Featured Post: The Advice Columnist of Long Shot Lane: A Sweet Small-Town Romantic Comedy by Amy Martinsen
About The Advice Columnist of Long Shot Lane: A Sweet Small-Town Romantic Comedy:
Do you believe in curses?
Georgia Culpepper has asked herself this question many times. For one hundred and fifty years, the family advice column has passed from woman to woman, none of whom ever married. What started out to be an odd coincidence has turned into a much-feared family curse.
And now the column is Georgia’s.
Georgia will be one more in a line of Culpepper women to inherit a life without romance. With an age-old curse bearing down on her, Georgia can’t do anything but accept it.
Or can she?
Targeted Age Group: 14+
Written by: Amy Martinsen
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Featured Post: Inn Dreams by April Tompkins
Karen Grace has just realized her life’s dream of buying an old motel to renovate — by herself. How hard can it be? But money slips through her fingers fast and she’s forced to find a job in town, where she meets the love of her life. Then the real trouble begins. She begins finding her belongings destroyed, ominous messages scribbled on her walls, an effigy planted behind her property. It’s clear someone doesn’t want her in town and they’re going to make sure she leaves.
Targeted Age Group: adult
Written by: April Tompkins
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Featured Author Interview: Yurie Kiri
Tell us about yourself.:
Yurie Kiri is a shy, secretive person who used to live on a boat, sailing between various ports in the Pacific Ocean. Yurie lived on the boat until some crazy mega-yacht got loose and went on a full throttle rampage through the marina squashing everything it hit. Alas, sailing was one of Yurie's passions, now writing and photography are the main passions in Yurie Kiri’s life along with cats of course like the enhanced, intelligent cats featured in New York Stories…
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?:
Yurie Kiri, born in a trailer in rural America, studied Mathematics and languages and speaks Japanese, English, French and has also studied Chinese, Arabic and Spanish as well as a smattering of other languages such as Korean and Russian along with binary, octal and hexadecimal machine language because if you really want to get to know someone you need to speak their language no matter if they’re machine or human. Yurie lived and worked in Asia for decades before coming back to America where Yurie went on an extensive backroad journey across the US and Canada from the rough Mexican border towns to the icy cold town of Yellowknife in Canada’s NWT where you need to cross a frozen lake to get into town in the winter. Yurie also sailed (single-handed) from Mexico to the Canadian border, retracing a well-traveled road journey by sea in a small, live aboard sailboat. Yurie has been traveling and gathering story ideas from Asia for the Game Series which covers Japan and other Asian countries and North America for the Murder and Mystery Series which covers the American Southwest.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I'm always writing and I write everywhere: in bed or on planes, on boats, on trains, in bars and restaurants and even on park benches. Sometimes I'm just writing, working on a story and sometimes I'm editing again and again, trying to shave off excessive words, sentences or paragraphs… and sometimes I'm watching and listening, picking up bits and pieces of people and their conversations then making notes on scraps of paper or on my phone… All that could be construed as creepy lurking but a smile keeps me out of trouble. I usually describe these story gathering processes in the "Dear Reader (author’s note)" in all of my books.
What authors have influenced you?
Yurie Kiri, born in a trailer in rural America, studied Mathematics and languages and speaks Japanese, English, French and has also studied Chinese, Arabic and Spanish as well as a smattering of other languages such as Korean and Russian along with binary, octal and hexadecimal machine language because if you really want to get to know someone you need to speak their language no matter if they’re machine or human. Yurie lived and worked in Asia for decades before coming back to America where Yurie went on an extensive backroad journey across the US and Canada from the rough Mexican border towns to the icy cold town of Yellowknife in Canada’s NWT where you need to cross a frozen lake to get into town in the winter. Yurie also sailed (single-handed) from Mexico to the Canadian border, retracing a well-traveled road journey by sea in a small, live aboard sailboat. Yurie has been traveling and gathering story ideas from Asia for the Game Series which covers Japan and other Asian countries and North America for the Murder and Mystery Series which covers the American Southwest.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write like your life depends upon it.
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Featured Author Interview: Renee Crames
Tell us about yourself.:
I am a retired psychoanalyst and creator of leadership development programs for women in the business world.
I have told a lifetime of stories, many of them created on the spot, for my four children and a generation of grandchildren.
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?:
I grew up in White Plains, New York. I was the oldest of 4 children. My parents came to the United States as adults. I was the first person in my family to go to an American school. I have always read a lot, starting from early childhood. My imagination was sparked by the varied books I read such as Aesop's Fables and Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don't feel that I have any unusual habits.
What authors have influenced you?
