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My featured authors ‘own’ New Indietribe Top Ten

31 Sunday Mar 2013

Posted by Christoph Fischer in Uncategorized

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The New Indietribe Top Ten is out – and it reads like a carbon copy of features from this blog.

After my feature last week about the cross over between the Indietribe and this blog there has been an increased number of clicks from there to the Amazon pages of the following books:

1 JAZZ BABY by Beem Weeks
Second week in Top Spot – Featured here only Friday

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3 LUCK OF THE WEISSENSTEINERS by Christoph Fischer
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4 THE WARRIOR by Ty Patterson
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5 THE PERSECUTION OF MILDRED DUNLAP by Paulette Mahurin
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6 BRIDGE ICES BEFORE ROAD by S. Rose
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7 THE AWAKENING by Angella Graff
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9 DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR by Jason Najum
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So congratulations to the books and authors in this week’s Top 10. Can’t wait to see the chart next Sunday.

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“Jazz Baby” by Beem Weeks

29 Friday Mar 2013

Posted by Christoph Fischer in Uncategorized

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While all Mississippi bakes in the scorching summer of 1925, a sudden orphanhood casts its icy shadow across Emily Ann Teegarten, a pretty young teen. Taken in by an aunt bent on ridding herself of this unexpected burden, “Baby” Teegarten plots her escape using the only means at her disposal: a voice that makes church ladies cry and angels take notice. “I’m gonna sing jazz up to New York City,” she brags to anybody who’ll listen. ‘Cept that Big Apple-well, it’s an awful long way from that dry patch of earth she used to call home. So when the smoky stages of New Orleans speakeasies give a whistle, offering all kinda shortcuts, Emily soon learns it’s the whorehouses and drug joints promising to tickle more than just a young girl’s fancy that can dim a spotlight . . . and knowing the wrong people can snuff it out. Jazz Baby just wants to sing-not fight to stay alive.

Jazz Baby is currently Number One on the Indietribe Top Ten Indie Books

My Review:

“Jazz Baby” by Beem Weeks is a very authentic feeling and atmospheric novel set in 1925 New Orleans. The dreams of a young white, talented Jazz singer, are slightly shattered by family tragedies and other obstacles in her way to fame. Story telling from a young voice often has the quality of honesty and rawness that befits the at times bleek or sad character of the book.
Weeks captures the colourful and varied aspects of the place and time wonderfully, just as we would imagine it: A young girl’s naive dreams of fame in New York and the famous Jazz clubs, the ongoing prohibition, latent or obvious racism, the Southern accent and the harsh, rough and seedy sides of the city and of those circles aspiring to become famous artists.
There is quite a lot of sex in the book – Jazz baby also has ties with a brothel and mixes with some drug users while growing up and pursuing her dream.
I enjoyed reading the book and got through it very quickly. There were times when the authentic use of the accent felt maybe a bit too much for my European ears and I wanted the story to go on for a little longer.
Technically and stylistically however the book is of high quality, well paced, plotted and told and with carefully and lovingly constructed characters that stayed with me long after I had finished the book. This is great novel from an author to watch.

Interview:

Tell us a little something about yourself as both a person and an author:

I’m a 46-year-old divorced father of two grown children, and grandfather of twin girls. After years of drinking to excess and chain-smoking, I’ve quit all the bad habits and have become a fitness nut over the last decade or so. Living a clean life has really helped my writing. I have greater focus, a better grasp on mechanics, and a stronger desire to create work worthy of release to the book-buying public. I love loud heavy music, great indie films, and a well-told story. I’ve really been enjoying life in recent years, which I suppose comes with age. The older I get, the less I worry about all those things that have never been in my control.

What made you decide to be a writer?

I’ve been writing ever since I can remember. I co-wrote a play way back when I was 10 years old. A take on the time-machine theme, I believe. We were invited to rehearse it and perform for our fellow students—as well as for the school faculty. Short stories followed. I just fell in love with the idea that written words strung together could create what doesn’t really exist—and still be interesting. There are certain stories that have the power to draw emotion from the reader. If an author can write a scene that makes me laugh, cry, or want to break something, they’ve done a splendid job. I wanted that power from a very early age.

What made you pick that particular time and the issues involved? Do any of them have a particular personal significance to you?

I chose the year of 1925 for my novel Jazz Baby because I’ve always been fascinated by the Roaring Twenties as an era. This is the most amazing time in history—from an inventions standpoint. Those who lived during that decade invented, not only products, but they invented culture and ways of life. Movie theatres grew in popularity during the twenties. Automobiles became a common mode of transportation, allowing for ease of travel. The invention of the phonograph player and radio brought popular music into homes and businesses in ways only live musicians had previously been able to do. With prohibition, speakeasies sprang up all over the United States, allowing women an opportunity to belly-up to the bar—same as a man. Prior to the speakeasy, saloons dotted the landscape; and no self-respecting woman would be caught dead or alive in a saloon. But the speakeasy was a different sort of animal, a product of the times, a thing that belonged to the generation coming of age at that time. Women had only just received the right to vote in 1920. Flappers became the fashion plates—which meant dresses became shorter, putting sexuality on display. Girls and women were feeling their oats. They demanded equal opportunities, a level playing field. As for personal significance, there really isn’t anything I can put my finger on. I write to tell a story I hope will entertain readers. I wanted a character—a young girl—coming of age during this time of great change. She’s drawn in by the sweeping vistas of New America—a place where no isn’t a stumbling block to girls and women. My POV character—Emily Ann—has never known any of the hardships that her mother might have known simply for being female. Emily sees the world through the magazines she’s been reading, and she wants her portion, her share—and damn the fool that stands in her way. She’s too full of curiosities to be told no!

How do you come up with your ideas?

