tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28987522554863396362024-03-14T02:32:13.065-05:00D.B. Henson - Author's BlogOfficial Blog of DB Henson, Author of Mystery and Suspense Novels, Author of Deed To DeathD.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-40840561629789641412012-09-07T07:41:00.001-05:002012-09-07T07:41:41.814-05:00Book Signing September 15<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Three
Mystery Authors to Speak and Sign at Mt. Juliet Books a Million September 15 as
Part of National Be Kind to Editors and Writer’s Month<br />
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NASHVILLE – In honor of National Be Kind to Editors and Writer’s Month, three
Tennessee mystery authors, D.B. Henson, Jaden Terrell, and Lisa Wysocky will
speak and sign copies of their books at Books-A-Million at Providence
Marketplace, 401 South Mount Juliet Road, Mount Juliet, TN 37122 (615-773-4300)
on Saturday, September 15, at 1:00 p.m. The three authors will discuss books
and writing before opening the floor for a fun audience Q&A.<br />
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September is National Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month. Established in
1984, it is a time for editors and writers to enhance the awareness of the
general public concerning the importance of writing and editing. <br />
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National bestselling author D.B. Henson, a former real estate agent and
director of marketing for a construction company, is a member of Mystery
Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, and Sisters In Crime. She
lives with her husband near Nashville, Tennessee.<br />
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Her current book is <i>Deed To Death.</i> A bride never expects to attend the
funeral of her groom on the very day they planned to wed. For Toni Matthews the
unthinkable becomes reality when her wealthy fiancé plunges to his death at a
construction site. Refusing to believe the ME’s ruling of suicide, Toni
starts her own investigation. As she begins uncovering a series of dark
secrets, Toni becomes the killer’s next target. <u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.dbhenson.com/">http://www.dbhenson.com</a><br />
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Jaden Terrell is the author of the Jared McKean mysteries and a contributor to <i>Now
Write! Mysteries</i>, a collection of exercises published by Tarcher/Penguin
for writers of crime fiction. Terrell is the executive director of the Killer
Nashville Thriller, Mystery, and Crime Literature Conference and a recipient of
the 2009 Magnolia Award for service to the Southeastern Chapter of Mystery
Writers of America. <br />
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Jaden’s book, <i>Racing the Devil</i>, features Jared McKean, a man in flux.
His son has Down syndrome, his best friend has AIDS, and the ex-wife he still
loves is celebrating the first anniversary of her marriage to another man. A betrayal
by a rebound romance has cost Jared his job with Metro Nashville’s murder
squad, and in the aftermath, he’s launched a career as a private detective. In
a vulnerable moment, he meets a battered woman who isn’t what she seems. She
begs him for protection, then seduces him and frames him for murder. With his
DNA and fingerprints at the murder scene, his voice on the victim’s answering
machine, and ballistic evidence tying the bullet to his gun, things look bleak.
All Jared wants is to clear his name and salvage the remnants of his fractured
family, but it soon becomes clear that more than his reputation is at stake.
She also has a just released book, <i>A Cup Full of Midnight</i>, featuring the
same characters. <u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.jadenterrell.com/">http://www.jadenterrell.com</a></span></u>.<br />
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Author/horse trainer Lisa Wysocky is a PATH instructor who educates horses for
therapeutic riding. She has been chosen by the American Riding Instructors
Association) as one of the Top 50 riding instructors in the nation, and is the
trainer of Valentino, the current Professional Association of Therapeutic
Horsemanship International Equine of the Year. Lisa is a successful nonfiction
author with one of her books, <i>Front of the Class</i>, airing as a Hallmark
Hall of Fame television movie. <br />
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Lisa’s fun, debut equestrian mystery, <i>The Opium Equation</i>, received four
prestigious awards, and rave reviews from <i>Midwest Book Review</i>, <i>The
Library Journal</i>, and many others. When retired movie star Glenda Dupree was
murdered at Fairbanks, her antebellum mansion near Nashville, her neighbor, a
(mostly) law-abiding horse trainer named Cat Enright, is implicated. With the
help of riding students, a (possibly) psychic horse, a local cop, a kid named
Frog, and an eccentric client of a certain age with electric blue hair, Cat
takes time from her horse training business to try to solve the case. <u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.lisawysocky.com/">http://www.LisaWysocky.com</a></span></u>
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D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-91246434996828761392011-08-23T12:33:00.000-05:002011-08-23T12:33:15.169-05:00DEED TO DEATH in Hardcover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QWewKoKWdyc/TlPegKZF5QI/AAAAAAAAAPg/9NetXPdX1G8/s1600/1000535957_LG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QWewKoKWdyc/TlPegKZF5QI/AAAAAAAAAPg/9NetXPdX1G8/s1600/1000535957_LG.jpg" /></a></div>I'm pleased to announce that DEED TO DEATH has been picked as a featured alternate by <a href="http://www.literaryguild.com/mystery-&-thrillers-books/domestic-suspense-books/deed-to-death-by-db-henson-1072362012.html">The Literary Guild</a>, <a href="http://www.mysteryguild.com/pages/nm/product/productDetail.jsp?skuId=1072362009">Mystery Guild</a>, and <a href="http://www.doubledaybookclub.com/pages/nm/product/productDetail.jsp?skuId=1072362019">Doubleday Book Club</a>.<br />
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Thank you to the clubs for publishing this exclusive hardcover edition. D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-32847990178818732042011-08-07T00:41:00.000-05:002011-08-07T00:41:51.379-05:00FATAL LIAISON By Vicki TyleyVicki Tyley, the bestselling author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thin-Blood-ebook/dp/B003JTHBL0/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1312694840&sr=1-1">Thin Blood</a>, has just released a new mystery.<br />
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Product Description:<br />
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<i>The lives of two strangers, Greg Jenkins and Megan Brighton, become inextricably entangled when they each sign up for a dinner dating agency. Greg's reason for joining has nothing to do with looking for love. His recently divorced sister Sam has disappeared and Greg is convinced that Dinner for Twelve, or at least one of its clients, may be responsible. Neither is Megan looking for love. Although single, she only joined at her best friend Brenda De Luca's insistence. When a client of the dating agency is murdered, suspicion falls on several of the members. Then Megan's friend Brenda disappears without trace, and Megan and Greg join forces. Will they find Sam and Brenda, or are they about to step into the same inescapable snare?</i><br />
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About the Author:<br />
