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Thursday, July 27, 2017

4-Star Review of Linda Burson's Latest Novel by the Paranormal Romance Guild

Linda Burson's new novel The Colors of My Life, a romantic thriller has been rated 4-Stars by a Paranormal Romance Guild reviewer.






Read the complete review at: https://www.paranormalromanceguild.com/review-colors-life-linda-burson/

The Colors of my Life is available from Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Colors-My-Life-Linda-Burson-ebook/dp/B071Z6833Q/ 
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Prisoner of Valathia is Fourth Entry in Series

The Prisoner of Valathia is the fourth entry in my DRAGON SciFi series.  It takes place after their escape from Tamerlane’s hi-tech prison, and the defeat of Darius Drake's apocalyptic plans for the humanoid home-worlds, Titanya the Pirate Queen joins Sylvan Silla Low in becoming an agent of the Alliance...

This is the beginning of author James Austin McCormick's blog at Perry Lake Productions.  For the rest of the article, click here: https://www.perrylakeproductions.com/single-post/2017/07/24/The-Prisoner-of-Valathia---Guest-Blog 





DRAGON: The Prisoner of Valathia is available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Prisoner-James-Austin-McCormick-ebook/dp/B0721RR55Q/

The paperback version is available exclusively from the publisher at: www.classactbooks.com. 

Friday, July 21, 2017

Author Enlists CDC in Writing New Novel

My newest book is entitled In My Blood. As with every book I write, it all began with a precipitating event.
In this case, I had brought my cat, Frodo, outside for a lap around the front yard. I was holding him in my arms, when a large truck roared by and scared him. In a wild attempt to escape, he clawed me and made holes in my shirt, but I held him fast and made a beeline for the door.
It was the back claws that did the most damage. Now I had a hole in my shirt and a peculiar pattern carved into my chest. I looked like a reverse letter N.
That night, I was thinking about what happened. When I got into the shower, the thought hit me, “Maybe there is a plague on an alien world and emissaries were sent into all the inhabited planets to find the chosen one…”
That was all I needed to get started.
The next day, I started writing, but I knew I needed help in creating the plague.
When you want to find out about a disease, what do you do? You call the CDC right?
So,,,I called them...
 
Click here to read the rest of Kenneth Gordon's blog at the Urban Swashbuckler:  http://theurbanswashbuckler.blogspot.com/
 
 
 
 

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Class Act Books July Release

ANNOUNCING THE INITIAL ENTRY IN AN EPIC FAMILY SAGA!


THE MAN FROM CYMENE is the first novel in the 2-part series the Arcanian Chronicles.

Part 1, the Narrative of Riven the Heretic consists of eight novels. 

Part 2, the kan Ingan Archives is made up of seven novels.
 




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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Mackinac City, Michigan, Features in Author's Horror Novels


I wrote Eat the World because of my love for Mackinac City, Michigan, and Mackinac Island. I felt it was a great setting for a horror story.  The island offered a naturally claustrophobic setting, and the mainland enough development to provide plenty of potential victims and carnage.

I love using different locales in Michigan for a story. This is my third novel set in Michigan. Fear the Sky was set in Frankenmuth and Where Things Might Walk in Lexington, although fictionalized as Port Bay.

I’m currently scouting some new areas for my next few novels.

Eat the World also challenged me in many other respects.

It was a fairly difficult book to write, one where, despite my history with the area still required plenty of research. I had to adapt the many interesting geographical aspects of the city, island, and neighboring coastline to fit with what the characters would do.


 
About the Author:

Rick McQuiston is 49-year-old father of two who loves anything horror-related. He’s had nearly 400 publications so far, and written five novels, ten anthologies, one book of novellas, and edited an anthology of Michigan authors.

Rick is also a guest author each year at Memphis Junior High School. 

He’s currently working on my sixth novel. 




More about Rick at:

Publisher's website: www.classactbooks.com
Author's website: www.many-midnights.com


Blurb:

In picturesque Mackinac a growing army of rats are beginning to seep into the community of tourists. They seemingly appear out of nowhere, and it is up to ordinary people to gather their courage and battle the hordes.

But there is something more frightening beneath the surface, something that was born from the accumulated depths of Earth's creatures, something that can threaten the entire world.


