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Sunday, January 18, 2015
Saturday, January 17, 2015
#eNovAaW Guys and Gals of Murder, Mayhem and Mystery: Featuring David Wind - Multi-Author Spotlight and #Giveaway
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Friday, January 16, 2015
#eNovAaW Guys and Gals of Murder, Mayhem and Mystery: Featuring Kerry J. Donovan - Multi-Author Spotlight and #Giveaway
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
#eNovAaW Guys and Gals of Murder, Mayhem and Mystery: Featuring Abby L. Vandiver - Multi-Author Spotlight and #Giveaway
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
#eNovAaW Guys and Gals of Murder, Mayhem and Mystery: Featuring R.P. Dahlke - Multi-Author Spotlight and #Giveaway
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RP Dahlke
Saturday, October 11, 2014
eBook Your Escape Multi-Author Spotlight Tour & Giveaway - Featured Author: Carmen DeSousa
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Friday, October 10, 2014
eBook Your Escape Multi-Author Spotlight Tour & Giveaway - Featured Author: Amy Vansant
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Thursday, October 9, 2014
eBook Your Escape Multi-Author Spotlight Tour & Giveaway - Featured Author: Christine Gabriel
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014
eBook Your Escape Multi-Author Spotlight Tour & Giveaway - Featured Author: Dale Furse
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Sunday, September 21, 2014
Multi-Author Spotlight & Giveaway - The Intrepid Men of #eNovAaW - Featuring Joe B. Parr
Meet The Intrepid Men of #eNovAaW
Joe B. Parr is a North Texas based Mystery Suspense writer. As a native of the Fort Worth, TX area, his novels are crime dramas based in and around DFW. Residents of the area will enjoy the familiar sights and sounds. For others, he provides a virtual tour highlighting the area’s feel and diversity.
His current releases, The Victim and Stolen Innocence, are available in both paperback and ebook (Kindle) on Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com and selected independent book stores.
He writes entertaining fiction with an undercurrent of social commentary. His books address provocative issues by introducing characters who provide multiple perspectives so that the reader is driven to explore their own thoughts.
In The Victim, those issues include gangs, media stereotypes and the racial tensions within the community. In Stolen Innocence, he highlights the growing issue of Human Trafficking and its disproportional impact on immigrant and minority communities.
Facebook Fan Page ~ Facebook Friend Page ~ Twitter ~ Amazon ~ Goodreads ~ Website ~ eMail: joebparr712@gmail.com
Mike Markel writes the Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery series, which is set in the fictional small city of Rawlings, Montana, home of Central Montana State University. That university is somewhat like Boise State University, where Mike is a professor, but in Rawlings the weather is colder, the football team less successful, and the murder rate much, much higher.
Facebook Fan Page ~ Facebook Friend Page ~ Twitter ~ Amazon ~ Goodreads ~ Website ~ eMail: mmarkel@boisestate.edu
Pete Barber
Born into a blue-collar family in Liverpool, England, Pete missed The Beatles but did go to The Cavern a few times. He immigrated to the US in the early 90s, and became a citizen. After twenty years in the corporate madhouse, Pete moved to Western North Carolina where he lives with a couple llamas, two spoiled dogs, a brace of cookie-eating goats, one ferocious cat, and a wonderful wife who thankfully understands his obsessive need to write fiction.
Pete Barber
Born into a blue-collar family in Liverpool, England, Pete missed The Beatles but did go to The Cavern a few times. He immigrated to the US in the early 90s, and became a citizen. After twenty years in the corporate madhouse, Pete moved to Western North Carolina where he lives with a couple llamas, two spoiled dogs, a brace of cookie-eating goats, one ferocious cat, and a wonderful wife who thankfully understands his obsessive need to write fiction.
Joe B. Parr
What are you reading now or what do you have in your TBR pile?
I’m multitasking on three fronts for my reading list at the moment. First, for pure enjoyment, I’m reading a James Rollins/Grant Blackwood book titled The Kill Switch. It’s a Tucker Wayne novel. This is my first time to read either author’s work. It’s special operations stuff with one of the main character’s being a military dog. I’m only a few chapters in but it’s kept my attention so far. We’ll see where it goes.
