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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Vampire
twins - one wants to love you, the other wants your blood. A Werewolf
- vows to protect you. Magic - stirs within you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />Imagine
if Maggie Steifvater, Stephanie Meyer, and Laurell K. Hamilton sat
down together to write a fast paced, steamy, paranormal romance full
of thrilling twists and turns, featuring thirsty vampires and sexy
werewolves.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />That's
Night Secrets, a suspenseful paranormal romance written by B.K.
Walker, author of Dares And Dreams and Death Upon Me.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />After
Keira Crosby spends months mourning her parents' death, Jared, her
best friend, is determined to get her out and moving on with her
life. Night Secrets, a new club in town, has a grand opening bringing
with it dark secrets of the night and magic within Keira she never
knew she had.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />For Corbin, Keira ignites his passion. For Dante',
she ignites his thirst. It's up to Channing and his pack to keep her
alive from the supernatural beings he hates most...Vampires. As the
secrets of the night and Keira's heritage unfolds, her world is
turned inside out. Who will be the last one standing?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />Night
Secrets is a fast-paced, page turning paranormal romance with the
perfect supernatural mix that you can't stop reading and will leave
you aching for more.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>The Review</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Keara Crosby has everything a girl in high school could
want: living in luxury, a jeep, and even a butler. The one thing missing is her
parents who were killed in a tragic accident. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When Keara comes out of the haze of her parent’s death she
finds her world changing. She meets a new love, Channing, and finds herself in
the world of werewolves, vampires, and herself a shape shifter. Battle lines
are drawn when a jealous twin, Dante, assumes she’s the love of his brother,
Corbin’s, life and Keara is caught in the middle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Night Secrets is a great read. I found myself unable to put
it down until I was finished. Once finished I was still left with a lot of
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have just two more
weeks with my current personal care aide. She has been with me since last
November and separating will be especially difficult. She is a recent graduate
from Penn State and is from Hong Kong. According to her culture the
elders and “the ancestors”, as she refers to those in her culture who are no
longer living are highly valued. In fact, they are revered. This is
something we seemed to have lost sight of in the United States. I was familiar
with this cultural tradition among Asians from my undergraduate years at Penn
State when several women students from Taiwan invited me to share dinner each
evening. They considered it a privilege to assist an American with a
disability in gratitude for being able to attend a university in the United
States. That’s how I have been treated over the past 9 months and it has
been a joy to teach this lovely young woman about my particular needs.
She was been a willing assistant as I watched her slow down to my pace and cook
according to my instructions as I shared</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">how important nutrition was to managing pain and reducing the
inflammation of osteo arthritis. Any miscommunications or
differences of opinions were worked out between us without the assistance
of the agency that employed her or my case manager from the Office of Aging.</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Those of you familiar
with home based care or “elder care,”as it is sometimes called, will know that
this is very extraiordinary. In addition, the agencies were
unfamiliar with some one with cerebral palsy living independently into their 6<sup>th</sup>decade.
However, my wonderful aide from Hong Kong who, from the beginning, identified
herself as Christian assured me, “God is not done with your life
yet! He has more for you.” That is, apparently true as I have grown
much stronger while working with my personal assistant during these past 9
months. I have lost weight and have established a regular exercise
routine with her consistent and reliable help. I will miss her very,
very much!</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yes, the arthritis has
spread and there are days of increased pain. However,
that does not yet diminish the optimal quality of my life. This what
having my current caregiver has taught me. I hope it will continue with
the person who next comes to assist me.</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I first started
writing fiction, I was seventeen and totally ignorant of what was required of
being a novelist. I wrote two horrible screen plays that embarrass me now, due
to the lack of understanding I had at the time. Writing fiction is a learning
experience and over time you will learn what you should and shouldn't do. Here
are some tips to help the new fiction writer become better prepared: The first
tip is understanding the rough draft. The rough draft should always be yours
and yours alone. It should be undisciplined and you shouldn't think about
anything but the work. Your instincts will tell you when the story or novel is
finished. It might be ten pages, it might be a thousand, it really just depends
on the writer and the detail of the work.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You've written the
rough draft. “Now what?” you ask yourself. Now you submit it to a professional
editor. Be careful when selecting one because some editors will be looking to
retire off of you. Two dollars per double spaced page is more than fair and
these editors are as good as the ones with the high price tag attached to them.
After your novel is edited, you will receive it back and be full of emotion.
You will think that the editor is crazy and doesn't know what they're talking
about. You will go through many stages of denial before you realize the truth.
Editors are a novelists' best friend and you cannot write a good novel without
one. What an editor does is very important in the development of the work. You
should almost always take the suggestions of your editor. After awhile you will
find that you actually enjoy changing parts in your novel and that the work has
evolved into something stronger than before. That's what an editor does, they
find the weaknesses in your work and tell you about them. You must overcome
your pride and make the changes if you want to write a good novel.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The editorial
process is a long process and can takes months sometimes, depending on the
novel's length. You will find that your word count will be cut by a
considerable amount. This is good because you will have cut loose a lot of dead
weight that is keeping the story from being strong. In writing, every sentence
must tell you something new and you should not repeat yourself because the
reader will get bored.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Developing character
is something that some writers lack and it is very important because it keeps
the reader interested in your work. Try and make your characters different and
unique in some way and it will make your writing better.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After editing is
finished submit to a second editor to proofread the work. Make the changes and
submit to a publisher.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866898913808060436.post-17530775955125910162012-08-18T04:00:00.000-07:002012-08-18T04:00:09.863-07:00Midnight's Cloak Review<br />
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brood. Possessed by the taint, he marches to different sections of the world,
conquering and destroying everything in his path as a cloak of midnight pulls
itself over all things. The great foretelling of LaStaudd the Wise, the age of
the Rising Flame.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: HI; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Genre - Epic Fantasy</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">Publisher - Outskirts Press</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">Release Date - May 30, 2012</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">After a
half hour of travel Aramina woke up.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">“You okay
sweetheart?” Lot asked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">“I think
so,” Aramina said. “I take it the Cael are dead.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">“Yes. Why
didn’t you use your magic?” Lot asked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">“I started
to, then one of them jumped me from behind. After that everything became hazy,”
Aramina said. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">“You’re not
dizzy or anything?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">“I feel
fine,” Aramina said softly. She looked to the right where Clophues rode the
gelding and had Snowflake’s reins. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">“His name
is Clophues. I don’t think he would have shot you. He was just scared.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">“The Cael
were chasing him?” Aramina asked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">“Yes.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">“Could you
let me down so I can ride Snowflake. This saddle is a bit uncomfortable.” Lot
stopped Tracker and Aramina climbed down. Clophues stopped his horse as well.
She went to Clophues. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">“May I have
my horse back, please?” Aramina asked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">“Maybe I’ll
give her back to you, but I’d like a kiss first,” Clophues said, simpering.
Aramina stuck her hand out, expecting it to be filled with Snowflake’s reins.
“I’d prefer a kiss on the lips,” the West woodsman said, perking up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">“I’d be
careful with her?” Lot warned. Aramina dropped her hand and looked back at the
samurai. Her look told him to shut up. Lot watched the two of them intently.
She turned back to Clophues. “I can’t kiss you from up there,” Aramina said.
Clophues bent sideways to get closer to her. When he got close Aramina grabbed
his ear hard and yanked him from his gelding. The West woodsman hit the ground,
grunting. Lot chuckled. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">“Would you
like another?” Aramina asked angrily. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: HI; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;">Clophues stood up and brushed off his coat. “You’re mad,”
he said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>My Review </b></span><br />
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When I first began this book I thought I was going to get
another weak attempt at smaller version of Lord of the Rings or something along
those lines. Boy was I wrong. This book has unique characters which combines
wizardry along with a samurai—both of which I have an extreme fascination with. </div>
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This is a fast past book and keeps your interest but it does
need a little bit more character development to put it over the top. Justin
Geary did a great job coming up with them but once I sat the book down and came
back to it I needed reminding of who they were again. </div>
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For a different fantasy read I would recommend this book. I am
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3.5 Golden Stars</div>
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Golden Pen</div>
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*Disclosure of Material Connection: I am a member of The
Virtual Book Tour Cafe' and a copy of this book was provided to me by the author.
Although payment may have been received by The Virtual Book Tour Cafe', no
payment was received by me in exchange for this review nor was there an
obligation to write a positive one. All opinions expressed here are entirely of
my own and may not necessarily agree with those of the author, the book's
publisher and publicist or the readers of this review. This disclosure is in
accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255, Guides</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866898913808060436.post-7965013602376635582012-08-14T05:43:00.001-07:002012-08-14T05:43:33.931-07:00Fingerprints...Where Do the Lead?--Book Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fingerprints is a murder/suspense novel with a love story-and a Multiple
Personality Disorder thrown in. It's horrifying when the police come
and arrest Julie's son Jeffrey for the murder of the doctor whose body
she and Jeff found. But it's also dismaying when tough, independent
Julie realizes she's falling for the lawyer she hired to defend Jeff.
