September 2010 Blog Posts (209)

A novel is more than just a story set in a town with characters engaged in dialogue – it is a life portrait of the main character and the world in which they live.…

Golf is not my game. I can putt well, my short game isn’t so bad and I can whack the heck out of the ball off the tee, problem is that it never goes in the same direction twice. Straight is not a description I hear

much about my drives. Anthony Robinson with The American Golfer drives this

novel right up onto the green, a beautiful drive and finish to this passionate

novel that uses golf as a backdrop. There are no bogies in…

Is it just me, or does it really SUCK to be a financially strapped author? I think impercuniosity just sucks like an imploding black hole. I have a few hours paid work scheduled for tomorrow (I work casually as a law clerk), because tragically (for me) my writing won't pay my bills. If I did have lots of money, I'd pay my bills on time and get my mortgage paid off. I wouldn't be hoovering Bolivian marching powder up my hooter, that's for sure. Still, it seems people with trust funds like the…

COMING FROM BRIAN L PORTER AND 4RV PUBLISHING IN 2010 - 'GLASTONBURY' A MYSTERY THRILLER OF EPIC PROPORTIONS

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What do you do when your child comes home from school and asks questions about God versus what he learned today in science class? It's normal for kids to question beliefs and values and it's difficult to counter the information that's being fed to them every day in public schools.



Christian educator, David Millette, has written a brave new book, Today in Science Class: Ben's Big Bang…

“Drowned Sorrow is a compact, disturbing gem of the horror genre written with a knowledgeable appreciation of the classic style. Set in a remote lakeside village that is shrouded in…

The results are in for a short story I entered this summer in White County Creative Writers Contests at Searcy, Arkansas. I was awarded sixth place for a version of the story I received second place for in an earlier contest. This time the story could only be 1500 words. That meant I had to do some drastic cutting and at the same time keep the basic story in tact. I managed to do just that, but I like the longer version better so that is my post for today. This story takes place during the…

IkanUkan Dynamic Dimensions…

I have received a lot of messages and questions about this novel. What do you think of it? How good is it? Does she deliver again? How much is Diesel actually in it? I could go on and on and on. I love it.

Hopefully within the confines of this post I will answer all the questions that

you may have, and then just do yourself a favor and click on the Amazon book cover

here and suck this bad boy up. I laughed my fanny off and then some. I had many

of the…

Trying to get authors on television is the biggest challenge for anyone marketing books. Individual press releases sometimes work but with producers being very busy people I doubt they read them all. You're heading has to jump out at them and be extremely topical. Timing is everthing.

I've come across authors with special books that I was sure should get a spot on a program but none of the pitches worked no matter how enticing I thought they were. Other times the ones you don't think…

YOU NEVER KNOW!

Inspire to Excel (Lessons made simple!)

Where I come from:

I guess you can call the year…

On Saturday September 25th starting at 5 AM CST & ending Sunday September 26th at 11 PM CST, Deanna Jewel will be interviewing Steve and I to promote our book “Best Lover in Town” on her blog. Be sure to come by and visit. Leave a comment or question on the comment page; the link will be below her questions and our…

Hello to everyone and thanks for checking with us on our second Self-Published Sunday. I can only thank my OCD for having different titles for different days of the week. I

struggle still with at least four days of the week, but I think that conundrum

will be solved soon. Anyway, we have featured self-published authors in the

past and since the very beginning of our blog oh those many days and novels

ago. Things have changed and morphed as things do as…

Seminars@Sea has announced their seminar…