It all starts with that idea of: What if? With Jazz Baby, the character came to me first. This young, feisty, impressionable girl who has the whole world figured out—or so she believes—and sets out to leave her mark. She wants fame and fortune from singing jazz. Pieces of the plot came from stories my grandparents told of the 1920s and 1930s, of how the world had changed right after the First World War, when this carefree attitude began to permeate the younger generation coming up in this decade. We see that today with those children born in the 1990s. They’ve never known a time without smart phones, Xbox, the internet. Those of us born decades earlier still remember when television offered only three channels to choose from, computers were for managing household budgets, and phone calls made from outside of the home were made on payphones—not a cell in your pocket! The 2000s were sort of like the 1920s in the technology aspect. I saw that and imagined that a kid in the twenties might have more in common with a kid in the 2000s than either may consider. Some of the scenes in Jazz Baby were pulled from modern stories on the evening news. I saw a report on underage kids getting into clubs with fake identifications—I drank at a club for two years before being legal, because of a fake ID. And so often these kids don’t even look old enough. It gave me the idea to put Emily in those speakeasies. This would be where she’d seek her ticket to get to New York. Nobody checked IDs in the 1920s. Nobody really cared enough to stop such activities. I also used an old high school American history book to fill in the cracks. That came in quite handy for accuracy.

How long did it take you to write the book?

It took the better part of a decade to write and complete Jazz Baby. I put it through numerous re-writes, plot changes, and even a change in era. Jazz Baby was originally set in 1939, with the character of Emily being older, an artist, and on her way to Paris to study. I hated that early manuscript. It just bored the hell out of me. If I’m bored with it, others will be just as bored. The twenties offered so much more: prohibition, speakeasies, and that era of new. So after five years of work, I completely changed the plot, the character, and re-wrote the story now available to readers all across the world.

How many rewrites did it take you?

I’d guess that to be somewhere around seven. I wrote the original manuscript by hand and burned through a lot of paper and pens. I still have the final hand-written manuscript, complete with edits and notes in the margins.

What is your writing environment like?

I have to have silence. On the author’s website Koobug.com several of us writers recently engaged in a conversation about this very subject. Some writers need music to aid their concentration. Stephen King tells of locking himself inside his home office, cranking up the stereo with AC/DC or Metallica, and banging out chapters worthy of best-seller lists. AC/DC and Metallica are two of my all-time favourite bands. But I can’t focus enough to write if there’s a challenge for my attention. I did listen to some old-school jazz from the 1920s and 1930s while fleshing out a few of the speakeasy scenes in Jazz Baby; but I need silence and limited distractions when I set pen to paper. As for the writing by hand, well, I’m using my laptop for the second novel—though having paper in front of me does allow for a look at the big picture that is the story I’m telling.

Who does your editing / quality control?

The indie author Stephen Geez is my editor, quality control, and second set of eyes. He has degrees in English from the University of Michigan, has written several fantastic novels, and offers keen insight into putting a good story together. I trust him completely. I was able to bounce ideas off him, and his feedback proved vital to many key scenes in the story. If I choose to change a scene and have this happen, he’ll point out the possible consequences the change could have on an earlier scene. So then I’ll need to go back and set up that earlier scene. He’s really a brilliant writer and a great friend. But even with three and four sets of eyes on my manuscript, a few errors and typos crept into the final copy. Those have been noted and should be fixed at some point.

Would you say your book has a message, and if so, what would it be?

I’m not sure there’s a message here. I get emails from readers often pointing out the “message” in the novel or in one of my short stories. And that message sounds wonderful—though not intentional. If somebody takes away some sort of message or lesson, great. I hope it’s helpful to that particular reader. Truthfully, I’m only trying to tell a story and entertain readers. I’m not going to preach about social ills or injustices. Those things exist in our daily world. I offer my stories as a means to escape those daily horrors—even if only for a moment. Sure, many of those injustices and social ills creep into my writings. We, as humans, are flawed creatures. We so often do the wrong things. In Jazz Baby, Emily Ann is good for doing the wrong things. But she also does the right thing from time to time. She’s dealing with racial issues (a white girl singing with a Negro jazz band), sexuality that runs afoul of what’s preached in her church, and an era when females are only just beginning to use their voices. She’s at odds with many from the previous generation, be it her mother or aunt or the secretary in the sheriff’s office. She stands her ground, though. When her Aunt Frannie judges another girl for her perceived lesbianism, Emily points out that it’s nothing but rumour—since nobody has ever witnessed this girl doing the unthinkable. Hypocrite, Emily screams, without uttering the word. If there is a message here, it’s that all of us are flawed. There is none good, no, not one. We all have, at times in life, made the wrong choices. We all-too-often seek after what we want rather than what we need. Sometimes that means trading our very souls for fame or fortune—or both.

How do you find the experience of being an independent writer?

I love what I’m doing as a writer. It truly amazes me to receive emails from readers all over the world telling me how much they’ve enjoyed my work. That still excites the hell out of me. Working with The Fresh Ink Group has been a wonderful experience. They’ve made it a pleasure from the start of this project. I’ve had final say in every aspect of Jazz Baby’s publication. And a 75% royalty rate does not suck! The only drawback is the lack of a big marketing budget. As indie writers, we have to do much of the promotion and publicity on our own. It’s difficult work, sure, but with the internet and sites like Goodreads.com, theindietribe.wordpress.com, and koobug.com things are made easier. I’m just starting to discover blog sites like yours, offering interviews and book reviews. I am truly thankful for this opportunity you, Christoph, have presented.

You say you are also a great reader. Who are your favourite authors?

