tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822776211096083692024-03-05T15:06:25.262-08:00Beaten Track Publishing BlogUpdates on our latest publications; previews; reviews and syndicated posts from respected authors.Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-61665966136162680302022-11-18T10:15:00.002-08:002022-11-18T10:15:35.508-08:00New Release - Igloo, young adult romance by Jennifer Burkinshaw<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbH3e_LS5W-FS1qD_-OLbTDHaQMG7q_aYI1yfRD1_YvUOdllHiLJOq5VV1emBfNZQGOIfdZR7rjG4Grh9iiQnD06lT1yv8GysEhjD8jkBqFsvQreR31FODXAo4236k1lS0t0gCYE-r-VpUkAhMEYIaWvAA0fxOUMR1NnoWwlflJRfD5TBY6RvsKUn/s525/JenniferBurkinshaw_Igloo.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbH3e_LS5W-FS1qD_-OLbTDHaQMG7q_aYI1yfRD1_YvUOdllHiLJOq5VV1emBfNZQGOIfdZR7rjG4Grh9iiQnD06lT1yv8GysEhjD8jkBqFsvQreR31FODXAo4236k1lS0t0gCYE-r-VpUkAhMEYIaWvAA0fxOUMR1NnoWwlflJRfD5TBY6RvsKUn/s320/JenniferBurkinshaw_Igloo.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>A surprise Christmas holiday in the French Alps should be a dream come true, but not for sixteen-year-old Nirvana. She has an important project to complete at home, and tensions are high with her parents. In desperation, Niv skips ski school and heads off-piste towards the forest, where she discovers a hidden igloo. Better still, it’s empty.<p></p><p>When its builder, Jean-Louis, finds her trespassing, he suggests they share the igloo, and as the pair find common ground in their struggles to be themselves, they realise they are each other’s perfect Christmas gift.</p><p>Too soon, Niv must return home to Lancashire. Now in two different countries, each faces new problems, alone, and their battle to be together becomes infinitely harder.</p><p>Is it a battle they can win? Or will their sweet, fledgling romance be lost to the seasons, like the igloo where it began?</p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Where to buy IGLOO:</span></b></p><p><b>Amazon: <a href="https://mybook.to/Igloo" target="_blank">https://mybook.to/Igloo</a></b></p><p><b>Other purchase links: <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/igloo" target="_blank">https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/igloo</a></b></p><p>Find out more about launches and book signings on <a href="https://www.jennifer-burkinshaw.com/" target="_blank">Jen's website</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jennifer.burkinshaw/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.jennifer-burkinshaw.com/copy-of-pre-chapters" target="_blank">Meet Nirvana - the star of Igloo</a></p><p>Follow <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@jenbwriter" target="_blank">@jenbwriter </a>on TikTok</p><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@deb248211/video/7167420224558353669" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7167420224558353669" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@deb248211?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@deb248211">@deb248211</a> New release - Igloo by @jenbwriter - it's awesome! <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/romancebooktok?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="romancebooktok">#romancebooktok</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/youngadult?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="youngadult">#youngadult</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7167420262727256837?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Debbie McGowan">♬ original sound - Debbie McGowan</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-34594886256923995342022-07-06T01:15:00.000-07:002022-07-06T01:15:05.268-07:00Beaten Track Midsummer Releases and Round-up of 2022 (so far)<p>It's been a while since our last post (November 2021), for reasons that have affected all of us over the past couple of years, so we shall say no more on it.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIS7MHAeC4dOh3yCKg52WLIHqWonz1NLNDP4zMzE6BWmKUfi2WYybMIfPQ7a9Cn6fMME-ZhWkeqlhh_XJax5hByi80fN-1V9vVy2eSb7ChfhnqqNteLnaLRkqbsxxhkes0IbfuZ_XUd82saJkSnSS-iemHr47WMqvB8k6iLXo53fKzU0YYbBMq_xfm/s525/LarryBenjamin_ExcellentSons.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="350" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIS7MHAeC4dOh3yCKg52WLIHqWonz1NLNDP4zMzE6BWmKUfi2WYybMIfPQ7a9Cn6fMME-ZhWkeqlhh_XJax5hByi80fN-1V9vVy2eSb7ChfhnqqNteLnaLRkqbsxxhkes0IbfuZ_XUd82saJkSnSS-iemHr47WMqvB8k6iLXo53fKzU0YYbBMq_xfm/w159-h239/LarryBenjamin_ExcellentSons.jpg" width="159" /></a></div><br />Congratulations to Larry Benjamin!</h2><p>Just over a week ago, the <a href="https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2022-winners/" target="_blank">Lambda Literary Awards</a> took place, and Larry’s young adult gay romance <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/excellentsons" target="_blank">Excellent Sons</a> won the award for best Gay Romance.</p><p>You can watch Larry receiving his award here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDOeSCl-U3Y&t=1205s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDOeSCl-U3Y&t=1205s</a></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Midsummer's Day Releases</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHbvQJHQIJk9qRyxEV_SOqI_YuleFjtZjfZs9GWTPA5DSSihOr5tk6l_Gvp2T9P_2HEK28P9rRi5LH121G6gdS_tFCdVg5Snvoch1bu8nfZIfcuHdE2R09WP8nyrKd9xUbCiib8SBQo9VWR1t9MPFdfxY8uLhHokXS4uyCxXqp9q4rwg6vJei_xo5/s525/LuHersey_BrokenGround.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="350" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHbvQJHQIJk9qRyxEV_SOqI_YuleFjtZjfZs9GWTPA5DSSihOr5tk6l_Gvp2T9P_2HEK28P9rRi5LH121G6gdS_tFCdVg5Snvoch1bu8nfZIfcuHdE2R09WP8nyrKd9xUbCiib8SBQo9VWR1t9MPFdfxY8uLhHokXS4uyCxXqp9q4rwg6vJei_xo5/w156-h235/LuHersey_BrokenGround.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/brokenground" target="_blank">Broken Ground</a></h3><p>Things aren’t going well in Arlo’s life, but they get a whole lot worse when a strange, heavily tattooed girl keeps appearing everywhere he goes. When he starts losing everything and everyone he cares about, is he prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice to save his friends and family? Broken Ground draws on the ancient folklore surrounding the harvest, giving it a contemporary and timely context.</p><p><b><i>A Young Adult novel from Lu Hersey</i></b></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdL7sdRHJdaXL65uJYWvLgEHccOnCZyn4h6tHbazjVstLOq1fQf0ywij99wRXk8Un9B06Hs7qQdeO0WhX8x4WbKuNV9X64JksEzkv1gHic4drPbYaO0CpW53eM2rfTBnrLm3I8gg1hG15xgy0D1024aq1vOwppQQDqBXOXhd0Fs9oCg21towRdgxQQ/s525/TarotTales_DianeKing.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="350" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdL7sdRHJdaXL65uJYWvLgEHccOnCZyn4h6tHbazjVstLOq1fQf0ywij99wRXk8Un9B06Hs7qQdeO0WhX8x4WbKuNV9X64JksEzkv1gHic4drPbYaO0CpW53eM2rfTBnrLm3I8gg1hG15xgy0D1024aq1vOwppQQDqBXOXhd0Fs9oCg21towRdgxQQ/w153-h229/TarotTales_DianeKing.jpg" width="153" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/tarottales" target="_blank">A Little Book of Tarot Tales</a></h3><p>Step into the world of tarot through the doorway of story. Be greeted by elementals, celestials, wise women, shadow beings, and much more as you journey through a forest of metaphor and symbol. There are many guides to meet: the Ancient One, the Wise Woman, the Shaman, the Devil.</p><p><b><i>An illustrated journey through tarot by Diane King</i></b></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Also published in 2022</h2><div><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=471" target="_blank"><b><i>Up for Air</i></b> by Imani Tafari-Ama</a></div><div><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=469" target="_blank"><b><i>Tree of Life</i></b> by A.M. Leibowitz</a></div><div><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=468" target="_blank"><b><i>Veiled Nightmares and Ethereal Dreams</i></b> by Ian McGrath</a></div><div><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=467" target="_blank"><b><i>Cocktales and Nibbles</i></b> by J.S. Raynor</a></div><div><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=462" target="_blank"><b><i>Michel - Fallen Angel of Paris</i></b> by Hans M Hirschi</a></div><div><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=463" target="_blank">Forbidden Steps by Jamie Deacon</a><br /><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=465" target="_blank">Callum and The Other by Alan McClure</a></div><div><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=466" target="_blank">Peter Pattison and the Prophet's Pen by Graham West</a></div><div><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=464" target="_blank">Meeting Coty by Ruth Estevez</a></div>Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-36688226407887242872021-11-01T06:58:00.003-07:002021-11-01T06:58:38.015-07:00New Release + Book Blast: The Photograph by L.E. Luttrell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRoyJmJt_DB4y1_vHaDuz9loKcQhWYfdHxHKXrsudAUyaUKxY7FVyt7pDx6xF0I5c9la4EuwkX2dhTyiPKZDgNdCIVhb-blWW1bTH54Q3VjKMyYtiuWXsyCzEAwQi5B1QCe-q9abQW1z0/s525/LELuttrell_ThePhotograph.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRoyJmJt_DB4y1_vHaDuz9loKcQhWYfdHxHKXrsudAUyaUKxY7FVyt7pDx6xF0I5c9la4EuwkX2dhTyiPKZDgNdCIVhb-blWW1bTH54Q3VjKMyYtiuWXsyCzEAwQi5B1QCe-q9abQW1z0/s320/LELuttrell_ThePhotograph.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><a href="https://beatentrackpublishing.com/thephotograph" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Photograph by L.E. Luttrell</span></b></a></div><div><b><i>A Detective India Hargreaves Mystery</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Published: 1st November 2021</div><div>Length: 80,460 words (approx.)</div><div><br /></div><div><i>In a quiet Sydney suburb, soon-to-be-married Sonny Day sets off on his bike to catch the train to work. He never makes it to the station. After his fiancée Chrys reports him missing, DI India Hargreaves launches a low-key investigation.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Weeks later, a man’s body is found, mutilated and buried, on a nearby building site, but it’s not Sonny, and with no solid leads, both investigations stall…until a letter arrives from Sonny, claiming he’s met someone else.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Chrys insists Sonny wrote it under duress. She convinces India to investigate further, beginning with the photograph that came with the letter and ending in Scotland and the discovery of more mysterious deaths. But two questions remain unanswered.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Whose body was buried on the building site? And where is Sonny Day?</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78645-507-9</div><div>eBook ISBN: 978-1-78645-508-6</div><div>ASIN: B09KH5119W</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Available from <a href="https://beatentrackpublishing.com/thephotograph" target="_blank">Beaten Track</a>,</b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1112086?ref=b10track" target="_blank">Smashwords</a> • <a href="http://mybook.to/thephotograph" target="_blank">Amazon</a> • <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/x/id1592318242" target="_blank">Apple</a> • <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940165066092" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a> • <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/Search?Query=9781786455086" target="_blank">Kobo</a> • <a href="https://www.scribd.com/search?query=9781786455086&language=0" target="_blank">Scribd</a> • <a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=BYRKEAAAQBAJ" target="_blank">Google Play Books</a></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>and anywhere books are available.</b></div><div><br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHhp4U_M-v1tQ34wjbNnU-A9vBuakmxlbeDO1WQ_s7qVICcYdaS6fufIW-n9UqgcZjqdYEOunOrJRUumi0sAUE76nv78BSeVm_tJAlxyx645IU6Zy4M0SUsU9yTDe0bgvZC93Lttstwc/s1200/TourBanner_The+Photograph.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1200" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHhp4U_M-v1tQ34wjbNnU-A9vBuakmxlbeDO1WQ_s7qVICcYdaS6fufIW-n9UqgcZjqdYEOunOrJRUumi0sAUE76nv78BSeVm_tJAlxyx645IU6Zy4M0SUsU9yTDe0bgvZC93Lttstwc/w400-h166/TourBanner_The+Photograph.gif" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>November 1:</b><br />
1: <a href="https://sandrasbookclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sandra's Book Club</a><br />
2: <a href="http://www.longandshortreviews.com/" target="_blank">Long and Short Reviews</a><br />
3: <a href="https://www.thefaeriereview.com/" target="_blank">The Faerie Review</a><br />
4: <a href="http://www.jhthomas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Welcome to My World of Dreams</a><br />
5: <a href="http://www.lamonreviews.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Lamon Reviews</a><br />
6: <a href="https://www.jazzybookreviews.com/" target="_blank">Jazzy Book Reviews</a><br />
7: <a href="https://www.ellwynautumn.com/ellwyn-autumns-blog/" target="_blank">Ellwyn Autumn's Blog</a><br /><br /></div><div>
<b>November 2:</b><br />
1: <a href="https://stormynightsreviewingandbloggind.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin'</a><br />
2: <a href="http://www.its-raining-books.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">It's Raining Books</a><br />
3: <a href="http://www.elainepcantrell.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Hope. Dreams. Life... Love</a><br />
4: <a href="https://saphsbooks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sapphyria's Books</a><br />
5: <a href="http://www.readbookrepeat.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Read book. Repeat.</a><br />
6: <a href="https://www.ourtownbookreviews.com/" target="_blank">Our Town Book Reviews</a><br />
7: <a href="https://jennifermacaire.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Let me tell you a story</a><br />
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November 3 :</b><br />
1: <a href="https://ginaraemitchell.com/" target="_blank">Gina Ree Mitchell</a><br />
2: <a href="https://www.mommasaystoread.com/" target="_blank">Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read</a><br />
3: <a href="https://www.literaryau.com/" target="_blank">Literary Gold</a><br />
4: <a href="https://andisbookreviews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Andi's Book Reviews</a><br />
5: <a href="https://theobssesedreader.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Obsessed Reader</a><br />
6: <a href="https://searosetouk.blogspot.com/?m=1" target="_blank">Sea's Nod</a><br />
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November 4:</b><br />
1: <a href="http://straightfromlibrary.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Straight from the Library</a><br />
2: <a href="https://tinadonahuebooks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tina Donahue Books - Heat with Heart</a><br />
3: <a href="https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">All the Ups and Downs</a><br />
4: <a href="http://lisabetsarai.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Beyond Romance</a><br />
5: <a href="http://theresastillwagon.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">So Many Books</a><br />
6: <a href="http://the-avidreader.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Avid Reader</a><br />
7: <a href="https://www.aubreywynne.com/" target="_blank">Aubrey Wynne: Timeless Love</a><br />
8: <a href="http://golddustediting.com/" target="_blank">Gold Dust Editing & Book Reviews</a><br />
9: <a href="https://themysterysection01.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Mystery Section</a><br />
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November 5:</b><br />
1: <a href="https://www.westveilpublishing.com/" target="_blank">Westveil Publishing</a><br />
2: <a href="https://ironcanuckreviews.home.blog/" target="_blank">Iron Canuck Reviews & More</a><br />
3: <a href="http://victoriazumbrumsreviews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Girl with Pen</a><br />
4: <a href="https://fabulousandbrunette.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fabulous and Brunette</a><br />
5: <a href="http://www.wendizwaduk.net/" target="_blank">Wendi Zwaduk - Romance to Make Your Heart Race</a><br />
6: <a href="http://www.thesaltynomad.com/" target="_blank">The Salty Nomad</a><u></u></div>Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-6465374859833325912021-06-03T04:19:00.002-07:002021-06-03T04:19:48.048-07:00New Release: Writing Out of Earshot by Ian D. Hall<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVnXp0Q33mG1m-_gZ5QHXpOaBdxWPunv-zQPPvJInbKc1VB7bnAHLZ37noAxq-aBzDYQnB9R2R3L6VqIy1wxuSYtZvUnmiFmm4XrmqdyLLI5OJJuXyWjSg3ZySuisJ8uj2dt_RtsfFv8/s525/IanDHall_WOOE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVnXp0Q33mG1m-_gZ5QHXpOaBdxWPunv-zQPPvJInbKc1VB7bnAHLZ37noAxq-aBzDYQnB9R2R3L6VqIy1wxuSYtZvUnmiFmm4XrmqdyLLI5OJJuXyWjSg3ZySuisJ8uj2dt_RtsfFv8/s320/IanDHall_WOOE.jpg" /></a></b></div><b><br />Author:</b> Ian D. Hall<br /><b>Language:</b> English<br /><b>Published:</b> 3rd June, 2021<br /><b>Paperback ISBN:</b> 978 1 78645 490 4<br /><b>eBook ISBN:</b> 978 1 78645 491 1<br /><b>ASIN:</b> B095HYFT6S<br /><b>Length: </b>19,000 words (approx.)<br /><b>Category/Genre:</b> Poetry, Literary Fiction<br /><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://beatentrackpublishing.com/writingoutofearshot" target="_blank">http://beatentrackpublishing.com/writingoutofearshot</a><br /><b>Where to buy:<br /></b><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=wooe_format">Beaten Track (ebook)</a><br /><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=wooe">Beaten Track (paperback)</a><br /><a href="http://mybook.to/writingoutofearshot">Amazon (paperback/ebook)</a><br /><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1085339?ref=b10track">Smashwords</a><br /><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/x/id1568507111">Apple</a><br /><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940164912161">Barnes and Noble</a><br /><a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/Search?Query=9781786454911">Kobo</a><br /><a href="https://www.scribd.com/search?query=9781786454911&language=0">Scribd</a><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Blurb</h2><p>“Never talk in front of Dylan Thomas,” they said as they consumed their pints and spoke of their woes and tribulations, and of the weird relative coming to stay awhile, “for the Welsh Bard will somehow weave his mercurial magic for others to consume, just as he consumes life with heart, spirit and desire flowing through him.”</p><p>I have very little in common with Dylan Thomas, except for a once fondness for whisky, a love of poetry—of which he is one of the masters of the twentieth century, alongside Allen Ginsberg, W.H. Auden, Maya Angelou, Adrienne Rich and Liverpool’s very own Roger McGough—and that we both at one time performed our work in New York.</p><p>It is, however, to Dylan Thomas that <i>Writing Out of Earshot</i> is dedicated, along with Ginsberg. The book of poetry you hold in your hand is a response to my long-lasting adoration of these two men.</p><p><i>Writing Out of Earshot</i> is also a confirmation that writing, for me at least, encompasses several aspects of life, of struggling with illness and the feeling of being invisible in a crowd, when people will say anything in front of you because they cannot see you. The life of a poet is not all drinks at The White Horse Hotel surrounded by hundreds of people; it is one that captures a moment when you are hidden away in your room, remembering, recalling certain words and worlds and transforming them as you give birth to the next poem.</p><p>“Do not go gentle into that good night,” for the moon outside your window is full, and the passing months have yet to tell their story.