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September 2010 Blog Posts (70)

Who's Your Target?

Are Authors Your Targeted Buyers? Social networks are great for socializing but should they be an author's principal venue for trying to sell books? What is your experience?



Consider those networks principally populated by authors. Some are extremely useful for providing resources, sharing ideas, experiences, obtaining inspiration, finding writing tools, and creating mutually beneficial relationships. However, taken alone, these networks should not be an author's sole or primary… Continue

Added by Jane Austen Dickey on September 29, 2010 at 7:23am — 1 Comment

Remembering Jack London

The famous author, Jack London, was Boyd Thomas London’s distant cousin. Sadly, Jack London died on November 22, 1916. He was only 40 years old. Jack London was an outstanding writer. He had his own ship, and Jack wrote a book about his sailing adventures. Boyd Thomas London, a distant relative of Jack London, remembers Jack in his recent author interview at…

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Added by Boyd Thomas London on September 27, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Banned Book Week

Just in case you forgot or didn't know, Banned Book Week takes place this year from Sept. 26 to October 23.
This from the American Library Association (ALA): "Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or…
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Added by Peter Klein on September 26, 2010 at 8:03am — No Comments

Jack London Would Marvel as the World Wide Web Brings Together Authors and Readers

Jack London was Boyd Thomas London’s distant cousin. Jack London would marvel at the World Wide Web, which is a writer’s dream. It allows writers to tell their own personal stories, and to state the impact their books are making on the world. Many newspapers printed articles on Jack London, but he did not have the opportunity to have his own personal web pages on author websites such as…

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Added by Boyd Thomas London on September 25, 2010 at 1:48pm — No Comments

Rules of the Shur (a.k.a the World) - as Dictated by Author (Warning: Spoilers!)



A
godless world is the impetus for the story I tell in my "Pazuzu" trilogy. The Creator left the world of the Shur desert because mankind became arrogant and sinned without repent. This concept set my story's ground rules. I first needed to illustrate the wickedness of all my characters (That is everyone. Remember, God is gone).



Every chapter provides an example of a broken commandment in the… Continue

Added by Matthew Sawyer on September 25, 2010 at 8:08am — No Comments

Why Does Tragedy have to Happen to Open our Eyes?

My name is Alberta Sequeira and I live in Rochester, MA with my husband, Al. In 1941, I was born in Pocasset, MA and shared my moment with my twin brother Albert. We had a sister, Leona, a brother Walter who died at seven years old from polio. Ten years later, my brothers Joe and Bill joined our family. We had a great life with two loving parents.

I never had any intentions or desires to be an author. When my father, One Star Brigadier General, Albert L. Gramm, came down with…

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Added by albertasequeira on September 24, 2010 at 1:54pm — 5 Comments

Evolution versus Creation, Is It Really That Complicated

Can we to trust Jesus as our Savior and accept the…

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Added by Lorilyn Roberts on September 24, 2010 at 12:44pm — No Comments

Please, God, Not Two; This Killer Called Alcoholism

My sequel is now out as of August 2010. It follows Someone Stop This Merry-Go-Round; An Alcoholic Family in Crisis. It's about my secure, happy marriage turning to fear, confusion and abuse with my husband's alcohol abuse. I watched a loving man turn into someone I didn't know. He died in 1985 at 45 years of age from cirrohsis of the liver.

The sequel Please, God, Not Two: This Killer Called Alcoholism is about realizing my daughter, Lori, is following the same path as her…

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Added by albertasequeira on September 24, 2010 at 12:43pm — 2 Comments

CMHA Review

"City of Gardens" Book Series on Homelessness in Victoria

A new book, "City of Gardens: The Other Side of the Fence," takes readers into the issues of homelessness, addiction and mental illness in Victoria from the perspective of the city’s most vulnerable population. "The Other Side of the Fence," written by Patrick Schnerch, is the first of a seven book series entitled "The City of Gardens Collection." Patrick has lived with bipolar disorder…

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Added by Patrick J Schnerch on September 23, 2010 at 4:39pm — No Comments

TPW / Reviews

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The Peaceful Warrior: Memoirs of a Damaged Mind and Soul is not a conventional read. Neither is the author. Patrick J. Schnerch is an advocate for the mentally ill in his native Canada and the author of the crime novel, 'Adrian.' He is also living with bipolar disorder and alcoholism. In his memoir, Schnerch opens the door to his life and beacons the reader to view his struggle in the raw. It is a opportunity to see mental illness from the inside that most people, outside… Continue

Added by Patrick J Schnerch on September 23, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Time passes and 'Glastonbury' draws inexorably closer!

