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with Drake The Duck Muse
Multi-Genre Author ~ Editor ~ Book Designer ~ Writing Coach
The Blog Thingy
Where Emotion and Information are Dispensed Inconsistently... Sometimes
You'll find some interesting stuff here...
a few Op Eds, some Writing Craft Information, Book Reviews, and More. Poke around the categories and see what ruffles your feathers... in a good way!
They Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde
Click The Cover To Order! As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not a tremendous fan of series fiction. It’s often frustrating to me when I read...
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Inspection by Josh Malerman
Click The Cover To Order! Like thousands of other readers on the planet, I was enticed to read “Inspection” after having read “Bird...
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Origin by J.A. Konrath
Click The Cover To Order! I found this a very entertaining read... an alternate origin story set in present time with present-day...
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Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
At just 103 pages, this isn't an awful novella. If you're interested in the vampire vein of storytelling (see what I did there), you'll...
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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
This story was pretty much all-consuming for me from the time I started with page one, until the last word. Wow! From the synopsis, I...
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Hell House by Richard Matheson
Click The Cover To Order! A story of a haunted house, told with a twist... okay, several twists. This is not just a story about ghosts...
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The Bookshop From Hell by David Haynes
If you've read any of my other book reviews, you'll know that I'm a reader who gravitates toward books about books, libraries, bookshops,...
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The Troubling Adventures of Jesse and Owen by Ted Lemon
Click The Cover To Order! I met Ted at a recent book festival and he asked me to read his book. "It's a mid-grade," he said, "about two...
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An Uncertain Accomplice by Donald Levin
Click The Cover To Order! Yet another wonderful installment of the Martin Preuss mystery series. This may be the shortest of the books,...
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One Man's Opus by Boyd Craven
Click The Cover To Order! I'm so pleased that Beth Dumity, proprietor of R&B Used Books in Grand Blanc, Michigan, introduced me to...
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Empty Hallways by Andy Lockwood
Click The Cover To Order! Describe this book in just two words. Hmmm.... Unexpectedly Creepy! Yup, that about covers it. This is a...
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Dig It Out by Katie Spina
This is a delightfully entertaining book for children of all ages! It's a fantastic story about a little groundhog who learns a valuable...
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Zebulon by R.L. Heron
Click The Cover To Order! Written by friend, and fellow Indie Author, R.L. Herron, this is an interesting collection of short stories. ...
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The Secret Hat by Peggy Losey
Click The Cover To Order! I had the pleasure of interviewing Peggy Losey for an episode of Indie Reads TV after we met at a book festival...
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Postcards From The Future by Andrew Charles Lark, Donald Levin, and Wendy Sura Thomson
Clck The Cover To Order! This was an interesting project undertaken by three author friends. They decided to collaborate on an...
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