“Angels of the Fallen: Ramiel” by P.T. Macias is HERE!

Now on Amazon!

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Damn! It’s not that at all. It’s not that I can hear her plea. It’s about what I’m feeling. I can feel her essence. I feel her soul merging into mine. What the fuck is this? Hell, she’s my mate?

Ramiel ceaselessly fights his demons in the dark captivity and toils on his penance. His tormented soul yearns for his beloved and her memories provide the solace and strength to endure.

Time wears him down, his tired old soul is battered, and his constant light of hope is now flickering out.

The pure blood fairy hides from her demons and fights to remain whole. The Angel of light and hope veils her. His visions lead her through the dark evil shadows that threaten to cloak her.

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Well? What are you waiting for? Go get it!

 

The 16 Best Book Blogs to Read in 2016 | Scribendi.com

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Anyone who’s taken a crack at writing and publishing a book has it fresh in their mind just how complicated it can be. Genre. Audience. Editing. The Cover. Reviews. Publishing. Formatting. Oh, and lest we forget, how to write the darned thing. These blogs have much of that covered. They are some of the leaders in the industry on all that’s listed above, and a lot more. Go have a look!

Publishing … and Other Forms of Insanity: List of Online Reviewers Who Accept Self-Published Books

Let’s face it. No matter how many high-quality self-published books that have gone to the top of the charts on Amazon, a certain stigma is still attached to indie authors and their work. Happily, that is slowly changing, and there is an ever-increasing number of reviewers and bloggers who are willing to take a chance on books that are not traditionally published. Here is a list of some of those “brave” souls –

 

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My pal Ron Herron (Award-winning author R.L. Herron) announces his new book! And also tells us what really matters…

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“No one knows how long the Cherokee people have lived in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, although artifacts have been found indicating their ancestors were there more than 11,000 years ago…at the end of the last Ice Age.

After the discovery of gold in Cherokee territory, one of the most disgraceful things in American history began…the forcible removal of all Cherokee from land they had lived on for generations. More than 4,000 men, women and children died on the brutal 1200 mile forced march. It has gone down in history as “The Trail of Tears.”

Award-winning author R.L. Herron has created a spellbinding tale based on the curse of an assassinated Cherokee prophet that has followed one American family for eight generations with relentless, supernatural horror. ”

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My latest novel, Blood Lake, was just published. You will find it on Amazon and online at Barnes & Noble. (Whew!) There, the shameless publicity effort is done (don’t I wish). Now … Source: Thi…

Source: Things That Matter

Two of my pal Stan R. Mitchell’s books are free today on Amazon…

Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know that for today (and today only) both “Sold Out” and the first full novel of the Detective Danny Acuff series are available on Amazon for free. (At …

Source: Two of my books are free today on Amazon

It just ain’t that easy…

Writing is hard.

There…I said it. No matter what anyone tells you, no matter if you have days when the words flow from within you like water cascading down Angel Falls, writing – good writing – is damned hard. And if you don’t believe me, read the reviews of any book you’ve written, and they’ll set you straight.

That’s what they’re for, you know. Oh, sure, they inform prospective readers what they have to look forward to when they crack open your baby…good or bad. But – and it’s a big but – they also tell you how you did. How well you told your story. How convincing that story was. Believable? Nonsense? Captivating? Paperweight?

The thing is, what do you do with that knowledge? Do you use it, tuck it away for the next time, and take lessons learned? That’s the smart thing, of course, but maybe even that’s not enough.

Admit it…it ain’t easy, hearing disparaging comments about your work, even ones meant to be constructive. Let’s face it, you just spent weeks, months constructing a work of art you swear is the next “Carrie”, revised, tweaked, adjusted, amended, re-wrote, smoothed and rephrased yourself right into a literary masterpiece, and some lunk who probably mows down corn for a living just dared to give you two stars. (No offense to the corn slingers – I’ve done that too, and trust me, it ain’t easy, either).

However. If enough folks mention the same thing (that’s called a pattern, people), then that-there smoke is’n cause to look fer a fire. And that fire might well burn your book’s success right down to a little, smoldering black cinder. In other words, do something about it. Even after the book is finished. Because, well hell, when is a book ever finished?

That’s the real question. Is your book finished? When you put the cover on it, trumpeted it’s existence to all the world, marketed every site this side of the Baltic and started watched the Amazon rankings at 5 a.m. every day, was it finished?

Or is it done whenever you’ve made it into the absolute very best work you possible can.