I grew up in White Plains, New York. I was the oldest of 4 children. My parents came to the United States as adults. I was the first person in my family to go to an American school. I have always read a lot, starting from early childhood. My imagination was sparked by the varied books I read such as Aesop's Fables and Grimm's Fairy Tales.
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Featured Author Interview: Sarah Alserhaid
Tell us about yourself.:
My name is Sarah Alserhaid, debunking reality and challenging (and scientific) norms is what I do every day. As a biochemist by trade and a lifelong storyteller by nature, working in innovative scientific research gives me an eclectic way of viewing the world and all of its hidden mysteries and possibilities.
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?:
I grew up in Saudi Arabia in. a multicultural family. One aspect that is resonated in my book is the feeling of fitting in while not truly feeling like you belong. Growing up, I could fit in to each of the Saudi or American category easily while feeling like I was always an outsider.
This sentiment is something I bring to the book, Etched in Stone, in a subtle way since this feeling tends to linger in the background, quietly, shyly impeding on life.
While this may sound daunting, I wouldn't have it any other way. I am proud of my background and experiences and often view myself as having the best of both worlds.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I'm not sure if it is considered unusual but I like to think of stories and write up things that challenge me and are from a perspective I don't understand.
I'll try to learn about a situation and understand how it makes sense to others before thinking of how that shift can be put into words.
Odd and difficult questions tend to be the fun ice breakers I go for.
What authors have influenced you?
I grew up in Saudi Arabia in. a multicultural family. One aspect that is resonated in my book is the feeling of fitting in while not truly feeling like you belong. Growing up, I could fit in to each of the Saudi or American category easily while feeling like I was always an outsider.
This sentiment is something I bring to the book, Etched in Stone, in a subtle way since this feeling tends to linger in the background, quietly, shyly impeding on life.
While this may sound daunting, I wouldn't have it any other way. I am proud of my background and experiences and often view myself as having the best of both worlds.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Find what works for you, and keep doing it. There are so many ways to do any particular thing, so finding a way to do it authentically and genuinely is the best advice I could give.
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Featured Author Interview: Clint Adams
Tell us about yourself.:
I’m rather complex, but I strive every day to live as simply as possible. Throw in honesty and truth at all costs and you pretty much know what I’m all about. I became a writer out of necessity not out of desire…so the truth could be told. Done. I’m addicted to justice and my life’s not complete if I don’t watch DATELINE and Judge Judy every day. A lot of my writing revolves around seeking justice and accepting when it cannot be achieved.
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?:
I was born in Oakland, California and grew up in Los Angeles (during the Watts riots). I thought racism and discrimination would end during that era. It did not.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, I’ll admit I do something rather odd every morning. At the computer I type out at least 1,000 words of freewriting, like journal writing before moving onto anything else. The odd thing: I delete it all as soon as I am finished. I purposefully erase the past, my past, immediately after I create it.
What authors have influenced you?
I was born in Oakland, California and grew up in Los Angeles (during the Watts riots). I thought racism and discrimination would end during that era. It did not.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Be grateful you have something to do (writing). Putting together an outline, early drafts, later drafts, edited and revised drafts for a novel or non-fiction book takes at minimum one year to complete, writing 5-7 days a week, every week. At 66, I no longer possess one expectation about my writing, who reads it or its significance. I merely write books, publish and market them…and I use the word ‘merely’ as a joke.
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Featured Post: If There be Witches, Spirits Will Walk by Jean Luntz
About If There be Witches, Spirits Will Walk:
Step into the dark and treacherous world of Salem, where a witch hunt has ignited a sinister series of events. As hysteria grips the town of Salem, Charity becomes the target of a relentless assailant. Her step-mother, accused of witchcraft, meets a grim fate at the gallows, yet the attacks persist. Seeking refuge, Charity’s father, Osborne, sends her to his property in Dansford’s Farms near Boston, but the danger persists. The Osborne’s farm holds secrets of its own. The former tenant, Philip, was wrongly executed for a crime he did not commit, leaving the property tainted with rumors of a haunting. As Osborne and Philip’s cousin, Liam, work to solve the mystery of the farm, they discover a wider conspiracy at work in the colony. The living join forces with the dead, as the four attempt to save Osborne’s farm, solve the murders, and put an end to the darker forces.
Targeted Age Group: 12-90
Written by: Jean Luntz
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Featured Post: Lost In Magic by KJ Warawa
Magic destroyed her family…
but embracing it is the only way they can be together.
Until Meredith Williams was brutally attacked and almost kidnapped, she had no idea that magic existed—or that she was born with it. But when her family friend and secret crush, FBI Agent Jack Knight, rescues her, she learns that her mother bound her powers for her own safety.
