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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- I'm an author with a debut mystery titled, Twisted Perception, which was released April 2006. Newsflash: Beneath a Buried House, the second book in the Detective Elliot series is scheduled for release June 2008.
- Do You Have A Website?
- Please visit my website at http://www.bobavey.com where you can read chapter one of both Twisted Perception and Beneath a Buried House, and register for a free autographed copy of Twisted Perception.
- About Me:
- Bob Avey is the author of several short stories, various non-fiction articles, and a debut mystery novel, Twisted Perception, released April 2006. He lives with his wife and son in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He works as an accountant in the petroleum industry, and when he’s not writing or researching mystery writing techniques, he spends his free time prowling through dusty antique shops looking for the rare or unusual, or roaming through ghost towns, searching for echoes from the past. Through his writing, which he describes as a blend of literary and genre, he explores the intricacies and extremities of human nature.
Bob is a member of The Tulsa NightWriters, The Oklahoma Writers Federation (active board member for 2006), The Oklahoma Mystery Writers, and Mystery Writers of America, which he joined in 2005.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://blog.myspace.com/twistedperception1795
- Favorite Books:
- Lord of the Flies, The Old Man and the Sea, Stephen King's Dark Tower Series, Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz, The Waterworks by E.L. Doctorow, The Other by Thomas Tryon. Anything that's out there, but interesting.
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Steve's Books and Magazines in Tulsa, OK
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Something Exciting
Something Exciting
Category: Writing and Poetry
Hello, everyone. I have two more days left in my virtual tour, and I'm blogausted. Today Lesa critique's Beneath a Buried House at Lesa's Book Critiques. If you would like to know more about the book, drop by and see what Lesa has to say. Or you could go outside and pull weeds from your garden. Anyway, the link to this wonderful critique site is:
http://lesasbookcritiques.blogspot.com/2008/07/beneath-buried-hous
Category: Writing and Poetry
Hello, everyone. I have two more days left in my virtual tour, and I'm blogausted. Today Lesa critique's Beneath a Buried House at Lesa's Book Critiques. If you would like to know more about the book, drop by and see what Lesa has to say. Or you could go outside and pull weeds from your garden. Anyway, the link to this wonderful critique site is:
http://lesasbookcritiques.blogspot.com/2008/07/beneath-buried-hous
Posted on July 30, 2008 at 8:13am —
Lost and Found
Lost and Found
Category: Writing and Poetry
Well, I managed to find myself. On this fine day of my wonderful virtual tour, I'll be at Reading Mama's place. Please drop by and say... anything you want, just please stop by. Here is the link.
http://readingmama.blogspot.com/2008/07/beneath-buried-house.html
Category: Writing and Poetry
Well, I managed to find myself. On this fine day of my wonderful virtual tour, I'll be at Reading Mama's place. Please drop by and say... anything you want, just please stop by. Here is the link.
http://readingmama.blogspot.com/2008/07/beneath-buried-house.html
Posted on July 23, 2008 at 12:45pm —
Lost in Space
Lost in Space
Category: Writing and Poetry
Well, today I'm suposed to be out there somewhere on my virtual tour, but I can't seem to find me. The blog is called something like: mom of 3 girls. Anyway, see if you can find me:)
It's about 100 degrees in Oklahoma today, too hot to do anything outside.
Category: Writing and Poetry
Well, today I'm suposed to be out there somewhere on my virtual tour, but I can't seem to find me. The blog is called something like: mom of 3 girls. Anyway, see if you can find me:)
It's about 100 degrees in Oklahoma today, too hot to do anything outside.
Posted on July 22, 2008 at 12:35pm —
Bob Avey's Virtual Tour
Bob’s Virtual Tour
Category: Writing and Poetry
Monday morning and I'm on the blogospheric road again. Today I'm at Elysabeth's Emerald City. Please drop by and say hello. Here is the link.
http://elysabethsstories.blogspot.com/2008/07/bob-avey-guest-poster.html
Category: Writing and Poetry
Monday morning and I'm on the blogospheric road again. Today I'm at Elysabeth's Emerald City. Please drop by and say hello. Here is the link.
http://elysabethsstories.blogspot.com/2008/07/bob-avey-guest-poster.html
Posted on July 21, 2008 at 8:00am —
Bob Avey's Virtual Tour
Hello, everyone. The mighty -- if only in my own mind -- tour continues. I can see all of my fans doing the wave. Anyway, today I'm at Cheryl's Book Nook. Please stop by and say hello. Here is the link.
http://cherylsbooknook.blogspot.com/2008/07/its-killer-of-time.html
Thanks.
Bob
http://cherylsbooknook.blogspot.com/2008/07/its-killer-of-time.html
Thanks.
Bob
Posted on July 18, 2008 at 8:21am —
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Are you ready?
Anyway, I hope to get the house into decent shape before Christmas, when I do my annual meal for the family. There's also that Christmas list to get together. Time is ticking away.
What about you? Are you ready for Christmas? Or do you celebrate another Holiday? If so, are you ready?
Please Welcome Mary Cunningham, Cynthia's Attic Author
One of the main reasons for writing "Cynthia's Attic" came from my failure - failure to appreciate my ancestors. Our family stories are probably no more or less interesting than most, and I went out of my way to avoid remembering most of them or asking questions about my grandparents lives.
Or did I try to find out just which relative "supposedly" sold a city block on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles for $20,000? Guaranteed, I would not be sitting here writing a blog had that particular relative held on to the property.
Then there's the story, "Cynthia's Attic: Curse of the Bayou," of my great-great grandfather, Augustus Boilliat who disappeared in 1860 while taking a load of produce down the Mississippi River to New Orleans? Oh, sure I've read different accounts about what happened to him, but lost forever are the stories his grandson (my grandfather) could've told me about facts he'd heard from my great-great grandmother, Marie Julia, about her husband's disappearance.
I remember a few accounts told by my dad about his adventures as a teenage cave guide at one of the largest caves in the Southern Indiana area, Wyandotte, but I only have to guess at some of the adventures he must've had.
The idea for Cynthia's Attic: The Magician's Castle came from detailed genealogy research done by my cousin, Betty. Long before the Internet, she traveled to Switzerland to search for documents that would tie our great-grandmother, Harriet Kistler, to Peter Kistler the First, President of the Republic of Bern, 1470-1480. I've tried to honor the Kistler family in the fourth adventure in Cynthia's Attic.
Thanks, Morgan, for having me as a guest!
Mary Cunningham
She is also co-writer of the humor-filled, women's lifestyle book, "Women Only Over Fifty (WOOF)," along with published stories, "Ghost Light" and "Christmas Daisy," A Cynthia's Attic short story.
To celebrate the release of "The Magician's Castle," (Quake/Echelon Press, DEC 1, 2009), a winner will be chosen on each blog stop to receive a copy of the "Cynthia's Attic" short story, "Christmas With Daisy!" So, be sure to make a comment!
Mary Cunningham Books
http://www.marycunninghambooks.com/
Cynthia's Attic Blog
http://www.cynthiasattic.blogspot.com/
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Cunningham/e/B002BLNEK4/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=digital-text&field-author=Mary%20Cunningham
Fictionwise
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/a20811/Mary-Cunningham/?
Quake/Echelon Press
http://www.echelonpress.com/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=23&zenid=4ac57b7ae19fa071cab3b4295df7baf3
Please leave a comment to welcome Mary.
Check out the Mystery of the Missing Checks
Monday, I'm over at my group blog, http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/, where I'm blogging about the mystery of the missing checks. Come on over and find out what it's all about.Thanks,
Morgan Mandel
Can We Talk?
I'm firming up some dates for speaking engagements in 2010. One's tentatively set for March 28, at 1:30 at the Niles Public Library, another probably in mid May at the Schaumburg Township District Library.Also, coming up is a radio interview at WJJQ again on May 7, at 9:35 a.m. before my booksigning May 8 at Cover to Cover Books in Tomahawk, WI.
I've heard that some people are more afraid of public speaking than of dying. Surprisingly, I find it easier each time I do it. As long as I have my cheat sheet with me to glance down at once in a while for security and I like what I'm talking about, I'm okay.
What about you? Do you like to talk or would you rather not?
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My name is Chris Tusa, and I'm a writer from New Orleans. My debut novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available for pre-order from Amazon.com, and I am writing because I was hoping you might be willing to read it and post your thoughts on Amazon.com (or some of the other book review sites). If you're interested, I'd be more than willing to send you an e-book version by e-mail. Just let me know. I've included a summary of the novel below:
Dirty Little Angels
Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.
If you'd like to read the first chapter before you commit, feel free to visit my web site:
http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id=894
Thanks so much,
Chris
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Christopher Tusa
Department of English
Louisiana State University
Editor, Poetry Southeast
http://www.christophertusa.com
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Lena
Thanks for accepting my invitation.
Will you by change be at the OWFI writing conference in Midwest City the first of May?
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ust droppingin and hope you had a memorable 4th of July...
babs
Just stopping by to say Hello, I hope you received the review - I look forward to hearing from you!
Many thanks for adding me as a friend. Hope you're having a happy Memorial Day.
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