</p><p>Ian D. Hall, 2021</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Editor's Review</h2><p>It's release day for Writing Out of Earshot - another excellent anthology of poetry and prose from Ian D. Hall, and this is my favourite, mostly for the collection of poems personifying the months. I'm not always in agreement with the poet when it comes to the characteristics of each, but it's a lot of fun reading them through his eyes, and that's very much how it goes in real life. Our perceptions of others differ, but that doesn't mean any of us are wrong, although I must say it was much easier to like February on paper than in reality. It's my second least-favourite month (after January), yet I feel a little sorry for it, what with having to fight for its days and all.</p><p>Flippant mini-spoilers aside, there's a more serious note to this collection, which is apparent in its title but becomes more poignant as the poems progress. I hope Ian won't mind me sharing this small excerpt from the title poem, as he says it so much better:</p><p></p><blockquote>It came perhaps late in life,<br />the urge to shut the door<br />quietly,<br />not with drama,<br />not<br />out of spite,<br />but for my own peace of mind,<br />to keep the noise down to a minimum<br />and keep<br />writing out of earshot.<br />To express time in notes,<br />pence and the bond of suffering<br />as you shake your head<br />from side to side, an out of time<br />metronome<br /><i>click<br />click<br />click<br />clic</i>king as a tongue biting down<br />desperate to fill the space<br />and ask, “What do I do?” behind<br />closed doors…</blockquote><p></p><p>Writing is a solitary pursuit. Often our only interface with the world at large is the printed page, and it often does feel like we're bleating into the ether, or 'out of earshot'.</p><p>For sure, Ian D. Hall won't be out of earshot this time around, as there's also a collection of songs and spoken word recordings inspired by his work, entitled Listening Out of Earshot, being released within the next few weeks, for which I can take no credit, as it's been recorded and produced by Andrew Hesford, Mark Sebastian D'Lacey and Tony Higginson. Proceeds from sales go to Whitechapel Centre, Liverpool, UK.</p><div class="big450BoxBody" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: repeat-y; color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="big450BoxContent" style="overflow: hidden; width: 430px;"><div id="review-like" style="float: right; margin-top: 8px; text-align: right;"></div><div id="review-follow" style="margin-top: 8px;"></div></div></div>Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-61351204863261753302021-05-24T15:51:00.002-07:002021-05-24T15:51:46.453-07:00New Release - Road to Juneau by Liam Quane<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOUYZjMluLdHaxQUyXASBEW2yDSBkRK0tju_FwHtkXIsW_xQKsLyT9ncnZ9tdVIP95EnZ99zOfs1k1FQheDUw2scrcxsXSlPnN5kTda4TUjClDnRSE-_ycJ-b7DWC60Gz76JifQmUmgk/s525/LiamQuane_RoadtoJuneau.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOUYZjMluLdHaxQUyXASBEW2yDSBkRK0tju_FwHtkXIsW_xQKsLyT9ncnZ9tdVIP95EnZ99zOfs1k1FQheDUw2scrcxsXSlPnN5kTda4TUjClDnRSE-_ycJ-b7DWC60Gz76JifQmUmgk/s320/LiamQuane_RoadtoJuneau.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>Author: </b>Liam Quane<br /><b>Language:</b> English<br /><b>Published: </b>18th May, 2021<br /><b>Hardcover: </b>978-1-78645-473-7<br /><b>Paperback: </b>978-1-78645-452-2<br /><b>eBook: </b>978-1-78645-453-9<br /><b>ASIN: </b>B08V51WV9M<br /><b>Length: </b>111,000 words (approx.)<br /><b>Category:</b> Fiction<br /><b>Genre: </b>Young Adult, Science Fiction, Fantasy</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Blurb</h2><p>New York: two years after the Third World War.</p><p>Humanity is rebuilding its cities brick by brick; the damage done to the people, however, is a lot harder to repair. Dan Hardacre is one of those people. An aspiring stage actor and experienced draft-dodger, Dan struggles to find his place within the Utopic rebuild of New York City. When he’s not caught up with the duties of work, Dan lives a quiet life in mourning for his mother, Dyani, who went missing when he was a teenager.</p><p>One night, Dan experiences a vivid, terrifying nightmare that puts him right on the front lines of the war for which he dodged the draft; it ends with him facing Death itself in the form of a metallic, faceless humanoid creature that calls itself the Valkyrie. To investigate the reason behind his haunting experience, Dan seeks out a meeting with his estranged father, who reveals the startling truth about Dan’s dream: it wasn’t a dream.</p><p>With this newfound knowledge and the powers it brings, Dan makes it his mission to return to the scene of his nightmare. However, he soon comes to know that confronting the Valkyrie not only endangers him but the war-withstanding world he leaves behind.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Editor's Review</h2><p>I have so much I want to say about this novel, but most of it would be spoilers. This is an incredible debut from Liam Quane - an author who has brought his scriptwriting and directing talents to the printed page, and his worlds translate very well into this format. It's helpful that the setting for much of <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/roadtojuneau" target="_blank">Road to Juneau</a></i></b> is a near-future/alternate post-apocalyptic New York City, so the reader has a frame of reference, albeit one slightly removed from the NYC we know. In that regard, the author does some light-touch world-building to set the scene, which in first-person present tense feels like Dan Hardacre - the main-character-sort-of-hero - is giving us a guided tour of his hometown, along with a brief history lesson.</p><p>So the scene is set. Now, I'm not a fan of post-apocalyptic fiction, and it's important I make it clear that this isn't really post-apocalyptic in terms of themes, merely setting. The story, at its heart (for me) is about unchecked power and (ir)responsibility. Thus, to some extent, <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/roadtojuneau" target="_blank">Road to Juneau</a></i></b> is allegorical - a critical perspective on current affairs as much as the fictional future, and aside from the 'nature' of the central characters, it is a future that's potentially only a step or two from where we are now.</p><p>For all of that, the novel isn't hard-hitting political commentary, although there is plenty of politics in it. There's also lots of subtle diversity, wry humour, fantastic adventures on Earth and elsewhere, and a few tear-jerking moments. In short, it's a darned good read - one which I wouldn't usually select as a 'pleasure read' based on genre, but the cover...wow, the cover! That would definitely have captured my interest, so I'd have ended up reading the book even if I hadn't had the privilege of publishing it.</p><p><b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/roadtojuneau" target="_blank">Road to Juneau</a></i></b> is an intelligent, entertaining, beautifully written novel for young and not-so-young adults and is available in hardcover, paperback and ebook formats. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Purchase Links</h2>
<b>Beaten Track:</b><br />
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<li><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=juneau" target="_blank">Paperback Edition</a></li>
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</ul>Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-49677748721208313922020-11-27T06:44:00.000-08:002020-11-27T06:44:00.558-08:00A book and a yearly screening<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivo1pPdehSY-Pk96Hs8iOELtj7bLfk375_NCZMLP-zOXFoR2B8HEXozjltF3bIcA80ceARW6F1VZ1ZkG5mLMxtZye_WwosyS3qwxTAiZtxhwFKEB62M9TZYcDJWTJXG7Le_0o0G_s-NBM/s1920/pink-ribbon-3713159_1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivo1pPdehSY-Pk96Hs8iOELtj7bLfk375_NCZMLP-zOXFoR2B8HEXozjltF3bIcA80ceARW6F1VZ1ZkG5mLMxtZye_WwosyS3qwxTAiZtxhwFKEB62M9TZYcDJWTJXG7Le_0o0G_s-NBM/s320/pink-ribbon-3713159_1920.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>My grandmother didn’t die from breast cancer.</p><p>I had my mammogram today, and this was what crossed my mind as the technician was arranging my body for the scan. I don’t remember what year it was or how old I was when my grandmother was diagnosed. Old enough to know the basics but too young to fully understand what was going on.</p><p>She had cancer twice, with a long span in between—more than ten years. The first time, they removed a lump the size of a pin head. I remember that because they talked about how it was a good thing she’d gone for her checkup and how it was all relatively smooth. No complications. Nothing in her lymph nodes.</p><p>It served as a life lesson. I was clear that when I reached the appropriate age, I was going to begin my yearly screenings too. I learned from it that if you pay proper attention, they can catch these things before they progress too far.</p><p>My grandmother had cancer again years later, this time much more serious. She had a double mastectomy and rounds of chemotherapy. Even so, they still got it all. It was another long while before she died, unrelated to any cancer.</p><p>She didn’t die from breast cancer. Neither did my college classmate’s mother.</p><p>That was a tricker situation. Her mom was young, and I learned that sometimes screenings fail to catch things. I was studying to be a nurse, and now I knew the benefits of doing self-checks in between and making sure I kept up with my annual visits with the gynecologist.</p><p>I don’t know a whole lot about what happened with my classmate’s mom, only that she’d caught the lump herself and that they’d had a hard time diagnosing her because it didn’t show up on the mammogram. That’s probably how I learned to be persistent in demanding my health concerns be taken seriously.</p><p>My grandmother didn’t die from breast cancer. Neither did my college classmate’s mother. But my friend did.</p><p>I’ll call her Jenny. We worked together for two summers at a Christian camp. She’d grown up in it; I hadn’t. I was introduced to this camp when I was recruited as a teen.</p><p>Jenny and I couldn’t have been more different. I was an apostate Jew who somehow fell in with the evangelicals (don’t ask). She was from a non-religious household but had become a Christian at the camp when she was a child. She was taller, blond, lean, and athletic. I was shorter, dark, curvy, and had two left feet. She was open-minded and open-hearted; I kept a lot to myself. (In fairness, I was trying to hide things a Christian camp wouldn’t have been pleased about.)</p><p>We lost touch after that, as happened in the days before instant internet connectedness. I saw her again some years later when I was running the camp and pregnant with my oldest. We didn’t see or hear from each other again until the early days of Facebook.</p><p>I think it wasn’t long after that when I learned she had metastatic breast cancer. She was only in her mid-thirties when she died, less than a year younger than me.</p><p>She kept a diary of her journey, telling the world about each test and procedure and medication she tried. I read every single one of her updates, hoping each time for good news. She always kept a positive spirit, right up until the end. Her husband had the last word, sharing her final moments with all the people who had followed her saga.</p><p>My screening will likely be fine, despite family history. But these things go through my mind every year when I do this.</p><p>At this point, you’re probably wondering what in the world any of this has to do with books or writing or publishing, so let me explain. I had the privilege of proofreading one of BTP’s recent releases, <i>The Killing of Tracey Titmass</i>, by Estelle Maher:</p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Jo Kearns has breast cancer.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">While juggling her job, her boyfriend and the cancer, she discovers that her home has been invaded by Tracey, her tumour in insidious human form.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Jo’s diary tells the story of her battle to evict the malignant Tracey from her house and the disease from her body.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Based on Estelle Maher’s own cancer journey, this book is at times hilarious, at times poignant, but always unflinchingly honest and inspiring.</span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">The story is delightful and funny and moving and uplifting. Although I’ve never personally gone through it, having known enough people who have, it was an emotional read. The author herself is as wonderful as the story, and I’m so glad she put these words out into the world.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">I’m not sure we talk directly about this enough. Sure, we have Awareness Campaigns and Awareness Ribbons and Awareness Month and Awareness Memes. Everyone always says, “I know someone who had breast cancer!” But it often stops there. We don’t see the intimate details and the feelings and the ways in which people cope.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">In the same way my friend Jenny’s online diary did, the book brings all of that into the light in a way that’s relatable and humorous and sometimes devastating. Fortunately, it has a different outcome than Jenny’s story, but the principle is the same: these aren’t things we need to keep hidden and secret.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">My challenge to you is to read this and absorb it. Whether you’ve been there yourself or know </span>someone who has, I hope the story will be as meaningful to you as it was to me.</p><p>You can <a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=431" target="_blank">find the book here</a> or at your favorite bookseller.</p>AM Leibowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04209724829228883552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-16527465579345133592020-10-23T07:30:00.012-07:002020-10-23T10:14:17.161-07:00Monsters under the bed and ghosts in the attic<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_WNpegcwBoj7OfAEt72E1e2f9MNtt-EYwhwBFyUfaok-XcKyJNDDlnmXsO5F6IiUXP8QsEhLKQLGJt37QfG06mIsCg6B1YilxsVGFag2uuQmKGfd4Fi4bvUSWoOP5_lvO90-7xZ-ZUMo/s1280/halloween-72939_1280.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1280" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_WNpegcwBoj7OfAEt72E1e2f9MNtt-EYwhwBFyUfaok-XcKyJNDDlnmXsO5F6IiUXP8QsEhLKQLGJt37QfG06mIsCg6B1YilxsVGFag2uuQmKGfd4Fi4bvUSWoOP5_lvO90-7xZ-ZUMo/w200-h145/halloween-72939_1280.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><h1 style="text-align: left;">We’re a week away from one of my favorite holidays: Halloween!</h1><p></p><p>Not that there will be too many trick-or-treaters at my door this year.</p><p>Since I’ll be missing out on seeing the kids’ costumes, from the sweet to the sinister, I’ll have to content myself with spending a night in, reading. Good thing I have a long list of books (and all the candy we won’t be giving out).</p><p>Just in case you’re in need of something holiday-appropriate to take your mind off all the social distancing, we’ve got you covered. Check out these links for some of our spine-tingling books. What are you in the mood to read?</p><p><a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n3=true&n2=7" target="_blank"><b>Horror</b></a></p><p><a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n3=true&n2=4" target="_blank"><b>Crime, Thrillers and Mystery</b></a></p><p><a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n3=true&n2=65" target="_blank"><b>Paranormal</b></a></p><p><a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n3=true&n2=91" target="_blank"><b>Supernatural</b></a></p><p><a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=93" target="_blank"><b>Dark Romance</b></a></p>AM Leibowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04209724829228883552noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-58831755009263040692020-06-16T04:51:00.001-07:002020-06-16T08:28:56.358-07:00Black Lives Matter - black voices, white privilege, our responsibility<div class="separator tr_bq" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Black Lives Matter</span></b><br />
Beaten Track Publishing is fully committed to treating all people equally and with respect, so yes, of course we believe all lives matter, but it’s not ‘all lives’ when black people are murdered and subjected to violence daily, repeatedly, systematically. It’s only ‘some lives’. This is why, right now and for as long as it takes to eradicate racism, black lives matter.<br />
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<i>#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.</i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">White Privilege</span></b><br />
Beaten Track isn’t like other publishing houses. It is more of a collective of authors, editors, proofreaders and illustrators, many of us from marginalised communities. We have come together because our voices are not welcomed elsewhere, and as such our existence is a form of resistance. But we can do more. We must do more, do better. As a collective, we possess a lot of <a href="https://mom.com/momlife/how-to-use-white-privilege-to-defend-black-bodies" target="_blank">white privilege</a>; recognising that, we have a choice what we do with it.<br />
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We will not be bystanders.</div>
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We will speak up against racism.</div>
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We will share black voices.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Black Writers’ Guild Open Letter</b></span><br />
The Black Writers’ Guild (BWG) is a newly formed organisation representing the black publishing community in the UK. On 15th June 2020, the BWG released an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/15/black-writers-guild-calls-for-sweeping-change-in-uk-publishing" target="_blank">Open Letter</a> requesting that all UK publishers provide a full audit of their books published by black authors, their acquisition process and management/editorial structure. The letter begins with the following statement:<br />
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<i>We are the Black Writers’ Guild, representing the black publishing community in the UK. Our membership group includes over 200 published black writers, including some of Britain’s bestselling authors and leading literary figures.</i><br />
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<i>The protest movement sweeping the world since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has forced an international soul-searching to understand the pervasive racial inequalities that haunt most sectors of our society – including our own major institutions and industries.</i><br />
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<i>Publishers have taken advantage of this moment to amplify the marketing of titles by their black authors and release statements of support for the black communities who have been campaigning for equality for decades.</i><br />
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<i>Although we welcome your support at this time, we are deeply concerned that British publishers are raising awareness of racial inequality without significantly addressing their own.</i><br />
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<i>We are calling on you to help us tackle the deep-rooted racial inequalities in the major corporate publishing companies and support grassroots black literary communities such as booksellers, book clubs and the Black Writers’ Guild.</i><br />
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Equality is our destination, and we have a hard journey ahead of us.<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/deeaditya" target="_blank">DEE ADITYA</a></b>
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Dee is an author of M/M romance, an accomplished proofreader and brilliant cover designer (find out more at <a href="https://decorousanarchystudios.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">decorousanarchystudios.wordpress.com</a>).<br />
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<b>By Dee Aditya:</b><br />
<i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=247" target="_blank">A Boy Named Khwahish</a></i> – a young adult gay romance;<br />
part of Take a Chance anthology.
