Message from Willow Cross - to Authors

 

 

 A message from Willow Cross

When I published my first novel, I couldn't find affordable services to help me transform my manuscript from the word doc into e-book and print.  There were many out there, but it seemed like most of them wanted an appendage or my first born child in exchange for their services.


I had no idea what I was doing, but I knew what I wanted to do.  With a small amount of money to invest and a colossal dream I couldn't walk away from, I was determined to make it happen.  Choosing to Indie Publish meant I had loads of research to do.  So, starting at the very bottom of the pile, I worked my way through mounds of information about everything from formatting to marketing and promotion.  

Time after time, I'd sit at the computer, trying not to pull every last hair from my head and wishing I had someone, anyone, to talk to about where to go next and what to do.  Since that time I've written and self-published fifteen books.  Through research, trial, and error, I've learned some key points that I believe will benefit a first (or even fifth) time Indie author.

I will never give up writing books and creating new and unusual worlds, but at this point in my life, nothing would please me more than to be able to offer the help I couldn't find when I first began this journey. Willow's Indie Book Services will offer an ever expanding list of service providers and advice from not just myself, but from other successful Indie authors as well as trusted industry professionals.  Each individual on this site comes with my personal stamp of approval.  Our mission will be to make your breakout novel experience as easy and stress-free as humanly possible without the added worry of being scammed and not getting what you paid for.

Willow Cross 

Everyone needs one - A book launch on the World Of Ink Network!

World of Ink Network

Website: http://worldofinknetwork.blogspot.com  

M E D I A  R E L E A S E

CONTACT: Virginia S Grenier

Owner & Co-Founder, World of Ink Network

Email: VSGrenier@gmail.com

Phone: 435-625-1743

For Immediate Release

 Book Launch Party - Award-winning Children's Author Donna McDine Appears on Blog Talk Radio's Featured World of Ink Network– Sunday September 29, 2013 at 8pm Eastern

Blog Talk Radio’s featured World of Ink Network will air a special Book Corner show with hosts Marsha Casper Cook and Virginia S Grenier. They invite book lovers of all ages to come join this book launch event and chat with award-winning children’s author Donna McDine about her recently released chapter books, Hockey Agony and Powder Monkey published by Guardian Angel Publishing.

About the Author: Donna McDine is an award-winning children's author, Honorable Mention in the 77th and two Honorable Mentions in the 78^th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competitions, Literary Classics Silver Award & Seal of Approval Recipient Picture Book Early Reader, Readers Favorite 2012 International Book Awards Honorable Mention, Global eBook Awards Finalist Children’s Picture Book Fiction, and Preditors & Editors Readers Poll 2010 Top Ten Children’s Books ~ The Golden Pathway.

Donna’s recent releases of Powder Monkey and Hockey Agony will be joined by two more books to be published by Guardian Angel Publishing, A Sandy Grave, and Dee and Deb, Off They Go. She writes, moms and is a personal assistant from her home in the historical hamlet Tappan, NY. McDine is a member of the SCBWI, Children’s Literature Network, and Family Reading Partnership. Visit www.donnamcdine.com.

The special edition of the Book Corner show will air live, Sunday September 22, 2013 at 8pm EDT. You can join the chat and book launch party in 3 different ways.

1. Call in at (714) 242-5259 to chat live with Donna McDine and the hosts.

2. Join the Twitter party chat by using #WorldofInk.

3. Tune in at the BTR World of Ink Network at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/worldofinknetwork and join the chat in the chatroom.

You can find out more about Donna McDine, her books and her World of Ink Author/Book Tour at http://tinyurl.com/3tv4jgf

To learn more about the World of Ink Network visit http://worldofinknetwork.com   

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Join Marsha Casper Cook and her co- host - Elizabeth Black  for a great fun packed show. THE  BEST OF THE BEST - Tuesday September 24 at 8 PM CST 9 PM EST  7PM MT 6 PM PST all the guests have something in common... they are great at what they do. Kelly Abelle, Laura Hidalgo, Jeff Fleischer, JH Glaze and Marni McNif- 


This is going to be a great show! Doesn't matter if your independently published or traditionally published you need everyone on the show. Help is on the way!

