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Magic Carpet Ride | by Sandra Lee Mar. 18, 2010 | Free! | 67 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Sandra Lee resides in Massachusetts. Prior to a hard-fought battle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 2005, she enjoyed a twenty-year career in the legal industry. During her rehabilitation from the illness, Sandra reflected upon the most memorable moments in her life. Her findings served as the blueprints for her inspirational-based novels. Sandra has equally divided her years between Beacon Hill and the South Shore, and most enjoys spending time on the Cape. The majority of her writing occurs while camping at Dunes Edge in Provincetown. Sandra is now tapping into her colorful imagination, in beginning her new thriller series; 'Vampire Vendettas' . |
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Separate Peace | by Sandra Lee Mar. 18, 2010 | Free! | 71 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Sandra Lee resides in Massachusetts. Prior to a hard-fought battle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 2005, she enjoyed a twenty-year career in the legal industry. During her rehabilitation from the illness, Sandra reflected upon the most memorable moments in her life. Her findings served as the blueprints for her inspirational-based novels. Sandra has equally divided her years between Beacon Hill and the South Shore, and most enjoys spending time on the Cape. The majority of her writing occurs while camping at Dunes Edge in Provincetown. Sandra is now tapping into her colorful imagination, in beginning her new thriller series; 'Vampire Vendettas' . |
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Time Served | by Sandra Lee Mar. 18, 2010 | Free! | 140 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Sandra Lee resides in Massachusetts. Prior to a hard-fought battle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 2005, she enjoyed a twenty-year career in the legal industry. During her rehabilitation from the illness, Sandra reflected upon the most memorable moments in her life. Her findings served as the blueprints for her inspirational-based novels. Sandra has equally divided her years between Beacon Hill and the South Shore, and most enjoys spending time on the Cape. The majority of her writing occurs while camping at Dunes Edge in Provincetown. Sandra is now tapping into her colorful imagination, in beginning her new thriller series; 'Vampire Vendettas' . |
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Dear Alcohol | by Sandra Lee Mar. 18, 2010 | Free! | 367 words | Sample 5% |
| Author bio: Sandra Lee resides in Massachusetts. Prior to a hard-fought battle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 2005, she enjoyed a twenty-year career in the legal industry. During her rehabilitation from the illness, Sandra reflected upon the most memorable moments in her life. Her findings served as the blueprints for her inspirational-based novels. Sandra has equally divided her years between Beacon Hill and the South Shore, and most enjoys spending time on the Cape. The majority of her writing occurs while camping at Dunes Edge in Provincetown. Sandra is now tapping into her colorful imagination, in beginning her new thriller series; 'Vampire Vendettas' . |
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Autobiography of an Earthling: One Man's Spiritual Journey To Embracing His Humanity | by Jack Preston King Mar. 18, 2010 | $0.99 | 17602 words | Sample 30% |
| Author bio: Jack Preston King lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife, author Esra Free, their children, Jerrod and Merissa, and more stray and rescued animals than he cares most days to count – though, at the time of this writing, the herd includes eight dogs and well over a dozen cats, most of them black. "Missing Time and Other Stories" is his first short story collection. His book-length memoir "Autobiography of an Earthling: One Man's Spiritual Journey To Embracing His Humanity" is also available from New Paradigm Press, along with a variety of shorter works including "Warriors, Peacemakers and the Embarrassing Question of Love: A Peacenik's Memoir of the 1991 Gulf War," "Steal This Hero: An Abbie Hoffman Love Song In Two Verses, One Chorus and a Coda" and "The Weight That Isn't There: Anxiety and Finding the Courage to Be." |
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Beyond the Dream Catcher | by Rita Hestand Mar. 18, 2010 | $4.00 | 71423 words | Sample 35% |
| Author bio: I'm a romance and children's writer. I'm also a mother and grandmother. I was widowed three years ago and now devote most of my time in writing. I like to bowl, write, read, roller skate, go to kid parties and watch my grandkids grow up. Another hobby I've had for years is people watching. Noting how people dress, mannerisms, things they do, things they say, just like to watch and make characters in my head. |
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The Jefferson Project | by Thor Duffin Mar. 18, 2010 | $4.99 | 41 words | Sample 25% |
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Daddy Longlegs | by Michelle de Villiers Mar. 18, 2010 | $1.50 | 1675 words | Sample 50% |
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Dark Justice | by Donnie Light Mar. 18, 2010 | $1.99 | 73345 words | Sample 50% |
| Author bio: I have lived in rural northern Illinois for all of my adult life. I spent a good portion of my childhood in Arkansas, the home state of both parents. I am married to the love of my life, Barbara. We share our home with an overweight male cat named Hedgie, who is endlessly entertaining. I am the father of two boys, who are now grown and live (mostly) on their own. Barbara and I have a houseboat on a lake in central Illinois, and we love to spend weekends and vacations fishing, reading and enjoying the scenery. I have been a storyteller since I can remember, and my novel, "Dark Justice," is my first book-length work. I am currently working on my next thriller novel, as well as an inspirational book for young readers. |
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Free Dyslexia Software | by Millfield Books Mar. 18, 2010 | $5.00 | 4377 words | Sample 16% |
| Author bio: Educational Book suppliers and Publishers based in Central Scotland. Trading since 1998 |
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Little Fuzzy | by H. Beam Piper Mar. 18, 2010 | Free! | 58953 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Henry Beam Piper (March 23, 1904 – c. November 6, 1964) was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of "Paratime" alternate history tales. Piper was largely self-educated; he obtained his knowledge of science and history "without subjecting myself to the ridiculous misery of four years in the uncomfortable confines of a raccoon coat." He went to work at age 18 as a laborer at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona yards in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He also worked as a night watchman for the railroad. Piper published his first short story, "Time and Time Again", in 1947 in Astounding Science Fiction, and was primarily a short story author until 1961, when he made a productive, if short-lived, foray into novels. He collected guns and wrote one mystery, Murder in the Gunroom. He committed suicide in November 1964 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, bringing his career to a premature conclusion. The exact date of his death is unknown; the last entry in his diary was dated November 5 ("Rain 0930"), and the date his body was found is reported as November 9 or November 11 by various sources. According to Jerry Pournelle's introduction to Little Fuzzy, Piper shut off all the utilities to his apartment, put painter's drop-cloths over the walls and floor, and took his own life with a handgun from his collection. In his suicide note, he gave an explanation that "I don't like to leave messes when I go away, but if I could have cleaned up any of this mess, I wouldn't be going away. H. Beam Piper'" Some biographers attribute his act to financial problems, others to family problems; Pournelle wrote that Piper felt burdened by financial hardships in the wake of a divorce, and the mistaken perception that his career was foundering (his agent had died without notifying him of multiple sales). Editor George H. Scithers, who knew Piper socially, has stated that Piper wanted to spite the ex-wife he despised: by committing suicide, Piper voided his life insurance policy, and prevented her from collecting. An unpublished story, "Only the Arquebus", has gone missing since his suicide; it is probable that he destroyed it along with many of his personal papers. His output was eventually purchased by Ace Science Fiction and reprinted in a set of paperbacks in the early 1980s. Many of these have since gone out of print, though his two best-known arcs were again reprinted by Ace in 1998 and 2001. Late in his career, Piper corresponded with Pournelle, who was the Ace editor who helped reprint some of his novels. Many of his works have been reprinted recently. His copyrights appear to have been allowed to lapse, thus his work is in the public domain in the United States. |
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The House of Silver Oak | by Nix Winter Mar. 18, 2010 | $5.00 | 50420 words | Sample 50% |
| Author bio: I'm just a little writer, creating stories and comics. I've raised two kids and I think we should get to live forever! |
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The Polski Affair | by Leon Gildin Mar. 18, 2010 | $3.95 | 52450 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Leon H. Gildin is an attorney who has represented writers, composers and actors, has acted as both an attorney and a principal in the development of properties for television and motion pictures as well as having produced both on and off-Broadway. In the midst of his legal practice Mr. Gildin authored a short story which became a play entitled APPEAR AND SHOW CAUSE which opened the season at the Cleveland Playhouse and was awarded the Audelco Award in New York for it’s off-Broadway production. Mr. Gildin also wrote and published YOU CAN'T DO BUSINESS (OR MOST ANYTHING ELSE) WITHOUT YIDDISH, which sold out and is still available on Amazon.com. He has also translated Yiddish poetry and these translations have been published in various Anglo-Jewish publications. The role of the Hotel Polski is a little known event that took place in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation as a result of which THE POLSKI AFFAIR can be classified as documentary fiction. It explores the moral struggle of those who survived and the fortuitous nature of that survival. Mr. Gildin now resides in Paradise Valley, AZ with his wife, Gloria. |
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Modern Grotesque | by Simon John Cox Mar. 18, 2010 | Free! | 827 words | Read a sample |
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In the land of blue | by Tracy Dibert Mar. 18, 2010 | $1.99 | 3305 words | Sample 25% |
| Author bio: Tracy Searight Dibert is an elementary teacher and mother of four silly children. She was inspired one morning when her son woke up to find his breakfast was missing. Catch her next story The sister that won't stop talking coming soon. |
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Return to Love: A Romance Novel for Young Adults | by Lynn Hubbard Mar. 18, 2010 | $4.99 | 42680 words | Sample 30% |
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Mother | by Linda Ann Rentschler Mar. 18, 2010 | $4.99 | 75126 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Author of the novel Jitters produced as a Lifetime Original Movie, Mother, a main selection of the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club; Author of the chiclit novel, State of Disgrace. Award winning playwright for Deathbed. Screenwriter, Producer. Member of Dramatist Guild. |
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Darkmatter | by Scott Thomas Mar. 18, 2010 | $2.49 | 252914 words | Sample 50% |
| Author bio: Scott James Thomas has a PhD in exploration geophysics and by day uses his programming skills to employ magnetics, gravity and electromagnetic radiation in the hunt for base metal deposits. By night he is an avid fan of space exploration, following the efforts of mankind to leave the Earth. He enjoys reading and writing science fiction. In his writings, he has found inspiration in the works of Orson Scott Card, who he sees as a excellent style role model. He has also found inspiration in Michael Crichton to publish his work. |
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Micah | by Scott Thomas Mar. 18, 2010 | $2.49 | 369175 words | Sample 50% |
| Author bio: Scott James Thomas has a PhD in exploration geophysics and by day uses his programming skills to employ magnetics, gravity and electromagnetic radiation in the hunt for base metal deposits. By night he is an avid fan of space exploration, following the efforts of mankind to leave the Earth. He enjoys reading and writing science fiction. In his writings, he has found inspiration in the works of Orson Scott Card, who he sees as a excellent style role model. He has also found inspiration in Michael Crichton to publish his work. |
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Mindweb | by Scott Thomas Mar. 18, 2010 | $2.49 | 249497 words | Sample 50% |
| Author bio: Scott James Thomas has a PhD in exploration geophysics and by day uses his programming skills to employ magnetics, gravity and electromagnetic radiation in the hunt for base metal deposits. By night he is an avid fan of space exploration, following the efforts of mankind to leave the Earth. He enjoys reading and writing science fiction. In his writings, he has found inspiration in the works of Orson Scott Card, who he sees as a excellent style role model. He has also found inspiration in Michael Crichton to publish his work. |
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The CT Method: Revision and Editing for Fiction and Creative Nonfiction | by David B. Schlosser Mar. 18, 2010 | $1.29 | 9452 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: David Schlosser is a writer, editor, book producer and publisher, and strategic communications advisor who emphasizes the power of story to increase the impact of all forms of communication. After completing his first novel manuscript (the one he left in the drawer) as a sophomore in high school, his words and advice have earned awards for fiction writing, non-fiction writing, and editing. Contact him through his web site, http://www.analects-ink.com. |
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Widower Dating. Gold Mine or Mine Field? | by Tom Blake Mar. 18, 2010 | $4.93 | 9639 words | Sample 25% |
| Author bio: Tom Blake is an author and syndicated column in Southern California. He has written more than 1,800 columns on finding love after 50. Tom's website, www.findingloveafter50.com is the top-searched website in the world on Google and Yahoo! Search for the keyword phrases "finding love after 50" and "love after 50". He is the author of four books. John Gray, PhD, author of "Men Are From Mars. Women Are From Venus," says Tom is an expert on dating after 50. Tom has appeared on the Today Show and Good Morning America. Each Friday, he emails the "Finding Love After 50" Newsletter to several thousand subscribers across the USA, Canada and in other foreign countries. |
