the tree home, however, the presence of the ample Scotch pine suddenly stirs a range of emotions in this long-married couple.

Tangled is a powerfully moving,…

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