Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday and Today week ending 6/28/2013


Three FREE Top Ten EBook lists from Project Gutenberg, Amazon and Barnes and Noble from the past 7 days. Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday courtesy of http://www.gutenberg.org:   The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (9898) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (9252) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (5597) The Divine…… Continue reading Top Ten EBooks from Yesterday and Today week ending 6/28/2013

PRESS RELEASE: ASIDE OF MURDER: A MODERN GRITTY 30’S/50’S NOIR


Aside of murder: a modern gritty 50’s noir Seattle, wa, July 10, 2012:  Aside of Murder has been called “a modern day 30s and 50’s Noir”, a gritty crime novel that “paints the seedy underbelly of both lower and upper society”. PLOT Short description What happens when a High Class Call Girl and an embezzling…… Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: ASIDE OF MURDER: A MODERN GRITTY 30’S/50’S NOIR

What a Wild Week


From student to not student. Decided I didnt like doing homework 12 hours a day afterall.  Especially Math and Coding.  Why the Vocational Assessor wrote in her report that web development was a viable career for me is beyond me.  I dont like math or fiddly little detail crap work that coding requires. So, told them to…… Continue reading What a Wild Week

Monday Book Review: “Troubling a Star” by Madeleine L’Engle


http://www.amazon.com/Troubling-Star-Austin-Family-Chronicles/dp/B001L4EDWU/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1314629822&sr=8-6 Synopsis from Amazon.com: The Austins have settled back into their beloved home in the country after more than a year away. Though they had all missed the predictability and security of life in Thornhill, Vicky Austin is discovering that slipping back into her old life isn’t easy. She’s been changed by life in New…… Continue reading Monday Book Review: “Troubling a Star” by Madeleine L’Engle

Monday Book Review: “Closer than Blood” by Gregg Olsen


http://www.amazon.com/Closer-Than-Blood-ebook/dp/B004IWR3EW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1314033484&sr=8-3 It’s true that Blood is thicker than Water but it’s also true that you hurt the ones you love most.  Both are good sayings for “Closer than Blood”. In this story, Gregg Olsen paints a picture of the epitome of a love/hate relationship between twins Tori and Kendall, one a little prettier than the…… Continue reading Monday Book Review: “Closer than Blood” by Gregg Olsen

Monday Book Review: “J is for Judgement” by Sue Grafton


http://www.amazon.com/J-Judgment-ebook/dp/B003GY0KPW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1312825585&sr=8-2 Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Milhone is quirky, fun and a great detective.  The protagonist is a fully rounded person, with strengths and foibles just like a real person.  She’s not perfect, which makes her perfect for detective work.  Personally, I would love to see Sue’s file on Kinsey.  We learn a little bit about Kinsey…… Continue reading Monday Book Review: “J is for Judgement” by Sue Grafton

Monday Book Review: “Ghost Moon” by Heather Graham


 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ghost-moon-heather-graham/1023636182?ean=9780778327967&itm=2&usri=ghost%2bmoon Heather Graham does it a final time in the last of this serial mystery triad.  My personal favorite character is back, Bartholomew the ghostly Privateer, this time hanging with Liam, an officer in Key West. There’s a purportedly haunted house in which the owner is found dead at his desk, complete with a fright…… Continue reading Monday Book Review: “Ghost Moon” by Heather Graham

Nothing new under the sun


Seattle had some sunny days recently, which got me to thinking, “what will be new to discover?” Personally, i’ve discovered i’m horrible at grammar, punctuation and word meanings, apparently.  Only a few people that have read my novel have told me while they like the story, the above problems are atrocious throughout the novel.  Well….i never…… Continue reading Nothing new under the sun

On Writing: My Version


Since 2001, Writing has become my hobby, a way to earn a few bucks here and there.  I’ve written in a few areas, health, fitness and real estate mostly.  I enjoy the research and producing good copy for clients.  It’s simple and straightforward. I’ve also published my first novel, Aside of Murder (available on Kindle,…… Continue reading On Writing: My Version

WOOHOO! Out of My Hands!


Thankfully, a friend’s husband is a tech person and has agreed to take a look at all these backend/behind-the-scenes stuff on all the blogs and websites.  Hopefully he can get google Adsense to read the ads/codes and fix whatever one hundred niggling little things that need fixed. Now I can get back to what I…… Continue reading WOOHOO! Out of My Hands!