A Good Thriller discussion

Author Ian Coates graduated with honours in engineering. He worked in the high tech electronics industry for thirty years, where he specialised in the design of radio communication equipment. His intimate knowledge of that environment always triggered his imagination to think about the mysterious world of international spies.

A lifelong love of books led him into writing, but it was being named one of the winners in the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook centenary novel writing competition that spurred him on to complete his spy thriller, Eavesdrop.
The novel was written largely on planes and in airport lounges as well as in snatched moments before starting work each morning. Eavesdrop was initially released by Bad Day Books, the suspense and thriller imprint of Assent Publishing, and is now also available as an audio-book from Audible Studios.

Ian is proud to support the British Science Association and donates a proportion of his book proceeds to that charity. He lives and writes in Worcestershire, England, with his wife and daughters, and is a member of the Society of Authors and the International Thriller Writers’ Association.

You can learn more about the author and his books at www.iancoatesthrillers.co.uk

Raised crisscrossing America pulling a small green
trailer behind the family car, Timothy Jay Smith
developed a ceaseless wanderlust that has taken him
around the world many times. Polish cops and Greek
fishermen, mercenaries and arms dealers, child
prostitutes and wannabe terrorists, Indian Chiefs and
Indian tailors: he hung with them all in an unparalleled
international career that saw him smuggle banned
plays from behind the Iron Curtain, maneuver through
Occupied Territories, represent the U.S. at the highest levels of foreign governments, and stowaway aboard a “devil’s barge” for a three-days crossing from Cape Verde that landed him in
an African jail.

These experiences explain the unique breadth and sensibility of Tim’s work, for which he’s won top honors. Fire on the Island won the Gold Medal in the 2017 Faulkner-Wisdom Competition
for the Novel. He won the Paris Prize for Fiction (now the Paris Literary Prize) for his novel, A Vision of Angels. Kirkus Reviews called Cooper’s Promise “literary dynamite” and selected it as
one of the Best Books of 2012. Tim was nominated for the 2018 Pushcart Prize. His screenplays have won numerous competitions. His first stage play, How High the Moon , won the prestigious
Stanley Drama Award. He is the founder of the Smith Prize for Political Theater.

Please help

This is very hard to write, but when I was in the 3rd grade I was bullied so badly I wanted to kill myself. All because I was shy, quiet and awkward. I was thrown in the boy’s bathroom by these 3 particular kids who would punch and kick me as hard as they could. I could barely walk as everyday they would abuse me over, and over again. The other kids in school would just laugh at me and no one helped. In fact, those same kids who watched and knew about my abuse would just join in, tease me, and they even threw food at me during lunch. My mom came to school so much to fight for me, but it didn’t help. I had just about given up living in this world. Somehow God saved me and I found writing. It was an outlet to take me away from the pain I was going through in this world. I wanted to create different characters, and a different world just to escape. Writing really saved my life. Now at 42 I just released my first novel. My Dead Blue Caterpillar. I have to say I still am a bit shy so this is hard for me to ask but I am starting a program and foundation for kids who have and are being bullied any support for my book helps my cause for bullied kids. It’s very inexpensive less than 3 dollars for my book which just received book of the month on Goodreads..I want to thank you deeply from the bottom of my heart for you help to keep our kids safe. Just trying to do a good thing from out of the pain I went through.....

Thank you so much.

R.D. Murray

https://www.amazon.com/DEAD-BLUE-CATE...

Hello and happy new year!

I'm primarily a novelist, though I've had some success as a screenwriter and playwright as well.

I write literary thrillers and mysteries set around the world: Africa, Greece, Palestine/Israel, Istanbul (a novel-in-progress), and soon to be released: The Fourth Courier set in Poland. I lived and/or worked in all these places, and I draw on those experiences for my settings and characters. Suffice it to say, I've had a rather intense and exciting life, which is briefly described on my Author page.

Probably the biggest influences on my writing were Graham Greene and John LeCarre, and more recently, Joseph Kanon, Moshe Hamin, Sebastian Faulks, and Robert Goolrick. That's an odd array, I know, but combined they give me strong plots with memorable characters. About one of my earlier books, a reviewer wrote that I did for the thriller what John LeCarre did for the spy novel: elevate the genre to a literary form. I'll take that compliment!

I have two published novels by Owl Canyon Press. For my third novel, I recently signed with Trident Media Group for literary representation, and that book - The Fourth Courier - will be published by Arcade Publishing (an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, the fastest growing independent publisher in America).

I'm gay, and all my novels have gay protagonists or sidekicks, in such roles as journalists, soldiers, or FBI and CIA agents. My novels are not gay sex novels. Instead, because I have lived around the world, I try to portray what it's like for gay people in those cultures, and make it a feature of the plot. There's always a plot twist that wouldn't happen - or not in the same way - if the gay factor weren't there.

That's me in brief. I look forward to exploring better than I have before this incredible network called Goodreads.

Tim

Hi everyone, my name is Michael, and I've written a dystopian thriller. My goal this year is to get editorial reviews/awards and I'm wondering if others have gone this (expensive?) route and care to relate. Thanks!
my website: michaelandrewgreco.com

I often write my amazon & kindle works in the first person voice of the protagonist. For this brief bio, I will write in third person because it's done that way for some reason. Charles Frankhauser is the author of 11 works that were written over several years in an attempt to experience writing in several genres. He never pays for promotions except at times on Amazon Marketing Services on a bid by the click basis. It is difficult for him to discuss his works without at times being accused of that for some reason, abhorrent (yet to be comprehended by him) dislike others have for self-promotion. He writes because he enjoys creating entertainment for readers. He writes novels, novellas, memoirs, and has a feature-length screenplay published with his works for the enjoyment of readers to compare the differences between a novel and a script adapted from it. Thank you for letting me join the group. Historical fiction laced with mystery, clean romance, adventure, multiple crimes, humor and surprise endings are his forte. Thanks again and best regards, Charles

Hello Charles. He who passes for me finds nothing abhorrent about paying for click ads.

Caitlyn Grey is ready to enter the professional world of writing and publishing with her novel, Lost Girls. As a recent college graduate, she spent her four years there refining her craft in English, creative writing, and communication. She spent time as a journalist, editorial staff member and then editor-in-chief with her university’s literary magazine. With 10+ creative pieces printed among various publications, Grey is excited about her first full-length novel entering production.

As a lover of what most would find obscure, Grey prides herself on her unique and quirky personality. She credits her love for all things horror, thriller, and paranormal to all of the Stephen King, Wes Craven, and Edgar Allan Poe works she started experiencing at the tender age of eight. While most children her age were playing with friends, she was making up stories of shadow figures appearing at the foot of a child’s bed in the middle of the night. The rest, as the story goes, is history. Now, fifteen years later, Grey has devoted her life to scaring the next generation, as her idols had for her.

Hi everyone, thank you for letting me join your group. I'm really looking forward to being a member and participating in lots of discussions.

My name is Mark Romain and I'm a retired Metropolitan Police officer, having joined the Service in the mid-eighties. My 30-year career included two homicide postings, and during that time I was fortunate enough to work on a number of very challenging high-profile cases.

I live in the county of Essex with my wonderful wife, Clare. We have two grown up children and a grandchild named Archie. Our family includes two English Bull Terriers called Betty and Boo, and a very bossy Dachshund called Weenie. Despite being the smallest dog in the pack, she definitely rules the house!

I am a lifelong Arsenal fan and an avid skier, although I didn't actually start skiing until I reached my early 40s! I also enjoy going to the theatre, taking the dogs for long walks, reading voraciously and lifting weights.