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Vicki Tyley, a #1 Kindle bestselling author in Mystery & Suspense, is the author of Thin Blood (Amazon 2010 Customer Favorite), Sleight Malice, Brittle Shadows, Fatal Liaison, and the soon to be released Bitter Nothings.<br />
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Based in rural Victoria, Australia, she writes fast-paced mystery and suspense novels in contemporary Australian settings.<br />
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To learn more, visit <a href="http://www.vickityley.com/">www.vickityley.com</a> and <a href="http://vickityley.blogspot.com/">http://vickityley.blogspot.com</a>.D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-88573823640641415092011-08-06T10:52:00.000-05:002011-08-06T10:52:17.674-05:00DEED TO DEATH Book TrailerThe book trailer for DEED TO DEATH has just been released. I hope you enjoy it.<br />
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Mary and Greg are two of the nicest people I have ever met, and they instantly made me feel at home. It's easy to see why Mysteries & More is blessed with a multitude of devoted customers. Many of these customers attended the signing. I was shocked to see all the chairs they had put out were filled, and that people were sitting on the floor and standing in the aisles. The degree of nervousness I felt rose each time the door opened. But like Mary and Greg, the readers gave me a warm welcome and soon my fears faded.<br />
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I was also fortunate to make some wonderful new friends: Jaden Terrell, author of <a href="http://www.elizabethterrell.com/">RACING THE DEVIL</a>; Jennie Bentley, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mortar-Murder-Do-Yourself-Mystery/dp/0425239268/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2">MORTAR AND MURDER</a>, a bestselling Do-It-Yourself Home Renovation Mystery; and Dana Sieders, aspiring author and cancer researcher at Vanderbilt.<br />
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Saturday was definitely a monumental day for me. My heartfelt thanks goes out to all who were in attendance.<br />
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Mysteries & More, located in the heart of Lenox Village at 6965 Sunnywood Drive in Nashville, is the only brick and mortar bookstore in Tennessee dedicated solely to the mystery genre. To learn more about this wonderful store, visit <a href="http://www.mysteriesandmore.net/">www.mysteriesandmore.net</a>.D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-9615066566853532522011-07-29T02:10:00.000-05:002011-07-29T02:10:42.309-05:00DEADLY STRAITS by R.E. McDermottAuthor R.E. McDermott has just released his debut thriller on Kindle.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Straits-ebook/dp/B0057AMO2A/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1311922025&sr=1-1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BAVRbNL9tPY/TjJbUvgHrJI/AAAAAAAAAPM/kryrDiC8hjk/s320/ds.png" width="219" /></a></div>DEADLY STRAITS<br />
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Product Description:<br />
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<i>Consultant and very part-time spook Tom Dugan is a happy man until his CIA handler comes calling. With a hijacking investigation pointing to his long-time client and best friend, London ship owner Alex Kairouz, Dugan is guilty by association and forced to go under cover in Alex’s company to clear his own name.<br />
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In attempting to prove Alex’s innocence along with his own, Dugan manages to implicate them both more deeply, and when one of Alex’s tankers is found adrift near Singapore with a dead crew, and another explodes in port, Dugan is framed for the attacks.<br />
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When Alex is hospitalized, in critical condition after a suspicious suicide attempt, Dugan finds himself almost out of options. Convinced the attacks are prelude to an even more devastating assault, Dugan follows his last remaining lead to Russia, to be shanghaied as an ‘advisor’ to a Russian Spetsnaz unit and find himself sailing into Deadly Straits.</i><br />
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About the author:<br />
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Robert E. McDermott grew up on the Gulf Coast. After graduation from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, he worked in positions from ship’s officer to shipping company management, traveling widely, and living and working in a number of countries. He splits his time between the U.S. and Singapore, where he operates a marine consultancy, advising clients on ship construction and operations. Deadly Straits is his first novel.<br />
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To learn more, visit <a href="http://www.remcdermott.com/">www.remcdermott.com.</a>D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-62427974063679210702011-07-28T13:35:00.000-05:002011-07-28T13:35:06.335-05:00FOLLOW THE MONEY by Fingers MurphyInternational criminal defense attorney Fingers Murphy has written a wonderful thriller that shouldn't be missed.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Follow-the-Money-ebook/dp/B0051BO40U/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1311876933&sr=1-1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UB7namlz3EQ/TjGqv7dK75I/AAAAAAAAAPI/4LEuQ8yhHd4/s320/FTM.png" width="217" /></a></div>FOLLOW THE MONEY<br />
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<i>FOR FANS OF JOHN GRISHAM -- EARLY GRISHAM -- JOHN LESCROART, STEVE MARTINI, AND JAMES GRIPPANDO COMES A GREAT NEW VOICE IN LEGAL THRILLERS. GRITTY AND GRIPPING. GET READY TO LOSE SOME SLEEP!<br />
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"ALWAYS ASSUME PEOPLE ARE LYING, BUT NEVER ASSUME YOU KNOW WHY."<br />
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Oliver Olson went to law school to help people.<br />
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But when one of the world’s most prominent law firms offers him a high paying summer job, he thinks he’d be crazy not to take it. He soon finds himself enthralled by a world of wealth, privilege, and power.<br />
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Blinded by his gilded new world, Ollie is slow to see that something is not right with the case he is assigned to work on - a case with no chance of winning, given to a "summer associate" merely to keep him busy.<br />
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Are people following him? Is he imagining things? Are they listening to his conversations? Why are people coming out of the woodwork with a sudden interest in a twelve year old murder case? And is it really possible that the wrong man went to prison?<br />
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Ollie wants to succeed, but when he sacrifices his own moral standards for a shot at the big time, he winds up staring down the barrel of a gun.<br />
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When you’ve sold out and can no longer follow your heart, you can only FOLLOW THE MONEY.<br />
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This novel is 75,000 fast-paced words.</i><br />
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About the Author: Fingers Murphy is the pen name of a well known international criminal defense attorney.D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-2079609604733636292011-07-14T17:45:00.001-05:002011-07-14T17:47:00.367-05:00Signing at Mysteries & More BookstoreJoin me on Saturday, July 30, 2011 from 2 - 4 PM at Mysteries & More Bookstore.<br />
