Fifty Shades of Truth by Josef – Presented by FAEBOOKS.CO.UK

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a dark journey into the Light
By Josef

Genre: Adult/Erotic
Age range: 18years +
Approx. Length: 174 pages.
Publication Date: June 7, 2015.
Publisher: Fontaine Publishing Group.

Book Description:

This is a wonderfully entertaining, sometimes humorous, sometimes shocking, sometimes challenging, but always entertaining account of this man’s life. Many other men can only fantasize about what he has experienced. Could the variety and extent of his sexual world really belong to one man? How did he keep this side of his life secret? What trigger­points in his life can explain his behaviour?

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COVER REVEAL – I AM ATLAS

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Title: I Am Atlas
Book: 1
Series: The Playing God Series
Author: Ella Emerson
Cover Designer: Redbird Designs
Publisher: Booktrope

Blurb:

 atlas
Powerful, wealthy, wildly handsome
Atlas has it all: successful company, stunning penthouse, and all the
women and fun he could want. But when he meets the brilliant,
graceful and mesmerizing Gwen, he is thunderstruck and wants to go to
great lengths to have her, even if it means breaking his own rules
and baring his secret soul.
 
When his livelihood is threatened by a
competing rival, he must prepare for a corporate battle. But, with
Gwen at his side he knows he will not lose.
 
But, what if she isn’t who he thought
she was? What if nothing is as it seems?
 
Will Atlas lose everything?
How far is one man willing to go for
the woman he loves?  

About The Author:

Ella Emerson…

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…an Author’s version of ‘IF’… with acknowledgements to Rudyard Kipling…

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‘IF’ FOR WRITERS

If you can use your Mac when all about you

Is Starbucks’ noise and din;

If you can get it on the page,

Then you’re on your way to win;

A first draft, then a second,

And edit as you go,

With no adverbs, ‘ands’ or ‘buts’,

Just let the phrasing flow;

If you can visualise-and not be too distracted;

If you can make the plot arc strong,

No editorial triumph nor disaster

With sentence, short or long;

If you can read a bad review,

And not cry nor sob nor weep,

Then throw it in the bin;

For sure, you’ve earned your sleep;

If you can take rejection slips

And make a pile a mountain high;

Then start again on query letters,

With not a single, doleful sigh;

If you can read your novels’ rankings

And accept them,  high or low

With a massive pinch of…

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New Series – Saturday Coffee Morning – Guests Jo Robinson, Judith Barrow and Chris, The Story Reading Ape

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Ye Olde Furniture Shoppe: We Have Chairs

Disney's Beauty & the Beast Furniture

Disney’s Beauty & the Beast Furniture

Can I help you find the perfect furniture for your home?  Wait.  Magic furniture?  We only sell regular stuff.  Is this some kind of joke?  A very stretched skit for an author’s blog?  He has no idea why he wrote ‘Furniture in Fiction (Olde Shoppe)’ on his topic list.  Look, this is too ridiculous for me to attempt.

The truth is that furniture is part of the scenery.  Describe it to set the scene, have characters use it if necessary, or turn them into blunt objects.  Just make sure to pay for what you damage.  Yes, people tend to forget about these things because we take them for granted.  Most times that we do remember, it’s just an afterthought for scenery with no weight to the scene.

Of course enchanted furniture can be fun to play with, but you have to be careful not to overdo it.  These items show more about their creators than the world, so it isn’t like they don’t have a use.  Maybe the caster is lazy or is unable to do stuff for themselves.  They could even be bored.  This probably isn’t the post you were hoping for, but we’ve already attempted to write this 3 times and deleted it all.

If the furniture is important like an uncomfortable chair made out of swords or a cabinet to another world then make note of them with care.  If you only need a chair for your hero to sit in while they eat breakfast then you only have to write ‘the chair’.  Maybe color and wood can be noted, but why add complication to something that doesn’t need it?

Now are you going to buy a chair or not?

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Questions 3: Autism in Fiction

Autism_awarenessI’m sure a few people are already twitching at this topic and wondering if I’ve gone mad with the topic.  This is a very delicate subject for some, but it’s been on my mind for a while.  More so now that school has started up for the little guy and homework kicked off yesterday.  I’m forgetting the exact label he has for his program.  It boils down to high functioning autism or high end, which I’ve seen mentioned.  Honestly, I’m more focused on helping him develop tools to get work done and making sure he gets to enjoy being a little kid.  That’s enough about us though.

As usual, you can answer in the comments or in your own blog post with a link to this one.  Keep in mind that this relates predominantly to the ‘perception’ of autism when it is used in fiction.  Although I’m sure many people will have different thoughts on the topic and that will influence the answers.  Here we go.

  1. Would you write a story where one of the characters is autistic?
  2. How would you go about researching and presenting it if you did?  If you said no, then how would you react to a character shown to have autism?
  3. Do you think you would have to put a spotlight on it or have it be there without narrator/characters pointing it out?  Basically, do you think a story can have an autistic character that people will recognize as autistic without it being blatantly mentioned?

Some odd questions, but it’s a hard topic to tackle.  So you can even break ‘the rules’ that are etched in erasable marker and simply give your opinion on the topic.  Now back to work for me and we’ll see how far I get.  I sense this post will either get a great discussion going or turn into a mess.

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Short Story Bonanza: Infinite Waters, Power of Six & Nonlocal SF Magazine

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From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's booksStart reading Infinite Waters for free

As you may have noticed from the header banner, today is the first day of my Short Story Bonanza. Until Monday, 21st, you can read Infinite Waters: 9+1 Speculative Fiction Short Stories for free.

But wait- there’s more! You can also buy The Power of Six: 6+1 Science Fiction Short Stories for only 99c.

What People Say About My Short Stories

From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's booksStart reading The Power of Six for 99c

“Philosophical ideas woven into science-fiction stories that read like classic stories by the masters, often with a delightful, thought-provoking and unexpected twist at the end.”
~ Jamie Maltman

“Phil K. Dick is up on a cloud laughing with glee.”
~ Ryan Schneider

“I found myself looking forward to coming home so I could dig into the next story. Each story pulls you in to its unique little universe and takes you on a…

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Review: The Experimental Notebook of C.S. Boyack (Surprisingly by C.S. Boyack.)

Cover by Rachel Carrera

Cover by Rachel Carrera

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Right out of the gate, you’re hit with a story that has a twist ending. This really set the tempo of the other stories, which kept me interested in the whole collection. Every story has something unique about it, which makes it really hard to do an overview of the collection. For example, ‘The Soup Ladle of Destiny’ is very humorous and rather lighthearted compared to some of the others. If I had to pick the one that really stuck with me it would be a tie between that and ’50 Gallon Drum’. Since many of these are micro-fiction, I can’t say much without spoilers and that would ruin all the fun since the author has knack for surprise endings.

I’d highly recommend this for anyone who wants to be entertained by several quick reads.

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Cover Reveal: Animal Tales

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