I'm an Indie author, and my first book is called 'Jack's Back: murder returns to Whitechapel'. It was published on Amazon in December 2018, and I've just started work on the follow up, which is provisionally titled 'Turf War'.

I love reading mysteries and crime thrillers, which is why I chose to write about that genre, and also why I chose to join this particular group.

Sean wrote: "Well we have so many authors here, and here you can introduce yourself, and tell us about your career.

Any books then go to the "Promote Your Book"

and giveaways we also have a threads.

It let's..."

Ed Mitchell was a foster child who later graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He went on to be an Airborne Infantry Ranger, a RAND Corporation Fellow, an aerospace systems engineer, and a community activist fighting to protect water resources in California. Along the way, Ed became a national award-winning author by weaving his real-world experiences from foxhole to space into his contemporary adventure/thrillers.

From private to Lieutenant Colonel, Ed served in Airborne, Air Cavalry, Armor, and Mechanized Infantry units, including guarding the DMZ in Korea and protecting nuclear weapons. Prior to the 1st war in Iraq, as the Space-Ground Combat Analyst for U.S. Joint Space Command, Ed fought that war in a simulator and analyzed the results for the command. Additionally, he spent years working National Missile Defense and Homeland Security research and development. Ed helped develop the prototype command launch center for the Army’s Strategic Missile Defense units in Alaska and California. Later, as a civilian Payload Integration Manager, he helped develop and test NMD kill vehicles for Lockheed Martin and Boeing. As a writer, he is proud of being a charter-founding member of the International Thriller Writers Organization.

R.D. wrote: "This is very hard to write, but when I was in the 3rd grade I was bullied so badly I wanted to kill myself. All because I was shy, quiet and awkward. I was thrown in the boy’s bathroom by these 3 p..."

R.D.,
I was battered by the 2nd woman my dad married & had some difficulties also at school and that stained me for the rest of my life. But not in a bad way. So I appreciate where you are coming from. It appears you became a survivor which is a victory. Keep it up and congratulations on your book release.

Timothy wrote: "Hello and happy new year!

I'm primarily a novelist, though I've had some success as a screenwriter and playwright as well.

I write literary thrillers and mysteries set around the world: Africa, G..."

I enjoyed reading your profile because i too leverage my life experiences into my thrillers. Makes it easier and more realistic when describing a scene or technology or interaction.

Hi, Timothy,
After many years of being a "struggling" actor in LA, I turned to writing. I have had two novels published: "I'm No P. I." and "A Ghoulish Good Time." I have had MS for serval years now; I know physical and mental pain; so I need much laughter to endure it. Hopefully, my novels do just that--give much laughter.

I hope you join not only as authors but as readers and also join the many great posts/threads.

Welcome to many more members and authors

Tim,
You put the importance of writing in great perspective. Hang in there.

Joseph Carter has just realeased his debut Another Man's Freedom Fighter on Amazon

Joseph Carter started following his passion for espionage thrillers in early 2018 when he started work on Another Man's Freedom Fighter.

His first book is deeply rooted in the conflicts in Central and Eastern Europe that erupted during the 2010's mostly between Russia on the one side and on the other the 'West' represented by the major supranational entities EU and NATO as well as their largest contributors, the U.S., Germany, and the U.K. but also the newer members, e.g. Poland.

He lives in Berlin with his family and enjoys travel, good food, and wine.

Learn more about Joseph Carter: https://josephcarterbooks.com
Follow Joseph Carter: https://facebook.com/JosephCarterBooks

My name is John R. Stuart and I'm the author of two Crime Noir novels. BLACK STOCKINGS - RED BLOOD, a story set in Paris after WW2 involving a serial murderer, art thieves, and escaped Nazis war criminals. The sequel - WHERE SCORPIONS HUNT [book: WHERE SCORPIONS HUNTBLACK STOCKINGS - RED BLOOD|34762333]is set in New York City and continues the adventures of ex Military policemen - Buster & Cayne as they search for stolen antiquities.