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Located in the heart of Lenox Village at 6965 Sunnywood Drive in Nashville, Mysteries & More is the only brick and mortar bookstore in Tennessee dedicated solely to the mystery genre.<br />
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Copies of DEED TO DEATH that are preordered via phone, email, or at the store by Saturday, July 23, 2011 will be discounted 25%.<br />
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If you are unable to attend this event, but wish to obtain signed copies of DEED TO DEATH, you may order by email (mysteriesandmore@bellsouth.net), by phone (615-837-3300), or stop by the store.<br />
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Visit the store online at <a href="http://www.mysteriesandmore.net/">www.mysteriesandmore.net</a>D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-17800780473880184352011-03-15T22:40:00.000-05:002011-03-15T22:40:15.654-05:00Black Diamond Death (A Sloane Monroe Novel)Cheryl Bradshaw has just released her thrilling debut novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond-Sloane-Monroe-ebook/dp/B004RCNW2U/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1">BLACK DIAMOND DEATH.</a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond-Sloane-Monroe-ebook/dp/B004RCNW2U/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7dnFt8UbtxI/TYAuxzo7thI/AAAAAAAAALY/1mtDJ161jWs/s320/BDD.png" width="213" /></a></div><i>"IN A PANIC I GASPED FOR AIR, BUT THERE WASN'T ANY. I TRIED TO CRY OUT, BUT I WAS ALONE, AND IN MY HYSTERIA IT HIT ME. I HAD FELT A SIMILAR FEELING BEFORE––LIKE MY BODY WAS GIVING OUT ON ME, AND I KNEW WHAT IT MEANT. I WAS DYING."<br />
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Enter the world of Sloane Monroe in Black Diamond Death...<br />
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A SKIER CRASHES<br />
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On the slopes of Park City, Utah’s newest ski resort a woman is found dead. At first glance, it has all the makings of an accident. The victim, Charlotte Halliwell, collided with a tree as she schussed her way to the bottom of the hill. But what if her death wasn’t an accident at all––what if she was murdered?<br />
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A SISTER IS ON A MISSION<br />
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In Black Diamond Death, Audrey Halliwell faces a problem: finding someone who believes her story.<br />
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Enter Private Investigator Sloane Monroe.<br />
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When Audrey marches into Sloane’s office with claims her sister’s death was no accident Sloane is skeptical at first, but agrees to take the case. With little to go on, she questions the people in Charlotte’s life and discovers Parker Stanton, a jilted ex-fiancé with plenty to hide, and as the son of a prominent businessman, he will go to any lengths to protect his secrets.<br />
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A SECOND BODY IS FOUND<br />
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Just as Sloane feels she's close to solving the case she stumbles on another dead body and is forced to re-examine the clues from the beginning, but she must tread lightly. With the killer aware that Sloane will stop at nothing to find him, her life is in danger and her every move is being tracked. Will Sloane uncover the truth before he strikes again?</i><br />
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BLACK DIAMOND DEATH is available at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond-Sloane-Monroe-ebook/dp/B004RCNW2U/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://productsearch.barnesandnoble.com/search/results.aspx?store=BOOK&WRD=black+diamond+death&box=black%20diamond%20deat&pos=-1&ugrp=2">Barnes & Noble</a>, and <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/46235">Smashwords</a>.<i> </i><br />
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Born and raised in Southern California, Cheryl Bradshaw became interested in writing at a young age. "As a child I made up stories for my sister. The most vivid centered around a boy and a girl who received a piece of gum for Halloween, and when they chewed it, they were transposted to a magical land where they were granted unlimited wishes." In grade school Cheryl remembers reading the stories of Judy Blume. This was something her teacher was concerned about since she was reading at a level much higher than her own, but Cheryl didn't allow that to dissuade her.<br />
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In High School, Cheryl signed up for AP English and Creative Writing and discovered not only a love for books, but a passion for writing short stories and poems. Her poetry was published in the schools Looking Glass. After graduating, she attended college where she first realized her dream to write suspense novels, but it would be almost two decades before she put pen to paper. In the meantime, Cheryl pursued other interests - earning a Montessori degree, obtaining a license in real estate and working as a copy editor for ten years. Being an editor gave her the nudge she needed to get back into writing.<br />
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In 2009 Cheryl wrote her first novel, Black Diamond Death (the first book in her Sloane Monroe series). "The first book is a laid back cozy mystery - but it still provides plenty of twists. My next book is a thriller and a lot darker." Sinnerman, the second book in the series, is currently being written and leads Sloane on a search for a serial killer where she's forced to face a past she's tried hard to forget.<br />
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When she's not hard at work writing her next novel, Cheryl is an avid reader and loves to travel. "Every place I visit offers inspiration in one form or another which I draw from when I'm writing. I chose Park City as Sloane's humble abode because I lived there and have a fondness for the quaint little town which I visit often." She currently resides in Wyoming with her husband and their three children.<br />
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To learn more about Cheryl, visit her website at <a href="http://www.cherylbradshaw.com/">www.cherylbradshaw.com</a><span style="color: black;">.</span>D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-7954472489732392442011-02-01T09:42:00.000-06:002011-02-01T09:42:19.046-06:00IMPOSTER: The Protectors Series - Book One by Karen FenechYesterday, I blogged about Karen Fenech's novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/UNHOLY-ANGELS-ebook/dp/B0046ZS2CS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1296574045&sr=1-1">UNHOLY ANGELS</a>, which I loved. Now Karen has a new book out, the first in a romantic suspense series.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/IMPOSTER-Protectors-Book-One-ebook/dp/B004JHZ1NQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1296573452&sr=1-1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ceo1MavPy1I/TUgo4Vi_alI/AAAAAAAAALI/JeKiG7X58Gc/s320/imposter.png" width="213" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/IMPOSTER-Protectors-Book-One-ebook/dp/B004JHZ1NQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1296573452&sr=1-1">IMPOSTER: The Protectors Series - Book One</a><br />
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<i>THE PROTECTORS: Though they work independently and at times are oceans apart, their ties to each other remain strong. They’re related by blood or bond – this group of men and women in law enforcement, government intelligence, and the military who do what others cannot to serve, defend, and protect.<br />
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IMPOSTER: The Protectors Series - Book One</i><br />
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<i>Chemist Dr. Eve Collins, wrongly accused by the CIA of developing and marketing a chemical weapon, learns she has been set up as a scapegoat by someone seeking to hide his own guilt. That “someone” wants her dead. Her life depends on making no mistakes – like trusting the Central Intelligence agent assigned to her case, a man she’s falling in love with.<br />
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CIA Operative John Burke doesn't believe her claim of innocence. When an attempt is made on her life, he believes her accomplice has turned on her. But something doesn't add up about Eve and her role in this crime she's accused of. Burke has too many questions, including - has his judgment been compromised by his fierce attraction to her?<br />
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It’s a question Burke asks himself again and again but when he learns Eve’s would-be assassin is close, he goes on the run with her. It's a temporary solution - running will not keep her safe. Burke must find the assassin - or die trying.<br />
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REVIEW:<br />
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"IMPOSTER is romantic suspense at its best!"<br />
-- USA Today Bestselling Author Maureen Child</i><br />
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Karen Fenech writes contemporary and historical romantic suspense thrillers and suspense-mystery. Her novels have received critical acclaim and have been praised by New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Kat Martin, Maureen Child, and Debra Webb. Her novel BETRAYAL has been translated into Japanese, and her short fiction has been translated into Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian.<br />
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Karen's titles BETRAYAL and GONE, originally released in hardcover by Gale under the Five Star Expressions imprint, are now available for Amazon Kindle and Kindle applications. Her suspense-mystery title, UNHOLY ANGELS, is now also available for Amazon Kindle and Kindle applications.<br />
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Karen lives with her husband and daughter. Visit her website at: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.karenfenech.com">www.karenfenech.com</a>D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-57162535613721657662011-01-31T14:34:00.000-06:002011-01-31T14:34:14.715-06:00UNHOLY ANGELS by Karen FenechA while back, I read Karen Fenech's romantic suspense novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/UNHOLY-ANGELS-ebook/dp/B0046ZS2CS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1296504671&sr=1-1">UNHOLY ANGELS</a>. This is a superbly intricate tale of greed, power, and murder. Karen expertly blends well-defined characters and a unique plot into a suspenseful and believable story that will keep you reading into the wee hours of the morning.<br />
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<i>Liz Janssen's marriage was over long before she filed for divorce. There was no way her soon-to-be ex-husband committed suicide because of her. Yet that is what her teenage son, Will, believes.</i><i><br />
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<i>Others in the small West Virginia town share this thinking. Others who are disciples of a homicidal Satanic cult her husband was part of. The disciples want vengeance for the death of one of their own and will use Liz's troubled, grief-stricken son as an instrument for their revenge. To save herself and Will, Liz must stop them - and she must do so without Doug finding out.</i><i><br />
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<i>Doug McBride is the new town sheriff, the man Liz has fallen in love with, and the man she cannot trust.</i><i><br />
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<i>Please note: Some content may be disturbing.</i><br />
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Karen Fenech writes contemporary and historical romantic suspense thrillers and suspense-mystery. Her novels have received critical acclaim and have been praised by New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Kat Martin, Maureen Child, and Debra Webb. Her novel BETRAYAL has been translated into Japanese, and her short fiction has been translated into Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian.<br />
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Karen's titles BETRAYAL and GONE, originally released in hardcover by Gale under the Five Star Expressions imprint, are now available for Amazon Kindle and Kindle applications. Her suspense-mystery title, UNHOLY ANGELS, is now also available for Amazon Kindle and Kindle applications.<br />
Karen lives with her husband and daughter. Visit her website at: <a href="http://www.karenfenech.com/">www.karenfenech.com</a>D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-22960580268007406132011-01-18T22:43:00.001-06:002011-01-18T22:46:50.828-06:00CLOUD CRASH - A New Novel By Phil EdwardsEvery day, I'm amazed by the new talent emerging on Kindle. Here's a novel I believe will prove to be a winner.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Crash-Stevens-Novel-ebook/dp/B004IZM9MK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1295410764&sr=1-1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ceo1MavPy1I/TTZpJXncNpI/AAAAAAAAALA/_1HBvluiEgE/s320/Cloud+Crash.png" width="211" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Crash-Stevens-Novel-ebook/dp/B004IZM9MK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1295410764&sr=1-1"><b><span style="font-size: small;">CLOUD CRASH: A Cal Stevens Novel</span></b></a><br />
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<i>They protect our data. But who protects them?<br />
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Recovering from a hangover in his San Francisco loft, journalist Cal Stevens gets a call: data centers across the country are being detonated. These data centers- which hold everything from Facebook accounts to YouTube videos- serve hundreds of millions of users. Their information comprises "the cloud"- and the cloud is crashing.<br />
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Cal must protect his employer's data from attack. Led by a cocky boy-CEO, the company runs hospitals, indexes genetic information, and holds the identities of thousands of people. Cal is partnered with the beautiful- and cryptic- Brianna Cowell, a PR professional with her own secrets. Together, they must stop the psychopathic attacker before he hits them first.<br />
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In a story that travels from San Francisco to New York, with stops in Napa and Area 51 in between, Cal and Brianna battle a driven and violent opponent who is always one step ahead. Unless Cal and Brianna can decode the puzzle and find the killer's next destination, thousands will die and the world's technological infrastructure will be crippled before they can uncover the surprising source of the attacks.<br />
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CLOUD CRASH is a fast paced romp that touches on the biggest issues of our time: privacy, government secrets, and how to recover from a hangover when you're busy saving the world.</i><br />
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Phil Edwards has been running Dumbemployed.com since mid 2009. The explosive growth of the site has kept him Twittering, illustrating, and doing Google searches for his own name ever since. His favorite stories about bad jobs, and favorite stories in general, usually involve children eating things they shouldn't.<br />