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<b><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=96" target="_blank">IMANI TAFARI-AMA</a></b><br />
Dr. Imani Tafari-Ama is the author of: <i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=273" target="_blank">Blood, Bullets and Bodies: Sexual Politics Below Jamaica's Poverty Line</a></i>, <i><a href="https://youtu.be/qQNYGjRFlwk" target="_blank">Up For Air: This Half Has Never Been Told</a></i> (an award-winning novel) and <i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=252" target="_blank">Lead in the Veins</a></i> (poetry) as well as several book chapters and articles. She is also a multimedia journalist who has produced several audio-visual documentaries including '<a href="https://youtu.be/VNwIZ_xHjm0" target="_blank">Setting the Skin Tone</a>', which explores the catastrophic social practice of skin bleaching. This eight-and-a half minute video documentary (produced in 2006) is an excerpt from her Doctoral research.</div>
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<b><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/larrybenjamin" target="_blank">LARRY BENJAMIN</a></b><br />
Bronx-born wordsmith, Larry Benjamin considers himself less a writer than an artist whose chosen medium is the written word rather than clay or paint or bronze.<br />
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<b>By Larry Benjamin:</b><br />
Novels: <i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=82" target="_blank">Unbroken</a> </i>(Lambda Literary finalist); <i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=274" target="_blank">In His Eyes</a></i>; <i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=397" target="_blank">The Sun, The Earth and The Moon</a></i><br />
Short Stories/Novelettes: <i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=193" target="_blank">Black&Ugly</a></i>; <i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=112" target="_blank">The Christmas Present</a></i>; <i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=157" target="_blank">Vampire Rising</a></i>; <i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=69" target="_blank">Damaged Angels</a></i>
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<b><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=135" target="_blank">L.D. VALENTINE</a></b><br />
L.D. Valentine is a self-confessed nerd who loves fantasy but could never see himself in the characters, so he did something about it and decided to make his own.<br />
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<b>By L.D. Valentine:</b><br />
Novel: <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=394" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Rising</a> (Coven of Zora #1)<br />
Blog post: <a href="https://ldvalentine.blogspot.com/2019/09/black-queer-and-nerd.html" target="_blank">Black, Queer, and Nerd?</a>
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<b><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/unomaazuah" target="_blank">UNOMA AZUAH</a></b><br />
Unoma Azuah teaches writing at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College, Valdosta, GA. Her research and activism focus on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights in Nigeria, and her recent book project is Blessed Body: Secret Lives of the Nigerian LGBT. Some of her writing awards include the Aidoo-Synder book award, Spectrum book award and the Hellman/Hammet award.<br />
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<b>By Unoma Azuah:</b><br />
<i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=393" target="_blank">Embracing My Shadow: growing up lesbian in Nigeria</a></i>
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<b><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/jadecalder" target="_blank">JADE CALDER</a></b><br />
Jade Calder is a mum and author of children's books featuring black families.<br />
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<b>By Jade Calder:</b><br />
<i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=423" target="_blank">The Magic Hair Stick</a></i><br />
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<i><b>coming soon…</b></i><br />
<i>I Am NOT Too Small!</i><br />
<i>Mummy, What Is Black Lives Matter?</i>
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Keysha is a qualified nursery nurse and psychology graduate whose writing is inspired by years of encouraging children to brush their teeth at nursery through engaging stories.<br />
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<b>By Keysha Naomi Binns:</b><br />
<i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=399" target="_blank">The Gum Chums – Decay in the Fruit Garden</a></i>
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Kukuwa Abba is a Health and Social Development professional with over thirty years experience, specialising in Public Health Education and Policy, Health Literacy, Mental Health Promotion and Culture and Health.
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<b>By Kukuwa Abba:</b><br />
<i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=231" target="_blank">JA Herbs – 40 Jamaican Medicinal Herbs</a></i></div>
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Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-32827039203088068612019-11-15T09:40:00.003-08:002019-11-15T09:40:13.211-08:00New Releases from Larry Benjamin, Sossity Chiricuzio and Sheila Kendall - 15th November 2019Beaten Track has three new releases out today! There really is something for everyone (or all the adults, anyway - more to follow for the littluns in November and December). I'm covering all three in one post for...ease of navigation. ;)<br />
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<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 15th November, 2019<br />
<b>Edition:</b> 2nd, revised<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback ISBN: 978 1 78645 348 8<br />
eBook ISBN: 978 1 78645 349<br />
ASIN: B07ZNVLBYN<br />
<b>Length:</b> 60,700 words (approx.)<br />
<b>Category:</b> Non-Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=5">LGBT</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=11">Romance and Relationships</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=62">Literary</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=77">Family and Friendship</a><br />
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<b>Beaten Track Shop:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=sem_format" target="_blank">Ebook Edition</a> • <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=sem" target="_blank">Paperback Edition</a><br />
<b>Other Vendors:</b> <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/988146?ref=b10track" target="_blank">Smashwords</a> • <a href="http://mybook.to/SunEarthMoon" target="_blank">Amazon</a> • <a href="https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-sun-the-earth-the-moon" target="_blank">Kobo</a> • <a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Larry_Benjamin_The_Sun_the_Earth_the_Moon?id=aUK5DwAAQBAJ" target="_blank">Google Play</a> • <a href="https://books.apple.com/gb/book/the-sun-the-earth-the-moon/id1485155543" target="_blank">Apple</a>
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When seventeen-year-old Thomas arrives for his freshman year at the University of Pennsylvania, he thinks he is ready for anything. Anything arrives quickly in the form of Dondi Whyte. Dondi is handsome, glamorous, and rich—everything Thomas is not. Is Thomas really ready for anything?<br />
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Thomas falls helplessly in love with Dondi and the two begin a love affair. When it ends abruptly, Thomas is devastated. To make up for breaking his heart, Dondi invites Thomas to spend the summer at his family—s mansion by the sea. There, Thomas meets Dondi’s brother, Matthew, and discovers it is sometimes in an ending that we find our beginning.<br />
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This is a revised edition of <i>What Binds Us</i>, previously published electronically by Carina Press.
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Editor's Review:</h3>
Author Larry Benjamin and I 'met' not long after his debut novel, <i>What Binds Us</i>, was released (by Carina) and mid-prerelease of <i>Damaged Angels</i> (Bold Stroke Books). I don't clearly recall the ins and outs, but it had something to do with a book we'd both read and loved and becoming friends on social media. At the time, I included books on BTP that were written/published by like-minded authors/publishers, and Larry asked if I would list <i>What Binds Us</i>, so I did. In time, that friendship deepened, and finally (after much badgering by Nige, I suspect), Larry afforded me the great privilege of publishing his other work.<br />
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I should backtrack a little and own up to having cried buckets reading <i>What Binds Us</i>, as did my youngest daughter. And then we did it all over again with <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/unbroken" target="_blank">Unbroken</a></i></b> - Larry's second novel - published by Beaten Track. Woot!<br />
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Of course, <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/unbroken" target="_blank">Unbroken</a></i></b> also marked the commencement of The Comma Wars, whereby every comma I add or delete is held up and...erm scrutinised by the author. Our in-document arguments have, at times, become heated, but isn't that the mark of a great friendship? We can disagree on <b>Very Important Matters</b> yet remain as close as always.<br />
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And so Larry and I have come full circle in a way, with the release of <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=397" target="_blank"><b><i>The Sun, the Earth and the Moon</i></b></a>, in that it is a revised second edition of <i>What Binds Us</i>, although the first edition was released only in ebook format, whilst <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=397" target="_blank"><b><i>The Sun, the Earth and the Moon</i></b></a> is also available as a paperback. The revisions expand and tidy up the original text, but the story remains essentially the same.<br />
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What I said above about the gallons of tears shed, I should clarify: this novel, like Larry's other novels, is gay literary fiction with significant themes of romance and friendship. There is tragedy too, and I am ever grateful to authors who foreground this at the beginning of the story so I can prepare for the events which follow. However, all those tears are not really because of the sad moments; Larry's prose is beautiful and moving, and if you haven't read any of his work yet, you really should!<br />
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=392" target="_blank"><b><i>Honey and Vinegar: Recipe for an Outlaw </i></b></a> by <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/n1=authors&id=133">Sossity Chiricuzio</a></h2>
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<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 15th November, 2019<br />
<b>Edition:</b> 1<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback: 978-1-78645-371-6<br />
eBook: 978-1-78645-372-3<br />
ASIN: B07YR391D1<br />
<b>Length:</b> 30,450 words (approx.) (34 images)<br />
<b>Category:</b> Non-Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/n1=publications&n2=22">Memoir</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/n1=publications&n2=23">Biography</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/n1=publications&n2=31">LGBT</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/n1=publications&n2=73">Politics</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/n1=publications&n2=74">Feminism</a>
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<b>Beaten Track Shop:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=honeyvinegar_format" target="_blank">Ebook Edition</a> • <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=honeyvinegar" target="_blank">Paperback Edition</a><br />
<b>Other Vendors:</b> <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/961576?ref=b10track" target="_blank">Smashwords</a> • <a href="http://mybook.to/honeyvinegar" target="_blank">Amazon</a> • <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/honey-vinegar-sossity-chiricuzio/1133982314?ean=2940163354382" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a> • <a href="https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/honey-vinegar-recipe-for-an-outlaw" target="_blank">Kobo</a> • <a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Sossity_Chiricuzio_Honey_Vinegar?id=Ey-0DwAAQBAJ" target="_blank">Google Play</a> • <a href="https://books.apple.com/gb/book/honey-vinegar-recipe-for-an-outlaw/id1482585430" target="_blank">Apple</a>
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=392" target="_blank"><b><i>Honey and Vinegar: Recipe for an Outlaw </i></b></a> gives an intimate look at how the values and hopes of the 1960s carried through into the queer activism of the 1990s. It's a story told from various locations including ashrams, community housing, and not so great neighborhoods from the middle of Arizona to the middle of Florida, and back again. Exploring issues of class, family, embodiment, sexuality, identity, and agency in an illustrated series of vignettes that blur the lines between poetry and prose, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=392" target="_blank"><b><i>Honey and Vinegar </i></b></a> is a scrapbook of resistance.