I enjoy anybody who can tell a strong story. I find Barbara Kingsolver to be just brilliant with her novel The Poisonwood Bible. She really captures the voices of the characters telling their stories in this wonderful book. Each voice stands apart from the others. There’s never any confusion as to which character is speaking. Stephen Geez is a personal favourite—and not just because he’s a friend. I’ve read most of his novels and short stories. I’ve even read many before they were completed. I find it fascinating to watch his stories take shape prior publication. I’m also a new fan of Sienna Rose, whose novel Bridge Ices Before Road just grabbed hold of my imagination and still hasn’t let go. Alice Sebold is amazing. Janet Fitch wrote a masterpiece with White Oleander. I like anything from Clive Barker. And for some of those who feel there might be too much sexuality in Jazz Baby, see The End of Alice by A. M. Homes. Great writer, Ms. Homes, though quite dark at times. I love the dark stuff, though; it’s real and often forces us to confront the demons of humanity.

Did you picture any actors or actual people when writing your characters?

I did—though it would be impossible to get that particular actress today if this were to become a movie. I envisioned Brooke Shields, circa 1978, when she starred in the Louis Malle film Pretty Baby. Obviously Ms. Shields is well past Emily’s age today, so that’s out of the question. I recently saw the movie Hick. Chloe Grace Moretz played a character similar to Emily Ann. She’d be an interesting consideration. As for the other characters, I never really pictured actual people while writing this. I do have mental visuals of what each character looks like.

What else would you like us to know about your book?

The accuracy of the story’s era is important to note. I put an awful lot of time, effort, and research into this book. I learned a lot about the 1920s while writing Jazz Baby. A story that is full of inaccuracies quickly falls apart. I once read a fantastic story by an author I won’t name; great writing with a strong plot, this particular novel. Problem is, this author has his characters riding around in a car in 1928, listening to the radio, singing popular songs of the day. Then, a few months later, I see this documentary on the History Channel explaining how radios didn’t make it into cars until 1932. A minor error, sure; but that error stands out to me whenever I think of that book. I tried to avoid a situation like that with Jazz Baby. I believe it’s important to keep an era accurate in writing. But, hey, nobody’s perfect.

Have you plans for your next book?

I’m working on it. I’m five chapters in at this point. Another historical fiction/coming-of-age story set in 1910. I don’t expect it to take a decade to complete; I’ve learned technique since Jazz Baby. Hopefully it’ll be ready by next winter or spring of 2014. I’m always working on short stories, though. Those are published on the Fresh Ink Group site, as well as other sites.

Links:

I have an author’s page

I can also be found at Koobug
and Goodreads

Jazz Baby can be purchased at

http://www.tinyurl.com/bbj4my7,
http://www.barnesandnoble.com,
http://www.amazon.com,
http://www.freshinkgroup.com,

http://www.writing.com/authors/beemweeks

Jazz Baby is currently Number One on the Indietribe Top Ten Indie Books

Here is the woman who connected me with Beem, Sienna Rose, who by chance is No Five in the same listing this week. Her review:

Jazz Baby reminds me of the time when I, as a small child, peeled open my very first pomegranate. Hidden beneath the unassuming skin I discovered a treasure of sparkling, edible ruby-red jewels that felt smooth to the tongue and when bitten, burst into a luscious sweetness with a tart, sassy edge. So too with Jazz Baby!

In the interest of disclosure I offered to review the novel for author, Beem Weeks, and was forthwith gifted a paperback copy (since I’m an old fogy who hasn’t broken down and bought a Kindle or other reading devise). I hefted the small book-only 205 pages-in my hand, admired the cover and commenced to reading. From the first pages, the voice of protagonist/narrator, Emily Ann A.K.A. Baby Teegarten demands your attention with the raw power one would expect of a character who is a natural born vocal artist. It is easy to imagine her belting out soulful tunes to the accompaniment of various rag-tag “colored” jazz musicians, who more than make up in spirit for what they lack in musical training.

The novel is set in the deep South during prohibition, in a backwater place called Rayford, Mississippi, with forays over the river to New Orleans where drinkin’, druggin’, whorin’ and the occasional murder are inextricably entwined with the jazz scene of the speak-easies. The language is so southern that as I read, I could almost feel the heat and humidity rise, and swear I smelled a hint of swamp water wafting in. Perhaps it’s due to the languid climate, or maybe it was something in the water, but for Emily Ann, just about everyone she encounters (‘cept maybe Aunt Frannie) – from the Choctaw Indian boy who works in the garden to the colored help, a girl about her own age— whips up a lust in her loins. I declare, belts come a-loose and panties flutter to the floor like magnolia blossoms in a stiff breeze.

There are moments when Mr. Week’s writing danced with its back to an erotica cliff, one foot over the edge and the other on an oil slick; truth be told, I think he fell off more than once, but that’s for you to decide. (If you have curious children about the house, you might want to stash the paperback in your sock drawer and read it after they go to bed.) In any case, I can just about guarantee that you will not be bored. The tempo is steady and throbbing as a hot jazz tune; the characters and their adventures are as wild and dangerous as a swamp full of alligators (oh yes, there is a scene with a gator!) I couldn’t stop turning the pages and finished it the second day.

In the final analysis, Apples are good for leaving on the schoolmarm’s desk, but pomegranates, well…they’re for something else altogether, so go ahead and drink in the sumptuous juice of Jazz Baby.

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No 1 on Listopia and three more 5 star reviews

28 Thursday Mar 2013

Posted by Christoph Fischer in Uncategorized

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Thank all the voters for making The Luck of the Weissensteiners

No.1 in History through Novels 1900/2000 Eastern Europe
No.1 in Fiction based on the Author’s Ancestors
No.3 in Best Holocaust Literature
No.16 in Jews in Literature
No 36 in Best New Author Debuts
No.74 Books that should be made into a movie/TV show

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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/557866241

review Mar 27, 13
5 of 5 stars

It’s not easy to put heart into an era that was filled with so much hatred and intolerance yet Christoph Fischer does it in The Luck of the Weissensteiners. It was well written with a focus on the interpersonal relationships and the human condition and not on the atrocities done to them, that played into the backdrop lending to this read being refreshing and different from so many others written around the holocaust. It’s a worthy and very good read.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/570744064

review Mar 25, 13
5 of 5 stars

Really enjoyed this one. Not what I expected and had a nice twist during a time that was very heavy historically.

