Malpractice in the banking sector leads to one employee feeling very disillusioned and disappointed with the behavior of his masters. One director in particular is demonstrating a flagrant disregard for customers and colleagues, preferring to feather his own nest and to climb even further up the corporate ladder in pursuit of ever increasing bonuses and salary…

Anyone following this blog will be aware of the pre-launch virtual book tour that’s been going on.  As a thank-you to each blogger hosting me and my next book on their site, I’ve been sharing features of either themselves, their blogs, or their books if they are authors as well.  Tomorrow is the second-to-last blog stop on tour, which means the overlap talked about in July’s…

The real cover for Georgios is still in design, but here is a glimpse of an idea we are working with. And here is a sneak preview of the first chapter.  More next week.  Enjoy!

 Georgios

Chapter One

The Island of Patmos

Circa Anno Domini…

The imagination is a funny thing. We fill in the blanks of our understanding with images that comfort or frighten us, as the case may be. In ancient days we filled in the blanks about angels with wings and clouds. After all, we knew through faith that God created a separate race of beings who could move with the speed of thought and were always in the presence of God. So wings and clouds made sense. As our scientific minds have reached further into the outer recesses of our universe so we…

I am happy to announce that Neb the Great made Honorable Mention in the 2014Hollywood Book Festival in genre based fiction.  This means that every book of The Deliverance Trilogy has won something.  ARAM won runner up for an Indie Publishing Contest.  Ishtar’s Redemption made…

Jay Dubya's 45th book The Psychic Dimension, Part II (538 pages) is now available in paperback at Barnes and Noble.com and also at Amazon.com.  The new work contains 35 novellas and will be on the market in hardcover edition in two weeks. The Psychic Dimension, Part II is also currently existent in Barnes and Noble Nook, in Amazon Kindle and in various Smashwords e-book formats.…

1) Pickles are nearly a stable around my house which is why my motto for the cucumber patch is “plant ‘em early, pick ‘em quick.”  This year my three youngest daughters decided that they wanted to learn the art of pickling and since I had just picked up the pickling packets (say THAT three times fast!) I was already for the adventure.  We made over six quart jars which  will last us say, three…

Well, another way of saying it, “canning”, might not be so impressive though the reality behind the thought still is. I grew up in the city and when I got my first real view of a farm in mid-summer I was absolutely amazed at the vastness of growing life all around me. I had honestly thought that the world was covered in cities and that farms were just squeezed in between.…

Welcome to A.K. Frailey’s Book Review Monday.  Here are my first picks.  Enjoy!

Treason – A Catholic Novel of Elizabethan England by Dena Hunt is definitely one of the best books I have read recently. This is a well written account not merely of a historical time period (Elizabethan England) but a reflection on the…

Join us at 7-Quick Takes Friday!

1) I really admire people who defend their faith with a cool sense of humor. Erin McCole-Cupp does that and she has written one of the best reviews I have ever read of one of the best books I have ever read. See her review of Dena Hunt’s new book, The Lion’s Heart. http://erinmccolecupp.com/2014/06/25/wwrw-the-lions-heart-by-dena-hunt/ ;…

Son number one announced the other day that he just read a report where scientists haven’t really figured out why human beings need to sleep. Hmmm… Yes, there’s the whole, we’ll go crazy without sleep, but then the question still arises, why?  Why can’t simple rest do the job? So I pondered the question deeply and I think I, little ol’ Ann Frailey, have the answer –…

It has finally gotten hot again.  Well, the winter was cold and now the summer is hot.  Who doesn’t get this?  You’d think that human beings were born believing the world revolved around them and that Mom’s could keep the sun from getting too hot or the wind from getting too cool.  Whoops – they do? Well,there’s another misconception blown to the stars.

Thank Heaven…

This Week’s Highlights:

1)  My second son returned from a trip to Alaska, where he was visiting my brother, who is a priest up there.  He had a great time – saw moose (they really do exist), helped at the parish, climbed mountains, met some really nice people, went fishing and drank some great coffee. I told him I wouldn’t meet him at the airport with a to-do list in…

First off I want to thank Ellen Gable who invited me to do this Writing Process Blog Tour. Ellen is the President of The Catholic Writers Guild and is a very accomplished writer in her own right.  I have her book links at the bottom of this post.  Be sure to check them out! Here’s a picture of one of her latest books.

I am currently working on a new book that takes the…

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“REGATTA”

By

Gregory V. Boulware, Author of “FAIRMOUNT”…

Every summer I hear the same thing – at least for a while – “I don’t have anything to do.”  I can fix that problem easily enough with a chore list, but another more fun approach is to create a reading list. Since I have children at a variety of ages I have a variety of reading levels to consider, so I make up different lists.  I have one Read-Aloud list for the youngest kids…

ARAM will be on a summer-time sale for $0.99.  I realize it is challenging to put money out for an unknown book – so this is my way of making The Deliverance Trilogy more approachable.  Enjoy some fun take-me-away summer reading:)

Here’s an Amazon review: