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THE PEOPLE IN MY HEAD is finally available! Download the e-book at www.lulu.com/7640347. Support an independent black author this holiday and get something for yourself. Visit http://conceding2kismet.weebly.com. Interested in interviews, reviews or a virtual book tour? Contact conceding2kismet@gmail.com.
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Added by Conceding to Kismet on December 9, 2009 at 9:35am — No Comments

Our Latest Book Video Trailer: 21 Bizarre Short Stories

Heavily steeped in Caribbean tradition, 21 Bizarre Short Stories takes you around outer and inner worlds and through strange, unusual places, all the while submerging you in a bizarre madness you are sure to enjoy. Click the following link to visit our YouTube Channel (www.YouTube.com/GWExtra) and view the video in its entirety: 21 Bizarre Short Stories – Jose Garcia
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Added by Ghostwriter Extraordinaire on November 2, 2009 at 7:50pm — No Comments

Book Signing For Barbara Watkins And Her Book "Nightmares & Daydreams"

I will be will be greeting fans, discussing my book, and signing copies of my latest release, 'Nightmares & Daydreams' at the Howard County Library in Nashville, Arkansas November 14th. A drawing will be held same day... for two free copies of my novella's, 'Behind the Red Door' and 'Thorn… Continue

Added by Barbara on October 23, 2009 at 10:58am — No Comments

Another Great Review for Nightmares & Daydreams!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Nightmares and Daydreams will keep you up at night turning the pages. What more do you want from a book?, October 21, 2009 A Kid's Review, Author Tommy Taylor, 'The Second Virgin Birth' It was, The Nine Billion Names of God, a book of short stories by Arthur C. Clark that f… Continue

Added by Barbara on October 23, 2009 at 10:27am — No Comments

A Book and a Chat with "Melissa Crandall"

I'm back from my trip "Across the Pond" and will be sharing some items of news and interest and even a laugh or two over the next few days on this blog. For today however I'm back with my radio show. Tonight it is "A Book and a Chat with Melissa Crandall" … Continue

Added by Storyheart on October 21, 2009 at 6:36pm — No Comments

NEW BOOKS FROMM ALL THINGS THAT MATTER PRESS.

At ATTMPress we are proud to announce the release of several great new books. These include, MUSICAL CHAIRS, SHOOTING ANGELS, MOTHERLESS SOUL, WIDOW'S WALK and many more. We are just turning 1 years-old and by the end of this year will have published close to 40 books. It has been a joy to work with so many new authors who have written novels, poetry, short stories and self-growth/inspirational books. Please visit our web site, htt… Continue

Added by Philip Harris on October 10, 2009 at 8:29am — No Comments

Writing contest RAIN STORIES – win cash with your story

Summer is about to end? Autumn is knocking at the door? Take advantage of the unpleasant rainy weather and enter the latest BookRix Short Story Writing Contest for free: Tell your rain story and turn your wordsmith powers into positive cashflow and fame. Key Facts: - Write a story that has anything to do with rain, or Mr. Rain, or a dog named Rain, whatever. - Authors can win up to $1000 - Readers have the chance to win a Amazon voucher - No entry fee required – It’s free! Visit the… Continue

Added by Nils on September 15, 2009 at 7:06am — No Comments

New Review at Get Lit

Review for Women Up On Blocks An excerpt: "WOMEN UP ON BLOCKS The title itself conjures a powerful image. Set aside the immediate mental flash of stirrups and invasive annual examination. Look at the cover art (good shoes) because in this case you can judge a book yada yada yada. Like meandering by the tv in lingerie during playoffs, red shoes and good legs propped along a dirty bumper… Continue

Added by Mary Akers on August 30, 2009 at 12:32pm — No Comments

Clayton Bye's summer writing and reviews

Follow these links... Alternative-read reviews The Deepening horror editor The Deepening reviews Poetry… Continue

Added by Clayton Clifford Bye on July 17, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

A Pastoral Letter to the Captives

We hear little about it today, even with everything that is going on in the world but the truth is that Piracy and Hostage taking is nothing new nor is it something we have had to worry about in recent days. Since the earliest days of American history, colonialists had found themselves under threat from the Barbary Pirates setting sail from the coast of Morocco. A Pastoral Letter to the Captives and Other Works tells that history. But more than a theological or historical piece it weaves togeth… Continue

Added by Exagorazo Press on July 7, 2009 at 1:56pm — No Comments

Radio Guests and Other Writings

Saturdays Radio Show My special guest on today's "… Continue

Added by Storyheart on June 13, 2009 at 3:51pm — No Comments

Why Do We Keep Reading?