5.0 out of 5 stars A great historical fiction read., March 26, 2013
By Brian Bigelow

This review is from: The Luck of the Weissensteiners (The Three Nations Trilogy) (Kindle Edition)
This is an amazing story that needed to be told I feel. I felt it was interesting to look at the events that led up to and during WWII from the average person’s perspective which isn’t often done. The combatants in the conflict are secondary which is quite refreshing. The author’s voice fits this story perfectly as the tales winds on out and I am entranced with it. Being a historical fiction fan I look forward to reading more from this author. With as thoroughly researched as this book appears to be I’m sure I’ll be missing out if I don’t hunt up his books and read them.

I was given a copy of this book for a fair review.

“Cry Before Supper” by Julia Rose

27 Wednesday Mar 2013

Posted by Christoph Fischer in Uncategorized

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It is the early 1960’s. The Campbell family moves from their Philadelphia row home to a larger house in a suburb where they believe they will have a better life. For a while, they do. The parents, devoted grandmother and five children start each day with a song. Bonded by their happiness, they protect the one child who suffers from a neurological condition from abuse and negativity. The family’s joy is their strength. Unfor-tunately, it is also their demise. The Campbell’s cheer-fulness entices a neighbor — someone whom they helped in a time of need — to inflict irrevocable harm upon them. Struck hard by this tragedy none of them can fathom, each of the Campbells reacts in a way that is uncharacteristic. With their closeness shattered, their future relies on the one child who believes she has neither the perseverance nor the resilience to bring them home once again

My review:

“Cry Before Supper” by Julia Rose Grey was a real treat. The author tells the story of Annie Campbell, beginning in 1961 when the family lives in a suburb in Philadelphia: 5 children, a grandmother and a dog. The story is told in Annie’s youthful and beautiful voice, at times naive, at times, melancholic and later stronger and assertive. We learn about the family background, the sibling rivalries, neighbourhood gossip, the morals and ideas of the times and the special blend of family values that the Campbells live by and how these evolve as the story moves into the 70s and the children make their own way.
This is written like a memoir, so real and moving that I often had to remind myself that this is a work of fiction.
The youngest child, Michael, suffers from the neuro-genetic disorder Angelman Syndrome, but forms a special bond with the grandmother who helps him speak and work in the greenhouse with her. Michael and his Syndrome are a big part of the story and Annie’s life as she sees her elder siblings disappear to lead their own lives.
A big part of the story is told in letters to and by Annie to her sister at Harvard while Annie stays behind to look after Michael and her ill mother.
“They that laugh in the morning may weep before night” is a Scottish saying quoted in the book as is the song “Sing before breakfast”. The title Cry Before Supper in that context brings in a wonderful resolve to have spent the tears before moving on to a happier supper.
As sentimental as the tome of this novel can be at times, it is moving and uplifting in many ways. I loved the honest and descriptions and the integrity of Annie, her love for the family and the strong bond that seems to exist between the siblings despite all of their differences.
It rings very true of the idea that I have of the 1960s in suburban America, much of it sounded all too familiar to my own upbringing in Europe in the 1970s.
This book is a truly wonderful read, it leaves you happy and elevated and with a craving for the lovely characters of the Campbell family.

Interview with Julia Rose:

How did you come to writing in the first place?

I’ve always liked writing, fiction or non-fiction. In school I would do short stories. I even did a parody of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven in which I lamented having to do homework. The teacher loved it and made me read it out loud in class. In my career, I was able to write proposals and did a lot of editing for others. I’ve always wanted to write a novel.

How autobiographical do you feel your book is?

I think most fiction writers take things from what they know most and I certainly did. I grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia in the late 1950s, early 1960s and my father died when I was in my early 20’s. But he wasn’t murdered. Our grandmother lived with us, but we didn’t have five children and none of us was impaired in any way.
The funny thing is that my sister said that both Annie and Crosey contain parts of each of us. I guess they do. As a writer, though, I think it is better not to try to make characters a certain way, but, instead, make the characters what they need to be for the story.

When did you first have the idea for this book?

I’ve had the idea about writing this novel for at least five years.

How long did it take you to write?

It took me several years to write it. This was my first major work and I made a lot of mistakes.

What would you say is the main message of the book? What was your motivation to write this story?

I don’t think I wrote with an intentional message. I just like to write heart-warming tales about people using their wits to overcome tragedy or to deal with obstacles life puts in front of them.

Did you know what was going to happen in the book or did the story unfold itself?

I knew what was going to happen. I made an outline and, although I changed some chapters from my original outline, having a plan works better for me. Then I know how to develop the story or characters and can make decisions about chapter length, scene length.

How do you research the details of the times?

I do a lot of research on the internet to make sure the dates and details are accurate.

Who is your favourite character and why?

It is really difficult to answer this question. With the exception of the villains (including not-quite-Brando and Mr Hackett), I try to make each of the characters as appealing as possible. I have to like them – even Betsy – to make them likeable to the reader.

How do you write? What is your writing environment like?

I’m going to answer these as two separate questions. I initially get a black and white composition book and just write my ideas down. I scribble as fast as I can, for as many days or weeks as I can, first thing in the morning when my dreams are still heavy upon me. Then, I organize what I have into an outline. Then I take my scribbles and put them into chapters. Then I fill out the chapters and make changes I need. From there, I edit the heck out of it.
My writing environment is quiet, except for the background classical music. I keep things tidy (for the most part) so I can find something when I’m looking for it. I keep the book, outline, research, background and timeline in a binder.

How many rewrites did it take you?

It is difficult for me to come up with an exact number. I rewrite sections, some more than others, until I feel I’ve done my best. I don’t keep track. I focus on the work to be done.

