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First Look: The cover of JUKEBOX Volume II
We’ve (my daughter and I) finally reached agreement on the cover for the second book:
The three main characters are still represented on the cover, with Eli pictured in his new profession during the end of the 60s into the 70s, which is as a Spaghetti Western star. Simone embraces Funk music and Johnny’s demons drive him from country into Southern rock, and finally hard rock.
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3G – Meet The Girls of Alpha Psi
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HEAVEN – the little story that could . . .
What a pleasant surprise! HEAVEN was first submitted to Amazon’s Break Through Novel Award Contest back in 2011. It made the quarterfinals but didn’t go any further. Though the ABNA Publisher’s Weekly reviewer liked the characters, the storyline didn’t grab them. Fair enough. It was shelved, but a decision was made to see just what the public might think, especially since the Vine reviewers on Amazon were very gracious and complimentary on the excerpt and blurb. Following up on a hunch (tastes are subjective after all) we decided to bring it back after a few tweaks in the story. However the excerpt under Free Chapter Views on this site and simultaneously on Scribd.com have generated the most reads out of all the other excerpts wikkidsexycool.com lists as a free read. It was supposed to be out in July, but didn’t quite make it.
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Scifi, Fantasy and Paranormal are on the way
The next few weeks will be quite busy for our small company. We’ve got a number of ebook releases in the genres of adult contemporary, historical and also paranormal and scifi/fantasy.
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Enter Lee and Low Books New Visions Award Contest!
I missed the deadline last year, but Lee and Low Books are holding their NEW VISIONS AWARD for books featuring Middle Grade and YA protagonists of color in the genres of scifi, fantasy and mystery.
http://www.leeandlow.com/p/new_visions_award.mhtml
Lee and Low are also holding a contest for authors of Children’s picture books
About the Award
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Real time writing . . . Sort of
GOLD is a novel about the 2012 Olympics. But since it includes actual events in the story, a decision was made to write in real time as results unfold. There will be tweets throughout the week announcing updates in the story, and readers can view the plot progression and character development by clicking this link:
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JUKEBOX Volume Two
A bit of a teaser for JUKEBOX Volume Two, set for release in September.
Country deep Southern Rock, the first sighting of Glitter and Glam, and Soul Music gets downright Funky. Simone, Eli and Johnny are forever changed during the decade of free love, black power and violent protests over the Vietnam War.
While JUKEBOX Volume one was a YA novel, Volume Two is an adult historical.
Also, a free excerpt of the paranormal serial novella RAZHER will be up this week!
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In honor of the 2012 Olympics . . . GOLD, a YA novella
The Olympics will be held in London, England from July 27th until August 12th (dates include opening and closing ceremonies)