October 2011 Blog Posts (199)

Trestle Press and Helping Hand Press are pleased and proud to announce the start of a new Amish digital short story series, “Forever Amish”, in November authored by Roger Rhienhiemer and Crystal Linn. Here is a little more about the story and the authors:

“Ava Troyer never really considered the possibility of life outside of the warm, protective Amish community.  Even during her state-mandated schooling through the eighth grade, she would dreamily fantasize about whether any of the…

Spinach and Curd Cheese Curry

¼ kilo paneer – curd cheese

½ kilo  baby spinach

¼ kilo fresh or frozen peas

3tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil

2 tablespoons of finely grated ginger

1 or 2 chilies optional.

Juice of one lemon

Salt to taste

Pepper to taste

1. Cut curd cheese into cubes.  Deep fry until golden brown and put in a bowl of cold water to keep it soft until…

If you have been following this digital short series, that is your basic stream of consciousness from a very caring human being, you have noticed the size of Open Mic volume 5 is a bit larger, almost twice the size for the same price. To know BDA is to love him; he wears his heart on his sleeve, and this installment is no exception. He was pretty bent back in late August when he was just done writing this and then he lost it to the thieves and gremlins of cyberspace. Since then he has been…

There is a place - a very special place - located in Glastonbury, a small town in Somerset, England. A place that comes up in many conversations, books and movies. This is not a surprise. After all, the myths and legends that have always surrounded this small community are numerous and well-known.

For Christians, it is believed that Glastonbury is where…

Nicholas A. Rose has been an avid reader for most of his life and a writer for almost as long. He is the author of the ilvenworld novels and novellas.



He enjoys anything to do with the sea, the outdoors and mountains, all of which he finds inspirational, and the rather more sedentary pastimes of chess, photography, real ale, reading and, of course,…

Things are heating up here at The G-ZONE and we have a great line-up of guests coming at you this week. Without further ado, here you go:

Monday ,October 17^th 12.30pm EST –Harry Shannon

Tuesday ,Oct.18^th 4pm EST Les Edgerton

Weds. Oct. 19^th 5pm EST Andrew Smith

Thursday Oct. 20^th 4pm EST – Raymond Doyen/A.J. Scudiere

Friday Oct 21^st 5Pm EST- Alexandrea Weis and Friends. We may have some surprise…

I need to be serious with this one. I usually joke about the Amish and my love for them. I don’t want to take away from what is going on here with this series and just talk about the facts jack. This is the third installment in the “Amish Knitting Circle” Series. The first two are called “Beginnings” and “Wedding Season”. To discuss sales for a moment, I need to say thanks to everyone that has been nice enough to support this series, both volume one and volume two are ranked  extremely high…

A message to all members of Book Town

Memories of Kenya & The Bolter by Frances Osborne

I have mixed memories of my life in Kenya from 1961 to 1982.  On the plus side are my happy recollections of the coast with its golden beaches, the grasslands teaming with wild animals, the lush green highlands.  On the minus side I was always a stranger in a strange land. I missed my family and friends in England and in spite of a privileged lifestyle wanted to live in…

I have come to really enjoy the British fiction I have been finding lately. It goes deeper than just my love for Monty Python; it is the way the authors write about life, the manner in which they embrace the struggles, the toughness they exude, and the rawness of their emotions. I find that missing in much of what I read that is produced here in the good old US of A. I know it is there also but the style seems to be, to just gloss over it. The writing I have found of some of Bird’s…

My new novel, Behind Closed Doors, the sales of which will help the Mayflower Animal Sanctuary, just received its first reader review at …

I have to say that when I got this read it in its entirety it really flowed. My exposure to fiction of this type has been minimal. I had thought I had it all covered: digital short stories, novellas ,full length novels, but I had not read anything like “flash fiction” or stories under 2000 words that were complete stories. They are very interesting, breaths of fresh air. I enjoy the quick blast, and when a bunch of them are strung together with a common thread like Liverpool, well then it…

Hello my fellow author friend;

• Are you needing MAJOR EXPOSURE for you and your book?
• How would you like the traffic (your audience) to be driven to the site where your books are sold?
• Do you require tweet tips and how you can market yourself and your books?…

Trestle Press is pleased and proud to announce that it has formed “Helping Hand Press” to be its official imprint for its growing line of Christian/Inspirational titles. Karen Anna Vogel ‘s series, “Amish Knitting Circle” and Mark Miller’s full length work, “Daniel’s Lot” will move over to HHP as soon as the ink is dry. Look for future announcements of new author signings for HHP. Here is the mission statement of Helping Hand Press:

“Our name comes from life experiences of being…

Once again, I’ve made the cardinal sin of trying to market

my books on forums and threads, and once again, a bunch of people are sending

me nasty replies. Which is fine if these forums and threads had a policy of no

author marketing, but they don’t. I learned early on that trying to post of

those sites gets you a base of enemies real fast. But what still confuses me is

the length that some people will go to, to make you feel bad for even trying to

distribute your…

My guest on The G-ZONE tomorrow is Lexis DeRothchild at 11am EST. To whet your appetite for the interview she was nice enough to send me this Q&A. Here bio is after that and here is the link for the interview:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gelatisscoop/2011/10/15/lexis-derothchild-joins-me-this-morning

 Q: So, Lexis is your pen name. Who are you in real life?

A:…