Who are your editors and how do you quality control your books?

At the current time, I use local artists and editors who don’t charge within my shoe-string budget. I also performed my usual proofing technique, by reading the book backwards, sentence by sentence. As yet, I have no content editor because I have not been able to afford one.

Who are your favourite authors / influences?

This is an easy question. Philippa Gregory is my current-day historical fiction author. I like the classics: Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Victor Hugo. The best way to see what I like to read is on my Goodreads account. I like to read a wide range of genres.

Who would play your characters in a movie?

I don’t have a clue. There are so very many excellent actors and actresses out there I wouldn’t know where to begin.

What are your next projects and where would we be able to hear about them?

My holiday story, The Dream Catcher, is almost ready to publish next November. And I am working on my second novel, Other Side of Ten, hoping to publish in late summer. My third novel is in the composition-book phase.

You may contact me at my email: jrgrey602@gmail.com

My web presence includes:

Website and a blog entitled “All things retro…all things classic” (My friends came up with that title),

http://www.juliarosegrey.com/

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juliarosegrey.blogspot.com/

Amazon’s Author Central

http://www.amazon.com/author/julia.rose.grey

Goodreads Author Page

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6555819.Julia_Rose_Grey

Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/juliarose.grey

Twitter

@jrgrey602

LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/julia-rose-grey/53/462/118

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Another Two Five Star Reviews on Amazon

26 Tuesday Mar 2013

Posted by Christoph Fischer in Uncategorized

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good read, March 24, 2013
By Mr. “Max”

This review is from: The Luck of the Weissensteiners (The Three Nations Trilogy) (Kindle Edition)

This book was recommended to me by a friend and I was hesitant to read it feeling it would be another Nazi regime story that I have personally had my fill of. Because of who recommended it and what they had to say, “you will be surprised and it won’t dsappoint” knowing they knew my feelings I was intrigued. This book did not disappoint. It was less about the Hiltler’s evil and more a character study in a horrific backdrop but it is tastefully and well done. The writing is engaging and Fischer a good storyteller. I can honestly now say I pass along the recommendation to read this and doubtful it will disappoint. I’m not easily entertained but this one was enjoyable.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Luck of the Weissensteiners, March 25, 2013
By Ella Hansing
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This review is from: The Luck of the Weissensteiners (The Three Nations Trilogy) (Volume 1) (Paperback)

Though we journey through this work with fictional characters, it is evident early on that this piece is comprehensively researched – the thoroughness of detail in no way detracts from the story told through the different personalities the author has created and placed within such a turbulent time in history. I particularly enjoyed tracing after the protagonist Greta as she evolved (like the other cast members were forced to do so through their rapid changing lives) through her sweet, simple, early romance, then downward through the complex unveiling of the hate, intolerance, and abuse ramped during the Second World War, into painstakingly sacrificial, full-sprung womanhood.

The author writes a clean-line prose that is comfortable to read and easily (within the first few sentences) exports the reader to another time and place, another level of desperation and despair – and most importantly reminds the reader of the utmost depths that hope can actually reach when faced with hardships such as the ones chronicled so historically poetic in The Luck of the Weissensteiners.

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Indietribe Connection

26 Tuesday Mar 2013

Posted by Christoph Fischer in Uncategorized

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Book Reviews, Charlie Bray, Christoph Fischer, Jaosn Najum, literature

I am sure I have already mentioned Charlie Bray and the Indietribe

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We seem to have a huge overlap of featured books, so I want to point you that way to browse for other great books, some of which I have not yet even discovered myself.

There now is a Brand New Chat Lounge where you can meet other indie authors and readers and exchange views

Features on Indie books can be found in the
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There you’ll find quite a few of the books that I have already featured on my blog

Bridge Ices Before Road by Sienna Rose
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The Warrior by Ty Patterson
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The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap by Paulette Mahurin
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Culloo by Murielle Cyr
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Sideshow at Honey Creek By Steven D. Malone
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Delusions of Grandeur by Jason Najum
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Goldmembers have their books reviewed and featured, for example:
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The Awakening by Angella Graff
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And then you can browse in the
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In the store are again a few books previously featured on my blog

Trails In The Sand by Patricia Zick
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Chinese Laundries by John Jung
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How Was I Supposed To Know? by Lorna Lee
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Future attractions to come from here:

Jazz Baby by Beem Weeks
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Open House by Charlie Bray
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And my own little book

The Luck of The Weissensteiners
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Click here for the Weekly Top 10 Indie Books at Indietribe

Here are some highlights from my Books Recommendations List

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Jolie DeMarco: The 2nd Shift

25 Monday Mar 2013

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Many of you will know that I take an interest in spirituality in the widest sense and for those of you who take a similar interest or are open minded at least I have a real gem and something different for this blog today. In this ‘spirit’ I am proud to e presenting to you a book that has great insight but at no stage tries to convert you or forces theories at you. The open-minded and experienced Jolie DeMarco explains basic common ‘spiritual’ principles, her own approach and a uniquely created technique she practices.

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This book is a guide how to “Advance your True Soul during the Shifts.”
This book of elevated knowledge will enlighten you. It contains 10 Things you should know when exploring Your Psychic Intuition, the “Energy Exchange”, Crystals descriptions, Aroma-therapy uses, Aura, Chakra and Empath tips, The Crystal Myth, Lumeria ,Atlantis, Parallel dimensions, plus 51 Full colour healing Mandalas, how to meditate with them and also use them as crystal “grids”. It is packed of higher Knowledge of healing, channelled messages and “life advancement beyond 2012- 2021.”