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Goldilocks and the Gummi Bears | by Brennan Haley Mar. 18, 2010 | Free! | 1193 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: I've been a writer since I saw STAR WARS at twelve. First short stories, then movie scripts, and now books. I'm publishing my short stories to help understand ebooks and Smashwords better, and when I'm ready, I'll work my way to putting a book up here. I have a son who just turned one, and is way more fun than a monkey on a bun (and I can watch one of those for hours). If you want to see a picture of what Jordan the Pirate looked like when he was younger, go to my Facebook page and see our little boy Noli. Neat kid, huh? He said it'd be okay if I shared his bedtime stories with you, so enjoy. |
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The New Century Gospels of Jesus Christ | by LivingHour.org Mar. 18, 2010 | $3.99 | 88044 words | Sample 50% |
| Author bio: LivingHour.org was founded by Pastor David, a professional educator and ordained minister of The Progressive Christian Alliance (PCA). The Pastor’s spiritual travels have led him from Eastern Europe’s forgotten medieval churches and their mystic priests to the ancient Buddhist temples of Southeast Asia and the enigmatic monks who attend them. Our website is dedicated to providing fresh perspectives on Progressive Christianity and the Spiritual Life, regardless of one’s faith. We refer to our viewpoint as SBNR (Spiritual But Not Religious) Christianity to signify that our position is a unitarian one that gathers wisdom from many sources, many cultures, and many traditions. Firmly believing in the old adage that when you learn a new language, you acquire a new soul, LivingHour.org also offers unique Thai language books that focus on the colloquial language of Thailand and help tourists and expats more fully enjoy their stay in the kingdom. |
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A Foreign Affair | by B.K. Wright Mar. 18, 2010 | $1.99 | 72059 words | Sample 30% |
| Author bio: I have created/written Beau to Beau fictional stories of Male Love with sincerity to inspire gay men to embrace their sexuality and to enjoy their lives to the fullest, as is deservedly theirs to be realized. These stories are affirmations of the lives of gay men, a joyous celebration of the self as an entire person, not solely a gay person, which seems to be a “category” into which gay men have been thrust by the heterosexual community. This gay person categorization has been allotted with great negativity, seemingly to invoke a sense of shame into its inhabitants. Shame is not the gay man’s to be borne. Shame is the lot of the ignorant!~ My books are also available in print at my website - www.beautobeau.com. ~B.K. Wright~ Beau to Beau has a new author, B.J. Scott, who writes very XXX rated erotic gay short stories. They can be found at 1erotic ebooks, 1romance ebooks, and all romance ebooks, with full steamy excerpts on those sites. |
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The Time Traveller, Smith | by JC McLaughlin Mar. 18, 2010 | $0.99 | 16850 words | Sample 25% |
| Author bio: By day JC McLaughlin is a lowly web editor. By night (and sometimes in his lunch hour) he is a creator of the fantastical, the historical, the romantic, the psychedelic (!), the literary and the, er, rock'n'roll... |
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Shards | by Leigh K Cunningham Mar. 18, 2010 | $3.99 | 43596 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Leigh K. Cunningham is a lawyer who has also served as senior executive for several public companies in her home country of Australia. She now resides in Singapore with her husband. |
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Vendetta | by Ewa Niemiec Mar. 18, 2010 | Free! | 1908 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Ewa Niemiec is a graduate of Applied Linguistics faculty of the Warsaw University in Warsaw, Poland. She has traveled for work and voluntary projects to the United States, England and Italy for longer periods of time. As a travel professional she talks daily to people from all over Europe in English, Italian and Polish. Most of her customers are bilingual and represent various dialects, accents and levels of proficiency in the languages they use on a daily basis. |
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Budgeting for the Stay at Home Mom or Single Income Family | by Missy Lyons Mar. 17, 2010 | $0.99 | 3865 words | Sample 10% |
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Roads Like These | by Lon Prater Mar. 17, 2010 | $1.99 | 9671 words | Sample 32% |
