Among Friends at Avalon

Avalon Authors blog has had an active week. Monday, June 18, Chapter 11 of Along for the Ride, the group novel Avalon Authors have written online over the past few months, was posted. The next installment, Chapter 12 by Sandra Wilkins, will be published on July 2, 2012. Tuesday, Kent Conwell wrote about his experience […]

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More Suspense from K T Roberts

Seems there’s more suspense writing going on this month among writers I know. K T Roberts has a new novel, The Last Witness, on Amazon, free this weekend! An introduction to the book appears at Avalon Authors’ Blog and the free ebook is at Amazon, but hurry, you only have until June 24 to claim […]

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Meet the Author at Avalon

Rebecca Boschee’s interview with me has now been posted at Avalon Authors’ Blogspot. Hope you enjoy it. Rebecca asked some thought-provoking and searching questions. You may comment at the Avalon Authors’ blog or here. I will respond. Thank you.

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Debut Suspense Release by J L Salter

When Beth left suddenly, it broke two hearts … but she’d had no choice. Shane, a rugged, ex-Airborne biker, handled it badly … but so had she. Three years later and 2000 miles away, she desperately needs her ex-lover’s protection from a violent menace with ‘bad history’ who’ll do anything to reclaim a mysterious suitcase […]

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A Long Time Coming

In honor and memory of all those who have given their lives in the cause of freedom, I wanted to say ‘Thank you’. My generation, and those generations before mine and too many of those now and in the future, have and will live through decades of war. Some of those wars were justified but […]

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USToday Interview: Update

Here is the direct link to the interview: http://books.usatoday.com/happyeverafter/post/2012-05-24/leigh-verrill-rhys-interview-wait-a-lonely-lifetime/700618/1 Thank you to everyone who has read Wait a Lonely Lifetime and commented! SO glad you have enjoyed the story of Sylviana and Eric. Don’t forget the excerpt recordings on previous blogs. All the best, Leigh

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My USAToday Interview

Joyce Lamb, of True Vision fame and a RITA finalist, is interviewing me on her USAToday HEA blog tomorrow, May 24 2012. Stop by, leave a comment, ask a question. We will be talking about Wait a Lonely Lifetime and a few other novels I’m working on.

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Dumbest Things I’ve Done as a Writer

You see a lot of advice around about mistakes you must avoid, rules for writing not to break or rules to follow. My personal favorite is Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing because it is not so much a list of commandments as a declaration of independence. I read 10 Rules of Writing in the […]

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Wait a Lonely Lifetime: Excerpt from Chapter One

Sylviana met her friend’s steadfast stare for a long, dry moment. “So, you think he’s dead.” “Sylvi, it’s been fifteen years. That’s what happens to lots of soldiers.” Sylviana looked over the balcony of the restaurant onto Ghirardelli Square . “How did you know? I mean, how did you find out what happened, what Eric […]

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Wait a Lonely Lifetime: Second Chance to Read an Excerpt

As part of my Virtual Launch of Wait a Lonely Lifetime published by Avalon Books and now available on several online bookshops, Sandra Carey Cody posted an excerpt from the first chapter of the novel on her website: SandraCareyCody. Use the following link and click on the Guest Excerpt tab. Sandra Carey Cody is one of […]

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