Writing Tips: Be Yourself – by Melissa Donovan…
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Midnight Owl – A Joe Leverette Mystery by Award-winning suspense author Viv Drewa
“Before she had a chance to step away from her car, a strong arm wrapped around her waist and a damp cloth was clamped tightly over her mouth. She dropped her purse, keys, and sweater and everything went dark.
What happens next will cause your blood to run cold, but you will not stop turning the pages because the sleuth in you will want answers. Cold Coffee Press/Café’ endorses Midnight Owl (Joe Leverette Mystery Book One) by Viv Drewa as a mystery suspense thriller.” Five Stars
“This highly suspenseful, well-written murder mystery opens with a grizzly, horrific murder that gives nightmares to several people not related to the murder in any way. Likable, believable characters draw the reader into the nightmare, while the baffled but competent police work feverishly to stop the killer before he kills again. I highly recommend this book.” Ms. Drewa write faster! Five Stars Highly Suspenseful.
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Left For Dead: A Laura & Gerry Mystery Book 6
Things are really starting to heat up in the Fitz family. Gerry’s cousin and best buddy is left for dead after a beating. When the thugs responsible find out he didn’t die, the game is on to keep Pete safe until he has to testify. After finding a body on a mountain trail in cottage country Laura helps a local police officer solve the crime while waiting for the birth of her first baby.
Left for Dead by Karen Vaughan is witty and intelligently told mystery story. It’s the 6th in the Laura and Gerry mysteries series and a delightfully penned book.
It seems even pregnancy will not stop Laura Fitz from being a corpse magnet, as she stumbles yet again onto another dead body. While Laura is talking to the police, she receives a phone call from hubby. Apparently, Laura’s gift or a curse for discovering the dead and…
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Is This Publisher Legit? How You Can Make Your Decision – by Derek Haines…
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on Just Publishing Advice:
How can you decide what a publishing company is offering you?
One of the most common questions we receive from our readers is, “Is X, Y or Z publisher legit?
There are a lot of ways an author can publish, but if you receive an unsolicited offer from a publishing company or publishing service, you should be very careful.
It is extremely rare for reputable publishers or a literary agent representing a traditional publishing house to contact an author with a publishing offer unless the author has celebrity status.
The only route a new author has to get a traditional publishing contract is to query literary agents, and if your luck is in, you might find a reputable agent to represent you.
Nowadays, the most common route to take to get a book published is to self-publish with Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, Smashwords or Draft2Digital.
The last option is to use a vanity publisher.
If…
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What is Flash Fiction and What can it Teach Us? by Louise Harnby…
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What is flash fiction and can its creation make us better writers and better editors?
In July 2018, I wrote my first piece of flash fiction and submitted it to the Noirwich Crime Writing Festival’s flash fiction competition. Here’s what I learned.
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Esmeralda’s Happy Time Cabin for Lost Hikers by @SuzanneJenkins3 #Romance #Suspense #Read
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Title: Esmeralda’s Happy Time Cabin For Lost Hikers
Author: Suzanne Jenkins
Genre: Romance, Suspense
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Kelly and Jeff Fairchild live a charmed life in their renovated Victorian mansion in the Jersey suburbs. Wall Street traders with a golden touch, they plan their vacations with the same detail and finesse used with their deals on Wall Street.
The next big outing is a hiking trip on an island in the Canadian Muskoka. Everything is perfection, from the brand name of their hiking boots to their silk long johns. Nothing can go wrong, right?
The next big outing is a hiking trip on an island in the Canadian Muskoka. Everything is perfection, from the brand name of their hiking boots to their silk long johns. Nothing can go wrong, right?
They’d been married for five perfectly lovely years and had five perfect notebooks of five fabulous vacations lined up on a special shelf in the den. Professionally framed photographs of the vacations covered…
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BELIEVE! Do Not Pay Someone to Publish Your Book! ALLI Agrees.
Dreams of publication? Yes!
Here’s support from ALLI, the Alliance of Independent Authors, for my claim that you SHOULD NEVER PAY SOMEONE TO PUBLISH YOUR BOOK. Yes, there are some reputable book packagers out there who will charge you for various services, but the chances that you will make back what they charge you are slim. YOU CAN DO THIS YOURSELF. This ALLI article explains why it is so easy to fall for vanity scams. Here’s an important quote:
Many vanity presses will try to persuade authors that they are incapable of producing a professional book without an expensive full-service publishing package. This is particularly effective on authors who may not be comfortable with new technology; the idea of handing off the details of publishing to someone who will take care of it for you is alluring.
Do not be fooled. You can start your book off with a…
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Publishing: Get Permission – by Kathy Davie…
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on KD Did It Edits site:
I’m assuming you’re not interested in getting sued.
I’m not either, hence this post on getting permission for that image(s) (Work) you want to use for the cover of your book, as a graphic in a slideshow or an illustration in your book, to promote your book, and on and on. You know the myriad ways* in which you want to use a graphic!
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