The second book I’m reading is titled Mass Incarceration – The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander. It’s a nonfiction work outlining the damage that drugs and the war on drugs has done to the minority community. I’m reading this as research for my third Detective Jake Hunter novel. It’s a fascinating read with a ton of interesting research.
The last item on my reading list should actually be called my ‘listening’ list. I’m proofing the audio book of my second novel, Stolen Innocence. It’s amazing to listen to your own words being read dramatically by a professional. To hear a book read seems to add a layer of emotion that the pure printed word struggles to achieve. Both of my current releases will hopefully be available on audio book by Christmas.
Do you write an outline before every book you write?
I actually have a fairly methodical process I go through when writing a book. Part of that process is building at least a partial outline, but that’s definitely not my first step. While I’m an avid reader of mystery suspense novels and thoroughly enjoy the twists and turns and mental gymnastics, the novels I enjoy the most are the ones that make me think beyond just figuring out who is the bad guy. Because of that, all of my novels so far have been built around exploring some kind of social issue.
In my first novel, The Victim, the story revolves around gang violence, media stereotypes and racial tensions. Stolen Innocence explores the world of human trafficking. In both cases, I want to reader to not only enjoy ‘the chase’ but also to walk away a little more educated about these issues.
With that in mind, my first step is always to determine ‘why’ I’m writing the book in the first place. What is the issue or message I’m trying to communicate? From there, I will spend weeks, sometimes months, just crafting related thoughts. I’ll capture these in a Word document that is just a random catchall for notes. It’s almost stream of consciousness with no structure or order. I’ll note plot ideas, potential characters and locations. I may even write out dialogue from a scene that pops into my head. I’ll certainly capture statistics and research on the underlying topic of the novel. This document can end up being several pages long.
Once I’ve got some critical mass, then I’ll create a list of characters. Sometimes, I’ll go as far as to build a relationship map between the characters. Finally, after I’ve gone through all those steps, I’ll sit down and outline out the first several chapters, usually around ten. Once the writing starts, those have a tendency to shift and change anyway. This is just a starting point. I know it sounds like a lot ‘process’, but I’ve found that if I go through those steps with intent, I can free my mind to really flow when I start to write.
While you were writing, did you ever feel as if you were one of the characters?
One of the beautiful things about writing fiction is that you get to make stuff up. One of the hard things about writing fiction, especially mystery suspense, is that whatever you make up has to be believable. One of the ways I've found to make it believable is to write each chapter from the point of view of a specific character. That not only gives the reader a focal point, it also gives me the opportunity to build out each character and to bring in some of their back story. The challenge however, is that in order to do that, you really have to get inside that character’s head. I’m not sure I've ever felt like I ‘was’ the character, but I've certainly gotten wrapped up inside that character to a point where I was feeling the emotions of the moment as I typed the words. There were a couple of chapters in Stolen Innocence that were mentally and emotionally exhausting for that very reason.
Do you have any advice for other writers?
While I go through a process that starts with the big picture, by the time I actually start writing, I've broken it down into very small chunks. You've heard the only saying about eating an elephant one bite at a time. If you sit down at your laptop and start thinking about writing 300 pages or 90,000 words or 60 chapters, your brain is just going to meltdown because thinking about that while you’re looking at a blank sheet will intimidate you to the point of paralysis. But if you've got that outline and you know what chapter one is about, whose point of view it’s from, where it takes place and the specific list of events that need to occur, then all of a sudden you don’t have to think about all those big numbers, all you have to think about is writing sentences. Anybody can write a set of sentences if you know all the information in the outline. When you start with a set of sentences, they tend to turn into paragraphs which usually ultimately form chapters. Get enough chapters written and the next thing you know, you have a book.
Books by Joe B. Parr
The Detective Jake Hunter Series
Books by Mike Markel
Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery
The Broken Saint, Volume 3
Three-Ways, Volume 4
Books by Pete Barber
Love Poison
eNovel Authors at Work is a group of indie authors who believe in paying it forward…
We are dedicated to helping one another to understand the challenges facing writers in the digital universe.
Everything we discover will find its way into these pages, to help authors and readers alike to navigate the ever-changing world of books.