| Author bio: Lon Prater is an active duty Navy officer by day, writer of odd little tales by night. His short fiction has appeared in the Stoker-winning anthology Borderlands 5, Writers of the Future XXI, and Origins Award finalist Frontier Cthulhu. He is an avid Texas Hold’em player, occasional stunt kite flyer, and connoisseur of history, theme parks and haunted hayrides. The following short ebooks will be available soon: -Legwork - When dark fantasy and science fiction are accessories to noir, the punishment may be even weirder than the crime. -Prelude & Symphony - The future strikes a harrowing chord in this short music-themed collection. -Familiar Cravings - A smorgasbord of horror for those with the most morbid of appetites. -Also Lost - Not all of our dearly departed are dead; these are their stories. |
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Imagining the Future: Ruminations on Fathers and Other Masculine Apparitions | by Magdalena Ball Mar. 17, 2010 | $4.75 | 4004 words | Sample 50% |
| Author bio: Magdalena Ball runs The Compulsive Reader. She is the author of the poetry book Repulsion Thrust, the novel Sleep Before Evening, a nonfiction book The Art of Assessment: How to Review Anything and three other poetry chapbooks Quark Soup, and, in collaboration with Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Cherished Pulse and She Wore Emerald Then. She also runs a radio show, The Compulsive Reader Talks. |
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Warriors, Peacemakers and the Embarrassing Question of Love: A Peacenik's Memoir of the 1991 Gulf War | by Jack Preston King Mar. 17, 2010 | $0.99 | 4101 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: Jack Preston King lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife, author Esra Free, their children, Jerrod and Merissa, and more stray and rescued animals than he cares most days to count – though, at the time of this writing, the herd includes eight dogs and well over a dozen cats, most of them black. "Missing Time and Other Stories" is his first short story collection. His book-length memoir "Autobiography of an Earthling: One Man's Spiritual Journey To Embracing His Humanity" is also available from New Paradigm Press, along with a variety of shorter works including "Warriors, Peacemakers and the Embarrassing Question of Love: A Peacenik's Memoir of the 1991 Gulf War," "Steal This Hero: An Abbie Hoffman Love Song In Two Verses, One Chorus and a Coda" and "The Weight That Isn't There: Anxiety and Finding the Courage to Be." |
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The Weight That Isn't There: Anxiety and Finding the Courage to Be | by Jack Preston King Mar. 17, 2010 | $0.99 | 1783 words | Sample 50% |
| Author bio: Jack Preston King lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife, author Esra Free, their children, Jerrod and Merissa, and more stray and rescued animals than he cares most days to count – though, at the time of this writing, the herd includes eight dogs and well over a dozen cats, most of them black. "Missing Time and Other Stories" is his first short story collection. His book-length memoir "Autobiography of an Earthling: One Man's Spiritual Journey To Embracing His Humanity" is also available from New Paradigm Press, along with a variety of shorter works including "Warriors, Peacemakers and the Embarrassing Question of Love: A Peacenik's Memoir of the 1991 Gulf War," "Steal This Hero: An Abbie Hoffman Love Song In Two Verses, One Chorus and a Coda" and "The Weight That Isn't There: Anxiety and Finding the Courage to Be." |
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Steal This Hero: An Abbie Hoffman Love Song In Two Verses, One Chorus and a Coda | by Jack Preston King Mar. 17, 2010 | $0.99 | 4443 words | Sample 15% |
| Author bio: Jack Preston King lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife, author Esra Free, their children, Jerrod and Merissa, and more stray and rescued animals than he cares most days to count – though, at the time of this writing, the herd includes eight dogs and well over a dozen cats, most of them black. "Missing Time and Other Stories" is his first short story collection. His book-length memoir "Autobiography of an Earthling: One Man's Spiritual Journey To Embracing His Humanity" is also available from New Paradigm Press, along with a variety of shorter works including "Warriors, Peacemakers and the Embarrassing Question of Love: A Peacenik's Memoir of the 1991 Gulf War," "Steal This Hero: An Abbie Hoffman Love Song In Two Verses, One Chorus and a Coda" and "The Weight That Isn't There: Anxiety and Finding the Courage to Be." |
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Island Life | by William Meikle Mar. 17, 2010 | $2.99 | 96716 words | Sample 20% |
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Erase Negativity and Embrace the Magic Within | by Sally Marks Mar. 17, 2010 | $4.99 | 32141 words | Sample 50% |