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Long ago, in my rather grim youth, I read one memoir. One. It was<i> The Moon's a Balloon </i>by David Niven. I'm not sure why. I wasn't especially a fan of David Niven, although I found his acting suave and frightfully gentlemanly. But read it I did; almost forty years later, I have absolutely no recollection of it.<br />
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You see, fiction is my thing - worlds to which I can escape, and there has been much in my life from which I have needed that respite. Real life can be dark and brutal, and it is most often the worst aspects that are showcased in memoirs and autobiographies.<br />
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Thus, you won't find many non-fiction books in Beaten Track's catalogue because, ultimately, I decide what we publish, and if I have to edit the thing then I want to enjoy it.<br />
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This means that the few memoirs you will find on BTP are very special indeed, and I'm so proud to share with you Sossity's memoir: <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=392" target="_blank"><b><i>Honey and Vinegar</i></b></a>. Aside from being a stunning piece of literary non-fiction, I so often during editing found myself thinking 'god, yes, I've been here, and I'm so sorry you went through this too'. This could be any woman's story, any queer person's story, but it's Sossity's, and she tells it with such energy and honesty - the dark and the light - it is as compelling and consuming as any fiction I've read.<br />
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On a nuts and bolts level, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=392" target="_blank"><b><i>Honey and Vinegar</i></b></a> charts the formative moments in the author's childhood and adolescence, illustrated perfectly by Queeriam's sketches, but my words do no justice. I mean, how dry does that sound? 'Formative moments...' blah, blah, blah. <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=392" target="_blank"><b><i>Honey and Vinegar</i></b></a> is a vivid swirl of anger and joy and frustration and relief and finding and losing oneself all at once. It is about the roots of Sossity's activism and a whole lot of life experience I wish I'd had (as well as the stuff I wish I hadn't).<br />
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=402" target="_blank"><b><i>Tangled Webs</i></b></a> by <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=89">Sheila Kendall</a></h2>
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<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 15th November, 2019<br />
<b>Edition:</b> 1<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78645-388-4<br />
eBook ISBN: 978-1-78645-389-1<br />
ASIN: B07ZZMP3JF<br />
<b>Length:</b> 75,200 words (approx.)<br />
<b>Category:</b> Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=19">Women's Fiction</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=4">Crime, Thrillers and Mystery</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=77">Family and Friendship</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=11">Romance and Relationships</a><br />
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<b>Beaten Track Shop:</b> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/a%20href=" https:="" prod="tangledwebs_format" proddetail.php="" shop="" target="_blank" www.beatentrackpublishing.com="">Ebook Edition</a> • <a href="https://www.blogger.com/a%20href=" https:="" prod="tangledwebs" proddetail.php="" shop="" target="_blank" www.beatentrackpublishing.com="">Paperback Edition</a><br />
<b>Other Vendors:</b> <a href="http://mybook.to/tangledwebs" target="_blank">Amazon</a> • <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/989458?ref=b10track" target="_blank">Smashwords</a> • <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tangled-webs-sheila-kendall/1134733324?ean=2940163382187" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a> • <a href="https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/tangled-webs-24" target="_blank">Kobo</a> • <a href="https://books.apple.com/gb/book/tangled-webs/id1486291255" target="_blank">Apple</a> • <a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Sheila_Kendall_Tangled_Webs?id=h-67DwAAQBAJ" target="_blank">Google Play Books</a><br />
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When Carol makes a decision to trace the baby who was stolen from her over a decade ago, she has no idea of the tangled web of lies and deceit that await her. But Carol has secrets of her own, which she has promised to keep—secrets that will put a long-standing friendship in jeopardy if they are ever revealed.<br />
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As we follow the threads of Carol’s search, we realise that whatever we do in the past, whatever mistakes we try to put behind us, someday, somewhere, they will come to light.<br />
The past can never be left behind.<br />
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This is the third book of Sheila's I've published, and it delights me that she's a genre hopper just like me. Her first BTP novel, <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/missionaccomplished" target="_blank">Mission Accomplished</a></i></b>, was a historical/paranormal mystery/romance; her second book, <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/deadlychains" target="_blank">Deadly Chains</a></i></b>, was more a murder mystery. <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=402" target="_blank"><b><i>Tangled Webs</i></b></a> is a mystery/thriller, and there is a crime element to it, but it's...not really a crime mystery/thriller. There's also some romance, but it's not a capital R Romance, and it's a bit more plot-driven than slice of life. Above all, it's women's fiction, with strong female leads and a smattering of decent men, but this is a story laced with everyday feminism.<br />
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And it's one of those novels I want to read a little bit of every day, like it's a big bar of chocolate and I'm pacing myself so it lasts longer - just a taste to keep me going. I suppose that's mostly because of the focus on the characters and their interactions - the tangle of lies and secrets - and the journeys those characters take. It's no secret that I'm a sucker for a character-driven story. I don't even care that much if there's a plot, but I should point out that <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=402" target="_blank"><b><i>Tangled Webs</i></b></a> does have one.<br />
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See, this is the kind of book (and Sheila is the kind of author) that led me into publishing. I once attended an author fair where one of the top literary agents said we should approach finding an agent/publisher by first walking into a bookshop and figuring out on which shelf our book belongs, but that's so restrictive, never mind that it curbs creativity and the freedom to just tell the stories we need to tell.<br />
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That's what I love about Sheila's stories. She takes them where they need to go rather than sticking to a formulaic 'insert murder suspect #2 in chapter 8'. She also tells stories about ordinary working-class northerners, which is important because you'd be forgiven for thinking, based on the average British fiction bookshelf, that we're all middle-class southerners.<br />
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Are we 'eckers like. Now, where did I leave me flat cap and whippet.<br />
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Please buy, read and review.<br />
We really like it when you do!Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-22958150227723024492019-09-18T23:57:00.000-07:002019-09-18T23:57:18.857-07:00New Release: The Golden One - Reckoning by Hans M Hirschi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Title:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/reckoning" target="_blank">The Golden One - Reckoning</a><br />
<b>Author:</b> <a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=59" target="_blank">Hans M Hirschi</a><br />
<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 19th September, 2019<br />
<b>Length:</b> 71,000 words (approx.)<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback: 978-1-78645-315-0<br />
eBook: 978-1-78645-316-7<br />
ASIN: B07TDRR4DL<br />
<b>Category:</b> Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=2" target="_blank">Young Adult</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=13">Fantasy</a><br />
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<i>Jason is staying with the ailing Cheyenne elder Ninovan. Only the most heartbreaking news from Amberville can bring him back to face the biggest trial of his young life. Will Jason be able to fulfill his final mission as the Golden One? A mission from which no Golden One has ever returned?<br /><br />
Reckoning is the final installment of the gripping fantasy trilogy about Jason Mendez, the Golden One, who is called upon to save the world with his four best friends. Will Jason be successful? At what price? Will Earth be safe?<br /><br />
The Golden One is an exciting fantasy trilogy dealing with urgent topics affecting humanity today.</i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Editor's Review:</span></b><br />
This is it: the end of an era, or a series at least.<br />
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Today is release day for <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/reckoning" target="_blank">Reckoning</a></i></b>, the third and final part of <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n7=36" target="_blank">The Golden One</a> - Hans M Hirschi's young adult trilogy following the adventures of Jason Mendez who is, indeed, the 'Golden One'. If you haven't read the previous instalments, the links are at the end of this review.<br />
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I have such mixed feeling when I reach the end of a beloved series - for any readers new to Beaten Track Publishing, we publish the books we love, so my experience of reading them is much the same as yours. I go through every book at least twice, the first time tackling the nuts and bolts of the writing, checking the plot hangs together and that characters don't suddenly change the colour of their eyes, and so on.<br />
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The second time through is where I finally get to pay attention to the story, and I'll admit right here that <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n7=36" target="_blank">The Golden One</a> has had me raging and swearing (at the villains), smiling like a loon (at the sweet moments), laughing and rolling my eyes (usually at Peter - one of Jason's close friends and 'crew'), slumping in despair (at the injustice) and finally, in <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/reckoning" target="_blank">Reckoning</a></i></b>, sniffling, <i>oh, I have something in my eye, no I'm not crying, you're crying...</i><br />
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Obviously, I'm not going to tell you what made me so teary because I'd be giving away the plot, and we've kept this publication safely tucked away, no advance copies, until release day specifically to avoid spoiling the ending. Suffice to say it's a satisfying one...mostly. ;)<br />
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I kind of did a 'Best Supporting Role' for the first two instalments, with Laurel coming out as my favourite character from book one and Hannah in book two. For Reckoning, that prize goes to...[drum roll]...Micah. Yes, she is a cat, just an ordinary cat, but she's brave, loyal, feisty, and, of course, Jason can understand what she's saying. There is maybe a bit of anthropomorphising on the author's part when it comes to Micah's scepticism, incredulity and some of her judgements of human behaviour, but her nonchalance, especially when she's miffed with Jason, is pure cat and hilarious - a bit of light relief in the darker moments in <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/reckoning" target="_blank">Reckoning</a></i></b>.<br />
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So the conclusion is here. No more Golden One, and while I hate saying goodbye to characters with whom I've spent a fair bit of time and know better than I know most people in the real world, it is a fitting conclusion to the trilogy and a journey I'm glad I had the opportunity to make.<br />
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/reckoning" target="_blank"><b><i>The Golden One - Reckoning</i></b></a> is book three and the final instalment of <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n7=36" target="_blank">The Golden One trilogy</a>, available in ebook formats from the usual places. Paperback available from Beaten Track Publishing and (imminently) Amazon.<br />
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Also available: <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=349&n2=&n3=true&n4=&n5=&n6=&n7=36&kw=" target="_blank">The Golden One - Blooming</a></i></b> (book one); <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=367" target="_blank">The Golden One - Deceit</a></i></b> (book two).<br />
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<a href="http://mybook.to/tgo2" target="_blank">Amazon [Kindle Edition]</a> • <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/944823?ref=b10track" target="_blank">Smashwords [ebook - multiple formats]</a>
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<a href="https://books.apple.com/gb/book/the-golden-one-reckoning/id1469226974" target="_blank">iBooks</a> • <a href="https://www.kobo.com/ebook/the-golden-one-reckoning" target="_blank">Kobo</a> • <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-golden-one-hans-m-hirschi/1132126007?ean=2940163254811" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></div>
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Hans M Hirschi has been writing stories since childhood. As an adult, the demands of corporate life put an end to his fiction for more than twenty years. A global executive in training, he has traveled the world and published several non-fiction titles as well as four well-received novels. The birth of his son provided him with the opportunity to rekindle his love of creative writing, where he expresses his deep passion for a better world through love and tolerance. Hans lives with his husband and son on a small island off the west coast of Sweden.
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.hirschi.se/" target="_blank">Hirschi.se</a></div>
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<b>Blog:</b> <a href="http://www.hirschi.se/blog" target="_blank">Hans Hirschi's Blog</a></div>
Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-57262001688661905162019-08-29T03:06:00.000-07:002019-08-29T03:06:44.656-07:00August Releases: Round-upDue to a hectic month, this post will be a round-up of August releases (six in all), most recent first as there are two brand-new releases today (29th August)!<br />
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=386" target="_blank">Space Train</a> by <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=130" target="_blank">David Bridger</a></h1>
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<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 29th August, 2019<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> ISBN: 978 1 78645 334 1<br />
eBook ISBN: 978 1 78645 335 8<br />
ASIN: B07WNDCBGD<br />
<b>Length:</b> 98,600 words (approx.)<br />
<b>Category:</b> Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?n1=publications&n2=12">Science Fiction</a>, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?n1=publications&n2=14">Adventure</a>, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?n1=publications&n2=11">Romance and Relationships</a><br />
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Published: 29th August, 2019<br />
Length: 98,600 words (approx.)<br />
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<i>FIREFLY meets WAGON TRAIN. Space pioneers, frontier worlds, alien societies, war refugees rebuilding their lives, heroes with heart, loving relationships of many flavors, and a scarily clever ruthless enemy.</i><br />
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Tom is a man of color in a social system where the respectable classes are exclusively white. An interstellar freighter captain who flew refugee ships for the resistance during the galactic war, he is tormented by the memory of a terrible tragedy. Never again will he lose a ship or allow anyone to hurt passengers he’s promised to keep safe. Not <i>ever!</i><br />
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Nene is a telepathic blue-skinned alien spy embedded in a tyrannical regime that looks likely to reignite the galactic war, and she is dangerously attracted to the haunted human who flies refugee families to start new lives far away.<br />
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Saxe, an elite security executive whose career was damaged when Tom escaped from his custody during the war, is driven by cold hatred and revenge. If the only way to destroy Tom is by destroying the galaxy, then that’s what he’ll do.<br />
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Space is vast, but with a hunter so ruthless and the prospect of war so close, can people of peace ever find a safe place to live?
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<b><i>I'm also delighted to announce that Beaten Track is now the publisher of David Bridger's back catalogue! :) Links to his other books below:</i></b><br />
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/flightofthieves" target="_blank">A Flight of Thieves</a></h3>
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/honestyoftigers" target="_blank">The Honesty of Tigers</a></h3>
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/quietresistance" target="_blank">Quiet Resistance</a></h3>
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/storywalker" target="_blank">Storywalker</a></h3>
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=389" target="_blank">Pocket Guide to the Voice</a> by <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=132" target="_blank">Ruth Royall</a></h1>
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<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 29th August, 2019<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Independent<br />
<b>Edition:</b> 1<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback ISBN: 978 1 78645 341 9<br />
eBook ISBN: 978 1 78645 350 1<br />
ASIN: B07WK486C2<br />
<b>Length:</b> 12,698 words (approx.) (54 images)<br />
<b>Category:</b> Non-Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?n1=publications&n2=36">Music, Stage and Screen</a>, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?n1=publications&n2=98">Instruction and Study</a><br />
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Pocket Guide to the Voice offers an easy and fun look at the voice, helped along by Ellie. With easy to understand exercises and digestible nuggets of anatomy and vocal function, this book will help open the door to your vocal journey.
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=378" target="_blank">Meredith's Dagger</a> by <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=1" target="_blank">Debbie McGowan</a></h1>
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<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 20th August, 2019<br />
<b>Edition:</b> 1<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback ISBN: 978 1 78645 318 1<br />
eBook ISBN: 978 1 78645 319 8<br />
ASIN: B07TF9CL3C<br />
<b>Length:</b> 125,000 words (approx.)<br />
<b>Category:</b> Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=58" target="_blank">Contemporary Fiction</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=6" target="_blank">History</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=65" target="_blank">Paranormal</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=19" target="_blank">Women's Fiction</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=5" target="_blank">LGBT</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=11" target="_blank">Romance and Relationships</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=69" target="_blank">New Adult</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=97" target="_blank">Feminist</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=94" target="_blank">Slice of Life</a><br />
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Huddled in a doorway, unseen by the men passing on great horses, Meredith watched from within the hood of her cloak. The pain of the cold, wet morning impaled her, rooting her in place, even as the cat rubbed against her shins with a force that should have felled her. She shooed him away. <i>Go home.</i> But he would not.<br />
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She wished she had died that night. She wished she had died, for to live like this was not to live at all.<br />
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When Richie Moorcroft takes a housekeeping position to finance his studies, it means moving back to his childhood home: an ancient, almost-derelict cottage locals claim is haunted. But he never believed those stories; he knows where they came from, and in any case, he has a job to do: keeping nineteen-year-old Julian Denby on the straight and narrow without Julian realising his wealthy parents are paying Richie to do so.<br />
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Luckily, Julian’s not very astute, although the same can’t be said for their newest housemates: Richie’s bestie, Anneke, and Julian’s older sister, Tamara. Add in George, the cat who appeared from nowhere and is in no hurry to leave, and that makes five…about to uncover the sinister history of their new home.
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=373" target="_blank">Callum and the Mountain</a> by <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=129" target="_blank">Alan McClure</a></h1>
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<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 15th August, 2019<br />
<b>Edition:</b> 1<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback: 9781786453266<br />
eBook: 9781786453273<br />
ASIN: B07VGLMNLG<br />
<b>Length:</b> 40,700 words (approx.)<br />
<b>Category:</b> Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=1" target="_blank">Children's Fiction</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=13" target="_blank">Fantasy</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=14" target="_blank">Adventure</a><br />
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It's a quiet wee village, Skerrils. Not much going on. Shingle beach, pretty walks, peaceful library, exploding school, talking dogs, carnivorous monuments, interfering all-powerful nature spirits and a mountainous secret too baffling to tell... Callum Maxwell and his pals are in for the strangest, scariest, most exciting summer of their lives. Join them and you'll never look at the natural world in quite the same way again.<br />
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"A totally original story with genuine heart."<br />
- Karen Campbell, author of <i>The Sound of the Hours</i>, <i>Rise</i> and <i>This is Where I Am</i><br />
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"Alan McClure's Callum and the Mountain introduces a fresh voice, full of energy, humour and love of place. He writes with a performer's instincts and an exuberant joy in language - an author we will be seeing more of."<br />
- Joan Lennon, author of <i>Silver Skin</i> (shortlisted for the Scottish Teenage Book Prize) and <i>Walking Mountain</i><br />
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"We're listening to a born storyteller, and he's unpacking a great shaggy monster of a tale for us."<br />
- Paul Magrs, author of <i>Strange Boy</i>, <i>Lost on Mars</i> and <i>The Novel Inside You</i>
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/animalimericks" target="_blank">Animalimericks</a> by <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=131" target="_blank">Kate Andrew</a></h1>
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<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 8th August, 2019<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback ISBN: 9781786453327<br />
eBook ISBN: 9781786453334<br />
ASIN: B07VXK35D4<br />
<b>Length:</b> 2,800 words (approx.) (46 images)<br />
<b>Category:</b> Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=1" target="_blank">Children's Fiction</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=8" target="_blank">Humour</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=9" target="_blank">Poetry</a><br />
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An otter potter, a sailing snail, a crooning baboon and a cat scared of mice…<br />
These are just some of the animals featured in this book of wacky limericks.<br />
Resist them if you can!<br />
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<i>A hairy hyena called Honey<br />
Could not laugh for love or for money;<br />
She said, “I’m not sad,<br />
I’m not mad or bad,<br />
I just don’t find anything funny!”</i><br />
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This collection of limericks, written and illustrated by Kate Andrew, is suitable for children of all ages - from 3 to 93!
