August 2012 Blog Posts (86)

Today I have here with me two very special people; Roger Rheinheimer and Crystal Linn who are Amazon top-ten selling Kindle authors, including their joint Amish romance series,AmishForever (http://goo.gl/JLWTY).

You can read their full post on my official blog - …

Sensory Deprivation

There was a recent blog on this topic. The site has many provocative and interesting posts. I read this one with interest. You may find it at:

http://zazenlife.com/2012/08/22/the-sensory-deprivation-tank-video/

I get the premise and the rational as proposed by having oneself be suspended into that certain state of awareness or unawareness . As with TM, or even Zen, I am…

Humanless will be free again today and tomorrow (22nd August and 23rd August) so don't miss your chance to download it! Please spread the word.

It's free on all Amazon sites, here are the links:



USA and worldwide…

I need some advice!!! So I am hoping that I came to the right spot. I found out that my publisher was ripping me off with not paying me for all of my books sold. Now I know what everyone would say...Drop them and find another one... well I wish it were that easy. I would love to do exactly that. However, I am in the middle of finishing book 2 in my Trilogy and Book 1 was published with this publisher. My question is, do I stay with the same company or do i publish the last 2 books with…

Infanticide

This is a topic which brings up a memory of a distant college course I was in 1973. I as a zoology major and one of the required upper division/major courses was Human Ecology. The big issues for the previous early 70s years in biology and spilled out to the media was Stanford's professor Erlich’s population control book ZPG - Zero Population Growth. This title wasn't our text, but our text for the course was heavy with the same rational. One section gave a history -…

Author Jamie Haden tells how she came to be a published author. Her latest release Illuminate-Alive, She Cried is available now in print and on Kindle. You can get it here: http://goo.gl/g6qKF (it is FREE to Prime users)

You can read her full post on my official blog: …

If you haven't checked out this monthly (free!) ezine by Morgan St. James, you should, This month's issue covers topics such as Creating Realistic Settings, E Is For Emotions and Experiences, and the first of a two-part series by Authors.com member John Brantingham titled What Being an Editor Taught Me. There are also upcoming conferences listed and links to other great sites. Plus, you can announce your "Good News" if you get it in by the 5th of the month!   …

I happen to have the privilege to be part of a great group of authors published by Trestle Press and Helping Hands Press. Starting today, you will be hearing from them on my blog. They have a lot to say about a lot of different things.



First up is best-selling Amish author Karen Anna Vogel. She asks herself a few questions.

Read her full post on my official blog - …

Feedback on this book has been great!



"The plot of this book is amazing! The details the author provides about each character is unbelievable; the author has the ability to make the reader feel the "vibes" that person would put off like yo

UK author Kate Tenbeth wants to share her journey becoming an independently published author.



Before we jump into her post, you can see her books here: http://goo.gl/Leszz

The reason I mention this first is that Burly & Grum and the Secret City will be FREE on August 29th & 30th. Of course, you don't have to wait until then. Why not buy all three for your Kindle now, hmm?

Read her full post on my…

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« Integration » is the seventh and final chapter of « The Chrome Lake. »

This instrumental section starts…

Purple Phantoms are everywhere!

Purple Phantoms is now available at the publisher, Passionate Writer Publishing, website and will be at internet book sellers and national chain and independent brick-and-mortar book stores in the future.

 Please Purchase your very own copy of Purple Phantoms at:…

‘Consciousness, Human Enigma & Parapsychology,’ by Stephanie Lynne Thorburn.…

I know it seems as if I’m changing my blog schedule weekly. What I list as topics for the next week’s blog doesn’t always appear. I’ve delayed some things or postponed topics because of mitigating circumstances. My topics get pushed aside for author interviews because I want to do my part to promote others.

Part of the problem has been I’ve been…

Finally, after a long while I finished designing both covers for New Beginnings coming out later this year and Sins of the Father arriving late next summer. So with out further delay Here they are:…

I just set up my own website a few days ago. I didn't have a clue what I was doing. But after two frustrating days of learning how everything worked, it all came together. If interested take a look. www.booksbydebbie.com. Would love to have some comments. Thanks

My nine-year-old daughter, Olivia, and I have completed the next step in the journey for the Sons of the King. Episode Five: Reflections is available now for ONLY 99 Cents. http://goo.gl/oUgd2



I asked Olivia to share her thoughts on the story so far.

Please visit my official blog to read the mini-interview - …

Yes, it's finally come to fruition. I've penned my first full novel and it's up on Amazon. It was quite a time-consuming, sometimes frustrating journey. I hope many people enjoy my work as I enjoy writing. I'm already planning a follow-up. The link to my novel is below. 

Warning: Written for adult audiences. 

http://amzn.com/B008Y5J7NE

Anyone with half a brain can see that the U.S. economy is in a malaise.  It’s just muddling along.  Unemployment is still high.  Economic growth is low.  Prices are rising for goods and services (just think gas prices and food prices).  Job creation is low (people you know that have been unemployed are still unemployed).  Small businesses are still struggling to survive given decreased demand and tight credit.  The real estate market is in the tank; house prices are still falling…