I currently reside in the Gettysburg Redux small but beautiful city of Cambridge, Ontario. I'm also the writer of the alternative history series - REBEL EMPIRE

Hello everybody! After twenty-five years in my last gig as a technical writer / business analyst on database development projects here there and everywhere, I said, "Fugedaboudit!" Then I moved to beautiful Montana and started writing espionage thrillers.

The first three novellas in my INCOGNITO espionage thriller series are available for 99 cents each at Amazon Kindle.


The fourth novella to complete the INCOGNITO Series, Red Pearl, is under development and will be available in July 2019.

The first novella in my JOELENE STONEHOUSE thriller series is available for 99 cents each at Amazon Kindle.


Info and sample reads for all novellas are available here: http://adamjames.blackdogebooks.com/

Cheers and Happy Reading!
JIM in MT (Adam James)

Hello to the group here's my biography.
My name is John R. Stuart and writing is my passion. After working as a Telecom engineer for over thirty years I was finally able to achieve a lifelong dream as a writer once I retired. I’m currently a resident of the small but very beautiful city of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
I’ve penned the Crime Noir series – The Buster & Cayne Stories which feature the adventures of a pair of Military policemen as they resolve thrilling crimes.
Book One – BLACK STOCKINGS RED BLOOD is set in Paris after WW2 and follows Buster & Cayne as they track a deranged serial killer.
BLACK STOCKINGS - RED BLOOD
Book Two – Where Scorpions Hunt continues their story as now private detectives in New York City as they seek to recover a collection of stolen priceless antiques.
WHERE SCORPIONS HUNT
I’ve also written a four-book Alternative History series entitled – REBEL EMPIRE. This series provides an alternative world history after the C.S.A wins the battle of Gettysburg and subsequently wins the American Civil War leading to a completely new world power.
My other works are – RAMBLE ON…, a Tale of Drugs, Sex, Rock N’ Roll and Murder.
And – THE DEBRIS OF A LIFETIME, an emotional story of family estrangement and recovery.

Hi all!

My name is Matt, and I recently just published my first novel, Cold Civil War, a modern-day coming-of-age story about a young adult that quits his job and travels America and learns harsh truths about himself and the country he loves along the way.

I was born and raised in New Jersey, and I recently moved to Pennsylvania where I live with my girlfriend and our cat, Felix. In my spare time I enjoy working out, traveling, and spending time with friends and family. I also love music and sports, and I am a rabid NY Rangers fan!

And, of course, writing is my favorite hobby. Right now, I am working on my next novel, His Magnificence, the first part of a trilogy about a post-war future in which America no longer exists and it's successor nation, the Divine Republic of Freedom, is poised to wage war on its biggest foe.

Feel free to give my facebook page a like! Thank you!
https://www.facebook.com/Matt-Thomas-...

Hi everyone!

My name is Hilary Davidson and my fifth novel, One Small Sacrifice, will be published by Thomas & Mercer in June. It's about an NYPD detective searching for a missing doctor whose fiancé was suspected of killing another woman a year earlier. I'm excited to say that it just got a starred review from Library Journal. My earlier work has won two Anthony Awards, a Derringer Award, and a Crimespree Award.

I'm originally from Toronto but have lived in New York since October 2001. Before I started writing novels, I was a freelance travel journalist. I used to be the honeymoon columnist for Martha Stewart Weddings, a fact that seems hilarious in retrospect, especially since my first fiction credits were with Thuglit and Beat to a Pulp.

If you'd like to read more about me, check out my website:
https://www.hilarydavidson.com
Or check out my GoodReads page:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

Glad to meet you here!
Hilary

Hey there! I am writing as Adam James and have started off with some connected novellas. I have finished the first three of four novellas in my INCOGNITO series. They are 99 cents each. Number four, RED PEARL, is in progress right now. It promises to be the "explosive" climax.