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=388" target="_blank">The Invasion of Tork: The Complete Collection</a> by <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=54" target="_blank">Claire Davis and Al Stewart</a></h1>
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<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 7th August, 2019<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78645-311-2<br />
eBook ISBN: 978-1-78645-312-9<br />
ASIN: B07W5QDGBM
<b>Length:</b> 69,000 words (approx.)<br />
<b>Category:</b> Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=2" target="_blank">Young Adult</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=5" target="_blank">LGBT</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=11" target="_blank">Romance and Relationships</a>
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Purchase Links:</h2>
<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=torkcollection" target="_blank">BTP Paperback</a><br />
<a href="http://mybook.to/torkcollection" target="_blank">Amazon Kindle</a><br />
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About the Book:</h2>
<i>Available on Kindle Unlimited and as a paperback.</i><br />
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Collection includes the novellas The Invasion of Tork, The Invasion of Adam and If I Should Stumble – three young adult LGBTQ romances set in the UK, exploring social issues such as immigration, mental health and homelessness.<br />
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<i>The Invasion of Tork</i><br />
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Adam is cool, intelligent and drop-dead gorgeous - all the guys tell him so! When he is forced to start voluntary work at the local homeless shelter, all he worries about is keeping the clients well away from him and finishing the placement as soon as possible. Until he meets Tork.<br />
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Tork is clever and funny. He makes origami models and reads Dickens. Tork has green hair and makes Adam's heart race with longing. But Tork is homeless and not at all impressed with Adam's attitude.<br />
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Can Adam see past his fear and arrogance? Can Tork give Adam a chance?<br />
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Can two such different men turn the world upside down and find out what really matters?<br />
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<i>The Invasion of Adam</i><br />
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College life, fun nights out, guys everywhere—Adam thought his life was perfect…<br />
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Until he met Tork.<br />
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Green-haired Tork creates origami models and reads Dickens. He lives in supported housing, and he is absolutely not impressed by money.<br />
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Adam and Tork come from opposite worlds, but even as Adam fights it, the attraction stays strong.<br />
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Will Tork win the battle to understand his past and be well? Is there another Adam beneath that polished surface? Can they overcome their differences, and will there be dancing at midnight?<br />
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<i>If I Should Stumble</i><br />
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Love is sure and timeless and forever. It whispers over the morning coffee and the last thought before sleep. Love is beyond hope, and cruel as life.<br />
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Kaz has been in the UK for almost a year, but the days pass by in an endless round of alcohol and nothingness. He has a story but no words good or bad enough to tell it, until one day, he is assigned a new peer mentor who asks him to help train a sponsored running team. Something that was stretched as old parchment breaks inside, and memories begin to re-surface.<br />
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Zack is overjoyed when his friend Adam asks him to be part of the sponsored run team trying to make money for the local homeless shelter. All day he makes cakes to lighten people’s load, but something is missing from his life. Then he meets the boy with eyes like the desert, and with every step he runs, Zack’s light burns away the darkness in Kaz’s heart.<br />
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As the race heats gets nearer, Tork, Adam, Zack and Jo realise that under Kaz’s careful programme, they have a chance to qualify and set right some of the wrongs of this world.<br />
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One person can change the world, and that person is Tork.
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<br />Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-64460739817562209122019-07-19T10:59:00.003-07:002019-07-19T10:59:41.868-07:00Recent Release: A Rising Evil by Graham West + never seen before epilogue!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Title: </b><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/mosswood" target="_blank">Mosswood</a><br />
<b>Author:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/grahamwest" target="_blank">Graham West</a><br />
<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 219th July, 2019<br />
<b>Length:</b> Length: 110,000 words (approx.)<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback: 978-1-78645-257-3<br />
eBook: 978-1-78645-258-0<br />
ASIN: B07SKCPQ56<br />
<b>Category:</b> Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=65">Paranormal</a><br />
<b>URL:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/mosswood" target="_blank">https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/mosswood</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></b><br />
<i>On the edge of Tabwell lies a forest where the dark secrets of the past wait to be uncovered...</i><br />
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<i>It all began when Jenny Adams first dreamed of a young girl imprisoned in a dark attic. Now, over six years later, she's back where the nightmares started.</i><br />
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<i>Mosswood has been transformed into a successful adventure park, and it is there Jenny meets troubled, flame-haired teen Bailey Rosales, and Cody Nelson, a seven-year-old who has some very special friends. Dead friends.</i><br />
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<i>Why is Dennis Blakely, the park manager, tormented by visions of his own horrific demise, and why is an ex-councillor warning them to stay out of the forest at all costs?</i><br />
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<i>Once again, Jenny finds herself calling on the spirit of Amelia Root in the search for answers, but it is a search that leads the whole family into a terrifying confrontation with Tabwell's past and the secrets that lurk beyond the dark waters of Mosswood's lake.</i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Publisher's Review:</span></b><br />
I'm keeping this brief because the <b><i>Mosswood</i></b> launch party starts in exactly 45 minutes, and I don't want to be late. Equally, I didn't want to post this too much before the launch.<br />
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Of course, if I were better organised, I'd have written this earlier today...<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=338" target="_blank">Mosswood</a></i></b> is book three of Graham West's <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n7=3" target="_blank">Beyond the Dark Waters</a> trilogy, and what a satisfying conclusion it is. As with <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=279" target="_blank">Finding Amelia</a></i></b> and <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=319" target="_blank">A Rising Evil</a></i></b>, we're following the paranormal twists and turns in the lives of Rob Adams and his daughter Jenny, now grown-up with a child of her own. It all began with a hit and run that killed Rob's wife and youngest daughter - Jenny's mother and sister, and it's a must to read these three books in order to fully understand the connections between the different characters, particularly in terms of family and who is related to whom.<br />
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I especially enjoyed seeing certain characters get their just desserts, and I still belief this is a brilliant exploration of the evil men do to women. Whether that's intentional on Graham's part or not, this is not only brilliant trilogy, it's also a saga with plenty of (optional) food for thought.<br />
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I'll leave you with a little bonus content - never seen before, not in the published versions, but here is the epilogue that greeted me as I neared the end of <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=338" target="_blank">Mosswood</a></i></b>:<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">BONUS CONTENT</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">!<span style="color: magenta;">!</span><span style="color: lime;">!</span><span style="color: blue;">!</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Epilogue</span></b><br />
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Jenny glanced across at her father, who was staring at the TV screen. “It’s been quite a journey, hasn’t it?” she mused.<br />
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Robert Adams nodded. “Yeah, but thanks to you, it all turned out okay.”<br />
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“Thank to me?”<br />
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“Yeah, you’ve held everything together.”<br />
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Jenny laughed. “Hey, you did okay. You’re a good person, no matter what some people say about you!”<br />
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Rob frowned. “People? What people? What have they said?”<br />
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“Well, Debbie McGowan thinks you’re sexist!”<br />
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“Debbie McGowan? Who’s Debbie McGowan?”<br />
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“She’s the one who’s been trying to keep you on track for the past few years.”<br />
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Jenny saw that look in her father’s eyes. He wasn’t going to let this lie.<br />
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“And who else has been slagging me off?”<br />
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“Well, Andrea Harding thinks you’re a prick, and she thinks you were a bit too quick taking up with Josie.”<br />
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“Oh, does she now!” Rob thundered. “Well, you can tell her from me—it’s none of her business!”<br />
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“Hey, don’t be getting stressed…”<br />
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“And this Debbie person—I bet she lives on her own in a bedsit with fifty cats…”<br />
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Jenny grinned. “No, actually, she’s a social scientist and she’s married to Nigel.”<br />
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Rob spun around. “What? Farage? Well, he should bloody well stop buggering off to Brussels and get his own house in order. I mean, this country wouldn’t be in such a mess if they hadn’t given women the vote!” Rob huffed loudly, turning up the volume on the TV. “I can’t believe it. Me? Sexist? Bloody cheek!”<br />
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Jenny smiled. “Dad?”<br />
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“Yes, sweetheart?”<br />
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“Do you think Debbie will have guessed we’re trying to wind her up?”<br />
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Rob smiled—a smile that really did reach his eyes. “I imagine she will have, yes.”<br />
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“Aren’t you scared?”<br />
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“We’re fictional characters, babe. What can she do?”<br />
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Jenny laughed. “Yeah, but that Graham West isn’t!”<br />
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Rob rolled his eyes. “Yeah, poor bloke. I wouldn’t want to be in his shoes!”<br />
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<i><b>[Yeah, he'd better watch his step, Rob. That's all I'm saying. ;)]</b></i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Buy 'Mosswood': </span></b><br />
<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=mosswood" target="_blank">Beaten Track [Paperback]</a><br />
<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=mosswood_format" target="_blank">Beaten Track [ebook]</a><br />
<a href="http://mybook.to/mosswood" target="_blank">Amazon Kindle</a><br />
<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/941866?ref=b10track" target="_blank">Smashwords</a></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">About the Author:</span></b><br />
Graham West studied art at Hugh Baird college in Bootle, Merseyside, before joining the display team at Blacklers Store in Liverpool city centre where he spent seven years in the art department before moving on in 1981 to become a sign writer. He lives in Maghull with his wife, Ann, and has a daughter, Lindsay, and two grandchildren, Sonny and Kasper. Graham also plays guitar at weddings, functions and restaurants. He took up writing in 2000 and has had a couple of factual articles published in magazines. <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/mosswood" target="_blank"><b><i>Mosswood</i></b></a> is his third novel.Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-13018058232657582532019-07-11T07:47:00.000-07:002019-07-11T07:47:01.663-07:00Outlaw's Legacy: Box Set now available on Kindle Unlimited<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today (11th July 2019) marks the release of <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n7=17" target="_blank">Outlaw's Legacy</a> - N.B. Dixon's LGBTQ+ retelling of the legend of Robin Hood - as an <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/outlawslegacyboxset" target="_blank">ebook box set</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Box Set includes:</span></b><br />
<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/heiroflocksley" target="_blank">Heir of Locksley (book one)</a><br />
<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/knightofsherwood" target="_blank">Knight of Sherwood (book two)</a><br />
<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/earlofhuntingdon" target="_blank">Earl of Huntingdon (book three)</a><br />
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Available on Kindle only and therefore on Kindle Unlimited:<br />
<a href="http://mybook.to/outlawslegacy_boxset" target="_blank">http://mybook.to/outlawslegacy_boxset</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></b><br />
<i>Lythe and listin, gentlemen,</i><br />
<i>That be of frebore blode;</i><br />
<i>I shall you tell of a gode yeman,</i><br />
<i>His name was Robyn Hode.</i><br />
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- A Gest of Robyn Hode (An early printed Robin Hood ballad)<br />
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This saga chronicles the life of England's most famous outlaw, from his disturbed childhood to his fame as an adult.<br />
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What do you do when to love a man is considered a mortal sin? How do you protect your people when you have nothing? Who do you owe most loyalty to, your family or yourself? These are just some of the problems Robin Hood must face. Be prepared for a rollercoaster ride packed full of family feuds, betrayals, romance and one man's fight for his beliefs.<br />
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/heiroflocksley" target="_blank"><b><i>Heir of Locksley</i></b></a><br />
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Robin of Locksley is a rebel, more comfortable roaming Sherwood Forest with his longbow and courting the village girls than learning how to run a manor.<br />
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An innocent flirtation with a peasant girl soon lands Robin in trouble, and worse, he finds himself inexplicably attracted to Will Scathelock, his best friend since childhood. Robin must decide whether to follow the rules of society or his own conscience.<br />
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Meanwhile, his neighbour, Guy of Gisborne, is anxious to get his hands on the Locksley estate and he will do anything to make it happen - even murder.<br />
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/knightofsherwood" target="_blank"><b><i>Knight of Sherwood</i></b></a><br />
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Robin returns to England after four years fighting in the Holy Land. On arriving at Locksley, he discovers that Guy of Gisborne, his most hated enemy, has been made Sheriff of Nottingham. Forced to flee into Sherwood, Robin sets himself up as champion of the poor.<br />
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But Robin has a secret. His feelings for his friend Will Scathelock have deepened, but to acknowledge the truth would mean facing up to his past. Meanwhile, Lady Marian Fitzwalter, heiress to the vast Huntingdon estate, is determined to claim Robin for her own.<br />
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/earlofhuntingdon" target="_blank"><b><i>Earl of Huntingdon</i></b></a><br />
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He was once Robin Hood, bold outlaw of Sherwood; now he is Robin of Huntingdon, one of the most powerful earls in England.<br />
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Sir Roger of Doncaster, an enemy from Robin's crusading days, is back in England and determined to take Huntingdon for his own. Caught in a desperate struggle for survival, Robin's only solace is Will Scathelock, the man he has loved and resisted for years. Surrendering would be easy, but the stakes have never been higher. Roger has the might of King John behind him, and he will not rest until Robin is dead. Win or lose, Robin's life will never be the same.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">About N.B. Dixon:</span></b><br />
Website: <a href="http://nbdixonauthor.com/" target="_blank">NBDixonAuthor.com</a><br />
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I've made up stories since I was a child. I loved to take characters from my favourite books or television programs and make up stories about them or continue existing stories. In fact, if I had ever published them, I'd be in flagrant breach of copyright.<br />
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My parents gave me books as soon as I was able to hold one and so my love of literature was born.<br />
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I've always had a taste for the dramatic, so Historical Fiction was perfect. It also means I get to indulge my love of Folklore and Medieval History.<br />
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My love affair with the Robin Hood legend began one day in a hidden corner of the school library and has extended into my adult life. I only hope I can convince my readers to love him as much as I do.<br />
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Away from all things literary, I am an enthusiastic theatre goer. I also play the piano for pleasure and I like to sing when I'm sure no one can hear me. I'm fond of cooking and long walks and even now I'm still a self-confessed bookworm.Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-27432533201006935052019-06-21T10:58:00.002-07:002019-06-21T10:58:46.147-07:00New Release: Love on the Dancefloor by Liam Livings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Author:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=120">Liam Livings</a><br />
<b>Language: </b>English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 21st June, 2019<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback:978-1-78645-342-6<br />
eBook: 978-1-78645-343-3<br />
ASIN: B07TBMCRYQ<br />
<b>Length:</b> 89,700 words (approx.)<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=5">LGBT</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=11">Romance and Relationships</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=69">New Adult</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=80">Pure Romance - M/M</a><br />
<b>URL: </b><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/loveonthedancefloor" target="_blank">https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/loveonthedancefloor</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></b><br />
Why does he want to ruin a perfectly good friendship by becoming boyfriends? Why would someone from Paul’s background have any interest in ordinary boy-next-door Tom?<br />
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Tom is quiet and awkward, especially after his ex told him he was nothing. Besides, Tom’s too nerdy, too organised, too shy to ask anyone out ever again.<br />
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Except maybe Paul.<br />
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When Paul talks to him, Tom feels fabulous, he feels brave. When Paul looks after him, Tom thinks maybe he’s not nothing. He wants to go wherever Paul, with his rich parents and monthly allowance, leads—to places Tom’s working-class background hasn’t allowed him before.<br />
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But there’s one problem. Paul’s love of the party drug ecstasy starts with him taking it sometimes, moves onto often, then to usually, until soon it’s always. Tom’s unsure if Paul’s a bad influence on him, or he’s a bad influence on Paul.<br />
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With a nerd, friends to lovers, clash of backgrounds, partying, dancing and lots of recreational drug use, <i>Love On The Dancefloor</i> is a stand-alone gay romance that asks: can you really make yourself stop loving someone?<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Editor's Review:</span></b><br />
I'm a bit too old to have been part of 1990s rave culture (I've probably given myself away by calling it that), but I certainly remember the hype in the British media about people dying from a terrible new drug called ecstasy. I was studying Beat culture at uni at the time, and the Beat writers' use of psychedelic drugs to heighten consciousness and think in new, subversive ways. And I remember thinking...really, that's what the 'mad for it' lot are up to - escaping the materialism left behind by the 1980s for a few hours of living for music, dancing and the heightened emotional connection with their fellow passengers on the journey through the unstill night.<br />
