Download The Visitor ebook for free today.

Download The Visitor for free today only. The Visitor has over 40 reviews, maintains a 4.5-star rating, and is being favorably compared to The Twilight Zone.

 

End of Summer review.

Repeat after me: fall is here, fall is here . . . this is the best time of the year.

Now that we got that out of our system, here’s what I’ve been up to over the summer.

– I released my second ebook, Alibi Interrupted, in July.

– This blog surpassed 700 followers and exceeded of 57,000 views.

– I’ve been asked to write a guest article on a website for a publishing company which I’ve agreed to do (coming soon).

– I’ve done two interviews for two different websites (both coming in October).

– I’ve been working on two more short stories: The Man Who Thought He Could Fly and The Dreams of Evil Men.

– Based on a demand (albeit small, but still a demand) for my stories in physical book form, I released Saving Kennedy which contains both The Visitor and Alibi Interrupted in paperback. Please stop by CreateSpace or Amazon to order your copy.

– I held two “win it before you can buy it” book giveaway contests for Saving Kennedy. August’s winner was Sydney of Florida and September’s winner was Jonathan from California.

– And finally, this summer I was blessed to attended a father/son retreat in Colorado with my eldest boy where we had time to rest, relax, and recreate. We also had the opportunity to meet speakers and authors, Scott Brown and Kevin Swanson.

As we head into fall and winter, my plans are to continue working on finalizing some of my short stories to get them ready for my anthology, and trying to finish my novella, The Island.

Thank you to all who’ve read my stories over the past summer. Your support means a lot. If you’ve read any of my stories and haven’t yet left a review on Amaon, please consider doing so. Reviews are vital for authors.

Thank you again to all of you. You guys make the lonely road of writing a little less lonely.

 

It’s such a drag that no matter how hard he tries, he’ll never ketchup.

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The book is always better than the movie.

Do you know of any exceptions?

Quotes: The richest of men.

Libertarian love: Sweet nothings.

Quotes: Be yourself.

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Worse than the Empire and the New Order combined.

Lefty’s hunting story.

But I still don’t understand the eyeball on the chair.

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Grammar Police: The importance of proper “H” usage.

Were did I find this? Posted on the wall in a science museum for kids when my family and I where there recently.

Quotes: Crushed.

Saving Kennedy is now available for purchase.

I am very excited to announce that my book, Saving Kennedy, is now available for purchase.

Saving Kennedy contains my two previously released short fiction e-books, The Visitor and Alibi Interrupted, both available for the first time in paperback.

Both time travel tales maintain a 4.5-star rating and both are being favorably compared to The Twilight Zone.

Don’t miss out. Order Saving Kennedy today from Create Space or Amazon.

 

Orange you glad you read this?

And the winner is . . .

Congratulations to Jonathan Escalera.  He is the winner of the September Saving Kennedy book giveaway.

If you didn’t win, do not fret. This coming Saturday I will announce where you can purchase Saving Kennedy.

Thank you to all who participated in the contest by joining my mailing list. I appreciate your interest in my work more than you know.

Last chance to win it before you can buy it.

Although you can join my mailing list at any time, today is the last day that doing so will enter you in the book giveaway drawing for Saving Kennedy.

Saving Kennedy is the paperback book containing my two Spec-Fic tales, The Visitor and Alibi Interrupted.

For further details on the drawing, go here. But hurry, this drawing closes at midnight tonight (EST).

ALIBI INTERRUPTED

THE VISITOR

Marcy Kennedy’s “10 Writing Mistakes That Kill Your First Chapter.”

Author Marcy Kennedy has compiled her ten writing mistakes that kill your first chapter.

Check them out:

#1 – A Boring/Generic First LineDon’t show me the character doing anything completely normal and forgettable. Waking up, getting out of their car, folding their laundry…

Your first line needs to raise questions in the reader’s mind and make them curious or hint at trouble/conflict. Preferably both.
#2 – Point-of-View Shifts
Head-hopping is always a problem, regardless of where it crops up in your manuscript, but that’s not what I’m talking about here. I mean a point-of-view shift carried out with a proper transition.

Confused? In your first chapter, one of the things you need to do is convince the reader to invest in your main character. They need to spend time with them to do that, and if you switch POV characters within the first chapter, the reader doesn’t have enough time to make that connection.

Read the entire list here.

Quotes: Security.

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Never forget this . . . ever!

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Going to the beach this weekend?

Don’t forget to take along a great beach read. Download The Visitor and see why it maintains a 4.5-star rating, is being compared to The Twilight Zone, and is renewing readers’ love for the short story. You won’t be disappointed.