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Book Review – Mini Farming: A Beginners Guide

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Mini Farming: A Beginners Guide to Homesteading & Being Self Sufficient With Organic Gardening [Kindle Edition]

Andrew Owens (Author)

5 Star Review – Mini Farming: A Beginners Guide to Homesteading & Being Self Sufficient With Organic Gardening.

As a youth, I worked for a man named Ernie Vemon. He owned a large field of several acres complete with a spring-filled quarry owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad. In these fields, he grew everything from green onions to pumpkins. He took advantage of the many kids in the area by paying us $2.50 after school, and a whole $5.00 to work his fields on Saturday. We planted, hoed, picked, and admired his teenage daughters lack of modesty as she bent over and showed us her…anyway, we worked hard. At home, my mother had her garden and I worked it to produced delicious tomatoes, strawberries, and rhubarb. Since then adult responsibility left me with little time to get my fingers dirty.  

When I saw this book, I had to look inside and see what it is all about. Andrew Owens details in easy to follow steps all you need to know about Organic Gardening. He will show you step by step how to choose the right piece of ground, till the soil, and prepare it, how to make rows, and what to plant and when. He will even take you through Livestock Raising if you have the room. As I read this, I was reminded of the days of my youth and I got that old urge to feel the soil in my hands and grow my own food, chemical free.

Blood will soothe the beast…satisfy its lust. Deny it and it will consume you all!

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Sword and Sorcery: Empire of the Worm: An Epic Fantasy Adventure of Sword and Sorcery and Occult Horror: Volume Two: Adult Sorcery Fantasy [Kindle Edition]

Jack Conner (Author)

The conclusion to the two-part “Empire of the Worm” sword & sorcery saga.

In the glorious empire of Qazradan, the youngest son of the Emperor seems to have it all — youth, ability, intelligence — and he’s poised on the brink of a great destiny. Not only that, but his family seems ideal, the perfect royal family — not oppressive but nurturing to their empire, almost democratic. But the royal family has a dark secret, and after Davril proves himself with a military victory over a minor rival, his father decides to reveal the family’s secret ahead of time. Davril had been meant to learn it at sixteen, but instead he’ll learn it at fifteen. Would the extra year of maturation have made a difference? One thing is certain — everything is about to change, and not for the better.

When Davril learns the hideous secret at the heart of the empire, that a great, otherworldly being must be given a regular human sacrifice — worse, that it must be Davril’s beloved who dies and he himself who wields the blade, Davril takes drastic and bloody action.

When that happens, the wheels of fate begin to turn. The great and awful being that was supposed to be appeased is now wrathful, and its absence and unwillingness to help Qazradan opens the empire — and the world — up to strange new horrors. For the being had been keep OTHER entities at bay, even darker and more terrible, and with it gone they descend upon the world.

The worst of them all, their supreme deity, is the one known as the Worm, and somehow Davril must prevent its coming, or at least its dominion, but how can he with the empire collapsing into chaos and a vicious cult out for his blood?

This is Part Two of two. Find Part One of the Sword & Sorcery Adventure here . . .

. . . in the US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007MB7BRU

. . . in the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007MB7BRU

Or buy the Box Set edition here . . .

. . . in the US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J19FMGS

. . . in the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00J19FMGS

˃˃˃ This is a sword and sorcery tale of triumph, tragedy, bloodshed and horror, as Davril seeks to reverse what he’s done and prevent Qazradan from becoming . . . the Empire of the Worm.

People who love “Weird Tales”, the works of Robert E. Howard, horror fiction, epic fantasy, dark fantasy, epic battle fantasy, epic war fantasy, sword and sorcery, H. P. Lovecraft, and other weird fiction writers are likely to enjoy “Empire of the Worm: Two One (of Two)”. It’s sword and sorcery adventure with a dose of horror.

˃˃˃ Check out the “Click to Look Inside” section to get started reading. (Includes sample of “Nightmare City: a Post-Steampunk Lovecraft Adventure” at the end.

