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Share the first chapter of your book with the authors.com community!

Dear all,

since we talked about setting up a chapter discussion within the fiction group, i thought it would make more sense to give it its own thread.

and to make it more efficient, we could follow an easy submission form.

Name of author

name of work

publisher

website or link where one can purchase/download the entire work

excerpt of the book (prologue or first chapter) as a link

As for comments, they are obviously welcome and expected, but let's keep it to constructive criticism as direct messages to the author so as not to crowd this thread and make it hard to navigate. what do you think?

Ok, let me give it a go:

Delphine Pontvieux

ETA-Estimated Time of Arrest

Miss Nyet Publishing, LLC www.missnyet.com

Link to purchase book on amazon (hardcover and digital version): http://www.amazon.com/ETA-Estimated-Arrest-Delphine-Pontvieux/dp/09...

Excerpt: http://www.missnyet.com/Prologue.pdf

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Permalink Reply by Borislava Borissova on August 28, 2011 at 1:41pm

A nice idea, Delhine!

This is me: Borislava Borissova

Affairs of The Heart

Rose Heart Publishing: http://www.roseheartbooks.com/borislava.html

Link to purchase book on amazon (hardcover and digital version):

http://www.amazon.com/Affairs-Heart-Borislava-Borissova/dp/0983488533/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_2

http://www.amazon.com/Affairs-of-the-Heart-ebook/dp/B0058JE9VY/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_2

Excerpt: http://borislavaborissova.quenit.com/books/the-last-secrets-of-the-...

I would add two snippets from the book: http://borislavaborissova.quenit.com/blog.html

Permalink Reply by Stacy Eaton on August 28, 2011 at 1:43pm

You can read the first Chapter of "My Blood Runs Blue" here on my website.

http://stacyseatoncom.fatcow.com/chapter-1.html

Links to purchase:

Amazon- kindle- paper and hardcover

Barnes and Noble - paper-hardcover

Outskirt's Press - E-book, paper and hardcover

Website - Signed copies - Paper & Hard

Permalink Reply by Catherine Green on August 30, 2011 at 11:29pm

Thanks Amy! Yes I did wrestle with my grammar and sentence structure but there we go, I have committed it to paper. I will appreciate your feedback if you do ever read the book.

Amy Manemann said:

Good prologue, makes me curious as to what happens with these mysterious Mason brothers. A few sentences I would have worded differently, for example: Then I met Jack Mason and his brother Danny, and all of my carefully built defenses came crashing down around me. I might have said: Then I met brother's Jack and Danny Mason and all of my carefully built defenses came crashing down around me. But that's just me so please don't take this critism to heart :0) Otherwise great job, Paranormal Romances are a favorite of mine so I'll have to look into this one and see what happens next.

Catherine Green said:
Catherine Green

Love Hurts

Mirador Publishing, www.miradorpublishing.com

Link to purchase book on Amazon (paperback and Kindle): http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1908200243

Excerpt: http://spookymrsgreen.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/sample-from-my-debut...

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Catherine-Green-Author/2549777145...

Permalink Reply by Amy Manemann on August 31, 2011 at 12:46am

Already read it, loved it, bought the book ;0) lol

Great read!

Stacy Eaton said:

You can read the first Chapter of "My Blood Runs Blue" here on my website.

http://stacyseatoncom.fatcow.com/chapter-1.html

Links to purchase:

Amazon- kindle- paper and hardcover

Barnes and Noble - paper-hardcover

Outskirt's Press - E-book, paper and hardcover

Website - Signed copies - Paper & Hard

Permalink Reply by Stacy Eaton on August 31, 2011 at 12:53am

Amy - Did you by chance post a review of it after you read it? I forgot to ask you if you did.

Hope you are doing well and I am so glad you enjoyed it!

Permalink Reply by Amy Manemann on August 31, 2011 at 1:12am

lol I always forget to do that! Just posted my review, thanks for the reminder! ;0)

Permalink Reply by Stacy Eaton on August 31, 2011 at 12:19pm

What an awesome review!!! Thank you Amy!

Permalink Reply by Kay Elizabeth on October 3, 2011 at 11:11pm

Just an FYI: the new Book Excerpts Group is now up and running if anyone wants to add a discussion there and share an excerpt of their book. Remember you need to join it before you can add a discussion or reply to one.

http://www.authors.com/group/book-excerpts

(Info for newcomers: To create a new topic in the Group, hit the "+Add Discussion" link just above the Comment Wall.)

Permalink Reply by W.J. O'Neil on October 3, 2011 at 11:45pm

W.J. O'Neil

Reeshard and The Great Parish Swamp / Gramp's Journal

Createspace ( Amazon)

( Authors website ) http://www.wjobooks.com -or- http://wjobooks.org ( includes discounted pricing/free shipping ) Site includes 6 chapter previews, 1 full chapter preview, second book previews as well.

Permalink Reply by Robert L. Allen on December 5, 2011 at 4:38am

Delphine, I read the prologue and felt it was all over the place. It was hard to follow. I got lost. Perhaps you could discribe more about each character. And give them some sort of names, if not by something they look like. I found the story intriguing but it was difficult to follow.

Permalink Reply by Chris Stevenson on July 5, 2012 at 1:27am

You can check out the "Look Inside" feature of my latest book, The Wolfen Strain, on Amazon Kindle. The chapter entails the first signs about the birth of a monster that will follow 15 years later. Remember Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park? Well, it's right up that alley.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Wolfen-Strain-ebook/dp/B008G0PE2U/ref=sr_...

Permalink Reply by Alexandria Infante on November 21, 2012 at 11:28pm