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Saturday, June 28, 2014

John Smith Last Known Survivor of the #Microsoft Wars by Roland Hughes #Dystopian #Fiction

Introduction from the Cat Man: I am proud to welcome Roland Hughes to my corner of the web today. He'll be sharing an excerpt from his book, "John Smith Last Known Survivor of the #Microsoft Wars" SK: That still doesn’t explain Earth That Was. JS:       The seven continents. SK:...

Saturday, June 21, 2014

@LeskoLori's Right Way vs. Wrong Way to Promote Your Book #AmWriting #MondayBlogs #WriteTip

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Introduction from the Cat Man: I am proud to welcome Lori Lesko to my corner of the web today. Her newest release is Copyright - A Novel and looks to be a fantastic read.  The Right Way and the Wrong Way to Promote Your Book Online I'm not an expert in marketing or promoting. However, I've...

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Inside the Mind of John W. Mefford @jwmefford #SummerOfGreed #AmReading #AmWriting

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Introduction from the Cat Man: I am proud to welcome John W. Mefford to my corner of the web today. His newest release is part of his #SummerOfGreed campaign and from what I have started to read so far, it's out of this world. How are you wired? Or, better yet, how would those around you believe...

#Kindle #Giveaway Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer @toobusyreading #AmReading #Fiction

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Enter to win 1 of 2 great prizes. Winner’s choice of a Kindle Fire HDX or $229 Amazon Gift Card or $229 Paypal Cash! The first prize is available via the rafflecopter below. The 2nd is available only to bloggers who post about this giveaway. You can find info on how to enter the 2nd giveaway in the...

Saturday, June 14, 2014

THE WINGS OF DRAGONS (Dragoon Saga) by @JoshVanBrakle #Fantasy #Fiction #BYNR

He was flying. No, that didn’t make sense, because Iren could feel solid ground beneath his feet. Darkness surrounded him; he fluttered his hand in front of his face but couldn’t see it at all. The floor, if one existed, felt like flat stone. He took a few steps. The hollow ring of each footfall unnerved...

Friday, June 13, 2014

@PMPillon's Thoughts on Applying Memories To Writing #WriteTip #AmWriting #SciFi

Our writing relies on our perceptions, leading us down a bright or dark path if that’s how we see the world but and are infinite in variety. For instance in Dostoyevsky’s case appreciating and writing about appalling privation because he himself experienced it as a starving writer and Solzhenitsyn also...

"I Was Devastated" - THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ICE by @TheobaldSprague #Memoir #Family

The main purpose of our trip the year before on Akademik Ioff was to find out the physical feasibility of our intended joint expedition and to see what the ice conditions were like in the Northwest Passage. For me, I hoped to gain a good visual sense of what I’d be trying to capture on film....

Thursday, June 12, 2014

#Zombie Days, Campfire Nights by Leah Rhyne @Leah_Beth #Horror #MustRead

Near the outskirts of our sprawling town, the mob started to thin. The rain let up, and I began to breathe again. I reached over and took Michael’s hand, and he squeezed it, pulling it to his lap and rubbing my hand with his thumb. We were in this together, whatever this was. We weren’t alone. But...

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Inside/Outside by @JennyHayworth1 #Abuse #Women #AmReading

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Imagine that someone you love dies. You no longer can see them, speak to them, or touch them or have any literal experience with them except within your mind and heart. This is what being disfellowshipped or disassociated from the Jehovah’s Witnesses means to those who are cut off. They are treated...

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