November 2010 Blog Posts (195)

Check out this book review of The Haunting in Today's Catholic by Carol Baass Sowa!

http://www.satodayscatholic.com/BookReview.aspx

The sci-fi, paranormal parade continues with another barnburner that is a series. Trust me, when you read this you will be glad it is a series, there is so much info, backstory, and plotline crammed into this

installment, reading the next two is a must. The plotline is complex, the

reading enjoyable and fun; there are just so many facets and elements to it.

Without further ado, here is the synopsis of the novel:

“ An explosion…

Things are starting to heat up as we get to see some big names getting their novels out there for the coming holiday season. Here they are in no special order:

-Jeff Kinney/Diary of a Wimpy Kid- The Ugly Truth #5

-George W. Bush/ Decision Points

-Judith Durant/Sock Yarn One –Skein Wonders

-David Baldacci/Hells Corner…

Right off the bat, this doesn’t read like a freshman effort at all. Death Notice is an excellent novel and I am really looking forward to the follow up, if there is one. Todd Ritter has put together a fun, compelling

read that contains all the right elements to make just about anyone that enjoys

this genre of novel happy. Have I piqued your interest at all? Hopefully. Here

is a look at what to expect once this novel grabs you and pulls your inside:…

Someone asked me if, as an author, I hear voices in my head. The answer is, of course. Although not audible voices, every character I write about speaks to me. Right now I’m reading two of my own books. I started a new series (The Bogey Mysteries) and now I’m ready to write another Sandi Webster mystery. I need to find my Sandi voice again.

What this means is that each character has its own personality, and its own habits. Fictional…

I am going to have to split some hairs on this one. The title Flashes from the Other World is for a grouping of short stories by Julie Ann Weinstein; it is not just one story. The way I have justified using it

today instead of on Digital short Saturday (where it could also fit), is that

if you get the e-version of the book you

can read as just that, a bunch of digital shorts. This is a very eclectic grouping

of stories, but I think that for the…

Publishers and agents on the panel Writing Matters event at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair, N.J., a week ago…

There is still time to submit your poems for the anthology. We have been really encouraged by the number of submissions…

I just spent three days in Bruges for the Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival where I presented my latest horror book THE STRANGERS OUTSIDE and its film adaptation. Check out the photos at http://vanessa-morgan.blogspot.com/2010/11/razor-reel-fantastic-film-festival.html.…

I had the great pleasure of enjoying Irving Berlin's White Christmas (the musical) at the breathtaking Fox Theater…

Lor Mandela – Destruction From Twins L. Carroll

RealTime Publishing (February 17, 2010)

978-1849610483



Lor Mandela – Destruction From Twins by L. Carroll

captured my interest even before I opened the book. The front cover

features a beautiful young woman with…