Jack knows it’s time to come clean about his role as a special agent in the undercover magic task force. He’s protected Meredith from afar since tragedy struck her family twenty years earlier, loving her but never being able to reveal his true feelings.
Now Meredith must accept who she is, because if she doesn’t, the spellbinding will sentence her mother to death. Yet accepting her magic when it’s caused so much heartbreak and lies isn’t just difficult for Meredith, it’s almost impossible.
But the evil that shattered their pasts is back and seeking revenge. And this time, unless Meredith can embrace her magic, it could spell destruction for all of them…
Targeted Age Group: Adult
Written by: KJ Warawa
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Featured Post: The Teleporter by Lee Hall
Just when you thought there were enough super hero stories in this world, we made another one…
A lab accident leaves Kurt Wiseman with the ability to teleport. But in order to harness his powers for good, he’ll have to overcome his demons and get to the bottom of an American business mogul’s dirty scheme!
The Teleporter is an Amazon Best Selling Super Hero Comedy by Lee Hall.
Targeted Age Group: 15+
Written by: Lee Hall
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Featured Post: His Burning Regret: A Steamy Curvy Girl Romance by Serenity Raine
About His Burning Regret: A Steamy Curvy Girl Romance:
He tore my heart apart in highschool, now he wants to protect every inch of me.
My mouth waters when I look at Griffin Warner. Excuse me as I secretly wipe the drool.
I can vividly remember the days I wiped tears from my eyes over his hurtful words.
This jerk is part of the reason I left town and pursued my career elsewhere.
I should have checked the neighbors before I moved back, now he’s right back in my line of sight.
Every. Single. Damn. Day.
His sexy military physique with those massive muscles has my mind wondering what he could do to the curves of my body.
After all the heartbreak I still love him and despise him at the same time.
His actions made it clear he wants me for himself.
Time to let the grudge go, Nessa, put on your big girl panties so he can take them off.
My hands shake thinking about opening the door from the past but my thighs tremble with anticipation.
I deserve to know why he pushed me away before, I won’t be his revolving door.
Targeted Age Group: 20+
Written by: Serenity Raine
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Featured Post: Fablestone – The Alchemist Fortune by Jeffery J Mattson
About Fablestone – The Alchemist Fortune:
Jack’s eventful summer in the quaint storybook town of Saint Galdramour isn’t over yet. While the grimalkins are busy defending their kingdom from the ever encroaching blight, Jack uncovers a lost treasure; the famed fortune of the renowned medieval alchemist Galdramour, and with it a formula said to turn things to gold. The right to this fortune immediately comes into question as interested parties from both the town of Saint Galdramour and the neighbouring town of Saint Gilbert stake their claim. Now Jack must delve into his family’s history to try to prove he has the rightful claim.
Meanwhile in Grimperloft, Grand Duke Soxington has arrived with promises of support and aid. But what he is asking for in return, the grimalkins may find too high a price to pay. The trolls are amassing an army. No one has seen Henry in days. People everywhere are going missing. The effects of weakening magic are taking its toll on both worlds as the evil miscreants of the Otherworld are beginning to gather in Saint Galdramour. It is now up to Belle, Finn and Jack to defend both their world and the realm of the fairies from a force of nature no one entirely understands.
As the summer comes to a close Jack fears his time with his Grandmother and his new friends is coming to an end far too abruptly. Jack knows he’ll miss them, some more than others, but the real question on his mind is will they miss him? Jack isn’t convinced, and time is running out.
Targeted Age Group: 14+
Written by: Jeffery J Mattson
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Featured Post: Frontier Justice: A Coogan Mystery by Michael Cardwell
About Frontier Justice: A Coogan Mystery:
Danny Coogan, a Montana Fish and Game and Afghanistan veteran, hopes for a simple life in the small town of Darwin. But life becomes a nightmare when he is shot and left alone in the freezing countryside to struggle for survival. His assailant? A local he had considered a friend.
Fans will love this outstanding novel as the author draws on his military experience and deep love of rural America to produce this action/adventure. If you like mysteries and crime stories with resilient heroes, slam-bang conflict, and nail-biting suspense seasoned with a splash of wilderness humor, then you’ll love FRONTIER JUSTICE.
Targeted Age Group: 15-100
Written by: Michael Cardwell
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Featured Post: The Ultimate A.I. Guide for Small Business Success by Dale Thomas
About The Ultimate A.I. Guide for Small Business Success:
This guide provides a comprehensive overview of AI tools, techniques, and real-world applications that can drive your business forward. From generating personalized content to streamlining workflows and optimizing supply chains, AI offers tangible benefits that can significantly enhance your business efficiency and profitability.
Targeted Age Group: 18-50
Written by: Dale Thomas
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