The Deathly Hallows, the last book in the Harry Potter series, was released this day, seven years ago (is that all?), in 2007. It broke sales records, selling 15 million copies in the first 24 hours of its release, which makes it the fastest-selling novel ever published. My daughter, Kate, bought one of those 15 […]
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There’s a new newsletter in town. This one has a twist. All the books listed in it are only 99¢. Their motto is “Never pay more than a buck for a book ever again!“. And one more twist: They’re all non-fiction, self-help, inspirational and motivational books…except for Fridays, when dollar-only novels are listed. If you
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By the time you read this post, I’m hoping that the first draft of THE book – you know, the one that’s taken me months, so far – The Branded Rose Prophecy – should be finished. It’s that iceberg principle all over again. It took weeks and weeks to get the research, plotting and outline
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Please take note of the date of this post! If you’re reading this somewhere in the future, the book is probably no longer available for free and I don’t want you to be disappointed. Check the date line! 🙂 _____________ Delly’s Last Night is a short erotic novel – an MF romantic suspense that features
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The Stand by Stephen King I’m still having a mad fling with fiction, but the number of books I’ve read have sharply declined for two reasons. The first is that we’ve (finally) started renovating, and that is eating up humungous amounts of time, both spare and not-so-spare. I’ll be writing more about that in another
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I’m always interested in exploring new reading software and applications. Developers are improving them all the time. I have several personal criteria against which I rate the various apps: 1) Ease of reading books – does the screen look pretty? 2) Sorting and categorizing – does the program let you sort the books on your
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Robert, ”The Bruce”, who would become Robert I, King of Scotland 32 years later, was born on this day in 1274. He’s more famous for leading Scotland in the wars against Britain for Scottish independence, which was won at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314. Whenever I hear Robert the Bruce’s name, I always think
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Please take note of the date of this post! If you’re reading this somewhere in the future, the book is probably no longer available for free and I don’t want you to be disappointed. Check the date line! 🙂 _____________ Lucifer’s Loveris a long contemporary romance, one of only two I’ve ever written, and it’s
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A round-up of sites, links and other interesting tidbits I’ve seen and heard lately. Indie Authors Quitting Their Day Jobs http://www.thepassivevoice.com/06/2014/indie-authors-quitting-their-day-jobs/ This is a wildly inspirational post for any indie author, anywhere. If you’re not an author, it’s still fascinating reading — right up there with the AuthorEarnings.com posts. If you thought indie publishing was
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To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods. Robert A. Heinlein – The Notebook of Lazarus Long We’ve all heard the expression “set in their ways” – which is the other side of the coin to Heinlein’s observation. There’s growing scientific evidence that “age” is a state of mind
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