| Author bio: Sally Marks is a public relations professional and an award-winning journalist who graduated cum laude from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. In journalism, she has won awards for news writing, editorial writing and headline writing. Her articles have been published in numerous national, regional and local newspapers and magazines that range from the international Living Buddhism magazine to Arizona’s popular Phoenix Home and Garden. Her screenplays, The Heir, Voices from Hell and Gay for a Day have won five awards and placed in two national and one international competitions. Her first book, Paco el pato, Frank the Duck, is a bilingual children’s novel that was used in the Montessori International School curriculum in Mesa, Arizona. Erase Negativity is her second book. Jacqueline Howard is a motivational speaker, educator and coauthor of Erase Negativity. She has been deemed a Master Teacher by spiritual leaders throughout the United States and the British Isles for her intuitive skills. Howard developed a strong reputation for taking esoteric inspirational and spiritual messages from Native American culture, Taoist philosophy and quantum physics and turning them into simple, life lessons that she has presented to hundreds of men and women across the nation. |
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Children's Collage | by Ami Blackwelder Mar. 17, 2010 | $2.99 | 2945 words | Sample 30% |
| Author bio: If you prefer the PDF E-BOOK directly and payment by PayPal to avoid online billing, Please E-mail me: touch-of-grace@hotmail.com. SUBJECT: Book Order Find me on: http://amiblackwelder.blogspot.com http://hotgossiphotreviews.blogspot.com http://hotgossiphotreviews.wordpress.com I give FREE SHORT REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS on my blogs. I give 1,000 word REVIEWS for my blogs, amazon, kindle, and other blogs/magazines for $25. E-Mail me! I am a reviewer for We Write Romance and The Season and a teacher. I lived in Asia for 8 years. I write: religious/spiritual, historical/cultural, sci-fi/fantasy. My Fantasy Romance Saga, Guardians of the Gate: is available at ireadiwrite.com and this e-publisher is listed on smashwords. Check my BLOGS to order prints, kindle and view up coming books! |
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Voices from Armageddon | by Larry Rich Mar. 17, 2010 | $4.99 | 23123 words | Sample 50% |
| Author bio: Larry Rich is also the author of "Voices from Armageddon" that is being sold via Amazon. From his vocational base in Israel, Larry's writings have received wide internet coverage as he conveys unexpected stories of human compassion that he witnesses daily between the Jews and Arabs of northern Israel. You are invited to open a dialogue with him ... rich_l@clalit.org.il rich-cbc@zahav.net.il |
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From A Madman Only: A Rant and Modest Proposal on Health Care | by Max G. Bernard Mar. 17, 2010 | $0.99 | 2109 words | Sample 50% |
| Author bio: Max G. Bernard is the pen name of a writer with around 45 years of writing, editing, publishing, and journalism experience. He wrote for student, "underground," and radical newspapers in the 60's and 70's. He lives in the Midwestern region of Woodstock Nation, and is residing in the 1960's until something better comes along. He is involved in writing science fiction, mysteries, weird cross genre stories, and semi-autobiographical pieces. A current essay on heakth care appearing here is the first of a planned occasional series of mad rants on political, economic, scientific, philosophical, historical, literary, and cinematic topics. A fan of Bob Dylan's music, Alfred Hitchcock's movies, and Philip K. Dick's science fiction. He is married, with two children, one dog, and two cats. He is a fervent opponent of DRM (digital rights management) in publishing. He agrees with Tom Robbins that it is "never too late to have a happy childhood," and with the spirit of the statement, "Be realistic, demand the impossible." The photo shows the author, a bit younger, selling copies of the Chicago Seed on the streets of Chicago back in 1970. |
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The Bridge | by C.B. Hoffman Mar. 17, 2010 | Free! | 1581 words | Read a sample |
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Find Your Passion | by KBCPublishing Mar. 17, 2010 | $4.95 | 5520 words | Sample 10% |
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River Rising | by Merline Lovelace Mar. 17, 2010 | $4.99 | 76797 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: A retired Air Force colonel, Merline Lovelace served at bases all over the world, including tours in Taiwan, Vietnam, and at the Pentagon. When she hung up her uniform for the last time, she decided to combine her love of adventure with a flare for storytelling, basing many of her tales on her experiences in the service. Since then, she’s produced more than eighty-five action-packed novels, many of which have made USA Today and Waldenbooks bestseller lists. Over eleven million copies of her works are in print in 30 countries. Named Oklahoma’s Writer of the Year and the Oklahoma Female Veteran of the Year, Merline is also a recipient of Romance Writers of America’s prestigious Rita Award. |
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Line of Duty | by Merline Lovelace Mar. 17, 2010 | $4.99 | 87629 words | Sample 20% |
