Hi all, You may have noticed that we have not put out any new releases in March. That was because I was off for a few weeks visiting the US, where I got to meet two of my very long-time authors: Robert Beers and Will Greenway and two of my cover artists: Laura Shinn and Josh Shinn and catch up with our editor and print formatter (my daughter) Jenna Cummins. It was great, they are all as wonderful in person as I had expected from our long-time email communications. Below are some photos taken during the trip of my meeting the staff. I don’t yet have the one with me,…
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Hi everyone! It has been a while since I have updated the Writers Exchange blog, I have to admit, I am not too good as a blogger:) But I am hoping to change that. So I thought I’d start by updating you all on a few things coming up in 2014 that I know about currently. I would also like to create a bit more community around Writers Exchange, so if anyone has some suggestions on how they would like to do this, please comment on this post. We have two large series that are getting a complete overhaul at the moment, new covers, fresh edits, restructuring etc. The first…
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I realised this morning that Writers Exchange E-Publishing has been going 14 years this month! I hadn’t even thought about it, but a couple of people congratulated me on LinkedIn, it must be in my profile… I really want to thank Will Greenway and Victoria Heckman for staying with me all these years – you guys were the first two authors I ever signed up! Rounding out the VERY early authors who are still in our ranks we have Lauralee Bliss, Michelle Levigne and Mrs Mouse (Chris Williamson). We do have a lot of others who came on board in the first year, but these were our earliest:) We would…
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Wow, what a few months we have had! As you know from earlier news posts we have been updating all our books to the latest formatting. We have been replacing a lot of covers while doing this, and updating bios to have our authors’ latest books included, PLUS other books in their genres by other WEE authors! Because of all this our new releases have suffered a bit, but the end is in sight! Other than books that need new covers or have minor erratas being done to them, I am down to 29 books to go! I still have to do these around our new releases, so perhaps we’ll…
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5 Stars! “Dee Lloyd is gifted with more than mere writing talent. She can see into people, love them just the same, and put that all together with skilled words. A charming read.” ~ Buzzy, Buzz Review News PROLOGUE George Haywood considered the last few lines he had written. He would tell Cadie the rest when he saw her in a couple of weeks. She could use some good news. He flexed his fingers, then printed neatly, “I love you, Midget.” And signed it, “Pop.” That nickname hadn’t fitted his Cadie for years. She’d grown up to be a fine looking figure of a woman. He…
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; [wp_social_ninja id=”217179″ platform=”reviews”] Sin Eater; In folklore, a person who would take on the sins of a dying person through ritual means and for material gain, thus absolving the dying of their sins while taking on the burden of the same. Prologue He clung tightly to his mother’s hand as they walked down the dimly lit hallway toward the bedroom. He could hear the soft sobbing of his aunts in the living room, punctuated once in a while by a sharp wail, frightening him even more. He reached up with his other hand and held on to his mother with both of his as they approached the…
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Amethyst, Wisconsin is a small, peaceful town on a pristine lake with an active tourist season in summer. When the air turns chill, the area is transformed into a ghost town with only a handful of lifers who stay. Populated with colorful characters, Amethyst is bursting with mystery, romance, and jealousy. Come and visit a place where anything is possible all-year-round. Adventures in Amethyst Series Anthology (Books 1-4) A collection of the first 4 novellas in the series: A Rose for Romeo (Book 1), Revenge in Amethyst (Book 2), Reckless Rose (Book 3), Christmas in Amethyst (Book 4). GENRE: Contemporary Romance Anthology Word Count: 53, 34 Book…
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A body in a garage. A revolver in a locked car. A chance meeting of two old friends on a plane. Is this a happy reunion or a devious frame up for murder? The Risa Vitale that Adam Taggart remembers as a skinny daredevil kid who trailed him around the ski club didn’t show any signs she would become the attractive woman who greeted him as he lined up to get off a plane. His uncomplicated happiness at their reunion, however, ends shortly after she offers him a ride. Finding a revolver under his seat and a pool of blood in the back of her van doesn’t encourage romance. Then he…
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Return to Peaceful, Wisconsin and read the stories of those secondary characters in an all-new spin-off series. Nuggets of faith can be passed down as heirlooms from friend to friend, heart to heart, soul-mate to soul-mate. Book 1: Clumsy Girl’s Guide to Falling in Love Book One Friendship Heirloom: Persistence Zoë Rossdale is the clumsy girl who always has her elbows, feet, eyes, and brass-red hair going in the wrong directions. She floats around in her own world, comfortable there alone, only to be jarred back into the real one when her obliviousness gets her in trouble again. After a lifetime of being evaluated critically–first by her own father, and…
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When the balance of power is threatened in the land of Glede, the powerful Triskelion calls for its master. Beginnings, Book 1: The Triskelion The Triskelion, a powerful magical amulet, once torn into two parts to protect the world of Glede, now must be found and re-united to save Glede. Two boys are summoned by the magic of the Triskelion to perform this dangerous task -Treyas Beckering, a 14-year-old elf from Bailiwycke in the west; and 13-year-old Jannson van Tannen, the newly orphaned King of Odora Dava to the east. Both will endure more than they ever thought possible, and both will become men in the process. GENRE: Fantasy/Young…