The chat room will be open.(714) 242-5259 as well as the phone lines.

 Link to the show
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/worldofinknetwork/2013/09/25/a-good-story-is-a-good-story


for more information about the authors .

Melissa Keir- Sexy Between the Covers - Blog

Shades of Rose} Wunder 0.5 Dreamz by AR Von #bookspotlight #zombies

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 06:22 PM PDT

Zombies are the new vampires. Everyone is in love with shows like The Walking Dead and movies like Warm Bodies. I'm dying to know how zombie books translate into sales. Here's a unique twist on the tale!

Wunder 0.5 Dreamz by A.R. Von

A World of Turmoil and Yearning

Wunder may have a normal life now…well, as normal as a freak of nature could have. Half zombie while her job is to hunt bloodthirsty creatures to protect the innocent. It’s the dreams that haunt her and they aren’t nightmares. Wunder dreams of a man, a man made just for her. Is he real, can he be the one she‘s yearned for?

Pete’s world is a lonely one as he wrestles with the reality of being part zombie. His hatred for the creatures that killed his parents drives him to patrol the streets and wipe them all out. His life would be stark, but for the dreams he’s been having; of a woman, so sensuous, so sexy. These alluring visions have become erotic and consuming. He feels as if he made her up to keep from going crazy. Is this life of hunting the walking dead, all there is? Or is she out there, waiting…just for him?

Excerpt:

I might have a normal life now—well as normal of a life a freak of nature that lives in a world filled with infected people can have.  Normal…as in training daily to fight and kill to stay alive as well as keep others safe. But it was a bit difficult for me growing up. No mother, abnormal genes and being raised by a single parent, my father, Lance.

Don’t get me wrong, he’s the best father a girl could ask for. I think he did an excellent job raising me. He taught me everything I know and then some. Well, with the exception of a few minor details that a father prefers not to discuss with his only daughter, you know, the ‘sex talk’.

When I was checked over just recently, the doctors determined that I could have children, just like any other woman in the world. As a result, my dad actually had one of the local female physicians give me the talk. Oh yea, that was fun! I believe I had Doc Smith blushing when I blurted out everything I knew. Which I have mostly learned from the guys at the training center and my team mates. They always speak openly and boldly of their conquests and love lives.

Then of course, there are my dreams. I’ve not told her about those though. She said I knew an awful lot for not having experience in that area. THAT made me blush and we ended that conversation right there.

My dad couldn’t look me in the eye that evening when I got home. I was smiling the entire time, knowing how awkward he felt about having to send me to someone else for the talk. I didn’t tease him or anything though, despite my constant grin. Well, I did in my mind, but I knew he would be even more uncomfortable if I did. I couldn’t do that to him. He’s had enough to deal with, just having to hold on to the secret. The secret which lives within in me. He’s kept it for so long, on top of having to continue living with the loss of his one true love and soul mate, my mother Jasmine.

There are some others beside my dad and myself, who know what I truly am, but not many. My dad had no other choice but to try and find out more about me and what to expect as I grew and developed. He wanted to be prepared in case of anything happening because of my DNA. There seems to be no other part zombies of any sort around. So, he went to a couple of his closest friends who worked in the medical field, and they ran a multitude of tests on me. Comparing me to other humans, other zombies, even a few animals (to date there’s never been an infected animal of any type).

I don’t remember much about most of it. I was way too young to hold those memories. I do recall lights, very bright ones and some smells. I now know what one particular scent was. Zombies. Boy, do those suckers stink! I think it’s my heightened senses that make it so bad. I’d describe their scent as a combination of the stink in the air which comes into a car window when driving by an old sewage plant on a very hot day, combined with a rotted corpse. The smell of death reeks!

