tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31847333156437367802024-03-12T22:44:55.822-05:00KevaDOn this blog you'll find information about my latest releases, other authors' books, and random musings.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope to see you again.David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-8405944864005503262013-11-01T08:48:00.000-05:002013-11-01T08:48:04.530-05:00<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I’ve
become superb at starting stories. Mountain climbers, Sherpa guides in tow, are
gathering at the base of my Work in Progress (WIP) pile in the hope of being
the first to plant a flag on the summit. For reasons I haven’t yet fully
identified, my imagination is in overdrive, spewing out plots and characters
faster than I can keep up with them. I have a computer file titled “Random
Musings” that has grown to over fifty pages of book titles, characters complete
with accompanying traits and idiosyncrasies, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>plots and twists in a variety of genres, and
some pretty interesting endings. What I don’t have are finished books.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Obviously,
my problem isn’t the notorious ‘writer’s block.’ I’m writing every day. It
would just be nice to get beyond the first three or four chapters of something
without a new idea sprouting in my mental garden. Yesterday, I even wrote the
first chapter of a nonfiction book.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Some
might say I have the ‘shiny distraction’ syndrome, but I don’t think it’s that
either. When a new story idea hits, I have to write it down before it vanishes
like a sock in the dryer. Unfortunately, once I do that, I rarely return to the
story I was working on.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Right
now, I have no clue how to break this pattern of unfinished books begun with
the best of intentions. I suspect a locked room with intravenous feedings of
caffeine may be looming on the horizon.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This
isn’t like me. I’ve always been focused and driven. Currently, my mind is the ball
in a racquetball game. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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anyone has any solutions, realistic or not, I would love to hear them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-78790912389492783372013-09-04T10:25:00.002-05:002013-09-04T10:26:24.885-05:00A 53-word Story<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">The man resembled the scarred plank floor and the boozy, nicotine
stained air. The music started, he missed his cue, never caught up to the beat.
The song was “He Stopped Loving Her Today.” The night, the first anniversary of
his wife’s passing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">Why is it so damn hard to order more napkins?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span>David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-37470841275415425422013-08-28T09:14:00.002-05:002013-08-28T09:14:58.651-05:00DEAR K Is Out!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;">DEAR K is a fictional website devoted to making fantasies reality.<br /> This initial offering by HC Brown and myself is a trilogy of erotic short stories.<br /><br /> Lynda wants to learn to submit.<br /> Danielle wonders what an unrequited high school crush is doing now.<br /> Brianne needs revenge on the man who hurt her.<br /><br /> What they don't know is that the brooding, coffee addicted K is about to make their deepest, and even darkest, desires come true.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><br />
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David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-47334857085019907512013-08-28T09:12:00.002-05:002013-08-28T09:12:51.974-05:00ATTENTION<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Due to Noble Romance Publishing closing its doors, a number of my books are currently not available to readers. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Hopefully in the near future, I'll find these stories new homes.<br /><br /> The books not currently for sale are:<br /><br /> Out of the Closet<br /> Back in the Closet<br /> Sunday Awakening<br /> A Dance with Bogie and Bacall<br /> Desire Damned<br /> Catherine's Toys - Volumes I thru IV<br /> The Zombie with Flowers in Her HairDavid Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-21723525265080931032013-08-15T16:21:00.005-05:002013-08-15T16:21:39.375-05:00What's The Best Writing Advice You Ever Received? <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">For me, it came after a thirty-eight year writing hiatus, and
my deciding, for whatever ridiculous reason, I needed to have a book published.
Obviously, age doesn’t always pack common sense in its wrinkled baggage. I
quickly gathered enough formatted rejections that I could have conducted an
intense study rivaling many universities on the subtle differences utilized by
the majority of recognized agents and publishers in telling writers to go away.
The commonality was that none of those responses provided a clue as to what I
was doing wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">So, I figured that since I’d been rejected by the best, and
a few of the worst, why not humiliate myself further and ask one of the most
notable and respected editors in the business to take a gander at my work. To
my total amazement, he agreed. As a courtesy I won’t mention his name so he doesn’t
start receiving a flood of similar requests; not that anyone here would do
that, of course. I asked him to be frank and blunt. His frankness was a rapier;
his bluntness a circus tent stake sledge hammer. His final comment was a
suggestion that I write for personal pleasure and never allow anyone to see my writing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">I accepted the gauntlet thrown at my feet as a challenge and
opened my eyes and mind to the fact I lacked the education, the knowledge, to climb
the literary ladder. I read, and read, and read some more about how to write.
But reading doesn’t garner experience. I joined several critique groups, moving
on when they became too nice, too complimentary. I finally found one,</span> <a href="http://www.erauthors.org/" target="_blank">ERA</a><span style="color: black;">, that kept
its membership small in order to work one on one with each other, and where the
members weren’t shy about slicing and dicing, all the while sharing how I could
improve my writing. My stories have since won four legitimate awards and I
write a nationally distributed column for a news service. However, I’m not
content with my writing, and as a result I keep practicing and working to get
better at what I love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">For me, the lesson was to step back and accept that learning
is a never-ending journey and no</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4CIe95y46T4/Ug1FLdPqIeI/AAAAAAAADVg/6bssK-gfAnI/s1600/amber+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="221" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4CIe95y46T4/Ug1FLdPqIeI/AAAAAAAADVg/6bssK-gfAnI/s320/amber+blog.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;"> matter how good I think I am or can be, there
is and will always be another rung in the ladder a fingertip out of reach.
