DELL STREAK 7 Review

Here is a video I made Highlighting the eBook features on the Dell Streak 7

SERIAL KILLERS Crouch/Kilborn

Serial Killers Uncut....available now on Amazon, coming to Barnes & Noble and Smashwords in the next day or so, and coming in about a month in trade paper.

Here's the description:

A gigantic double novel featuring 21 different serial killers...

For everyone who thinks the bad guys are so much more fun to read than the good guys, this is a book just for you. The definitive volume containing every major villain from the Crouch/Kilborn/Konrath Universe is here.

First, there was Serial, the collaborative smash-hit that has been downloaded 500,000 times and optioned for film.

Then came Serial Uncut, which expanded on that story.

Then Killers, the sequel to Serial.

Then Birds of Prey which introduced every major villain the writers had ever created into one cohesive novel. (Birds of Prey + Killers = Killers Uncut.)

And now, all that and more has been brought together for this definitive, omnibus monster, which at roughly 600 printed pages, is the length of two full novels...

Serial Killers Uncut

This epic work, over two years in the making, contains Serial Uncut, Killers, Birds of Prey, Crouch's Break You, an interview with the authors, and more.

Serial Uncut + Break You + Killers + Birds of Prey = Serial Killers Uncut

If you haven't read anything by Crouch, Kilborn, or Konrath, Serial Killers Uncut is the perfect introduction to the dark side of their universe. And if you enjoy a despicable bad guy (or bad girl), you're going to love this.

There are twenty-one serial killers featured in this book: Lucy and Donaldson from Serial, Orson and Luther from Desert Places, Locked Doors, and Break You, Mr. K from Shaken, Alex and Charles Kork from Whiskey Sour and Rusty Nail, Isaiah from Abandon, Taylor from Afraid, Javier from Snowbound, and many, many more.

There are some good guys too, including Andrew Z. Thomas (Desert Places, Locked Doors), Jack Daniels (Whiskey Sour, Shaken), Violet King (Locked Doors, Break You), Tequila (Shot of Tequila), and  Clayton Theel (Draculas).

At $4.99, this ebook is a steal, as its contents retail separately for almost $10.00...

Serial Killers Uncut is an original 120,000 word double novel that stands alone without having read any of Konrath's, Kilborn's, or Crouch's work. As a bonus extra, it also includes an additional 30,000 words of the following novel excerpts: 

AFRAID by Jack Kilborn

ENDURANCE by Jack Kilborn

TRAPPED by Jack Kilborn

SHAKEN by JA Konrath

DRACULAS by Blake Crouch, JA Konrath, Jeff Strand, and F. Paul Wilson

DESERT PLACES by Blake Crouch

LOCKED DOORS by Blake Crouch

FAMOUS by Blake Crouch

SNOWBOUND by Blake Crouch

ABANDON by Blake Crouch

RUN by Blake Crouch

If you're easily offended, easily scared, etc., don't even think about this one.

Also, make sure to check out the new novel FLEE, by J.A. Konrath and Ann Voss Peterson....it drops tomorrow, but here's the pre-order page. This book is flat-out amazing, a first-class thrill-ride of a read...

CODENAME: CHANDLER

She's an elite spy, working for an agency so secret only three people know it exists. Trained by the best of the best, she has honed her body, her instincts, and her intellect to become the perfect weapon.

FLEE

Then her cover is explosively blown, and she becomes a walking bullseye. Stalked by assassins who want the secrets she holds, and those who'd prefer she die before talking, Chandler has twenty-four hours to thwart a kidnapping, stop a psychopath, uncover the mystery of her past, retire five equally-trained contract killers, avoid a tenacious cop named Jack Daniels, and save the world from nuclear annihilation while dodging 10,000 bullets.

Buckle up. It's going to be one helluva ride.

German Aleala Interview

 musical novel of death, love, and crime. In a small town two teenagers fall in love, but hide their feelings from each other in doubt. A father with a twisted past abuses his son. a frightened boy commits suicide, and a psychopathy ensues taking families and many victims in this thrilling story of horrific rape, suicide, murder, homosexuality, drug abuse, barbaric incest, insanity, and matricide 

1: What is the most productive time of the day for you to write?