I have also completed the first novella in my Joelene Stonehouse series, called AVANTI, which was Joelene's callsign during her twenty-five years as an Army attack chopper pilot. Now she's 47 and a civilian and feeling like a fish out of water.


I live in a nice quiet little valley in Montana where the cute deer are (way too) plentiful and the occasional bear saunters by to raid the apple trees. And here I sit dreaming up no end of trouble and mayhem for my characters.

I have more books in the works under other pen names. Whaddya gonna do? Check 'em out here: http://blackdogebooks.com/

Cheers and Happy Reading!
JIM in MT

Avanti is one of my favorite novellas. Very good read, excellent plot, exceptional writing.

Ruth wrote: "Avanti is one of my favorite novellas. Very good read, excellent plot, exceptional writing."

Thanks so much, Ruth. We miss you over at that "other place." We were worried. Thought you'd been kidnapped. Avanti was an experiment for me to see if I could write a believable female lead character. If you say she's good, that's good enough for me. Right now I am working on another female M/C who upon her high school graduation day discovers that her mother has been murdered by a Chicago gangster. Now she's taking her revenge out on the "entire family" from Chicago all the way to L.A. Anyone who reads AVANTI will know who this is, per the referenced shootout in the Montana mountains.

Hi Guys,

My name is Phil Kurthausen.

I've had work broadcast on BBC radio 4, published award winning short stories and my novel ‘The Killing Pool’ won the Thriller Round in the Harper Collins People’s Novelist Competition broadcast on ITV in November 2011 and appeared in the final. It was later shortlisted for the Dundee International Literary Prize in 2012.

I've published with Harper Collins and Bloodhound Books. My latest book 'Don't Let Me In' is a tense psychological thriler and my next novel, 'How to Kill your friends' is published in October.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Let-Me-...

I live in Barcelona.

Cheers!
Phil

Hey, Members:

I'm Cortez Law III and I'm the author of six independently published books. The romance novel, My Brother's Keeper (2001), the Atlanta X-Men Homicide Squad suspense/mystery/thriller novels Kremlin Tide (2014), Cold Lick (2015) and Serial Rites (2017). Also, the science fiction/thriller, S.Y.P.H.E.N. (2015) and the supernatural thriller novella, Evil Realms (2019).

Please visit me here at https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
or at https://www.cortezlaw.net

Thanks!

Hi, all,
I'm Jeffrey D. Briggs, and my debut novel "Out of the Cold Dark Sea," book one in the Seattle Waterfront Mystery series, was published this summer. I've been writing about the Seattle waterfront since I moved onto my sailboat over 30 years ago. I took a brief hiatus from writing about boats to preview all my future diseases as a biomedical science writer for Mayo Clinic. "Out of the Cold Dark Sea" is a dark, contemporary mystery featuring Martha Whitaker. Because fear can be controlled doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Martha must again control her fear to clear her name and find what happed to her missing friend—before anyone else is killed.

I look forward to becoming active in the group. Thanks for having me.
Cheers,
Jeffrey D. Briggs
Author of "Out of the Cold Dark Sea"
A Seattle Waterfront Mystery
Website: www.jeffreydbriggs.com

Welcome to all new author members

Jeremiah Hope, recovering Engineer and proud first-time author. I started writing when I got blocked as a sculptor (more clay same rubbish) and needed a creative outlet. I joined a great little writing club and the rest, some years later, is in between covers.
I write what I love to read so action thriller / crime and some day aspire to be as good as Raymond Chandler!

In his teens, Russell Heath hitchhiked to Alaska and lived in a cabin on the banks of the Tanana River; in his twenties, he lived in Italy and then traveled overland across the Sahara, through the jungles and over the savannas of Africa and into southern Asia; in his thirties, he sailed alone around the world in a 25 foot wooden boat; in his forties, he wrote novels; and in his fifties he bicycled the spine of the Rockies from Alaska to Mexico. He’s worked on the Alaska Pipeline, as an environmental lobbyist in the Alaska Legislature, and run a storied environmental organization fighting to protect Alaska’s coastal rainforests. Several years ago, he moved to New York City to dig deep into leadership development and coaching. He now coaches business and non-profit leaders intent on making big things happen in the world.

