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I want to scream.....

Publish America is interested in my faulty book. I got this email today.

I am just shaking for the possibility of having a perfect book and getting paid for it.

No more hard work just writing...

The problem is I have to stay up all night editing my first 3 chapters.

Ho lord, its passover today.

I am so much in debit and I just sold a few books.

A voice was telling me that people want my book and that I will move into another circle of friends. People…

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Added by Tkumah A&T&D on April 19, 2011 at 4:37am — 6 Comments

Follow up books/series

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Added by Robin DuPont on April 19, 2011 at 2:53am — No Comments

Guest Post Alexandrea Weis author of Recovery

     The rhythm of the resurrecting city of New Orleans is reflected everyday in the unified heartbeat of its determined residents. And no matter the devastation, New Orleanians will continually fight to hold on to their beloved little bastion eight feet below sea level. Like the memory of a first kiss, the warmth of New Orleans pervades your soul and forever becomes a part of you. To travel among the wide oaks and antebellum homes of the Garden District makes for beautiful postcard…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on April 19, 2011 at 12:57am — No Comments

Heywood Gould The Serial Killers Daughter

 

I hope that your Monday has started off well. Did you have a nice weekend? My posting week is going to be different this week as we have Easter at week’s end and that is generally a busy time at our home. The Scoop will not have any posts on it Saturday or Sunday, so I am going to move everything up a day or two here. Basically everything I normally have on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will be dropped in on Thursday and Friday. Thanks for understanding. The G-ZONE this week is…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on April 18, 2011 at 7:21pm — No Comments

First aid

Its not a secret that I am disabled as a result of the dental trauma on my health. I have a hard time reading. I chose to edit my book by myself. I thought it will force me to read and break through.

It turned out to be a big mistake. I was hysteric and I did my best but it was not enough.

On the day my book was published my parents were diagnosed with six months to live and so on and on to the point that I basically stayed away from my book. I could not read it.

Six…

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Added by Tkumah A&T&D on April 18, 2011 at 5:02am — No Comments

Self-Published Sunday Alexandrea Weis Recovery

Hello and welcome to Self-Published Sunday. Have you heard of this author? I haven’t; this is my first read on her work. Is it going to my last one, definitely not? Too much going on in this novel not to want more, and there is more because this is actually number two in the series. I can always go back one and enjoy numero uno before she puts out number three. Alright it is Sunday, let’s cut to the chase, get to what this novel is about, and get to reading on this beautiful Sunday, maybe on…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on April 18, 2011 at 2:54am — No Comments

A Graveyard Story (For A School Assignment) (Unfinished)

A Graveyard Story

Chapter I

      Born in grief, raised in hate, and indefinitely helpless to defy the very thing called "Fate". Your probably wondering who I am, or just what it is I may be at that. Well my name is Sammy M. Finch (Short for Samantha) or at least it used to be. I come to you as a bodiless soul who wonders this graveyard…

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Added by Katelyn M. Jordon Jackson on April 17, 2011 at 7:00am — No Comments

Digital short Saturday H.R. Toye Debtor's Chip/Devin

I was bowled over by this debut digital short story by H.R. Toye: great narrative, intense content and a very nice hard-boiled read. This is going to be a series and I for one am all for that; keep them coming. The author has created a world that has been built on misery, misfortune, and bad choices. The first character basically seems to have the ideal life, the ideal wife and the ideal job. Drop the $.99 on this story and read how H.R. Toye strips this guy down to his barest of emotions…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on April 16, 2011 at 5:22pm — No Comments

Digital short Saturday B.R. Stateham A Dish Served Cold/Two tales of Blood and Mayhem

This series has quickly become one of my favorites, The Call Me Smitty Series. I just love the hard core, hard-boiled hit man that can be equal parts bad and compassionate. B.R. Stateham has composed a character that I think is going to stand the test of time. Basically I can’t say enough good things about the series from A to Z on this, I just can’t!  This is a novella so it is a bit longer in length then its predecessors, which is an added bonus for us fans of this intense series. If I…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on April 16, 2011 at 2:56pm — No Comments

Teeth Timothy James Dean

 

Just to get to this first: Thanks to my Goodread’s friend Steven; he was nice enough to send me this novel to read. He basically told me he thought this novel was so much fun, that he was willing to put his hard earned money to use and UPS this rip roaring ride of a novel to me. Kudos, props and thanks again my friend. I took one look at this novel, shook my head a few times, said, “Really?” a few times, and then dove into it not really knowing what to expect out of it. Let’s get…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on April 15, 2011 at 10:46pm — No Comments

When it's To Late J. Evan Johnson

Brutal honesty: That is what J. Evan Johnson delivers in this novel. If you are not prepared for some naked raw emotions, festering needs, issues with self-discovery and being true to one self, then don’t grab this novel. If you are in need of introspective thought, a bit of soul searching and making a laundry list of emotional wants and needs then here you go. Is the novel really all that deep and complex? No I read it , that should clue you in on some of it, but it does get to the point…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on April 15, 2011 at 10:17pm — No Comments

Improvised Digital short Story Blood Bond vs. Burn It!

