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Why I DON'T write historical fiction

By Deborah Raney - January 24, 2011

While I love to read historical novels, I've only written one, a novella. (Had it been a full-length historical, I'd still be asking for extensions on my deadline!) The only thing that experience accomplished was to convince me I'd best stick to writing contemporary. Why? Oh, let me count the ways... My first sentence of my first draft of "Circle of Blessings"––set in 1864...

Online Affairs: AKA Facebook Affairs

By Joe Beam - January 6, 2011

Yesterday I talked with another wife emotionally involved with an old boyfriend she bumped into online on Facebook. No surprise there. Every month couples enroll in our workshop for marriages in crisis because one of them – usually the wife – became emotionally and/or physically enmeshed with someone found on one of the social networking sites. Before you lecture me about...

By Riku Campo - January 4, 2011

I love the Holiday Season, and who doesn't: it is the perfect time to sit down/lay down and relax...and read some books that maybe you never had time to finish to the end.It is important to remember to have some time to yourself, too..In this very fastgoing world we often forget to give some quality time to ourselves and that's why the Holiday Season is for: to let yourself to...

Feng Shui in the bathroom cabinet...yes!

By Riku Campo - January 4, 2011

Why not to start the year of 2011 to arrange your bathroom cabinet and really check out what skin care and makeup products you need and which ones should be in the garbage...any products that are older than 18 months you should throw away. This is a real feng shui for your bathroom cabinets! You have no idea how many old shampoo bottles, face creams, lipsticks and mascaras...

Feng Shui in the bathroom cabinet...yes!

By Riku Campo - January 4, 2011

Why not to start the year of 2011 to arrange your bathroom cabinet and really check out what skin care and makeup products you need and which ones should be in the garbage...any products that are older than 18 months you should throw away. This is a real feng shui for your bathroom cabinets! You have no idea how many old shampoo bottles, face creams, lipsticks and mascaras...

Interviews on Fox News

By Walid Phares - January 4, 2011

On Imus on the Coming Revolution: "The surge by weak people against the Jihadists is coming, we need to help them" Professor Walid Phares on Imus in the Morning on Fox News Business Channel on his new book the Coming Revolution, Struggle for Freedom inthe Middle East: "The surge by weak people, moms, workers, NGOs, artists and others against the Jihadists and authoritarians is...

Under The Paw Guest Cat Of The Month For November

By Tom Cox - December 17, 2010

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By Donald McRae - December 17, 2010

Donald McRae was born near Johannesburg in South Africa. Based in England since 1984, he has written six non-fiction books which have featured legendary trial lawyers, heart surgeons, sex workers and sporting icons. He has twice won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. He is the current UK Sports Interviewer of the Year for his work in The Guardian and he also...

John Peel's Shed

By John Osborne - December 17, 2010

In 2002 I won a competition on JohnPeel's Radio 1 show. My prize was a box of records from his shed,delivered to my student flat in Norwich by two nice men. Straight away I delved intothe collection, there were albums and seven inch singles and I spenthours with my headphones on, sat cross-legged by my record player,listening to artists as diverse as Screaming Lord Sutch, a...

Book received in the Arab media

By Walid Phares - December 13, 2010

To Free Iraq: "Iraq's chapter in the Coming Revolution will influence future democracy in the region" Professor Walid Phares to Free Iraq: "Iraq's chapter in my new book 'the Coming Revolution' shows the influence of Iraq's experiment will have on the future democracy in the region." [ Visit Website ] Dec 2, 2010, 15:43 On Iraq al Hur: "Iran, Lebanon, Sudan and the...

Book Campaign begins in the Media: Chats with Imus, Kilmeade and Hunt

By Walid Phares - December 13, 2010

To Fox News on "The Coming Revolution": "We need to partner with Iran's civil society against the regime" Professor Walid Phares to Fox News Live on his new book "The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in the Middle East": "We need to partner with Iran's civil society, its women, workers, students and minorities against the regime, its Pasdaran and Ayatollahs."...

FREE BOOKS because UGH!

By Jennifer Echols - November 29, 2010

5 chances to win 1 of my books! US only please. Just guess what I took out of FORGET YOU and post a comment on the new blog, YA Outside the Lines: http://yaoutsidethelines.blogspot.com/2010/11/free-books-because-ugh.html

A Wonderful Publication

By Carol Rivers - November 26, 2010

I am so delighted with East End Angel's publication and feel I must share my delight with readers, as it's you who have given ANGEL such a welcome into this world. Within the first few days of publication, ANGEL came in at number 2 on Asda's shelves, number 4 on the Bookseller's Heatseeker chart and 39 with the Bookscan Paperback chart. I've been keeping an eye on the Amazon...

Coming Up for Air

By Mary Hogan - November 23, 2010

I've been writing like a mad woman...barely seeing the light of day. What's going on in the world??

A Race in "Middle Earth"

By Walid Phares - November 22, 2010

Since the end of the Ottoman Empire, through the many conflicts of the Twentieth Century, the Middle East and North Africa have undergone two countervailing trends: the rise of authoritarian regimes and radical political groups, and the growth of resistance movements struggling against them for greater autonomy. In my new book, The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in the...

Happy Birthday East End Angel

By Carol Rivers - November 15, 2010

This morning I woke to a breakfast launch of EAST END ANGEL. I knew it was going to be a special day, but it was simply magical; scrambled eggs, a glass of bubbly and a wonderful email to say that Angel is sitting at Number 2 in the paperback chart slot in all ASDA stores across the country. I felt so grateful for everything - for just being here to tell my stories, for I...

East End Angel and Publication Day

By Carol Rivers - November 12, 2010

Just a few days to go until the paperback release of EAST END ANGEL. Always with tension in the air, countdowns are incredibly exciting. This year, even more so, because Simon&Schuster have given the Rivers brand a make-over; new style title, jacket cover and together with Facebook and Twitter a whole new readership. It’s great to have so much interest, to be able...

Looking forward for the release of "The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in the Middle East"

By Walid Phares - November 11, 2010

I am looking forward for the release of my new forthcoming book, The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in the Middle East, in December 2010. A Contribution to the so many efforts, struggles and sufferings of millions of men and women in the Greater Middle East to create the historic change needed for freedom to prevail.. Iraqi women voting Afghani women voting Today I...

Why did you write The Lost Kings?

By Bruno Hare - October 21, 2010

Initially, I decided to write a book to see if I could. I’d often thought about it, and the time came for me to sit down and do it. Once I had made that decision, I knew that if I were ever to complete it I needed to write a book that I would want to read myself. I have been a fan of the Adventure genre throughout my life. Kipling, Rider Haggard, Conan Doyle, Stevenson – I...

Trials and Tribulations

By Michael Jecks - October 19, 2010

My daughter has started to ask when we can decorate our bedroom. How thoughtful, you may think. No.We started our version of the Forth Bridge eight years ago. It was a major undertaking for us. My wife and I did as much as we could, and Cairan did much of the woodwork, Martin the plumbing, and Okehampton Glass renewed our doors and windows – but after all that had begun, there...

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