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Magical Fantasy Novels for Adults--Be Wicked if You Dare

Whether in books or our own mind as children we were able to unashamedly walk in the realms of fantasy, going wherever our imaginations took us. As adults were expected to put away childish things for more intellectual material. Guilty we secretly brought home Harry Potter, The Golden Compass, and the many others to once again enjoy other realms and allow our imaginations free reign.…

CTI News, Dec 2007—Following the recent release of a novel and collection of poetry, four books by the American author Aberjhani made the “Hot Titles List” on the

popular AuthorsDen website at http://www.authorsden.com/Aberjhani…

Season’s Greetings, everyone! For anyone out there looking for top notch children’s books rated by parents and volunteers, there is a site you should definitely visit. I just recently discovered it; it’s called The Reading Tub and can be found at: www.thereadingtub.com. They are a…

But here’s another insight that could make my…

The Watering Hole is police slang for a location cops go off-duty to blow off steam and talk about work and life. Sometimes funny; sometimes serious; but, always interesting. During the first half-hour of the show, the host, a nationally recognized expert on law enforcement, interviews a subject matter expert on the topic. During the second half-hour the program is joined by two other cops who give a street-level…

December 7, 2007, 2007 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists over 800 state and local police officers who have written books. With the addition of Robert Ernst,…

THE SECRET TO WRITING GREAT LETTERS:

The essence of all great letters is always the same: information, informality, energy and surprise. A personal letter with each of these will be memorable. If you want your queries to be special, install them with the same “pow” you would put into your letters to your friends and family.

There isn't a major difference in the way you write. The words and phrasing in a good query letter are not that much different…

Cat Muldoon is a close friend of mine who wrote her first novel "accidentally." She only intended to write a short story at the time. Well, Cat is touring the blogosphere this month, and I'm following her around. She has about a dozen stops. I hosted her as a guest blogger last week with her article, "Legends and Folk Tales: Dead or Alive"

I asked her what it is like to tour. "I…

The virtual book tour for Rue the Day is just warming up! Today I am stopping at Buzz the Book http://buzzthebook.blogspot.com/

When you visit one of my tour stops or my tour omepage and leave a comment, you are entered into a drawing to win a copy of my book.

Where in the blogosphere is Cat Muldoon? Find out at…

Are you interested in writing or journaling?

Do you want to enrich your life and the lives of…

BROKEN SOULS

SHORT LOGLINE:

A young girl in the 1950s must leave her strict sheltered home and face the cruel, harsh realities of the modern world. In the process she learns to overcome tragedy and to find her place as a true woman of today.

SHORT SYNOPSIS:

I was very much a child of the 50's. I attended private school and was…