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Welcome to Writing Daze, Kfir. Can we begin by having you tell us a little about your book? The Evelyn Project is a thriller spanning two centuries. Today’s events are influenced by a loving father's attempt, a hundred years ago, to save his dying daughter. When his cry for help gets into the wrong hands,and a hundred years later, things get out of control. What is the first thing you did to promote your book? In other words, what's your suggestion to authors just starting out? Obtaining honest reviews of the book is the best way to promote a (good) book in today’s social networked environment. With so many books out there readers want some comfort that they will not waste their time reading your book; they will trust reliable book bloggers and other readers with a proven record (which can be easily checked in Goodreads or Amazon.com). Of course, if the book sucks that might not be such a good idea. If you had to pick just one book marketing tool that y...

About Sarah, They’re Coming for You! Restless spirits of the dead torment the living for many reasons. But the dark hunters seek one thing. It is not God’s blessing, but a soul for eternity. For years, Sarah was tormented by these seekers. Each passing year they gained strength. Guided by her great great grandfather Hermann-who intercedes on her behalf-Sarah had faith, but now, she feels her faith in Hermann is slipping, and she grows spiritually weaker. When a mysterious woman—a link from the past—enlightens Sarah of her journey everything falls into place. Sarah has a connection between her ancestral family and her own haunting from the rogue ghosts in the afterlife. They seek her in order to claim two family members with a single soul. One thing left to do for Sarah. Go to the family home in Austria and face the ghosts head on, or lose her soul forever. Thirteen Questions to Ask at a Ghost Hunt •If there is an apparition seen, does the apparition represent anyone identifiable (...

Join Dr. Labib Mikhail , author of the New Testament non-fiction book , The Virgin Mary in the Light of the Word of God (Nordskog Publishing, March 2011), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in May on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book ! About Dr. Labib Mikhail Dr. Mikhail is a theologian, apologist, journalist, counselor, and television/radio, seminar, and evangelistic campaign speaker in the US and around the world. Originally from Egypt, Dr. Mikhail is a former professor of homiletics, psychology, and journalism in Faith Mission Bible College in Cairo, where he founded and pastured churches for more than thirty years. You can read more about The Virgin Mary in the Light of the Word of God and Dr. Mikhail at www.nordskogpublishing.com . About The Virgin Mary The Virgin Mary in the Light of the Word of God fills a tremendous need for a concise, elegant, Biblical treatment of Mary. Dr. Labib, as he is affectionately known, gives Mary her due full honor ...

As the Sycamore Grows is a non-fiction narrative about a woman who escaped a padlocked cabin in the woods to become a powerful voice for all victims, and about the man who admitted all the abuse and declared he’d do it again. This book is unique in that the abuser speaks in his own words and is not demonized. He believes God made women to serve. It’s their job. The people in the story are real and raw, no two-dimensional paper dolls or goodie-two-shoes. Readers will like Ginger, after they forgive her; they may not like Mike, but they won’t hate him. Threading through the book is loss: alienation of families; a spiritual void; and a death which becomes the wedge that allows Ginger to break free. As the Sycamore Grows has won three literary awards, been on the cover of Publishers Weekly and is nominated for SIBA Book of the Year and more. Dateline: NBC filmed Ginger’s story when she graduated from college in 2004 and ran promos of the show but it was bumped for breaking news the night ...

About Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil by Jerome Charyn As the New York Yankees' star centerfielder from 1936 to 1951, Joe DiMaggio is enshrined in America's memory as the epitome in sports of grace, dignity, and that ineffable quality called "class." But his career after retirement, starting with his nine-month marriage to Marilyn Monroe, was far less auspicious. Writers like Gay Talese and Richard Ben Cramer have painted the private DiMaggio as cruel or self-centered. Now, Jerome Charyn restores the image of this American icon, looking at DiMaggio's life in a more sympathetic light. DiMaggio was a man of extremes, superbly talented on the field but privately insecure, passive, and dysfunctional. He never understood that for Monroe, on her own complex and tragic journey, marriage was a career move; he remained passionately committed to her throughout his life. He allowed himself to be turned into a sports memorabilia money machine. In the end, unable to define any r...

About John Milton Langdon John Milton Langdon is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and has a master’s degree in maritime civil engineering. Langdon retired and became a professional writer after an active and rewarding engineering career. Initially he worked in Britain but from 1972 until 2008, he dealt with project development in Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Nigeria. Langdon lives in the Austrian town of Klagenfurt which has a history stretching back to mediaeval times. Langdon has three children and five grandchildren from his first marriage and two step sons from the second. Langdon has many interests including travel, the British canals, music and literature but hiking in the mountains surrounding his home is a preferred leisure activity. John’s latest book is a historical fiction titled Against All Odds (Tate Publishing). You can visit John Milton Langdon’s website at http://www.jmlangdon.com/ . Buy the book at Amazon About Against A...

“A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.” ~ Helen Rowland CNN recently reported on the continued search for Sasquatch, The Abominable Snowman. Uncle Harry was at my house reading the story in the newspaper. He was so tickled by the large footprint photograph that he cut it out and hung it on my refrigerator with tape, waiting for a reaction from Uncle Dick, who was expected to arrive for dinner any minute. These two senior bachelors in my life have never quite grown up into manhood. Apparently, way back when Christ was a Corporal and the two of them attended their Senior Prom, Harry’s date Matilda earned the nickname “Sasquatch” when she poured her size 22 self into a size 18 ½ brown chenille A-line gown, complete with gaudy feathered accessories, for the Prom. They traveled to the dance in an old 1929 Ford Roadster. Matilda weighing in at 240 lbs. had to literally back into the car to get into position for the seat. Dick’s date looked...

Friday is always a fun day at Writing Daze. Our visiting author for today is Gary Starta author of God’s of the Machines and he shares with us the Five Fun Things that Happened to him during the course of writing and publishing his novel. About God’s of the Machines Detective Sam Benson, a native New Yorker, is brash, opinionated and candid. Transplanted to work on Earth’s first colonized planet, he envisions a relatively peaceful job. But Benson’s ruthless nature might bring it to the brink of annihilation when a series of murders begins. He suspects a non-human is responsible—an android who once shared engrams with a psychopathic human. However, the detective doesn’t know other non-humans once called his new world—theirs. And as Benson obsesses with making a case against the android, he is oblivious to their return and the reason why they consider machines to be their gods. Friday Five 1 – The novel Gods of the Machines is actually a spin off or sequel to a novel called What are you ...

I have the pleasure today to present one of my favorite animal authors, John Katz. I remember reading A Dog Year and The Dogs of Bedlam Farm . I enjoyed both of these books, and thought that Devon the dog in A Dog Year was quite a handful, although I did find all of his dog antics quite funny. In The Dogs of Bedlam Farm the story continues with Devon, renamed Orson and Jon moving to a farm and now they must adjust from city living to farm animals and all the work required to keep this farm running. Training Orson was a demanding project, but a quote from the dog trainer just says it all. “If you want to have a better dog, you will just have to be a better god-damned human.” These books are enjoyable, laugh out loud funny, but sweet and innocent. The dogs really work to keep the author on his toes. Now, Jon Katz joins Writing Daze on his virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book with his latest novel, Rose in a Storm . About Jon Katz Jon Katz has written nineteen books—seven novels and ...