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March/April 2014 Issue

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Page 2 Y's Corner * Issue Introduction: Winds of Change * Y's Coffee Time with K.M. Emerson * What !T to read with Mini Truth #e$iewer !h os% ew Tenant Page Page Page " && &2 ' (ueen's #am)*ings: Poetr+'s Poetr+ ,n*eashed * Poem of the Month * ,n*eashed -eature * Current -*ows .et's Ce*e)rate% .et's #ead /#ecommended #eads0 1uest 'rtic*e )+ 2e$orah -o3 The #esurgence of (ua*it+: -eatured Inter$iew with Koo)ug Cara$an 1ir*'s Pa6er Wor*ds -eatured 8oo9: 8eing #ichard )+ Toni '**en 's9 ': <ot off the Press / ew #e*eases0 'wesome Co$ers featuring The 1*ade Micro =hort Theater * The 8ringer of 8irds )+ M: <o*man * Kona )+ =+nfu* 2esire /8onus =tor+0 What's the Word with Wordsmith 'ndi =*ic9 Wit .ore: What If 1ame True or -a*se #andomness in Writing with 2. :ohn Watson ,6coming #e*eases Internationa* Corner: 8oo9s 'round the Wor*d i99i's Y' .ounge

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Winds of Change:
Gifted Wind
A note from Y:
Sometimes the wind can knock you right off of your feet. Things you would've never expected, things that took you y complete surprise, low into your life and change everything you've ever known a out your concept of life. !ots of times those things that we may at first conceive as a struggle or a curse, can in all actuality e a lessing in disguise. "ost of you don't know this a out me. Some of you do. # am a single Autism mother. $$ years ago # was lessed with the most precious of gifts. # didn't expect it% it was the last thing # would've ever imagined would happen to me. &owever, unlike a lot of people, when it was confirmed that my little oy was autistic'in the ack of my mind, # already knew'# re(oiced. "ost people would consider this a weird reaction. !et me give you my perspective. # felt lessed, honored, hum led that )od*The +niverse*,ate would put this precious gift in my hands. # was at a loss for words in that # knew that the road would e hard, ut if #'d een chosen to walk it, then so e it. #'d do it with a smile on my face. #'ve had challenges. "ostly ecause #'ve had to walk the path of parenting an autism child alone. -ut # wouldn't change a minute of it. Trials have risen, ut (oy comes so naturally with it, once you've reali.e that your child isn't damaged. &e*she is a (ewel in the rough, a hidden treasure, a lessing from a ove. /an # tell you all, my little oy is my hero0 &e really is. &e's Superman and then some. &e's my angel, the light of my life. &e's 123,2/T0 The wind that lew y in my life which dropped the autism race in my hands was the est ree.e #'d ever felt. And #'d do it again. &appily. #n recognition of Autism Awareness Month, # id tri ute to my little oy, )ino 3. &ernande.4/orrea. # love you more than anything in this world. Always and forever.

Y's Coffee Time With K.M. Emerson

Today we are pleased to e visited y >." 2merson. Author and 1u lisher. How has your writing venture been for you? I'd love to hear some stories. 6riting has always een a love*hate relationship for me. # love it when my mind expands and the story (ust seems to come alive. # hate it when # don7t have enough time to write much of my own stuff, ut then # love it again when # am working on other author7s ooks and # am a le to assist them over a hurdle or smooth out a rough spot. Then # hate it again when # have to say the end. How supportive were your family and friends? #t7s een a mix. "y folks didn7t elieve in supporting a 8fiction9 ased life. They worried all the time a out me and what would happen to me if # really did pack my ags and head over the hori.on. :ne of the est moments of my life was when my son said how proud he was that # had followed my dreams and pu lished a novel. Being a Publisher, how high a volume of book submissions do you get a month? !ots. ;)rin; How do you chose what manuscripts you want to publish? # look for a uni<ue voice and a foundation of talent. # am always impressed if an author cares enough to have their work edited efore they su mit to us. ow, I know that you too are a published author. !hich came first" publisher or publishee? # was pu lished efore # ecame a pu lisher.
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It must be incredibly busy, overwhelming even, keeping track of all of your authors as well as dedicate yourself to the task of writing your own work. How do you do it? To e honest my own writing has had to take a ack seat for the time eing, ut that will change soon. Please tell us something that we don't know about you. I'm intrigued. #smiles# I once was lost, but now Im found was blind but now I see = <uote from Ama.ing )race. # am ut a servant on this earth. I know that writing $for many of us% is a dream come true in and of itself. However, do you have any other dreams that you'd like to accomplish? # am living my dreams every day. # have a goal to help a million people efore # die. &andom 'uestion. !hich is your favorite holiday and why? Thanksgiving gratitude. ecause it is a holiday devoted to

Is there anything else you'd like to add? # (ust want to thank you for featuring me. # am hum led and honored.

What NOT to read with Mini Truth

(aka Y. Correa )
!et's e honest here, guys. The month of ,e ruary was a humdinger for crappy reads. # mean, @AB of the ooks that # picked up that month were pretty ad. -ut one0 :ne takes the cake0 &ere it goes. 8Carkness of &er Soul9 y 2lle Anor ,ollowing is the lur : 8This is a newly 32D#S2C version of Carkness of &er Soul. All glitches have een removed, and # do apologi.e. A serial killer is on the loose in 1retoria, South Africa. :lder les ians are not safe in gay ars and clu s anymore. 6ill /aptain !aura )ooding and her team e a le to stop the killingsE Something happens and the killer doesn't kill according to profile. The >iller kills again and vanishes into thin air. 6ordcount: F?GFF9 The gist of the story: A les ian serial killer makes it her mission to rid herself of any les ian that resem les the woman that molested her as a child. Trapped in a life that she doesn't want, she finds an outlet, a relief of sorts, in murdering: using her feminine wiles to lure in her prey. Suddenly, the killer disappears. She stops killing altogether. 6hat happened to herE She fell in love. How as alluring as the a ove may sound, the execution in and of itself is simply terri le. # have nothing good to say a out this read, unfortunately. Ho wait0 # lie0 # do like 5 things a out it. $I The title 5I The cover
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Yep. That's it. So... into The Darkness # dove. How, efore # continue with me review #'d like to note something. 1er the lur on Ama.on.com, the author has revised the ook and removed all mistakes, stating KAll glitches have been removed, and I do apologize K &er words, not mine. &owever, if the copy that # o tained was or wasn't the revised version, # cannot say. -ut, if it was, then it wasn't revised very well. # do not want to spend the entire day listing all of the things that are wrong with this read so #'ll try my est to sum it up in ullets.

Terri le grammar and punctuation. LS#C2 H:T2: #'m not a stickler for such things, ut when a ook is littered with it, than # simply cannot over look it ecause #'m spending more time mentally correcting it, than # am en(oying the story.I "isplaced homophones. There instead of their. Cry, unemotional, one dimensional writing. There was nothing present in the writing style itself that grasped the reader and made them connect to the story. Ho scene separations. This can e very distur ing as it's hard to determine when one scene ends and the other eings and asically makes the story run together like a messy wet piece of paper. Too many characters at the eginning of the ook. This made it hard to figure out who the main characters were. !ike, # didn't know who the main characters were until the middle of the story or so. 2ven the saddest and happiest parts of the story, are delivered so dryly that the reader cannot grasp the intensity of what's going on. Dery often # found increments of present tense mixed in with past tense. There wasn't a single page that wasn't littered with errors. Hot one. Although there is adult content in the story, it feels as though a horny preteen wrote it. The ending was S: underwhelming and land. # was honestly elated to have finished the ook.

# think this a out covers it. !adies and gentlemen, this was ad with a capital - A C. #'m still mind lown at the fact that this ook has several J M N star ratings on Ama.on.com. 6hat is this world coming to when crappy reads can e passed off as great onesE $ star is what # gave it, however if # could have given it a .ero stars on Ama.on, # would have. -ut for here'seeing as how this is my article'.ero stars0

How you may e wondering if #'m telling the truth. #t's okay. #'d love to invite you to check it out for yourself. Carkness of &er Soul )ive it a spin and see how it whirls y'all. +ntil next time every ody0 Tah4tah0

MarcoAntonio & Amaryllis

By Y. Correa
Love is the result of all things conquered.

The year 1585. The Anglo-Spanish War. Englands greed for Spains crops, land, and supplies gives bir h o he iner ia of in olerance on bo h sides. !e , even hen, "ove surges for h. #arcoAn onio, a Spanish gen le$an and %nigh , defied all boundaries of color and cul ure, &hen se ing eyes on he English lady A$aryllis. Surely, a love feeling so righ couldn be so horribly &rong' Travel &i h #arcoAn onio and A$aryllis as hey duel &i h in ernal and e( ernal forces hrea ening o ear heir po&erful love apar . )iscover &hy heir "*+E is he resul of A"" hings con,uered'

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!riters and authors want to get feedback on their work. It does mean a lot when people take the time to go on ,ma-on, .oodreads, and the like to share their thoughts and recommendations. However once in a while, writers $and outside observers% may see some reader activity that makes you go, /Hmm.0 (ueen of )pades $()% and *ini +ruth $*+% perform their own analyses on certain types of reader activity. 1. Rating System Miscomprehesion 1rior to rating a ook, there are guidelines that state what each star means. #n case one forgets, there is a little pop4 up (ust over the star that gives the message L8# hated it9, 8# loved it9, etc.I. ()" #t does affle me to read a review where someone hated something ut gave it five stars or when someone a solutely loved the work ut gave it one star. 6hich one is the more elieva le, the stars or the wordsE Although most would cite words have more power, it is dangerous to assume all outsiders would agree. # know from experience% trust me. *+" :n the other hand, there is the view of the Author. # mean, how is the author supposed to process thatE Are they supposed to elieve that the reader loved or hated their workE Are the stars more valua le or the reviewE Then there is the su (ect of 8rating average9 Stars can definitely affect a writers rating average. So if you say you loved the work, then give it the appropriate amount of stars so as to not lower that average. -ut if you hated it, then star it correctly so as to not raise the rating average. ,air is fair people0 Still, # could definitely see lots of authors losing sleep over that little faux pas. # know # would. 2. Blurb, smlurb! (Inability to read the blurb) The lur is a <uick summary of a ook7s contents and a chance for the author to make the read as alluring as possi le. #n addition, it is also where the author specifies if the work is a prelude, short story, or if there is a continuation.
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()" Cespite that eing in the description, # have seen people give a one star and put the phrase, 8#t7s too short9 or 8#t7s incomplete9. Should the writer get a ad rating all ecause the reader can7t properly read a lur E # think not0 *+" Then there are the writers who do not properly utili.e the lur space given and do not specify that the work is a short story, prelude*pre<uel, spin off and whatnot. This misleads the reader. #f you're a writer, then write0 # mean it's not hard'may e a sentence or two, tops. . My !anguage is Better "han #ours! ($iting Mista%es &here "here 're (one) ()" #f these were in order, this would e near the top of the list. #t makes me hotter than acon si..ling on the sidewalk in one hundred degree weather when # see an author get a ad rating, told he needs to proofread, and in the end, it was a difference of American 2nglish versus -ritish 2nglish. *+" :h my Oueen0 # can't tell you how much # agree0 !et's see here: there is 8color9 and 8colour9, 8favorite9 and 8favourite9 and many others like it. # laugh ecause people that point these things out, don't reali.e that -ritish 2nglish came efore American 2nglish. So people, who is wrongE This isn't a game of 86ho came first the chicken or the egg90 Cifferent country, different spelling people0 2asy peasy0

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/. "he non0re*ie()" ,or this one, it7s etter # show you rather than tell you: +itle" 8The !ethal !ocs9 &eviewer" /utem Auff The &ethal &ocs is an ongoing investigation y "eredith "ango to discover what toxins in the water supply has caused her locs to go haywire. #s it her locs7 hatred for cigarette smokeE #s it their cries for satin pillowcasesE Co they want her to change her loc maintenance regimeE ,ind out more when you read this ook0 6arning: This ook is for adults only. "ay e it7s in invisi le ink, ut # don7t see anything indicating what the reader liked or disliked a out the ook. #f # didn7t know any etter, # could swear this is a lur . *+: Three words: #T'S A -!+3-0 3eally people, what a out the a ove paragraph says 8review9E #'m thinking that the Hon4reviewer should find a (o ghost writing lur s. There's money in that field you know. 1. 2Is this the same boo%34 Re*ie()" # know that people can read the same ook ut get different things out of it. That isn7t what #7m talking a out. #7m talking a out a review that makes you wonder if the person read the same ook. !et me do some more show and tell. 3eviews for 8The !ethal !ocs9 8The fast pace of the read made me come back for more I admire how Meredith is able to get out of a danger each and ever" time A heroine I can respect' ( )tars'* +I loved the comed" more than an"thing The loc pimp smacking the cigar smoking mob had me in stitches ,ive me more comed" please' - )tars * +.hat a beautiful stor"' I en/o"ed the childs tender moment with her cow 0lus she was able to convince her parents calml" not to sell it to the ne1t door neighbor I highl" recommend this to an" parent who wants to teach their children the value of friendship - ( )tars * !et7s see. 6e7ve got locs gone wild Llethal locsI, some funny action se<uences, and a lady with "ission #mpossi le appeal. # don7t think a cow or a child would e a part of the story.

). $iting Mista%es but ma%e the *ery mista%e you+re chastising. ()" # have witnessed people conducting a review who cite all types of errors, yet make that very error they are chastising. # kid you not0 # saw a reviewer give a 5 star rating and say, 8This purson need to go to 2nglish class ecu. he can7t spill.9 !Ma" I temporaril" revoke his reviewer privileges#$ *+" /all me a )rammar Ha.i if you wish, ut this irks me to no avail. #t's like they are 8talking text9 on a review and then get mad ecause the author supposedly can't spell. Dis be da tings dat burnz me up an stuff % oh %, cantz deez auffers leanrt how to write rite# ,. Rated but no re*ie()" :kay, #7m guilty0 # am a fan of knowing the 8why9. Hot only as an author ut as a reader, if # see a work rated poorly, # want to know why. #f # see a work rated highly, # want to know why. Stars are lovely ut lines are even etter. *+" # wonder... Are the reviewers at a loss of words when they've completed that ookE /an they not put into words what they thoughtE #, for example, have found myself choked up at times after having read a ook' e it good or ad'and have had a momentary lapses of thought in what #'d like to say a out it. &owever, it <uickly fades away and the words (ust flow. 6hat people don't seem to understand is that any review and rating that is given to a ook affects it's overall rating. &ow hard is it to say 8# loved this ook ecausePPPPPPP9E Hot very. #'m not asking for much. Qust a paragraph. .. Re*ie- but not rated ()" 6ith this one, #7m a it on the fence. # actually like this as opposed to 8rated ut no review9. Yet it would prompt me to wonder 8why no rating.9 There are pro a ly <uite a few readers who don7t elieve in the rating system, and that7s fine. The author, however, isn7t a mind reader. Qust a little food for thought. *+" #'d have to say that the review is 8the meat9 of the information when given properly, ut a rating affects that long term success of the ook. !ike you, # prefer this over the latter. -ut it's important to take out the millisecond of time (ust to click on a star'any star0 # mean, this isn't 3ussian 3oulette people. #t's (ust a star.

