April 2012 Blog Posts (41)

As the rain pours today after a week of cold temps, and seeing this is Friday the 13th, I'm looking for a little Irish luck (and possibly an Irish lass to stroll by) as I pick up this week's featured author, William Doonan, and we transport to Kilronan which is on the Aron Islands of the west coast of Ireland. We're sitting in teh pub of a bed-and-breakfast Mr. Doonan…

I love dogs, and I love a good mystery. So when I came across the Chet and Bernie mystery series, I was ecstatic. The books are narrated from the perspective of Chet, the dog. I really enjoyed this as too many times in books and movies, animals are overly anthropomorphized.

I cuddled up at night with books one and two, Dog on It and Thereby Hangs a…

Flowers For Algernon By Daniel Keyes

Overall Rating : A Man’s Odyssey that pulls so many heart strings

Okay if you have been reading my other smoothie reviews then you know I’m a sucker for science fiction. Or importantly classic science fiction. If you haven’t notice this by now, go back and read my Subterranean review. I couldn’t stop from praising it. So it’s not surprising I decided to read another classic scifi piece. This one is called Flowers For Algernon by Daniel…

I've posted a never before released excerpt from my latest book, GUARDIAN - now available at www.liquidsilverbooks.com and www.Amazon.com. Stop by my webpage at…

um hi okay so i am the exile,your going to get to know me and the people and cultures that live around me. where do i live? you ask,go ahead ask it, out loud i can hear you,not really but kolic ,one of my "mentors" says that the winds carry your voice through out the four corners on the world and if you quiet your mind,you can hear them,never tried it myself but kolic says it works.

Okay back to me,i live in africa with the zebras and jellophants,cause they're fat and wobblie,yeeea…

See my work on the above post.

Thelma

Many of my readers are relatively well-behaved Christians, so I think I am safe in saying "Happy Easter" without offending anyone. If you are not Christian, I hope you are having a great weekend and taking advantage of those sales at your local grocery store.



I am posting today with an early treat for your Easter basket. Volume 6 of Set Free: An Amish Journey is available from Trestle Press today.…

Lord hear me as i pray,

as i begin my day,

protect all the children that are abused,

let there tormentors be known through out

the news,

let no mercy come to those who hurt the little ones,

for those children that parish may they see the Holy One,

yes Lord protect them and guide us along the way,

forgive our foolishness as we begine to stray,

as for me i just want to see your face,

Holy Father,

Holy…

I see a storm coming..

it rages over me,

entices me,

toying and playing with me

I try to break free...

It's hold it to strong.

I surrender and embrace it fully knowing i will suffer..

tension builds....

I ponder..

feeding it angrily.

So much anguish stirs and a calmness swells in my eyes

It trickles downmy left cheek..

I taste its salt.

Alas, the storm with its fierce rage has relaxed as

sadness…

Little girls are made up of many things

glitter..for one, 

It's shinny and pretty,

smiles, curtseys and cartwheels.

Little girls are all of that and more!e

Sunshine and rainbows are not even half

of what they are,

they are what makes you, me ,her, she, we, they and them and us

all young ladies

that flourish and grow into

beautiful women...

who are strong, courageous and intelligent beings.

Beneath the solid…

Near the end of August 2011, I attended the Killer Nashville writers’ conference. This was my third year and this time, besides meeting some wonderful people, authors, readers, and fans, I was honored to be invited to sit on a discussion panel. The seminar dealt with the subject of writing combat scenes.

For a moment I felt touch of an inferiority complex because the other three gentlemen on the panel had accumulated between them about 90 years of experience in the military…

Every well-written paragraph needs three parts: context, content, and conclusion. These three parts are known collectively as the 3 Cs. When you use the 3 Cs, you present information logically, you help the reader understand your message, and you demonstrate the relevance of your idea.

Context. The first sentence…

My book "The Divine Spear and Intrinsic Staff of WEISHENDO" a special exercise book I have written for people with limited movement is entered in the "Get On The Shelf Contest" sponsored by Wal-Mart.  Today is the last day of voting for round one.  If selected as one of the 10 finalists this is an opportunity for me to help spread the word about auto-immune diseases on a global scale.  To cast your vote log on to…

About the Book:

The Godfly is a political science book that explores the American system of government....

Back when we were just children, the plutocrats took possession of our minds and twisted the truth into power politics. Placing free citizens into a toady, sycophant existence.

About the Author: …

Q1: Thanks for participating in our Authors.com Spotlight Interview series Humberto! Please introduce yourself and your book to help our readers get to know you.

A: I am Humberto Sachs, a man of science with a philosophical ambition. The next genesis is my first book of the Scitrek Collection, a science fiction series dwelling on hope for humanity if we dare to evolve. You can find me and my co-writer on Amazon and on TXgroup (…

By George Pelecanos

http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/features/georgepelecanos/

Plot

Ex Marine and Iraq vet Spero Lucas works as an investigator for a Washington, D.C. defense attorney. He also has a sideline business finding lost items for people. Drug runner Anwan…

Do you know when you get to Reprisal?

        Sometimes when I enter my writing area, in a corner of my office, it seems that words will not come and the critic inside me attacks my creativity with a constant bombardment of negative thoughts. "

       Enough!

       Finally, I sit down, strike the letters on the keyboard and let the words energize each other as they create vivid word pictures that…