Clark, the lawyer, has his own shocking problems. The woman he goes to
visit in the institution is only one of the personalities of his beloved
wife-not the one who killed their little daughter. Liz, the doctor's
killer, is perfectly happy with how the police investigation is turning
out. And she'll kill again to keep it that way. Will Jeffrey be
acquitted and the real killer exposed? Find out where the fingerprints
lead.<br />
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<b>The Review</b><br />
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First I'd like to say I missed one of my favorite events in the Olympics because of this book. It sucked me in harder than a good LifeTime movie on a Sunday. Julie's resilience to prove her mentally challenged son is innocent is the driving force behind this story. As a mother myself I could see me continuing on long after the police had wiped their hands of it.<br />
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Marcia Leonard did a great job with her main characters though a few of her others were textbook. It didn't make a difference because they all worked well together. The budding romance between Julie and Clarke could have been anyone of my neighbors which made it all the more easier for me to relate to them because they were every day people. <br />
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This book made me question the justice system. How many times are innocent people locked up without someone like Julie to fight for them? Just a few weeks ago a man was proved innocent after serving 17 years. If you were wrongly accused would anyone fight for you? What if it was your mentally challenged son? How hard would you fight?<br />
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Fingerprints is a well written mystery/who done it in which I didn't know who or why the person killed in the first place. I highly recommend this book to others and am looking forward to more by this author.<br />
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4.5 Golden Stars<br />
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Golden Pen<br />
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so excited for today's guest. It's not often I get the chance to speak
to not only the author but to the characters. Today's guest is Doug
Boren.</span></div>
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The tropical paradise known as the Caribbean was anything
but peaceful when settled by the nations of Europe. Perhaps the most
destructive and brutal terror was inflicted not by navies or armies, but by the
ships plying the waters manned by pirates.</div>
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Rafe Alexander
fled England at an early age to join the pirate crew of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cutlass</i>, and soon learned of the brutal
harm his mother endured at the hands of Ramirez, his own father he had never
known. Joining the fleet of the Black
Widow, queen of the largest pirate fleet to ever sail, he vowed to exact his
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But the Black Widow was also driven by the need for
vengeance against Ramirez, and she and Rafe plotted their revenge even as their
fiery passion consumed them. Together,
they would become the most feared and powerful force the Caribbean would ever
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But is revenge truly enough to sustain an empty
heart? Can love replace it and soothe
the burning of the soul? As events would
move Rafe towards the explosive confrontation, he would find out…and his world
would be turned upside down.</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Doug: First of all, I
want to thank Golden Pen for the opportunity to talk with them about my new
book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pirates Revenge. </i>It’s an honor.
You know, sometimes people ask me if my characters are based on anyone real
that I know. I have to admit, that my main character, Rafe Alexander is pretty
much me. He says, thinks, feels, and does an awful lot of what I would do in
any…</span></div>
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the crap, mate, and let me talk.</span></div>
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Sometimes the line gets a little blurred.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rafe: Well, my vision’s
a little blurred ‘cuz me and my mates are on the beach in San Blas, effecting
repairs to the ships after a big battle. The rum goes down real well right now.</span></div>
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tell it your way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rafe: I never started
out wanting to be a pirate. I was raised in London’s worst slum. My mother had
been raped by a Spaniard named Ramirez, which resulted in me. I hated him for
what he did to her. But over the years she came to know a sea captain named
Sam, who became sort of a father figure to me. We were happy, until… well, Sam
and I had to leave England…rather quickly. We didn’t start out with the
intention of being pirates, but we were sick and tired of the stench of
poverty, and there was really nothing else for us. Besides, I wanted my revenge
against Ramirez, even if he was my father.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It’s hard to believe,
how many years have passed since we last sat on this beach, on this very spot.
It’s hard to believe, how many years have passed since we first went to sea
under the Jolly Roger.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Angus : Aye, T’was when
we first met the Black Widow.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Green: A lot has changed
since then; we’ve come a long way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Angus: And the boss… The
Black Widow… has her own reasons for wanting Ramirez dead. Remember, I was
there!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rafe: I know. She’s as
driven by the need for revenge against him as I am. You know, it was Sam’s last
wish that I quit piracy and put the revenge thing behind me. Instead, I’ve
become second in command to a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pirate
nation.</i> There’s not a fleet in the Caribbean that can stand against us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Angus: Lad, ye have too
good a heart for this line of work. But the fact is, you do it well…exceeding
well. We live the life that’s dealt us, and there’s nary a thing we can do
about it. At least we have both survived and prospered. Much of it thanks to
you, and of course, the boss.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Green : Especially you,
Rafe. To get between the thighs of the Black Widow is reward any man would be
happy with.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rafe: Mates, you have no
idea…</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sands: Arrggh…enough of
this melancholy. We be pirates, and pirates we’ll die. In between, we grab for
all the life we can…and apologize to no one.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Doug: All right, guys,
that’s enough! I’m going to have to pull rank on you and cover you over. The
nice people at Golden Pen may want to say a few words.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Golden Pen: Geez guys…um
Mates thanks for stopping by. I know a little about everyone, well Rafe in
particular from reading <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pirates Revenge</i>
so I’ll focus my questions there. Rafe how are things with you and the Black
Widow? Being a woman myself I know it must have been hard for her to live a
life on the seas but do you really see her as someone capable of love?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rafe: (sighing and
grinning) she is one of the most remarkable people I’ve ever known. She’s as
ruthless as she is cunning, as she is beautiful. Would you believe the day we met she almost
ran me through with her sword? A
disagreement over prisoners. But we have
become very, very close, she and I, because of our shared need for revenge
against Ramirez. I know her better than
anyone, and I can tell you that despite her rough exterior, there is a heart,
and she does feel pain, and yes, even love. But she’ll not show it, at least
not to anyone but me. She’s my boss, my friend, and my lover.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Golden
Pen: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks for the insight
Rafe. Now Doug tell us how it that you keep everyone in line? No offense to the
pirates. Just doing my job here. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Doug:
It’s not that hard. During the course of
writing I feel that I come to know these characters very well, as if they were
real people. I even come to love them as
if they were real people, and wish I could hang out with them. Amongst them, and me, there is a lot of
mutual respect going on. Sounds strange, I know, but that’s how I feel.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Golden
Pen: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Oh I see. So what’s next
for you? Any new books, book signings, ect? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Doug: I’m putting the
finishing touches on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Patriot’s Point</i>,
which is the sequel to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pirates Revenge.</i> It centers on Rafe’s adult children during
the American Revolution. It is my
intention to write for each generation of the Alexander Family Chronicles right
on up to the present day. I’m always looking for opportunities to promote my
works. I have another interview in a couple of weeks, and I will be at the
Southern Festival of Books in Nashville in October. Finally, I strongly urge
everyone to go to my websites which are dedicated to each of my works. Go to </span><a href="http://www.dougboren.homestead.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">www.dougboren.homestead.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Golden Pen: Well Doug
thank you and the crew for stopping by. Please be sure to check out <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pirates Revenge</i> wherever books are sold.
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The tropical paradise known as the Caribbean was anything but peaceful
when settled by the nations of Europe. Perhaps the most destructive and
brutal terror was inflicted not by navies or armies, but by the ships
plying the waters manned by pirates. Rafe Alexander fled England at an
early age to join the pirate crew of the Cutlass, and soon learned of
the brutal harm his mother endured at the hands of Ramirez, his own
father he had never known.</div>
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Joining the fleet of the Black Widow, queen
of the largest pirate fleet to ever sail, he vowed to exact his revenge.
But the Black Widow was also driven by the need for vengeance against
Ramirez, and she and Rafe plotted their revenge even as their fiery
passion consumed them. Together, they would become the most feared and
powerful force the Caribbean would ever see. </div>
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Is revenge truly enough to
sustain an empty heart? Can love replace it and soothe the burning of
the soul? As events would move Rafe towards the explosive
confrontation, he would find out...and his world would be turned upside
down.</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Revenge-Douglas-Boren/dp/0984775250/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340390902&sr=8-1&keywords=pirates+revenge">Amazon</a> </div>
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Move over Captain Jack Sparrow there’s a new Captain in town
and the names Rafe. Douglas Boren has outdone himself with his tail amongst the
high seas. This book is full of action and adventure along with a gritty
reminder that we are reading about pirates and they aren’t always the most civil
of people. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Along with looting there’s
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raped and in comes Rafe. His passion for revenge coupled with that of the Black
Widow makes for enthralling tale of vengeance. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However after years of seeking revenge one can
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The author has done a great job of capturing some of the
true history of pirates. His writing clearly displays the research he
underwent. Never have I been this excited over history. I found myself holding
my breath as my eyes explored the battle scenes. Pirates Revenge is an excellent
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Take a trip with Alexis “Cherie” Norwood in her debut novel as she walks
you through the life of Marie Aili b.k.a. Bittersweet from Chicago,
Illinois. Marie is an honor student in high school with aspirations to
go to college. However, she has her own problems with her mentally ill
mother, aging grandfather, and a selfish aunt. Her life changes when she
meets up with a young hustler named Keshawn who decides Marie is the
one person in the world he loves and trusts. <br /> <br />Keshawn is a
street smart hustler that has his own problems with his mother forcing
him into the game, the dangers that he encounters in the streets, and
the people around him that he trusts less and less each day. After
meeting Marie, he decides he wants to get out of the game so he enlists
the help of Marie and her family, and asks Marie to become his safe
girl. Although, Marie doesn’t know what this entails she agrees to help
Keshawn. This decision will flip Marie’s reality upside down and
catapult her into a life that she is not prepared to enter. Keshawn
tries to protect Marie from the consequences of street life, but that is
a promise that he can’t really keep. <br /> <br />Will Keshawn and Marie end up together or will they succumb to the pressures of the game that threaten to tear them apart?<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>Facebook. Create a page for your book. It’s THE international social networking tool. If you haven’t heard of it, there’s a movie.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>Create a website (www.bloodthenewred.com). Facebook has replaced the website for many, but I still like to have a portal for reviews, excerpts, and where to purchase information in one place. Plus if you add lots of keywords your site will come up in searches.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>Post excerpts wherever possible. There are several blogs and sites (some free, some with a fee); Smashwords.com and AuthorsDen.com is a good place to start.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>Contribute guest blogs and write columns for other websites. If you get a byline even better! If not, no worries use you social networking tools to promote your blogs/columns. Having readers read your work and gauge your writing style, and generates interest in your book.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">5.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>Submit press releases. Don’t just include a synopsis, but make the content interesting, lots of great keywords for searching. Also, use blurbs from reviews when possible.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">6.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>Do a book tour or signing or virtual book tour. Be sure to include alcohol, this makes people happy. Of course my personal experience is that alcohol doesn’t work with virtual tours, too many next day regrets!</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">7.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>Forget what your mamma told you: Give it away! I mean other stories and books. It is rare today for someone to purchase a book without reading other stories by an author. Write a short story, then include a link to your book at the end.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">8.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>Twitter(@david_s_grant). Good hash tags = #writing #fiction. Bad hash tags = #mybookisawesome #winning</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">9.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>Leave your virtual business card. Comment on blogs and article and leave your website, twitter, etc… </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">10.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>Guest blog (via a virtual tour) and shamelessly promote your book.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Author BIO:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">David S. Grant is the author of ten books including “Corporate Porn”, “Bleach|Blackout”, “Hollywood Ending”, and “Rock Stars”. His latest novel, “Blood: The New Red”, is now available. David lives and writes his weekly rock, travel, and NBA columns from New York City. For more information go to <a href="http://www.davidsgrant.com/">http://www.davidsgrant.com</a> Twitter: @david_s_grant </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866898913808060436.post-14934601651173435472012-04-26T04:00:00.000-07:002012-04-26T04:00:07.203-07:00Becoming aware of the forces that hold us or release us-Peter Taylor and Jermy Szteiter<div><span style="color: black;">In the mid-1980s I was teaching science in its social context as a new faculty member at a non-traditional undergraduate college. I began an ecology course with a brief review of our place in space before I asked students to map their geographical positions and origins. One student, "K," did not come back to earth with the rest of us, but remained off in her own thoughts. Some minutes later she raised her hand: "I always knew the sun, not the earth, was the center of the solar system, but do you mean to say..." K paused, then continued. "I'd never thought about the sun not being the center of the universe." From K's tone, it was clear that she was not simply rehearsing a new piece of knowledge. She was also observing that she had not thought about the issue but now she saw as obvious that the universe was not sun-centered. What other retrospectively obvious questions had she not been asking? What other reconceptualizations might follow? These questions pointed her along the path I hoped my students would take as critical thinkers-grappling with issues they had not been aware they faced, generating questions beyond those I had presented, becoming open to reconceptualization, and accepting that their teacher should not be at the center of their learning.<br />
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Since childhood star gazing in rural Australia I had known about the sun's marginal place in the Milky Way so I felt some superiority when K admitted that she had not realized this. To my chagrin, I subsequently discovered my own retrospectively obvious question about our place in space. I was reading Sally Ride's 1986 book on the space shuttle to my child, when I came to her description of astronauts regaining weight as they descended. The idea conveyed was that weightlessness was a result of distance from the earth. Yet the space shuttle orbits only 300 kilometers up where the earth's gravity is still 90% of its strength down on the surface. So I started thinking about how to explain weightlessness correctly in a children's book. Try this-think of swinging an object around on the end of a piece of string. To make it go faster, you have to pull harder; if you do not hold on tight, the object flies off into the neighbor's yard. Astronauts travel around the earth fast-at 7.5 kilometers per second. They feel weightless because all of the earth's gravitational attraction on them goes to keep them from flying off into space. The earth's pull on the astronauts is like your pulling on the string-but, while you may let go, gravity never stops acting. When the space shuttle slows down on its return to earth, less of gravity's force goes to keeping the astronauts circling the earth and what is left over is experienced as weight regained.<br />
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After rehearsing this explanation a few times, another kind of weightlessness occurred to me. The sun's gravitational attraction is keeping me circling around it-at 30 kilometers/second I figured out. On the earth I feel weightless with respect to the sun's gravity, but that force is acting nevertheless. I had never thought about this; I had considered myself a passenger on the earth, which the sun's gravity was keeping in orbit around it. I then realized that I am also zooming around the Milky Way galaxy, not as a passenger in the solar system, which the galaxy's gravitational attraction was keeping in orbit around it, but because the galaxy's gravity is keeping me orbiting around its center. It made me feel woozy to think of the sun and the rest of the galaxy "paying attention to me" all the time, keeping me circling at enormous speed through space-at over 200 kilometers/second, I soon learned. I wondered if every molecule in the galaxy was attracting every molecule of my body every moment. Was there some other way to think about gravity? Perhaps a further radical reconceptualization awaited me, possibly involving wooziness-inducing Einsteinian concepts such as curved space-time.</span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></div><span style="color: black;">In recent years I have started courses and workshops on critical thinking by relating the reconceptualizations that occurred to K and myself. I usually follow the story with an activity. My goal is to have people respond to story and bring insights to the surface about how people can generate questions about issues they were not aware they faced. The activity begins, therefore, with a freewriting exercise in which each of us writes for ten minutes starting from this lead off: "When I entertain the idea that I haven't been asking some 'obvious' questions that might have led to radical reconceptualizations, the thoughts/ feelings/ experiences that come to mind include..." After this writing, we pair up and describe situations in which we "saw something in a fresh way that made us wonder why we previously accepted what we had." We then list on the board short phrases capturing what made the "re-seeing" possible. The factors mentioned differ from one time to the next, but they always represent a diverse mix of mental, emotional, situational, and relational items, e.g, "relaxed frame of mind," "annoyed with this culture," "forgetting," "using a different vocabulary," and so on. I conclude the activity by simply noting the challenge, which is common to many other questions in education, of acknowledging and mobilizing the diversity inherent in any group. Recently, however, now that I have lists from several occasions, I have started to wonder whether the factors could be synthesized into general directions. Would future audiences gain from my cutting through the diversity and presenting such a synthesis-or does this run against the grain of facilitating thinking about re-seeing?</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b>Peter Taylor:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Peter Taylor is a Professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston where he directs the Graduate Program in Critical and Creative Thinking and the undergraduate Program on Science, Technology and <br />
Values. His research and writing links innovation in teaching and interdisciplinary collaboration with studies of the complexity of environmental and health sciences in their social context. This combination is evident in his 2005 book, Unruly Complexity: Ecology, Interpretation, Engagement (University of Chicago Press).<br />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Jeremy Szteiter:</b></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Jeremy Szteiter is a 2009 graduate of the Critical and Creative Thinking program and now serves as the Program's Assistant Coordinator. His work has centered around community-based and adult <br />
education and has involved managing, developing, and teaching programs to lifelong learners, with an emphasis on a learning process that involves the teaching of others what has been learned and <br />
