Showing posts with label fiction books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fiction books. Show all posts

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Do you read all the free ebooks that you download?

I've had promotions that netted me more than 20,000 downloads of free books. Even with the worst possible story (which mine isn't. Has a 4+ star rating across almost all retailers) the law of averages says that at least 10% of that could be counted on to read the next book, which was also free. It doesn't happen, so that leads me to believe that readers are simply not reading. They're hoarding. Is it true? Please, tell us...
Do you read all the free ebooks that you download?

Do you read all the free ebooks that you download?







 
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Today's Book Tidbit:
Did you know that if you buy the paperback through Amazon, many titles give you the ebook at a discounted price? All of mine are free, and so are a lot of others. And, it's retroactive, meaning your past paperback purchases might qualify! Here's the word taken directly from the Amazon page:

Introducing Kindle MatchBook! For thousands of qualifying books, your past, present, and future print-edition purchases now allow you to buy the Kindle edition for $2.99 or less.

Wisdom of the Week
If there are 10 hotdogs in a pack, and 8 buns in a pack, how is that not a conspiracy to get me to buy more than I need?






Wednesday, May 9, 2012

LAW Day #8- The Sam Prism

Samantha Moore

Age: 28
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 125 lbs
12/24/84
Had a pass to NORAD for saving the President’s life
Seattle EPA worker
Dirty blonde
Doesn’t fear death, only pain
Craves morphine after doing self surgery

Quote: “There’s a storm coming.”



FBI Notes
-Marker identified. Subject can predict weather with a 98% accuracy rate. Has been used twice. Should be kept close enough to be useful to command. No termination orders are expected unless an antigovernment attitude develops.


Strengths
-Will do whatever she has to, no matter how ugly it gets.
-Incredibly strong.

Weaknesses
-Too forgiving. She often overlooks flaws most people wouldn’t.
-Had so little contact with the outside world that she always feels like an outcast.

So what’s the deal with the Sam prism? Will Jeremy (left) win her heart through his patient kindness? Or will Neil (right) finally realize he loves her?









Only an open declaration of love will get Sam to become Neil’s mate, but her own past would endanger his place and Adrian’s dream if the camp found out. So Adrian will try his damnedest to make sure they don’t and still give Samantha the happiness she needs to make her stronger. Because Adrian knows that deep inside, she really wants to be as free as Angela now is. This is a clip of the two women talking about it – Sam finally admitting what she wants.





“He’s very protective.” Sam commented when two more rookies joined the guards below.

Angela kept her voice low. “Good reason to be.” Needing the woman to know she understood, Angela let a bit of her own worries out. “They’re coming soon. We have to help him.”

“I want to, but other than… some forewarnings, I can’t do what you’re doing.”

Angela raised a brow. “Why not? You and I both know there’s more to your…skills, than have been used.”

Sam flushed, but didn’t deny it. “If they find out…” Her whisper was laced with bitterness and longing in equal amounts. “I want it, too, but they’ll burn us. These sheep will panic and we’ll be caught in the stampede.”

“So you worry about getting hurt again?” Angela asked softly, sure she had been through the same hells, and worse.

“No.” Samantha’s voice was broken. “I worry I’ll get these people hurt.”

Angela shrugged. “That’s a worthy argument, but don’t forget to weigh in how much difference we can make when he has all of this in place.”

“I have. And I’m watching, seeing where I can help.”

“Me too. The Eagles are another way to do that, you know.”

Sam snorted, drawing attention again, and her voice lowered. “Me? Just can’t see that happening.”

“But you’ve thought about it or you’d be hiding in a tree somewhere else. Like the rest of us, you’re drawn to it.”

“Yes. I want what you’re building, what he’s about to offer to all the women here.”

“Good. Watch what I have to go through and get ready for it. Jeremy and Neil will help you.”

“And Adrian? Won’t he want to handpick the females who do this?”

“We pick ourselves, Sam. If you want it, grab it. Let him know you’re ready for the chance and he’ll see to it personally.”





Jeremy



Level Five Eagle(4/5/2013), XO of his Team



Not very much is known about Jeremy. By readers, camp members, or the Eagles. Even I only have a vague, shadowy picture. He worked in an office, he had extra money laying around, and he knows how to manipulate things like Adrian. I suspect there’s a lot more to him. (I honestly thought Billy, the pony-tailed blond Eagle on Kyle’s team-would play this role. I also assumed it was all a setup to get Neil and Sam together. As soon as I started writing it, I found out how quickly he fell for her. Maybe he was on the rebound from the death of a mate who looked like Sam. I think that’s very likely.)