A discussion on a mystery chat group recently dealt with why we keep reading authors who long ago ran out of things to say to us. Either their work has grown stale or we ourselves have read enough of it to know exactly what's coming, yet we keep buying them, reading them, waiting for them to do it again. I suppose it's habit, in part. It's also a desire to recapture that feeling of joy you once had, like going to your high school reunion and expecting to meet the cool dudes and dudettes you onc… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on May 5, 2009 at 7:08am — No Comments

An Answer & Another Question

I promised my answer to the question of which element is most important. Even though I admitted it was an impossible question, I asked for your best answer. Now here's mine. In mystery, I argue that plot is most important. The whole premise of mystery is a story in which the reader must follow the plot and solve the crime before or along with the protag. If follows then that without a good plot, we don't have a mystery at all. As Dana pointed out, there are lots of successful writers who care l… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on February 9, 2009 at 6:39am — No Comments

2 Stories in ERWA Best of 2008 Treasure Chest!

I am thrilled to inform you that two of my stories, "May" and "The Adventure of the Gentlemen Travelers", have been selected by the Erotica Readers and Writers Association to be showcased in their Best of 2008 Treasure Chest! Both of these stories were written for the monthly ERWA Theme Weekends. "May" was selected for their La Petite Mort October Theme Weekend. "… Continue

Added by Angela Caperton on February 5, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Our Latest Book Video Trailer: Blasphemies & Bloviation

This book is a collection of eleven short stories, ranging in length from a single page to fifty two pages. Though humorous in tone, the stories reflect the writer's thoughts on the nature of life and death, the soul, reality and imagination, and time - not just the single dimension of time as we experience it, but the possibility of multiple dimensions of time in which countless different realities lie side-by-side, above and below, and all around the reality we know.

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Added by Ghostwriter Extraordinaire on December 8, 2008 at 5:33am — No Comments

Our Latest Book Video Trailer: Little Stories

Little Stories takes a critical look at the inevitable moments of betrayal and loneliness in our awkward quest to love and be loved, but the reader will discover the value - and even joy - to be had by looking backward and facing the past. This brilliant collection of tales should not be missed.

Click the following link to visit our YouTube Channel (www.YouTube.com/GWExtra) and view the video in its entirety:

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Added by Ghostwriter Extraordinaire on December 1, 2008 at 1:04pm — No Comments

Contributors for erotic anthologies wanted

Hello Everyone,GSP is seeking writers for multiple erotic anthologies. We're looking for erotic poems, short-short stories (500-2,000 words), and short stories. We are especially looking for good stories about erotic dreams or fantasies for an anthology to be published early next year. All featured writers will receive three free copies of the book and credit for their work in the book and on the GSP website. There is no fee involved to contribute to the anthology. There is also the possibility… Continue

Added by Gentle Storm on October 22, 2008 at 11:58am — No Comments

Contributors needed for an important book. Please read

Hello Everyone, October is National Domestic Violence Month for those of you that aren't aware. Gentle Storm Publishing is working on an anthology of poems, words of inspiration/encouragement, and advice for survivors of abuse. Be it physical, mental, emotional, drug, alcohol, you get the picture. We are pushing to have the book Invisible Memories released in time for National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April 2009. If your company deals with the needs of abuse survivors and getting them h… Continue

Added by Gentle Storm on October 22, 2008 at 11:57am — No Comments

Short Stories vs Those Long Ones

People who don't write assume that short stories are easier than novels, and I suppose in a way they are. They're short, so there isn't the investment of time that a novel requires. Writing a short story takes days rather than months, and editing takes minutes rather than hours. Still, a short story isn't easy, and it has its own rules. First is a single plotline; the writer hasn't got time to dally with secondary characters or subplots. Focus has to be on a single story, and everything written… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on October 8, 2008 at 7:04am — 1 Comment

Librarians LOVE Whale Song!

Two recent reviews came in for Whale Song, both from librarians--one from Canada, the other from t

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Added by Cheryl Kaye Tardif on September 29, 2008 at 3:20pm — No Comments

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Are you ready?

I am so not ready for Christmas. I just realized I don't have much time either. One good thing is the DH is off Friday and possibly all next week, so I can give him a few chores to do, which may help some. I'm counting on him to put stamps and labels on the Christmas cards, and do a few things around the house to straighten it out some. Unfortunately, I'm the organizer in the family, so I can't expect too much on the getting-the- house ready front. That's pathetic, since I'm not very organized. (g)

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

Discovering Family in Cynthia's Attic

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.

For instance. Did I bother to ask my grandfather what it was like playing in the first night football game in America?

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.

That's why I'm writing adventures I wanted my ancestors to have; adventures I can enjoy with them through the eyes and voice of my character, Gus.

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

Mary Cunningham is the author of the award-winning 'Tween fantasy/mystery series, Cynthia’s Attic. She is proud to announce the release of book four, "The Magician's Castle," Dec 1, 2009. Her children's mystery series was inspired by a recurring dream about a mysterious attic. After realizing that the dream took place in the home of her childhood friend, Cynthia, the dreams stopped and the writing began.

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?