Because of that, I view everything I read and write as part of my education, a
way to hone my craft.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">By the way, that editor and I still stay in contact.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-63327971735869362372013-08-09T14:07:00.000-05:002013-08-09T14:08:11.127-05:0020th ANNUAL CALLIOPE FICTION CONTEST<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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phrase, both words mean the same; but what if you separate them?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">phrase</b>
or the word(s) “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fair</b>” or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“square”</b> in your story. But don’t lose
sight of what makes a story come alive: sharp characterizations, vivid imagery
and artistic use of language. Winners will not be separated into categories,
but entries will be compared to others within their respective genres for
judging purposes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neatness and
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: black;">All
types of fiction (including genre) accepted: this includes general
audience/mainstream; magical realism; science fiction, fantasy, light horror,
mystery, romance, or cross-genres thereof; young adult and juvenile. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NO <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">picture
books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>NO<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> explicit sexual content, excessive profanity, gory violence and/or
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entry form required. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Entry fees: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Calliope </i>member/subscribers—<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">$5</b> first entry; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">$2</b> second; next 3 entries:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">
Free</b>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Write “Member” on upper right
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</span>David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-66210261047791926152013-07-30T15:59:00.002-05:002013-07-30T16:29:03.867-05:00Zee Monodee's Latest Release: The Other Side<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;">Title:
The Other Side<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;">Series:
Book #1 in the Island Girls Trilogy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;">Author:
Zee Monodee<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;">Line:
Ubuntu (geared to African Romance)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;">Publisher:
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date: July 30, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;">Genre:
Contemporary Romance/ Romantic Comedy/ Interracial Multicultural Romance/
Bollywood<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;">Length:
272 pages<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;">Divorce paints a scarlet letter on her back when she
returns to the culture-driven society of Mauritius. This same spotlight shines
as a beacon of hope for the man who never stopped loving her. Can the second
time around be the right one for these former teenage sweethearts?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;">Indian-origin Lara Reddy left London after her husband
dumps her for a more accommodating uterus—at least, that’s what his desertion
feels like. Bumping into him and his pregnant new missus doesn’t help matters
any, and she thus jumps on a prestigious job offer. The kicker? The job is in
Mauritius, the homeland of her parents, and a society she ran away from over a
decade earlier.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;">But once there, Lara has no escape. Not from the
gossip, the contempt, the harassing matchmaking...and certainly not from the
man she hoped never to meet again. The boy she’d loved and lost—white Mauritian
native, Eric Marivaux.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;">Back when they were teens, Eric left her, and Lara
vowed she’d never let herself be hurt again. Today, they are both adults, and
facing the same crossroads they’d stood at so many years earlier.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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society. Will this be the impetus she needs to take a chance on Eric and love
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;">Stories about love, life, relationships... in a melting-pot of culture<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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and the global world, on the other there was culture and traditions. Putting up
with the culture for half of her life, one day she decided she'd stand tall on
her wall and dip toes every now and then into both sides of her
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on said wall. The realization also came that many other young women of the
world were on their own fence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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lifelong dream of writing – her heroines all sit 'on a fence', whether cultural
or societal, in today's world or in times past, and face dilemmas about life
and love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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holder in Communications Science. She is a head-over-heels wife, in-over-her-head
mum to a tween son, best-buddy-stepmum to a teenage lad, an incompetent
domestic goddess, eternal dreamer, and an absolute, shameless bookholic. When
she isn’t penning more stories and/or managing the Ubuntu line at Decadent
Publishing, you can bet you’ll find her with her nose in her tablet, ‘drinking
in’ a good book.</strong></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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The Island Girls trilogy follows the 3 Hemant sisters – Lara, Neha, Diya – over
the span of the 2000-2010 decade, chronicling the changing face of the
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hilarious quest to find Prince Charming in the sea of frogs that is Mauritius
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Book 3, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Winds of Change</i>, follows Neha
as she must come to terms with widowhood and the fact that her marriage has
always been a sham. In waltzes a man with the ability to make the perfect,
‘saintly’ widow she is burn with passion like she never suspected existed. Will
the saint turn into a sinner, or find her rightful place simply as a woman?
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David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-77813374979178463312013-07-18T13:01:00.002-05:002013-07-18T13:01:50.665-05:00A Message for Ego-Stroking Authors<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><strong>In my search for authors I might be interested in reading
and ultimately interviewing, I visit a wide variety of social media sites. As
such, I’ve been encountering some authors who openly refer to readers as ‘idiots,
dolts, and dopes who should shut up and keep their opinions to themselves.’</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Don’t get me wrong; the vast majority of authors are
fantastic people. They write because they can’t stop. Every word, every story
is a piece of these authors’ hearts and souls they gladly share with the world.
