By George Pelecanos

http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/features/georgepelecanos/

Plot

Ex Marine and Iraq vet Spero Lucas works as an investigator for a Washington, D.C. defense attorney. He also has a sideline business finding lost items for people. Drug runner Anwan…

Do you know when you get to Reprisal?

        Sometimes when I enter my writing area, in a corner of my office, it seems that words will not come and the critic inside me attacks my creativity with a constant bombardment of negative thoughts. "

       Enough!

       Finally, I sit down, strike the letters on the keyboard and let the words energize each other as they create vivid word pictures that…

Hello Writers,

I've been scanning through groups and notice that a lot of people post poetry, comments, start discussions, etc., but when I get down to likes and comments, more often than not, there are two zeros.

Are these groups just "every man for himself" or are we here to help one another?  If we don't like or comment or reply or join a discussion, or offer some advice, what's the point?

Three options come to mind.  We aren't interested.  We're too  busy or we just…

It gives me great pleasure to share my very first live internet radio interview. Here I talk about my debut paranormal romance novel Love Hurts (A Redcliffe Novel), the inspiration for my Redcliffe series, and life as a pagan mother. Have a listen, and I appreciate any feedback……

As a book reviewer, one of the areas of the book I analyze is writing style. I try to inform the potential reader about what type of book I’ve read.

Think about the different authors you’ve read. Besides the different genres having, or sometimes requiring, different styles, consider the multitude of authors in only one genre.

Horror – H.P. Lovecraft wrote lengthy sentences with details galore.

Stephen King writes flashback scenes with a lot of detail.…

My new archaeological mystery - American Caliphate - has just been released by Dark Oak Mysteries.

http://www.amazon.com/American-Caliphate-William-Doonan/dp/1610090438/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333029909&sr=8-1

Enchanted

The right lead which proceeded towards the utmost need. The inheritance of thy mind, heart, body and soul. The absolute knowledge of the rivers of true living water. It's when the tide is high, fully manifesting it's self towards the very given moment. Being anointed is it's favorite attribute. The growth of wisdom is embedded and the full meaning of it all is " Enchanted".

Ecclesiastes 3:15 "That which is has been already; that which shall be is nothing new." This verse of Scripture explains what has taken science by storm with the discovery of quantum physics.

Science has discovered that all things, including solid objects, are made up of particles of light known as photons. These particles of light are perplexing to science due to the fact that they cannot be measured accurately.

                                      The faith of God empowers life and is much greater than the faith of man. Our role models where just like us or even worst, I may resume. The thing is, many remember who they where for there own benefit. A few truly acknowledge the reflection of another at the very given moment of there success. Being a brother's keeper rather than no keeper at all.…

An expert academic or technical writer needs only a few basic sentence patterns to produce easy-to-understand writing. Each of the sentence patterns below will result in clear academic or technical writing. However, do not use any one pattern more than twice in a row to prevent the writing from sounding repetitive and boring. Also,…

Not really.





At least, not yet.





With mega-book chains closing their doors (Borders) and online booksellers battling for eBook domination, authors are faced with the daunting task of connecting with their readers. How do we get our print books out there? How do we connect with our digital readers?…

In the middle of all these heavy topics about writing scenes, characters, conflicts and so on, it is easy to lose sight of the basics. This is about as basic as I can get: writing is like shooting free throws. Really. (March Madness is in the air…)

By Beth Groundwater

www.bethgroundwater.com

Plot

In the whitewater rapids of Colorado’s Arkansas River, Tom King falls out of his raft. Mandy Tanner, ranger and river guide rescues him but King dies anyway. Mandy subsequently finds out King died from poisoning. Who killed him? The suspects are…

Victory is easy for those of us who plan for it, while defeat is easy for those of us, who do not plan to be victorious....

A Tolken For Celandine By Laurell K. Hamilton

Not much of a intro here, just another short story review found in Laurell K Hamitlon’s Strange Candy short story. This one is a dungeons and dragons style piece called “A Toklen For Celandine.”

So the story is not like Hamilton’s other books. It happens in a medieval setting, featuring the traditional classic fantasy elements such as trolls , elves, unicorns and what not. They story follows a female elf warrior named Bevhinn, who…

I conduct several self defense seminars for high school students and women, as well as the various techniques shown in my regular classes. One of the things I teach those who participate in self defense courses is to have options available to immediately utilize.

For example, let me keep it simple and discuss a basic wrist grab. After determining the level of threat indicated, the person would pull his/her wrist against the opponent’s thumb, that finger being the weakest part…

I'm a traditional writer armed with a pad and good pen, but often I use my laptop to write stories in manuscript form. As a reader I prefer 'real' books rather than e-readers, but I understand the convenience of the latter. The tool I have started to use recently is a digital voice recorder, for the ideas that pop in the mind when a pad and pen are not in easy reach, ie when driving.

The one I bought was £27 a little more expensive than stationary but very convenient especially as I…

I’ve wanted to be a published author since I was a little girl. Like most girls my age, I read every Judy Bolton and Nancy Drew mystery; they were among my most prized possessions. When I was ten years old, I submitted a poem I’d written to my Sunday school magazine. I can still remember how thrilled I was when I saw my name printed under the title. My first byline! Now, many years later (no need to tell how many), I feel…

I find it amusing that when you begin to write a story you learn how to pay closer attention to the things and from everyone around you. I never really paid that close of attention to things until i became a writer and began to notice how other peoples emotions relally had an impact on my character's emotions when dealing with there own issues. To beable to draw from others and use it in my own stories and still make an impact with my auduance is simply amazing.  To change the way they see…