All day. I don’t have a certain productivity moment. If I have to be in school I write in my journal, and if I’m at home all hours of the day can be best spent writing. The most productive hour is any time after 5 o clock. After 5 I buckle down and try to work for about four hours even if it sucks, and will all be edited out later I think it’s all good time spent on honing the little talent I’ve got. For my newest book “Swing: A Pyschopathy” my most productive time was maybe 10  in the morning when I had already been working a few hours and I was in the zone.

2: Do you start your projects writing with paper and pen or is it all on the computer?

I’m very impulsive on where I write things. Most projects start on paper then move to the computer then stay there, and kind go in and out in a messy fashion. Poetry is usually all on the computer or all on paper, because I never do well by moving it from paper to computer then continuing it on the computer. While writing “Swing: A Pyschopathy” I would write about two hours into my journal then do about three hours on my computer during which I would type the day’s writing, edit it, and expand it.

3: What do you draw inspiration from?

Everything. The world inspires my poetry, and my writing is inspired by any writer I see who can write a book, and then show it to people. I think literature is beautiful, and all writers inspire me. Writing “Swing: A Pyschopathy” I was inspired by my friend who knew all about the subjects I wrote about, and whatever he didn’t know I did know, so, he sparked my memory. I was also very depressed at the time which fueled me.

4: Do you set goals for yourself when you sit down to write such as word count?

No, I don’t like setting goals, because I either do a bad job to complete them, or I feel bad when I can’t. When writing “Swing: A Pyschopathy” I did set the goal of 2,000 words a day which was because that’s the number of words I did the first day I sat down to write the book.

5: Are you a published or a self published author and how do you come up with your cover art?

I’m a self-published author, and I plan on being traditionally published very soon. My cover art is all done very childishly. I use Paint, and just put words over it, but I make like five different covers for each book, because I am a perfectionist despite my attempt at childish covers. Swing: A Pyschopathy’s book cover is the least childish cover ever. It is a picture that my sister took with me at the park with her expensive camera, and then I made it grey to match the sadness in the book along with my favorite font as the title.

6: What drives you to choose the career of being a writer?

Ask that to six year old German, because I have no idea. I have always wanted to be a writer, and it’s probably the same thing that inspires me which is all writers who can write a book, and leave parts of themselves behind them for people to faun over even in their death.

7: Do you own an ebook reading device?

Yes, a Barnes and Noble Nook which is as broke as I am. That’s an exaggeration it just has a crack under one of the arrows which came when I dropped it from my bed once that I fell asleep reading it.

8: Who are some of your favorite authors and What are you reading now?

Jackie Collins, Edgar Allan Poe, Dan Brown, and Maya Angelou leave me in the Lost Island with a box of their books, and I will live! Right now I should be reading the “Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown, but in my strangeness I’ve taken to non-fiction history books the last couple of weeks.

9: What do you think of book trailers and do you have any plans to have any?

I think they’re a great way to promote a book, and I would like to have one out. Right now I don’t have any plans, because any trailer for “Swing: A Pyschopathy” would surely be banned from any video sharing site.

10: How did you come up with the title of your latest book?

Well, the book is based off a poem of the same name: Swing. I added “A Pyschopathy” to describe exactly what is inside the book, because after reading the definition for Pyschopathy “Mental illness or disorder” I didn’t think a better title could exist.

11: What are you working on now that you can talk about?

Right now I’m working on a few short stories that will follow the release of Swing, and jotting down the plans for one of six or seven poetry collections to come after the short stories, but that is no time soon. After that, I’ll just be publishing books while I work on a book that’s been cooking for four years, and then start making grabs for a literary agent in the summer.

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My Color Kindle

Today I received the Dell Streak 7 to review so far I'm impressed with it, I will be posting a video review this weekend. The games are impressive on it very fast and nice sound. The Kindle App is Amazing love it, it is really nice for some of the art books I have getting to see the pictures in color is very nice touch, and getting to zoom in is really nice.

Will try to post better pictures of it.

Here is the Wifi only

Shoshana Sumrall Frerking Interview

Shoshana Sumrall Frerking

Lincoln, Nebraska

Author of "A Highly Technickel Memoir"

1: What is the most productive time of the day for you to write?