But, being human, and an avid reader, I do notice the rotten apples spoiling on
self-constructed podiums of deluded grandeur, shouting their disdain of the
readers who have yet to comprehend the author’s magnificence.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><strong>So, here’s my personal message to any author
who truly believes that stroking their ego is far more important than
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><strong>You’re an asshat.</strong></span></div>
David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-37978019172125190482013-07-11T15:05:00.000-05:002013-07-11T15:06:16.842-05:00Big Six or Big Five, Does it Really Matter? – by KevaD<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">The “Big Six” publishers are now officially the “Big
Five.” </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/opinion/book-publishings-big-gamble.html?hp&_r=0"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/opinion/book-publishings-big-gamble.html?hp&_r=0</span></a><o:p><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Does it matter? Not in my opinion. At least, not by the
way readers shop.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Times have changed, which is exactly why the Big Five are
changing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Once upon a time it was commonplace to find at the end of
a shopping aisle a revolving metal tree filled with a specific publisher’s
books. Often, paperbacks were lined in wooden bins by the publisher and genre. Those
days are gone. In the brick and mortar stores, books are housed by
genre/category for the buyers’ convenience. Who the publisher is has become
mostly irrelevant to shoppers. We only have to examine book covers to confirm
that belief. Publisher logos have been reduced to the size of footnotes, a
postage stamp advertising the delivery method if you will.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The method of shopping has changed dramatically because
of the Internet. Book covers are digital thumbnails potential buyers browse
past in their search for a good story. Even Harlequin, a once testament to
visual branding, is redesigning their covers to try and adjust to the split
second of attention they have from potential Internet buyers. Bookstores
rarely, these days, have the space to isolate a publisher’s books and now mix
them on the shelves with other publishers by genre, not the brand name. Alphabetical
listings are by the authors’ names, not the publisher.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes, there are and will always be some readers who
connect with a specific brand such as Harlequin. But the bulk of readership,
inundated by the steady supply of books hitting the digital bookshelves from
unknown and untested publishers, not to mention the self-publishing gold rush,
has relegated the publisher’s importance to a ‘second thought’ status. That said,
there is an area of reader importance publishers still hold a fingernail grasp
over – genres not yet considered mainstream.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> as gore, still tend to migrate to
publishers focused on providing high levels of editing and a ready stable of skilled
authors in a specific genre. However, as the smaller indie publishers vie for a
foothold, these indie publishers aren’t the least bit shy about expanding their
interests to swaying genre readers to their own book lists. Few “romance”
publishers now limit their inventory to strictly vanilla heterosexual tales.
They want those erotica and same sex readers, those book buyers, to give their
authors a try, too.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Young Adult (YA) and MM (men with men) books are two of
the hottest rising genres. Simply put, there’s money to be made. Wiley publishers
are quickly adjusting their strategies to accommodate those readers and
expanding their once rigid publication interests. Many MM publishers now have a
YA division. The reverse is also true. And, there’s nothing wrong with that.
Publishing is a business – a constantly shifting business still whirling in a
funnel of confusion brought on by the Internet and its endless opportunities
for entrepreneurs. To survive, publishers have to sell books, and that means
finding readers willing to invest in their product. And, due to the waterfall
of books gushing into the daily pipeline of availability, publishers have to
spread their literary nets to gather in all the potential customers they can.
The same holds true for authors. Few limit themselves to one publisher and aren’t
afraid of self-publishing should a publisher quaver on a project. Authors understand
they need to keep their own supply of books flowing to readers or risk becoming
yesterday’s news. As I said, publishing is a business, and authors depend on
the sales of their books to pay the bills.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And there it is in a nutshell. The methods of selling
books have changed. Authors have no choice but to compete by keeping their names
and books in front of readers. The publishers who understand this have kicked
their production lines into high gear in order to compete against indie
publishers and the self-publishing industry. One person, one self-published
author, can make a difference; a financial difference publishers must offer
high paying contracts to in order to corral that author’s fans.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There will, hopefully, always be those large, big-named, pie in the sky
publishers authors dream about. However, readers just aren’t that
worried about who published the book they love anymore. My generation, the one
raised with bestselling books lined up below racks of camera film at the end of
grocery store checkout lanes, is fading. New generations of readers are finding
their own way to shop utilizing the palm-held technology they are being raised
with. Where I thought my first AM portable radio was a public symbol of my growth
into puberty, there are now some teens who don’t know what AM radios were. It
is quite possible a generation that will never hold a print book in their hands
beyond curiosity at how their ancestors used to read may be a mere decade or
two away from being born.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How can publishers adjust? Some already have. Kensington
Books, a publisher I believe has yet to receive the industry respect it
deserves, has opened an e-publishing division. Even Trident Media Group, a renowned
literary agency representing authors, has opened an e-publishing division with
hundreds of books available to consumers.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Many authors, my daydreamer self included, will continue
to hold a contract with a Big Five publisher to be the holy grail of writing. For
those who achieve that perceived pinnacle of success, their author friends will
congratulate them with toasts of digital champagne. But the reality is, while we
authors continue to gravitate to publishers who can provide professional
editing, marketing and help generate sales, readers will simply ask, “When’s your
next book coming out?”.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Welcome to the future.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">By the way…. HC Brown and I recently signed a contract
with Steam EReads, a romance publisher located in Australia, to publish our co-written
erotic romance trilogy DEAR K. We’re really excited about this partnering and