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Liam Livings has captured the era beautifully, through vignettes of early mornings after the afterparty, a convoy around the M25 in pursuit of a black Ford Sierra, market-stall-style drug sales, giant parties on Ibiza, the ups and the downs, the good, bad and ugly, and how, in all of this, the social divisions of the world beyond cease to have meaning.<br />
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But all of that is backdrop for a romance between two young, talented men who grow, together and apart, and tread a tough path in pursuit of their happy ending. The supporting cast is complex but fun - Tom's mum is fantastic (and hilarious, and sweary, simple as) as is Slinky Simon (my favourite part of the entire story relates to him - just for how brilliantly it's written, but I can't share, darn spoilers). There is also a line that will slay you. (Incidentally, it's really hard to edit when you're crying buckets.)<br />
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Whether you were there at the time and want to reminisce, or you're curious what it was like, or you just enjoy a mighty fine love story, Love on the Dancefloor is one you don't want to miss.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">About the Author:</span></b><br />
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Liam Livings lives where East London ends and becomes Essex. He shares his house with his boyfriend and cat. He enjoys baking, cooking, classic cars and socialising with friends. He has a sweet tooth for food and entertainment: loving to escape from real life with a romantic book; enjoying a good cry at a sad, funny and camp film; and listening to musical cheesy pop from the eighties to now. He tirelessly watches an awful lot of Gilmore Girls in the name of writing 'research'.<br />
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Published since 2013 by a number of British and American presses, his gay romance and gay fiction focuses on friendships, British humour and romance with plenty of sparkle. He's a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association, and the Chartered Institute of Marketing. With a Master's in creative writing from Kingston University, he teaches writing workshops with his partner in sarcasm and humour, Virginia Heath as <a href="https://www.realpeoplewritebooks.com/">https://www.realpeoplewritebooks.com</a> and has also ghostwritten a client's five-star reviewed autobiography.<br />
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.liamlivings.com/" target="_blank">LiamLivings.com</a>Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-73753235154010218752019-05-30T14:48:00.002-07:002019-05-31T02:12:54.407-07:00New Release: Adam Only by Roe Horvat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Author:</b> <a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=107">Roe Horvat</a><br />
<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 30th May, 2019<br />
<b>Length:</b> 39,000 words (approx).<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback: 978-1-78645-322-8<br />
eBook: 978-1-78645-323-5<br />
ASIN: B07RQ1X464<br />
<b>Category:</b> Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=5">LGBT</a>, <a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=45" target="_blank">Erotic</a>, <a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=64" target="_blank">Adult</a>, <a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=80" target="_blank">M/M Romance</a><br />
<b>URL:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/adamonly" target="_blank">https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/adamonly</a><br />
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<i><b>Available on Kindle Unlimited</b></i>
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<i>On stage, Adam lets his passion drive him. All his secret desires, everything nasty, dirty, and beautiful flows freely through him, for once in harmony. His soul thrives when his body moves, but only on stage. Adam’s passionate nature makes him a great dancer…and a failure at life. He’s a lonely, emotional mess. Going home with a man far out of his reach is the last thing Adam should do. Christoffer represents everything Adam isn’t: strong, independent, educated, and rich. His kind eyes, at odds with his brutish form, make Adam's knees and restraint buckle.</i><br />
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<i>Once Christoffer sees Adam dancing, he’s lost. The young man is mesmerizing, otherworldly, and unpredictable. Whatever might happen between them, it will be transient, and Christoffer will most likely get hurt. The temptation is too great, however, and the sex explosive. He might as well enjoy every moment he’s given, even if it’s just one day, maybe two. If Christoffer treads carefully, Adam might stay until Monday.</i><br />
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<i>Warning: Adam Only is a gay erotic love story. It contains explicit language and sexual scenes between two consenting men. For adult readers only.</i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Editor's Review:</span></b><br />
<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/adamonly" target="_blank">Adam Only</a></i> is a prequel to <i><b><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/theotherbook" target="_blank">The Other Book</a></b></i>, which, given its title (singular 'other book'), I think was meant to be a one-off. But here we are, reading Adam and Christoffer's story.<br />
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Thus, these are <b>Those Other Books</b>. Other to what? As Roe explains in his forward to book one, this in part is to distinguish it from his previous work, which is gay fiction with romance and some bedroom scenes but not enough of them to call it 'erotica'. <b>Those Other Books</b> <i>are</i> erotic romances; that's your warning about what you should expect content-wise.<br />
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<i>Other</i><b> </b>is also about <i>othering</i> - how societies alienate certain groups and individuals because of their difference from 'normal'. Specifically in relation to Roe's writing, it's about LGBTQ+ people - those 'perverts' with a 'sickness' who are deemed in need of punishment or treatment to get them back on the straight and narrow. When LGBTQ+ people are accepted and given rights, they're curtailed - 'don't shove it in our faces', 'keep to yourselves'.<br />
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Writing about <i>The Others</i> is resistance. It's a refusal to hide in the shadows.<br />
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In Roe's own words:<br />
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Writing erotic romance has been an enriching and entertaining experience for me; publishing it is an act of resistance. I refuse to condone societal rules and laws which keep people from loving whom they love or prohibit them from experiencing physical pleasure.</blockquote>
Aside from their social/political salience, <b>Those Other Books</b> are beautifully crafted stories about men who love men with a heavy emphasis on the rumpy-pumpy. Alongside that are many tender moments of intimacy - connections beyond the physical - which Roe does so well I too often get caught reading certain sentences over and over again, purely to wonder at their magnificence. Alas, this time around, my favourite line in <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/adamonly" target="_blank">Adam Only</a> </i>is a bit of a spoiler, so I can't share it.<br />
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I began by saying <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/adamonly" target="_blank">Adam Only</a></i></b> is a prequel (and therefore part of a series), but I want to be clear: <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/adamonly" target="_blank">Adam Only</a></i></b> is absolutely stand-alone. Readers of <i><b><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/theotherbook" target="_blank">The Other Book</a></b></i> have met Adam and Christoffer already and will love learning their back story, but new readers can enjoy it equally...and then go on to read <i><b><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/theotherbook" target="_blank">The Other Book</a></b></i>.<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/adamonly" target="_blank">Adam Only</a> </i>and <b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/theotherbook" target="_blank">The Other Book</a> </b>are both available in ebook (Kindle/Kindle Unlimited) and paperback formats.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">About the Author:</span></b><br />
Queer fiction author Roe Horvat was born in the post-communist wasteland of former Czechoslovakia. Equipped with a dark sense of sarcasm, Roe traveled Europe and finally settled in Sweden. He came out as transgender in 2017 and has been fabulous since. He loves Jane Austen, Douglas Adams, bad action movies, stand-up comedy, pale ale, and daiquiri. When not hiding in the studio doing graphics, he can be found trolling cafes in Gothenburg, writing, and people-watching.<br />
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://roehorvat.com/" target="_blank">http://roehorvat.com</a><br />
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The Beaten Track Publishing site is currently down (due to technical issues with our service provider).<br />
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In the interim, this PDF lists all of our publications, with purchase links.<br />
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Apologies for the inconvenience.<br />
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<b>Title:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/beatsurrender" target="_blank">Beat Surrender</a><br />
<b>Author:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/bobstone" target="_blank">Bob Stone</a><br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=2" target="_blank">Young Adult</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=12" target="_blank">Science Fiction</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=13" target="_blank">Fantasy</a><br />
<b>Published:</b> 23rd March, 2019<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback: 978-1-78645-286-3<br />
eBook: 978-1-78645-287-0<br />
<b>Length:</b> 66,000 words approx.<br />
<b>URL:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/beatsurrender" target="_blank">beatentrackpublishing.com/beatsurrender</a>
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<i>"Something came from somewhere else and crashed onto Trafalgar Square."<br /><br />
Joey Cale thought he was going home but instead has ended up on another version of Earth just as dangerous as the last.<br /><br />
Aided by his friends, he must discover the cause of one of the greatest disasters Britain has seen. But a threat as old as time is pursuing him and will do anything to stop him.<br /><br />
Who are the sinister Green Jackets? Why are the birds gathering and watching? And what is buried in a wall deep beneath London?<br /><br />
Beat Surrender is the second book in the heart-stopping trilogy which began with Missing Beat.</i><br />
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/beatsurrender" target="_blank"><b><i>Beat Surrender</i></b></a>. How to review it.<br />
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I'll start by clarifying I'm not talking about the song, of which, I must confess, I'm not a fan. But I am a fan of the second instalment of Bob Stone's incredible Young Adult trilogy, which began in 2018 with <i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/missingbeat" target="_blank"><b>Missing Beat</b></a></i>.<br />
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By this point in the trilogy, readers have met Joey, our protagonist - an unlikely hero - and, of course, his fellow adventurers. Most have read book one and therefore know what happens prior to book two - I have it on good authority that <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/beatsurrender" target="_blank"><b><i>Beat Surrender</i></b></a> makes sense even without reading <i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/missingbeat" target="_blank"><b>Missing Beat</b></a></i>. However, I recommend reading these stories in the correct order or else the beginning of book two will seem quite ordinary - just an eighteen-year-old lad standing by the River Mersey and pondering over life.<br />
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/beatsurrender" target="_blank"><b><i>Beat Surrender</i></b></a> is dark, a bit scary - as in Weeping Angels scary, which is impressive after the Screamers in book one, because they were super-scary. I think it comes down to how familiar most of the <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/beatsurrender" target="_blank"><b><i>Beat Surrender</i></b></a> scenario is, to point that in places it reads as allegory. I should make clear that this IS Young Adult fiction 'for all ages' (quoting the author), and while there are quite a few grim scenes, these are not too graphic on-page. There are also some mild swear words.<br />
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As for the ending...well... At the <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/beatsurrender" target="_blank"><b><i>Beat Surrender</i></b></a> launch, <a href="https://estellemaher.com/" target="_blank">Estelle Maher</a> (author: <i><a href="https://estellemaher.com/books/grace-and-the-ghost/" target="_blank">Grace and the Ghost</a></i>, <i><a href="https://estellemaher.com/books/book-2/" target="_blank">Angel's Rebellion</a></i>) called Bob Stone the master of the cliffhanger, and I have to agree. He'd also best be the master of very speedily finishing book three before I run out of nails to chew.<br />
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Lest I spoil the story, I'll say no more.<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/beatsurrender" target="_blank">Beat Surrender</a> </i></b>is a Young Adult sci-fi/fantasy novel, released 23rd March, 2019, available in ebook and paperback formats from the usual places.<br />
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<b>Also available:</b><br />
<i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/missingbeat" target="_blank"><b>Missing Beat</b></a></i> (book one)<br />
<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=335" target="_blank"><b><i>Out of Season</i></b></a> (a novella)<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Missing Beat Purchase Links:</span></b><br />
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Beaten Track Shop:</h3>
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<li><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=beatsurrender_format" target="_blank">Ebook Edition</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=beatsurrender" target="_blank">Paperback Edition</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://mybook.to/beatsurrender_eb" target="_blank">Amazon [Kindle]</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1130916683?ean=2940156012855" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/beat-surrender-2" target="_blank">Kobo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/beat-surrender/id1456160585" target="_blank">iBooks</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/928347?ref=b10track" target="_blank">Smashwords [ebook]</a></li>
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About Bob Stone:</span></b><br />
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Liverpool born Bob Stone is an author and bookshop owner. He has been writing for as long as he could hold a pen and some would say his handwriting has never improved. He is the author of two self-published children's books, A Bushy Tale and A Bushy Tale: The Brush Off. Missing Beat, the first in a trilogy for Young Adults, was his first full-length novel.<br />
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Bob still lives in Liverpool with his wife and cat and sees no reason to change any of that.<br />
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<b>Website: </b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BobStoneAuthor" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/BobStoneAuthor</a>Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-872234394910740982019-03-14T04:32:00.000-07:002019-03-14T04:32:00.127-07:00New Release: The Golden One - Deceit by Hans M Hirschi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Title:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/deceit" target="_blank">The Golden One - Deceit</a><br />
<b>Author:</b> <a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=59" target="_blank">Hans M Hirschi</a><br />
<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 14th March, 2019<br />
<b>Length:</b> 68,000 words (approx.)<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback: 978-1-78645-313-6<br />
eBook: 978-1-78645-314-3<br />
<b>Category:</b> Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=2" target="_blank">Young Adult</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=13">Fantasy</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></b><br />
<i>The global Ohana is planning for the transition of power, and its head, Dawit Abraham, is anxious to meet the Golden One. Shortly after, Jason begins to experience strange dreams. All the while, he and his four friends are trying to figure out why Mother sent the Golden One to Amberville. Powerful enemies lurk in the shadows, ready to make Jason's existence a living hell.<br /><br />
Don't miss the continuation of the thrilling fantasy trilogy about seventeen-year-old Jason Mendez, aka the Golden One, as he navigates the shoals of deception of the people supposedly closest to him.<br /><br />
The Golden One is an exciting fantasy trilogy dealing with urgent topics affecting humanity today.</i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Editor's Review:</span></b><br />
A short one because I'm super busy, and I have the third and final part of <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n7=36" target="_blank">The Golden One</a> a little way down my editing queue, and <i>I want to read it now, now, now!</i> However, I couldn't let the launch day for <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/deceit" target="_blank"><b><i>Deceit</i></b></a> pass without saying something about this novel.<br />
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/deceit" target="_blank"><b><i>Deceit</i></b></a> is the second instalment in Hans M Hirschi's Young Adult trilogy '<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n7=36" target="_blank">The Golden One</a>', and it's epic. This series might just win the award for featuring my most-hated character - they're the villain, so it's all good. After all, what is adventure without a decent villain?<br />
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At the heart of the story is Jason - a young man on the brink of adulthood who's dealing with a lot - his grandfather's relatively recent death, his family's financial struggles, getting through school, thinking about college, getting over first love...being The Golden One and all it entails. Add to that some other stark and quite horrifying revelations, and it quickly becomes apparent our hero really has his work cut out.<br />
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Surrounding Jason is his small band of friends who understand much of what he is dealing with and are there for him when it matters. As I move through the trilogy, I find my allegiances shift quite significantly. At the beginning of <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/blooming" target="_blank">Blooming</a></i></b> (Book 1), Laurel was my favourite and Hannah got on my nerves. Now, Hannah's nicked the top spot...for the time being, at least. One can never tell what's around the corner.<br />
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As this is the second book, it does continue from the first insofar as all the 'who's who' stuff has been done, so whilst you could jump straight into book two and understand what's going on, I'd recommend starting at the beginning. There is a sense in <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/deceit" target="_blank"><b><i>Deceit</i></b></a> of being left 'up in the air' as regards the overarching story, which is to be expected with a trilogy, and I can't really say more than the blurb already says without giving away the plot. So I'll just say this is an excellent read for anyone who enjoys Young Adult fantasy adventure at the edge of reality as we know it and appreciates characters who accurately reflect our wonderfully diverse world.<br />
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/deceit" target="_blank">The Golden One - Deceit</a> is book two of The Golden One and is available in paperback and ebook formats from the usual places.<br />
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Also available: <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=349&n2=&n3=true&n4=&n5=&n6=&n7=36&kw=" target="_blank">The Golden One - Blooming</a></i></b> (book one).<br />
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<i><a href="http://www.hirschi.se/the-golden-one/" target="_blank">Coming September 2019: The Golden One - Reckoning (book three).</a></i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Buy 'The Golden One - Deceit':</span></b> <br />
<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=tgo2" target="_blank">Beaten Track [paperback]</a> • <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=tgo2_format" target="_blank">Beaten Track [ebook - multiple formats]</a><br />
<a href="http://mybook.to/tgo2" target="_blank">Amazon [Kindle Edition]</a> • <a href="http://mybook.to/tgo2_pb" target="_blank">Amazon [Paperback]</a><br />
<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/923397?ref=b10track" target="_blank">Smashwords [ebook - multiple formats]</a>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/the-golden-one-deceit/id1453135509" target="_blank">iBooks</a> • <a href="https://www.kobo.com/ebook/the-golden-one-deceit" target="_blank">Kobo</a></div>
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Hans M Hirschi has been writing stories since childhood. As an adult, the demands of corporate life put an end to his fiction for more than twenty years. A global executive in training, he has traveled the world and published several non-fiction titles as well as four well-received novels. The birth of his son provided him with the opportunity to rekindle his love of creative writing, where he expresses his deep passion for a better world through love and tolerance. Hans lives with his husband and son on a small island off the west coast of Sweden.