Excerpt from Eat the World:

          The rodent scurried through the narrow channel. It barely managed to squeeze its lengthy bulk into the tight aperture, but by inhaling a deep breath of warm, salty air, it was able to reduce its girth enough to allow it somewhat comfortable passage. A cursory glance to either side after it cleared the opening revealed nothing predatory or dangerous.

The rodent then scrambled into the brush.

In its wake was a vicious, gray-green substance that loosely resembled hydraulic motor oil left in the sun too long. It was thick in consistency, yet still transparent enough to allow the dozens of tiny organisms swirling within it to be seen. It bristled with unnatural life.

The small grass snake slithered through the brush. Its brown, speckled hide gave it perfect camouflage in the wild. It melted into its surroundings, becoming for all intents and purposes, invisible to both predator and prey. It was its natural defense mechanism as well as aiding it with tracking down prey.

The snake's belly convulsed with hunger. It hadn't eaten in days and was in danger of starving. It scanned the woods for any sign of movement, anything at all that it could inflict a bite on and swallow whole.

There was no movement whatsoever. Not even a stray beetle or ant scuttled by. The snake was completely alone in the vast wilderness of the island. It laid perfectly still, both to conserve energy and to avoid detection. It sensed that something was watching it from a darkened crevice nearby. Something bigger than it was and undoubtedly just as hungry.

The snake didn't move a muscle. It hoped that whatever was hidden in the crevice wouldn't notice it. The strange substance on the ground bristled beneath its body, but it had more pressing matters to be concerned about. Flicking its tongue, the snake tasted the air. Far below, the cold waters of Lake Huron washed up against I-67. Being the only state highway in the US without motorized vehicles, the pristine ribbon of asphalt circled the entire island.

The movement caught the snake's attention. It swung its conical head in the direction of the sound: the dark crevice. Whatever was watching it had moved. Several quick tongue darts picked up a scent, causing the snake to recoil back into itself. It could defend itself if need be, but if its adversary was larger it would quickly opt for retreat. Self-preservation was perhaps the only instinct that overrode all others, including hunger and the need to mate. When faced with a threat, survival was paramount.

The snake hissed in a feeble effort to ward off its potential adversary. It reared up then to display its size. It did not know if it was larger, or smaller than the other creature, but it was one of the few weapons it possessed.

The rodent poked its pink snout out of the crevice. It sniffed a few times, and satisfied that suitable prey was within striking distance, settled back on its haunches as it prepared to attack.

With a blinding ferocity beyond any member of its species, the huge, bloated rat launched itself out of the crevice and sucked down the too-slow grass snake in one violent swallow.

The reptile never had a chance.

With its hunger temporarily sated, the rat lumbered away into the brush. It left copious amounts of the strange substance behind, leaving a sickly trail leading into the woods.

The substance squirmed with miniscule life.


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Friday, July 7, 2017

Toni Who? Read on...

Toni Who?    She wrote What?

Find out about this Class Act Books author and her homage to the pulp fiction genre sword and sorcery at The Urban Swashbuckler.

The Man feom Cymene, Book 1 in the first part of the 2-part series, The Arcanian Chronicles, will be available from Class Act Books on July 15, 2017.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

KICK BACK, CELEBRATE, READ A BOOK THIS HOLIDAY!



Class Act Books authors are at work, even on a holiday:

Rick McQuisiton has a review of EAT THE WORLD at: https://www.paranormalromanceguild.com/review-eat-world-rick-mcquiston/
 
 
 

Juanita Aydlette is featured with IN THE BLOOD at: http://myranour.net/romance-sundayguest-post-junita-aydlette/
 
 

Tony-Paul de Vissage, Linda Nightingale, and James Austin McCormick are ALL featured in Uncaged Magazine this month: http://uncagedbooks.com/uncaged-book-reviews-issue-12-july-2017-now-live/
 
 
 
 

Monday, July 3, 2017

Spotlight on Juanita

Class Act Books author Juanita Aydlette and IT'S IN THE BLOOD is being spotlight today at Myra Nour's Romance.


 http://myranour.net/romance-sundayguest-post-junita-aydlette/