hope readers will be too. Look for DEAR K this August.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><a href="http://steamereads.com.au/">http://steamereads.com.au/</a></o:p></span></div>
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David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-26139577035971613082013-07-05T09:06:00.000-05:002013-07-05T09:07:19.987-05:00A Not So Random Musing<span style="color: black;">I'm officially fed up with authors who believe they live on a golden mountain and the only purpose readers serve is to keep that mountain growing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">The majority of authors I've encountered are kind, wonderful people, just like the readers. Then there are those who think readers should swallow whatever the author decides to feed them, and the readers should fork over their money and shut up until the next book.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Readers deserve no less than the best work an author can produce. Anything less is disrespectful.</span>David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-49653243470309822972013-06-19T07:03:00.000-05:002013-06-19T07:03:03.076-05:00We Pulled Sea Games, Night Games, and Jungle Games from Sales Points. Sorry.<span style="color: black;">The Game Play series of erotic romance stories is no longer available to readers. HC Brown, my coauthor, and I apologize for this inconvenience. The stories are currently being considered by a new publisher and will hopefully be back in readers' hands very soon.</span>David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-78969789599206584102013-06-08T09:42:00.002-05:002013-06-08T09:42:18.497-05:00Random Musing<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The fact the signers of the Constitution didn’t include a ‘common
sense should apply’ clause proves their inability to see into the future. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-28537472522491615972013-05-09T09:11:00.000-05:002013-05-09T09:11:38.582-05:00KILLER GIRLFRIEND; THE JODI ARIAS STORY – An Instant Book, An Instant Success<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">KILLER GIRLFRIEND is an in depth day by day portrayal of the
Jodi Arias trial. Written by Brian Skoloff, edited by Josh Hoffner, and published by Waterfront Digital Press the book
includes lots of information about Travis Alexander and Arias before the
fateful day of Travis’s brutal murder. The book is well done, concise, and
definitely interesting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">I have to admit to more than a degree of seat squirming that
this book was released even before the jury’s verdict was read, and modified
once the verdict was handed down. Judging by a couple of reviewers comments, I
wasn’t alone in that discomfort.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Brian Skoloff was in the courtroom for every minute of the
trial. He wrote the book, and Josh edited, as the trial progressed. It was only
a matter of writing the last few pages and using today’s technology in order to
make the book immediately accessible to readers once the trial ended. And I
think that’s my real discomfort factor – technology.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Skoloff and Hoffner did an outstanding job putting this
story together. Folks interested in Travis Alexander’s murder should definitely
buy the book. But, back to my shoulder shudders.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Technology allows us to view the world in all its instant
magnificence and horror. Livestream and videos uploaded within seconds of an
event can be found almost anywhere on the Internet. The world is literally just
a keyboard away now. KILLER GIRLFRIEND just happens to be the first time this
same technology has been used to produce a book about a crime that captured the
public’s interest. It won’t be the last.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">KILLER GIRLFRIEND is a well written, quality book. That may
or may not continue to be the primary concern as writers and publishers line up
for future opportunities to be the first book published on a subject that enthralls
the public. Our appetites have now been whetted. We will be expecting instant
gratification from now on instead of having to wait weeks or months for the
books to hit the shelves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">Good or bad, the tide has changed, the page has turned. We
can only hope quality doesn’t become a casualty in the race for readers’
dollars.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span>David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-23195977960956478162013-04-24T06:07:00.000-05:002013-04-24T06:07:00.339-05:00Ellie Heller and A Matter of Fate<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
<span style="color: red;">I want to first congratulate my friend Ellie Heller on her latest release. Now, I'll introduce her:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times New Roman;">Ellie and I have been friends for several years. We met in a critiquing group, and she was always encouraging me with kindness and honesty. Ellie's a nice lady. She really is, and I am so happy to see this particular book be published because I saw parts of it in the early days.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Times New Roman;">So, without further ado, here's the talented, generous, and all around nice gal, Ellie Heller.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Hi David! Thanks so much for letting me come and hang out.
Nice, comfy couch you've got here. Ooh, and lots of rings from too hot mugs on
the coffee table. You get a lot of great visitors here.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">My story, A Matter of Fate – which David saw a couple of
different iterations of – came out April 22. It's about a full elf woman, Mona,
who finds out her best friend has a death spell on her and her job guarding both
elves and mortals from misused magic is a lot more complicated than she was
told. Totally doesn't help that her mentor/boss is mysteriously silent on it
all. To top everything off, she meets her sexy shifter mate. He's a distraction
from work she will not succumb to, no matter how much he says he's fighting the
attraction too. </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">A question I often get is where I got the idea for the
story. And I typically respond that this story is an outcropping from another
novel I wrote set in the same 'world'. Then expend on how my first effort,
filled with backstory, long descriptive passages of how magic worked, and
detailed dialog on non relevant topics will never see the light of day. </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">But then I thought, why not share the very first germination
of the story? I know if I read my response, I'd be curious about the
never-to-see-light-of-day novel. </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">So here you go, the very first bit I ever wrote in the world
that I created for A Matter of Fate. This very first draft is quite a bit
different than even the later completed version – this has more of a chic-lit
feel, I even titled it Elves in Suburbia (which I still love as a title!). Oh,
and this character isn't Mona, it's someone else entirely. Needless to say this
is rough, no copy editor's been through this bit.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">The change of tone of
the radio announcers dragged me out of my slumber. I was on the Lazy boy,