My Review:

“The 2nd Big Shift” by Jolie DeMarco was recommended to me by a friend of the author and I was hesitating for some time to read it, mainly because I felt I had heard and read enough about 2012 and felt I knew it all by now. I am also always a little shy when touching “spiritual” books for their potential to teach or to go beyond a level of “unworldliness” that I am comfortable with.
This book concerns an awakening process of enlightenment and mind-fullness, the second shift, although this summary is somewhat simplifying a more complex concept.
I was pleasantly surprised when the author began with very humble and honest explanations of principles, theories and terminology in that area. DeMarco was being refreshingly truthful to yet lovingly humble in her opinions and sense of knowledge, never trying to convince or force the reader to believe any of it, which made it easy for me to go along.
I am personally familiar with many of the concepts explained in the book, such as psychic channelling, past life regression, energy healing, crystal healing and psychic art – although like everyone I have my personal limits as to how far I agree with them.
DeMarco does a great job at explaining some of these basics but does not stop at teaching, she brings in a practical approach. A large part of the book concerns channelled Mandalas, pictures of geometric shapes of which the reader is meant to chose several as a exercise in divination. I picked three, all of which had relevance to my life.
What follows are more revelations as channelled by the author with predictions and philosophical or spiritual information.
I will admit that some of the latter were beyond what I can accept in my mind as truth but the book explains and reflects on many issues currently being discussed and channelled by spiritually minded circles worldwide. It serves as a great introduction as well as food for thought for those readers more advanced and already engaged in the thought process.

Interview with Jolie:

One of the things I liked most about your book was the open-mindedness with which you explain some of the principles and basics of current theories and themes used in current spiritual literature. Are you tempted to write a more comprehensive guide?

Definitely. I hope I can reach mainstream. I just want to open people to “more.”
I believe in the “messages” that I have been channelling from these “guides”, they all have been positive. I feel strongly that one day I will write a form of a “sacred book“ with the knowledge they are sharing. We all perceive life differently and as that is true, people that “feel” that from it will know that essentially every form of life effects “other” life. Whether it’s a human to human, human to animal, or human to energies meaning other than human or earthly life.

I am sure you must meet a lot of prejudice against your belief system and the techniques you have developed. Do you find that this is changing for the better?

Actually, so far, I have met so many positive people open to these new ways of healing. I am grateful for that.
It seems since healthcare is changing so intensely, and a huge amount of people are realizing that most pharmaceuticals don’t cure, but disguise or mask pain and ailments, people are starting to research “new or better ways” to help themselves . This is one of my “tasks” from the “messages” I have received:” to teach humans to heal themselves from self-knowledge.”
When people are mindful of their bodies and can sense or take the time to actually understand how and what is affecting them to feel positive or negative, they can heal accordingly. Basically, if everyone was educated in school of the human body of its energetic properties people would comprehend that “energy” is all we consist of. Human beings need to be cleansed, and re-charged or aligned on an energetic level. This can go deep to explain; simply put human energy can be distorted and displaced due to emotions and psychical damage.

Do you find it difficult to distinguish yourself from the more go-driven self-declared gurus that can give new age such a bad name?

I do feel that some people put on a show, or deceive, yes. Just with every profession, there are good and bad. I hope that people can be more “in touch” with sensing who is correct for them to believe, feeling honesty in another before they trust.

Your book is spiritually quite evolved. Can you briefly tell us about your journey and spiritual path?

Well it’s funny because the short version is very similar to many intuitive or psychic people, that I have had a near death experience. It seems that is a commonality of “messengers.” When I was 22, was my first near death car accident, then an illness at age 36 that made me “feel , sense life and to “see “ it from new likeness. As a child I had “visitors,” that had also opened me to life beyond earth.

Can you explain briefly about the Mandalas of your book?

Each mandala was created to “help heal humans on all levels, psychically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.” Each channelled painting has energies of higher spirits that will work with our human energy to enhance or heal us to bring us to a “happier state” or higher vibration of living life!
When you gaze at a particular painting you are attracted to, you can read the “message” along with feeling the energy from it. This will help you realize what is going on in your life and what you can do to advance. People can actually hold their hands over the painting they chose then without touching it, they feel tingly sensation in their bodies. Some people get chill bumps, and some feel heat. All are signs you are connecting and receiving positive energy.

As experiment, should we chose three of them for me and see how they fit?

Absolutely! Yes, Try it. Simply look at each painting first. Then choose 3 that you are drawn to. Then you can read the “message” of each painting. These 3 messages will give you awareness to what is happening in your life at this particular time in your life.

[without getting too personal I will reveal that I chose the Mandala for a new profession on the day an offer for a voluntary redundancy package was made to me]

Have you ever written anything else?

Yes. I have written 3 Mindful children’s books, 2 self-help books (The Energy Exchange and How to Manifest Equal Energy

What is your writing environment like?

It is crazy because I get awoken usually at 3am in the morning, with a “voice or voices” that say “Hey get up, -go write this…” I get up grab my pen and note pad near the bedside, or I go into my other room with my computer and 2 dogs follow by my side as I write or type!

How do you do your editing and quality control?

Hmmm, this is an interesting question. I know I have some typos and need some grammar guides, because I do have grammar and spelling mistakes. I admit that openly. My most famous mistake is “meditation or mediation.”
I try my best to make my writing easy to read. I have a few friends and family look over most of my writing for me, but I sometimes get annoyed with others trying to change the words. I feel that can change the energy of what I wanted to express. I ask those that read my books, Please forgive my imperfections and dyslexia, I do my best.

What are your next projects and where would be hearing about them?

I am co-authoring a fiction book with M.C.V Eagan, a book named 4overt2covert in 33 days. It will be amazing! It will be out in April.
I am also finishing a healing reference book called “Stoned.” It is a book of Crystal grids for healing and wellness. Most of my books are available on Amazon if you look up by my name, Jolie DeMarco. As previously mentioned the Mandala paintings are in the book called The 2nd Shift, and they are also available as an Oracle card paper deck. Both can be purchased on my website.
The mandalas are available online as an app for i-phones or Google play as “Mandala card Reading.” They are super fun and easy, everyone can get a self-reading in just a few minutes.

