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9 More Killer Thrillers [Kindle Edition]
9 More Killer Thrillers! 9 More Full-Length Thriller Novels – 9 Bestselling Authors – One Low Price – $.99 For Limited Time
A second bundle from the authors that brought you 9 Killer Thrillers, with over 150,000 sold! Same incredible value, different titles!
JET – Russell Blake
Irretrievably Broken – Melissa F. Miller
Never Go Home – L.T. Ryan
The Critical Element – John L. Betcher
The Dark Path – Luke Romyn
Thirteen to None – Claude Bouchard
The Devil’s Cauldron – Michael Wallace
Crazy Days in Big Lake by Nick Russell
The Delilah Complex by MJ Rose
* Thousands of reviews & average ratings of 4.4, 4.6, even 4.7 stars
* Hundreds of thousands of copies of each already in distribution
* Sustained Top 100 authors
The Blurbs:
JET by Russell Blake
JET – the code name of a former Mossad operative who faked her own death to escape the clandestine life. But the past doesn’t let go of its secrets easily, and when old enemies hunt her down she is forced to kill or be killed in a deadly conflict that spans the globe. A breakneck thriller in the tradition of Bourne and Bond, JET is a non-stop adrenaline rush that redefines the genre.
Irretrievably Broken by Melissa F. Miller
Irretrievably Broken features the return of fierce and fearless attorney Sasha McCandless. Someone’s killing the female partners at her old firm, and she’s asked to represent their accused husbands. The cases put a strain on her own relationship, but that’s the least of her troubles, because the real killer is waging a vendetta for a past case gone wrong: and there’s one more lawyer on his list.
Never Go Home by L.T. Ryan
When a woman is found brutally murdered in a small Florida town, Jack Noble breaks his vow to never return home in order to assist the local sheriff with her investigation. As the hunt for the killer intensifies, Jack realizes his past as a government assassin has come back to haunt those closest to him.
The Critical Element by John L. Betcher
The theft of a mysterious meteor leads Beck, Beth, Gunner and Bull to uncover a terror plot that threatens the country’s largest shopping mall. Meanwhile, the FBI, CDC and CIA attempt to defuse a large-scale biological attack and avert a crippling pandemic.
The Dark Path by Luke Romyn
Vain, a man versed in torture and death, is chosen to protect a boy whose sacrifice will release Satan’s lieutenant from the pits of Hell. Armageddon sits upon the horizon and all that stands in its way is a man whose path has always been dark.
Thirteen to None by Claude Bouchard
Home invasions were the new pastime for Butch Kincaid and his criminal crew during their nomadic summer vacations… Drunken orgies of terror, destruction, rape and murder… Until they chose the wrong home…
The Devil’s Cauldron by Michael Wallace
Paralyzed and locked in, Meggie can’t tell anyone what really happened the night of her accident seven years earlier. Now, for the first time, there’s hope for a cure — and there are those who will kill to keep it away from her…
Crazy Days in Big Lake by Nick Russell
Everybody seems to have gone crazy in Big Lake; neighbors are threatening violence, eco-protestors are on the march, flower children are camping in the forest, the grocery store manager has locked himself in his office and won’t come out, bears are chasing dogs into houses, and a retired couple have shot an intruder during a home invasion. By the time it’s over more blood will be shed and the good people of Big Lake will be left wondering just how well they really know their neighbors.
The Delilah Complex by MJ Rose
The Scarlet Society is a secret club of twelve powerful and sexually adventurous women. But when a photograph of the body of one of the men they’ve recruited to dominate is sent to the New York Times, they are shocked and frightened. Unable to cope with the tragedy, the women turn to NYC sex therapist Dr. Morgan Snow. But their grief counseling quickly becomes a murder investigation.
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our times
Our Times are in Thy hand
1. Our times are in Thy hand;
O God, we wish them there;
Our lives, our souls, our all, we leave
Entirely to Thy care.
2. Our times are in Thy hand:
Whatever they may be;
Pleasing or painful, dark or bright,
As best may seem to Thee.
3. Our times are in Thy hand;
Why should we doubt or fear?
A father’s hand will never cause
His child a needless tear.
4. Our times are in Thy hand;
Jesus, the Crucified,
Whose hand our many sins have pierced,
Is now our guard and guide.
5. Our times are in Thy hand;
We’ll always trust to Thee,
Till we possess the promised crown,
And all Thy glory see.
Lyrics: William F. Lloyd: 1824
Photo by Cheryl Cook
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Troll Reviewers
Definition:
1. A person who has no life.
2. A censor whose only goal is a bash any book that may contain content that they disprove of.
3. A grammar Nazi.
4. Generally gives 1 star reviews.
5. Works for or has written a book similar to the one they are bashing in order to lower the books rankings.
6. To make themselves feel as if they have control over something.
7. Uses aliases.
8. Has not read the book they are bashing with the one star review.
9. Uses the same review for all their reviews. Cut and paste, (These are actual one star reviews on books with dozens of great reviews including more then 10 – 5 star reviews. Typo’s and punctuation not altered).
there are too many misspellings in this book to enjoy it. it seems like it was never read before being uploaded to ****** and that’s a shame because I liked the idea behind the story. Unfortunately I don’t think I managed to read more than 10-15 pages before I had to quit out of disgust for the authors lack of understanding of how the English language is used!