working on a sun renewal session in the feeble late afternoon sun. As I became
more awake the gist of the catastrophe filtered through the remnants of my
dreams.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">“We are receiving
reports that one of the Erie Shore wind turbines has collapsed onto the Route
Five freeway causing major damage.”</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">The rest did not sink
in right away. My first sleepy thought was 'too far away to use to hide my
leaving'. I really needed to shake the ever-annoying Agent Hynson and disappear
soon.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">As I listened more,
the extent of the damage and the potential lives lost became clearer. I truly
felt guilty about my first reaction. Yes, I know, there is a common
misperception that elves do not have feelings. All hooey. It is part of a
female elf's nature to help people, it really is; I just had other, pressing
things on my not quite awake mind. The dreams that had been holding me down in
my slumber contributed to my urgency to leave.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">I paced and awaited
more reports, even going so far as to turn on the television, which I simply
deplore but accept as a necessity. The tone became more frantic as reporters
hit the scene. Severe weather hampered the rescue effort. A plan formulated in
my mind. I still had my Red Cross badge from helping during Katrina, I could be
there in forty five minutes if I cut a few corners. I would help, which I fully
planned to do anyway, my energies were thrumming in reaction, and at the same
time assuage my guilt for my uncharitable first thought. Once done, I could use
the event to disappear. Everyone would benefit, the best type of plan.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">An emergency bag was
packed; I only needed to add seasonal accoutrements and my spare Russian army
snowsuit. As soon as I was done, I made two phone calls. The first was to
Randal. He and his crew would empty the place and hold everything until I told
them where to forward it. I could have had him do it before I left and taken
the dimensional warp bags myself, but I didn’t want to wait. Plus I’d have to
unload everything at the other end without help, always a bit tricky when you couldn't
tell the size of what would come out. </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">The second call was to
my dear old thorn in the side Hynson. I’d picked up the habit of calling him to
let him know when I flitted off somewhere and thus lessen the annoyance he
caused in my life. Neighbors and coworkers do not look kindly upon being pulled
out of their daily lives and questioned regarding my whereabouts. Sometimes for
hours. Okay only once did that happen, when I went to help during Katrina,
which is outside of my region. Not that Hynson would take my word on where I’d
gone. He’d still check, but at other end, and not disrupt my home life. It was
an uneasy, if complacent, truce.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">On his voice mail I
duly recorded I was going to the turbine collapse site and I expected to be
there for the next day or two. I didn’t add when I planned to be back home,
since I didn’t want to lie to him. Not that I can’t, another elfin myth which
is full of hot air, it is just so much easier to omit information.</span></i><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">I do admit, I found I could not keep up the tone and quickly
switched to third person, so there isn't much written in that style, fun as it
is for me to read now. </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">As I wrote more and developed the world and magic system and
how the groups interacted, well, it's just too much to keep in, and even more
to edit out. Instead I stepped sideways and wrote about the same events from a
different point of view.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Just for kicks, here's the same 'scene' in A Matter of Fate:</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">With no way for her
to get off the overpass in time, she needed the protection her car afforded.
Counting seconds, as if she had a clue when the blade would hit, she hurried
back to her car as fast as she dared on the slipp</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span>ery slope, worried
she wouldn’t make it </span>in time. As she climbed in, the road shuddered,
rocking the chassis. She turned off the engine.</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">The sound of nails
scraping a blackboard magnified a hundredfold shrieked out as the tip ground
against the concrete. Covering her ears, Mona leaned into the steering wheel.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">The barren stretch
of road where the skyway leveled out imploded under the impact. The concrete
tumbled, and the cars rose and fell as the skyway buckled.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">The car ahead of
Mona was hit by the car in front of it as the sedan slid back. Mona sat back up
and crossed her arms in front of her face a moment before her airbag exploded.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Fuck, that hurt.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">The car swayed along
with the overpass, but her section remained aloft. As the jostling slowed, the
airbag deflated and she could see again.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">The blade stuck
straight up in the dusk tinted sky, the road on either side gone.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span>If she hadn’t sent the Jeep
careening across the road, and there hadn’t already been a </span>snarl-up,
more cars would have been on the collapsed section.</i></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Cambria;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-family: Cambria;">
So very different, and not just because of the change from first person to
third, the person is there, not just hearing about it on the radio. Action,
baby!</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Now, I admit I often struggle quite a bit with where to
start the story. This is the only instance, though, where the struggle wasn't
just where to start, but with whom to start and where in the story line I should
be. I hope I've gotten it right. Only time will tell.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">A Matter of Fate was released by Crimson Romance on April 22
and is available from Amazon,</span></div>
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ITunes, Kobo and Barnes & Noble. </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></o:p><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Someone is setting death-spells targeting
mortals and elf blood alike. With her mentor out of commission, it’s up to
half-trained Warder Mona Lisa Kubrek to stop the magic. Despite being told
repeatedly her job is to nullify spells and not go after the source, too many
people are at risk for her to not track the spell-caster down. Even meeting a
sexy half-elf shifter won’t distract her from her goal.</span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Except Cart Dupree is fully trained and has
the team to search for the evildoer, so she’d be stupid to not use his
expertise. Stupid is something she can’t afford to be, not with her enemy’s
henchmen after her. Later she’ll deal with Cart and his questions about her
special abilities and the non-standard training her mentor has given her. Right
