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The Greatest Generation By Author Linda Ellen As I was writing my first novel for publication, I wanted an angle or trademark to set mine apart. Since my first story took place in Louisville where I reside, I decided to make my future stories take place in the ‘Ville as well. Once I finished my first series, which was centered on my own parents’ love story ( Once in a While is book 1 of that series—the Cherished Memories series), I looked around for a theme on which to build a new series of books. One thing that kept coming to mind was one of our local landmarks, Fort Knox, so I started tossing around ideas for how I could use the famous army base prominently in a story.   The answer, of course—since I wanted to keep it historical—was a WWII tale.   From there, it took off.   Fort Knox is literally a household word, and “Locked up tighter than Fort Knox” is a common saying.   The name embodies the stuff of legends, and it has always...

Audio Book Review Barbara Goss We will have different reviews as often as time allows thanks for dropping by.  Drawn from Darkness: Hearts of Hays, Book 4 Barbara Goss  Summary    Hays, Kansas, 1897. Nellie, a devout Christian, meets Nicholas, a devout womanizer, and sparks fly when their two worlds collide. Nicholas, the rich son of a hotel's owner, can't control his attraction to Nellie, one of the hotel maids. Nicholas pursues, and Nellie retreats. Her own pristine reputation is endangered as a result of Nicholas' undisciplined actions. Nicholas finally pretends to join her world by requesting Bible lessons from her. This ruse may change his life forever. Yet danger surrounds them in the form of a jealous stepbrother.  Link to buy book Barb's website    Review  What brought you to the decision to listen to this book? The cover. It drew me in. The male model on the cover is one of my favorite models so I just had ...

New Facebook Group  Helps Educate, Network, Promote Your Craft   The rise in popularity of Facebook Groups and Pages Over the past few years, Facebook has grown to be much more than a fun place to post your cute pet pics. Facebook Groups - community meeting grounds for people who share common hobbies and interests, and Facebook Pages - individual "fan" sites for people, businesses, bands, etc. have, in many cases, replaced special interest blogs simply by their one-stop convenience. You’re on FB; your friends are on FB - why not put all your interests in one place so that you don’t leave Facebook? You get the picture. Love it or hate it - Facebook HAS value… if you know where to find it. Welcome to Audiobook Lovers - Listeners, Authors, Narrators A new FB group, which seems as if it was constructed specifically for independent authors, is Audiobook Lovers . Audiobook Lovers was started by author, Barbara Goss in late April of 2017, and, in just...

Kindle Giveaway and E book Sale  Brought to you by CIAN and the CIA Christian Women's Writers Club   Don't have a Kindle?  Then enter to win a shiny new Kindle from the good folks at CIAN and CWW. Entering is simple. You'll find the link to contest below.  We've got some great books on sale and if you want to learn more about these groups you can do that also at the CIAN website link below. Click here to find the Rafflecopter to enter to win the Kindle and to see the great books we have on sale!!!  

We'd like to thank the Writing Truth blog for sharing their review with us you can find Writing Truth here Writing truth in many different genres from novels,  to poetry, to book reviews. . . Landlords and Tenants and their Circumstances EVICTED by Matthew Desmond     I was drawn to Evicted by my own circumstances. I had made friends with a poor family living about an hour away. We hosted their daughter’s 18 th birthday party and invited her to live with us while she attended school. When they were losing their home through financial ignorance (they thought they could pay ahead and then stop paying for a while), I offered to sell them a property which I was preparing to rent—to sell it to them on land contract because they had bad credit: no bank accounts, no credit cards. In the back of my mind I carried the idea that everyone should be given the opportunity to own ...

   We hope that you enjoy this Interview: B.J. Robinson and we'd like to thank Pamela Cable King for sharing her interview with us.    I am delighted to have Author B.J. Robinson here on the blog today for an interview, B.J. is the author of several novels including her latest civil war era romance – Azalea Plantation. 1.) When did you decide to become a writer? In other words, what made you actually sit down and write something? I wrote a story in the third grade about my pet dog, and it was published in the local newspaper. After that, I wrote poems and played at writing songs. In college, my first essay was published in another local newspaper, and I won first prize in fiction-writing competition. My short story was published in the university’s literary magazine. That influenced me to write more and confirmed for me that I could. 2.) Every writer is eventually asked this question, but where do your ideas come from? Life. Famil...