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Two more Five Star Reviews for The Luck of The Weissensteiners

23 Saturday Mar 2013

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Double Five Star Bonanza!

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On Amazon.com:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!,

I received this book from a friend upon recommandation and I have to admit that I was reluctant to read it at first. I love historical romance but pure historical fiction is not the same thing. I read it non the less and am glad I did. The layers of prejudice in the book ever spiraling outwards and back in had me gripped and made me think. A five star read for any reader of this genre.

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and on Goodreads:

5 of 5 stars
Read from February 11 to March 17, 2013

I was recommended this book by a close friend whose judgment in these matters I trust completely. I’m not a fan of dry fact-laden historical novels, but I can say that this book does not fall into this category so please don’t be put off by any preconceptions you may have towards this genre. I’m certainly glad I followed my friend’s advice, and was richly rewarded by the author’s complex and multifaceted characters, his deft use of prose, and his clean and clear writing style.

It would be easy to fall into the trap of melodramatic and hysterical writing when dealing with the horrors of war and human suffering; the author never takes this easy option, he maintains that clear and concise style throughout the novel allowing his characters to tell their own stories.

Having the standard English schoolboy knowledge of both World Wars, I thought I new with crushing inevitability the ultimate outcome that would befall the characters. A naive ignorance had got the better of me, and as I read I was swept up in a story and a world I realised I new nothing about. It was a humbling and quite profound experience, learning and understanding details of the lives that people like these were living and struggling with on a day to day basis throughout the war years, and it’s a testament to the author’s skill that even now, some weeks after finishing the book, the characters are alive in my mind and almost feel like family.

This is not a light fluffy read: it’s a deeply engaging and complex story, sections of which I had to read several times to get the maximum benefit.

I can highly recommend this book, both for fans of the genre and also for those who like solid well written novel, regardless of genre.

A BIG HEART FELT THANK YOU to the reviewers DENISE AND MATTHEW

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23 Saturday Mar 2013

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Congratulations to Ty Patteron and his gripping thriller “The Warrior”

“The Trip” by Tim Morgan

22 Friday Mar 2013

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Meghan is a senior in high school. For her senior summer, she’s planned the journey of a lifetime with her two friends: they will take a cross-country bicycle trip from their small Massachusetts hometown to Seattle, Washington.

Joining Meghan on the trip are Dave, who secretly has a crush on Meghan; and Chris, who has recently been diagnosed HIV positive as the result of a bad decision.

As they plan their journey, a previously unidentified flu breaks out in India, beginning a relentless march around the globe. By the time Meghan and her friends are halfway across the country, the horrible truth is known: this is not a flu virus. This disease turns its victims into flesh-eating zombies. And it’s here.

Scared, exhausted and alone, the three decide to head home in a desperate race through infected territory. Can they survive THE TRIP?

My review:

“The Trip” by Tim Morgan was recommended to me by a friend and I was reluctant to read it because of its Zombie theme which I am not overly keen on. Fortunately the book has much more to offer to make it worthwhile a read.
Dave, Chris and Meghan decide to take an eight week ride on camelbacks from Billerica in Massachusetts to Seattle after their prom. The story however is not told in a linear way but starts more or less halfway through their trip and reveals in flashbacks the background of those three friends and sheds more light at the complicated relationship they have with each other as well as their reasons to go on the trip in the first place. Meghan wants to get away from her family, Dave has a crush on Meghan and Chris messed up his love life badly and has a scare with HIV.
This aspect of the story reads like a young adult novel but the theme of HIV ad unprotected sex gives it a little more of an edge. For the picky reader there are some minor issues with the correct use of HIV and AIDS, which is explainable by the fact that this comes from the voice of teenagers.
Interwoven are snippets of official news announcements that explain the outbreak of a virus in India and its spread across the world. Zombies’ roam the country and the three cyclists are in constant danger as they move through an apocalyptic setting where cities have been abandoned, people fight over the little food they have and few are willing to share the little resources they have. The action and suspense parts are balanced by the more serious descriptions of a world in chaos.
The scenes depicting the contact with Zombies are entertaining and tense, those about the contact between humans are thoughtful and reminded me of The Road by Cormac McCarthy but fortunately they were more accessible and digestible.
The main characters are very well set up and developed throughout the book, particularly Chris and his personal crisis. I wish I could tell you more but I don’t want to spoil the story for you. The comic style book cover implies a more light hearted read than this is but if you are looking for substance in the an often merely one dimensional genre then this is your pick.

Interview with Tim:

Please tell us a little about yourself and your background.

By day I’m a senior web developer – right now I work in southern New Hampshire in the United States. At night and on weekends I write and make short movies. As an undergrad I studied writing with a minor in theatre, and while working on my graduate degree I focused on writing with a strong concentration in screenplays.

I was quite impressed by the depth of some of your writing in this book which is unusual when writing in a Zombie book. What is your background in writing?

I’ve been writing since I was a little kid. My parents had an old manual typewriter that I would write short plays and newspapers on. (Yeah, I’ll be the first to admit I was a weird kid) I went on to study professional writing as an undergrad and later went on to get a master’s degree in writing. I’m glad to see the investment in education has paid off. 😉
Until this project, most of my work for a while was in screenplay (I’ve got a YouTube channel with some of my material on it, including a spoof of the TV show SURVIVORMAN that got almost 50,000 views). I decided to write a novel so I could free myself of the conventions (and restrictions) of a script.

What made you chose this theme or genre? How did the story come to you? Did you plan it or did it come to you naturally?

Back in 2008, right before Christmas, there was a major ice storm that knocked out the electricity to a large swath of New England. For almost a week we had no electricity; I’d go to work in “the world” and come home to a cold, dark house. It wasn’t the end of the world but it sure seemed like it.
During this time the world didn’t fall apart – I actually experienced the other side of human nature. Particularly, a co-worker drove across Massachusetts and New Hampshire with me to borrow a generator from his father. (This was during the work day – and our employer didn’t say anything to stop us) That kind of kindness sticks with you.