now, they need to unravel where the magician is, and who he is, before he
builds enough power to decimate them all.</span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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</span>David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-48075195175478596472013-04-05T07:25:00.003-05:002013-04-05T07:25:47.933-05:00Life<span style="color: black;">My wife left me...</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"> ...to go the store...</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"> ...which means she'll return.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Life is filled with peaks and valleys.</span>David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-23092166324293294812013-04-05T06:48:00.000-05:002013-04-05T06:48:05.385-05:00LifeWoke up to the furnace roaring and clattering like a diesel truck starting. I really hope the beast is just in a foul mood and settles down. Can't afford the repairs right now. *shrug* Thank heaven the weather's finally turning warm.David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-46570717300103055542013-02-13T16:10:00.002-06:002013-02-13T16:10:45.974-06:00Jungle Games - by HC Brown and KevaD<span style="color: black;">Yay! My, our, latest novella is now available.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">JUNGLE GAMES</span>, Book Three of the Game Play series.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: black;">Insecure Karin Orth agrees to an erotic seafaring vacation with her fiancé in the hope they can reduce the growing list of problems in their troubled relationship. Unfortunately, the bevy of gorgeous, slender women onboard the Brazilian based schooner only serves to shrivel her confidence further. Her fiancé’s sudden obsession with threesomes and foursomes doesn’t float her boat either.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span> Smuggler, thief, and pirate Miguel Arelo is a dangerous man. Few know he upholds the ancient tribal beliefs of gods and goddesses. The moment he lays eyes on the voluptuous Karin Orth, he is convinced the gods have bequeathed him a treasure beyond imagination. Now, all he has to do is claim his prize. The fact she isn’t interested in him is a small matter a simple midnight kidnapping can resolve. Well, that and an Incan altar of decadent, sexual torment secreted deep in the Amazon rainforest. And ropes….</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><strong>Semper Fae: Endangered Fae 3 by Angel Martinez</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Zack thought he had a strange job before. Working as a Marine medic in a
secret government installation was odd, but working as a human liaison
to the fae and as the personal assistant to a sidhe prince is downright
bizarre. Throw in the fact that he's pretty damn sure he's fallen in
love with his boss, and things are close to unmanageable.<br />
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Of course, around the fae, a man learns never to say 'things can't
possibly get any worse.' Unexplained events have begun to plague the
human world. Strange sightings, spontaneous explosions of magic, and odd
bends in reality crop up. When Finn falls terribly ill and a monstrous
creature attacks Zack one night, things quickly slide into disaster.
Lycanthropy, loose-cannon mages, and Lugh conspire to make a hellish
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><strong>Arresting Love by Silvia Violet</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Billy Lawson is jealous. Every day he watches his boss, Cole, and his
boss's lover, Jonah, prove again and again how deeply in love they are.
Billy's never had a real relationship, and he didn't believe true love
existed until Cole proved otherwise. Now, he longs for what Cole and
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When he meets Levi, a scared, wounded shifter who needs his help, he
ignores the chemistry that flares between them, thinking he'd be taking
advantage of Levi at a vulnerable time in his life. Before Levi can
convince Billy they were made for each other, his past catches up to
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><strong>Miami Sizzle by Sara York</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Landing a dream job—personal assistant to the hottest celebrity in the
South—in a dream city—Miami Beach—should put Chuck Pinkerton on the road
to the good life, but Chuck is convinced he’s cursed. When the latest
catastrophe happens and his apartment burns down, he’s left homeless.<br />
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When his oven explodes out of his apartment window, landing on Chuck’s
car, Chuck knows it’s no use fighting the curse any longer. He’s ready
to give up until Garner Miller reaches out and snatches him out of his
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Garner’s all about helping others—as a fireman, he’s been pulled into
some strange situations—but getting to know a hot guy who thinks he’s
cursed is more of a challenge than he expects it to be. He’s ready to
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><strong>Candy G. by C. Zampa</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">What kind of man drives a bulletproof Mercedes and carries a
high-powered pistol in the glove compartment along with his boyhood
teddy bear? Candy G does, that’s who. Once the exclusive attorney for
the most powerful drug lord in San Antonio, he turned his back on Teirso
Flores and walked away. But at what price?<br />
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Moving on with his life despite the threat of Teirso’s revenge, Candy
meets gorgeous, streetwise Carlos Alvarez, and thus begins a passionate
love affair rife with danger, secrets, and specters from the past that
just won’t let go. When truths are revealed, will the one thing that
brought their worlds together be the test that strengthens their love or
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><strong>Trusting Trent by E.M. Leya</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Trent and Sheldon have been best friends since elementary school. The
two of them have shared almost everything through the years. Two friends
couldn't be closer, or so they thought. When events force Trent to move
in with Sheldon and his family, the two boys find there is a side to
their friendship they have never dared explore. As life pulls them
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sometimes even through the darkest moments, love can be standing right
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<br />David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-64824491399805738122013-01-22T13:19:00.000-06:002013-01-22T13:20:52.448-06:00Author Angel Martinez - One Book is Not EnoughThere are authors whom readers just can't get enough of, and Angel Martinez is one.<br />
Her latest release is SEMPER FAE, the third book in the Endangered Fae Series. Each novel is a standalone following a fae theme.<br />