Our goal is all about THE BOOK. We help each other to get our books noticed and expand our audiences. Indie Publishing is constantly changing, and we do our best stay informed.
Our members can participate in individual and group promotions.
Whether an author has published one book or ten, success requires diligence, dedication, and focus. We don’t know all the answers, but we are learning who to ask, who to listen to, and how best to use the tools available to sell BOOKS.
While we respect an author’s choice in what he or she writes, we do not promote erotica, gratuitous sex, or violence.
Right here is where you can subscribe to our newsletter (at the top of the sidebar on any page). eNovel Authors will only land in your mailbox when a good book is free 99 cents or a special deal . Now and again we’ll tell you about a new release, a blog hop, or a book we discovered that made us laugh or cry or dream.
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Saturday, September 20, 2014
Multi-Author Spotlight & Giveaway - The Intrepid Men of #eNovAaW - Featuring Pete Barber
Meet The Intrepid Men of #eNovAaW
Pete Barber
Born into a blue-collar family in Liverpool, England, Pete missed The Beatles but did go to The Cavern a few times. He immigrated to the US in the early 90s, and became a citizen. After twenty years in the corporate madhouse, Pete moved to Western North Carolina where he lives with a couple llamas, two spoiled dogs, a brace of cookie-eating goats, one ferocious cat, and a wonderful wife who thankfully understands his obsessive need to write fiction.
Friday, September 19, 2014
Multi-Author Spotlight & Giveaway - The Intrepid Men of #eNovAaW - Featuring Mike Markel
Meet The Intrepid Men of #eNovAaW
Mike Markel writes the Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery series, which is set in the fictional small city of Rawlings, Montana, home of Central Montana State University. That university is somewhat like Boise State University, where Mike is a professor, but in Rawlings the weather is colder, the football team less successful, and the murder rate much, much higher.
Facebook Fan Page ~ Facebook Friend Page ~ Twitter ~ Amazon ~ Goodreads ~ Website ~ eMail: mmarkel@boisestate.edu
Pete Barber
Born into a blue-collar family in Liverpool, England, Pete missed The Beatles but did go to The Cavern a few times. He immigrated to the US in the early 90s, and became a citizen. After twenty years in the corporate madhouse, Pete moved to Western North Carolina where he lives with a couple llamas, two spoiled dogs, a brace of cookie-eating goats, one ferocious cat, and a wonderful wife who thankfully understands his obsessive need to write fiction.
Joe B. Parr
Joe B. Parr is a North Texas based Mystery Suspense writer. As a native of the Fort Worth, TX area, his novels are crime dramas based in and around DFW. Residents of the area will enjoy the familiar sights and sounds. For others, he provides a virtual tour highlighting the area’s feel and diversity.
His current releases, The Victim and Stolen Innocence, are available in both paperback and ebook (Kindle) on Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com and selected independent book stores.
He writes entertaining fiction with an undercurrent of social commentary. His books address provocative issues by introducing characters who provide multiple perspectives so that the reader is driven to explore their own thoughts.
In The Victim, those issues include gangs, media stereotypes and the racial tensions within the community. In Stolen Innocence, he highlights the growing issue of Human Trafficking and its disproportional impact on immigrant and minority communities.
What are you reading now or what do you have in your TBR pile?
I’m reading Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis, the British novelist. Even though he produces the most incendiary prose now written in English, I don’t always love his books. His satire is so astringent that sometimes it’s difficult for me to like any of his characters. But Lionel Asbo, about a young British lout who wins the lottery, and his bookish nephew, is, I think, a real breakthrough. It’s being described as a modern Great Expectations, and so far I agree. I’m loving it.
Do you write an outline before every book you write?
Yes, I do. Because I write mysteries in which three or more people could have done the initial murder, my plots are quite intricate. I always have follow-up crimes, too, that occur when my detectives begin to tighten the noose. Therefore, I have to orchestrate the action down to the day and hour. Sometimes I have to revise the outline when I think of something better, but I can’t just let the story take me where it will or I’ll end up in a ditch.
While you were writing, did you ever feel as if you were one of the characters?
Yes and no. My protagonist, the extremely flawed Detective Karen Seagate, derives a lot of her dysfunctional personality from me. And the poor woman talks a lot like me. But I made her a female because I wanted to be sure she couldn’t become me. She’s got enough problems of her own.
