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Book Review: A Cat's Tale, by Melissa Snark

A Saucy Read--I just love that word 'saucy', and I so seldom get to use it, but for this book, this review, that word just fits. Josephine the cat is just saucy. She's sexy and saucy, and I loved her in this book,…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on June 26, 2012 at 7:33pm — No Comments

A special guest-blog post by author A Jacob Sweeny, entitled: The Psychopathic Author

I'd like to present a special guest-blog post by author A Jacob Sweeny, entitled: The Psychopathic Author. I hope you enjoy it, and please feel free to click the links to visit the author's website or pick up her book if you're interested. Enjoy!

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A Psychopathic Author

by A. Jacob Sweeny…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on May 27, 2012 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Book Review: Legends of Marithia

This is book two in a series of epic fantasy novels, incorporating some of the best fantasy elements of humans, elves, dragons and other mythical and mystical beings. Fortunately, one doesn't have to read book one of the series in order to understand and enjoy book two, but I do think it would likely help. I picked this up for review and haven't read book one yet, but I do feel I'm missing a little…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on January 10, 2012 at 11:12am — No Comments

Free & Premium Reviews

Michy and the Gang are happy to review your book–for free (though we do ask for a free copy of it in order to review it, which you can mail a paperback version of or send an email version to michylynnj@kindle.com – yes! We review ebooks!)–and in return, we will review your book here on our website, share it on all our social networking sites, and leave you a customer review on Amazon.com.

Things to keep in mind when requesting a book review from Michy… please read this…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on December 22, 2011 at 4:48pm — No Comments

Author Interview with Ellen J. Feld

Short Biography of Ellen J. Feld:

I’ve been writing stories since I was a very young child (a long time ago!)I have a series of books that I wrote in third grade – I have always loved to write.But I never considered actually becoming a writer.It sort of just happened.My writing…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on April 4, 2011 at 7:30am — No Comments

Freelancers: Mahalo.com Class Action Lawfirm Retained

A law firm has been retained in consideration for a potential class-action lawsuit against Mahalo.com.Because it is a pending legal action, I can’t go into too much detail here on the blog or in email, but if you’ve ever written for, completed tasks for, answered or asked questions for, or managed pages at Mahalo.com, you might qualify as a member of the class or have information helpful to us.

To learn more, you can contact the law firm of Green Welling, LLP, and the attorney to… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on September 21, 2010 at 5:00am — No Comments

Yahoo! Acquires Associated Content: What does this mean for contributors?

It was announced yesterday that Yahoo! had purchased Associated Content, an online writing freelancing content site often referred to as a 'content mill'.

The question this morning is what this merger or takeover or purchase or acquisition will mean to the writers who contribute to Associated Content.

You can read more about this here:

Fact & Fiction:… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on May 19, 2010 at 5:58am — No Comments

Author Interviewwith Gerald Costlow

My name is Gerald Costlow, and I am a writer of fantasy and science fiction. Over the past five years or so, I have had short stories published in magazines such as Shimmer and Flytrap, various webzines and anthologies still available at Amazon.com, and this year Pill Hill Press published my first novel,…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on April 27, 2010 at 12:54pm — No Comments

Author Interview with Matthew Moses

My name is Matthew Moses and I currently reside in Louisville, KY. I am a graduate of Indiana University and currently attend clinicals at Jewish Hospital. I am well traveled having lived throughout the United States as well as abroad in such countries as South Africa,…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on April 25, 2010 at 5:41pm — No Comments

Guest Blogger: Daniel Dinges

Why I Wrote Get Out of the Way

by Daniel Dinges

Get Out of the Way has to do with the passage of time. At sixty-three, the idea of writing stories about the Vietn… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on April 2, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Author Interview: Joan H. Young

I’ve been crazy about being outside since I was old enough to proclaim my wishes to the world, and to propel myself on two legs. Although I have other interests, I always seem to gravitate back to the out-of-doors-- exploring, learning, drawing, writing, explaining my passion for all things natural to others.…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on March 30, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