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# once read a review written y an individual whose name will remain unmentioned Lnot ecause # don't want to ut ecause # can get sued if # doI. This person read a ook which clearly stated in the lur that it was a "edieval tale a out a Spanish >night and an 2nglish !ady. The person then goes on to mention how she didn't like the ook very much'for whatever reason' ut that she did like the 2nglish >night. +m0 6hat story were you reading ladyE # like to call this 83eader ACC9. 2nough said. 5. $o*er $rimes ()" Qust picture meeting an attractive person on a first date, yet feeling am oo.led the moment he*she egins talking. #t7s the whole, 8!ooks good, ut lacks su stance.9 # have seen five star reviews ased simply on an impressive cover. Some of the reviews make you wonder if they read the content ecause of how much the cover is gushed over. ,rom a reading perspective, what7s on the inside should make you want to check a ook, not the cover. #7m not giving unimpressive ook covers a pass, ut who knows how many wonderful works readers are passing up ecause they are too eda..led y the outsideE *+" Then there is the crappy cover, great story aspect. )ide note 2: # totally agree with you there. How, #'ve also een a witness to ooks that don't get read and ypassed ecause of a not so great cover. Yet the ook is incredi le. True, many people are drawn to a ook ecause of its cover. Still ack in the early $RAA's and efore, ooks covers were limited to a lank slate with (ust a title and author name. Yet, how many lovely classic hits have een found within thoseE Too many to count. 1eople love to say how they won't (udge a ook y it's cover, ut do it (ust the same. #t's time for the madness to stop people. /an't we all (ust get alongE )ide note 34 Authors, please invest in some good cover art. :n that note, this concludes our coverage on 3eviewer :h Hos0 ,ny resemblance to titles, authors, blurbs, or reviews are entirely coincidental. However, if any of these ideas are used by anyone in the future, please contact *ini +ruth and (ueen of )pades, so we may get our advertising percentage. Thanks for reading0

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The Queen's Corner

Poetrys New Tenant
#n this installment of 8A Oueen7s 3am lings9, # speak a out the continuous arrival of my short story muse and how my poetry muse is ad(usting. #n some of my past interviews, # have een asked the following <uestions: 8Co # set location to do my writingE9 8Co # have a set time when # writeE9 The answers used to e simple, ut as #7m transitioning into short story, novelette, and LeventuallyI novel, writing% they are not as cut and dried. 6hen writing poetry, # don7t have a 8set location for inspiration.9 6hen the inspiration strikes, # write. &owever, most of the time, #7m not even in front of a computer when it does happen. # have to pray that # have pen and paper on hand, and the moments # don7t possess oth, # have to improvise. :ne instance of my inventiveness occurred at a previous (o . # was working as a cashier for secondary income and ideas for two poems popped up in my head. Yet, the receipt paper was low, and # didn7t have a spare at the register% the other cashier wasn7t arriving for another thirty minutes. :nce she arrived, # opted to take a athroom reak and wrote oth poems on sheets of two4ply toilet tissue. Although # transferred those works once # got home, # still saved the originals. #f wacky locations of inspiration aren7t enough, my poetry writes never happen at a 8set time9. #n the case of 5eflections of )oul, every day for a out three weeks straight, # wrote. The only exception was the last title in the collection, 8,ive Years.9 6ith 6clectic, it was a it more sporadic. The 6pidermis section was written in two days, ut the Dermis and 7"podermis sections spanned many months. There were moments when # would write for a couple of days, followed y small and large gaps of time efore # would compose anything else. #7m discovering my short story writing is an entirely different animal. :ne fellow writer strongly suggested # set aside time and pick a defined location to do my short story writing. At first, # shrugged it off ecause set times and precise spots never worked for my poetry. -ut # did decide to give it a whirl. The recommendation has worked ama.ingly well. # have een a le to write a story Lor parts of a storyI without it feeling forced or drawing a complete lank. As of this date, utili.ing set time frame and location Lfront of the computerI% # have written three short stories and have added to one on4going work, which is (ust under $A,AAA words. # am excited ecause it shows that my writing transition responds well to structure and discipline. The next time # am asked a out a location and set times, # will definitely have an array of adventures to discuss. "y poetry muse is not sharing my same excitement. &er lower lip is pooched out in disappointed and her arms are crossing her chest in undisguised agitation. The only thing # have to say to 1oetry is, 8"ay e, You too, will flow with the winds of change.9

Poetry Unleashed
In honor of April being National Poetry Month, Poetry Unleashed held a ontest to find a poe! that would oin ide with the "ind of Change the!e# "e are pleased to bestow this honor to $as %tor! for her write, &'h, No, (ou )idn't*&#
Oh, No, You Didnt! Oh, no, you didnt! Not when I made up my mind! Not when I left that part of my life behind. Not when I said it was NO LONGE part of my blueprint. Not when my last en!ounters left my "oul spent and "pirit tattered. O#, no, you didnt! Not when I finally $ot to the pla!e where this type of thin$ NO LONGE mattered. Not when I de!ided I !ould do without, due to the episodes where my #eart $ot !oated with %ental esidue, ta&in$ fifteen !leanin$ !rews to s!rub up all those stains' yet the ambian!e remains. Oh, NO, you didnt wor& up the ner(e to step to me when I was at my worst. #ow D) E you push yourself aside and always put me first* #ow dare you a!t all !alm and !ool on moments when I was fallin$ apart, sli!in$ $ashes throu$h my Da+in!i !ode I e,pertly tattooed around my heart! Oh, no, YO- didnt purposely $et in a fi$ht with my walls, bloodyin$ your &nu!&les at e(ery turn. #ow !ould you e,perien!e my bla.es of ra$e/ plod on, blistered and burned, yet desire the !arna$e left* Im not the !elebrity of yesteryear! #ow !ould you lau$h in the 0a!e of my Inde!ision and slap the taste out of my 0ear* Oh, no, you DIDN1 !ome to me and !aress me, meltin$ the i!e residin$ in my (eins. 2ho made you &iss me softly and atta!h a melody to my name* Did you $o to the library durin$ the time I was out* Im here, s!rat!hin$ my head, still tryin$ to fi$ure out/ how you &new that part of your ton$ue !ould $o at that an$le and speed, amplified by said temperature and (elo!ity to be all I would need to $et brou$ht to my &nees. O#, NO, YO- DIDN1! 3ut I ha(e to admit4 Im $lad you did.

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Page , "itle6 Dehicular Tankacide 'uthor6 3aven "ack "ype o7 8oetry6 Tanka 8ublished6 Qanuary 5A$J '*ailable6 Smashwords, Ama.on Blurb6 A collection of workingman tanka poetry, a out struggling for something that feels halfway real in an increasingly digiti.ed world. ,ighting to maintain natural human chaos against industrial domestication of man's spirit.

"itle6 A /ry of Solace 'uthor6 #fedayo Akintomide "ype o7 8oetry6 African 8ublished6 Qanuary 5A$J '*ailable6 Smashwords Blurb6 A ook of insightful poetry addressing several pressing societal issues in the writer's environment.

"itle6 )oddess +nder the -ridge 'uthor6 Cu2wa ,rasier "ype o7 8oetry6 /ontemporary LSelf4Ciscovery*#ntrospectionI 8ublished6 Qanuary 5A$J '*ailable6 Smashwords, Ama.on Blurb6 ,rom the award nominated poet and author of Shedding !ight ,rom "y Qourneys, Stardust Tracks on a 3oad, Ten "ar les and a -ag to 1ut Them #n: 1oems for /hildren, comes a new volume of powerful, inspirational poetry. )oddess +nder the -ridge, Cu2wa ,ra.ier's fourth poetry collection, is a meditation on the eautiful, the ugly, the passion, the struggle and reflection of the inner goddess. The poems pay homage to Alice /oltrane, Su.an !ori 1arks, !ucille /lifton and other nota le artists. ,ra.ier's words shake and shout, rant and con(ure moving and familiar images from the past, present and future of one's waking life.

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"itle6 The Shaping of an Angry -lack 6oman 'uthor6 Tamara 6oods "ype o7 8oetry6 /ontemporary, 6omen 8ublished6 Qanuary 5A$J '*ailable6 Smashwords Blurb6 The Shaping of an KAngryK -lack 6oman is the de ut ook of poetry y author Tamara 6oods. 6ritten over $N years, each poem challenges conventional society and is poised with acer ic, witty, and a rasive language that is reflective in the often discussed isotope of society, that eing the KAngryK -lack 6oman. "itle6 "usings of the "ad 'uthor6 Qasmine Cawn "ype o7 8oetry6 )ay M !es ian 8ublished6 Qanuary 5A$J '*ailable6 Ama.on Blurb6 A (ourney into the maca re mind of one trans woman's struggles in life as expressed through her writing. This ook is a collection of poems and writings covering a 5 year period from 5AA? to 5AAJ as she was finally coming to grips with her identity, her life, and her place in the world. 6ithin this ook you will find the ared soul of someone coming into themselves in a hostile world. "itle6 Qust >idding4funny poems for kids 'uthor6 "artin 1ierce "ype o7 8oetry6 /hildren L3hymingI 8ublished6 Qanuary 5A$J '*ailable6 Ama.on Blurb6 This will have you laughing out loud. There are funny poems a out ama.ing animals, freaky food, messy monsters 4 in fact anything that is unusual, silly or (ust plain daft that can e fitted into a rhyme. This is definitely not a ook to e missed y anyone under the age of $JG years old with a sense of the a surd.

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+itle" /hasing 6atermelons ,uthor" >evin 6hite .enre" /hildren ,vailable" Ama.on, -arnes M Ho le Blurb" 8hasing .atermelons is a delightful story of a young duck and his friends' escapades as they attempt to catch elusive watermelons for a watermelon feast. They learn the importance of friendship and perseverance as they find themselves in each new predicament. 3epetition and active illustrations in this ?5 page hardcover keep readers and listeners hooked. +itle" Strong 2nough ,uthor" 2llen &arger .enre" /ontemporary 6omen7s ,iction ,vailable" Ama.on, -arnes M Ho le, >o o -ooks ,bbreviated Blurb $for full blurb, visit ,ma-on.com%" An aspiring "idwest CQ finds salvation in music, an angry feminist, and a roken condom. 6hitney -rown is average44average height, weight, and personality44 ut she's ready for a change. To kick start her re irth, she shows up at a wedding in her conservative hometown wearing a secondhand dress and a lack veil. #s the outfit an attack on marriage, or has she (ust goneT onkersE

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Guest Article Devorah Fox

A Book Can Change Your Life
Author &elen 2xley o served, 8-ooks can e dangerous. The est ones should e la eled UThis could change your life.79 #7d have to agree. A ook changed my life. That ook was the one that # wrote. 6hen people would ask me what # do, # would say #'m a writer. They would ask what #'ve written and #7d list 5F years of pu lication credits: the KCee4ScoveriesK column for The #sland "oon Hewspaper and TexasH:6 maga.ine, the -+"123T:-+"123V text ooks and training materials for commercial motor vehicle operators, the 2asy /C! i1hone apps for commercial driving licensing, even guest log posts. "y listeners7 eyes would sort of gla.e over ecause what they really wanted to know is K6hat H:D2! have you writtenEK So # wrote The &ost 9ing, a literary fantasy. :>, # did have other reasons for writing it. A ig part of my motivation, though, was so that # could have a more interesting answer to the 8what do you writeE9 <uestion. &owever it turned out that what people were really asking was 86hat novel have you written that7s 1+-!#S&2CE :ne that we can uy and readE9 So # released The &ost 9ing, admittedly with minimal fanfare. #n retrospect # may have een somewhat shy a out it, as in 8what if it7s no goodE 6hat if no one reads itE 6hat if they hate itE9 To my surprise people did uy it. They did read it. They loved it, gave it five4star reviews and then asked, 86hen7s the next ook coming outE9 The next ookE # hadn7t planned on a next ook. ,rankly, # hadn7t 8planned9 the first ook. # had to admit, though, # was in love with the characters from The !ost >ing and there was more tale to tell. # would have expected friends to say kind things a out my ooks ut The &ost 9ing was eing en(oyed and applauded y people who didn7t know me. So # wrote The 9ings 5ansom. The release of that second ook was more awesome than the first. 1erhaps it was ecause # was more purposeful a out and had more invested in -ook Two than -ook :ne. ,or The 9ings 5ansom # had a more widely pu lici.ed ook launch and # threw a huge party. There may have een more people at my ook launch party than there had een at my wedding. # felt like a star and not (ust ecause # was dressed in a medieval gown like a character from my ooks and wearing a tiara. # had a new identity. # was a Hovelist. 3eaders applauded The 9ings 5ansom and immediately clamored for -ook Three. The 9ings 5edress is slated for a Summer 5A$J release ut meanwhile # had another story that # wanted to share. # tackled that pro(ect with the confidence # now had from the welcome the first two ooks received. Cecem er 5A$? saw the release of :aked 8ame the )harks, a contemporary thriller that # wrote with Qed Conellie. The day # sat down to update the anner on my ,ace ook author page # had something of an epiphany. As # added the :aked 8ame the )harks cover image to those of The &ost 9ing and The 9ings 5ansom, it hit me. # have three ooks. T&322 ooks. T&322. # found myself recalling an o servation that # had made to a writer friend some time ago. 8The release of one7s first ook is an incredi le accomplishment,9 # said. 8Qust writing one is an achievement, ut having it pu lished, having people read it is even more ama.ing. The second ook says the first was not accident. And the third says you7re a player.9 The third says you7re an author. # am an Author, # reali.ed. # had een writing my entire working life ut only now did # truly feel as though # could call myself an Author. As # meet new people who ask me what # do # find myself saying, 8#7m an author. #7m a novelist.9 #n an effort not to get giddy a out it, # make try to e nonchalant ut inside # am ursting with pride. # now see the ooks a out writing on my ookshelf in a different light. #7ve owned ;ird b" ;ird and .riting Down the ;ones for years ut never <uite felt that # deserved to read them. 5$

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The same went for my su scriptions to The 6riter and 6riter7s Cigest. Those pu lications were for authors, # reasoned. # was a poseur. 6ell now # am a onafide mem er of the tri e. # can with impunity read those ooks and maga.ines. # can uy all note ooks # want. They7re all tools of the trade, after all. # can splurge on a fancy pen for my ook signing events. # can take an afternoon off and hang out in a coffeehouse. That7s what authors do, rightE >idding aside, increasingly #7m taking myself as a novelist seriously. /learly, my readers do. "y novel writing feels less trivial, less like a ho y and more like a destiny that shouldn7t e denied. # feel a little less guilty when # take time away from work to write fiction. # haven7t lost sight of the fact that #7ve promised a -ook Three for readers of the >ing -ewilliam series. # have started The >ing7s 3edress and as working writers know writing is work. That means shoehorning my noveling into any already usy workday. A small usiness owner7s responsi ilities are all4consuming and don7t leave much room for diversions. #t7s hard to find time to take a vacation much less write a novel. -esides it isn7t easy to give any priority to storytelling when it7s my (o that pays the ills. #n addition, there7s the never4ending task of marketing and promoting my novels. !ike running a small usiness there7s always more that can e done there, especially now that # have three ooks to support. #ndie author*pu lishers find out very <uickly that selling ooks is a full time (o in itself. Hevertheless, #7ve pledged to keep putting out novels, even if # have to get up at four o7clock in the morning to write them Land # do precisely thatI. 6hyE -ecause #7m an author.