supporting the growth of individuals to become teachers of what they know.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866898913808060436.post-58047444499034361242012-04-25T04:05:00.000-07:002012-04-25T04:05:00.418-07:00Five Dangers of Facebook - Author Diane Griffin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYD0D1_kHqAoSFyyuBBS_2K3ao9yR-UKSf3Al6APUxh1Bd5FkhanurCe8jmHVhm36kcFpGFddMnXVyKNG7s5gSD_tsOZktdGhdM4MCJjyJpYO3xSW54RvFVMSHL469GB8staiVEaMjXeY/s1600/Intro-Page.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYD0D1_kHqAoSFyyuBBS_2K3ao9yR-UKSf3Al6APUxh1Bd5FkhanurCe8jmHVhm36kcFpGFddMnXVyKNG7s5gSD_tsOZktdGhdM4MCJjyJpYO3xSW54RvFVMSHL469GB8staiVEaMjXeY/s1600/Intro-Page.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Diane Griffin:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; line-height: 15.75pt;">Diane Griffin is the founder and President of Security First & Associates. Ms. Griffin works with a variety of clients throughout the Security industry. Ms. Griffin has also worked in a wide array of fields to include training, facilitation, communications, human resources and industrial security management and Ms. Griffin is the current Chapter Chair for National Classification Management Society (NCMS), Chapter 26.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; line-height: 15.75pt;">Diane's expertise in the security field and her experience as an author of books on Security Clearances helped her make a natural transition to security issues for teens and their parents.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; line-height: 15.75pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; line-height: 15.75pt;">According to Ms. Griffin, Social Media is the way to communicate with teenagers today. Parents have a lot to learn when it comes to the behaviors of their children online. To help parents and teachers understand today's teenager, Diane Griffin has written several books on the topic of Social Media and your teens. She also has a helpful blog that gives good advice about the subject and valuable resources for parents<br />
and teens on the subject of internet and phone safety on her site <a href="http://www.protectyourteens.com/">http://www.protectyourteens.com</a>. Take advantage of a security expert to help you manage this important process in your child's life.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>5 Dangers of Facebook You Might Not Have Considered</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sure, you're aware that online predators scour Facebook looking for teens they can exploit. But have you considered that there are other dangers lurking in the mega popular social networking site that have nothing to do with luring your child into a park somewhere, or following them to a local restaurant? Here are five things you also need to take into account as you set ground rules for your teen's use of online sites such as Facebook.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">1. Admission to college. If your teen goes online and posts lewd or crude photos of herself or others, undisciplined profanity, racist remarks or other taboo comments, it could hinder her chances of getting into her college of choice. While not all admissions offices take the time to search online for an applicant's profiles, many do. And those who do may very well refuse admission to students who don't present a mature or socially acceptable persona online.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">2. Employment opportunities. In addition to colleges and grad schools who are concerned about the image a teen presents online, it's becoming much more common for prospective employers to view an applicant's, or employee's, online profiles. You've probably heard the stories of people being fired because of derogatory remarks posted on Facebook. It happens, as does never being hired in the first place for the same reason.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">3. Personal relationships. While your teen may think it's all fun and games to go online and call their grandmother an old fogey, if someone lets it slip to Grandma what's been said, it can cause relationship problems your teen probably never imagined, not to mention the undue hurt and embarrassment from such actions. Teens don't always think of the consequences of what they do, but it's important that you remind them of possible issues that could arise from what they post online.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">4. Legal complications. Today, it's common practice for an attorney to search online to find anything they can find on someone involved in a law suit. If your teen has to go to court for any reason, it's highly possible that any negative photos, videos or statements they've posted online, or a friend has posted of them, could come back to haunt them when they stand before the judge.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">5. Serious charges. In addition to minor complications relating to lighter offenses, serious charges could be raised for such issues as threatening a classmate, or posting sexually suggestive photos online. Some teens have been charged with child pornography for posting or sending nude photos of themselves to their friends, and if that happens after an 18th birthday, it could result in your teen being labeled a sex offender for the rest of his life.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">While Facebook and other social networking sites can be a fun online hangout, the potential dangers need to be addressed. The best precaution is to sit down and talk to your child about these dangers and help ensure he or she avoids these issues for their own safety, and for your peace of mind.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=5866898913808060436&postID=5804744449903436124" name="_GoBack"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt;"><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> </div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><span style="color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cesar has a very experienced background in the spiritual world. He was brought up in a Christian family, but branched out from that base as he got older, seeking answers about the world around him, and the spiritual world around him. In his mid-twenties dramatic events occurred in his life which challenged his very existence, but he learned from these experienced and most of learned that how that life is not just in our own hands. Now Cesar is a firm believer that everyone has their own path to walk in life, and part of that walk is all about the choices that you make. Some people choose a good life and some a wicked life, but most of us live the life in the middle, influenced by the world around us and our own upbringing, Cesar understands that life is simply not black and white.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: HI; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-IE"></span><u><span lang="EN-IE"><br />
</span></u></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span lang="EN-IE">Why book covers are so important</span></u></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span lang="EN-IE">& some helpful tips</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">To be honest, the book cover is so important to draw-in attention and sales.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this book I have used an image that I took whilst on a road trip around Ireland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it is an amazing photo and I have always wanted to use it for something since I took it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the time I was on a road trip where I was contemplating a lot of things about my life, I had a big decision to make at the time and I decided to go on this massive road trip to give myself a lot of time to think.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">I guess this is why I needed up using the image in the end, as this book is about contemplation and inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But you don't need to be an expert photographer to design your own covers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found a site where you can get loads of images royalty free, and you can use them for your book if you ask for permission from the owner of the image.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The owners tend to be very helpful and glad to see their work being used for book covers, here is the link;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: navy; mso-ansi-language: #04FF;"><a href="http://www.sxc.hu/"><span style="color: navy;">http://www.sxc.hu</span></a></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">But the image is not the only thing that appears on the cover, you also need the actual design such as the title text and so on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many self-publishing companies have their own online design programs, and I do like the one on Createspace, as they are simple and straight forward, yet if you don't like their designs, you can upload your own files or just the front image.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So basically its a mix between set-designs and what you can do yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But if this is not good for you, one can always look for a cover designer, I would advise to look on authorsden.com in their services marketplace, or perhaps approach your local college and ask if there are any art students willing to work with you.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.virtualbooktourcafe.com/3/category/cesar%20prayers%20poems%20songs/1.html%20"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5b3WnBHkg24Z3HqfyVYfxE8xhyphenhyphenMFrNixMjRSMwr_yeWmHgMEEJXtmYZGrIXfZS5uT-bInE1fvZkgpOAR0UD-87Sz57UIPdSCW21O7aRvfTH33antuXOe-nwcaDLCThKaHQwNfhM9zFZU/s320/Cesar-PPS-Long.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</style> <![endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This collection of 250 poems was written by Cesar during his late teens, and each piece of writing was originally intended to remain as a personal record of his journey with God. Yet the collection at some point became much more than mere thoughts about the world and God; they developed into poems, lyrics and poetry on a full range of subjects.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: HI; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"><br />
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Then the writing stopped and the pages of thought and devotion were lost to time, gaining nothing but dust in an attic. That is where Cesar found them thirteen years later, and he chose to publish them as a testament to the influences which once surrounded his life, and as a dedication to God for his faithfulness.<br />
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The book is also dotted with hand drawn sketches which adds an additional level to the book. </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866898913808060436.post-75276750347026473972012-04-11T06:06:00.001-07:002012-04-11T06:27:38.359-07:00Launch Out Into the Deep-Guest Blog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Launch-Into-Acacia-Slaton-Beumer/dp/1468024523/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1334149881&sr=8-2"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_OIbQL6Aj_P-Psan9x68uNyyoJTaxuaRQ95c8kTN2a1QI6nrchnkurTte7XIUQAB7kX3TWw8JIn262YR-3vvDC3MFH_UBuP6eQf4TDb6GUVoySePou95yUuKzYW5M2dRFY_35DzdVAg/s320/launch+out.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Most kids grow up with big dreams that seem very possible to attain. They often stare off into space and think about that day when those hopes and dreams will come to fruition. Along the way, as some kids grow, limitations, doubts, insecurities and a myriad of other issues start to slow down those dreams. Although there is still hope, the light starts to fade as an uncertain future seemingly awaits the child that once had a faith that could move many mountains. The unsure child grows into an adult that is full of discouragement, lack of faith, depression and many times, bitterness that brews waiting to lash out at the world. It takes hope, faith and trust in God for a person who doubts to look beyond their limitations and see their circumstances through the eyes of faith.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Fight Toward Destiny</span></u></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><br />