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Angel writes tight plots, strong romance, and memorable characters. Sit back and enjoy.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="position: relative;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">SEMPER FAE </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="position: relative;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Zack thought he had a strange job before. Working as a Marine medic in a secret government installation was odd, but working as a human liaison to the fae and as the personal assistant to a sidhe prince is downright bizarre. Throw in the fact that he's pretty damn sure he's fallen in love with his boss, and things are close to unmanageable. <br /><br />Of course, around the fae, a man learns never to say 'things can't possibly get any worse.' Unexplained events have begun to plague the human world. Strange sightings, spontaneous explosions of magic, and odd bends in reality crop up. When Finn falls terribly ill and a monstrous creature attacks Zack one night, things quickly slide into disaster. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Lycanthropy, loose-cannon mages, and Lugh conspire to make a hellish mess out of things - but the real peril begins when Diego loses an important piece of his mind. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-61168871795566326142013-01-21T10:09:00.000-06:002013-01-21T10:09:07.356-06:00Thanks for Thinking of Me -- Not!<span style="color: black;">I'm not anti-gun. I'm anti idiots with guns. I believe the privilege to own and carry a firearm should require more than the ability to breathe. Starting my day with an email of how that automatically means I don't care if "you or your family members are raped, robbed and murdered by violent criminals" doesn't change my mind, it only reinforces my opinion.</span>David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-89221695309221723542013-01-08T19:42:00.002-06:002013-01-08T19:45:10.214-06:00Warriors' Wife by Evanne Lorraine<span style="color: black;">My friend Evanne Lorraine's sexy futuristic story Warriors' Wife is set to be released Jan 11th. Here's a peek.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: black;">Book two in the Seduction Mission series.</span></i><br />
<span style="color: black;">One of few women left on post-pandemic Earth, Tori travels west to help build
a better future. On her journey a team of cyborgs capture her, knowing she is
the key to change the course of history. A triad of mech warriors destined to be
her mates arrives from the future just in time to save her, offering their
protection. With no real choice, she accepts and the three men set out to win
her heart.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">The passion between the four is explosive, and the seductive mechs’ campaign
succeeds. She falls in love with each man, surrendering her body, heart and
soul. But a new cyborg team lies in wait for a chance to snatch Tori. When that
opportunity arrives, she is taken, and her lovers are punished, forbidden
contact with the woman they love—their rebellion punishable by death. But love
dictates they track her to ensure her safety. Once again, the future invades the
present, threatening to execute her triad. Only Tori can save her mates.</span><br />
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Visit <a href="http://evannelorraine.com/" target="_blank">Evanne</a> David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-77627553338522541682012-12-19T09:22:00.000-06:002012-12-19T09:22:02.813-06:00Night Games - by HC Brown and KevaD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="blurblong"><span style="color: black;">Joe Harrison’s attraction to the young, handsome part-owner of Bowers’ Beautiful Excursions has become an obsession. His purchase of a sailboat, and need for a skilled captain, gives him the opportunity to spend some time alone with the elusive Dazz.<br /><br />Although sailing a brand-new schooner through pirate infested waters isn’t Dazz’s idea of fun, his desire to know Joe more intimately overrides his caution.<br /><br />Hijacked by pirates and forced to flee into the jungle, they must overcome all obstacles and fight to recover the vessel. Will their fragile relationship survive the bittersweet trials to come?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Joe Harrison stared down the long, bleached wooden walkway
beside the marina to the graceful man working on the schooner’s deck. A gust of
wind tumbled the dark blond hair, streaked from long days at sea. The Rio de
Janeiro sun glistened over his sweat-soaked body, tanned to a golden brown. His
gaze drifted across the distance to the handsome, chiseled face he knew so well.
He visualized the man’s blue expressive eyes and the fullness of his lips. He
longed to nibble the day-old stubble on his chin and flick his tongue in the
corners of his smile.</span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Joe tilted his head back and closed his eyes, overwhelmed
with an ache to sink his fingers into the silky mass falling to the young man’s
shoulders. He inhaled. The smell of seaweed mixed with the ocean’s brine drifted
through the window. His mind went back to their earlier meeting. Dazz’s
preference for expensive French cologne, its citrus fragrance mingled with his
natural musk, both surprised Joe and drove him crazy with the need to bury his
nose in the man’s neck.</span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Joe leaned a shoulder against the window frame and watched
Dazz secure the rigging with the skill of many years at sea. His cut-off jeans
displayed strong thighs and the way the frayed fabric molded to his muscular
ass—God! Joe chuckled and swiped at his mouth. The man had become an obsession.
Joe gripped the window ledge.</span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">The guy made him hard with one glance of his sapphire eyes.
Joe bit his bottom lip. Their lingering handshake earlier upon meeting invaded
his mind. The warmth of Dazz’s callused hand and the way his long fingers,
burnished by the sun, curled around his palm. Joe groaned. His balls throbbed at
the thought of the man’s rough thumb circling his cockhead.</span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Joe shook his head to clear the image of Dazz stretched out
naked on his bed. Did he have a snowflake’s chance in hell with the young guy?
Sure, they got on well enough together. How often had he discussed the latest
soccer game with Dazz? Okay, so they had sports in common but little else.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">With a sigh, Joe contemplated the situation. For a start,
Dazz had to be five years his junior. The man of his dreams lived in a different
world and had a different class of friends. What chance did he have to fit in
Dazz’s “live every day like it’s your last” attitude toward life?</span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">He ran a hand over the small dog tucked under his arm and
chewed on his bottom lip. As much as he wanted to run off into the sunset with
Dazz, he had a business to run and people who depended on him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">As if the man had read his thoughts, Dazz lifted his head
and flashed a brilliant smile in Joe’s direction. Without a second thought, Joe
smiled and returned the man’s wave. His face grew hot. <i>Damn, he knows I’ve
been watching him.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">His idea to become a minor partner in Bowers’ Bountiful
Excursions had become a financial windfall. The job had benefits as well. His
work marketing the company kept him in contact with Dazz on a regular basis.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Joe pursed his lips. Dazz was a free spirit. He ran with
the wind. Tying him down would be like putting an eagle in a cage. The sea was
in the young man’s blood.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">There had been a buzz between them from the start.