Do you have any advice for other writers?
This might sound stupid, but I would start with this question: Why do you want to write? If the answer is to become famous or rich, that probably won’t happen. If it is to share your story, that’s somewhat less unlikely, but still not all that likely. In fact, if you can be happy without writing, that would probably be best. Figure out another way to make money or become famous or fill your time.
Being a writer is, in some important ways, unwise. You sit in a chair all day, cutting off the circulation to your legs, making sentences and paragraphs that clearly are not very good--at least until many drafts later, and even then there’s no guarantee. Then--this is the worst thing about it--you ask people to give you something really valuable. I don’t mean a few bucks; I mean a few hours.
When I read a writer announcing a new book with words like “Exciting news: my new novel is now available,” I wonder if he or she realizes that while it might in fact be very exciting for the writer, in what universe is it likely to be exciting for the reader? With many hundreds of thousands of new books appearing, and most of them not very good or at least not to the reader’s taste, the writer is pushing a boulder up a very steep hill.
Let me be clear: I’m not talking about all those other writers out there, but not myself. I’m talking about me, too. Why should anyone care if I’m publishing a new novel? I think it’s good, just like every other author does about his or her new book. But do I think everyone ought to think it’s good, too, or that it’s worth a few bucks and a few hours? I’ve written too much to be that naive.
So, long story short (“Too late,” Dorothy Parker famously said), if you write and ask people to read it, you’re setting yourself up for a world of hurt.
But I’ll end with one other small comment. I love to write. It makes me happy. And when I get positive comments from readers, which I do surprisingly often, I’m very glad that they, for one reason or another, gave me a few hours and thought my book was not horrible.
Three-Ways ~ NanoStrike ~ Stolen Innocence
Books by Mike Markel
Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery
Deviations, Volume 2
The Broken Saint, Volume 3
Three-Ways, Volume 4
Books by Pete Barber
NanoStrike
Love Poison
Books by Joe B. Parr
The Detective Jake Hunter Series
Stolen Innocence, Book 2
So what or who is #eNovAaW?
eNovel Authors at Work is a group of indie authors who believe in paying it forward…
We are dedicated to helping one another to understand the challenges facing writers in the digital universe.
Everything we discover will find its way into these pages, to help authors and readers alike to navigate the ever-changing world of books.
Our goal is all about THE BOOK. We help each other to get our books noticed and expand our audiences. Indie Publishing is constantly changing, and we do our best stay informed.
Our members can participate in individual and group promotions.
Whether an author has published one book or ten, success requires diligence, dedication, and focus. We don’t know all the answers, but we are learning who to ask, who to listen to, and how best to use the tools available to sell BOOKS.
While we respect an author’s choice in what he or she writes, we do not promote erotica, gratuitous sex, or violence.
Right here is where you can subscribe to our newsletter (at the top of the sidebar on any page). eNovel Authors will only land in your mailbox when a good book is free 99 cents or a special deal . Now and again we’ll tell you about a new release, a blog hop, or a book we discovered that made us laugh or cry or dream.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Born into a blue-collar family in Liverpool, England, Pete missed The Beatles but did go to The Cavern a few times. He immigrated to the US in the early 90s, and became a citizen. After twenty years in the corporate madhouse, Pete moved to Western North Carolina where he lives with a couple llamas, two spoiled dogs, a brace of cookie-eating goats, one ferocious cat, and a wonderful wife who thankfully understands his obsessive need to write fiction.
Joe B. Parr is a North Texas based Mystery Suspense writer. As a native of the Fort Worth, TX area, his novels are crime dramas based in and around DFW. Residents of the area will enjoy the familiar sights and sounds. For others, he provides a virtual tour highlighting the area’s feel and diversity.
His current releases, The Victim and Stolen Innocence, are available in both paperback and ebook (Kindle) on Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com and selected independent book stores.
He writes entertaining fiction with an undercurrent of social commentary. His books address provocative issues by introducing characters who provide multiple perspectives so that the reader is driven to explore their own thoughts.
In The Victim, those issues include gangs, media stereotypes and the racial tensions within the community. In Stolen Innocence, he highlights the growing issue of Human Trafficking and its disproportional impact on immigrant and minority communities.