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margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">went away halfway through the trip.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Fear started raising so many </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">doubts and faith did take a dip.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The strong will hold on every</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> day and fight with all their might</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">when fear comes around to steal</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> those dreams in the middle of the night.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Goodbye Fear</span></u></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">You can’t keep me in the same environment like you did for so many years.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I replace everything you tried to give me; you see, I’m still standing here.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Your words were really convincing as they pierced my very being.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">You told me to stop a long time ago and do away with those foolish dreams.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Your eviction notice is on the table so pack your bags and close the door.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I’m changing the locks when you leave. Fear, you’re not welcome here anymore.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Selah: "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(Proverbs 13:12).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Words of the Wise: “Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.” ― Daisaku Ikeda</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<a href="http://www.launchoutbook.com/" id="yui_3_2_0_7_1334150614518437" target="_blank"><span class="" id="lw_1334150613_1">www.launchoutbook.com</span></a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866898913808060436.post-4136453820299149992012-04-09T04:55:00.001-07:002012-04-09T04:55:00.190-07:00The Message Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Message-Lisa-Rusczyk/dp/0984775242/ref=pd_rhf_cr_p_img_1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyn5l8wPkcIgWSif9NhDdIoOJ3r0fXGe7P-a2k-bJn5mgA07TPzxfarNuyPiFowRRUONX01ofrFUTHvhy14zhnd6jjkrM_-MpovtnPwVmli-GM5n3TgNP3YAlyfUGUwRzwUQ0Y453d-6A/s320/the+message+copy.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I came to this time through a time hole and I'm told I'm always in the present. That's what the Yar Sirray said. She also said the time holes were destroying the Yars' lives, that their world was plagued by them. They escaped and came here. People in this time on Earth accept the Yars as companions, but I don't trust them. It's something about their flat black eyes and sandy, scaly skin. Their answers to my questions are half-truths</div><div style="text-align: left;">I can tell. The people in this time have the message, so they say. It makes them happy, peaceful, all similar. They don't know how it started. All they know is how it's transmitted - through bodily fluids. A simple kiss can do it. Azja seems different to me. He's not as confident, not as limited. I want to go home, away from the people and Yars with the message. I want to go back into the past, to my time in the twentieth century. I think I found someone who can help me, Leatherwood, but he seems to have plans of his own. Azja's not the only one who stands out from the others. Something about the message doesn't seem right, but I can't figure out what it is. I need to leave this world before I give in to my desire for Azja. I can never so much as kiss him or I will be infected too, and I don't want that. Not right now, not with what I am discovering about the Yars.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Golden Pen: </b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Let me start of by saying my imagination is very vivid so the thought of the Yars creeped me out, but they along with the main character are what kept me going. I simply had to know what the heck these creatures were up too. I say creatures because it's debatable if they are aliens or not.<br />
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Jen is right to be suspicious, after all she is transported into the Twilight Zone of a future. A future so peaceful it would drive the normality out of anyone. In fact it reminded me of Judge Dred with Sylvester Stallone. The only thing missing was, "Be Well". However this peace came at a huge price and was spread through a kiss.<br />
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Lisa Rusczyk did an amazing job describing the city and transports. I could see myself there standing and watching as the people went about their daily business. I must commend her for this because many times I don't get a clear image of places described in sci-fi novels.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">4 Gold Stars </div><br />
Golden Pen<br />
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P.S. I would recommend this novel to anyone. You don't have to enjoy sci-fi to love this one.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866898913808060436.post-19517294946092447112012-04-06T10:36:00.000-07:002012-04-06T10:36:24.678-07:00Unforgivable Book Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984775226/ref=cm_cr_mts_prod_img"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXuMjkToR1UbMNyslYiYPt0KQtyRqjgIidduyUOon_GlkC3VS2Ec4fSJlbqGdhl1xJv_ZYaRpaze2Yax2k6XUPYuhcYWiF_CBy0nbRHrTY3PwDJssWIUB206KAliHXF5MwVmvT5d7DAHE/s320/unforgivable+copy.jpg" width="213" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Guilty or innocent? Sane or insane? Justified punishment or horrible mistake? Joan Miller believes she is ordinary in every way until she is tried and convicted for murdering her best friend the night of their senior prom. Joan is deemed criminally insane and is committed to a life sentence in a psychiatric asylum, where she attempts to escape a life full of despair and anguish as she did in the past - by creating glamorous characters and living in her private World. Now cohabitating with mentally ill and criminally dangerous patients, with an estranged family who is ashamed of her, Joan has nowhere to turn. She confides in her only ally... her psychiatrist. With his help, she struggles to be declared sane in hopes of being released from the institution. But should she be? As long-buried memories unfold, she teeters on the edge of sanity and insanity, reality and fantasy as she realizes that she may have committed the terrible crime after all. Could it all come crashing down on her or will she free herself?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Golden Pen Review:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div>Unforgivable is a suspenseful well written novel. As a reader one couldn't help but be dragged into the crazy world of Joan Miller. If it weren't for the fact she was in an insane asylum I would of had a hard time believing she just wasn't someone with a vivid imagination. <br />
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Toss in the other characters Brit, Jory, and Maggie screaming out the time every hour on the hour and you never know what's going to happen. I mustn't overlook the poor Dr.. His kindness calls out to humanity but may have well led to his undoing as a caregiver of patients. Hopefully I worded that without spoiling it! <br />
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This novel made me question if a sane person was locked in an insane asylum long enough will that person eventually go insane? You be the judge.<br />
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Overall this was an excellent read with a great twist at the end. 4.5 golden stars! <br />
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Golden PenUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866898913808060436.post-6679013693614401492012-03-12T10:30:00.002-07:002012-03-12T10:31:24.877-07:00How to Leave Debt, Forever by Nicholas L. Maze<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfMpBLW1stTE3NMmfc94wYKez6f21J4wXiZPV1ybjyqwySNvzE17ZFzuGZYz7hv4O0QTI-N5ymzUB1MrZql_ugoGTJqg5l60XVnhyYA331oBJHo4LSFkzJg2_EFvK_2PtE-1G1S10Pug/s1600/nick_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfMpBLW1stTE3NMmfc94wYKez6f21J4wXiZPV1ybjyqwySNvzE17ZFzuGZYz7hv4O0QTI-N5ymzUB1MrZql_ugoGTJqg5l60XVnhyYA331oBJHo4LSFkzJg2_EFvK_2PtE-1G1S10Pug/s1600/nick_web.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">Born in Flint, Michigan, Nicholas L. Maze attended Baker College, where he earned his degree in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting and Marketing. With a knack for advertising and excelling in math, Nicholas seemed destined for a productive career in business. Instead, there would be another gift that would prove to be more dominant and rewarding.</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="color: #eeeeee; line-height: 12pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">In the summer of 1999, while still in college, Nicholas found a job with a nation-wide security organization. His initial plans were to work his job, until he finished college. But it was his stint with the security organization that would lead to a rebirth of his passion for writing. As a child, being driven by a strong imagination, Nicholas would write stories to past time. It was during his composition courses in college that Nicholas realized that his gift was still intact. His writing craft received praise from his colleagues and instructors. With substantial amount of free time on the job, Nicholas found himself writing more and more. He started by writing poetry and composing songs, during his free time on the job. It was at this same time that Nicholas began managing a small rap group, which allowed him to hone his writing skills even more. Nicholas began composing songs for his rap group and him. In 2004, Nicholas began to write his first published work. With ample amount of time and a number of ideas, Nicholas began to write. In order to compose a successful work, Nicholas had to make himself the reader. Nicholas placed himself in the passenger seat and let his imagination go to work.</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="color: #eeeeee; line-height: 12pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 11.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">As Nicholas was completing his book, he renewed his relationship with GOD and acquired a second job. Two jobs and attending college full-time, forced Nicholas to put his writing on hold. Once Nicholas completed his first degree in Marketing, he was able to focus on his unfinished work and complete his book in 2007. From there, Nicholas began to send out query letters for his book. After no success, Nicholas placed his book on the shelf and returned to school. In 2009, Nicholas received a prophecy on his writing gift and immediately began shopping his book around. “I instantly thought of my finished work and began sending out query letters. Within two months, I received a publishing deal.” Now, Nicholas is fine-tuning himself for a long, successful career as an author. His first love.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOrv2sQ52f3ffQ6GDvhDZT8YGbcJTf2eX9PzEpuoD2GfzzYv8219HzrOnQIZHpbLNNZoe0r72R6SO4KKKiV7WNVmipGJuVLFoKyUUsA2wwJJJLyjLuKbUuHg19E11vLcmsLnbKdCDsCY/s1600/Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOrv2sQ52f3ffQ6GDvhDZT8YGbcJTf2eX9PzEpuoD2GfzzYv8219HzrOnQIZHpbLNNZoe0r72R6SO4KKKiV7WNVmipGJuVLFoKyUUsA2wwJJJLyjLuKbUuHg19E11vLcmsLnbKdCDsCY/s320/Cover.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 11.25pt;"><span style="color: #40331e; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What 12+ years of schooling never provided is located within this amazing literature. From basic instructions on saving to the reason for America’s current financial dilemma, we receive great advice in the world of finance. People across the globe are crying for relief that will never come. In EXIT, we learn that financial strain is planned and orchestrated. The more America suffers financially, the more successful certain individuals become. How do we eliminate a problem that has been in place for almost 100 years? We first learn how to exit, escape. </span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 11.25pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Title: Exit: How to Leave Debt Forever</div><div class="MsoNormal">Genre – Financial/Self Help/Non-Fiction</div><div class="MsoNormal">Publisher – Pearle Pages Publishing</div><div class="MsoNormal">Release Date – February 21, 2012</div><div class="MsoNormal">Format – Ebook & Print</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>EXIT: HOW TO LEAVE DEBT, FOREVER!</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Introduction: Mental Restraint</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Nicholas L. Maze</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">As I was driving down the street one day, I became conscious </div><div class="MsoNormal">of the world’s condition. Contrary to what you would think, it </div><div class="MsoNormal">wasn’t the abandon houses I drove by; it wasn’t the cracked </div><div class="MsoNormal">pavement, or homeless people that seem to be in unison. It </div><div class="MsoNormal">was the children. GOD gave me the understanding that a </div><div class="MsoNormal">child is nothing but an adult that is trapped. In their minds, </div><div class="MsoNormal">they live in an orchestrated fantasy world. Their world is </div><div class="MsoNormal">orchestrated by other children that have aged over time and </div><div class="MsoNormal">learned to be adults. The older children (adults) determine </div><div class="MsoNormal">what the younger children wear, eat, and drink. And for the </div><div class="MsoNormal">most part, a child is okay with the control. For most children, </div><div class="MsoNormal">it is all they know. They live in a mental fantasy world, </div><div class="MsoNormal">because their knowledge is limited.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Limited knowledge brings forth the purpose of school. A </div><div class="MsoNormal">school should strengthen a child’s mind, because one day </div><div class="MsoNormal">that child will have control of other children and he/she </div><div class="MsoNormal">should be mentally prepared and able to take on that task. </div><div class="MsoNormal">This is what separates a child from an adult, knowledge. And, </div><div class="MsoNormal">this is also what hinders are society…knowledge. Knowledge </div><div class="MsoNormal">is the key ingredient in this book. My main goal is to educate </div><div class="MsoNormal">many and erase the “get rich quick” mentality. The term get </div><div class="MsoNormal">rich quick was created for those that lacked knowledge, </div><div class="MsoNormal">because they knew that without intelligence, an individual </div><div class="MsoNormal">would fall for anything. Getting rich quick is a scheme. And, if </div><div class="MsoNormal">I sell you a book that is nothing but a scheme, I have not only </div><div class="MsoNormal">cheated you out your money, but I have also helped you go </div><div class="MsoNormal">deeper in debt.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">A lot of us have aged in features. Some of us, our hair is </div><div class="MsoNormal">graying, while others have gone completely white. Even with </div><div class="MsoNormal">physical changes, mentally we could still be trapped. Our lack </div><div class="MsoNormal">of knowledge can keep us at the same mental stage we were </div><div class="MsoNormal">at as 8 and 9 year olds. This observation exposed to me the </div><div class="MsoNormal">purpose of this literature. Our lack of knowledge is constantly </div><div class="MsoNormal">putting this world deeper in financial strife. So many people </div><div class="MsoNormal">do not understand the financial system and remain limited </div><div class="MsoNormal">and under someone else’s control.