Re-writing parts of “The Clearing” was something I had to do. I was in hell, thinking that people were going to read something that I knew was flawed. It wasn’t believable, wasn’t truthful, just wasn’t right. And you know, maybe it still isn’t. Perhaps, despite my best efforts, someone somewhere is going to tell the world that it sucks. Likely to happen, in fact. Let’s say inevitable.

But I know that it’s now the best that I can do. And as I anticipate the day of my baby’s re-launch, my friends, that gives me peace.

 

Author Francis Guenette tells of the impact of a BookBub promotion….

Francis Guenette

 

From March 25th to March 29th, I ran a five-day free promotion for Disappearing in Plain Sight, first book in my Crater Lake Series, with a fiercely-sought-after BookBub Promotion slot on March 27t…

Source: One-Month Past a BookBub Promotion

Thomas Rydder, writer

So…here we are.

It’s a little over three years since the launch of my debut novel “The Clearing”, and almost 18 months since I signed off of this site, and social media in general. So much has changed, but the bottom line is that I’m back. My circumstances have also changed a bit, in that I haven’t nearly the time and opportunity to go online that I did, however, we’ll make it work.

We now live near Albany, New York, a relocation that occurred in the fall of 2014. It’s good to get back to the seasons again. South Carolina had its charms, but it was hotter than the hinges of hell in the summer, and let’s face it, after 30 years, anything gets old. So, now I’m back in the land of mountains and leaf changing, and Lord above, lake fishing!

As we get reacquainted, more will come out about all that, but for now, suffice to say one of the things I did accomplish during my absence was re-write parts of The Clearing. See, quite a number of reviews it received mentioned a common dissatisfaction with one of the main characters, Beth.

And that bugged me.

It’s not all about selling books, at least not to me. And, judging from the sales numbers I’ve studied on Amazon over the past few years, it’s not the only thing that matters to quite a number of us. It’s also about producing something you can hold up and say “This! This is a product of my effort, and it represents my best effort!”

And as long as I knew those reviews were out there, I couldn’t resolve having it out there. So, I took it off the shelf, for quite a number of months. When I had the time, I rewrote Beth’s character, made her more of what she should have been, and sent the revisions to my publisher, Tim Taylor over at Greyhart Press. He is, as we speak, eyeballing these revisions, and we’re planning a launch of the new edition.

Combine that with re-booting my career with a splendid company here, exploring a new territory with my lovely wife, and doing a little fishing, and well, it’s been eventful.

Now, I’m looking forward to easing back into it, so, anyone who has a notion, you’re once again welcome to walk in. I can’t do social media during the day now, so I’m constrained to early mornings, evenings, and weekends, but hey, bottom line is:

I’m back

 

 

 

A farewell – and why…

As of today, I will no longer be posting on my blog, my profiles on Facebook and my other social media sites will be shut down, and I am going quiet. 

It’s not because of anything that has happened on any site, nor what anyone has done. It’s a realization I had that I am no long doing what I set out to do.

In a word, write.

When I got caught up in the amazing whirlwind of the writer’s world, it was mesmerizing. So many gracious and welcoming folks, and my efforts to fit in and belong in this world snowballed over the last 18 months, to a degree where I have become a blogger and socialite – but so much less a writer.

So. I’m going back to doing what I meant to do – writing, and becoming better at it.

I want everyone to know that I cherish each and every friendship I’ve made on all sites, and in all groups. My blog remains open, and you are welcome to visit and browse. But I will not be monitoring it, so don’t be disappointed if you receive no answer to comments. 

My heartfelt wishes for your continued success in all you do, and Merry Christmas, one and all…

Thomas

Do You Have “As You Know, Bob…” Syndrome?–How Writers Can Butcher Dialogue & How to Fix It | Kristen Lamb’s Blog

(By Marcy Kennedy, intro by Kristen Lamb)

Writing a stand-out novel involves a lot of individual pieces working together in perfect concert. If there’s no solid plot? Readers get confused, lost or bored. If the plot is great, but the characters are all one-dimensional paper dolls? No one cares. If we butcher grammar, spelling and formatting? It’s a formula for dismal sales or even a long line of one-star reviews from ticked off readers.

Hey, the world may think writing fiction is easy, but we all know differently ;).

One of the best ways to move plot forward with increasing momentum and to create living, breathing characters is by harnessing the power of dialogue. As an editor for twelve years, I can tell you dialogue is one of the single largest components of writing great fiction, and it’s the part that’s most often butchered. The story can be great, the setting, the prose?

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