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He received his Bachelor of the Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in English and History. His office experience includes hours of hiding magazine articles in Excel spreadsheets, taking circuitous routes to avoid office small talk, and replacing cans in the vending machine. He also maintains Fake Science, at fakescience.tumblr.com. His personal site and Twitter can be found at PhilEdwardsInc.comD.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-59683158038624360652011-01-06T21:08:00.001-06:002011-01-06T21:12:11.855-06:00Get A Free Copy of Shaun Jeffrey's Latest Novel<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Mans-Eye-ebook/dp/B004HO5IRK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1294368272&sr=1-1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ceo1MavPy1I/TSaAHEWp_BI/AAAAAAAAAK8/zgcl8QRBQJM/s320/dme.png" width="255" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">DEAD MAN'S EYE</span><br />
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A corneal transplant does more than correct Joanna Raines sight. It allows her to see something that doesn't want to be seen. Something evil. Something that threatens mankind. The only trouble is that no one believes her, and by the time they do, it might be too late ...<br />
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Seeing is believing. Now Joanna just has to convince everyone else.<br />
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To get your free copy, simply visit Shaun's website at <a href="http://www.shaunjeffrey.com/">shaunjeffrey.com</a> and register to receive his free newsletter. You'll receive a copy of DEAD MAN'S EYE in the ebook format of your choice.<br />
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Shaun shares a little bit about himself:<br />
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<i>"I was born in 1965 and live in Cheshire, England with my partner, Debra and our fantastic son, Callum. Growing up in a house in a cemetery, my playground was the graveyard - perfect grounding for writing horror, and my early reading experience came from headstones! I have had over 40 short stories published, one collection entitled Voyeurs of Death, and three novels, Evilution, The Kult and Deadfall. The Kult has been optioned for film and shooting began in September, 2010. For more information visit <a href="http://www.thekultmovie.com/">www.thekultmovie.com</a><br />
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I try to write most days, but as it's not my fulltime profession, I'm afraid real life intervenes in the form of my day job, which is working on the railway as a Signalling and Telecommunication Engineer. Among my previous jobs, I've been a fitness instructor, made ammunition, and worked in a food factory, all of which gives me experience upon which to draw, or write, as the case may be."</i><br />
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Don't miss out on the opportunity to get this chilling novel for free!D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-13437323527184152052010-12-23T17:44:00.000-06:002010-12-23T17:44:19.252-06:00Cute Christmas Video<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GUS8Y0?ie=UTF8&tag=jasondarkgh-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004GUS8Y0" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ceo1MavPy1I/TRAWn-Lb73I/AAAAAAAAAKk/ZkswnQgOIU8/s320/Terrorlord.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Conjured from the bowels of the abyss by ancient magic, the Terrorlord has one desire — to open the Seven Gates of Hell and unleash the horrors of the undead upon mankind.<br />
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Reliving the nightmares of his youth where an encounter with the Terrorlord left him scarred for life, Jason Dark must once again confront the powerful gatekeeper from Hell before his reach and power spiral out of control. With the help of Siu Lin, the ghost hunter will have to put an end to the Terrorlord's dark reign before he can devour our world in his evil blackness.<br />
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This is the ninth volume in a series of gothic horror adventures where Jason Dark, a fearless and resourceful ghost hunter, follows in the mold of a Sherlock Holmes combined with Randall Garrett's Lord D'Arcy. Written by Guido Henkel, the designer who brought Germany's famed "Das Schwarze Auge" series to computer screens, this series is filled with enough mystery, drama and suspenseful action to transport you to the sinister, fogshrouded streets of Victorian England. Your encounter with the extraordinary awaits.<br />
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Don't miss this one-day sale!D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-55366157754724479022010-12-14T01:47:00.002-06:002010-12-14T01:59:00.343-06:00Brittle Shadows - A New Mystery by Vicki TyleyOne of my favorite suspense authors, Vicki Tyley, has just released a new book. <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brittle-Shadows-ebook/dp/B004FV4YNY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1292311035&sr=1-1">Brittle Shadows</a></i>, an Australian mystery already rocketing its way up the Amazon best sellers list, is available for a limited time at a holiday price of only 99 cents.<br />
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<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brittle-Shadows-ebook/dp/B004FV4YNY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1292311035&sr=1-1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ceo1MavPy1I/TQccvpQ_98I/AAAAAAAAAKg/ASH-9m6JAmg/s320/Brittle+Shadows.png" width="210" /></a>When soon-to-be-wed Tanya Clark is confronted with her fiancé's naked corpse hanging from a wardrobe rail in the upmarket Melbourne apartment they share, her life is torn apart. Two months later, distraught and unable to cope, she drowns her sorrows in a lethal cocktail of alcohol and prescription drugs.<br />
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On the other side of Australia, a grieving Jemma Dalton struggles to come to terms with the suicide of her only sibling. Despite there being no evidence to the contrary, Jemma refuses to accept Tanya had intended to kill herself. Not her sister. Then the coroner's report reveals that at the time of her death she had been six weeks pregnant. The will, too, raises more questions than it answers. How did a young woman on a personal assistant's wage amass shares worth in excess of $1,000,000?<br />
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In a desperate bid to uncover the truth, Jemma puts her own life at risk and starts to probe the shadows of her sister's life. But shadows, like bones, grow brittle with age. The consequences can be deadly.<br />
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<i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brittle-Shadows-ebook/dp/B004FV4YNY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1292313176&sr=1-1">Brittle Shadows</a></i> has already received numerous five-star reviews on Amazon. Vicki Tyley's latest mystery is also available on <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/32871">Smashwords</a> (use coupon code MX55F) and <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Brittle-Shadows/Vicki-Tyley/e/2940011847387/?itm=3&USRI=vicki+tyley">Barnes & Noble</a>.</div><br />