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This book was written to strengthen your knowledge. </div><div class="MsoNormal">Regardless of your age, you can be freed from this mental </div><div class="MsoNormal">bondage. This one book is not the answer to all your </div><div class="MsoNormal">problems, but it has been composed to be the “push” that so </div><div class="MsoNormal">many of us need during these trying times. As you begin to </div><div class="MsoNormal">read and take in this information, pray. Pray for </div><div class="MsoNormal">understanding. Pray for mental strength. Pray and ask that </div><div class="MsoNormal">the bondage be removed. After you pray, remember that </div><div class="MsoNormal">prayer is not the only requirement. You have to take action, </div><div class="MsoNormal">move forward. This book is your push to help you make that </div><div class="MsoNormal">move. Take in the knowledge from this book and put it to </div><div class="MsoNormal">work!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">As I think back on that day, I noticed the children were on the </div><div class="MsoNormal">playground at their school. I could hear laughter and see </div><div class="MsoNormal">children playing with one another. Although the community </div><div class="MsoNormal">was dying and the living conditions were getting worse, they </div><div class="MsoNormal">found joy. They found joy with one another. They found joy, </div><div class="MsoNormal">because mentally they were limited. They couldn’t </div><div class="MsoNormal">understand the dying community, the abandon homes, and </div><div class="MsoNormal">the increasing murder rate. Mentally, they were trapped. </div><div class="MsoNormal">They were happy with having someone control their life and </div><div class="MsoNormal">made the best of what they were given. Not knowing that </div><div class="MsoNormal">someday their bodies will age, that strength would weaken, </div><div class="MsoNormal">that hair would gray, and that their minds will remain </div><div class="MsoNormal">trapped. They will inherit debt that they have no knowledge </div><div class="MsoNormal">of. And although they may live to be one-hundred, mentally </div><div class="MsoNormal">they will be that same child I observed on that day. Never </div><div class="MsoNormal">being properly taught and forever being controlled.</div><div class="TableContents"> </div></td> </tr>
</tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866898913808060436.post-26536380572534741672012-03-09T08:06:00.000-08:002012-03-09T08:06:11.946-08:00Guest Blog/I Believe by New York Times bestselling author Eldon Taylor<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:DoNotShowRevisions/> <w:DoNotPrintRevisions/> <w:DoNotShowComments/> <w:DoNotShowInsertionsAndDeletions/> <w:DoNotShowPropertyChanges/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> </w:Compatibility> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Excerpt</span></b></div><div align="center" class="HHBodyText" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Trying, Losing and Persisting</span></b></div><div class="HHBodyText"><br />
</div><div class="HHBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">You never lose unless you quit. Vince Lombardi is often quoted as saying, “The difference between winning and losing is quitting.” There are thousands of stories about people who failed miserably time after time before finally achieving their goals. They succeeded because they never quit. </span></div><div class="HHBodyText"><br />
</div><div class="HHBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Knowing your own limitations is different from quitting, which is a mental state. You may see a ballplayer walking off the field, but long before taking this action, his mind set sail through all the possibilities, reasons, and rationalizations for giving up. He may have even rehearsed the event—to try it on, so to speak—before the actual action. So as I said, it’s first a mental action, like my son’s strikeout.</span></div><div class="HHBodyText"><br />
</div><div class="HHBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">There are people I’ve worked with in the past who persist at quitting. They’re not aware that they’re giving up, per se, any more than my son was aware that he’d surrendered to striking out before the first pitch was thrown. </span></div><div class="HHBodyText"><br />
</div><div class="HHBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Becoming aware of this tendency in ourselves is the only way we can end these self-destructive, self-sabotaging patterns. Persisting should be all about allowing our efforts to become better and better. We persevere at practice—reinforcing our improvement instead of mentally rehearsing our failure expectation. As Marilyn vos Savant is credited with saying, “Being defeated is only a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent.”</span></div><div class="HHBodyText"><br />
</div><div class="HHHeaderA" style="mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Winning</span></b></div><div class="HHHeaderA"><br />
</div><div class="HHBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I believe that inside every human being is a winner. Each and every one of us possesses a unique ability—a talent, if you will—and chief among all of our abilities is the one called “Doing our very best.” I believe that this ability is what makes us champions.</span></div><div class="HHBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I remember being confused as a young man about such statements as “All men are created equal.” It doesn’t take an Einstein to see how untrue this statement is—or is it? I tell a story on myself in my book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Choices and Illusions,</i> in which I made just this inquiry. It seems appropriate here to share what I learned. </span></div><div class="HHBodyText"><br />
</div><div class="HHBlockQuote"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Imagine a rocket scientist who, after much work, launches an interstellar voyager. Imagine the pride he feels in the accomplishment. Now imagine a so-called menial laborer. On his hands and knees for endless hours, he scrubs and polishes a floor. He has worked so hard and with so much pride that he has scrubbed his knuckles raw. Now he stands back and beholds his labors. The floor absolutely glistens—every square inch of it. It never looked that good even when it was new. Now . . . which man senses the most pride, the rocket scientist or the floor scrubber?<sup>2</sup> </span></div><div class="HHBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Even at a young age, I understood that feeling. The fact is that when you do your utmost, you enjoy the same state of specialness, the same ecstatic feeling, the same sense of purpose and pleasure as anyone else, regardless of the act (launching rockets or scrubbing floors).</span></div><div class="HHBodyText"><br />
</div><div class="HHBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I believe there are no real losers because in the end, you cannot escape yourself. You—both here and in the hereafter—will learn to persevere, and in time you’ll turn the act of trying or the pattern of losing into winning because that’s who you ultimately are! You’ll acquire the habit of applying your best to all that you do, and as the rocket scientist–floor scrubber story illustrates, that means you’ll always come out ahead. You were created a winner, and a winner you were meant to be. Believing in yourself makes winning happen, so the only question is what you’re going to do to reinforce a strong, vital faith in yourself—for what you believe always matters!</span></div><div class="HHBodyText"><br />
</div><div class="HHBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Always remember the following analogy from Alfred Adler. It’s one of my favorites, and it will help you remember to believe in yourself along the way, even when you feel you’re drowning.</span></div><div class="HHExtract"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning—and some of them many times over—what do you find? That you can swim? Well—life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!<sup>3</sup></span></div><div class="HHExtract"><br />
</div><div class="HHHeaderB" style="mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Reflection</span></b></div><div class="HHBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The only way you lose is by quitting. Failure becomes permanent only when you give up. When you visualize quitting, you’re rehearsing the event. Can you think of examples from your own life when you were so convinced you’d be unsuccessful that you never even tried? Isn’t this often the most basic frustration that people have during a midlife crisis? Do you dare to look again at those dreams you once had and discarded—and to try again, this time with persistence, determination, and tenacity?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">For information on the book launch, please visit http://progressiveawarenesspromotions.com/it/12c/indexB.html</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">About Eldon Taylor</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="HHBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Eldon Taylor is an award-winning, <span class="CharacterStyle-Italic">New York Times</span> best-selling author of more than 300 books, audio, and video programs. He’s the inventor of the patented InnerTalk technology and the founder and president of Progressive Awareness Research. He has been called a “master of the mind” and has appeared as an expert witness on both hypnosis and subliminal communication. </span></div><div class="HHBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Eldon was a practicing criminalist conducting investigations and lie-detection examinations for many years. He is listed in more than a dozen Who’s Who publications, including <span class="CharacterStyle-Italic">Who’s Who of Intellectuals</span> and <span class="CharacterStyle-Italic">Who’s Who in Science and Engineering</span>. He is a fellow in the American Psychotherapy Association and an internationally sought-after speaker. His books and audio-video materials have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have sold millions worldwide. </span></div><div class="HHBodyText"><br />
</div><div class="HHBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Eldon is the host of the popular radio show <span class="CharacterStyle-Italic">Provocative Enlightenment</span>. He has interviewed some of the most interesting people on the planet. His shows are thought-provoking and always fresh in both their perspective and the exchange.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866898913808060436.post-6242676962241585272012-03-05T21:19:00.000-08:002012-03-05T21:19:00.177-08:00UpdatesIt has been a while since I last wrote a blog. Why? Because sometimes life happens. I had some big changes in my personal life and needed time to get things back in order. Now I am back and will bringing you more guest bloggers and reviews. Oh while I was away I did still manage to post reviews on Amazon.<br />
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I will be adding a full review of <i>Unforgivable</i> by Lisa Wooten. I just finished and it was awesome!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866898913808060436.post-86851165751087877682011-10-03T04:46:00.000-07:002011-10-03T04:46:00.813-07:00Author Spotlight with Terry Lloyd Vinson<!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU81YkLugst9zOh1l5NE4XgCC2Ww-enjhcd2OCQsVfXFC4auWjoiHZy-XFSGlpO1u_3NsUTvvTj3KCycePozNvNkrnpLusFFAUZztgGP5b3G5Sdh4AtErG8tbAPDj8N1gglFojK_kbGDU/s1600/56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU81YkLugst9zOh1l5NE4XgCC2Ww-enjhcd2OCQsVfXFC4auWjoiHZy-XFSGlpO1u_3NsUTvvTj3KCycePozNvNkrnpLusFFAUZztgGP5b3G5Sdh4AtErG8tbAPDj8N1gglFojK_kbGDU/s1600/56.jpg" /></a><b>Terry Lloyd Vinson</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaPy8oxTyCH2tm7TWCO3fmzaYzfYcLVFgE8AhF-PBL7y_xQlufDlK4c-CSTKcoWuKVBWsvr3VFnwu_3DKAth9fbXfMiIEjdEPZpMOnJSNx1m7m8hAU6nU5xe6r5YIhnkbzI2uu96p18w/s1600/sidekicks.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b> Up close and Personal</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">1. What inspires you as a writer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyday life-people I’ve known and experiences I’ve had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, I’d have to say fellow authors and their works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, a complete novel begins with nothing more than a simple notion; a vague idea that blooms into a 90,000+word brain-flush.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">When did you have that ah ha moment when you knew you were a writer? Not really sure I’ve experienced such a single moment of clarity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have to work at it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are days when every sentence, every written word, is a major challenge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On such occasions, the back-space key is a true godsend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What is your writing process? Once I lock in on a specific idea for a novel or short story, I will write a crude outline and do my best to follow it as the actual story-telling process begins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Invariably I will veer far off-course from what I first intended to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As far as output, I try to put down at least 500 words a day if its novel-length.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tell us about your favorite character and why you chose to write about them? I would have to say it’s the Benjamin Thomason character from ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Desolation Island</i>’ and ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Desolation Outpost’</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is my foul-mouthed, two-fisted alter-ego-an R-Rated ‘Wolverine’ from the X-Men, you might say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gruff, uncompromising and completely Un-politically correct.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Truly, my hero.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, and he <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">digs</i> Asian chicks, like myself. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What are you currently working on? I’m currently on the early edits of a completed novel entitled ‘Iron-Will’, a Sci-fi/mystery with horror undertones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It involves a futuristic a grouping of over-forty competitors completing in the ultimate endurance race…to the death, of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A shock ending ensues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good stuff…I hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Any upcoming events? Hopefully some media-related interviews for the release of ‘Sidekicks Incorporated’. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If you could be anyone you like, who would you be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Abe Lincoln, vampire hunter. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you have any advice for new writers and something that a seasoned vet can learn?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For newbies, it’s easy: the more you read, the better you write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more you write, the better the work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For vets, I’d say to occasionally branch out into a genre you’ve never before attempted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It refreshes the batteries. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve done westerns, Sci-fi, suspense, and all-out horror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve even written several comedic short-stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where can your followers find you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My main lair is at <a href="http://www.authorsden.com/terrylvinson">www.authorsden.com/terrylvinson</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My personal site is entitled ‘Graven Imagery’ and can be perused at <a href="http://tvzoner.tripod.com/">http://tvzoner.tripod.com</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Any last words?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Support your local authors…computers, printers and keyboards have to eat too, and I personally will ‘write for food’ if need be. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 12pt; text-indent: -12pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaPy8oxTyCH2tm7TWCO3fmzaYzfYcLVFgE8AhF-PBL7y_xQlufDlK4c-CSTKcoWuKVBWsvr3VFnwu_3DKAth9fbXfMiIEjdEPZpMOnJSNx1m7m8hAU6nU5xe6r5YIhnkbzI2uu96p18w/s1600/sidekicks.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaPy8oxTyCH2tm7TWCO3fmzaYzfYcLVFgE8AhF-PBL7y_xQlufDlK4c-CSTKcoWuKVBWsvr3VFnwu_3DKAth9fbXfMiIEjdEPZpMOnJSNx1m7m8hAU6nU5xe6r5YIhnkbzI2uu96p18w/s320/sidekicks.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div>Drafted at the tender age of fifteen to participate in a secretive military training program, Jake Weber is soon thrust into battle in war-torn Vietnam under the codename <i>Kid Rage</i>, fighting alongside future living legend <i>Colonel Liberty</i>, an ultra-patriotic super-soldier fated to be the young warrior’s mentor and crime-fighting partner for the next decade-plus.<br />
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Flash-forward nearly forty years, as a tabloid news crew travels to a remote, desolate island in the pacific in order to interview the reclusive, long-retired Weber concerning a series of brutal, sadistic killings that have recently rocked the superhero universe, the aged victims all past alumni of an eighties super-group known as ‘<i>Sidekicks Incorporated’</i> and all former teammates of the man once known as <i>Kid Rage.</i> <br />
As stories of both past heroics and tragic failures are regaled in painstaking detail, a backdrop of building fear and unease soon emerges as a tangible entity whose lone agenda is the ultimate in final retribution.<br />
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Retribution to be extracted for a quarter-century old deed so despicable it serves to blur the fine line separating good from evil; teammate from enemy; <i>hero</i> from <i>villain.</i><br />
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Long before the sun’s inevitable descent below the Pacific’s vast, swaying horizon, the mystery of exactly who survives the bloody carnage of a tabloid TV dream project gone horribly wrong will indeed be solved, though doubts concerning the validity of good truly triumphing over evil may <i>forever</i> linger…<br />
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GP: Okay so I went and downloaded this title. So far so good. A real page turner. I love the whole interview process. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866898913808060436.post-75493953836558565852011-09-23T04:53:00.000-07:002011-09-23T04:53:00.087-07:00Author Spotlight-BK Walker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhX8TRFuRdnxb4M4b7hKjVGy7O95Fg2BPCBCeoGgU-xDW0rOj8lYLmJ5BLywDbTs2SJPeQfVznh8oazQ8eCz6Slf_NVE5kF_cp_LjrzYU6d7Okx170E6LmlPgaJsLlScMSR_KwYenHmyA/s1600/72252_1333954888887_1831525609_648481_7746102_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhX8TRFuRdnxb4M4b7hKjVGy7O95Fg2BPCBCeoGgU-xDW0rOj8lYLmJ5BLywDbTs2SJPeQfVznh8oazQ8eCz6Slf_NVE5kF_cp_LjrzYU6d7Okx170E6LmlPgaJsLlScMSR_KwYenHmyA/s320/72252_1333954888887_1831525609_648481_7746102_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:DoNotShowComments/> <w:DoNotShowPropertyChanges/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</style> <![endif]--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>BK Walker currently lives in Central Pennsylvania with her three children, Brittney, Hunter and Danny, her dogs Rancid, Sadie and Haven, a cat named Whiskers and a goldfish named Fat Albert. She has always had a love for reading and writing, even as a child she created stories reading them to her stuffed animals. With a love for vampires and werewolves, you will not be disappointed with her writing as she mixes up the paranormal juice. Aside from writing, BK also supports Indie Authors organizing virtual book tours, helping them to market and promote their work. Her book review site, BWB Reviews, is just another small way she contributes to the reading world. With many stories floating around in her head, she writes when she gets the time between working as a Pediatric Home Care Nurse, being a single mother, and continuing her college education in Graphic Art Design. When BK's not fighting with her muse, Mouthy Mary, who has much to say way too often, you will find her at a baseball game with her children, or relaxing with a good book in her hand.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: 48.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -30.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">1. What inspires you as a writer?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 48pt; text-indent: -30pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">Everything. I can get ideas from a conversation with a friend, sitting at a red light and looking at my surroundings, from TV, and from my dreams. Inspiration is all around us, we just need to grasp it and run with it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 0.25in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When did you have that ah ha moment when you knew you were a writer?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">I'm not sure I've ever had that "ah ha" moment. There are days when I still don't consider myself a writer, just a good story teller. I'm still learning new things everyday, and maybe one day I will consider myself in that term, and it will hit home that I am a writer.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">GP: BK, I have seen your work, believe me you Are a writer!</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What is your writing process? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">Man, my writing process is crazy. There are times when I write as a panster, other times I have to develop each character by conducting an interview, and plan out the plot with sticky notes on a poster board so I know where the story is going. It really depends on my muse, and the characters. Many times the scene will come to me in my dreams and I will need to get up and type it all out right away so I don't lose the feel of it. All in all though, I don't really have a set writing process.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">Tell us about your favorite character and why you chose to write about them?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">Wow....I'd have to say that right now Keara is my favorite character. She's strong, and going through so much. She thought her life was perfect and well planned, but when her parents die and she starts experiencing things within her, and meeting new people that are trying to help her, she quickly learns that life is never what we expect it to be. Keara is a fun character to write because she goes through so many changes. As she learns more about herself, I learn too and the writing for her becomes fun and entertaining.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">5.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What are you currently working on?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">I'm finishing up the final touches on Broken Captive, about a girl who is broken by abuse and help captive by self inflicted pain. Serpent Seekers is in its beginning stages as well, another paranormal romance.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 12pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">Romancing Your Dark Side tour will run until October 31. We have a couple of Live Author Chats and Live Book Signing events, just check the schedule for those at www.vbtcafe.com</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">7.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>If you could be anyone you like, who would you be?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">Hmmm. Now that is a loaded question. I don't really think I'd like to be anyone else other than me. There are many people I'd like to get inside their heads to see how their thought processes work, but I'm happy being me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">8.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">Do you have any advice for new writers and something that a seasoned vet can learn?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 12pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #03FF;">For new writers - Don't ever let anyone tell you that you're crazy and it can't be done. If you can tell a good story, you can write a book. For seasoned vets - I think we all pretty much learned it and continue learning everyday. Always reach for your dreams.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-left: 12pt;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866898913808060436.post-35803974748893331182011-09-16T04:05:00.000-07:002011-09-16T04:05:00.566-07:00Novel Writing: The Setting<div class="MsoNormal">Today's Guest Blogger is non other than Award Winning Author Mr. Julius Thompson. If you haven't read <i>Ghost of Atlanta</i> you are missing out. I love his topic as I sometimes get lost when an author fails to set the scene correctly. Mr. Thompson was most recently at the Decatur Book Festival. Here's a quick snippet of what his experience.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"> <b> </b><b>Where am I?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"> This is a question you DON’T want your readers to dwell on as they turn the pages of your novel.<span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span>Picking the setting of a novel is obviously a critical step. </div><div class="MsoNormal"> You must craft a vivid and realistic setting to act as a canvass for your characters to perform. This setting/sense of place must be credible.</div><div class="MsoNormal"> When you read great works of fiction, you know immediately where and what time period you are in. For example, Walter Mosley puts you in early fifties’ Los Angeles in <u>Devil in a Blue Dress</u>, Harper Lee sets you in the early twentieth century south in <u>To Kill A Mockingbird</u> and F. Scott Fitzgerald sets you in the roaring twenties in <u>The Great Gatsby</u>.</div><div class="MsoNormal"> You must give your reader a sense of place and this will make it easier for your readers to exist in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Fictive Dream</b>” of your novel’s world.</div><div class="MsoNormal"> A great author once said: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Characters interact with setting/sense of place as if its’ another character. The setting/place of place will change the character. In a different sense of place the characters will be different. The setting/sense of place will change the characters.”</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 24pt;"> </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white; font-size: 24pt;"> </span>In crafting your novel, ask yourself a couple of questions. What is the relationship of a particular setting to your novel’s main characters? Can you imagine him/her in a different setting?