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Curing an interview with a fellow author, # was told a out a site called >oo ug. &is suggestion lingered long after our interview time had concluded, so # took it upon myself to visit the we site. There was a simplistic eauty in presentation with a candor of <uality and enthusiastic participation that made me want to know more a out this treasure. To my delight, # was granted the opportunity to talk with the creative minds ehind >oo ug to get their take on why it is a welcomed wind of change in an environment saturated with practices that dilute the writer and reader experiences. !here did the name 5oobug originate?
.e wanted to choose a name for 9oobug that didn<t have an obvious sound association to an"thing else because we wanted 9oobug to have its own identit" That was the starting point =or various reasons we couldnt use our original idea and that concept evolved into 9oobug

+ell us about the creative forces behind 5oobug. !hat factors played a role in your deciding to establish this website?
The idea behind 9oobug came from writers The 9oobug team are all writers, some published through traditional means, others self>published and some still writing their first books .e wanted to build a site that would genuinel" provide support for authors in the areas that the" need it The modern world of writing means that an"one can write and self>publish Two ke" difficulties for the self>published, that have "et to be resolved properl", are the problems people have in getting their writing seen most authors lack the marketing budget that traditional publishers would spend for them, and there is also no <?ualit" control< over what is good and what is not It is that lack of ?ualit" control that puts man" people off bu"ing <indie< books .e wanted 9oobug to put ever"one on the same footing when their books start on the site leveling the pla"ing field 8entral to the site is the abilit" for good books to be identified and be seen, so that readers that come to 9oobug com can find books that have been supported and recommended b" others . It is our clear intent to open a bookstore here on 9oobug where authors can market and sell their creations @ther commercial developments will follow 9oobug will endeavor to give the author a much greater degree of financial control b" asking for a fairer balance between our commission and the ro"alties received @ne of our 9oobloggers recentl" described it as a +=airtrade principle* In the A9 this is where a commercial organization deals with third world farmers and companies on an e?uitable basis The" give the third world a fairer and more respectful deal, whilst still making a profit The element of greed is banished

+he look of the 5oobug site is clean, yet simplistic. +he black and white reminds me of typewritten letters against a sheet of paper6with the red being utili-ed for emphasis. !as this theme chosen on purpose, and if so, why?
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7o you ever get pressure to implement other elements to 5oobug, such as a /blog editor,0 /storage capability for pictures of book covers0, or /5oobug messenger0? How do you respond to people who want these features, and will they be part of 5oobug in the future? .e have had re?uests for all sorts of additions to the site .e love to hear from users, because we have built the site for authors and readers to use and we want to hear from "ou .e want authors and readers alike to appreciate that 9oobug is receptive to creative and constructive ideas 7owever, we are a small team that are not backed b" big investors, and our priorit" at the moment is to build in the ke" features that we think are essential to the site @nce those are in place we will keep looking to improve 9oobug com Anderl"ing all changes will be our constant effort to find better wa"s for good writing to be discovered .e see ourselves as the ne1t stage in the evolution of the independent bookstore It is important to us to foster a communit" based upon talent and integrit" .e do not possess vast resources and the success of 9oobug is directl" proportionate to the support we receive How did 5oobug come up with the concept of multiple classifications for books? How does it differ from what other sites are offering? The idea behind our classificationBsearch s"stem is to allow authors to have a far wider discretion in how the" choose to portra" their work @ne of the great things about the new literar" world is that people are able to write niche books that are available on a global market .e want that to be reflected in our site and the wa" that people find books on our site .e also want it to be eas" for readers to use, so that the" can discover books that the" find interesting, in a more intuitive wa" .e are sure that we will need to put a lot more effort into getting this right, but we see it as a central part of the site +ell us about the development of the 5oobug book reader apps and software. How will it be more beneficial than the other apps and software currently available to authors? This is something that we devote a lot of time to within the team @ur ambition is to do something ?uite strikingl" different, which rapidl" engages readers from around the world with the creative content on the site .e are working on this +as we speak*, but we will not launch an"thing until it meets our standards, and so we are keeping it under wraps at the moment we are all prett" e1cited b" the idea though, and we think that the regular contributors to the site will love it too I have en8oyed the reviews and interviews you have done for Beem !eek9s :a-- Baby and )arah *ichelle ;ynch9s , <ine Profession. =an we anticipate seeing more interviews and reviews? If so, how often and what is the criteria in regards of how you select people to review and interview? 5eviews and Interviews are an important part of 9oobug .e reall" en/o" interviewing authors, and "es, there will be more of them It will become a regular feature of the site Indeed our ne1t interview of the indie author &9 Ca" will be going live ver" soon .e spent a lot of time +reviewing* interviews on other sites The" left us unimpressed and underwhelmed It was clear to us that if we adopted this concept we wanted to make our interviews stand out The" needed to have the tone and ?ualit" of a premiere publication @ur first principle was integrit" .e dont create interviews at the re?uest of others, or in e1change for an"thing That having been said the" are to promote 9oobug writers .e select people that we have noticed on the site and whom we think will be interesting to interview This is best demonstrated b" the 9ooblogs .e read them all !I wonder if other sites do the same# $ .e are forming a relationship with each of our contributors individuall" and collectivel" @ur creative director crafts the interviews and tailors them to the specific sub/ect .e read e1amples of the authors< work and take time to understand the world of the particular author we feature 9oobug takes a lot of care in the process because we want our interviews to gain respect and value The" have been well received .e hope more and more people will read them and en/o" them !hy does 5oobug opt not to use stars as part of the rating process? 9oobug was not created in the image of other sites The ( star s"stem is an illusion It is open to manipulation and lacks credibilit" These facts are widel" known At the heart of 9oobug is the idea that we want people to be positive The creative process should reflect that .e have a s"stem where "ou can vote for a book that "ou like, those that get the most votes become a <top 9oobug book< and are profiled on the front page :o pa"ment, no putting other people down to stand out /ust good books being supported b" people who read them, and then being seen .e think it works 7escribe what a reader9s e>perience will be like upon entering the 5oobug website. .e hope that readers will discover a wealth of interesting and good books that the" might not have seen on Amazon or in their high street bookstore As we<ve alread" said we want visiting our site to be like a visit into a good independent

bookstore the sort that are becoming increasingl" hard to find in the high street both in the A9 and the A) .e also want to let readers engage with the authors, through blogging and commenting on books 9oobug com offers an" good writer the chance to meet with their audience and vice>versa This is not uni?ue to 9oobug, but what distinguishes 9oobug from the rest is the sense of communit" or famil" that we have engendered with those who have /oined us
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The 9ooblog is at the heart of our site An"one who has charted the e1plosion in its popularit" and influence will appreciate that 9oobug com is a site on the move, and a site that listens to its contributors .e cant respond to ever" individual whim or idea, but the site is about en/o"ment and enrichment 9oobug is not prescriptive, we encourage and promote poetr" and short stories and the" will feature prominentl" in future developments .e see no reason wh" writers with scripts for film or TD shouldnt also see value in the opportunities offered b" 9oobug Above all we want ever"one to have fun and fulfillment out of this site 5oobug has a very strong ?5 following. !hat would you say to authors from other places, particular the ?nited )tates, as to why it would benefit them to have 5oobug as part of their networking arsenal? .e are a ;ritish compan" and proud of that fact, but 9oobug is a site designed for the whole of the 6nglish speaking world :aturall" have a strong A9 following, and we are situated in the A9 in the beautiful cit" of ;ath .e hope to ver" soon be the biggest online literar" site based in the A9 !if we aren<t alread"$ 7owever "ou should know that we have a D65% large following in the A) .e know that A) authors have used 9oobug to break into the A9 market Michigan author, ;eem .eeks, is a good e1ample 7e is ?uoted as sa"ing that due to 9oobug, his A9 book sales of Cazz ;ab" now e1ceed those of his in the A)A ;eem was our inaugural interview @ne of our team has ver" strong famil" and social ties to the A) and two of our team regularl" visits both the Midwest, )outhwest and .est 8oast of the A)A .e want to have a 56A& presence in the A) 9oobug gives American Indie authors access to a ;ritish audience %et 9oobug does more still The American writer can gain a real understanding of the ;ritish literar" arena, the American reader can have access to the undiscovered talent of the land that brought "ou )hakespeare, Cane Austen, 8harles Dickens, Cohn le 8arre EEoh and C9 5owling !to name but a few$ ;efore too long, we believe 9oobug will allow the world to discover such a gem )ome of the authors who are a part of the 5oobug family have e>pressed their disdain at others sites6 particularly .oodreads. How does 5oobug feel about .oodreads as a whole, and how will an author9s e>perience be different upon his@her arrival at 5oobug? 9oobug has set out its principles upon our website and the" are there for ever"one to read Apon the understanding that contributors respect those principles we dont censure or edit the views of our 9oobloggers .e like to think that 9oobug is a ver" constructive communit" As "our ?uestion sa"s, people that visit it often refer to it as a famil" ,oodreads is a ,oliath and we arent in competition with them .e offer a ver" real alternative .e dont have their resources, but it is never a health" situation to have an" sphere of life dominated b" one entit" .hat we want is for 9oobug to be T76 site of choice, not an afterthought .e know that man" of our contributors also appear on other sites and ,oodreads is /ust one of them As a matter of comment ,wh" not compare the responses the" get on ,oodreads and the responses the" get for the same blog on 9oobug# These differences cannot be e1plained b" the fact ,oodreads is so bigF rather the" demonstrate the health and value of 9oobug as the authors and readers site of choice .e don<t want to attack other sites, but we would sa" that we are genuinel" tr"ing to be different @ur focus is on good writing encouraging it and providing a place to show it off 6ver"thing else will follow that !hat9s ne>t for 5oobug in the upcoming months and beyond? The site recentl" celebrated its first birthda" .e are proud that in that "ear we have alread" seen a former +top 9oobug book* chosen as a +top GH indie book* b" a national A9 newspaper .e are aware that publishers have been showing a positive interest in another <top 9oobug author*, whilst a former +top book* is being considered b" a film production compan" 9oobug has man" authors using the site to e1pand their market in different parts of the world :ow that we have established some ver" good content on the site, our main emphasis for the ne1t "ear !apart from technical improvements to the site$ is to tell the world about us, and the writers that are on this /ourne" with us In this regard we want the literar" world to be talking about us The more people who know about us the more readers we can introduce to our authors .e dont have a large corporate marketing budget .hat we have is passion, enthusiasm, commitment and professionalism 9oobug.com 2write to be read* Thank "ou for the time and enthusiasm "ou have shown to us .hatever the 0oliticians ma" sa", long live the )pecial 5elationship' 8heers to that' Thanks to ;rendon Moorehouse !86@> left$, )imon +7air"* =orrester, !Tech DirectorB.riter>right$ and Ian =enne" !8reative Director>not pictured$ 9oobug definitel" has the ingredients to remain a formidable wind of change for writers and readers, not /ust for the present but well into the future' 5F

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Caravan Girl's Paper Worlds:

-ook 3eviews y a /aravan dweller, /hocolate eater, and "oderately fast L ut not4super4fastI reader

by achael i!!on
$hains o7 !oss, By Robert Sier '*ailable6< 'ma;on 8ublished6< 2=12 >enre6< Sci0?i My Rating6< ,< Stars
7e staggered to his feet and stumbled in the direction the woman had gone 7e was watching his step so intentl" that he nearl" ran into )he had been heading towards the ship with a stout branch in hand )he scowled at him +I thought "ou said "our leg was broken'* +M" )hadow fi1ed it'* The look on her face went be"ond incredulit", and Derek realized the width of their cultural gap )he didnt have a )hadowE

Synopsis 7rom 'ma;on6 &e spent yesterday collecting space de ris to sell. &e woke up this morning crashed on an 2arth that shouldn't exist. &e has no idea how he got there, what he's doing, or what the loodthirsty orcs who are screaming for his death are saying. &e's a prophet's pawn, a potential savior, an average guy cy org of a ?Nth4century stellar colony. &e's Cerek, and he really wants to know what's going on. My Re*ie-6 6hen Cerek finds himself on 2arth, he doesn't know what to expect. &e'sT from Hew Athens X a technologically advanced society descended from humanity X ut they7ve had no contact with 2arth, so who knows what's changed in the meanwhileE As Cerek ecomes immersed in what 2arth has ecome, he realises how vastly different it is. There are orcs for starters. Tarlae too 4 some would call them 2lves 4 and genetically altered humans who look like angels. Along with "ycah, an 2arth woman, Cerek tries to make sense of this strange world he's entered into, ut orcs are hunting him and there's not much time to self4reflect when you're running for your life. # have to say, # loved this ook.T As a character, Cerek was likea le, honoura le and kind. &is generous nativityT really didn't fit in the loodthirsty fantastical world he'd entered into, and this contrast was great. "ycah was also relata le and again, the contrast etween her practical and predatory nature compared to Cerek's peaceful, serene one worked well. # loved getting to know oth of them and watching how they developed throughout the narrative. The plot was exciting too, with several su plots and segments from other supporting characters. This could occasionally disrupt Cerek7s narrative, ut on the whole # en(oyed these segues. #n particular, the segments a out &ouse >eith and the genetically altered humans were mostT intriguing. -y the end, many of theseT story linesT hadT merged together and so they worked well over all. Another thing # en(oyed in this ook was the technology. Cerek is a cy org and has an A#, called a Shadow, who has een with him since irth. &e also has a Shroud which can heal all sorts of health issues, from missing eyes to ironT deficienciesT to mortal wounds. # often find it irritating whenT people with super technological powers never have any pro lems ecause their technology is so ama.ing. # did not feel irritated with Cerek's ama.ing gi.mos and gadgets, however, ecause the technology didn't solve his