As the release date for Glastonbury grows ever closer, here's an advance review of the forthcoming adventure.



CK2S Kwips and Kritiques…

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Added by Brian L Porter on September 23, 2010 at 7:32am — No Comments

'Requiem' Takes a Giant Leap

I'm delighted to be able to tell all my friends that the third and final part of my Jack the Ripper trilogy, Requiem for the Ripper, this morning stood at #21 in the mainstream Top 100 Thriller Sales Ranking chart at Amazon.co.uk

All three books in the trilogy seem to be doing very well at present and I'd like to invite everyone to check out A Study in Red - The secret Journal of Jack the Ripper, Legacy of the Ripper and… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on September 23, 2010 at 6:17am — No Comments

Excuse Me, But What Planet Is This?





Sometimes I wonder if I live on Mars and not Earth. When I look at the stock market that is up several hundred points today, knowing there is nothing to sustain it or a valid reason for its rise, I wonder who is buying. Is it the government? With businesses closing everywhere,…

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Added by Lorilyn Roberts on September 22, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Whodunnit? I Dunno - The Genesis of a Novel

People have often asked me how my award-winning novel A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper came to be written. I thought it might be interesting to post the following article here, which was commissioned by The Whitechapel Society 1888, the leading ripper investigative organisation in the UK.



The following article was first published in The Journal of The…

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Added by Brian L Porter on September 22, 2010 at 1:46pm — No Comments

Whodunnit? I Dunno - The Genesis of a Novel

People have often asked me how my award-winning novel A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper came to be written. I thought it might be interesting to post the following article here, which was commissioned by The Whitechapel Society 1888, the leading ripper investigative organisation in the UK.



The following article was first published in The Journal of The…

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Added by Brian L Porter on September 22, 2010 at 1:44pm — No Comments

A Book Is Born

Ever wonder how a thought from nowhere can morph into a novel? Author Simon Marshland describes for us how his new novel, "Mr. Christopher," journeyed from thought to novel. Enjoy.



Writing is a strange business. For some, ideas and words flow with the steady reliability of a great river while others struggle for hours or even weeks in search of either. Yet more write in the manner of a small stream, quietly placid one moment then like rippling rapids galvanized into frantic activity… Continue

Added by Simon Marshland on September 21, 2010 at 11:11am — No Comments

Book Review/ City of Gardens: The Other Side of the Fence

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Added by Patrick J Schnerch on September 21, 2010 at 10:22am — No Comments

A Study in Red at #13 in Top 100 Thrillers!

Wow! I can hardly believe it, but A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper is currently standing at #13 in Amazon UK's Top 100 Thriller listings and also #24 in their Contemporary Horror listing. All I can say is that I'm amazingly proud of the book and its performance, especially as it was first released in January 2008 and yet continues to do so well.



Together with its sequels, Legacy… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on September 21, 2010 at 7:39am — No Comments

Free book

I am looking for some reviews on my latest book - "Confessions of an Online Male Prostitute." This is a novella of about 26,000 words, written in the first person and made to look as though it…

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Added by Peter Klein on September 21, 2010 at 7:01am — 1 Comment

???Glastonbury??? is getting closer!

COMING FROM BRIAN L PORTER AND 4RV PUBLISHING IN 2010 - 'GLASTONBURY' A MYSTERY THRILLER OF EPIC PROPORTIONS

" Brian L. Porter has created a gem of a novel in Glastonbury. It is among his best yet, and a story that is both realistic and epic

in its scope. It is chock full of unforgettable…
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Added by Brian L Porter on September 21, 2010 at 2:32am — No Comments

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