˃˃˃ Keywords: sword and sorcery, action, adventure, occult horror, occult mystery, occult adventure, supernatural adventure, supernatural books, supernatural fiction, occult horror fiction, historical fantasy, action fantasy, fantasy action, sword and sorcery, epic battle fantasy, epic war fantasy, dark fantasy, fantasy horror, occult horror, occult adventure, fantasy adventure, Lovecraft, Lovecraftian, Robert E. Howard, fantasy action, horror fantasy, epic fantasy, epic battle fantasy, epic war fantasy, fantasy, sword and sorcery, fantasy fiction, fantasy ebook, sword and sorcery ebook, action adventure, fantasy, action adventure, epic fantasy ebook, adult fantasy, adventure fantasy, sword & sorcery, action fantasy

Scroll up and grab a copy of “Empire of the Worm: An Dark Epic Fantasy of Sword and Sorcery and Lovecraft Horror: Part Two (of Two) A Tale of Fantasy Adventure and Lovecraft Horror in the Ancient World” today.

 

Nucor – Free Aug 12th – Aug 16th

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Nucor: Seasons of the Moons [Kindle Edition]

Cleve Sylcox(Author), Elizabeth Mackey(Illustrator)

Thomas Hardwick has problems – He cannot remember his involvement in the scant wars. Scratchy memories with feelings of dread link him to a past he wants to forget. A nightmare hangs over him, casting an evil shadow. Thrums invade the planet threatening to murder all its inhabitants whose hatred for each other dates back centuries. Thomas must unite them in order for the planet to survive. A battle for possession, conquest and survival ensues.
Nucor – Season of the Moons Who Will Survive

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This Weeks Blog with Cleve Sylcox

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Bright Milky Way over the lake at night (panoramic photo)

Last night was a good night. I did not get any writing done on my WIP but I did start a new Face book page for Sci Fi and Fantasy authors:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/indiescififanbookpromo/

 This is strictly a Sci Fi / Fantasy  book promotion page…yeah it is typical — books are promoted, and there is indiscriminant threads about the genre. It is nothing out of the ordinary…or is it?

When I wanted to find a FaceBook page that was strictly devoted to Sci Fi I did not find one. I found Sci Fi pages with a lot of chat and book reviews…but none, where Sci Fi was the main book promo…now there is.

 “Sure, but what about the fantasy… there are pages devoted to fantasy out there!”

 Right you are. And they are two separate genres and both stand solidly on their own. But, how boring would it be though if every single Sci Fi were alike? Space travel…fancy gadgets…seductive women…find Alien…fight Alien…good guy wins…the end. Unfortunately that is how it was years ago.

Boom – Star Wars. Something a little different, Yoda had the Force…magic of sorts. A crossover element from fantasy. The good guy may have won in the end but not without struggle, defeats, lose, and internal conflicts. A new era in space travel was born. Even Star Trek became better with the aspect of time travel ala Space Portals, thanks Scotty.

To say we should remain purest is defeating the whole concept of providing anew and robust experience to the reader. A reader wants to be shocked, scared, frightened, worried, curious, and looking for the surprise. They want to suspect something then have it happen. They want fun and spontaneity. They also want to be aroused, cry, moved to anger, hate, and in some cases predictability. They also want attachment to a character or place. Sci Fi today does all that by combine the emotional aspect of romance (Princes Leia and Han Solo) and the fantasy elements of wizardry, magic, evil demonic villains and so on. To me adding fantasy to Science Fiction enhances the experience, but that’s me. There are purest who want the typical, space travel, alien conflict, human wins, scenarios and that is fine too. What ever floats your boat.   

Nucor – Free Aug 12th – Aug 16th

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Nucor: Seasons of the Moons [Kindle Edition]

Cleve Sylcox (Author), Elizabeth Mackey (Illustrator)

Thomas Hardwick has problems – He cannot remember his involvement in the scant wars. Scratchy memories with feelings of dread link him to a past he wants to forget. A nightmare hangs over him, casting an evil shadow. Thrums invade the planet threatening to murder all its inhabitants whose hatred for each other dates back centuries. Thomas must unite them in order for the planet to survive. A battle for possession, conquest and survival ensues.
Nucor – Season of the Moons Who Will Survive