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Author Eliade Muldovan asks several interesting questions. Give it a read, and then feel free to make your own comments Where is humankind heading? First question: Did human consciousness change along centuries and millennia? Disrespect for our environment, religious intolerance, … Continue reading
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Today – we look at time travel and miracles, mysteries and romance. Here is author Laura Vosika’s The Battle is O’er, Book Five of The Blue Bells Chronicles. Shawn means self and Kleiner means centered, one of Shawn’s (many) ex-girlfriends proclaimed. … Continue reading
Political Dirty Trick
For some time, I had been contemplating writing a story about a basically good person who is convinced to step over the line. Once over that line, the slope gets slippery. And it only gets slipperier as he or she moves.
I had intended to name the book, The Slippery Slope.
After watching national politics, I thought I might write a story about a political dirty trick. Please note, I was not, and am still not, taking sides. There were questionable activities on all sides. I had, and have, no political agenda in any of my writing. But authors need a background for the stories, and a real one works well if you are not writing fantasy.
Asking the important question for writers (What if?), what if something went terribly wrong? There was an unexpected outcome.
Eventually, these two ideas came together to form the basis for Political Dirty Trick.
A woman who is a very law-abiding citizen gets talked into participating in a political dirty trick, or a podirt as they call it in the book. And then something goes wrong. She has crossed the line with this podirt. She is on the slippery slope. And it is so much more difficult to hold your ground, your normal behavior, when on a slippery slope.
In keeping with this theme of unexpected things, as I neared completion of the book, I discovered that an author I know was also completing a book and she had titled it, “A Slippery Slope.” She assured me she would have no problem if I named my book the same. But after some thought, I decided I would not do that. Rooting around for a title, I eventually came up with Political Dirty Trick.
It is set in Texas politics because all of my Crystal Moore suspense books are set in east Texas. Even when Crystal goes into the jungles of Mexico to rescue two young girls held captive (A Silver Medallion), much of the book takes place in east Texas. I doubt any political dirty tricks are ever employed in Texas politics. But, this is fiction, so I can take those liberties.
Political Dirty Trick will be released May 14, 2018. It is a nice suspense book with no basis in truth. But I believe you will enjoy the colorful characters, the suspense of keeping Crystal alive, and discovering what a dramatic affect this podirt had on a number of lives and an election.
Political Dirty Trick is on NetGalley, a site where readers can get a copy of the book with the expectation they will leave a review on Amazon and/or GoodReads. NetGalley expects you to be a blogger, librarian, teacher, or what they call a “professional reader.” That is, someone who will report on books to their readers. If you are interested, here is the link: https://www.netgalley.com/widget/137928/redeem/f7beb8ab2448a2ffc3585a6b6b346f1fe652d229ebee86c662ca849d1a568266
The Kindle edition of Political Dirty Trick can be pre-ordered now on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2pIHMqs
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Please comment on the covers, what you like and do not like. And, feel free to leave a comment on the danger of stepping on a slippery slope.
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Today’s guest is Donna Schlachter. She writes historical suspense under her own name, and contemporary suspense under her alter ego of Leeann Betts. She is a hybrid author who has published a number of books under her pen name and under her own … Continue reading
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First, a quick commercial. March 4 – 11 is Read an Ebook Week sponsored by Smashwords. If you click on this link https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/528083 and enter the code RS64W you can get a copy of Cleansed by Fire for free. It has 99 reviews … Continue reading
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Today, Donna Schlachter talks about pseudonyms – and then about her new book. Donna lives in Denver. She writes historical suspense under her own name and contemporary suspense under her alter ego of Leeann Betts. In addition, she ghostwrites, edits … Continue reading
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Today’s guest blogger is John Lindermuth, author of sixteen novels, including eight in the Sticks Hetrick series. John is a retired newspaper editor who now serves as librarian for the county historical society, assisting patrons with genealogy and research. He … Continue reading
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Today, we have an excerpt from Petty Cash, a contemporary suspense from Leeann Betts (a writing persona for Donna Schlachter, who writes historical suspense). This is book 7 in By the Numbers series. Chapter 1 “Ooh, some days I could just … Continue reading
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Today, Peter Mulraney from Adelaide, South Australia, tell us about some of his writing. In addition to authoring a series of novellas, Peter is a modern-day mystic. He intends for his books to be read in one sitting, perhaps two hours. … Continue reading
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Author Frankie Capers has four children, ten grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren. It’s probably the great grandchildren that provide her with many of her stories. Frankie, besides poetry, writes children’s Story-Coloring books. The child can color the story as the story … Continue reading