More at www.russellheathauthor.com

Shoot me a note. Thanks

Friends!

Forty years ago, standing on a street in Tel Aviv, explosively dysenteric after a half year in Africa, I committed myself to never having a career or a permanent address. Thirty minutes ago, I signed up for Medicare. God, what an arc. Somewhere in those decades, I also committed to poverty. No surer way to do it than become a writer. I've written two Alaska based books--both absolutely rip. The first, Broken Angels, is more mystery than thriller, but you will not be able to put it down. The other, Rinn's Crossing, is out in March 2020. I'm looking for folks willing to review it pre-release. I can be found at russellheathauthor.com. Best!

I know how hard it can be as a writer in this space not to toot your own horn - at least too hard.
I'm a retired journalist and freelance writer who's written four books - the latest, Undetected, is a thriller that has been rated 4.4 stars on Goodreads and Amazon.... its an unconventional story about a black widow who marries into a new family. Will she strike again?
The ending bucks the usual convention where the killer gets his/her comeuppance; it's far more ambiguous. Spoiler alert: that's all I want to say about it.
Looking forward to reading/commenting on other books coming out of this group!

Jeffrey Marshall
www.undetmar.com

Hi guys,
Just joined this vibrant group. I'm Irish, live in Brittany and spend the majority of my time writing action thrillers ( Ryan Kaine's 83 series ) and police procedurals ( The DCI Jones Casebooks ).

Since 2013, I have published eighteen novels, with at least three new publications scheduled for 2020.

So far this year, I've written over 100k words (just totted them up). Not bad given it's only mid-February. :)

Some might say I'm overly prolific. Others might say I have nothing better to do with my life. I say I love to entertain. You choose.

Cheers,
Kerry.

If you fancy it you can visit my website here:
www.kerryjdonovan.com

I've been working on writing fiction for some time now. Before this, I logged in twenty-some years as a technical writer and business data analyst (all the time wanting to write fiction). Now my dream has come true! Ta-Taaaa!

Currently I am writing under three different names:

** Adam James -
INCOGNITO QUATERNO


AVANTI


INCOGNITO BLACKLITE (under development)

** Aaron Colter - ASHES and SMOKE (under development)

** Leonardo Valoun - A NICHE IN TIME, IMPRINT OF FEAR (both under development)

Check us all out at: http://blackdogebooks.com/

I'm a retired journalist - mostly spent in financial arena, of all things - who has turned to fiction. My latest book is a thriller about a black widow who marries into a new family - and has more than a few secrets to hide.

https://www.amazon.com/Undetected-Jef...

www.undetmar.com

I'm Eric Plume, an author who writes in several different genres but mostly mystery. My primary work is The Eckart Mysteries, a two volume (and counting) series of PI novels starring Seattle investigator Amber Eckart. I'm a lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest and love bringing my stomping grounds to life in my books.

I've worked a wide variety of blue-collar trades and have stayed mostly broke at all of them; I turned to writing after a lifetime of improv theater and role-playing games left me wanting to put my stories in print.

When not writing, my hobbies include reading, carpentry, knife and sword collecting, cooking and cat rescue. I live with my lovely and talented wife-to-be in a small house full of cats, computers, books, and fabric.