</div><div class="MsoNormal"> What happens in novels, when the protagonists appear in a new setting—what does that appearance in a new setting have to do with “what the book is about”?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"> For example, my point of view character, Andy Michael Pilgrim, lived, interacted and changed in the three novels of the Julius Thompson Trilogy: <u>A Brooklyn in Brooklyn</u>, <u>Philly Style and Philly Profile</u> and <u>Ghost of Atlanta</u>.</div><div class="MsoNormal"> In the progression of the trilogy, Andy’s early adult life was shaped by growing up in Brooklyn, New York and in the move to Philadelphia he was shocked in his young adult life watching the influence of drugs and gangs destroy young people’s lives. Finally, in returning to his beginnings in Atlanta, Georgia, as an adult, he was shaped by the negative memories of his past. </div><div class="MsoNormal"> The three cities were major characters and forced Andy Michael Pilgrim to react as if he was confronting another living person in each novel.</div><div class="MsoNormal"> As you craft your novel, ask yourself, “Where does the action take place?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"> In reading your novel, the must reader learn pretty quickly in what place and time the story unfolds—in other words, where in time and space the story “is set.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"> The setting is the backbone of your novel, upon which you will build a cast of dynamic characters. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Research your setting</u></b> so you can add very, very specific details to make your setting as realistic as possible. You must be very descriptive in your setting to pull and keep people reading your book.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <u>In choosing the setting for your novel, ask yourself these questions</u></b><u>: </u></div><div class="MsoNormal"> 1. What year is it? </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"> 2. What City and town do your characters live in?</div><div class="MsoNormal"> 3. What is the weather like?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"> 4. What season is it?</div><div class="MsoNormal"> 5. What type of architecture is found in your setting? </div><div class="MsoNormal"> 6. What is the setting of your Novel? </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"> 7. How do you paint a picture of the setting in the reader’s head?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"> I hope these hints help you create realistic settings for your novels or short stories.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"> Happy Writing!!!!!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJGvbowiHRcxaBVKH9ojhHWjU5UH2Y997-4ohCZOSoOz35YEA15xUgubNlxfyipdnza7iKu6lufHcS5WjCbsnj7gv70kDZNqDrO49pB_tNbG4M1u1mjvUentZmROK-9F9aYHnY7EXk2c/s1600/Julius8A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJGvbowiHRcxaBVKH9ojhHWjU5UH2Y997-4ohCZOSoOz35YEA15xUgubNlxfyipdnza7iKu6lufHcS5WjCbsnj7gv70kDZNqDrO49pB_tNbG4M1u1mjvUentZmROK-9F9aYHnY7EXk2c/s1600/Julius8A.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Julius Thompson’s journey to compose a trilogy began in 1995. The fictional journey of Andy Michael Pilgrim from Brooklyn (<i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">A Brownstone in Brooklyn</span></i>), to Philadelphia (<i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Philly Style and Philly Profile</span></i>), and finally Atlanta (<i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Ghost of Atlanta</span></i>) is now complete. In this pilgrimage, readers experience places that are filled with hopes, dreams, challenges and fears that make us human.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mr. Thompson received the Georgia Author of the Year nomination for <i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Philly Style and Philly Profile</span></i>, from the Georgia Writers Association, in 2007,. and he is currently a Creative Writing/Publishing Instructor at Atlanta’s Evening at Emory’s Writers Studio</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mr. Thompson is writing his fourth novel, Purple Phantoms, which is the haunting of a high school basketball team. This book is totally different from the trilogy and a chance to explore the use of second person point of view in a novel.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mr. Thompson grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York and attended Bushwick High School. The sixties in Brooklyn was an era that had a personality, a feel, and a life-force that changed a generation. Mr. Thompson felt this energy and experienced these fires of social change.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> After high school, Mr. Thompson spent the next four years riding the "A" train to Harlem, in upper Manhattan, to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree from the City College of New York. At CCNY, literature instructors like Professor Thomas Tashiro, fueled the fire in him to become a writer. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">GP: Mr. Thompson thank you so much for stopping by and congratulations on your literary award!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866898913808060436.post-89172394728655263112011-09-14T04:11:00.000-07:002011-09-14T04:11:00.386-07:00Missing in ActionHello all. Please forgive me for not posting lately. My writing was calling me and I had to answer. Sometimes my Muse gets beside herself and barely gives me any room to eat, shower, and tend to the kiddies let alone actually write anything other than what she desires.<br />
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Well if you missed it the Decatur Book Fest was a very successful event for the authors and readers in attendance. Even with the threat of a storm on Sunday, people came out in the thousands to show support. I stopped by the Passionate Writer Publishing tent, nice display as always, and met fellow authors Kane, Julius Thompson, Omegia Keeys, and a children's author Tiffany A. Flowers.<br />
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Debra Gaynor owner of Readers Favorite was out and about meeting the authors. If you have not submitted your book for one of their reviews, what the heck are you waiting on? This is a nationally recognized company who has done reviews for the likes of James Patterson and for publishing companies such as Random House, and guess what the Independent Author as well!<br />
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Okay back to the fest itself. This is a must. If you are thinking about doing an event this should be top on your list. From the sounding of the fest with the drummer signaling the Kiddie Parade is about to commence to the thousands of people in attendance, this is the place to be. Believe me I know, as I have attended several lackluster festivals.<br />
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Baltimore Book Fest, Sept 23-25<br />
Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN, Oct 14-16<br />
Miami International Book Fair, Nov 18-20<br />
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Now you can't say you didn't know about them. If you can't attend this year why not mark it on your calendar for next year? Go ahead get that exposure.<br />
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The Golden PenUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866898913808060436.post-43899900289414010572011-08-23T07:44:00.000-07:002011-08-23T07:44:27.848-07:00Whatnots & Doodads by Stacey Kennedy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPlQQnnVm3gtdh7hy4dsNLjYtff5DAPHk7P-OJICPNFIM2arFnGf9BvINwMrEZHq903KVRG1QDtvhGP34iIUFYRGrfrI6NqCJVj223yRzsfy5-nyb9MqiDFhAv53kYHyN_ArvgBOVZGU/s1600/staceykennedy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPlQQnnVm3gtdh7hy4dsNLjYtff5DAPHk7P-OJICPNFIM2arFnGf9BvINwMrEZHq903KVRG1QDtvhGP34iIUFYRGrfrI6NqCJVj223yRzsfy5-nyb9MqiDFhAv53kYHyN_ArvgBOVZGU/s1600/staceykennedy.gif" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">Stacey Kennedy’s novels are lighthearted fantasy with heart squeezing, thigh-clenching romance, and even give a good chuckle every now and again. But within the stories you’ll find fast paced action, life threatening moments and a big bad villain that needs to be destroyed. Her urban fantasy/paranormal and erotic romance series have hit Amazon Kindle and All Romance Ebooks Bestseller lists. If she isn’t plugging away at her next novel, tending to her two little ones, she’s got her nose deep in a good book. She lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband. Be sure to drop her a line at</span></i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";"><a href="http://www.staceykennedy.com/"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext;"> www.staceykennedy.com</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, she loves to hear from her readers.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">What inspires you as a writer?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Anything and everything. Usually I get my inspiration from the current story I’m working on. A scene will pop into my head, or a new character will develop, or even I’ll see a side character that needs to have their story told. I always go with what my muse wants. I gave up fighting against her a long time ago.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">When did you have that ah ha moment when you knew you were a writer?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Easy answer. After I wrote my first book and realized I could do it. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">What is your writing process? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I’m a panster trying hard to be a plotter. I do a rough outline of the story, then I fly by the seat of my pants and write the story. Once I’m done, I do a chart that shows the story as a whole so I can get a good look at it. Usually then is when I move chapters around, have to add more, and make sure I’m hitting all the important conflicts, plot and other goodies.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Tell us about your favorite character and why you chose to write about them?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">My favorite character is usually the one I’m working on. I love all my characters for all different reasons. I really can’t pick a favorite. That might not make them very happy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">5.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">What are you currently working on?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Right now, I’m writing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bite Me, I’m Yours.</i> I’ll be self-publishing this paranormal romance in a month or two. It’s turning out to be quite an action packed, humorous, steamy read!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">6.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Any upcoming events?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I love to party so I always have lots of events on the go. You can come see were I’ll be here - http://www.staceykennedy.com/fun/</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">7.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">If you could be anyone you like, who would you be?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Katie MacAlister, because she’s my favorite author and I’d love to get into her creative mind for a little while.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">8.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Do you have any advice for new writers and something that a seasoned vet can learn?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Just write and keep writing! The more you do, the better you get at it! And jump on any opportunity you can. One opportunity can lead into another and you don’t want to let them pass you by.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">9.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Where can your followers find you?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Website – http://www.staceykennedy.com</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000956942180</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Twitter – http://twitter.com/#!/Stacey_Kennedy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Goodreads - http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3473046.Stacey_Kennedy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">10.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Any last words?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Happy Reading! Come find me at the places above, I love making new friends!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">For Bryanna, a witch from the Asheville Coven, magic is on the fritz. Shunned by her coven and her boyfriend Layton for her unruly magic, she seeks a new life for herself. It just so happens, fate steps in and brings her to Strange Hollow–a place where being different is not only acceptable, but encouraged.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">When Bryanna arrives in Strange Hollow, Zeke, a demon gone good, is burning with Hell’s fire over her. Not only has she set his world ablaze, but he’s found one soul he can save. He’s determined to free her from the insecurities that have damaged her soul.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">Together they experience lava-hot passion as they weave their way through a tornado of emotions. But when Layton returns for her, will Zeke’s attempts to break the unworthy cage woven around her be enough to keep her in Strange Hollow forever?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">Thank you for stopping by Stacey! For more information please visit her on her website.</span><br />
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