Or
I should have figured that I wouldn’t like it from the awkward title. But I gave it a chance; didn’t get very far into it and had to quit. First of all, it was written in the present tense, which to me sounds juvenile. Then I couldn’t get past the need for editing. It was so full of errors in sentence structure, punctuaton, grammar and spelling that it was hard to get past these distractions.
Or
This very short book is full of typos and wrong words. Plus it doesn’t tell a story that makes sense. Skip this one.
These same reviews, word for word, can be found on two of my books.
10. Trolls turn to stone when the light shines on them.
I guess you could look at these Trolls in two different ways.
1. They are called Trolls, because like their dim-witted cousins, they are dim-witted, cause panic, and raise the stress levels of the authors they review.
2. They are like fisherman trolling about and when they catch a book who is ranked higher than theirs, or one they fear may out sale or out produce their own they bash it.
What can be done?
Nothing really…they use aliases. They set up false accounts and then bash away.
In all fairness to these Trolls…they do a service, sort of. In my case, it made me look a lot closer at how I edit, although I disagree with their techniques. Before I found out these were Troll reviews I panicked. I had a couple of three star reviews that indicated editing issues, so I figured these 1 star reviews were just part of the learning curve. I hired an editor. Believe me I needed one. My books are looking much better, but you know, they really were not bad before and my editor concurred.
So what do I do about those reviews, nothing. What can you do? I pray for better reviews to offset the bad ones.
In Daewoo, Vincent – the Main Character, is a Customer Service Agent who kills angry callers. Maybe I should write a squeal along the same lines, Daewoo – Night of the Trolls. A simple story about Killing Trolls…Hmmm, I’ll have to give that some thought.
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Zoning in with Music…or not.
This pic has noting to do with this post…I just thought it was cool.
A lot’s been said lately about writing styles and writing techniques. But what isn’t talked a lot about is the writing Zone. This is a place all writers go, whether organized or not. It is when the writer, craftsman, artist, or whomever is totally focused on the piece at hand. The Zone is the place in which the workman/woman focuses. Some Baseball announcers refer to the Zone in players who are performing well as Locked In.
For a painter who is standing in Detroit, but focused on a street in Paris, the Zone is the Paris street. They are there on the Paris Street looking at every nuance around them. For a writer in St. Louis, the zone maybe a battle field on the Planet Zutar. Once in that zone a writer does not want distraction. They are concentrating hard on what they are experiencing. At the same time they are typing away trying to convey in words their experience. A zone is where all writers and people of creativity want to be.
Organization, or the lack there of, is essential in Zoning in. I mean really, your work area is where you spend your time writing. It doesn’t matter if it’s two hours a day or twelve hours a day, it is where you allow your self the time to express your creativity. With that said I scoot the piles of trash aside to find my mouse and that doughnut from last week.
Organization in whatever form you keep is essential. My wife keeps things in piles all over the house. But if you ask her where something is she will walk directly to the pile and pull out the paper, document, whatever, it is simply amazing. I use to ask her to find things I had no use for just to watch her do it. On the other hand I like things stacked, organized in groups, details outlined and so on. But if you ask me where something is I have to search for the specific folder or drawer and ask myself why I filed it that way. Then when I’m done with it I file it some other place. Such is my air head system. No wonder it takes so long to write a book or to get into the Zone.
Now, once you have organization and you are ready write…and here is the main question, music or no music? If music, what kind? Load or soft?
If you option for the no music environment, do you wear headphones to cancel distractions, or do you have the wear-with-all to withstand the outside noises?
I know some writers who can write no matter what, on a bus, on a train, or on a crowed New York subway. Nothing deters them and they can simply go into their writing Zone no matter the distraction.
Then there are those who need absolute quite…shhhh. These creative people distract easily and need totally focus to be in their Zone.
Then there are those like me…a little background noise is all right. Even if my wife is walking through the house or if the TV is on in another room…no problem. My zone is easily accessible, but I cannot get in the zone other than my work place. I’ve tried the subways, the trains, and planes…nope can’t do it. I do listen to music. I write late at night so I put on my noise canceling headphones, and put on something mellow, Pink Floyd, to Bach…smooth blues, or anything calming…nothing racy. Then its show time and I slip into my world…the Zone. If that doesn’t work I ask my wife to find something in her filing system and watch…amazing, it really is.
So how do you slip into your zone and is there music…leave a comment and let me know, I’m curious.
Dreaming... 