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pro lems. Sure, when he got hurt he could heal himself <uickly, ut it couldn't solve his most ma(or pro lem 4 ad(usting to a whole other culture and way of life. #n fact, the advanced technology (ust made it more difficult for him to ad(ust ecause he no4one really understands him, his history or the technology itself. The advanced technology isolates him and enforces theT lonelinessT he feels. #f it weren't for "ycah, he wouldn't have a clue as to what is going on. She saves his life not only literally, ut also figuratively in that she's the one person he can trust. The plot is set up for a possi le romance etween the two, yet Cerek seems more concerned with finding other Hew Athenians, or people with Hew Athenian technology, than a possi le romantic relationship. #'ll e interested to see where this narrative line goes in the se<uel. ,inally, # loved the com ination of fantasy and sci4fi in this story. #nitially # was a little du ious a out whether the author could pull it off, ut it works seamlessly. There are orcs, there's magic, elves and angels, ut there are also spaceships and cy orgs and laser guns. The meshing of these two genres really makes this ook stand out. #t'sT completelyT original and can only get etter as the series goes on. # loved this ook.T

"he Blue, By Stephanie @oid '*ailable6< 'ma;on 8ublished6 2=1 >enre6 Sci0?i My Rating6 ) Stars <;uildings were in pieces or gone entirel", and it would onl" get worse as the storms aftershocks
rocked the planet I recognized a flat swath of land that had once been Magnolia &ake4 the water had all been swept awa" 9atel"n and I had swum in that lake once I remembered how blue her lips had been from the cold water, but all the while she had proclaimed how much fun it was 6nviro>storm )he was gone M" parents were gone M" world was gone <

)ynopsis" 6hat would you do with a mysterious starship and a giant housecatET Alan "ichael 6olf is an ordinary $R4year4old oy from a ackwater colony world whose only dream was to go to military school. &owever, when he is sent home to recover from an in(ury, he finds himself stranded when he receives unthinka le news: his home planet is gone. Cestroyed. &e is left with nothing until a chance encounter with an old man at a spaceport leaves him with three things: a mysterious starship, a giant housecat, and the news that his younger sister >atelyn may still e alive.T Alan takes off across the galaxy in search of her ut discovers the old man's ship may have led him to a ig secret, one that will lead him to an even igger truth a out why his home planet was destroyed. -ut there are forces out there who will hunt him down to make sure he is silenced efore he can reveal the truth... #f you en(oyed the Qohn /arter novels and -eth 3evis' Across the +niverse, you will en(oy The -lue. Also, there's a giant housecat. *y &eview" There was a lot to love a out 'The -lue'. #t was fast paced, exciting and the futuristic universe was 4 mostly 4 elieva le andT intriguing. The characters were engaging as was the plot. # liked the concept of the Y'hilli, a guild of powerfulT assassins who are the main antagonists in this story.T They were fearsome and certainly made for exciting reading. There is one scene in particular

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where they use Alan for target practice and... it was terrifying, #'ll stop myself there. As a protagonist, Alan was solid and developed over the course of the story. &e didn't, however, stand out in any particular way from the hundreds of other heroes of his ilk and in this regard was a little flat as a character. Still, due to the exciting and fast4paced plot, this wasn't a ig issue. The plot is very much the strength of this ook. Things were happening on every single page. Alan was la.ing across the galaxy in a smugglers spaceship with a giant cat Lyou've got to love a ook with a giant cat0I, desperate to find his sister who was in the clutches of personsT unknown... And so it went, from one exciting, action packed scene to another. The plot 4 as a whole 4 worked well and # read the entire ookT with aited reath and a trem ling heart. &owever. Yes, there is a however. And it isn't a ig however. "ore of a pedantic however. #n terms of the sci4fi elements of this ook, # often felt as if technology was used to give Alan exactly what he needed. &e needs to e a space readerE :k, here's some -lue powder that makes him one0 &e needs to heal super <uickE :k, here's a vest that somehow can pump him full of healing chemicals0 6hat, the vest rokeE Ho pro lem, it can fix itself too0 That's one of the dangers in sci4fi 4 and fantasy 4 that the technology or magic is so ama.ing and powerful it is tuned to a characters specific pro lem and can make it go away in a matter of paragraphs. All this could make the story seem a little contrived.T As # mentioned in my review of /hains of !oss, this can actually sometimes work, ut in The ;lue # felt that Alan suddenly happened to have an ama.ing piece of technology which was exactly what he needed, whereas in 8hains of &oss, Cerek had the technology all along and we know it from the beginning. #t was a little coincidental too in that events would align themselves to give Alan exactly what he needed. #t was fine to egin with, ut when he found his sister's necklace 4 that she'd lost years ago # might add 4 in a world wrecked y an enviro4storm in which everything else was destroyed... # started to think this was oneT coincidenceT too many. -ut # didn't find the occasionally un elieva le technology and the various coincidencesT tooI prevalentT and they didn't stop me from en(oying the ook over all. #n fact, # kind of loved it and look forward to more in this series.

Reality $hallenged, By AbiBuitous Bubba '*ailable6< 'ma;on 8ublished6 2=12 >enre6 Sci0?i My Rating6 Stars
The mechanics of the Trade were unclear, even to 0s"chann )omehow, she knew that if she concentrated, she could Trade the rope around her wrists with the knife, because the" were of e?ual mass )hutting her e"es, she pictured the knife from ever" angle )uddenl", she felt it in her handE Synopsis 7rom 'ma;on6 A young psionic is given an impossi le task: Save the "ultiverse. ,ortunately, there's a J ton armored poet and his mercenary friend to help out. There's also a party of trans4universal dungeon explorers, a dragon, reluctant royalty, a girl with way too many heads, a pair of coffee drinkers, a rock and, and a man who has lost his mammal status. Hot all universes are alike. Some might not e so easy to leave. That's the good news. This humorous sci4fi adventure is the first ook of The :ther +niverses series. My Re*ie-6 3eality /hallenge was like a cross etweenT The &itch &iker's )uide to the )alaxyT and Terry 1ratchett'sT Ciscworld. #t made me laugh and it made me cry from all the laughter. # thoroughly en(oyed this ook once # got what was going on. #n the spirit of Couglas Adams and Terry 1ratchett the prose and the characters wereT humorousT and ridiculous, from Yeke an

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overweight revolution leader who isT dumped into a universe where all his thoughts come to life Lincluding a flying warthog, a talking yak and a host of lawyersI, to theT >ra.hd(, a huge alien creature who spouts awful poetry LDogon referenceI and a man whose 'mammal' status is taken away from him, although that's hardly the strangest thing that has happened in his life. #t was these little things that made the overall story a fun read. "y favourite character, however, was 1sychann Lthe young psionic mentioned in the synopsisI. She has the a ility to Trade o (ects of e<ual matter from universe to universe. This a ility of hers was an incredi ly cool plot element and made for some interesting reading. 6hilst # en(oyed the characters,T 3eality /hallengeT could e very confusing as there were so many characters and so many plot threads. -ecause of the dis(ointed narrative and the short segments told from different characters points of view, # didn't feel like # got a grip on the plot until a out half4way through. #t took me a while to get into it ecause of this and was an issue for me throughout the ook.T 1arts of it flowed more smoothly than others, ut y the end # was starting to get the hang of it. T 6hilst the narrative flow was umpy and dis(ointed, the characters made me stay, and they'll certainly stand out as some of the most funny, cra.y andT intriguingT aliens and people #'ve ever read.

Research Island, By Cesse Roman R. '*ailable6< 'ma;on,< Barnes D (oble,< 9oboand< Sony 8ublished6< 2=1 >enre6< 'ction My Rating6< 2., Stars
As his e"es cleared up and his hearing sharpened, David heard ,ar" sa", +.ere almost there .ithin five minutes, well have landed * David mumbled, +Awesome 8an we see it#* +%ou mean 5esearch Island# It should be out there b" now * David gained his balance and leaned over towards the nearest window 7is e"es scanned over the blue waves until he saw it 7e gasped +.ow *

Synopsis 7rom 'ma;on6 Cavid is an ordinary guy, (ust trying to graduate from college and find a decent (o . &owever, the (o offer thrust upon him isn7t ordinary, and it certainly isn7t decent. #t7s fantastic. -efore Cavid knows it, he7s in a secret facility called 3esearch #sland, experimenting with microwave guns and prototype vehicles, resurrected animals and droids programmed to kill. -ut a plan to overtake the #sland is set in motion, and chaos ensues. Cavid survives for the moment, yet he must fight to recover his new home from a lurking evil as wild and unpredicta le as the #sland itselfZ *y &eview" 5esearch IslandT was an energetic and fun read. That said, it is a ook for teenage oys and really wasn7t my kind of thing. #t was well4paced with an electrifying plot and a satisfying conclusion unless, like me, you figure out who the traitor is right at the start. #t's the kind of ook teenage oys would get a real kick out of and isT reminiscentT of ooks y "atthew 3iley, while also reminding me of the television seriesT &ost. The story egins when Cavid is recruited to (oin 3esearch #sland due to hisT ackgroundT as anT engineerT and his expertiseT inT karate. &e is told that his contract will last two years, he can't have any contact with anyone outside 3esearch #sland and that his salary will e more than the presidents. Hot eing a fool, Cavid instantly agrees. &e loves 3esearch #sland from the start. &e makes friends, he meets the token female character, "ary, who is not4very4su tly set up as the 'love interest' and has no greater or more interesting role than that Lthis is a pet peeve of mineI. :ne day, however, shots are fired and several staff mem ers are killed. Cavid and his friends discover that 3esearch #sland is eing taken over y an unidentified traitor LunfortunatelyT # found it very o vious who the traitor was0I.

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They and together and fight for their lives against all the weapons 3esearch #sland has at its disposal. 6hat follows is lood, mayhem and more lood. # liked the concept of a 'research island'. #t's a vast, eautiful landscape where a variety of research takes place, the most important of which is weaponT engineering. Cavid is recruited to test out these weapons. There are aT variety ofT 2nvironmentsT on the island 4 leak snowscapes, tropical (ungles and arrenT wastelands. Cavid goes to all of them and tests out weapons on the animals he finds there... and this is where # started to find the narrative <uite confronting. -ecause 3esearch #sland doesn't test its weapons on traditional la animals like rats or monkeys 4 that would e ad enough 4 no, they test their weapons on more exotic species. !ike polar ears. 1olarT ears are classified as a threatened species, ut it's perfectly okay for 3esearch #sland to reed them purely to test out their weapons0 #n one scene, Cavid fries a polar ear with a flame thrower. Sure, it was attacking them, ut it didn't ask to e put on a ig scary island where people hunted it down. There was no introspection on Cavid's part, either. &e didn't once <uestion the ethics of what he was doing. &e was asically like, 'Y2S0 # >#!!2C A 1:!A3 -2A3000' And that's what distur ed me. The litheT acceptanceT of rutallyT killing animals. The author does attempt to explain this. 6hen Cavid asks why they had to go out into a cold 2nvironment to test their weapons, why not (ust test them in a cold la , )eorge explains, JThat<s how it used to go, I heard The" would test a gun in cold temperatures Then high wind, then sand Then in moist air, and after shaking the weapon around a bit, the" said the invention wasI perfectl"I read" for the real world ;ut then the" realized weapons don<t alwa"sI malfunction in that wa" It<s the combination of things J 7e gestured to the landscape around them J.ind, sand, sun, water, snow mi1ed all together =or e1ample, a gun might be fine when it<s cold, and when it<s wet ;ut when "ou take it out of the lab and into some snow, things change up The cold snow gets into cracks of the clip It drips into ever" inch of the weapon untilI differentI pieces start shrinking from the ic" water )omething malfunctions, and a soldierI is stranded in the wilderness without a weapon J :k, so the 2nvironments might e necessary. ,ine. -ut why use live animalsE 6hy not use fake targets or, even etter, ro otsE 3esearch #sland is developing knife4wieldingT droids. 6hy can't they develop a fake polar earE #t could e re4used and no polar ears would get killed ever again. #t's ironic that at the end of the ook Cavid asks the traitor Lwho was so o viously the traitorI,T J.hat what about us# .h" do "ou need mone"# Are all these lives worth it#J # could ask you the same thing, Cavid. As could the polar ears. # still en(oyed this ook for the most part, my issue with the killing of polar ears aside. There were a few plot holes here and there, ut on the whole the energy and the fast pace keeps you from noticing them. #f # were a teenage oy, # think # would !:D2 this ook. As a 66, supporter and someone who doesn7t think guns should e glorified Las they very much were in this ookI # en(oyed it, ut with ma(or reservations a out the ideologies portrayed.

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Blurb: Being immortal has its downfalls. The recurrence of loss, the memories, and the continual need for a new identity before everyone questions why he looks so young. From the start he knew that Richard Ridley didnt feel safe; dying in infancy, and a arently unloved. !e has no intention of being Richard. But then a man turns u claiming to be from the " ecial #nvestigation $e artment; and hes forced to take on Richards identity, or be locked u %forever. &ll the de artment wants is for him to hel them find other immortals. !e is terrified at having his life controlled by others, but cannot rest until hes discovered why Richards short life u sets him so much. $efying the de artments instructions he sets about investigating his history. 'ncovering Richards ast roves dangerous, even for an immortal.

EFcerpt6 /hapter $ The little ones were always easy to spot. A vigil of small lack headstones, tucked away at the ack of the cemetery, their teddies and trains weather eaten% the gold faded. Twilight and rain drops shrouded them in pathos, ut come dusk the solar lights would flicker on, permanent candles used as protective sprites to ward demons away from these precious spirits. Such short lives, their pasts a heart eat in time, their names etched in granite to live on forever. #f # was lucky and could find someone suita le # would e a le to help him live on far longer than his grieving parents ever imagined. # wasn7t interested in the girls% and knew to avoid the ones with cheru s and angels. #t was also est to avoid the ones with recent gifts. Steven Qohnson may well have passed over in $RGN ut the plastic /hristmas tree% that would have endlessly chimed out silent night until its atteries ran down, warned that someone still cared, and cherished him. A train rum led past, heading south out of Ash Station having dumped its weary commuters ack to Surrey. They would dice with the arriers and tail ack of irritated drivers, all walk home fast to e away from the wind and threat of further rain. Their perfume and after4shave hitched a ride on the wind and dropped its heady scent on the wet grass. # could envisage the women click clacking past men in suits, high heels dodging puddles as they strained their acks to stay proud and upright while carrying heavy riefcases in the pursuit of e<uality. The men would duck their heads down and plough on, up the road and past the front of the church, searching for a key to a front door, and home, and comfort. # turned ack to my task and spotted 3ichard 3idley% wondered if he was a good enough contender for my attention. -orn in $RGR he7d died three months later, much loved and missed y his devoted parents% who could only afford stone and not tough granite. # crouched to read the inscription. !ichen painted it green and although he was age appropriate # didn7t feel like sharing my life with someone that sad. #t felt sad. &e felt sad. Hot that # was sad, that was an emotion # had long since learnt to set aside. Ho, the oy had no history, no love, noZ # sighed and (otted down his details. &e was perfect.