Get it before the price goes up!D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-85766703877589358862010-12-07T13:54:00.004-06:002010-12-08T00:53:53.370-06:00The Importance of Proper eBook FormattingGuido Henkel has an excellent post on his <a href="http://guidohenkel.com/?p=57">blog</a> today regarding eBook formatting. This is the first post in a series designed to help authors professionally format their books for Kindle and other eReaders.<br />
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I'm sure I'm not the only one who has experienced reading a Kindle book and being abruptly pulled out of the story by paragraphs that suddenly begin to run together, unusual indentations, or strange characters where quotations marks should be. Even though I've always managed to keep reading when encountering these types of errors, many people will not. With the flood of inexpensive eBooks on the market, many readers will simply move on to another author. If we want our work to be taken seriously, our book's formatting must be perfect.<br />
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Guido's blog: <a href="http://guidohenkel.com/">http://guidohenkel.com</a>D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-15337244811728096922010-11-16T22:11:00.004-06:002010-12-08T00:43:31.492-06:00Dreaming of Becoming a Writer?I recently received an email from a young lady interested in becoming a writer. She asked for my advice. What did I tell her?<br />
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First, and foremost, you must <i>read</i>.<br />
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Read everything you can find in the genre in which you wish to write. Don't just stick to the bestsellers list. Read both well-known and not-so-well-known authors. Read the classics. Get a feeling for what makes a story work and what doesn't. Study the pacing. Study the sentence structure. Study the characters. How did the author make them come to life?<br />
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You should also read books on the craft of writing. Here are a few of my favorites:<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Self-Editing-Fiction-Writers-Second-ebook/dp/B003JBI2YI/ref=sr_1_1_oe_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289964894&sr=1-1"><i>Self-Editing for Fiction Writers</i> by Renni Browne and Dave King</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Breakout-Novel-Donald-Maass/dp/158297182X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289964948&sr=1-1"><i>Writing the Breakout Novel</i> by Donald Maass</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stein-Writing-Successful-Techniques-Strategies/dp/0312254210/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289965005&sr=1-1"><i>Stein on Writing</i> by Sol Stein</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-First-Five-Pages-ebook/dp/B003XMWSSY/ref=sr_1_1_oe_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289965058&sr=1-1"><i>The First Five Pages</i> by Noah Lukeman</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/On-Writing-ebook/dp/B000FC0SIM/ref=sr_1_1_oe_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289965102&sr=1-1"><i>On Writing</i> by Stephen King</a></li>
</ul>There are scores of other books on the craft you may find helpful. Many are devoted to a particular genre.<br />
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Along with reading, you also must <i>write</i>.<br />
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Write every day. Set aside a designated amount of time and don't come out of your office / bedroom / whatever until you've written something. If you don't have any story ideas yet, keep a journal. Writing in a journal is one way to get the creative juices flowing. Often, everyday occurrences can develop into a story idea.<br />
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<i>Don't give up</i>.<br />
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For every one person who has confidence in you, there will be a thousand who say <i>you can't</i>. Don't believe the naysayers. Even the most successful authors received hundreds of rejection letters before they were published. And now, with the Amazon Kindle, the Nook, and other ereaders, self-publishing has become a viable alternative to having your work published by a New York publisher. Whichever route you choose, if you want it bad enough, you can make it happen.<br />
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Now, get to work! :-)D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-68155504956997308902010-11-11T19:04:00.001-06:002010-11-11T21:50:23.599-06:00Best of 2010When I learned <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Deed-To-Death-ebook/dp/B003J35IUW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1272367620&sr=8-4"><i>Deed To Death</i></a> had made Amazon's Best of 2010 Customer Favorites list, I was shocked and excited. I really appreciate all the Kindle readers who have been willing to take a chance on an unknown author. Thank you all!<br />
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Three other independent authors also have books on the list. Congratulations to Karen McQuestion, Vicki Tyley and Christian Cantrell!<br />
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<tr> <td style="padding: 0in;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">William Meikle is the author of 9 published novels and over 150 short stories. The following are available on Kindle:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Follows-ebook/dp/B0046ZRKP8/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1">Darkness Follows</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Carnacki-Heaven-and-Hell-ebook/dp/B0045UA7E0/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_2">Carnacki: Heaven and Hell</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Esther-Cox-ebook/dp/B003ZHVE7S/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_3">The Haunting of Esther Cox</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brotherhood-of-the-Thorns-ebook/dp/B003ZHVE1E/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_4">Brotherhood of the Thorns</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crustaceans-ebook/dp/B003LBSJGM/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_5">Crustaceans</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-of-Augustus-Seton-ebook/dp/B003HS5PLG/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_6">Chronicles of Augustus Seton</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Invasion-Extended-Version-ebook/dp/B003HS4V8O/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_7">The Invasion (Extended Version)</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Valley-ebook/dp/B003HS4UHQ/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_8">The Valley</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Road-Hole-Bunker-Mystery-ebook/dp/B003CC15OI/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_9">The Road Hole Bunker Mystery</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Eye-Files-Amulet-ebook/dp/B0044KMNYI/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_10">The Midnight Eye Files: The Amulet</a></i>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Island-Life-ebook/dp/B003CYKQY6/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_11"><i>Island Life</i></a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Question:</u> You have said of your novel, The Valley, that it was your tribute to Conan Doyle. Where you referring to its 19th century setting or the theme of this adventure narrative? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Answer:</u> The origins of "The Valley" are pretty simple to trace. In Fortean circles there have been attempts to find a picture that many claim to have seen, yet no-one has been able to find. This fabled photograph is said to show a group of Civil-War era men standing in a row wearing big grins. Spreadeagled on the ground in front of them is the body of a huge bird, a being that could only come from pre-history. In some accounts this bird is a giant eagle, in others it is even stranger, a leathery, paper thin Pterosaur. Whatever the case, that image was the thing in my mind, and I had a "What if..." moment, wondering what would happen if cowboys came across a Lost World. From that single thought, the initial concept of The Valley was born. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Big beasties fascinate me. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Some of that fascination stems from early film viewing. I remember being taken to the cinema to see The Blob. I couldn't have been more than seven or eight, and it scared the crap out of me. The original incarnation of Kong has been with me since around the same time. Similarly, I remember the BBC showing re-runs of classic creature features late on Friday nights, and THEM! in particular left a mark on my psyche. I've also got a Biological Sciences degree, and even while watching said movies, I'm usually trying to figure out how the creature would actually work in nature -- what would it eat? How would it procreate? What effect would it have on the environment around it?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">On top of that, I have an interest in cryptozoology, of creatures that live just out of sight of humankind, and of the myriad possibilities that nature, and man's dabbling with it, can throw up.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Then there's the long tradition of Lost World tales, both in movies and fiction. Over the years I've devoured as many as I can find, from Conan Doyle through Haggard, from Tarzan in Pellucidar to Doug McLure in the Land that Time Forgot. Many of these tales involve dinosaurs, but I wanted something different. For a while I didn't know exactly what "creatures" I needed, but that all changed as soon as the setting clicked. Back in 2005 I had the good fortune to holiday in the Rockies. It was while scanning through photographs of that trip that the thought of the high mountain valley came to me, and when Neil Jackson told me about Montana and the Big Hole Valley, I knew I'd found my spot. And the pictures of the ice and snow from my trip also gave me the era from which I would draw my creatures -- the last Ice Age. I now knew that my protagonists would be heading into a Lost Valley where relic animals lived, and that these creatures would be hairy and large. I had an image of a herd of mammoths by a partially-frozen lake, and that was the image that drove me on in the early concepts.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">But, to wind back to the question, yes, Doyle is the grandaddy of the genre, and his works were among the first things I remember reading. If the Lost World is a tribute to anyone, it is to him.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Question:</u> Most of your novels are set in Scotland. How important is Scottish folklore and mythology to you as a writer?<b> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Answer</u><u>:</u> Most of my work, long and short form, has been set in Scotland, and a lot of it uses the history and folklore. There's just something about the misty landscapes and old buildings that speaks straight to my soul. (Bloody Celts... we get all sentimental at the least wee thing).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">But I think it's the people that influence me most. Everybody in Scotland's got stories to tell, and once you get them going, you can't stop them. I love chatting to people, (usually in pubs) and finding out the -weird- shit they've experienced. My Glasgow PI, Derek Adams is mainly based on a bloke I met years ago in a bar in Partick, and quite a few of the characters that turn up and talk too much in my books can be found in real life in bars in Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">I grew up in the West Coast of Scotland in an environment where the supernatural was almost commonplace. My grannie certainly had a touch of “the sight”, always knowing when someone in the family was in trouble. There are numerous stories told of family members meeting other, long dead, family in their dreams, and I myself have had more than a few encounters, with dead family, plus meetings with what I can only class as residents of faerie. I have had several precognitive dreams, one of which saved me from a potentially fatal car crash. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">I have a deep love of old places, in particular menhirs and stone circles, and I’ve spent quite a lot of time travelling the UK and Europe just to visit archaeological remains. I also love what is widely known as “weird shit”. I’ve spent far too much time surfing and reading fortean, paranormal and cryptozoological websites. The cryptozoological stuff especially fascinates me, and provides a direct stimulus for a lot of my fiction.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">So, there’s that, and the fact that I was grew up with the sixties explosion of popular culture embracing the supernatural and the weird. Hammer horror movies got me young, and led me back to the Universal originals. My early reading somehow all tended to gravitate in similar directions, with DC comics leading me into pulp and to finding Tarzan.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Tarzan is the second novel I remember reading. (The first was Treasure Island, so I was already well on the way to the land of adventure even then.) I quickly read everything of Burroughs I could find. Then I devoured Wells, Verne and Haggard. I moved on to Conan Doyle before I was twelve, and Professor Challenger’s adventures in spiritualism led me, almost directly, to Dennis Wheatley, Algernon Blackwood, and then on to Lovecraft. Then Stephen King came along.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">There’s a separate but related thread of a deep love of detective novels running parallel to this, as Conan Doyle also gave me Holmes, then I moved on to Christie, Chandler, Hammett, Ross MacDonald and Ed McBain, reading everything by them I could find. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Mix all that lot together, add a dash of ZULU, a hefty slug of heroic fantasy from Howard, Leiber and Moorcock, a sprinkle of fast moving Scottish thrillers from John Buchan and Alistair MacLean, and a final pinch of piratical swashbuckling. Leave to marinate for fifty years and what do you get? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">A psyche with a deep love of the weird in its most basic forms, and the urge to beat the shit out of monsters.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Question:</u> A writer with a shared interest in fantasy and horror fiction is Stephen King. After many experiments in various genres he seems to have most fun where his imagination finds the least number of formal restrictions. Is that the genre's appeal for you, too? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Answer:</u> It's pulp fiction that interests me, and I find that it crosses many genres almost seamlessly. I rarely think about "genre" anyway. I write what I want to write and leave marketing labels to the publishers. That said, there -is- indeed a freedom in writing about the supernatural where, instead of having a man come in with a gun to get the scene moving, you can have any manner of things going on as long as you can explain them away to the reader's satisfaction. The verisimilitude matters though -- the reader has to -believe-, and that can be difficult to pull off.