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Gray Retribution cover

Gray Retribution, by Alan McDermott No one writes action like McDermott. From the first sentence, Gray Retribution delivers that combination of action and detail that few writers can manage. Not only does McDermott put us eye-to-eye with his characters, he gets the little things right, like the types of weapons and the way they all […]

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Photo via NewsbiePix (creative commons) The book launch tour comes to an end at the blog where it all began two weeks ago. It’s been a whirlwind—well, a virtual one, anyway. Keeping up with the daily posts, as 15 different bloggers posted excerpts from the book, checking the page for the comments and entries to the giveaway. […]

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Hand me my sword! A female writer’s thoughts on writing fantasy

Guest post by author M.A. Chiappetta If you look at the list of fantasy and science fiction authors from the past 50 to 75 years, a majority of those names belong to men. Take, for example, NPR’s list of Top 100 SFF books—85 of those books were written by men. 85 percent! As you can […]

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Thanks for the support

Thank you, readers and Internet friends, for all the support through the publishing and launch of my third book, Army of Worn Soles. Publishing any book is an intense and drawn-out process—a lot of work over a long period. As I said in my post of June 16, I did not accomplish this on my […]

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Sizzling Thriller Hot Box Release: 8 SIZZLING THRILLERS FROM 8 BEST-SELLING AUTHORS Get yours today Amazon Smashwords (99c) Goodreads What’s in the Hot Box:   Steven Bannister – Fade to Black John Paul Davis – The Cortes Enigma  C R Hiatt – Sanctioned Kill  David Leadbeater – The Razor’s Edge  Andy Lucas – Race Amazon  Karen Perkins – Dead Reckoning  C K […]

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Image courtesy SpaceX Army of Worn Soles, my third book, launches officially today. It’s exclusively on Amazon, at least for three months, allowing me to take advantage of the marketing and promotional tools available through the Kindle Select program. Go to Amazon right now for a look inside (or to buy it if you can’t […]

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Image source: Wikipedia My third book comes out this Sunday, June 22. A true story told in novel form, it presents the opening of the eastern front of World War II through the eyes of a man who lived through it: my father-in-law, Maurice Bury, a Canadian citizen drafted into the Red Army just in […]

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