Although, to his chagrin, Dazz had remained as elusive as a butterfly—a very
sexy butterfly. Joe wet his lips. <i>That gorgeous man is out of my
league.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“Harrison, are you drooling over Dazz again?” Patrice
Bowers slipped her hand through his arm.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Joe patted her long, slim fingers. “Darling, he has me in
the palm of his hand. The trouble is I don’t think I’m his type.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“You don’t work for Daddy now.” She ruffled his hair. “You
need to relax, grow your hair, and lose the suit. He likes you. But I know for a
fact, Dazz hates society types.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Turning away from the window, he led Patrice to a chair. He
slid his hip on the edge of the office table. “My business is flourishing and I
have clients coming out of the woodwork. I have a position in life, Patrice. In
fact, I <i>like</i> who I am and what I’ve achieved. Sure, I’m attracted to
Dazz, but I’ll find myself a man sooner or later.” He grinned. “Don’t worry
about my love life.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“You can’t fool me.” Patrice eyed him critically. “But far
be it for me to intrude.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Joe laughed. “Ah, well, I can dream.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“Dazz has worked with Brian for a long time. Please don’t
do anything to cause a problem in the company.” Patrice drummed her fingernails
on the desk. “You know, a sour love affair isn’t good for business.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“What and ruin my investment?” Joe ran a hand through his
hair. “Not a chance.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Bowers’ Bountiful Excursions ran a romantic cruise service
for couples from Sao Conrado, Rio’s upscale southern district. Joe knew Dazz’s
commitment to his partner in the business, Brian Bowers, was one of long
standing. Joe believed his luck had changed for the better the day Bowers
married socialite, Patrice Lampton.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">How many years had Joe cared for Patrice as personal
bodyguard and mother confessor? Ten? Life had been normal before Bowers emerged
from the sea like Poseidon with a schooner named after Patrice. Joe doubted
anyone could resist such a declaration of devotion.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“When are you moving into your new office?” Patrice
inclined her head.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“Yesterday.” Joe winked. “My personal assistant is holding
down the fort.”</span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">“Oh! And a personal assistant too. What’s he like?” She
leaned toward him. “Sexy as hell, I bet.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“Spectacular, darling. But unfortunately, he has a
boyfriend.” Joe glanced out the window. “Although, I think my tastes have moved
to the more rugged type of late.”</span></div>
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This action/suspense novella is the second of the Grimsley Journals series and is set in London and Chernobyl, Ukraine in 1978.<br />
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Both Iron Curtain Meltdown and Eyes to Die For were inspired by events I lived. "Inspired." They're fiction. =)<br />
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When Army Specialist Lewis Stepka visits London's Speaker’s Corner, the last thing he
expects to find is Svita Noskov pleading for help. He has enough of his own
demons to fight. Still, he can’t deny his interest in the beautiful, slightly
eccentric Russian.<br /><br />He discovers Svita’s father works as an engineer in a
nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, Ukraine, where he claims a disaster will occur
if no one intercedes. The CIA wants whatever information the engineer holds, but
in the Cold War, sharing isn’t on Russia’s agenda.<br /><br />Lewis’s attraction to
Svita leads him to a plan a reunion for father and daughter. A dangerous mission
that he might be able to pull off because of a unique ability that can aid him
in rescuing the engineer from the secure facility.<br /><br />Still, double crossing
the CIA might not be a good idea. But Svita isn’t like any woman Lewis has ever
known, and the heart can lead a man where common sense fears to tread.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">When your partner stares up at you with a death ray beaming out
of glazed eyes, flared nostrils, and gritted teeth from the bed you have tied
them on, and snarls, “Put it in me, NOW!”, it is safe to assume no further foreplay is required.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span>David Kentner -- KevaDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13610954030738057745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184733315643736780.post-58239466897898092152012-10-12T22:38:00.004-05:002012-10-16T21:28:44.904-05:00Alphas<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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enjoy creating strong characters, male and female.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.kevad.net/my-books.html" target="_blank">Sea Games</a></i>, <span style="color: black;">Brian Bowers is a man bent
on revenge. Patrice broke his heart. Now, he wants to balance the scales. When Patrice’s
father, a wealthy international businessman unaccustomed to not getting his
way, intervenes, Brian has to step up his game or lose at love.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> <span style="color: black;">And, Brian doesn't like losing. What Alpha does?</span></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.kevad.net/my-books.html" target="_blank">Eyes to Die</a></span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black;">has Dorn Wheeler.
The story was inspired by events I lived in Amman, Jordan during a security
operation I was part of. Dorn’s a no nonsense guy who is used to using women,
until he meets his match in Haneen.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">For
me though, the real Alpha is Charlie Harris, a WWII combat veteran in</span> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://whistlepass.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Whistle Pass</a></i>. <span style="color: black;">Charlie just wants to be
left alone. But, when a quiet, invisible life is ripped out from under him, and
the one person he cares about is hurt, Charlie doesn’t hesitate to go after the
people responsible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Whistle Pass is only available in pdf. Sorry. The winner will have their choice of different formats for Sea Games.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;">To be eligible, you do need to leave a comment including your email address and which book you would like to win. My random comment selector, aka my wife, will chose two numbers, and those
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">The blog hop has <b>THREE </b>grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog
and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter
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<span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">2nd Grand Prize: A $130 Amazon or B&N
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