Do you identify with any of your characters and if so, what aspects of them?

I think there are aspects of all three of the characters in me. The character I most closely identify with is probably Meghan, followed closely by Dave.
Meghan thinks the world isn’t taking her seriously, and she’s out to prove herself. I’ve been there myself – I’m a programmer during the day, but my background is in English and communications. At times it’s been a difficult to be taken seriously in this field, but I do feel like I’ve proved myself at this point.
With Dave, he has a hard time talking about how he feels to Meghan. When I was that age, I had a difficult time relating to the opposite sex as well.
I identify less with Chris. He’s really more a mix of several people I knew in high school than me. He’s the impulsive wild man of the group and serves as a counter-point to level-headed Meghan and voice-of-reason Dave.

How did you come up with the idea of including HIV into the mix?

A few years ago I was working part-time as an English professor at a college. As an English professor, especially when you’re dealing with first year composition students, there’s a lot of unloading (I would equate it to being a therapist in some ways).
One of the essays I read was from a student that was in a similar situation to what Chris finds himself in. That was either the most powerful personal experience I’ve ever read, or a really talented fiction writer cutting his teeth. Unfortunately the student dropped out of my class before I found out which I was dealing with.

Who are your literary influences? Which are your favourite books?

This may sound a bit strange coming from the author of a zombie novel, but I’m a huge Dave Barry fan. I’ve read a couple of Cormack McCarthy’s books, in particular THE ROAD really changed me and was a huge influence on this novel. (I like to think of it as THE ROAD with hope)

A lot of your writing is quite thoughtful and deep. Were you ever tempted to write a plain Zombie story?

When I set out to write THE TRIP, I really wanted to do something that hadn’t been done in the genre before. As I was writing the novel, it became increasingly clear this was a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse. It’s about three friends and how they handle the what could be the end of the world.
These days it seems like the market is crowded with zombie fiction – I think there are hundreds of thousands of readers that will pick up a title just because it’s got the word “zombie” in the description. But in order to stand out, you’ve got to be different.

How is your experience in the independent publishing industry?

This is my first self-published novel. I decided to go print-on-demand through Amazon.com’s CreateSpace service. So far it’s been quite an experience!
Probably the best thing I can say to anyone who’s thinking of attempting this on their own is that writing the book is easy, getting people to read it is hard. Hard, but possible and a lot of work.
For me, it’s a lot of work, but it’s fun work. I’m enjoying the public relations aspects of independent publishing, and getting anything above a one star review on GoodReads or Amazon.com is what really keeps me going.

Which aspects of writing and publishing do you enjoy the most and which ones the least?

The most enjoyable aspects for me are setting out on new projects. That’s the exciting time for me. With anything, the longer I work on it the more it becomes a drag. By the final draft I find sometimes I can barely look at the material anymore.
THE TRIP took me about a year to write, then I spent six months polishing it and about a year and a half traditionally marketing it before I decided to self-publish. By the time I was reviewing the proofs I’d hit the point where I was over-tweaking and knew it was time to be done.

Can you describe your writing environment and habits?

My computer is in my living room. I try to squeeze in time for writing or research (good writing takes a LOT of research) on a fairly regular basis. I’m married and have two kids in high school, so sometimes it’s tough. (It was more difficult when the kids were younger, but it does get easier as they get older)
I’ll usually write at night, while my wife and kids are watching TV (unless they’re watching a DVR’d Craig Ferguson episode – then the writing has to stop). I’ll usually sit down and plug my headphones in and listen to music while I’m trying to write. I have eclectic tastes – I’ll listen to anything from Joss Stone to Shakira to Shivaree.
I’ve also been known to take my laptop and park in a coffee shop for a couple hours with headphones and a cup of chai tea.

Who does your editing and how do you control the quality of your writing?

For THE TRIP, I showed the early drafts to some trusted cohorts in my writing group. We’re pretty tightly knit – there are three of us, and we’re pretty supportive of one another. There were a couple of other beta readers once I got deeper into the drafts, which also helped.
I’ve also found that I need to put my work down for a while and come back to it with fresh eyes. Sometimes this is a couple days, sometimes a week, and for the final drafts it was longer. I’ve found this works for me pretty well.
For the final preflight before publication, I had a professional editor friend take a look at the novel. I was relieved that by the time she looked at it, there wasn’t much for her to catch, but she made some really good points on what she found.
My advice to anyone self-publishing is to not skip the step of a professional edit if at all possible. Either find the money, make friends with a professional editor, or figure some other way to get it done.

What are your next projects? Where could we hear about them?

In the immediate future, I’ve written a short screenplay that I’m planning on producing this spring. It’s a silly little short about a crazy woman who summons a cursed lawn gnome to haunt her ex-boyfriend. It’s been a while since I’ve produced anything, and I think it’ll be a nice change of pace for me.
I’m also planning a follow-up to THE TRIP. I’m still fleshing out details, but the follow-up and the original will intersect at certain points. The plan right now is to follow one of the minor characters from THE TRIP and a national guard unit as the crisis unfolds. THE TRIP was mostly aftermath; the follow up will focus more on what happened during the crisis.
If you want to keep up-to-date on what I’m working on, the best places would be my web site and my YouTube channel.

Links:

Official web site: http://www.timmorgan.us/thetrip
Amazon.com buy link: http://www.amazon.com/author/timmorgan
Amazon.uk buy link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Trip-Tim-Morgan/dp/1480111236/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1362323022&sr=8-2
Tim’s YouTube channel, currently featuring a book trailer for THE TRIP: https://www.youtube.com/user/tmorgan2100?feature=mhee

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