I'm looking forward to discussing thrillers with everyone here, and of course you're free to take a look at mine if you feel the urge to. :)

Hi, I am Mary. I live on the Isle of Wight and am published by Boldwood Books. My next three thrillers will be set here on the island. My books combine my love of women's fiction and a story fupp of mystery, secrets to be revealed and even murder! xx

Welcome Mary

Enjoy the group, and please join in

Sean wrote: "Welcome Mary

Enjoy the group, and please join in"

I will, thanks so much for the welcome xx

Tristan Hutchinson is an author and empath living in New Hartford, NY. The son of a children's book author, Tristan still holds the same creative imagination he did as a child. His love of Stephen King, the Star Wars franchise, and other unique books and movies fuel his creative spirit. As a supernatural thriller and horror writer, Tristan hopes to transport his readers into the worlds he creates, allowing them to explore their wild imaginations.
Tristan's degrees in interactive media design and criminal justice give him the ability to use vivid imagery while remaining realistic in his crime and investigative details. A husband, father, and brother, Tristan's family has played a large role in who he is. And, at the basis of his personality is his spirit animal: The wolf. Tristan believes that you are never too old to let your imagination run free and unleash the wolf hiding within.

After years of writing non-fiction, I now write emotional and intense psychological thrillers. My new one is just out: No Place To Hide. It's the first of a trilogy and I'm just writing chapter three of the next one, so a long way to go but it's all planned out. I prefer to plan in lots of detail before I start writing - I like to have a road map to where I want to go with a book and now I've committed to the trilogy, it gives me the motivation to write every day.

Great to be part of the group!

Welcome to the group

Born in Philadelphia, Thomas Murray is foremost a storyteller and has been writing all his life. He was a published member of the San Francisco Poet’s Union and winner of Bay Area poetry and short story awards. He currently lives in a palace in Portugal.
Having lived on 5 continents for over 25 years and traveled to 88 countries, he has trained his mind to be sensitive to the wide range of nuances that make up the personalities of everyone he meets. Appreciating global cultures is fundamental to everything he writes. He includes many details about the places and characters to make the readers feel they are part of the story.

The Eye of the Beholder: International Suspense in the Art World
The Adventures of Nuno and Figo: An Illustrated Journey of Two Unlikely Friends
He is currently writing his next novel. When he is not writing, he is travelling and learning foreign languages, currently Portuguese.
You can learn more about Thomas and his writing at www.thomasmurraywriter.com.
Please like his Facebook page: Thomas Murray Writer.

[email protected]
www.thomasmurraywriter.com
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#1 Amazon Bestselling Author, L. Sydney Fisher developed a love of writing during her childhood years and has continued this passion by re-creating real life stories with a paranormal or supernatural twist. All of her books are inspired by true events. She enjoys exploring ancient history, military history, unexplained mysteries, true crime, NASA exploration, and supernatural phenomena. Sydney has over twenty years' experience in paranormal studies and is a living witness in the #1 Amazon Bestseller, The Haunting of Natalie Bradford. She has a B.A. in English from The University of Mississippi and a Master’s in Education from The University of Missouri.

Sydney lives on a haunted landscape with the spirit of a white wolf and at least one ghost that shares what was once a Native American village in Northeast, Mississippi. When she isn’t writing, she’s researching supernatural mysteries or another haunted location and its history.

Find her on the web@https://www.lsydneyfisher.com

The Haunting of Natalie Bradford

I’ve lived, traveled, and worked all over the world. I use my experiences and adventures in Japan, Nepal, Tibet, Lesotho, Germany, and Canada, as a source of inspiration to write novels set in exotic locales and populated with memorable characters.

In Japan, I taught English to businessmen, and in Tokyo worked on NHK television and radio. In Nepal, I was marketing manager for a resort in the Himalayas. In Lesotho, Africa, I was representative for a Canadian parastatal which brought out short term volunteers to assist with a multitude of wonderful projects. While in Canada, I did marketing for a Native American art gallery specializing in stone sculpture. In the United States, among other things, I was a travel agent and customer relations manager for a software company.

Website: https://willowhealy.com

Welcome new member authors

John F. Mollard (1976- ) was born in Virginia, Minnesota, to a school teacher/hospital volunteer coordinator mother and millwright father. Graduating high school in 1994, he attended Mesabi Community College, Bemidji State University, and Mesabi Range Community & Technical College, earning degrees in Liberal Arts, Mass Communications, Creative Writing, and Carpentry.

