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Light Bringer | Light Bringer

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Nov.12.2012
Light Bringer, my most recent release from Second Wind Publishing, stewed in my brain pan for several years before I actually started to write it. It was the first book I conceived, but I couldn’t figure out who my alien characters were, where they were from, how they traveled here, and why they...
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Nov.02.2011
Have you been wanting to get one of my books? Well, now is the perfect time! The Kindle edition is only $1.99 on Amazon from now until November 8, 2011. Happy reading! *** In quarantined Colorado, where hundreds of thousands of people are dying from an unstoppable disease called the red death,...
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Apr.18.2011
I just received the most wonderful review of Light Bringer, my speculative fiction thriller. You have to love a review that talks about the author’s “broad knowledge and brilliant imagination.” The author, in this case, being me.  The reviewer, Sandra Shwayder Sanchez from BookPleasures.com, also...
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Apr.07.2011
“I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them.” –Diane Arbus, noted American photographer Out walking the other day, I noticed an incredible shadow of a tree on the sidewalk, and I had to stop and take a picture. I happened to pass at just the right time. In a few...
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Mar.31.2011
It's been twice nine months since Light Bringer was accepted for publication, but it has finally arrived!! Born on March 27, 2011, it weighs a mere one pound, and is 8.5 inches tall. Small for a human baby, but just the right size for a newborn book. I counted all it's Ts and Os, and am pleased to...
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Feb.06.2011
I received several rejection letters from publishers and editors over the years saying they liked Light Bringer, that the story was unique and well-written but they’d have to pass because they didn’t know how to sell it. My reaction each time was, “What????” I mean, it’s a book — you put it in a...
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Dec.13.2010
Second Wind Publishing is running the best contest ever! The winner will receive a copy of every book published by them in 2011, which will include my latest, Light Bringer. If you have not yet signed up for Second Wind Publishing's contest, you can go to my blog and leave a comment: http://...