6hen the irth certificate arrived a week later # savoured the opening y sitting outside under the apple tree with a mug of coffee. # en(oyed this type of ritual, the peace and <uiet of irdsong, a single candle in a glass (ar on the rickety ta le, and the right morning sunshine dappling patterns through the leaves. The wooden chair was damp and wetted through my trousers, ut that didn7t matter. The piece of paper inside the envelope was what mattered. !eaning my el ows on the ta le # spun the AN envelope round and round etween my fingers, thinking. # knew # wasn7t going to like him efore # had even opened it, ut it was (ust one of those things # had to get used to living with. "y coffee was getting cold so # drank half of it efore easing open the envelope and reading the document. 1erhaps # had mis(udged poor 3ichard. &is father had een one Cavid 3idley, salesman. How how vague was thatE 6hat kind of salesmanE /arsE #nsuranceE &is mother had een 2li.a eth 3idley, nee 6ilkinson, housewife, which meant that Cavid had achieved enough prosperity through sales for his wife not to have to work. :n the surface they appeared to e nice, respecta le people, ut # had learnt never to accept life at face value. :h how # wish # had. "istrust, and more than a little curiosity, egged me to go against my etter (udgement and do what # had always promised myself not to do. # went to look at their house. -efore going # spent some time online researching what # could of 3ichard7s family tree. #t was always difficult investigating living people, and generally drew a lank% so # was shocked to discover that 2li.a eth, or !i..ie as she liked to e known, had died less than a year after 3ichard. The how of her departure from this mortal plane othered me, so # ordered a death certificate. ,ather Cavid might still e alive, and that othered me too. 1eople survived longer and longer these days, so # guessed he might e in his mid to late fifties y now, which was really no age at all. They had lived a short distance from St 1eter7s in Ash so # parked my !and 3over opposite the church and walked up the road and across the railway line. #t wasn7t very far, ut y the time # stood outside the house street lights were already coming on and curtains eing closed against another damp evening. Something a out the stillness of the place made me shiver.

# turned my collar up and tried not to look as if # was staring into the a andoned cottage. At one time it might have een pretty, those straggly roses around the door a undant with fragrant looms, only now it appeared deserted, the wrought iron gate rusted on roken hinges. # really don7t need to know this, # told myself, and turned to walk away. A light flashing on in one of the small top windows made me glance up, ut it went out as soon as my head shifted. 6as # eing watchedE ,or a moment # stared up at the glass and half imagined that # saw a shape move eyond the reflected tungsten of the street light. !and registry, check out who owns the place% get your facts straight. # made a mental note to follow it up as soon as # got ack. &ead down # went to (oin the right lights and throng of commuters spilling out of Ash station. There was little point in hurrying to move my car, the traffic eing (ammed and slow moving, so # roke another rule and went to amuse myself y saying hello to 3ichard 3idley again efore going home.

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My co*er designer did a 7antastic Gob on the co*er o7 my boo%. I -ant to gi*e him the recognition he deser*es, but I donHt see a title 7or Iboo% co*er designerI, only IillustratorI. I7 I list him as an illustrator, I 7ear the reader may thin% my boo% is 7ull o7 illustrations, but i7 I donHt ha*e him as part o7 my listing, I thin% he -ill 7eel slighted. Should I proceed -ith listing him as an illustrator, and i7 I donHt, ho- can I gi*e him proper recognition3 # particularly like this issue7s <uestion. # am a ig fan of ook covers, cover art, and everything that goes into them X from the idea, the concept, and the final product. The old saying, one that everyone knows, is KDont /udge a book b" its cover +nfortunately, that does happen, and your cover will e the first thing a potential reader* uyer will see. There are so many layers Lno pun intendedZwell may eI that go into a ook cover, and leaving even one out can change the entire look and feel of the cover art. And unless you draw it from scratch and design it from that point on, you will pro a ly need the help of others to create the vision you have for your cover. There is nothing wrong with that. )ervices Cepending on how you get your cover done, if you colla orate, you should Lin my opinionI give credit to anyone involved, especially an illustrator or cover designer. #f you pay someone to do your cover from start to finish, the designer or cover artist will usually work out details on them receiving acknowledgment of their work in the negotiation of the fee they will charge. Some cover designers will take payment for their work and mention anything a out receiving credit. -ut, those may e few and far etween. =rediting "ost of us give credit where credit is due, so it7s not out of the way for us to give props to someone who does us a service 4 one that we consider a (o well done. :ne that will help us promote our products. 6ith all that out of the way, #7ll get ack to the actual <uestion a ove, which is really a two4 part <uestion.

The <uestion posed is a out giving credit to the cover designer. The technical part of the <uestion is whether the designer is listed as an illustrator or not.

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+itle" 3oy "eets 1ete the 1enguin ,uthor" !u a -re.hnev .enre" /hildren7s &elease date" ,e ruary 5A$J ,vailable" ,ma-on, )mashwords Blurb" This is a funny story a out 1ete the spoiled penguin who goes far away to visit a little oy named 3oy. 1ete is very playful. &e likes to entertain all of 3oy7s family and friends, ut he has much to learn a out eing mature, and his new family patiently shows him how to e good mannered penguin. 6hen he comes ack to his mother, he is more respectful, and caring a out others. +itle" ,ound in You ,uthor" >.!. 3use .enre" /ontemporary 3omance &elease date" Qanuary 5A$J ,vailable" ,ma-on, Barnes 4 oble Blurb" Twenty4three4year4old /amryn Singer never imagined that she would return to the place where she lost everything. To grant a dying wish, she moves ack to the small Qersey each town where she grew up, hoping to somehow find the missing pieces of her life. Cetermined to keep her wounds unopened and her heart guarded, she instead slams head4first into /ole Stevens. Sexy surfer /ole has always used the waves to num the pain of his past. -ut when he runs into /amryn on the each one day, he wants nothing more than for her to heal his scars and light the spark ack in his life. 6ill /amryn and /ole e ripped apart when the ghosts from their pasts come ack to life, or will they discover that it7s not until you7re lost, that you can e foundE +itle" The Thackery Qournal ,uthor" Qohn &olt .enre" &istorical ,iction &elease date" Qanuary 5A$J ,vailable" ,ma-on, Barens 4 oble Blurb" :n the night of April $Jth $@FN 1resident A raham !incoln attended a performance at The ,ord Theatre, in 6ashington. A single shot fired y Qohn 6ilkes -ooth hit the 1resident in the ack of the head. &e slumped to the floor, and died a few hours later without regaining consciousness. 6as -ooth a lone assassinE :r was he part of a wider conspiracyE A plot hatched y his own generals to replace !incoln with )eneral +lysses S. )rant. +itle" Someone to >eep "e ,uthors" >./. 6ells M 1arker 6illiams .enre" )ay*3omance &elease date" Qanuary 5A$J ,vailable" ,ma-on, Barens 4 oble Blurb" 2ighteen4year4old Scott >eating knows a whole world exists eyond his parents7 strict control, ut until he gains access to the 6orld 6ide 6e , he really has no idea what7s out there. #n a chat room, Scott meets 8Qeff+>.9 Qeff loves and understands him, and when he offers to ring Scott to the +>, Scott sei.es his chance to escape his humdrum life and see the world. -ut when his plane touches down and Qeff isn7t there, panic sets in. /ollars M /uffs favorite arman and Com4in4training, -en 6inters, drops his sister off at the airport and finds a lost, anxious Scott. &earing Scott7s story sets off alarm ells, along with his protective instincts. Taking pity on the na]ve oy, -en offers him a place to crash and invites him to /ollars M /uffs, hoping his osses will know how to help. Scott dreams of elonging to someone, heart and soul. -en longs for a su of his own. And neither man sees what7s right under his nose. J$

+itle" ,ist of the ,uror LScri es of "edeisia: -ook ThreeI ,uthor" 3.>. 3yals .enre" ,antasy*Science ,iction &elease date" Qanuary 5A$J ,vailable" ,ma-on, Barnes 4 oble ,bbreviated Blurb $for the full blurb visit ,ma-on%: 81eople die for freedom Z9 There is chaos in the kingdom of "edeisia. The re els have gone into the mountains to hide, protected y the dragons. Their only hope lies in a and of insurgents who made an arduous trek across the Ardus to seek the aid of a king... 1lagued y grief, seventeen year4old Crastona /onsta4"ayria ecomes a leader for her people, the voice of the common folk, the forest, and the dragons. !iving now among the royalty of Sadeemia, Crastona and the re els must navigate something much more complicated than war, politics. +itle" Agency 3ules: Hever an 2asy Cay at the :ffice ,uthor" >halid "uhammad .enre" "ystery*Thriller &elease date" Qanuary 5A$J ,vailable" Ama.on, -arnes M Ho le ,bbreviated Blurb $for the full blurb visit ,ma-on%" /ele rated as a ragtag force that defeated and roke the Soviet +nion, no one predicted the "u(ahideen would ring with them a plague that would spread like wildfire through 1akistan in the years to follow. 6hen the attle4worn fighters returned with no enemy or war to fight, they turned their sights on the country that had een their creator and enefactor. ,rom the same attlegrounds that irthed the "u(ahideen, a young >amal >han emerges as a different reed of warrior. Ciscarding his wealthy family comforts, >amal ecomes a precision sniper, an invinci le commando and a clandestine operative ringing intimidation, dominance and death with him to the attlefield. 2nding the plague is his prime directive. +itle" /inder 2lla ,uthor" Sophie Starr .enre" 2rotica*,airy4Tale &elease date" Qanuary 5A$J ,vailable" Ama.on, -arnes M Ho le ,bbreviated Blurb $for complete blurb visit ,ma-on%" :nce upon a time, in a land far far away there was a tale a out a girl named /inderella. She sang and danced and fell in loved after only one kiss. This isn't exactly her story... This is the story of 2lla. There wasn't much to sing a out in her life and she didn't have the energy to dance. She was an orphan eing sold into a marriage of convenience y her wicked stepmother. +itle" Secret Tastes LSecret Creams -ook ,ourI ,uthor" "iranda 1. /harles .enre" 3omance &elease date" Qanuary 5A$J ,vailable" ,ma-on ,bbreviated Blurb $for full blurb, visit ,ma-on%" Samantha !ane wanted to resign from her father's accounting practice and move to another state to follow her dream of esta lishing a catering usiness. -ut she didn't want to reak her parents' hearts. Adam /raig didn't mind playing the role of Sam's fake oyfriend. She was a friend in need and he was a helpful guy. -esides, he was desperate to show a clingy ex that they were truly over, and Sam acting as his girlfriend was the perfect solution.

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Night Dreams
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All Authors Magazine Presents:

Featuring The Glade by Harmony Kent

Awesome Covers: The Glade

1) Where did the inspiration for the cover come from? I had an idea of what I wanted in mind, from writing the book. So I went searching for appropriate images, which took a lot of time, but I feel was well worth the effort. 2) Do you feel that it reflects the story well? I do feel it reflects the story well. I hope it portrays the suspense, and drama. Of course, the slight humour and romance running through the book don't show at all-lol. But all in all I'm very happy with it. 3) Did you design it yourself or was it designed by another party? I designed the cover myself, but the base image I purchased from an artist on Ceviant. She has recently changed her name, so # am waiting to hear from her which one she would like me to use, and # will let you know as soon as # do. &ere is the ase image:

It is called 'In the nd'. I added the red eye and the woman in the background, then darkened and softened the edges to merge into the black book cover. !s soon as I saw this picture, I knew it was the one I'd been looking for. "othing else would do.

4) Given the choice would you change anything about it? I did toy with the idea of removing the red butterfly, but on reflection decided it added a touch of surrealism to the whole thing. I tied the end of the book in nicely to include the butterfly. I like the mi#ing of death and life in this version.

!) Was this the original cover to this boo" or was there one prior #li"e a first edition)? $his was the original cover for this book. I had four drafts, but really this was my only real choice. It stood out from the other possibles and yelled %me, me% so loudly I &ust couldn't ignore it.

$) Does this cover reflect your artistic preference? "ot really. I'm as eclectic in my artistic preferences as I am in the genres I write and read. ! lot depends on what mood I'm in at the time. $he important thing is that something 'speaks' to me. 'or more about (armony )ent and what she is working on now, please visit* (armony )ent at +ordpress

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Micro Short Theater

The Bringer of Birds By MJ Holman

#t was a summer7s afternoon when # realised # was no longer a child. U/ome,7 my father said, U:ne of our oxen's een in(ured y the yoke, you7ll need to help.7 "y rothers were at the market, or at arms, or had taken upon the road to sell wares for a penny and cloth for a shilling, so it was me who had gained some trust rather than the wary glance, or assurance # was unfit for most things. The poor east, oh how it seemed to suffer with the cradle roken and its haunches urdened y a heavier weight than it was accustomed to. 6e removed the yoke so the oxen could e moved to an enclosure. # followed it and took a pail to pour clean stream water over a cut on the east7s neck, then ran a finger over the exposed wound% the sad thing ridled with discomfort, ut seconds of pain melted away as the wound disappeared completely. # looked at the end of my finger. -irds circled a ove me and # could hear strains of song as they dived and flocked. :n the dusty path that cut like a oundary across our farm, # could see Adam my twin look up to the sky and then smile as he rought our cart to the co led path y the side arn door. U6hatever is the fuss with them07 he said clim ing down stroking the horse with a silky touch. # shook my head. &e kissed and gra ed me, and of all my rothers he was the one who had held me every day, ecause he knew loneliness had stalked me until # had forgotten what it was like to share a moment with a stranger. "y world was Adam7s world and # did not know its edge and what was eyond it. All that changed when the world eyond the edge learned of my finger. # had healed an oxen, a horse, then dear mother whose cough hacked and whee.ed until she lay a andoned to exhaustion, and finally Adam, who told me # had healed his soul. # had taken his torment received from father7s wrath and turned it into a song, he said, ut it wasn7t me. U#t7s the irds who are melodious,7 # told him. U&ave you noticed they all have different coloursE The colours change and they sing a different song every day, like each morning they7re renewed y something wondrous.7 &e went out and told everyone a out the wonder, and so they all came. /hildren with misshapen legs and old lind men and women, all came along the path cutting across the edge and # did not see where they came from, (ust the shuffling mass. #t was not long efore Adam could see his mistake. The irds still sang, ut # was gone from him% # no longer needed his protection though he stayed to watch the fevers lift and the poisons drain away and he could not egrudge me the (oy of my compassion% ut, he was lost 4 the scars still hurt. And when that day came when # walked to the oundary7s edge and stepped over it to visit the hospital, Adam lit a fire and urned the farm. # came home in despair and placed my hands upon my in(ured father and mother, ut # could not heal them. Adam was gone, father was gone, mother was gone, the irds were gone. The irds surrounded us while our love was simple and untarnished, ut # was not the one who they were here for, it was Adam who was the -ringer of -irds.