My dad always tells me he doesn’t smell them the way I do. Not even close. He can only smell them when he’s up close and getting personal with handing them their death. One of those ‘up close and personal meet the end of my machete’ types of meetings. He’s been by my side for all of it. He still is to this day. Even every month, when I have to go renew my proof of living, he’s right there by my side.

He insists on being there in case any changes occur within me. So, I won’t have to feel alone or frightened.

All they do to process anyone for their proof of living (which everyone has to go through no less than once a month) is prick your finger to draw a bit of blood. I guess you could say it’s somewhat similar to what a diabetic would do to test their blood sugar. Except in this case, they’re checking for a different sort of abnormality within. You know, the fucked up infected kind.

Buy Links:   Amazon      Barnes & Noble      Smashwords

Watch the Trailer:  Youtube 


About the Author:

A.R. is a mother of two entertaining teen boys (as well as a lovely fawn Chihuahua, whom she considers her furry daughter.) She’s also a wife to a delightfully handsome and amazingly funny man-beast. She’s an avid reader of many genres which include (but are not limited to) erotica, paranormal, ménage, thriller, fantasy, YA, western (have to love a hot cowboy or two here and there) and some historical. She also loves to exercise, listen to music, hike, cook, dance and write. 


She writes to free her mind of its constant wondering and loves the fact she can share it with readers that have the same passion for a great story.


She also loves to hear from her reader’s and chat away, so feel free to reach out to her any time.


Author Links:     Site     Twitter     Facebook     Goodreads

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William Maltese - A GOOD STORY IS A GOOD STORY

SHOW LINK
 http://www.blogtalkradio.com/worldofinknetwork/2013/09/17/a-good-story-is-a-good-story

 
Special Edition of A GOOD STORY IS A GOOD STORY  with Marsha's very special guest William Maltese. Please join them for a fun packed show on September 17 at 4 PM  EST 3PM CST 2PM MT 1 PM PST. William is a successful author, radio show host and entrepreneur.


Going to be a great show  - catch live or on demand

For more info
http://www.worldofinknetwork.com
about William
http://www.williammaltese.com/

About Marsha
http://www.michiganavenuemedia.com

BRAIN WARP- GIL SNIDER

Monday, September 2, 2013

Gil Snider, author of Brain Warp: A Medical Thriller

Author Bio:

I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, but I’ve done most of my medical training at the University of Michigan, including medical school and my neurology residency.  However, I did my internship at St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center in Greenwich Village which, along with Kiev, Ukraine, is the setting for my book.  For the past 30 years, I have been practicing neurology in Chesapeake, Virginia.  I live in Virginia Beach with my wife and best friend, Judy, and together we’ve raised two terrific boys, Jon and Nick. I love to travel, read, and enjoy cooking and eating all sorts of food.

Title: Brain Warp: A Medical Thriller

Author: Gil Snider

ISBN: 978-1-58348-472-2 (trade paperback); 978-0-595-88074-4 (hardcover)

Page count: 267 pp

Genre: Medical Thriller

Price: $17.95 paperback; $27.95 hardcover; $6.00 Kindle

Tell us about your book:

Brain Warp is a medical thriller, but I mixed in elements of a political thriller as well.  Neurologist Dr. Peter Branstead and his psychologist girlfriend, Megan Hutchins, inadvertently become involved in a plot to poison the President of Ukraine when Peter stumbles onto a secret research facility in Greenwich Village that is testing out the poison on local vagrants.  His investigations into the nature of the facility and the drug itself leads Peter on a secret mission to Kiev, where he must save the President and escape from the clutches of the Russian Mafia, while being hunted by a brutal Mafia hit man intent on killing him.

How long did it take to write the book?

I researched my book for four months, setting up a chapter summary, then took eight months to write the first draft.  However, I spent a year or two doing rewrites.

