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FREE till Sun 7/15 Hot new release! A powerful story of transcendence from effects of child abuse and fear of men to finding love. http://mybook.to/SeaCliff

(Originally published this on the bottom of my page, but meant it for a Blog post.? So please also see my Blog Post for new Submission Calls.

After a long down-time, and open heart surgery, I am back working full steam ahead. I have updated my page and information, also my albums and such. All that's left is tweaking when I find someplace I can improve. Looking to be active again. Looking to meet new friends and renew former acquaintances.

NEW CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

I’m Mary Deal, Amazon best-selling, award-winning author, artist, and photographer.  I’ve recently established a new blog/website and seek writers, artist, crafters, and photographers to promote. It’s FREE to you to get promoted! You can check me out at https://www.facebook.com/mdeal, https://www.marydealfineart.com, or my Amazon author page at…

Hi everyone who still remembers me.

It's been a long road back. I have been ill, eventually had open heart surgery, but now I'm back. It's a big job updating my information.

Through it all, I found a new publisher who re-published my books (all but two so far) AND I have just released my first romance novel. Managed to write that one during recovery this last year.

Bear with me as I update my page and information. It's good to be back, after…

Hi Everyone!

For those of you who still check into my page, I have had several major life changes. That means I am way behind in updating. It will happen soon.

I moved from Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii to Honolulu, Hawaii. Was not happy at all and planned to move again. That is, until I got hit with some serious news. I had open heart surgery! That, from a person who's been healthy all her life. I don't have heart problems. I had a BASEBALL-SIZE hemangioma growing on…

My new nonfiction, Write It Right-Tips for Authors - The Big Book, along with my interview is featured on

http://blazingtrailers.com/

Interviews get your book covers in front of people. Do you do interviews? Many? Does it help your sales stats? I'd love to hear.

Down to the Needle

“The perp torched himself,” a fireman said, shouting to be heard over the clamor.

Angry red and orange flames from the still burning back half of the warehouse licked at the night sky. Glowing yellow embers, blown by April’s night breezes off the nearby ocean, took flight. Fire trucks encircled the building. Firefighters scrambled over strewn equipment. Men wearing army fatigues darted about. Two ambulances waited for the…

Both volumes of Write it Right - Tips for Authors made Amazon's Top 100 again today.

• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,399 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

• #37 in Kindle Store >…

Today, Both Volumes I & II of Write It Right - Tips for Authors, are on Amazon's Top 100 list at the same time! Am Ecstatic!

http://tinyurl.com/3z8pm3b

Get a load of this! My new book that just came out on the 3rd:



Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,960 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)



#77 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Reference > Words & Language > Grammar…

The big book, Write It Right - Tips for Authors, Volume II is published!

http://tinyurl.com/am5xr2h    amazon…

A F*R*E*E eBook. Don't miss out. Write It Right - Tips for Authors, Vol. I, 2nd Edition is free at smashwords.com today till Saturday, Jan. 12. Use the code HU75F at check out. Get it free, now!

http://youtu.be/-WDYb0_ENzc

I realize I'm not on this site much, but with writing 3 books, editing to help pay bills, 2 online art galleries and... well... please excuse me.

A few months ago, I put out a submission call for articles to be included in the mega-Volume II of my reference book, Write It Right - Tips for Authors. From submissions from a wide array of writer's sites, I have chosen 6 top articles. One of them was by a Book Marketing Network author. Congratulate her, she is:

Monica M.…

Am offering an exciting new international competition. The first three contestants who enter with the right answer to a question each win an autographed copy of my 5-Star thriller, Down to the Needle. For guidelines, go to the Contests pages here:

http://tinyurl.com/83a3q6e

My paranormal Egyptian suspense, The Ka, is on Amazon's Top 100 list again. It's been there off and on for the last two years.

http://tinyurl.com/5v8fqq2

Too, my writer's reference, Write It Right - Tips for Authors, is also on Amazon's Top 100.

http://tinyurl.com/44c457y

This is pure joy!

The Ka, my Egyptian suspense, is back on Amazon's Top 100 list. It's been floating there off and on for the last  many many months.

http://tinyurl.com/5v8fqq2

Write it Right - Tips for Authors made Amazon's Top 100.

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,912 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

• #60 in Kindle Store >…