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MicroShort Theater (Bonus Story) Kona By Synful Desire

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The shiny silver ell hovering a ove the door dings twice. -rown crocodile print Stacy Adams shoes stride to the ooth in the far corner, closest to the window. #t takes the average lady twenty steps to get to that location% twenty4 four if she was having difficulty walking in her heels. The average man takes sixteen steps. &is strides were long and confident. #t always (ust took him eight. A rolled up newspaper was snugly tucked under his left arm while the handle of his riefcase was held firmly in his right hand. &e placed the riefcase on the seat first% it was angled perfectly against the wall. The newspaper (oined suit efore he sat down. &e asked for a menu, ut at the end, he always got the same thing. >ona coffee, with a shot of espresso. A miniscule pitcher of half4and4half, plus a dish of sugar cu es on the side. &e deemed it etter that he controlled the contents, so it would taste great every time. &is ratioE ,or every small pour of half4and4half, the addition of three sugar cu es. &e pushed ack those three wisps of sandy lond hair that wouldn't cooperate with the rest of the strands. &e ent his head slightly, closed his pond green eyes and inhaled his concoction. &is road lips were a out to touch the edge of the cup when he was distracted y the dangle of the cafe ell. &e had never seen her efore. &er curly untamed au urn hair hung ma(estically down her ack. &er right orange shirt was adorned with rhinestones% a cluster of them expertly placed near her chest. &e smiled in admiration of the shape and firmness of her rack. &is eyes shifted from her rack to her swaying of her hips as she stepped forward. The au urn goddess had the confidence of -eyonce' and a strut as impressive as Haomi /amp ell on the runway. Suddenly she stopped. &e feigned like he was enamored with the first sip of his >ona coffee. &e peeked under his eyelids and wondered if those were her natural lashes. 2ach lash was thin, long, and of e<ual length. &e dared to open his eyes, and her ha.el eyes were staring right at him. She ran her long lack fingernails through his fine lond hair. &is >ona coffee was forgotten as she leaned in to capture his soft lips, gently sucking off the coffee drops that lingered... 8Sharla49 A sound escaped her. She couldn't tell whether it was a low hum or an expressive moan. 8Sharla, your regular's here.9 She pushed the dangling au urn tendrils ack into the confines of a lack ponytail holder and walked over to the ooth. &is pond green eyes met hers, and she flashed a smile. 8)ood morning0 6hat would you like todayE9 D+he EndD

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6e all do it ut how many of us know where the word came from and why we use itE !et7s reak it down: ?our syllables 1 letters Je7inition6 1rocrastinate ^proh4kras4tuh4neyt_ is a ver meaning: to defer action% delay% to put off till another day or time.

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1rigin" Cigging a little deeper, the word came a out in the $F th century and has origins in the !atin ver procrastinat, meaning Udeferred until tomorrow7 which comes from another !atin ver procrastinaire Since its !atin Ltedious language ut fascinating in its componentsI even this word can e roken down even further into the following root words: 0ro> Kforward7 F 8rastinus4 U elonging to tomorrow7 Lcras, Utomorrow7I. The 3omans used this term to denote a positive spin: exercising patience in military conflicts, as in, Uhe" theres an arm" threatening to attack' &ets defer /udgment and sit back and wait Im sure the"ll be a fool and make a mistake at some point and then weve got them' 7 The 2gyptians actually had two ver s for procrastinating, each lending a different meaning depending on the reason for doing so. !a.iness in tasks especially meaningful to su sistence and survival was looked down upon while reserving energy and refraining from pointless, unnecessary tasks was em raced. 6hat this should tell us is that it7s all a matter of discernment regardless of the language of origination or use. 6hen we7re procrastinating and erating ourselves for doing so perhaps the est thing to do is to step ack and look at it through the filter of 8how necessary for my happiness*su sistence is this task todayE9

#f putting off doing the dishes or washing the laundry isn7t going to affect your long term survival why eat yourself up for putting the task off until tomorrowE &owever, if procrastinating in your creative works is your key woe and writing is what truly rings happiness and a sense of mental sta ility to your world, or even etter X income 4 this could rightly e considered a detriment to su sistence. /onsider the reasons for your procrastination: are you putting something off out of fear and self dou t or are you simply exercising patience in allowing your characters and*or plot to fully percolate efore attempting to harness the words and get them down on paperE #n either case human eings have een procrastinators Lat least with an identifia le and usa le word to la el the action or, in some cases a lack of actionI for hundreds of years. That7s pro a ly not going to change anytime soon% procrastinating appears to e part of human nature and it7s up to us as individuals to decide how, when, where, and why we do it as well as reaching some kind of acceptance of the necessity and fre<uency. 6ith the word Uprocrastinate7 carrying an often negative connotation perhaps we can adopt a more positive mindset. #nstead of calling what we do procrastinating we can think of this act of shuffling daily activities as prioritizing, another great word this 6ordsmith looks forward to possi ly exploring in a future article. Disit Andi at: ,ace ook Twitter

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%n )*+*, a young, privileged ,erman couple, -ohann and .anna find love in their arranged marriage. .owever, to the disappointment of both their families, chuck it all way, and travel half way across the world to experience life on the Texas frontier. They put their lives in peril on both land and sea, enduring through storms, wagon wrecks, encounters with savage %ndians, and a harsh, unforgiving new climate. -ohann often wonders why he ever brought his beautiful .anna to this ,od-forsaken land. !as it ,od-forsaken/ !ould they endure/ 'r would they leave Texas, and come home to ,ermany as their families hoped/0

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Slick Wit Lore: Nikki's YAF Lounge

Winds of Change
A wind can e gentle and warm, lustery and cold, tornado4like reeking havoc and laying waste to everything in its path. A ree.y day can refresh and soothe the trou led mind and rock a hammock to and fro. A wind can low away the co we s, refresh the spirit and slap against conformists cheeks to waken the li eral inside. :kay, # am waxing lyrical here, ut there is a point to all this. Ho, really. The point is that YA literature has perhaps ecome stuck in a dystopian rut. # know there are loads of different YA genre novels out there, ut the most popular, the ones that are made into films, are very similar to one another. The 7unger ,ames 4 Su.anne /ollins, Divergent 4 Deronica 3oth and Aglies 4 Scott 6esterfield, all have similar themes. Set in the future where teens must struggle for survival, lah, lah, lah. A few years ago and it was Dampire twinkling and pale faced fifteen year olds fantasising a out hunky long toothed old yet young guys, who would take them away from this oring real life into a sparkly world of un4dead romance. So what's nextE Surely we are all getting slightly fed up with gloom and doomE Aren't weE 1lease say yes. :kay then. #t must e time for change. Should YA literature step out from the grey shadows, lay down its ow and arrows and may e take up knittingE 6hy notE 1erhaps the world of YA literature needs a new hero*heroine that can knit their way out of trou le. HoE 3ight then, how a out the next ig novel to topple The &unger )ames can e a out a future where adults are nice to their children and everyone is kind and gentle. You know a +topian society where there is no hunger or war, where everyone gets along and helps each other. 6hereZ Hah, me neither. # mean where's the drama the conflict, the addies, the goodies, the interesting story line. YA novels deal with angst, with teens wanting to leave the nest and make a name for themselves in the ig wide world. ,ind out who they are and how they fit into the grand scheme of things. AgreedE 6ell for the most part. 6e all like a good story with action and romance and adults getting their (ust desserts. -ut, may e this can e dealt with other than sci4fi*fantasy or dystopian worlds. 1erhaps Steampunk will e the next ig thing. Steampunk seems to e either odice ripping romances: KIn 2LMN, &ondon, si1teen>"ear>old =inle" Ca"ne is running )he s been viciousl" attacked b" a "oung lord but that s not the problem The problem is what made her fight back the darker side urging her to danger, horribl" delighted at the prospect of violence .ith nowhere left to go, one man comes to her rescue The richest man in 6ngland, an orphaned duke, a misfit like her ,riffin 9ing, and his little compan" of stra"s =ighting against vicious automaton and criminal mastermind The Machinist, ,riffin has a use for =inle" ;ut she has to be willing to put her life in his hands.K N5

:r wild west*ro otic mash ups. Hot a genre #'m too familiar with to e honest. An example is The ,lux 2ngine. "y guess this would appeal to the male readers out there. KCohn 0orter didnt e1pect his e1periment to go horribl" awr" and send ever" Tomm" in town on a rampage The steam>powered metal men tore down half of )procketville before the" were stopped Cohn anticipated a visit from the sheriff, not a robber with a gun who stole his heirloom cr"stal and then shot him in the chest for good measure In a da" filled with the une1pected, the biggest surprise of all was surviving to be interrogated, and then deputized, b" legendar" lawman, .ild ;ill 7ickok :ow Cohn must accompan" .ild ;ill and track down his stolen cr"stal before his would>be murderer can use it to create the most powerful and deadl" weapon ever known.K "ay e YA chick lit is on the rise. 1lease, please, please don't let it e a ,ifty Shades of )rey type thing though. )irls, (ust say H:. Then again perhaps YA literature can change y targeting more male readers. As far as # can tell, nearly all YA novels are geared towards the female market. They tend to have female protagonists who, despite their appearance or popularity, are sought after y more than one handsome suitor. 2specially so in YA romances such as Twilight y Stephenie "eyer and The Mortal instruments series y /assandra /lare. #n these ooks the girls are anything ut attractive and are often portrayed as loners out of touch with their peers. Yet they get the twinkly hunk despite their differences. :r engage in a dangerous mission only to find themselves in the arms of rippling muscly guy. The lur from the YA 3omance series The Mortal Instruments: )i1teen>"ear>old 8lar" =ra" is an ordinar" teenager, who likes hanging out in ;rookl"n with her friends ;ut ever"thing changes the night she witnesses a murder, committed b" a group of teens armed with medieval weaponr" The murderous group are )hadowhunters, secret warriors dedicated to driving demons out of this dimension and back into their own Drawn ine1orabl" into a terrif"ing world, 8lar" s begins to learn the truth about her famil" > and the battle for the fate of the world Qust look at the covers0 -uff males, and some with tattoos0 &ow can any normal teenage oy possi ly competeE Also, the covers are really, really girly aren't theyE # dou t any young man would actually go into a shop and uy a copy, even if he were interested in the story, and he might e. "ay e they could make the covers less like a cheap "ills and -oon 3omance to reflect the action adventure content that oth novels contain. -lur for Twilight: .hen 2N "ear old Isabella )wan moves to =orks, .ashington to live with her father she e1pects that her new life will be as dull as the town ;ut in spite of her awkward manner and low e1pectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark>haired new girl in town ;ut not, it seems, the 8ullen famil" These five adopted brothers and sisters obviousl" prefer their own compan" and will make no e1ception for ;ella ;ella is convinced that 6dward 8ullen in particular hates her, but she feels a strange attraction to him, although his hostilit" makes her feel almost ph"sicall" ill 7e seems determined to push her awa" > until, that is, he saves her life from an out of control car How, where are the ooks that portray Herdlinger oys who get the perfect girl ecause of their personalityE #'m racking my rains to think of one and # can't.

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So, perhaps the real change for YA literature is to attract male readers and write a out teenage oys as heroes setting the world to rights. # know that there are some ooks were there are male protagonists such as 7arr" 0otter, /haos walking and Anwind, ut # wouldn't descri e them as 3omantic ,iction and in all of them there is a feisty female sidekick*love interest on an e<ual footing and not necessarily gorgeous. 6hich isn't a ad thing at all. # suppose the point #'m trying to make here is, that may e young male adults don't get the chance to read a out ordinary lads without any supernatural powers having a relationship of the romantic kind, with a girl that is sparkly and rooding. #'m wondering if teenage oys can possi ly come up to the standards of all these gorgeous muscle rippling, sensitive and talented studs that pepper the pages of nearly all YA novels with a love interest. 2ven the dystopian worlds have attractive males to e there for the female leads to lean on in times of extreme danger. Co young males feel disempowered y such male protagonistsE &ow can your average teen oy compete with all these fictional perfect malesE "ay e it is time for our young male writers to start penning some ooks that are aimed at their own generation and gender. How, #'m not a young male, so # wouldn't dare to assume that # know what said human wants to read, ut # et it isn't doe4eyed drippy girl finds happiness with a glittery flying dead guy whilst avoiding the advances of a ware wolf. The <uestion is then, would YA literature enefit from a tornado that rips its current trend of female protagonist saves world has love triangle to sort out, apart and leaves ehind a story that appeals to a male readershipE 6ould teenage girls want to read a ook a out a sport loving, !A3123 who vegetates out most nights in front of his computer until one day his geek knowledge of all things Star trek, Star 6ars and !ord of The 3ings, play a vital role in preventing the invasion of slug4like aliens from taking over the world. And along the way he manages to impress the eautiful and talented female counterpart and they oth get it on. -ut not necessarily fall in love, ecause that would e a it of a girly story. 6ho knowsE "ay e #'ll write it anyway and find out. # have een looking at some ooks that could reak the mould. They still adhere to the YA formula ut have a little it more going for them in terms of actual story line and character development. :ne is <uite off the wall and so different from any other YA chick lit ook # have ever read that it could almost e a genre in itself. I Don<t 9now 7ow )he .ill Do It y >o y Tetteh )yampoh is pu lished on ?rd ,e ruary and # have permission from the author >o y Lwho is only $@ years oldI to paste a little extract for you all to read. #n my opinion this young man has a real talent and #'d love to see him do well. ,irst the lur : Coin &il" in her ?uest for freedom as she poses as a couple with 8lare behind a camouflage of flash" cars and cupcakes in order to get that inheritance =ollow this hilarious recipe of a low self>esteem girl, a sass" self>emplo"ed actress, an Aunt whose ?uotes would get "ou raising brows and two grannies who are willing to help low self> esteem girl ;ut watch out, one has a pistol, which she stashes in her underwear JIt is )aturda" I used to hate )aturda"s ;ut with 8lare holding m" hand through dinner with the =ord women, I couldn<t wait for )aturda"s 8lare and I were surprised it was no longer the normal brunch we had This was taking place in the enormous dining hall of the manor Theres a large table stretching to the fift" women with their husbands, if the" were alive The walls held portraits of past =ord women, and a window wide as a doorwa" poured light into the hallE If I ever thought marriage with 8lare was a good idea, I am now second>guessing All the husbands are staring at us like we are insane It is hard avoiding their stares since we are at the head of the table &"nn<s new husband, Tom, is fawning over 8lare I can see ,rann" &indsa" kicking him beneath the table, but he is so distracted that the pains caused b" ,rann"<s boots are unnoticeable 7er gun would have been pointed right at him if she wasnt handcuffed to her chair on special famil" gatherings such as these If Aunt &izzie hadnt chinked her glass with a spoon to announce the dinner of baked potato soup with bacon, onion and cheddar was to commence, the sun would have come up for a new da" and the meals would have gone untouched J

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The other ook, Itch, written y a -ritish CQ Simon "ayo, was recommended to me y one of my fifteen4year4old students. How, # thought, #'m not going to like this. -ut # did. #t kind of reaks the mould for YA novels, although # think it is aimed at the younger end of the genre, it really is <uite <uirky and engaging. The narrative style is very conversational and relaxed, which helps with the humour side of it, and it certainly rattles along at a fair old pace. The description is definitely not that of the normal YA novel: =ourteen>"ear>old Itchingham &ofte, nicknamed Itch, has an unusual passion4 collecting specimens of ever" element in the periodic table )o what if that means he<s had a few mishaps# ;ut when he gets his hands on a suspiciousl" warm rock made of a new, previousl" unknown element, things reall" begin to e1plode )oon, a malevolent teacher, an evil>doing corporation, and a top>secret government agenc" are all after Itch 8an his science know>how keep him one step ahead of ever"one and help him sta" alive# JAmid the teenage intrigue and heart>in>mouth escapades there are se?uin flashes of real science4 reminders that ph"sical chemistr" reall" does make things happenJ !Tim 5adford ,uardian$ &ere is a short extract from the first chapter: K<6nough' )top' :o more e1periments At all :@:6 Itch said nothing, and now his mother slowed down K7ave I made m"self clear# I want all "our kit chemicals, powders, potions, flasks, and whatever else "ou have hidden awa" in "our wardrobe outside in the garden after school tomorrow :o e1plosions, no +volcanoes*, no burning h"drogen bubbles :othing Itchs /aw dropped K;ut I cant /ust leave ever"thing in the garden It isnt safe' 7e felt a bit panick" now 7is Kkit, as his mother called it, had taken a long time to assemble and was his pride and /o" 7is friends at school talked mainl" of football and surfingF he had no interest in the first and onl" a passing one in the second 7is passion his Kreall" lame hobb", as 8hloe called it was about to be cleared out of his room for ever K.ell, "ou should have thought of that before "ou tried to blow up the house And what have "ou done to "our face#' Cude had stopped looking around her sons bedroom and had /ust noticed his e"ebrows @r lack of them K@h, the" burned off )orr" K)@55%# shouted Cude K)orr"# %ou could have been blinded' 5eall", Itchingham, "ou are an idiot sometimes )he put her hand under his chin and tilted his head up to the light K.ell, the"re gone K A story a out a oy o sessed y the periodic ta le could attract more male readers, if # were to stereotype all geeky oys, ut like # said, the ook was recommended to me y a girl. So, may e this kind of science without too much of the 'fiction' aspect to it is one way to go to attract a different audience to YA literature. A reader that would e turned off y the more generic and popular works that dominate the top selling rankings. #s it a time to change, to aspire to something more than unrealistic portrayals of the perfect young male or female in YA literatureE # suppose there will always e a place for dreamy romance and depressing dystopian worlds, since they are so far removed from the every day life of a teenager. 6e all en(oy a story that takes us into a time and place that is foreign and a million miles away from our own fairly mundane lives. 1laces that promise excitement, love, and danger will always thrill and satisfy our need for escapism. # (ust think that there is a need for a fresh start in YA literature. # would en(oy reading novels that deliver more than the usual format, with stories that show us characters we can readily identify with. 2nvironments we recogni.e and plotlines that deal with the unusual and dramatic through the eyes of teenagers that realistically resem le young people from all walks of life. To see the (oys and woes of growing up via a it of action and adventure that doesn't necessarily rely on the attaina ility of physical perfection. 6e are all different and all eautiful. That's a fact. Con't let anyone suggest otherwise.

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1erhaps the iggest change we are a out to see in YA literature is that more of it will e written y teens and young adults. #nstead of us old fogies trying to remem er what it felt like to e young, and then attempting to make young people uy into that, some young writers are out there writing a out things relevant to what they are experiencing right now. Hot as a memory, ut as a happening taking place in the present not the past. Coes that fact make the read more exciting, elieva le and contemporaryE :r, are young writers so influenced y novels penned y an older generation, that they simply mimic it. # have read some indie novels y teenagers that although well written are really (ust ,an ,iction ooks that have nothing new to say. # challenge all you readers and writers out there that are under 5N, to reak the mould, to look for stories that aren't a out dystopian future worlds, or vampires, or .om ies, or witches and the like, and start reading*writing gritty ur an stories a out real teens in real life situations% that don't necessarily involve unwanted pregnancies and hating their oring parents. :r some truly different kinds of sci4fi*speculative fiction that dares to go eyond depressing future worlds where girls are plucky and save the world yet are so, so pretty. You do realise # am shooting myself in the foot y suggesting this. # don't care. #t is time for a change, for a fresh last of new and dare # say 4 original YA fiction to hit the shelves. L:r kindleI.

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"RAE or ?'!SE3 &omen arenHt interested in reading about science 7iction. ,alse. "any woman of all walks of life en(oy Science ,iction. As the matter of fact may indulge in the occasion Stephen >ing or Timothy Yahn. !ots of women love the adventure and imagination that comes with a great Sci4,i read. "RAE or ?'!SE3 Educational *alue in a childrenHs boo% is unimportant. True. Yes, it is true that 2ducational value is important in a children's ook. #t's important that children's literature offer a children scholastic insight as well as moral values. &owever, there is nothing wrong with a child en(oying a ook (ust for fun. "RAE or ?'!SE3 "hereHs no real di77erence bet-een the terms Isel70publishedI and IindieI. True. There is indeed no real difference etween the terms 8self4pu lished9 and 8indie9. As the matter of fact, 8indie9 is short of 8#ndependently 1u lished9 which is another way of saying 8Self41u lished9. "RAE or ?'!SE3 >i*ea-ays and *irtual blog tours are Gust a 7e- -ays an author can spread the -ord about hisKher boo%. True. These two tools are great for spreading the word a out your ooks. &owever, it's imperative that authors do not limit themselves to (ust these tools. Qust ecause they are 8in9 doesn't mean that it's the onl" wa" to create awareness of your works. Authors should definitely research other avenues of promotion and marketing. Hever limit yourself0 "RAE or ?'!SE3 'n author is missing out on additional re*enue i7 he opts to not ha*e his titles electronically a*ailable 7or purchase. True. #t is always a smart decision to pu lish your ooks electronically. This has'in the last few years ' ecome a ooming industry for literature :f course nothing eats the feel, scent and comfort of an #n 1rint ook, ut in the world we live in electronic ooks are in high demand.

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Is 2014 The Year of the Indie?
Sometimes it seems like # spend a lot of my non4writing time online, networking and marketing, hunting through logs and other we sites to find any venue to generate sales. The options are oundless and it really depends on what you need and what you afford. # do interviews and look for special marketing opportunities like free listings and <uest postings. # elong to tweet teams and ook clu s. #t really is a second full time (o . #t's an exhaustive process ut there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Hot (ust for myself ut for everyone who calls themselves an #ndie. And here is that light. #n 5A$5, according Cigital -ook 6orld, self4pu lishing produced R estsellers. Hot a huge num er y any means ut it is a ig deal. Qust one year later, an article in ,or es ranked indies in the `? spot when it came to est sellers with RR appearance. 6e were solidly sandwiched etween ma(or pu lishers like 3andom &ouse at `$ and Simon and Schuster at `N. This didn't change from the previous year, ut gone was Scholastic from its `? spot. The icing is that we managed J `$ spots in 5A$?, up from A the year efore. And for self4pu lished author, this is fantastic news ecause it means that we are finally having a real presence in the pu lishing world. 6e are a growing power in what was a very exclusive clu . How the disclaimer, this only applies to e-ooks ut think a out what that means for the writer who's gone to defy convention and take all of the risks. #t means that we now have a greater chance of hitting that lottery. &owever, to really appreciate that num er, it helps to understand what authors like myself have to do (ust to get our names out there. #t really is a full time (o . The easiest part is the ook itself. #t takes weeks and months, sometimes years to get it. There are revisions and the edits, the proofing and reproofing. #t really is a grueling process and it doesn't end when we type that last word and hit the save utton. That's when the real work egins. ,irst we have to get the edits done and for the est results, we need another set or sets of eyes. 6e do love our words, and we're not always the most o (ective. And sometimes it's little things like, using the wrong form of the word to or using at instead of as. Things your program might not pick up ecause they're not misspelled, (ust misplaced. So we enlist our family and friends, anyone who might e a le F$ to give us that fresh perspective ecause after spending so much time with your characters you might not have it. And there are some very reasona le editing services out there to help us ecome the est we can e. #t (ust takes a little research. You also need a cover and here again you might have to turn to friends if you don't have the money ut if you do, there are a so many talented graphic artists out there. # took the do it yourself approach ecause # was convinced # knew my ook etter than anyone else. # had some very definite ideas of the look # was after. &owever, # got impatient and went in another, easier direction. That old adage a out a ook y its cover is wrong. 6e all look at the covers first, it's part of what makes us pick it up and flip it over to read the ack. # recently got lucky and discovered a friend who had a talent # didn't know a out and he helped me rediscover my original idea and really rought it to life. -ut here's where the real work egins and why these num ers are so important and so telling. 6hile we're doing all of the a ove, we have to find our audience and that comes down to marketing. # could e the next Q.>. 3owling or Horman "ailer ut if # don't get my ooks in the hands of readers, no one will ever know it. This is all a out uilding your rand and the landscape is an ever changing one. #n this, the indie has a real (o . Against the weight of the esta lished pu lishing houses, with readily uilt markets and in the case of -arnes and Ho le, a massive chain of retail ook stores, ours is an uphill attle. /urrently # run two ,ace ook pages, a log, a twitter account, #'m on !inked#n and # have a we site. That doesn't include four sales outlets and a couple of ook clu s for good measure. Anyone tired yetE 3emem er what # said a out spending so much time not writingE 2ach one of us is our own miniature pu lishing house. :ne of the most important steps and one that # failed to take advantage of is the A3/, the Advanced 3eview /opy. This is a risky step ecause now you're putting yourself out there efore the ook goes live on whatever pu lishing site you're using. This is where you get your real feed ack from reviewers, which will e put up when you're in electronic print. These can either help or hurt ut they're essential to uilding sales.

"ost readers read the reviews, especially when you're the new kid on the lock. #f you have a name like Stephen >ing, your name sells for you ecause you're esta lished, you have a pu lic that waits for the next title like a starving man at a uffet. Your name alone sells ooks ut you're not as well4 known as Stephen >ing. At least not yet. #t's kind of like speed dating, let's see how many reviews we can get efore we put ourselves out there for all the world to see. So what do we doE There are plenty of options, we do interviews and log tours, post excerpts on sites like 6attpad or on our ,- pages and logs. There are countless thousands of sites that offer author services and marketing tips that range from the pricey to the free. 6e post in groups through social media networks like ,ace ook and !inked#n and each of these wonderful sites has groups tailored for us, ranging from tweet groups to groups where we can offer and receive help. There's no magic formula here, it really is a com ination of hard work and luck. 6here you promote and whether your ook timely are important ingredients in the recipe for success. After all, the right ook at the wrong time is kind of like wearing short and sandals in a snowstorm. #t's easy to get in over your head and spend every free moment in the marketing end of the usiness ecause it's important for getting our work in the hands of readers. #n the end, we pick our paths toward with one goal% to get that seal of approval. :ur paths are uni<ue Ten years ago that was an impossi le dream, we were called vanity pu lishers, desk top pu lishers and self4pu lishers, each had its own distinction ut they all meant the same thing. How the mainstream pu lishers are taking notice of us. Since 5AAF, the num er of self4pu lished ooks has risen at a remarka le rate and it's prompted traditional rick and mortar pu lishers to invest in self4pu lishing. :ne example of this was 1enguin's purchase in 5A$$ of Author Solutions, which is a ma(or vendor for self4pu lishers. The following year 1enguin ought 3andom &ouse. :ther companies have seen the trend and have taken the leap and in 5A$5, the Hew York Times reported that Simon and Schuster had added self4pu lishing to its services, y teaming up with Author Solutions to create its own indie press called Archway 1u lishing. This is lurring the lines etween indie and traditional ut it's a sign that our challenge is eing met and our power is eing recogni.ed. So this past year, we saw a huge increase in estsellers produced y indie authors, This is a fantastic event and it shows that we are not only proving ourselves to the pu lic ut we're changing the landscape of the pu lishing world y leaps and ounds. 2sta lished pu lishers are now forced to recogni.e our influence and #'m sure that they have to see the num ers with a mix of concern and wonder.

:nce we were called vanity press, efore that it was desktop pu lisher, now we're standing on our own. # have to admit, that suddenly the idea of reaching that exalted status of `$ -est Seller isn't so far4fetched, no longer the unattaina le dream ecause we're doing it. So what does this year holdE 6e saw an increase over the past year, a rise of four positions in the ranks and RR additional appearances. To ring that num er home, 1enguin 3andom &ouse had JG@ and &achette had 5N@. 6ith num ers like this, # have to look at the upcoming year with a great deal of optimism. #magine the advertising udget of a pu lisher like &arper and 3ow or 3andom &ouse and the avenues they have at their disposal. Yet we've gone from a glimmer to a right star in (ust a year. Yes, 5A$J could e the year we hit `5 on the rankings. And then whatE /ould the top spot e ours for the taking in another year or twoE # see great things for the indie author. aaa Re7erences ?orbes Jigital Boo% &orld 8ublishers &ee%ly Media Jecoder LLL ?or more about J. Cohn &atson, *isit6 "-itter >oodreads.com Smash-ords.com

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+itle" -ecause of !uke L!ewiston -lues, `$I ,uthor" ,.b. Scully .enre" Hew Adult 3omance &elease 7ate" "arch 5A$J ,vailable" Ama.on Blurb" *usic, love and sibling rivalryGall Because of ;uke. Three years ago, Shannon was a wild child. 1arties, oys. You name it, she did it. -ut she's changed and the only way to truly turn things around is to finish college and hop on a plane toZanywhere else. +ntil an unexpected encounter throws her off track. Sheila7s een covering for her ig sister for as long as she can remem er. How it7s her turn. -ut her re ellious plans don7t include small4town fun. She7s got her eye on something etter'a group of udding rock stars and a summer4long tour. #n the middle of the sisters lands !uke, a determined college student who7s pretty sure he (ust met his soulmate. -ut loyalty to his ig rother means leaving her ehind to go on a three4month tour with his and. Cesperate to get over the girl, he soon ecomes entranced with the groupie who7s come along for the ride only to find he7ll have to make a tough choice'and not without reaking some hearts along the way. +itle" &is ,inal -ounty ,uthor" A.Q. 6illiams .enre" 3omantic "ystery &elease date" "arch 5A$J ,vailable" Ama.on Blurb" 2va 3osen erg hacks a secret file of Qefferson's and discovers the man who shattered her heart and her world has one giant secret. Qefferson Anders7 current ounty hunting status has allowed him to hide in the shadows, never forcing him to face the secrets of his past. &aving spent five years hiding the truth, he never dreamed the secrets of his past would catch up to him. Secrets which cost him oth the love of his life and connection to his family. How, he must face the mistakes of his past.T 6ith a confrontation looming with 2va and a possi le death threat, they must work as a team to find forgiveness and defeat the enemy that waits in the shadows.