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Question:</u> Some biographical information?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Answer:</u> I'm a fifty-something Scotsman, now living in Newfoundland. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">I didn't chose writing, it chose me. The urge to write is more of a need, a similar addiction to the one I used to have for cigarettes and still have for beer.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">I -nearly- became a scientist. I have a degree in Botany, specialising in the archaeological history that can be gleaned from studying peat bogs. But I couldn't get a grant for a PhD, then I followed a woman to London and ended up by accident more than design in a career in IT. I actually took it seriously for a while, but the need to write slowly welled up and subsumed it a few years back.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">That, and the fact that I like to move around and not be tied to one place for any length of time has limited career opportunities a bit. According to my family I'm "away with the fairies" too often for anything else to hold my attention for long.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">When I was at school my books and my guitar were all that kept me sane in a town that was going downhill fast. The steelworks shut and employment got worse. I -could- have started writing about that, but why bother? All I had to do was walk outside and I'd get it slapped in my face. That horror was all too real.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">So I took up my pen and wrote. At first it was song lyrics, designed (mostly unsuccessfully) to get me closer to girls. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">I tried my hand at a few short stories but had no confidence in them and hid them away. And that was that for many years. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">I didn't get the urge again until I was past thirty and trapped in a very boring job. My home town had continued to stagnate and, unless I wanted to spend my whole life drinking (something I was actively considering at the time), returning there wasn't an option.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Back in the very early '90s I had an idea for a story... I hadn't written much of anything since the mid-70s at school, but this idea wouldn't leave me alone. I had an image in my mind of an old man watching a young woman's ghost.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">That image grew into a story, that story grew into other stories, and before I knew it I had an obsession in charge of my life.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">So it all started with a little ghost story, "Dancers"; one that ended up getting published in All Hallows, getting turned into a short movie, getting read on several radio stations, getting published in Greek, Spanish, Italian and Hebrew, and getting reprinted in The Weekly News in Scotland. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Years on I've written other ghost stories, but have increasingly moved away from that first love towards more pulpy concerns, of men and monsters, beer and ciggies, big guns and loose women, swords and sorcery, aliens and mass carnage.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">But just this past year, the cycle has turned again, and I find my interest in the spectre renewed. I've written several straight ghost stories for GWP chapbooks, had an ebook of CARNACKI: GHOSTFINDER tales published, and sold a handful of stories to professional anthologies featuring old-school haunts and spectres. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Part of this renewed interest has to do with me starting to feel my age in my second half-century, where my aches and pains are growing and my youth seems ever further away, so that I find myself looking forward to what might lie ahead. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">But mostly I think it's love... a love for the old stories, for the strange and the weird, for the supernatural in its more obscure forms.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">I write to escape. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">I haven't managed it yet, but I'm working on it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Question:</u> What's next for you and your audience?<b> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Answer:</u> I have numerous work in the pipeline.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">There's the already placed work </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">- the 3rd Midnight Eye Book is due this fall, with Derek fighting a werewolf cult in Glasgow and Newfoundland</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">- a Viking vs Yeti ebook that's a -load- of fun.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">- various chapbooks and box sets are coming from the Penny Dreadful Company</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">- several novels and ebooks are coming from Ghostwriter Publications</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">- there are three film scripts in various stages of production, including a film version of the 1st Midnight Eye File: The Amulet</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">- a much anticipated appearance of The Midnight Eye in Cthulhu 2012, a hardcover anthology from Mythos Books </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">- and I've got stories coming in several other professional anthologies</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">And I'm working on the 4th Midnight Eye File novel, which involves something evil lurking under the Merchant City.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">And there's the submissions. I've got stories out at seven other anthologies, four magazines, two podcasts and a newspaper, and a novel looking for a big publisher.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">All details at my website at <a href="http://www.williammeikle.com/">http://www.williammeikle.com</a> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>This interview is also scheduled to appear on <a href="http://www.ebookhighlights.com/">eBOOK HIGHLIGHTS</a>. </i></span></div></td> </tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyhXtmk6811aiod8jCHQH8Fms-yOuFfwNAnYp5ZkWEfoWMrlQCCMd9B8VrFG0SBu7ku6XBokYPrbUysJldJ1Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-44742317194680551772010-09-20T22:48:00.001-05:002010-09-22T02:14:21.160-05:00What I've Been Reading ...I recently read Vicki Tyley's new novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sleight-Malice-ebook/dp/B003ZYEW1G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1285037585&sr=1-1">Sleight Malice</a>. As was the case when I read her previous novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thin-Blood-ebook/dp/B003JTHBL0/ref=pd_sim_kinc_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2">Thin Blood</a>, I was kept glued to my Kindle.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sleight-Malice-ebook/dp/B003ZYEW1G/ref=pd_sim_kinc_2?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ceo1MavPy1I/TJgo8_KctCI/AAAAAAAAAIc/yX4D7GIMGEc/s200/SMalice.jpg" width="132" /></a></div>D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898752255486339636.post-26727754262158840642010-09-20T15:28:00.001-05:002010-09-20T19:07:52.092-05:00A New LookI've spent all day redesigning my blog to coordinate with my new website. Now, I just have to find the time to post. :-)D.B. Hensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954580200990341364noreply@blogger.com0