I have been reading a lot of self-published books lately. Some are excellent, some are terrible. One of the characteristics of a terrible self-published novel is a misunderstanding of how to use quotation marks properly. Fixing the quotation marks won’t turn a bad book into a good one, but a this kind of error detracts […]
By Malcolm Aylward Excerpt Week is now Excerpt Week 2. Today, the spotlight is on Malcolm Aylward’s JET – Outbreak, which introduces a new female super-spy to the JET Kindle World, based on the creations of Russell Blake. Island of Menorca—in the Balearic Sea—off the coast of Spain Maya burst through the thick canopy and […]
By Lynda Filler Written Words continues with excerpts from books by fellow author-members of the Jet. Today, sample Jet’s venture into territory that would be new even to her in Lynda Filler’s Exposed. Coastal Mountain Range, Canada Luke Raven, the elusive billionaire, laughed out loud. “This is too easy. You want to control the world […]
By Kim Cresswell Written Words continues with daily publishing of excerpts from books by fellow author-members of the Jet and Lei Crime Kindle worlds. Today, crank up the tension with a peek into Kim Cresswell’s JET Kindle World novella featuring nuclear plant sabotage and dirty bombs. California – November 17 Umar Sarouk glanced up at the over-sized […]
Written Words continues to with daily publishing of excerpts from books by fellow author-members of the Jet and Lei Crime Kindle worlds. Today features a dollop of Steven Konkoly’s Kindle World crossover between Russell Blake’s Jet series and Konkoly’s Black Flagged series. By Steven Konkoly Jet pressed her lips together, spreading the burgundy shade of lipstick […]
All this week, Written Words is publishing excerpts from books by fellow author-members of the Jet and Lei Crime Kindle worlds. Today, I’m taking the unusual step and featuring my own Lei Crime novella, Torn Roots. By Scott Bury The man stopped a few yards from them. “Rowan Fields, come with me,” he demanded. He had short-cropped, […]
By EJ Kimelman All this week, Written Words is publishing excerpts from books by fellow author-members of the Jet and Lei Crime Kindle worlds. Today, you can get a feeling for how seamlessly Emily Kimelman has blended her Sydney Rye series with Russell Blake’s Jet in It Takes Two. Condensation from the leaves left wet trails through […]