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One of the complaints I often hear from authors is that they can't seem to get their signings and book info into the pubic eye through the local newspapers. I don't have that problem and I have taught several organizations in my area a few ideas on how this is accomplished.

Leaving Stage IV is my new ebook.  Available for the Kindle, Nook and other readers.   I can be found fiddling about at my…

My publisher told me I was on Kobo now. I think one of my friends in high school played the "kobo" in marching band.



When I found out it was not a musical instrument, I discovered it was a Japanese eReader which is huge in Canada and 170 countries around the world.…

Name: Fang Yang

Actual Name: Crisanto Yang

Age: 22

Birthday: August 23

Occupation: Assassin/Level 2 Spy

Eye Color: Black

Hair Color/Style:  Black that has a small portion of the right side of his head shaved, bangs over his left eye, spiky in the back, and a tail

Physical Structure: lean muscular

Height: 5’9

Weight: 150 Lbs.

Marks:…

Q1: Thanks for participating in our Authors.com Spotlight Interview series Amanda! Please introduce yourself and your book to help our readers get to know you.

A: Thanks for having me! My name is Amanda L. V. Shalaby and my debut novel, Rhianna, will be published this year by Crimson Romance. It is a post-Regency historical romance with a strong mystery and not a few handsome lords in top hats and cravats.

Q2: Please explain how you came to be a…

Flyte : Had A magical Entertaining Start, But Sadly Loses Direction

Okay this time around the book is Flyte by Angie Sage. And yes this is the one of cheesey wizards fantasy books that is only founding the colorful kids section of book stores. It’s two inches thick and made to look like spell book and neighbors Lemony Snicket and James and The Giant peach. But you know what, I‘m not going defend myself any or cover up the truth. I every once and a whole will read a kid book. I will…

(« Magnetic field of two bar magnets with unlike poles » by Alexander Wilmer Duff)

« Come Back » dates back to the epoch of The Fall Children, the band that was supposed to be but never really was, and whose unexpected but timely demise cleared the…

Q1: Thanks for participating in our Authors.com Spotlight Interview series Sadie! Please introduce yourself and your book to help our readers get to know you.


A: Hello everyone. I’m Sadie Forsythe, author of The Weeping Empress. It’s an epic fantasy with a little YA crossover appeal and I’m an American living in the UK (among other things).…

Good Morning All!

   I have been really struggling over the last couple months (!) with a middle chapter of my book, which developed into one of the major turning points in the life of my main character (Version B of the main character, that is - remember it's a time…

Name:  Naoki Kobayashi

Age: 22

Birthday:  January 5

Occupation: Assassin/Spy

Eye Color: black

Hair Color/Style: spiky black hair with blonde highlights

Physical Structure: lean muscular with six pack

Height: 5’5

Weight: 148 Lbs.

Marks: None

Race: Japanese

Style: Dark Clothing

Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

Gift: Sight: The…

What does Mark Carver have to say about Gothic Cathedrals and the Art of Melodrama?

Find out on my official blog: http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2012/09/tp-authors-mark-carver.html

Is It Ironic?

Case 1. You’re walking down the street with a friend. Ahead of you, you see a man stumble on a crack in the sidewalk. Your friend laughs at the man. A moment later, your friend trips on the same crack. “Oh,” you say, “that’s so ironic!” No, it isn’t. That’s not ironic.

Case 2. Later, you go home and turn on the television. You see a news story about a politician getting hauled into court for lying under oath. That same…

Author Jamie Haden had the opportunity to interview some of the characters from her novel, Illuminate-Alive, She Cried.

See what they have to say on my official blog - http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2012/09/blog-tour-jamie-haden-character.html

(« Guardian Angel, » sculpture by Josep Llimona, photography by P. B. Obregón)

« On The Wings Of My Guardian Angel » is one of…

Fire in the Morning Sky

Fire in the morning sky,

upon many hearts that cry.

For there was no…

To get your free copy of "My Friend Jesus" send an email request to gddarbonne@yahoo.com  Indicate f-authors.com

It's basically a story about my life, with a little twists and tweaks here and there. It wouldn't be interesting if I kept it straight to my life now would it?

More will be said on the subject as the publishing date rolls closer.

Happy Sunday!

"Will Lust destroy a man, a family, and a kingdom?'



             In the land of Agnes, during the departure of King Jacob, Reuben the eldest prince sleeps with his father’s wife and the mother of his younger brothers Gad and Asher. The betrayal is…