Facebook Fan Page ~ Facebook Friend Page ~ Twitter ~ Amazon ~ Goodreads ~ Website ~ eMail: joebparr712@gmail.com
Mike Markel
What are you reading now or what do you have in your TBR pile?
I’m reading Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis, the British novelist. Even though he produces the most incendiary prose now written in English, I don’t always love his books. His satire is so astringent that sometimes it’s difficult for me to like any of his characters. But Lionel Asbo, about a young British lout who wins the lottery, and his bookish nephew, is, I think, a real breakthrough. It’s being described as a modern Great Expectations, and so far I agree. I’m loving it.
Do you write an outline before every book you write?
Yes, I do. Because I write mysteries in which three or more people could have done the initial murder, my plots are quite intricate. I always have follow-up crimes, too, that occur when my detectives begin to tighten the noose. Therefore, I have to orchestrate the action down to the day and hour. Sometimes I have to revise the outline when I think of something better, but I can’t just let the story take me where it will or I’ll end up in a ditch.
While you were writing, did you ever feel as if you were one of the characters?
Yes and no. My protagonist, the extremely flawed Detective Karen Seagate, derives a lot of her dysfunctional personality from me. And the poor woman talks a lot like me. But I made her a female because I wanted to be sure she couldn’t become me. She’s got enough problems of her own.
Do you have any advice for other writers?
This might sound stupid, but I would start with this question: Why do you want to write? If the answer is to become famous or rich, that probably won’t happen. If it is to share your story, that’s somewhat less unlikely, but still not all that likely. In fact, if you can be happy without writing, that would probably be best. Figure out another way to make money or become famous or fill your time.
Being a writer is, in some important ways, unwise. You sit in a chair all day, cutting off the circulation to your legs, making sentences and paragraphs that clearly are not very good--at least until many drafts later, and even then there’s no guarantee. Then--this is the worst thing about it--you ask people to give you something really valuable. I don’t mean a few bucks; I mean a few hours.
When I read a writer announcing a new book with words like “Exciting news: my new novel is now available,” I wonder if he or she realizes that while it might in fact be very exciting for the writer, in what universe is it likely to be exciting for the reader? With many hundreds of thousands of new books appearing, and most of them not very good or at least not to the reader’s taste, the writer is pushing a boulder up a very steep hill.
Let me be clear: I’m not talking about all those other writers out there, but not myself. I’m talking about me, too. Why should anyone care if I’m publishing a new novel? I think it’s good, just like every other author does about his or her new book. But do I think everyone ought to think it’s good, too, or that it’s worth a few bucks and a few hours? I’ve written too much to be that naive.
So, long story short (“Too late,” Dorothy Parker famously said), if you write and ask people to read it, you’re setting yourself up for a world of hurt.
But I’ll end with one other small comment. I love to write. It makes me happy. And when I get positive comments from readers, which I do surprisingly often, I’m very glad that they, for one reason or another, gave me a few hours and thought my book was not horrible.
Books by Mike Markel
Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery
The Broken Saint, Volume 3
Three-Ways, Volume 4
Books by Pete Barber
Love Poison
Books by Joe B. Parr
The Detective Jake Hunter Series
eNovel Authors at Work is a group of indie authors who believe in paying it forward…
We are dedicated to helping one another to understand the challenges facing writers in the digital universe.
Everything we discover will find its way into these pages, to help authors and readers alike to navigate the ever-changing world of books.
Our goal is all about THE BOOK. We help each other to get our books noticed and expand our audiences. Indie Publishing is constantly changing, and we do our best stay informed.
Our members can participate in individual and group promotions.
Whether an author has published one book or ten, success requires diligence, dedication, and focus. We don’t know all the answers, but we are learning who to ask, who to listen to, and how best to use the tools available to sell BOOKS.
While we respect an author’s choice in what he or she writes, we do not promote erotica, gratuitous sex, or violence.
Right here is where you can subscribe to our newsletter (at the top of the sidebar on any page). eNovel Authors will only land in your mailbox when a good book is free 99 cents or a special deal . Now and again we’ll tell you about a new release, a blog hop, or a book we discovered that made us laugh or cry or dream.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
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