Talk about intensity, competitiveness, and fun, that was just the beginning of the day for me as I gave each team the three words that were going to spark eight authors into action. They jammed off of each other’s work like jazz musicians or rockers going to it trying to outdo each other. It was fun sending the next piece to all involved; I enjoyed the comments I was receiving from the other participants as they were reading through not just their own piece but the next one that was played…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on April 15, 2011 at 8:51pm — No Comments

Mark Miller The Fourth Queen

 

Mark Miller was nice enough to guest post here on Gelati’s Scoop many moons ago. I have been lucky enough to be invited to a Goodreads event Mark has going on at a Great Wolf Resort, here is the link for that: http://www.goodreads.com/event/show/114916-homeschoolin-week

Let’s get right into the action shall we:

“In the fairytale kingdom of Empyrean, time has moved on. The princesses of once…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on April 15, 2011 at 12:50am — No Comments

Borislava Borissova The Starlight Prince

Looking for something interesting and unique? Maybe something a bit out of the norm, possibly to share with your children? Okay I have found something for you then. Check out what is between the covers on this one:

“A young boy lived alone on his tiny planet at the end of the Sagittarius galaxy. On his trips to other celestial spheres, he had seen that there were no lonely stars in the universe and even the most powerful one, the sun in the neighbouring Milky Way galaxy, had a friend…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on April 14, 2011 at 7:05pm — 2 Comments

Use the Serial Comma

Commas in Series


First, two correct examples of sentences using the serial comma.

1. The toy was red [comma] round [comma] and heavy.

2. I purchased pickles at the store [comma] gas at the convenience store [comma] and flowers at the florist for my beautiful wife.

 

RULE A

Separate every item in a series with a comma.

 

Series: A series is a string of three or more…

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Added by David Bowman on April 14, 2011 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Incoherent endless sentence

I'm in a room full people who are too busy brushing confetti off their shoulders to notice that I'm trying to figure out what joke they're laughing at but I'm laughing to so maybe they're just as unsure as I am and for just a moment I feel confident enough to jump the distance in my eyes looking to the stars and the streets for the obvious answers to the obvious questions but I'll never find them cause I'll never ask and then I'm back in my bed with…
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Added by Timothy Micheal Schultz Jr. on April 13, 2011 at 9:46pm — No Comments

Writing Bible Studies: Theme-Based or Verse-Based Approach?

There are many different ways to approach writing Bible studies. If you have undertaken that tedious yet rewarding task, you may have started with a theme (joy, love, etc.) or a few passages that you really wanted to grasp. What is your preference?…



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Added by Donna Pyle on April 13, 2011 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

Gary Ponzo A Touch of Deceit

 

Hello to everyone and welcome to the middle of the week. Joy of joys. Things have been hopping here @ Gelati’s Scoop/ The G-Zone  and I couldn’t be happier. The rest of the week we have some really nice novels, and digital shorts to feature. Our guests the next few days are a great assortment of genres and personalities. Thursday in the G-Zone is Gary Ponzo, today’s featured author/post, and on Friday in a return engagement Leonardo Ramirez author of the graphic novel Haven and…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on April 13, 2011 at 8:07pm — No Comments

Ed & Eunice Vought authors of 2nd Earth Guest Post

2ND Earth is the first science fiction novel written by Edward and Eunice Vought. The intent was to create a work that is interesting to the reader yet teaches them about relationships and family values without being preachy. If you are looking for the darker, more violent aspects of science fiction, this book will probably not interest you. The story takes place in a world that was nearly destroyed by war and takes you through the steps that the survivors go through to rebuild…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on April 13, 2011 at 2:11pm — No Comments

Notes From Underground Anthology The Literary Lab

I am going to get right into the action with this one. I mean, what exactly does the title mean? Here you go:

“Over the past year, one thing we've come to appreciate on The Literary Lab blog is the value of artistic freedom. To celebrate this freedom, we put together a collection of stories that were accepted before they were actually written. Our fellow writers gained entry into the anthology by impressing us with past work or proposals. From those early applications, we selected…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on April 12, 2011 at 7:07pm — No Comments

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