TWIN TRINITY MEDIA ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE ENGAGEMENT THEME ACCENTUATE WRITERS SHORT STORY CONTEST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Twin Trinity Media

info@twintrinitymedia.com

TEXAS, USA - March 16, 2010

Twin Trinity Media, part of the Accentuate FAMILY of Author Services, announces the winners of the Accentuate Writers Short Story Contest theme: The Engagement. Michelle L Devon, managing editor, announced winners from a field of talented contestants. Writers vied to obtain a coveted place in the Elements of Love anthology, including a royalty contract, cash and merchandise… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on March 19, 2010 at 10:35am — No Comments

Author Interview with Lucinda Gunnin

Lucinda Gunnin Mini-bio:

Lucinda Gunnin is a writer and freelance reporter who currently lives in Southern Illinois with her husband and fellow author Steven Thor Gunnin. She enjoys hot cocoa with her fellow dreamers and women writers at Longbranch Coffeehouse every other Sunday and spends as much quality time as possible each day with her cat Rain. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys cooking, photography…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on March 5, 2010 at 7:27pm — No Comments

Book Review: When You Went Away, by Michael Baron

~~"Touching, tender and gentle, the moments between father and son in When You Went Away pull at the heartstrings and the tear ducts."

Gerry is our unlikely hero in When You Went Away, a novel by Michael Baron, published by The Story Plant, a relatively new and different sort of publisher, operated by publishing industry veterans. I received an advanced… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on September 15, 2009 at 5:42am — No Comments

My Author Site and Blog Revamped - So excited!

I am so pleased with my new author website! It's not quite finished yet, but the shell of what it's supposed to be is up and running finally and my new blog and site are just gorgeous!

I'll be consolidating all my blogs together under this one blog and website, so I don't go insane.

I hope you guys will come check it out!

For those of you who have followed me for some time, I am happy to announce that I am moving blogs to my own domain, so I can have a bit… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on July 30, 2009 at 9:04am — No Comments

TWIN TRINITY MEDIA ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF ELEMENTS OF THE SOUL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Twin Trinity Media / Accentuate Services

michy@twintrinitymedia.com

TWIN TRINITY MEDIA ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF ELEMENTS OF THE SOUL

TEXAS, USA - July 3, 2009 Twin Trinity Media, part of the Accentuate FAMILY of Author Services, announces the Accentuate Writers Anthology Elements of the Soul has gone to print and will be released late this summer. The collection of short stories and… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on July 1, 2009 at 2:47am — No Comments

Author Interview With Kathy-Diane Leveille

Mini-Bio for Kathy-Diane Leveille:

Kathy-Diane Leveille is a former broadcast journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation who discovered the only thing more thrilling than reading a wonderful story is harnessing the power of the imagination to write one. Her short story collection Roads Unravelling was published to critical acclaim after a selection from its pages Learning to Spin was adapted to radio drama for CBC’s Summer Drama… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on June 25, 2009 at 1:14am — No Comments

Author Interview with Keith Knapp, author of Moonlight

Keith Knapp has been doing one form of writing or another since he was a kid. He started with short stories then moved to screenplays when he discovered a love for movies during high school. During this time he also became heavily involved in music (playing drums), and still does to this day. After moving from Chicago (where he attended film school) to Los Angeles to pursue a screenwriting career, Keith eventually found himself turning a movie idea of his into…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on May 3, 2009 at 5:23pm — No Comments

Unsent Letters Now Accepting Submissions

http://www.ourunsentletters.com

We’ve all had that letter we wrote, never meaning to send. Maybe we never sent it because we couldn’t bring ourselves to face the recipient. Maybe we never sent it because the recipient was no longer living. Maybe we never sent it because we knew it would not be safe to do… Continue

Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on March 3, 2009 at 4:12pm — No Comments

Helium.com Month-long Challenge

If you're curious about whether or not you can make a real income on Helium.com, I am doing a month-long challenge where I am working Helium.com full-time, mostly, to see how it shapes up for one-month's worth of income. Follow along with the ups and downs of this challenge on my Freelancing & Fiction Blog.

Also, check out my Helium pages:

Helium.com Profile…

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Added by Michelle L Devon (Michy) on February 13, 2009 at 7:37pm — No Comments