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Another wonderful review of Grayrider is now up on the Web. It is located here.
A recent guest post I've done discusses the difficulties creating a fantasy world.
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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- I am an author. I write suspenseful fantasy novels.
- Do You Have A Website?
- http://www.bruceskye.com
- About Me:
- He has written stories since he was a child. He has discovered he is an incredibly creative person. He realized in the midst of writing Grayrider he is happiest when he is composing a book. And so, he continues producing novels.
He has always loved good, suspenseful stories. "Something that keeps me on the edge of my seat wondering what happens to the hero is what I'm looking for in a novel. And that's what I strive to give my readers."
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://bruces1225.blogspot.com/
- Favorite Books:
- The Lord of the Rings and Bernard Cornwell's historical novels.
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Amazon.com
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A New Review of Grayrider
Another wonderful review of Grayrider is now up on the Web. It is located here.
Posted on February 23, 2009 at 1:34pm —
The Difficulties Writing Fantasy
A recent guest post I've done discusses the difficulties creating a fantasy world.
Posted on February 17, 2009 at 11:47am —
Grayrider Reviews
Ten different reader reviews of my fantasy novel Grayrider are on Amazon. Several are listed below.
A writer named L. Webster said the following:
I am one of those nerds who rereads "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of The Rings" trilogy at least 2-3 times per year. Therefore when a new fantasy series uses the term "Tolkienesque" in the description, I take it with a grain of salt. While many fantasy authors strive toward this goal few actually achieve it.
That having been said, I found "Grayr… Continue
A writer named L. Webster said the following:
I am one of those nerds who rereads "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of The Rings" trilogy at least 2-3 times per year. Therefore when a new fantasy series uses the term "Tolkienesque" in the description, I take it with a grain of salt. While many fantasy authors strive toward this goal few actually achieve it.
That having been said, I found "Grayr… Continue
Posted on January 6, 2009 at 4:51pm —
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A Christmas Tree Already
On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.
With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.
While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?
Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life
I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of. You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.
PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!
CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter
One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.
I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.
What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?
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Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."
Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"
Book Synopsis:
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.
The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.
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