What inspired you to write the book?

Writing Brain Warp was something of a personal journey for me.  My father was from Ukraine, and although the choice of Ukraine as a setting for the book was plot-driven, it serendipitously gave me the opportunity to learn about my background.  I think that because of this, I made fathers play an important part in Brain Warp.  Almost every major character was impacted by the actions, or absence, of their father.

Talk about the writing process. Did you have a writing routine? Did you do any research, and if so, what did that involve?

Most of my research involved learning about the history, geography and culture of Ukraine, as well as the layout of Kiev.  Although I lived in New York City for many years, and in Greenwich Village for three years, writing about it as a literary setting required viewing it in a different perspective.

As a physician and, in particular, a neurologist writing the medical part was easy.  The hard part was taking complex medical terminology and science and writing in a way that the average reader would understand it, but that a medical professional wouldn’t find overly simplified and trite.

I also found it difficult finding the time to write, with my professional obligations and to still be available to my family, especially my two young boys.  This usually involved writing after the kid’s bedtime, or sitting at my laptop after I had driven them to various activities.

What do you hope your readers come away with after reading your book?

A sense of edge-of-your-chair excitement, and a feeling of intimacy with the main characters.  I tried to make them as multi-dimensional as possible.  Every character had a history that molded him or her into the person they had become.

Wrap your brain around this thriller.

Peter Branstead, the intelligent neurology doctor at Saint Mark’s hospital, has stumbled into a medical mystery never before seen in the medical profession. Vagrants from the local area have flooded into the emergency room of Saint Mark’s. All of them with the same symptoms and all of them end with the same result – death. But what is causing these symptoms and why can’t the doctors save these patients?

As Peter investigate this mystery he discovers that everything is not as it seems. In fact it goes well beyond the simple virus or outbreak. Each patient did not simply die, they were murdered. Why? Little does Peter know but the closer he gets to the answer the closer he gets to extreme danger. There are people in the world who would do anything for power and Peter is about to meet them. “Brain Warp” is a medical mystery that travels across the globe and back again.

The deeper Peter digs the higher the stakes get. The individuals behind this horrible plan know of Peter, his fiancé and their investigation. To stop their snooping they have called upon the Scorpion, the most ruthless individual known to the Ukrainian underworld. The mafia themselves fear this individual. What they don’t know is Peter has friends…but is it enough to stop these people and avoid the Scorpion?

From the first word, Gil Snider delivers a fast pace, mystery thriller that will keep you guessing and on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last. With each passing page, it is virtually impossible not to encourage Peter to keep digging but be careful and solve this crime. The more you read the more you feel the tension building as all the characters you care about find themselves in peril. 

The strength of “Brain Warp” lies in the story structure, crisp plot and believability. With medical terminology to support the plot it lends to the credibility of the story which adds depth in a real world scenario. The characters capture your attention quickly and never let go until the end. Author Gil Snider’s novel is a true medical mystery and thriller in every sense of the word. Think House but in the form of a book. I highly recommend “Brain Warp” for anyone who enjoys edge of your seat suspense, intrigue, crime and mystery. 

Where can we go to buy your book?

IUniverse.com; Amazon.com

Any other links or info you'd like to share?
www.brainwarp.net

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New Paranormal Show - Willow Cross and Marsha Cook

New Paranormal Show - Willow Cross and Marsha Cook

 







NEW AND EXCITING SHOW - PARANORMAL DISCUSSION
Willow Cross and  Marsha Casper Cook welcome guests JH Glaze, Jennifer Malone Wright  and K B Miller on September 10 at 10PM EST 9PM CST 8 PM MT 7 PM PST


This is a great new show with fresh ideas and a lot of fun. If you believe in ghosts or even if you don't this show is for everyone.

for more info
http://www.worldofinknetwork.com
www.michiganavenuemedia.com


THE CHAT ROOM WILL BE OPEN - CALLS ARE WELCOMED
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