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+itle" -urn :ut ,uthor" >risti &elvig .enre" Young Adult Science ,iction &elease date" April 5A$J ,vailable" Ama.on ,bbreviated Blurb $for full blurb, go to .oodreads%" &oled up in an underground shelter, Tora is alone44her rilliant scientist father murdered, her mother and sister urned to death. She dreams of living on a planet with oceans, plants, and animals. +nfortunately, the oceans dried out ages ago, the only plants are giant cacti with deadly spines, and her pet, Trigger, is a gun44one of the io4energetic weapons her father created for the government efore his conscience kicked in. 6hen family friend, "arkus, arrives with mercenaries to take the weapons y force, Tora's fury turns to fear when government ships descend in an attempt to kill them all. She forges an unlikely alliance with "arkus and his rag4tag group of raiders, including a smart ut <uiet soldier named Qames. Tora must <uickly figure out who she can trust, as she must choose etween saving herself y giving up the guns or honoring her father's re<uest to save humanity from the most lethal weapons in existence. +itle" -ound to e Taken L2mergence, -ook $I ,uthor" -ecca Qameson .enre" 2rotica &elease date" April 5A$J ,vailable" Ama.on ,bbreviated Blurb $for full blurb, visit .oodreads%" Stephanie 1arkins doesn7t date'ever. After years of watching her mother7s antics, men are off her menu. -ut the truth is, now she needs one, and fast. 1roving she7s approacha le is the only way her osses will promote her to a position that re<uires her to work directly with the pu lic. 3estaurateurs Aiden /ollins and Cane 6hitman need a date'now. They7re perfectly happy as a twosome, ut without a woman on their arms, admission to this weekend7s fetish party will e denied. ,or a while now they7ve had their eye on the sexy eauty from the tenth floor'even though she uries herself under a frumpy wardro e. 6hat etter time to ring her out of her shell, and add the third they7ve een cravingE 6hen the three <uite literally collide in the elevator, a miracle happens: she agrees to their proposal. And Stephanie turns out to e the su missive of Cane and Aiden7s dreams. -ut as she slips deeper under their thum s, she could e more than either man argains for. +itle" -itter 6inds LTales of the Scavenger7s Caughters `?I ,uthor" >ay -ratt .enre" !iterary ,iction &elease date" April 5A$J ,vailable" Ama.on Blurb" The third ook of the Tales of the Scavenger7s Caughters series,T ;itter .indsT continues the saga of /hinese couple -enfu and /alli, and the a andoned young women in their care. Since the night her sister was almost urned alive in a fire and they were taken from their mother, #vy has een the self4appointed guardian and guide to her lind twin, !ily. 6hen !ily is snatched away and put ehind locked doors, #vy will do whatever it takes to get her sister home, even it means putting her own life in danger. After -enfu and /alli7s long4lost daughter, !i Qin, is finally reunited with her irth parents, she opens a shelter for displaced people, turning her fortune from destitution and a use to family and fulfillment. -ut her friend Sami remains consumed y itterness'and !i Qin soon reali.es she needs to make a difficult choice etween revisiting the past or nurturing her own future.

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+itle" Ask "e ,uthor" >im erly 1auley .enre" YA 1aranormal Thriller &elease date" April 5A$J ,vailable" Ama.on Blurb" Ask Aria "orse anything, and she must answer with the truth. Yet she rarely understands the cryptic words sheUs compelled to utter. -lessed'or cursed'with the power of an :racle who cannot decipher her own predictions, she does her est to avoid anyone and everyone. -ut Aria can no longer hide when Qade, one of the few girls at school who ever showed her any kindness, disappears. Any time Aria overhears a <uestion a out Qade, she inadvertently reveals something new, a clue or hint as to why Qade vanished. -ut like stray pieces from different pu..les, her words never present a clear picture. Then there7s Alex, damaged and dangerous, ut the first person other than Qade to stand up for her. And 6ill, who offers a ond that seems impossi le for a girl who7s always een alone. -oth were involved with Qade. Aria may e the only one who can find out what happened, ut the closer she gets to solving the crime, the more she ecomes a target. Hot everyone wants the truth to come out. +itle" The "an 6ho /ouldn7t Stop: :/C and the True Story of a !ife !ost in Thought ,uthors" Cavid Adam .enre" Honfiction &elease date" April 5A$J ,vailable" Ama.on Blurb" &ave you ever had a strange urge to (ump from a tall uilding, or steer your car into oncoming trafficE You are not alone. #n this captivating fusion of science, history and personal memoir, writer Cavid Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind, and how they drive millions of us towards o sessions and compulsions. Cavid has suffered from :/C for twenty years, and The "an 6ho /ouldn7t Stop is his unflinchingly honest attempt to understand the condition and his experiences. 6hat might lead an 2thiopian schoolgirl to eat a wall of her house, piece y piece% or a pair of rothers to die eneath an avalanche of household (unk that they had compulsively hoardedE At what point does a harmless idea, a snowflake in a clear summer sky, ecome a linding li..ard of unwanted thoughtsE Crawing on the latest research on the rain, as well as historical accounts of patients and their treatments, this is a ook that will challenge the way you think a out what is normal, and what is mental illness. Told with fierce clarity, humour and urgent lyricism, this extraordinary ook is oth the haunting story of a personal nightmare, and a fascinating doorway into the darkest corners of our minds. +itle" The -end of the 6orld ,uthor" Qaco -acharach .enre" 1aranormal "ystery &elease date" April 5A$J ,vailable" Ama.on Blurb" 1eter "orrison is almost thirty and comforta ly adrift in a state of not4<uite4adolescence and not4<uite4adulthood. &is good though not4very4taxing (o , am ivalent romantic relationship, and oldest friendship are soon upended y a series of odd encounters'some more alien than others. &is est friend, Qohnny, is an addict and a conspiracy theorist, two ho ies olstered y the fact that people really do keep seeing +,:s hovering over the city. Against this strange ackground, 1eter ecomes infatuated with "ark and &elen, a couple whose glamour never fully conceals the suggestion of something sinister. After he gets promoted at work and Qohnny is pulled into the or it of a mysterious author whose ook seems to e coming true, 1eter7s life ecomes even odder than he could have imagined: +,:s, evil corporations, time4altering drugs, underground conspiracies . . . and that7s efore he meets an unusually articulate sas<uatch.

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(The David Chronicles: Volume I)

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+itle" :ut of 2mployment ,uthor" Alexander Alexandrov .enre" Adventure ;anguage" 3ussian Blurb" cdefgeh, ijkldmkn, nojkf pqodrh, qklsh tdodjlfops silopfmh s rdtsdlhsduvkw, ekmdxkymhw iugfl. zld jmk{d p modsilsfmmpx shqpof k yf|psfyfijkt }fmmpilnt. ~ ispfw mfqdmd|mpw dmldrkk dslpo ixf|p ofdflin pisflkl il opkitpenvf{p s p{opxmpw, sf|kjpw, mp kilfordmmpw smlofmmkxk oplkspofyknxk k ip}kd|mhxk plonifmknxk ilodmf.

+itle: A /inderella at the :ffice ,uthor" 1ilar 1arrale(o .enre" 3omance ;anguage" Spanish Blurb" Divian era feli. a su manera. 2studi lo <ue <uiso Laun<ue ello le costase su familiaI, tena un tra a(o esta le y un lugar donde vivir gratis. Aun<ue no todo era de color de rosa. Caniel era el director de una de las empresas ms importantes de su pas,tena una preciosa novia modelo y todo cuanto pudiera <uerer, hasta <ue su padre, el dueo y presidente del conglomerado empresarial decide poner una asistente a su servicio. Divian se siente cmoda en su nuevo tra a(o, todo lo contrario <ue su nuevo y for.ado (efe. 1oco a poco la situacin entre ellos me(ora, a pesar de su tenso comien.o.2mpie.an a despertarse sentimientos <ue, le(os de separarles an les unir ms, al menos hasta <ue todo se desmorone por la repentina vuelta de la modelo, <ue llegar por sorpresa en el momento menos oportuno. +itle: #, /hristine ,: "y Second !ife ,uthor" D. /hristiane ,elscherinow .enre" Honfiction L-iography*"emoirI ;anguage" #talian Blurb" !7uscita dalla droga, il successo letterario, le ricadute, i pro lemi con la giusti.ia, gli a orti, un figlio affidato ai servi.i sociali. Trentacin<ue anni dopo il li ro culto, il ritorno dell7ex raga..a dello .oo di -erlino 2ra il $RG@ <uando due giornalisti seguirono giorno e notte, per due mesi, /hristiane e i suoi amici negli angoli pi ui della metropolitana di -erlino. ,u un viaggio all7inferno, descritto in maniera cruda e sconvolgente in un li ro che in #talia usc nel $R@$. Trentacin<ue anni dopo, /hristiane ci impressiona e ci commuove come allora raccontandoci il 8dopo9, e cio un7intera vita di ricadute, solitudine e dispera.ione% i due a orti, gli amici morti di eroina, un patrimonio dissipatoZ perch per chi ha im occato <uella strada difficile uscire dall7incu o una volta per tutte. Hel 5AA@, dopo una nuova ricaduta nella droga, le stata sottratta la custodia del figlio: la molla che l7ha spinta a ricominciare davvero, a dimenticare per sempre un mondo che lontano, ma forse non ancora a astan.a.

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+itle" The incredi le "iss 1ilkinson0 Crought in Denice ,uthor" Sam Spiegel .enre" Young Adult ;anguage" ,rench Blurb" "iss 1ilkinson, tou(ours aussi ttue, aprs avoir reu une lettre de Qonathan lui annonant son dpart pour Denise, part pour l7#talie la recherche de son neveu parisien g de $? ans, accompagne de son chat fidle, "ister Tail, et de la petite Samantha. -ien entendu, "iss 1ilkinson tant une magicienne maladroite au grand cur, ces vacances Denise seront loin d7tre paisi les...

+itle" "en without a woman ,uthor" /arlos "ontenegro .enre" )ay Honfiction ;anguage" Spanish Blurb" &om re sin mu(er es la primera novela <ue a orda el tema de la homosexualidad en la literatura de ha la hispana. !a narrativa precisa de /arlos "ontenegro descri e, con detalle y tremenda rutalidad, la vida en una prisin cu ana de principios bb, cuyos persona(es ha rn de darle forma ala tesis <ue informa <ue, ante la ausencia de mu(er, todo hom re es un homosexual en potencia.

+itle" Slice of summer ,uthor" Sasha !omkov .enre" 1sychological fiction ;anguage" 3ussian Blurb" sd yf|psfjd, xgykmd k gfmvkmd, silofydulin iiln mfijp|jp |fl pi|f odrohsd plmpfmkw. mk opspenl sxfilf mfijp|jp emfw k xfge mkxk opkitpenl ekd|p{k, s jplpoht pmk shijdrhsdul ispk igefmkn, xhi|k k mdq|uefmkn md odr|kymhf lfxh. mk{d iktp|p{kyfijp{p gdmod s psfilspsdlf|mpw poxf. fwilskf opkitpekl s mdf sofxn.

+itle" The story of a snail who discovered the importance of slowness ,uthor" !uis Seplveda +ranslator" #lide /armignani .enre" /hildren ;anguage" #talian Blurb" !e lumache che vivono nel prato chiamato 1aese del Cente di !eone, sotto la frondosa pianta del calicanto, sono a ituate a condurre una vita lenta e silen.iosa, a nascondersi dallo sguardo avido degli altri animali, e a chiamarsi tra loro semplicemente lumaca. +na di loro, per, trova ingiusto non avere un nome, e soprattutto curiosa di scoprire le ragioni della lente..a. 1er <uesto, nonostante la disapprova.ione delle compagne, intraprende un viaggio che la porter a conoscere un gufo malinconico e una saggia tartaruga, a comprendere il valore della memoria e la vera natura del coraggio, e a guidare le compagne in un7avventura ardita verso la li ert. +n nuovo indimentica ile personaggio entra nella galleria del grande scrittore cileno. +n7altra storia memora ile che insegna a riscoprire il senso perduto del tempo.

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+itle" -lood 2agle L#talian editionI ,uthor" Alessandro )irola Illustrator" Qordan 2frodini .enre" 1aranormal ;anguage" #talian Blurb" $RGA, Ama..onia. #l leader di una ricca cellula di ex SS na.iste, riparato in Sud America dopo il crollo del ### 3eich, ingaggia una guida italiana, a sua volta ex fascista ed ex criminale di guerra, per una misteriosa ricerca nel cuore della foresta pluviale. #l arone !oessner, finan.iatore e capo della spedi.ione, alla ricerca di un gerarca di origini norvegesi, precipitato nel cuore della foresta ama..onica, nell'ormai lontano $RJN. Ouale segreto nasconde l'aereo sperimentale della !utwaffe che trasportava il misterioso "orten QarsteinE !a risposta non tarder ad arrivare e sar sconvolgente. 444 Seconda edi.ione riveduta e corretta. /ontiene anche due articoli onus sulle spedi.ioni delle SS in Ama..onia, tra gli anni '?A e 'JA +itle" The 3efuge of the -roken &earts $ 4 -etrayal ,uthor" "artina "un.ittu .enre" 3omance ;anguage" #talian Blurb" Cove puoi trovare conforto <uando hai il cuore spe..atoE Honna 1ina gestisce #l 3ifugio dei /uori #nfranti: il posto perfetto per chiun<ue soffra per amore. #l posto perfetto per !isa, innamorata del raga..o della sua migliore amica, e per "ary, da poco diventata vedova. /osa si pu fare per riaggiustare il loro cuore spe..atoE "ary parali..ata dalla sofferen.a, ma c7 <ualcos7altro che la preoccupa e non le consente di andare avanti. 2 !isaE Covre e rivelare alla sua amica i suoi veri sentimenti, oppure andare via e cominciare una nuova vitaE 3iusciranno "ary e !isa a trovare le risposte che cercano tra le persone incantevoli che fre<uentano il centroE /ome dice Honna 1ina: 8+na ta..a di t e <ualche parola affettuosa possono fare miracoli.9 Tradimento #l primo episodio della serie #l 3ifugio dei /uori #nfranti.

+itle" Cemons, Angels, and 3ock M 3oll ,uthor" 1aco !orente 1ena .enre" Action*/omedy ;anguage" Spanish Blurb" Cemonios, ngeles y rock and roll es una alocada comedia de aventuras en la <ue -artual, despus de ha er llevado durante casi JA aos una vida hermtica y anodina fruto de la castracin paterna, descu re por casualidad el fascinante mundo <ue envuelve la -odega Dalero. All, (unto a los <ue sern sus primeros amigos, vivir una serie de delirantes experiencias <ue desem ocarn en un disparatado via(e de enri<uecimiento personal.

+itle" O+AC3#!AT23A! -!::C ,uthor" Qavier &aro &errai., Sr .enre" 6omen7s ,iction ;anguage" Spanish Blurb" +n espectculo rutal y sangriento... Conde los com ates son a muerte...!a historia de dos hermanas, 1earl y -lue !ewington <ue, por trgicas circunstancias, se ven sumergidas de lleno en el tur io y peligroso mundo de los com ates ilegales femeninosZ

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