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Our friend and fellow author, R.S. Guthrie, is releasing another book! Here is the information on this release:

Who couldn't use a new Kindle Fire, particularly if it were FREE?

I am releasing L O S T, the second book in my Clan of MacAulay series very soon and decided it would be in the holiday spirit to give away a brand new Fire. All a person has to do in order to be entered in the drawing is purchase either one of my books (Black Beast or L O S T) and email me...

When I was growing up, the education of children was trusted to the schools. My parents would help out with tough homework questions, but that was about as far as it went. To my knowledge, they never questioned what we were being taught. We were expected to pay attention in class, do the homework, and pass our tests in order to ultimately bring home a passing grade. That's it.

When my own children were in school...

Guest Post by Author, Scott Bury

Thanks to PJ and Karen for inviting me to write about my editing process. This is what works for me, and it has also worked for hundreds of students I taught it to when I was a college English professor.

My editing process

What’s the most erroneous myth about writers? The scene in TV shows and movies, where the writer types an opening sentence and immediately rips the page out of the typewriter, crumples it in rage and throwing it into an overflowing waste-bask...

When I was young, my brothers and I had a little dog named Cree. She was a mutt; that much is certain. Yet, she was beautiful as any pure-breed show dog. Although she had the same general appearance as an Irish setter, she was small and her fur was black. Cree was fun-loving and would romp and play like any dog, but she also had a quiet grace and gentle brown eyes, full of love for us. She made no secret of that ...

Depending on which source you reference, the high temperature on Mars is 32 degrees F to over 80 degrees F on its warmest days, at its equator. Its coldest temps are said to be below -200 degrees F. Again, depending on which site you trust, the atmosphere on Mars ...

The Truth About Alternative Energy

This essay is a departure from my usual topic of writing, but I felt compelled to opine on the subject. What is the truth about alternative energy? Ask five people and you are likely to get five different answers, some of them attached to an agenda. I’m going to get right to the point. The truth ab...

A woman comes home after shopping, puts her toddler down for a nap, and then stretches out on the bed for a short rest. She wakes up to find a strange man in her bedroom, staring at her….

Then my muse gets up and walks out. “Hey!” I call. “Where are you going? Get back here, right now!”

“Nope.” He lifts his chin and looks away. “I’m done here.”

“But we’re at a critical part of the book.�...

For a long time, junk mail annoyed me. It often came with my name and address printed on multiple sheets inside, so I couldn't just throw it away. Not in these days of identity theft. No, I had to handle it somehow. And I didn't like it. I resented that these businesses made me responsible for their paperwork without my consent! I was outraged. I lamented...