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Preface A bearded man with dreadlocks stepped out in front of me shaking his fist as I swerved my bicycle to avoid him. “White man blood and fire!” he called after me as I pedalled away. This memory popped unbidden into my mind the other day, more than fifty years after the event, and brought with it a flood of other memories from my youth. I went to my stored butterfly collection and opened up the two boxes that house all I have left of my butterflying days in the Caribbean. Memories fade and warp with time but looking at my small collection of Jamaican butterflies,…
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For the ten generations since the evil first came to Woodcutter’s Grim, the Guardians have sworn an oath to protect the town from the childhood horrors that lurk in the black woods. Without them, the town would be defenseless…and the terrors would escape to the world at large. Volume I {Classic Tales of Horror Retold} (Books 1-3 and The Final Chapter) For the ten generations since the evil first came to Woodcutter’s Grim, the Guardians have sworn an oath to protect the town from the childhood horrors that lurk in the black woods. Without them, the town would be defenseless…and the terrors would escape to the world at large. This collection…
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Return to cowboy country in Fever, Texas, where the heat isn’t the only thing causing a fever! See if you can find the heirloom wedding band in each story! Cowboy Fever Series Anthology (Books [actually novellas] 1 – 5) Containing Five Novellas : Book 1: Wings of Love Book 2: Losses and Gains Book 3: For Always Book 4: Taming April Book 5: The Only One GENRE: Contemporary Romance ISBN: 978-1-922233-88-2 ASIN: B017KPH80W Word Count: 118, 811 [wp_social_ninja id=”216655″ platform=”reviews”] Cowboy Fever Series, Book 6: Drifter’s Heart Easy to love, hard to hold… Maggie May’s pa is still looking for the cowboy who knocked up…
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Before the Commonwealth existed, there was an expanding, multi-galaxy civilization, that disintegrated. This is the story of its downfall, where colony worlds learned to survive by their own strength…or were abandoned to die. Book list in Chronological Order: AGE I: Before the Commonwealth existed, there was an expanding, multi-galaxy civilization. Due to the combined effects of a too-aggressive policy of expansion, civil unrest, the inequality and abuse of the classes, and the categorizing of augmented humans as a slave class, the Central Allied Worlds (CAW) disintegrated. The period of darkness and barbarism that followed is referred to as the Downfall. Various groups of people fled the Central Allied Worlds…
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Falcon’s Bend is a small, sleepy town in Wisconsin that owns more taverns than churches, but fills both on the appropriate days. Teenagers talk of escape from the one-horse town because nothing ever seems to happen. But, even here in the Heartland, police investigators Pete Shasta, Danny Vincent and Amber Carfi fight a never-ending battle to keep their beloved families and hometown safe and sound. Falcon’s Bend Series, Book 1: Degrees of Separation Who is killing the midnight ladies? Falcon’s Bend is a small, sleepy town in Wisconsin that owns more taverns than churches, but fills both on the appropriate days. Teenagers talk of escape from a one-horse town like…
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This month our featured author is a very prolific Australian children’s author. Her interview is below. Author Interview Margaret, you are an Australian author, can you tell us about yourself (where you live, what you enjoy doing, what you’re like)? I spent my younger years belonging to a bush walking club. The bush grows on you, so I have ended up in an underground flat in the Dandenongs that is bush fire proof. I like swimming as it is one sport that you don’t have to be physically coordinated for. By today’s standards I would drive any school sports’ mistress into a nervous breakdown with my general ineptitude and…
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This month we have Dr. Herb Marlow as our featured author, he currently has three books available up at WEE, with a fourth book being released in October. Author Interview Can you please tell us a bit about yourself that is not covered in your bio? I have had a myriad of jobs/professions in my lifetime: Driving a truck and a forklift, selling real estate and insurance, being a cattle rancher in Oregon and Texas, writing stories and articles for national magazines, being a professional medical writer for an online magazine, having a twice weekly spot on a local TV station, visiting schools all over the US with a…
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This month we start with massively prolific author, Karen Wiesner. With over 100 books published she is no novice at her craft, in fact she has even written books ABOUT writing. Now let’s learn a bit more about Karen… Interview with Award-winning AuthorYou’ve written over 150 books which include many different series and genres. Can you tell us if you have a favourite series, one that is particularly close to your heart or you personally identify with? I’m too much like a mother with my books and series to choose favorites. They’re all close and personal favorites. I love them, and each one has its own special merits…
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As one of the authors with Writers Exchange I would like to provide you with a brief background of myself, and explain how and why I began writing. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and in 1969 I was drafted into the U.S. Army. After completing basic training and military police school, I spent a year with the 557th MP Company at Long Binh, South Vietnam, in 1970. My time as a combat M.P. provided the basis for my first book, M.P., A Novel of Vietnam, a work of fiction based in part on my personal experiences during my tour of duty. Upon completing my military service,…
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Author Interview with Wallace Brown My name is Wallace Brown and I live and write in Pennsylvania. My first novel, “The Shepherd Sleeps” was published in 2008. It is a thriller set in New Orleans in 1969. I have written all my life but this was my first attempt at a novel. I have a degree in English and have read a lot great literature but for pure escape I like thrillers. The one thing that has always bothered me about the genre is that the heroes are often written as unemotional automatons without the ability to experience fear or pain. I am more interested in real flesh and…