The most productive time is early morning, although since I go to my day job at that time, I usually have to make do with writing at night before bed. Once I get going, though, the time of day tends to mean less!

2: Do you start your projects writing with paper and pen or is it all on the computer?

I almost always begin with pen and paper. After a while, I transfer it to computer. Then I print it out so I can look it over, make notes, and write a few more pages on paper. Then it starts all over again.

3: What do you draw inspiration from?

A lot of it comes from listening to music. I feel compelled to transfer the emotions evoked by a particular song to a scene on paper. I also take a lot from conversations going on around me, and little things that happen throughout the day that take on larger meanings.

4: Do you set goals for yourself when you sit down to write such as word count?

I used to set the goal of ten pages. Lately, I've let work and life get in the way, and feel lucky to squeeze in a page or two here and there. I need to find that discipline again.

5: Are you a published or a self published author and how do you come up with your cover art?

My first book was a POD book several years ago, and the company I used came up with the art. Since then, my publications have been little ones in literary journals. However, I designed the cover for my current novel, "A Highly Technickel Memoir." I went for simplicity, using a single monarch butterfly, as this creature features significantly in the story.

6: What drives you to choose the career of being a writer?

Simply put, I've always needed an outlet for the worlds that exist inside my head. Offering them to my readers gives them more room to breathe. My present career, however, consists of technical, rather than fiction writing. I love my current job, but hope someday to make that transition to full-time author.

7: Do you own an ebook reading device?

I have a basic black and white Nook, and also KindlePC on my computer.

8: Who are some of your favorite authors and What are you reading now?

Stephen King has always been a major influence on my writing, because of his compelling and realistic characters. I also love some of the classic writing by such authors as Flannery O'Conner, Carson McCullers, and Harper Lee. I'm new to e-publishing, but have already met some wonderful writers online. I just finished reading "Not What She Seems" by Victorine E. Lieske, and am now on to "Shattered Dreams" by Laura Landon.

9: What do you think of book trailers and do you have any plans to have any?

I haven't seen any trailers yet, so I can't answer for sure. It sounds like a great idea, though.

10: How did you come up with the title of your latest book?

The title "A Highly Technickel Memoir" comes from my protagonist, Corey Russell. She possesses an elite education, is very stubborn and inquisitive, but is most of all a big smartass.

11: What are you working on now that you can talk about?

One of the reasons I published the current book is that now I have to finish the sequel. I was over 100 pages in when I realized I needed to start over. So… wish me luck!

Purchasing:

Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004V55MO4

B&N

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/A-Highly-Technickel-Memoir/Shoshana-Sumrall-Frerking/e/2940012662224/?itm=1

Websites:

https://sites.google.com/site/shoshanasumrallfrerking/

http://www.folio-1.com

Beatrice Brusic interview

1: What is the most productive time of the day for you to write? 

The most productive time of day for me is usually the mornings but I've worked in the afternoon as well.

2: Do you start your projects writing with paper and pen or is it all on the computer?

I start my projects strictly on the computer, never pen and paper.

3: What do you draw inspiration from?

  I draw inspiration from real life, although I do have a novel that I have to revise if I ever have time between promoting my first one and finishing my second.

4: Do you set goals for yourself when you sit down to write such as word count?

I never set goals for myself as to a word count.  I find that too frustrating and intimidating.  I work while the inspiration flows and when it stops, I stop and continue the next day.

5: Are you a published or a self published author and how do you come up with your cover art?

I've always been a compulsive reader only then I didn't know that it was also the sign of a writer.  It took many years for me to actually develop the confidence to write a book and many more to finally find my voice.

6: Do you own an ebook reading device?

I do own a Kindle and I'm very happy I do.  It's a wonderful device.

7: Who are some of your favorite authors and What are you reading now?

 I'm reading Ashley Judd's memoir right now and I have many favorite authors, heading the list is Frank McCourt.

8: What do you think of book trailers and do you have any plans to have any?

I haven't tried book trailers yet but will probably do it in the near future.

9: What are you working on now that you can talk about?

I'm editting my second book "A Different Journey" which will also be a memoir.

Working on poster for READ ME a documentary

Here is the raw photo that will become the poster for my Documentary READ ME