Book Review: The Flamekeepers

The Flamekeepers by J. Gregory Smith My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews Received for review from Amazon Vine The Flamekeepers (Thomas & Mercer 2015) is the story of a doomsday cult that might be headed into dangerous territory. Alecia Motley, a member, warns the FBI and they call on former SEAL … Continue reading →

Amazon accepting submissions from authors ($1,500 advance on offer)

Originally posted on Dianne Gray author:
This morning I received an email from Amazon. I’m not a US citizen, nor do I have a U.S. bank account and U.S. social security number  – but I’m sure many of you out there do, so take a peek at this. ******* Dear Author, Thanks for subscribing to receive…

Book Review: Spy for Hire

Spy for Hire by Dan Mayland My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews Reviewed as part of my Amazon Vine gig Dan Mayland’s latest installment in his Mark Sava series, “Spy for Hire”, is spectacular. It moves the main character–Sava–comfortably out of the CIA into his own spy-for-hire company and establishes several … Continue reading →

Book Review: The Inquisitor

You know that sensation…when you feel like you’ve hit bottom and you realize you’re right where you belong? Continue reading →

Book Review: Eyes Wide Open

Eyes Wide Open (William Morrow 2011) is the first book I’ve read by NYT and international best seller, and James Patterson co-author Andrew Gross. It is the unique story of a manic-depressive boy named Evan who commits suicide by jumping from the top of the famous Morrow Bay Boulder–or so the police believe. Continue reading →

How Would You Describe a Post-it Note?

Post its? What’s with that, you ask? Let me explain. I am deeply mired in editing duties for my tech texts. I like the changes. I wish I’d made them sooner, but I didn’t have time until my publisher forced the issue. Now that I’m doing it, I’m excited about the program updates, the fresh … Continue reading →

Book Review: Boy in the Moon

Ian Brown’s memoir, The Boy in the Moon (St. Martin’s Press 2011), is an eye-opening trip into parenting a special needs child. In this case, Ian Brown and his wife have a severely disabled child with an orphan disease (one which is not studied or researched much), making both diagnosing and dealing with the disease difficult. This particular disease, CFC (cardiofaciocutaneous disease) is extremely rare, gets worse as the child matures and can’t be cured. The story deals primarily with the Dad’s struggle to come to terms with his son’s life as a CFC sufferer. Continue reading →

What’s an Amazon Vine Voice?

Then Amazon made me a Vine Voice.

Here’s what I found out: Continue reading →

Kindle Sells 6 Ebooks for Every Traditional Book

Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com founder and CEO, reported there are 6 Kindles sold for every 10 physical books.I’m not surprised. Jeff has done a great job of making it easy for us-all to read the thousands of ebooks available on Amazon. You can read Kindle ebooks on your smart phone, iPad–there’s even a Kindle reading app … Continue reading →

ABNA Update–I’m In (Uploaded I Mean)!

I had a busy weekend. ABNA is taking entrants starting today. I had to go through all 400 pages of my book (I got it down to 399). I looked for technical stuff, grammar and spelling, egregious plotting errors (I found my main character chatting in a scene she wasn’t in–I fixed that)  because that’s … Continue reading →