As a writer, he has written numerous screenplays such as MOOSEBIRDS (1998), HAT TRICK AVENUE (2000, previously optioned by Haze Films Productions), MACGUFFIN (2002, previously optioned by Haze Films Productions), TWO FLOORS ARE BETTER THAN ONE (2002), and THE DAY LUFBERRY WON IT ALL (2010, with Roy C. Booth & R. Thomas Riley) which was made into a short film by Booth in 2010.

As an author, his credits include THE DAY LUFBERRY WON IT ALL SCREENPLAY BOOK, four drabbles in SPOOKY HALLOWEEN DRABBLES 2014, and the forthcoming thriller novel MACGUFFIN (co-authored by Roy C. Booth).

In his spare time, Mollard is a hardcore movie geek, collecting movies and TV series on DVD/BluRay. He even appeared as a featured extra in the movies NORTH COUNTRY, THE DAY LUFBERRY WON IT ALL, and GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. He has been employeed since 2000 as a Certified Registered Central Sterile Reprocessing Technician at the Virginia Regional Medical Center/Essentia Health.

A beautiful mind Nataša Pantović with Sunday Times https://timesofmalta.com/articles/vie...
“Seated on a panel with her fellow writers, Maltese-Serbian novelist Nataša Pantović has been known to use slam poetry to perform her poetic body of work.
"Like her prose, the improvised words, tribal music, percussionist sounds, lengthy ‘aum’ chanting, are neither too preposterous nor too earnest but endlessly curious. A bridge builder between East and West, following ancient archaeological findings, she often dives into historic settings more than 2,000 years back in time.
In her novel, Ama: Playing the Glass Bead Game with Pythagoras, the 52-year-old author makes a bold swerve into less-traveled territory. She chooses for her protagonists Ama, an African priestess, living in China’s Macao in the 17th century; Ruben, a Portuguese Jesuit priest; and Fr Benedict, an Orthodox Christian.”


About A-Ma Alchemy of Love and Tree of Life with Spiritual Poetry by Nataša Pantović a review at Sunday Times!

Also one from the news agency from Macau (where my novel #Ama is set) #Article #review Ama in #Portuguese...

https://pontofinalmacau.wordpress.com... Wow! Totally impressed!

“A-Ma: Alchemy of Love”, uma narrativa passada em Macau sobre “a busca pela verdade”
"Alchemy of Love”, um livro cuja acção se passa na Macau do século XVII. Agora, em entrevista ao jornal Times of Malta, a autora, Nataša Pantović, explica que o romance “é sobre a busca pela verdade”. A história tem como protagonista Ama, uma sacerdotisa africana.



"Nataša Pantović escolheu como cenário para “A-Ma: Alchemy of Love” a Macau do século XVII e colocou como protagonistas Ama, uma sacerdotisa africana a morar na região, Ruben, um padre jesuíta português e Benedito, um cristão ortodoxo. Ama reunia artistas, pregadores, padres e filósofos de todo o mundo, dentro dos cenários mágicos do seu café. O livro explora o crescimento rápido de Macau, quer nos horizontes das cidades, quer nas mudanças socioeconómicas."
It was the mystical (female) knowledge of our major religions that passed to us, mortals, the wisdom of Gods or occult, hidden secrets in the form of symbols, art, music or language, sacred words. Wisdom of Gods Article
https://www.artof4elements.com/entry/...

The second book sounds my type of book.

Hi everyone!

Thanks for the invitation to join this group! I read and write in a lot of genres, including thrillers. I have a near-future cyberpunk trilogy out and other works in various stages of publication or completion.

Hope everyone here is doing well, and hoping for better times in 2021!

Cheers,
T. C. Weber
https://www.tcweber.com/