Neil



Third in Command of Safe Haven(unofficial)

Level Five Eagle, Leader of his Team



His bio can be found here. However, when that bio came out, Sam hadn’t stormed tracked his life yet. Neil expected to be lightly playing with Becky for the next 6 months. After that, if he went through with it, he thought he’d be enjoying the change of age at night and strutting like a rooster during the day. He had no idea the tidal wave was coming.

So what’s with his obsession for young girls? He doesn’t really have one. Todd fear being out of control at all. His mom’s violent history made him sure he has to keep himself in line at all times, always follow the rules. With a young girl, he’ll always have that.

Its only since losing his father in the War and then finding Adrian’s light, that he’s begun to unwind. He fell into the chain of command and secured his place with complete loyalty, but his fear of losing control may endanger it. If he takes Becky as his mate, his own team may vote him out of lead. To keep that from happening, they’ve been watching for signs that he’s drawn to anyone else.

Enter Samantha.

What was it about her that has straight-laced Todd O’Neil bucking his own plans? If not for Angela’s dream, he may have missed her. It could be that she’s special and worthy to be his mate, but I doubt it. I just think they’re supposed to be together. That doesn’t mean fate might not have other plans...

“That hasn’t been revealed yet.”



Next week: Little Becky









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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

GIRL BLUE: Her spirit waited within the stone, ready to live again -A Guest Post

Girl Blue by Alan Nayes

Renowned sculptor Jeremy Copper is determined that his latest work, Girl Blue, will be his masterpiece. He’s found the perfect stone for it, a rare block of blue granite from a quarry in Brazil. But this stone is special in more ways than one. The former owner of the great block was a woman named Franscesca, a witch in the 1920s who loved a talented young sculptor. He promised to carve her likeness, but when he betrayed her love she exacted a terrible vengeance and paid for it with her life.

Jeremy begins to fear for his sanity when he finds flakes of granite in his bedroom. Late at night, he hears strange noises coming from his locked studio. The sculpture continues to progress, even in his absence, a sinister form emerging beyond his control. But this frightening new version is not at all what Jeremy intended. Franscesca’s vengeful spirit lives on, and she’s more dangerous than ever.

Why GIRL BLUE? I’ve been asked this many times, mostly during the initial writing stages when that terrible first draft began to take shape: how in the hell did I come up with such a macabre concept as presented in this novel? Though on the surface the answer might seem readily apparent—I wanted to write a story about a haunted sculpture—in reality, the truth is far less straightforward and simplistic. And once the novel was complete, and I was into the final editing phase and reading what I’d written, whoa, I found myself asking did I really write this? Because no matter how many more novels I write, I know I will never write another one as bizarre as GIRL BLUE.

The initial idea for this story was very one dimensional—I was going to write about a man who becomes addicted to sex by frequenting erotic massage parlors. GIRL BLUE and the haunted rock weren’t even on the horizon. Only after I’d delved twenty per cent or so into the manuscript did I realize I could only write so much about a guy paying for massages that included  “happy endings.” In essence the story had come (no pun intended) to a screeching halt. I needed more.

Enter a quote by the renowned sculptor Auguste Rodin, famous for The Thinker and many, many other sculptures. “How dazzling is the sight of a woman undressing.” I’d read an article about Rodin and when I saw this quote, a light blinked in my head. Suddenly my protagonist was going to be a sculptor and his specialty would be sculpting nude women in stone. The sex addiction quickly fell by the wayside—but not totally as the story will reveal. Without giving away any spoilers, the other aspects of the story naturally fell into place and like the sculpture in the novel, GIRL BLUE was created. I must admit this was a fun book to write though the research at times was daunting as I’d never taken an art class in my entire life. I harbor a new respect for artists in all endeavors—authors, painters, sculptors, actors, singers, photographers, I’d even include athletes in this list as some are truly artistic in their performances. There is one common denominator in all—striving for perfection. Nothing less than perfect is acceptable.

I have no idea how GIRL BLUE will be accepted by readers but I do know this. The story is so bizarre there will be pockets of individuals who will either love it or hate it. I can only hope the former predominate. But we’ll see. It arrives April 3rd, 2012.

Happy reading! And thank you, Angela, for having me on your blog.





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