| Author bio: A retired Air Force colonel, Merline Lovelace served at bases all over the world, including tours in Taiwan, Vietnam, and at the Pentagon. When she hung up her uniform for the last time, she decided to combine her love of adventure with a flare for storytelling, basing many of her tales on her experiences in the service. Since then, she’s produced more than eighty-five action-packed novels, many of which have made USA Today and Waldenbooks bestseller lists. Over eleven million copies of her works are in print in 30 countries. Named Oklahoma’s Writer of the Year and the Oklahoma Female Veteran of the Year, Merline is also a recipient of Romance Writers of America’s prestigious Rita Award. |
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The Road Hole Bunker Mystery | by William Meikle Mar. 17, 2010 | $2.99 | 76264 words | Sample 20% |
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Central Jail | by Dhanraj P Mar. 17, 2010 | Free! | 1692 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: I am basically an electrical engineer working in India, who love to read books. I am married and proud father of two daughters. My wife is my love and my best friend. I have started writing only recently. I am still anxious about how people will take me as an author. |
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Law of Attractions: Affirmations | by Life Coach Valj (Valarie Johnson) Mar. 16, 2010 | Free! | 1514 words | Read a sample |
| Author bio: Many years ago, my mom shared with me something that has remained with me even to this day. She said , You can be, do or have anything your think you can. Some time later, as a adult, I heard a similiar statement. "Whether you think you can or can't, either way you are correct" -Henry Ford There are several variations of this statement and they all focus on the same premise - " We become what we think about" It all starts from within I've always strived to be the best version of me I could possibly manage. I've listed my credentials, and I've told you a little about me. It is my absolute promise that, If you grant me the opportunity to become a part of your life, as your Life Coach, you and I will learn, grow, and discover just how wonderful the journey is, and we will begin to create "The Wonderful Now" Educated coach with a wealth of experience (earned BBA and MBA) Earned Certified Life Coach designation Certified Life Coach dedicated to the growth of each and every client Diverse background, years of training Truly understands that each client owns the coaching experience NLP knowledge and study Logged thousands of hours of Coaching education Group facilitator of 3 community groups centered around the Law of Attraction Volunteer Mentor Inspired dreamer with a track record of action oriented success |
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Stamping Ground | by Colin Rock Mar. 16, 2010 | $0.99 | 53046 words | Sample 50% |
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CELTIC EVIL A Fitzgerald Brothers Novel IAN | by Sierra Rose Mar. 16, 2010 | $1.99 | 114828 words | Sample 50% |
| Author bio: I was born in 1974 in the Eastern Ohio Valley town of Martins Ferry where I lived until I was five then we moved to a very rural town in the same area. I’m the youngest of four children of a mill worker and a housewife but have 15 years between me and my closest sibling. I grew up with a vivid imagination, which seems to have become active at age four. Having an imagination and a passion for reading, inventing little worlds and stories in my head seems natural. I began writing for fun mainly to survive reports I was making while being home schooled (illnesses kept me out so the school sent a teacher) and I wrote the most colorful but accurate history reports they’d seen. My passion for writing original pieces came at high school and I still have novels on paper to prove the start of this career. I’m a 1993 graduate of Buckeye Local High School and still live in the same house I grew up in with my family of my mother and brother, plus three spoiled cats and a semi-fierce Beagle who likes to think he’s a Pit-Bull. I still enjoy writing stories for fun that I can’t do anything with while I take a break from my original works. I mainly write action/adventure so my series of Celtic Evil, which is a paranormal romantic suspense series, is a slight break for me. I used to write poetry but can only do that in times of stress or deep emotional crisis. I enjoy writing for the sake of telling a story. I write for myself and for others who enjoy the act of reading a good story. I hope to be able to tell many of those. |
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The Golden Age of Flying Saucers: Classic UFO Sightings, Saucer Crashes and Extraterrestrial Contact Encounters | by Frank G. Wilkinson Mar. 16, 2010 | $3.95 | 27341 words | Sample 25% |
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SEAMS16:Arrival | by Eric B. Thomasma Mar. 16, 2010 | $3.99 | 108465 words | Sample 40% |
| Author bio: Born and raised in West Mitten, USA and still resides there. Visit my website, (below), for more information about me. |
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