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.hirschi.se/" target="_blank">Hirschi.se</a></div>
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<b>Blog:</b> <a href="http://www.hirschi.se/blog" target="_blank">Hans Hirschi's Blog</a></div>
Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-22524587752810700362019-02-09T09:15:00.000-08:002019-02-14T06:34:39.262-08:00Valentine's Day 2019 - Free stories, poetry and prose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We want to celebrate our readers this Valentine's Day. Thank you so much for supporting our work. We appreciate you.<br />
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We hope you enjoy this collection of short stories, poetry and prose - the links below will take you to contributors' blog posts (where available - will be updated throughout the day).<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/BobStoneAuthor/posts/613640725724629" target="_blank">After the 80s Party - Bob Stone</a><br />
Dancing Queen - Elizabeth Corlett<br />
<a href="https://wordpress.com/post/azukowskiblog.wordpress.com/307" target="_blank">Does your mother know - A. Zukowski</a><br />
<a href="http://amleibowitz.com/2019/02/13/dolce-a-notes-from-boston-valentine-short" target="_blank">Dolce - A.M. Leibowitz</a><br />
<a href="https://alexiswoodsaworldaway.blogspot.com/2019/02/a-valentines-gift-for-you.html" target="_blank">Hustle and Hart - Alexis Woods</a><br />
<a href="https://dawnsister.wordpress.com/2019/02/14/a-valentines-day-short-story" target="_blank">I’ve Been Waiting for You - Dawn Sister</a><br />
Lay All Your Love on Me - F.E. Feeley Jr.<br />
<a href="https://deb248211.blogspot.com/2019/02/nina-pretty-ballerina-short-story.html" target="_blank">Nina, Pretty Ballerina - Debbie McGowan</a><br />
So Long - Ashley Corlett<br />
The Bucket List - Caraway Carter<br />
The Song of King Kong - Al Stewart<br />
<a href="http://neptuneflowers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Visitors - Neptune Flowers</a><br />
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<i>Also available as a <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/923310" target="_blank">free ebook from Smashwords</a>.</i>Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-66962839043535298442018-11-08T05:33:00.000-08:002018-11-08T05:42:33.964-08:00New Release: The Mice and The Owls by Julie Pryke<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Title:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=351" target="_blank">The Mice and The Owls</a><br />
<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 8th November, 2018<br />
<b>Length:</b> 18 pages (12 illustrations)<br />
<b>Illustrator:</b> Humilta Abigail Holmes<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback: 978-1-78645-209-2<br />
eBook: 978-1-78645-210-8<br />
ASIN: B07JNNZC3P<br />
Genre: <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=1" target="_blank">Children's Fiction</a><br />
<b>URL:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/themiceandtheowls" target="_blank">https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/themiceandtheowls</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></b><br />
The Mice and The Owls is a delightful read-aloud picture book poem about the friendship between five little woodland animals which will make you<br />
Squeak!<br />
Whooo!<br />
Run!<br />
Ooohh!<br />
GIGGLE!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Editor's Review:</span></b><br />
You know when an author sends a manuscript entitled 'The Mice and The Owls', and you think...well, this won't end well for the mice...<br />
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Obviously, it was all going to be fine. It's a children's book, and while it does turn out OK for owls and mice alike, it was a bit tense at times.<br />
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This is a lovely short read, no messages or themes, just quirky verse and cute illustrations. I imagine it would be a lot of fun to read this with a group of littlies - lots of interaction and opportunities for discussion about nature.<br />
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=351" target="_blank"><b><i>The Mice and The Owls</i></b></a> is released today - 8th November, 2018 - and is available in paperback and ebook formats from all the usual places.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Purchase Links:</span></b><br />
<b>Beaten Track Shop: <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=miceowls_format" target="_blank">Ebook Edition</a> • <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=miceowls" target="_blank">Paperback Edition</a><br />
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<a href="http://mybook.to/miceowls" target="_blank">Amazon [Kindle]</a> •
<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/902934?ref=b10track" target="_blank">Smashwords</a> •
<a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-mice-and-the-owls-julie-pryke/1129779009?ean=2940155855088" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a> •
<a href="https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-mice-and-the-owls" target="_blank">Kobo</a> •
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/the-mice-and-the-owls/id1440045933" target="_blank">iBooks</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">About the Author:</span></b><br />
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Julie Pryke is a mum and grandmum. She has been a playgroup and play-scheme leader, worked with youth and community groups; she was also a college lecturer. She is a 'born storyteller' and a member of Bradford Writers Circle.<br />
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She loves reading and encouraging young readers to 'get started'.<br />
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">Website:</b> <a href="http://www.telltales2kids.com/" target="_blank">telltales2kids.com</a>Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-42669637107444201292018-10-23T09:17:00.002-07:002018-10-23T09:17:49.370-07:00New Release: Cold as the Clay by Stephen Osborne<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Title:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/coldastheclay" target="_blank">Cold as the Clay</a><br />
<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 23rd October, 2018<br />
<b>Length:</b> 61,150 words (approx.)<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback: 978-1-78645-284-9<br />
eBook: 978-1-78645-285-6<br />
ASIN: B07J47JCKB<br />
<b>Category:</b> Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=5">LGBT</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=7">Horror</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=65">Paranormal</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=91">Supernatural</a><br />
<b>Series:</b> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/79758-duncan-andrews-thrillers" target="_blank">The Duncan Andrews Thrillers (Goodreads series link)</a><br />
<b>URL:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/coldastheclay" target="_blank">https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/coldastheclay</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></b><br />
<i>Private detective Duncan Andrews is used to dealing with things strange and bizarre. Luckily, he's got friends to back him up, including Gina, a witch, Robbie, his boyfriend, and Daisy, their zombie bulldog. A new case brings Duncan face-to-face with a demon named Asmodeus. If that wasn't enough, one of the original Gorgons wants revenge against Duncan for killing her sister. Duncan and his team must pull out all the stops if they're going to get through this alive.
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Editor's Review:</span></b><br />
So, if you've read any of my editor's reviews before, you'll know that horror is not my thing. Supernatural/paranormal...yes, I can go with some of that, as long as it's not too scary. I'm a complete wuss when it comes to scary stuff.<br />
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Also, I've not read the first five books in Stephen Osborne's <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/79758-duncan-andrews-thrillers" target="_blank">Duncan Andrews Thrillers series</a>.<br />
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But you know what? None of that matters, because Stephen's storytelling is pure brilliance. There are plenty of subtly placed background details in <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/coldastheclay" target="_blank">Cold as the Clay</a></i></b> to give new readers the context of this instalment, and it stands entirely on its own.<br />
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That said, now I've read <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/coldastheclay" target="_blank">Cold as the Clay</a></i></b>, I recommend you do as I will be doing and read the first five books (published by <a href="https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/searchresults?q=duncan+andrews" target="_blank">Dreamspinner</a>). Of course, reading them in the wrong order might spoil some elements of the over-arching plot lines, but it won't ruin your enjoyment.<br />
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<b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/coldastheclay" target="_blank">Cold as the Clay</a></i></b> isn't really horror (<i>it's a thriller, Deb, the clue's in the series title...</i>). True, there are events in this novel that would make for some corking (gruesome) scenes in a movie, and there are a fair few of (what I these days know are called) 'jump scares', which is so clever - no scary music or lighting tricks, just building up the suspense with words and characters' observations.<br />
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And the characters... Obviously, by book six, the author knows the characters intimately, resulting in natural interactions, believable dialogue and touching little nuances. Duncan can be quite serious, but is adept at well-timed sarcasm (which I love). Robbie, I get the feeling, can be quite a handful. Gina is all of the awesome. I need Gina in my life. But my favourite character of all is Daisy - Duncan's zombie bulldog. She's loving and fierce and typical of her kind, undead or otherwise. Her dinnertimes are, um, grim, but even a zombie dog's gotta eat, right?<br />
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So that's the dream team - our supernatural crime-busting quartet. Then there are the baddies: a demon (Asmodeus, mind you), a Gorgon and her sidekick Anton. He reminds me of the time I had a sliver of apple skin stuck between my teeth for an entire day. He's a bit more pernicious than that, but you get the idea: he's a nuisance.<br />
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As always, it's impossible to do justice to a story in a review that is necessarily sketchy so as not to spoil anything, but take a look at that blurb and tell me this isn't a perfect read for the season.<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/coldastheclay" target="_blank">Cold as the Clay</a> </i>is book six in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/79758-duncan-andrews-thrillers" target="_blank">The Duncan Andrews Thrillers series</a> (and there may well be a seventh instalment on the way, squeeee). Available from Beaten Track and all the usual places.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Purchase Links:</span></b><br />
<b>Beaten Track Shop:</b>: <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=catc_format" target="_blank">Ebook Edition</a> • <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=catc" target="_blank">Paperback Edition</a><br />
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<b>Other Vendors:</b><br />
<a href="http://mybook.to/DA6" target="_blank">Amazon [Kindle]</a> •
<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/899959?ref=b10track" target="_blank">Smashwords</a> • <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cold-as-the-clay-stephen-osborne/1129715416?ean=2940155837404" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a> • <a href="https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/cold-as-the-clay-1" target="_blank">Kobo</a> • <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/cold-as-the-clay/id1438522842" target="_blank">iBooks</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">About the Author:</span></b><br />
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Stephen Osborne lives in northern Illinois with a border terrier mix named Miss Christine Daae. He enjoys Broadway musicals, board games, and British television, especially <i>Doctor Who</i>. He recently wrote a Doctor Who audio adventure for subscribers to Big Finish Productions <i>Doctor Who</i> range called <i>The Smallest Battle</i>.<br />
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<b>Social Media</b><br />
<b>Facebook:</b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stephen.osborne2" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/stephen.osborne2</a><br />
<b>Twitter:</b> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/southbendghosts" target="_blank">@southbendghosts</a><br />
<b>Instagram:</b> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/osborne5894" traget="_blank">osborne5894</a>Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-52402863397568080532018-10-13T07:33:00.001-07:002018-10-13T07:33:43.562-07:00Recent Release: The Death of Poetry by Ian D. Hall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Title: </b><a href="https://beatentrackpublishing.com/thedeathofpoetry" target="_blank">The Death of Poetry</a><br />
<b>Language: </b>English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 31st August, 2018<br />
<b>Cover: </b>Artwork by <a href="http://www.cyranodenn.com/" target="_blank">Cyrano Denn</a>; Design: Roe Horvat<br />
<b>Length: </b>70,000 words (approx.)<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback: 978-1-78645-211-5<br />
eBook: 978-1-78645-212-2<br />
ASIN: B07GCRBJS1<br />
<b>Category: </b>Fiction<br />
<b>Genre: </b><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=4" target="_blank">Crime, Thrillers and Mystery</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=62" target="_blank">Literary</a><br />
<b>URL: </b><a href="https://beatentrackpublishing.com/thedeathofpoetry" target="_blank">https://beatentrackpublishing.com/thedeathofpoetry</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></b><br />
Set on Malta and written partly as a homage to the beat generation writers, <i>The Death of Poetry</i> is a taut psychological exploration of relationships and situations that entwine the characters we observe through the narration.<br />
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Opening with a seemingly unsuspicious death at a facility for 'the unhinged', our island detective at first feels it is just a circumstantial accident; after all, many inside are damaged and alone, having dealt with their addictions and afflictions. It is when a fresh victim appears, most definitely murdered, that he begins to unravel the fragile links and faint memories of those he now must confront from his own past - one he may not have wanted to remember for himself.
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Editor's Review:</span></b><br />
I may well be the only publisher who asks authors to NOT send a synopsis. I don't mean the short synopsis that forms part of the back-cover blurb - what Amazon, Smashwords and other vendors call the 'description'. I'm talking about the full precis of the story, spoilers, conclusion and all.<br />
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I'm not suggesting authors should ditch the synopsis entirely. If you're submitting your work to an agent/big publisher, they'll likely require a synopsis, and writing one can be a helpful part of the self-editing process, i.e. before your work is seen by anyone else. It can give you a sense of how the plot hangs together and may even highlight holes and discrepancies.<br />
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Synopses do nothing for me. In my experience, most authors can put together an impressive pitch for their story. It's what we've been told is crucial to securing that great publishing deal with advances and all that jazz. But it gives no indication of how the author tells their story.<br />
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I want to experience the story as the reader will. Does it grip me from the start? Do I want to read on? Does the prose transport me to another place? Of course, I'm in the privileged position of publishing for the love of books, not for money. If I love a book, I want to publish it, and there is nothing that can kill my enjoyment of a good book faster than spoilers, which a full synopsis necessarily contains.<br />
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And so to Ian D. Hall's debut novel, <a href="https://beatentrackpublishing.com/thedeathofpoetry" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Death of Poetry</a>. A full synopsis (Ian might have sent me one, I don't recall because I didn't read it) would have laid out all the connections that unfold as this novel progresses, and what we'd get is a neat, linear investigation beginning with a death in a psychiatric hospital and ending with the detective solving the case, which would have been nothing like a real police investigation, and also not at all how it works in <a href="https://beatentrackpublishing.com/thedeathofpoetry" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Death of Poetry</a>. The connections are intricate, fragile, overlaying each other, breaking apart, weaving together.<br />
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Is it obvious who the killer is? I have no idea. This is a novel that is less about actions than intentions, and these are revealed to the reader as they are to the detective, but, like the individual strokes of a painter's brush, we only have the vaguest notion of what the finished picture looks like. Standing back to admire that picture...I was truly wowed. Ian D. Hall is a clever, clever author, and I'm hopeful he'll take his hand to mystery-writing again, although in truth, he had me hooked from 'partly as a homage to the beat generation writers'.<br />
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<a href="https://beatentrackpublishing.com/thedeathofpoetry" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Death of Poetry</a> is a murder mystery novel by Ian D. Hall, available in ebook and paperback editions from Beaten Track and the usual places.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Purchase Links:</span></b><br />
Beaten Track: <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=tdop_format" target="_blank">eBook</a> • <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=tdop" target="_blank">Paperback</a><br />
Amazon: <a href="http://mybook.to/TDOP" target="_blank">Kindle</a> • <a href="http://mybook.to/tdoppb" target="_blank">Paperback</a><br />
<a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-death-of-poetry-ian-d-hall/1129279728?ean=9781786452115" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a> • <a href="https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-death-of-poetry" target="_blank">Kobo</a> • <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/the-death-of-poetry/id1425496806" target="_blank">iBooks</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">About the Author:</span></b><br />
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Having been found on a 'Co-op' shelf in Stirchley, Birmingham by a Cornish woman and a man of dubious footballing taste, Ian grew up in neighbouring Selly Park and Bicester in Oxfordshire. After travelling far and wide, he now considers Liverpool to be his home.<br />
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Ian was educated at Moor Green School, Bicester Senior School, and the University of Liverpool, where he gained a 2:1 (BA Hons) in English Literature.<br />
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He now reviews and publishes daily on the music, theatre and culture within Merseyside.<br />
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.liverpoolsoundandvision.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.liverpoolsoundandvision.co.uk</a>Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-88274606269047598572018-10-11T10:29:00.000-07:002018-10-11T10:29:05.288-07:00New Release: Buried Desires 3 by Neptune Flowers, Ofelia Gränd and Amy Spector<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Author:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=118" target="_blank">Neptune Flowers</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=66" target="_blank">Ofelia Gränd</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=57" target="_blank">Amy Spector</a><br />
<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 10th October, 2018<br />
<b>Cover Design(s):</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=57" target="_blank">Amy Spector</a><br />
<b>Length:</b> 70,000 words (approx.)<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> eBook: 978-1-78645-277-1<br />
Paperback: 978-1-78645-280-1<br />
ASIN: B07HXPKGKB<br />
<b>Category:</b> Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=5" target="_blank">LGBT</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=7" target="_blank">Horror</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=11" target="_blank">Romance and Relationships</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=46" target="_blank">Short Stories</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=64" target="_blank">Adult</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=65" target="_blank">Paranormal</a><br />
<b>Series:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n7=33" target="_blank">Buried Desires</a><br />
<b>URL:</b> <a href="http://beatentrackpublishing.com/burieddesires3" target="_blank">http://beatentrackpublishing.com/burieddesires3</a>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></b><br />
Buried Desires 3 - A Horror Anthology<br />
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More tales of love, death and love after death.<br />
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Buried Desires is back. And now there's even more to love. From the ghostly to the grotesque, this time around Buried Desires 3 brings you three tales from horror authors, both old and new, offering up a perfect collection of romance and the macabre.<br />
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<b><i>The Reluctant Ghost Whisperer</i> (Barrow and Sparrow #1) by Neptune Flowers</b><br />
All you need is love, or so they say!<br />
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Owning a building company means long hours, lonely days and too much physical labour.<br />
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When Adam Barrow employs a fit, capable guy, life begins to look up. His business thrives from the extra muscle, and so does Adam. Being around chatty Johnny really helps the time fly past. Adam is shy and inexperienced in ways of the heart, but very soon his awkwardness eases and he finds himself flirting and having fun.<br />
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Johnny Sparrow has a mysterious past and seems to have a knack of stirring up inexplicable presences. From the day he arrives on a motorbike, weird things begin to happen, like strange noises and creepy mists. Even motorbike Angus has a personality!<br />
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All you need is love, but can Adam find the strength to confront the ghostly goings-on? Can Johnny find a use for the egg whisk, and can Angus really carry them both to safety?<br />
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A story of paranormal divas, supernatural aromas and head-over-heels romance.<br />
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Barrow and Sparrow book one.<br />
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<i><b>The Snowflake</b></i><b> by Ofelia Gränd</b><br />
Nothing inspires art like love.<br />
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Theophile Lekas has spent the last seventeen years trying to build a name for himself as an ice sculptor. Ice is his world, but he lives for Dylan Mincer.<br />
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But loving from afar isn't enough, and if Theo wants to win Dylan's heart, he'll need to sweep him off his feet. And what better way to do it than with a sculpture that will leave Dylan breathless and the world in no doubt of Theo's genius?<br />
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After an argument leads to murder, Theo is hit with true inspiration. And he has the perfect block to begin his project. For Dylan, Theo will create his masterpiece. And it will be as unique as a snowflake.<br />
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Great art requires the perfect muse.<br />
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<b><i>Pretty Plastic</i> (Cold Fingers #3) by Amy Spector</b><br />
Christopher Minnick is still not a zombie.<br />
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Three months after his run-in with the vampire Marcus Grâsson, Christopher's ankle has healed but his life is anything but perfect. There are people watching the house. Flora's worried about the scarecrow. And after an unexpected tragedy strikes, Christopher will need to figure out how to deal with the loss without tearing a rift between his brother and himself.<br />
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When Victor accepts a job with Pretty, a prestigious private hospital, to work alongside the handsome Austen Poole, Christopher ends up with one more thing to worry about. While it might seem like a dream job, there's something not quite right in paradise, and when Vic starts acting strangely, Christopher will stop at nothing to get his man back.<br />
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When striving for perfection, you sometimes need to get your hands a little dirty.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Editor's Review</span></b><br />
When Amy and Ofelia emailed to tell me they wanted to put out a third <b><i>Buried Desires</i></b>, they did so apologetically, as if I wouldn't want to publish it. As if! True, horror is not my thing, although I have discovered that, as an editor, the scarier/more gruesome aspects pass me by, for which I'm very glad. Were it not for this, I may never have had the chance to read these stories, and it is 'reading' for the most part rather than 'editing'. Amy and Ofelia make my job very easy indeed.<br />
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Better still, for <b><i><a href="http://beatentrackpublishing.com/burieddesires3" target="_blank">Buried Desires 3</a></i></b>, Neptune Flowers joined the roster, and my word, these three stories are corkers.<br />
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<b>The Reluctant Ghost Whisperer - Neptune Flowers</b><br />
This is a lovely romance featuring builders. That's not really important to the ghostly theme, but it did have me wondering when I was parked in the middle of a building site the other day...what's behind the hard hats and hi-viz jackets? Anyway... On Adam and Johnny's first job together, things get a bit spooky - cold spots, oppressive feelings, that sort of thing, but it's only the start of both their blossoming romance and their mission, should they choose to accept it. Because ghosts have problems too, and who better to call than a builder with an egg whisk and a sentient motorbike?<br />
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<b>The Snowflake - Ofelia Gränd</b><br />
This is, probably, a stand-alone story about an ice sculptor, and it occurred to me, the first time Theo is...erm, struck by inspiration, shall we say, that the line between gifted genius and crazed bloodythirsty psychopath is really, really fragile. Seeing events unfold through Theo's eyes, I kept thinking...I can see why he's done that, his heart's in the right place and then having to remind myself he's actually batsh*t crazy. But my favourite part of this is the ending, which was absolutely not what I expected. Also, Cat.<br />
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<b>Pretty Plastic - Amy Spector</b><br />
So this is Cold Fingers 3, and it's as darkly funny as the first two instalments. Christopher Minnick's sense of humour is dry as ashes and dust, but he's not dead. Kinda. He's not a zombie, at any rate. In this, as in the previous stories, he finds himself mingling with other not-dead folks - mostly those with whom he's personally acquainted - and there's a great 1960s classic horror vibe that results in me reading Cold Fingers in Technicolor. It's much fun, and scary, of course. I really admire the way the author combines suspense and humour and hope she's far from done with this series.<br />
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It's tricky for me to say more without spoiling the stories, so I'll leave it at saying this is a great read for Halloween or, indeed, any other time of year from three incredibly talented authors whose stories I will never, ever tire of reading.<br />
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<b><i>Buried Desires 3</i></b> is available as an ebook and paperback from Beaten Track Publishing and the usual places.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Purchase Links:</span></b><br />
<b>Beaten Track:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=burieddesires3_format" target="_blank">eBook</a> • <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=burieddesires3" target="_blank">Paperback</a><br />
<b>Amazon:</b> <a href="http://mybook.to/BuriedDesires3" target="_blank">eBook</a> • <a href="http://mybook.to/BD3PB" target="_blank">Paperback</a><br />
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Stories also available separately as eBooks - please visit the links below for more details:<br />
<b><a href="https://beatentrackpublishing.com/ghostwhisperer" target="_blank">The Reluctant Ghost Whisperer - Neptune Flowers</a></b><br />
<b><a href="https://beatentrackpublishing.com/TheSnowflake" target="_blank">The Snowflake - Ofelia Gränd</a></b><br />
<b><a href="https://beatentrackpublishing.com/PrettyPlastic" target="_blank">Pretty Plastic - Amy Spector</a></b>Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-46566760573882737642018-09-20T06:01:00.000-07:002018-09-20T06:01:09.777-07:00New Release: The Dragon Princess by Hans M Hirschi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Title:</b> <a href="http://beatentrackpublishing.com/thedragonprincess" target="_blank">The Dragon Princess</a><br />
<b>Author:</b> <a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=authors&id=59" target="_blank">Hans M Hirschi</a><br />
<b>Illustrator:</b> Felicity Swan<br />
<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 20th September, 2018<br />
<b>Length:</b> 40 pages (18 illustrations)<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback: 978-1-78645-274-0<br />
eBook: 978-1-78645-275-7<br />
<b>Category:</b> Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=1">Children's Fiction</a>, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=13">Fantasy</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></b><br />
<i>Love is love and dragons are evil or are they really?<br />
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The Dragon Princess is a story about love and how it holds the power to transform even the coldest of hearts.<br />
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A classic bedtime story for children of all ages written by bestselling author Hans M Hirschi and beautifully illustrated by Felicity Swan.
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Editor's Review:</span></b><br />
It's a [very] long time since I read a traditional fairy tale for me rather than for children or [cough] grandchildren. My favourites were <i>The Magic Porridge Pot</i> and <i>The Enormous Turnip</i>, although I recall being in awe of the intricate embroidery work on <i>Cinderella</i>'s ballgowns, and <i>Rumpelstiltskin</i> scared the life out of me, as did <i>Hansel and Gretel</i>.<br />
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The classic fairy tale books of my younger childhood contained a good deal more story than modern fairy tales, or perhaps that's just how I remember them. Either way, the first time I set eyes on Hans M Hirschi's <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/thedragonprincess" target="_blank"><i><b>The Dragon Princess</b></i></a>, it felt like a proper fairy tale, made all the more beautiful by Felicity Swan's rich, vibrant illustrations.<br />
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And, of course, it has all the necessary elements of the classic fairy tale: a love that transcends social barriers, a terrifying yet (potentially) redeemable adversary, and a happily ever after.<br />
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/thedragonprincess" target="_blank"><i><b>The Dragon Princess</b></i></a> is the first story featuring <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n7=32" target="_blank">Valerius and Evander</a>, and an excellent addition to your child's bookshelf, the classroom and/or the school/local library.*<br />
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Available from Beaten Track Publishing and all the usual vendors.<br />
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*Organisations wishing to stock <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/thedragonprincess" target="_blank"><i><b>The Dragon Princess</b></i></a> or any other Beaten Track title, please <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/contact" target="_blank">contact us</a> for a quotation. Discounts may be available.
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Buy 'The Dragon Princess':</span></b> <br />
<a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=tdp" target="_blank">Beaten Track [paperback]</a><br />
<a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=tdp_format" target="_blank">Beaten Track [ebook - multiple formats]</a><br />
<a href="http://http//mybook.to/thedragonprincess" target="_blank">Amazon [Kindle Edition]</a><br />
<a href="http://mybook.to/tdp_pb" target="_blank">Amazon [Paperback]</a><br />
<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/896293?ref=b10track" target="_blank">Smashwords [ebook - multiple formats]</a>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">About the Author:</span></b><br />
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Hans M Hirschi has been writing stories since childhood. As an adult, the demands of corporate life put an end to his fiction for more than twenty years. A global executive in training, he has traveled the world and published several non-fiction titles as well as four well-received novels. The birth of his son provided him with the opportunity to rekindle his love of creative writing, where he expresses his deep passion for a better world through love and tolerance. Hans lives with his husband and son on a small island off the west coast of Sweden.
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.hirschi.se/" target="_blank">Hirschi.se</a></div>
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<b>Blog:</b> <a href="http://www.hirschi.se/blog" target="_blank">Hans Hirschi's Blog</a></div>
Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-19527491238833181272018-09-13T06:45:00.001-07:002018-09-13T07:03:34.086-07:00Recent Release: A Rising Evil by Graham West<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Title: </b><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/arisingevil" target="_blank">A Rising Evil</a><br />
<b>Author:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/grahamwest" target="_blank">Graham West</a><br />
<b>Language:</b> English<br />
<b>Published:</b> 29th June, 2018<br />
<b>Length:</b> Length: 99,000 words (approx.)<br />
<b>ISBN:</b> Paperback: 978-1-78645-176-7<br />
eBook: 978-1-78645-177-4<br />
ASIN: B07DS5PFQH<br />
<b>Category:</b> Fiction<br />
<b>Genre:</b> <a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n2=65">Paranormal</a><br />
<b>URL:</b> <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/arisingevil" target="_blank">https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/arisingevil</a><br />
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<i>It is two years since they buried the remains of Amelia Root on the edge of Mosswood in the small affluent town of Tabwell, and for Jenny Adams, life has moved on. She has created an idyllic new home with her fiancé, Jake, the son of a wealthy businessman, while Jenny's father, Robert, has settled down with Josie Duxbury who runs The Keys, a popular suburban pub.<br />
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But Sebastian Tint, a retired professor with a gift, is becoming increasingly uneasy, sensing that someone close to him is in danger. Then he finds a chilling message on the grave of Elizabeth and Hanna Adams, and Jenny's dreams begin again...</i>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Publisher's Review:</span></b><br />
This is, ostensibly, the editor's review of <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/arisingevil" target="_blank"><b><i>A Rising Evil</i></b></a> - book two in Graham West's <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n7=3" target="_blank">Beyond The Dark Waters</a> series, released 29th June, 2018. Except, I wasn't the editor this time, and that is a story in itself.<br />
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Andrea - my bestie and also my editor - does rather enjoy a good horror/paranormal story, so she willingly took on the editing of Graham's series. Her editing style is...well, let's say it's for the hardy. What ensued was some really funny editor-author banter because not only can Graham tell a corking story, he's also got a wicked sense of humour, fortunately, seeing as he hadn't seen Andrea go to town on <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/findingamelia" target="_blank">Finding Amelia</a></i></b> (book one of the series). I did tell him that if there was no red pen, he was doing it right.<br />
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Ultimately, all authors need an editor who will fearlessly take them to task if the need arises. I'm not advocating meanness. The best kind of feedback/guidance is clear, honest and, above all, respectful. It needs to take the author's feelings into consideration but without kowtowing.<br />
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When it comes to editing a series, the editor also needs to have some idea of how each instalment fits into the whole and know the characters well - perhaps as well as the author knows them. Certainly, the editor will retain a sense of how the author wishes to portray their characters, to the extent they notice if something is 'out of character'.<br />
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All of this makes Andrea the perfect editor for <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&n7=3" target="_blank">Beyond The Dark Waters</a>, particularly as Graham made the risky but right decision to switch from first- to third-person for book two. In <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/findingamelia" target="_blank">Finding Amelia</a></i></b>, the narrator is Rob Adams, a widower whose youngest daughter and wife were killed in what appeared to be a horrific accident, leaving Rob and older daughter Jenny picking up the pieces and trying to get on with their lives. By the end of book one, Rob's story is done, up to a point, but the events (supernatural and otherwise) have far-reaching consequences.<br />
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Aside from Rob passing the narrative baton to Jenny, there are other prominent players whose lives intertwine with the Adams's, the details of which Jenny is not privy to. What we readers discover in <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/arisingevil" target="_blank"><b><i>A Rising Evil</i></b></a> is, in essence, what the title tells us. This story is so much more than what happened to Rob and Jenny in the aftermath of tragic loss, and finding Amelia was not the solution. So book two (and book three) is told in third-person, from multiple perspectives, and the shift doesn't jar in the slightest because each scene expertly depicts the nuances of each character.<br />
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Nor are those characters perfect. At times, I want to take Rob Adams to task on his sexism - same for a lot of the other male characters - but I can't argue against the accuracy of the gender role portrayal. Luckily, the female characters aren't pushovers.<br />
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As infuriatingly real as the men are in this book, I sense a deeper theme underscores the trials of adultery and over-protectiveness, and it is, perhaps, pivotal to 'the rising evil'. I guess I'll find out soon enough (well, summer 2019) when <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/mosswood" target="_blank">Mosswood</a></i></b> (book three) is released. It's currently with the editor.<br />
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All in all, <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/arisingevil" target="_blank"><b><i>A Rising Evil</i></b></a> is an excellent second instalment in Graham's series, taking us deeper into those dark waters. The story concludes in itself, but there are plenty of threads yet to be woven. Whilst readers could pick up <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/arisingevil" target="_blank"><b><i>A Rising Evil</i></b></a> and enjoy it without reading <b><i><a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/findingamelia" target="_blank">Finding Amelia</a></i></b>, this series is best read in order.<br />
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<a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/arisingevil" target="_blank"><b><i>A Rising Evil</i></b></a> is a paranormal thriller, written by <a href="https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/grahamwest" target="_blank">Graham West</a>, and is available in ebook and paperback formats from Beaten Track and all the usual places.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Buy 'A Rising Evil': </span></b><br />
<a href="http://beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=arisingevil" target="_blank">Beaten Track [Paperback]</a><br />
<a href="http://beatentrackpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=arisingevil_format" target="_blank">Beaten Track [ebook]</a><br />
<a href="http://mybook.to/arisingevil" target="_blank">Amazon Kindle</a><br />
<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/841484?ref=b10track" target="_blank">Smashwords</a></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">About the Author:</span></b><br />
Graham West studied art at Hugh Baird college in Bootle, Merseyside, before joining the display team at Blacklers Store in Liverpool city centre where he spent seven years in the art department before moving on in 1981 to become a sign writer. He lives in Maghull with his wife, Ann, and has a daughter, Lindsay, and two grandchildren, Sonny and Kasper. Graham also plays guitar at weddings, functions and restaurants. He took up writing in 2000 and has had a couple of factual articles published in magazines. <a href="http://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/findingamelia" target="_blank"><b><i>Finding Amelia</i></b></a> is his first novel.Debbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.com0