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Beneath a Prairie Moon: A Novel
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The Murder Plague
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Inside the Mind - Jasveer Dangi

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What inspired you to start writing?
My father had been in the printing industry all his life, and he was my biggest inspiration for becoming a writer. He instilled in me and my siblings the habit of keeping a daily journal, and two of my earlier books were inspired by chapters I had already written in my journals. What began in 2018 with my first book, which was largely based on my journals, has now grown into a journey of 15 books across a variety of genres.

Inside the Mind - Peter John Cubbon Craine

Peter John Cubbon Craine
When did you start writing?
I started very late. I am fast approaching retirement here in Spain.

Inside the Mind - Jasveer Dangi

J
What inspired you to start writing?
My father had been in the printing industry all his life, and he was my biggest inspiration for becoming a writer. He instilled in me and my siblings the habit of keeping a daily journal, and two of my earlier books were inspired by chapters I had already written in my journals. What began in 2018 with my first book, which was largely based on my journals, has now grown into a journey of 15 books across a variety of genres.

Inside the Mind - Peter John Cubbon Craine

Peter John Cubbon Craine
When did you start writing?
I started very late. I am fast approaching retirement here in Spain.

Inside the Mind - Jeremy Simons

Jeremy Simons
What inspired you to start writing?
I’ve always loved writing and making up stories, probably since I learned to write. Of course, back then, I never seemed to stick to the same subject long enough to actually finish anything.

Inside the Mind - Joan Shannell Evans (J. Shannell Evans)

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What inspired you to start writing?
Writing came as naturally to me as breathing. From as early as I can remember, my parents introduced me to books. They recited poetry and read me stories and plays; not just any story, but great literary pieces like the works of Longfellow, Wadsworth, Shakespeare, and Dickens. So as soon as I could read and write for myself, I began trying to write poems like the ones I had heard. At six years old, one of my poems was published in my Primary School's Christmas magazine. I have been writing ever since.

Inside the Mind - Jane Lee

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What inspired you to start writing?
Jane B. Lee is a multi-novel author this is her ninth novel. They are in several genres, Romantic/Thrillers, Love Stories, Poems and Art. She is a playwright, a poet, short story author, painter, and sculpture. She holds two patents for environmental monitoring equipment. A world traveler she has visited 62 countries. Her travel adventures provide inspiration for her novels. Having been both rich and poor, male and female, she knows and writes about both worlds. I write novels to get them out of my head…and into yours.

Inside the Mind of the Nomadic Runaway Author Ronald Schulz

Ronald Schulz
Hello Ronald Schulz. What kind of books do you write?
I write memoirs that read like novels. My life has been a great adventure since I ran away to New Orleans at age fifteen, and I have lived on the road, hitchhiking around from the Rocky Mountians to across Africa to Nepal where I studied Buddhism under Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa. My books are published by Tumbleweed Books, and available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, AbeBooks, Better World Books, Bookshop.org, pretty much everywhere. And also can be found on the Worldcat, listings. This is the site libraries use to locate and buy or borrow books from, so can order from your library to read, see how you like it before you buy. No matter where you find my books, please leave a review.

Inside the Mind - ROGER PEDERSEN

ROGER PEDERSEN
Can you explain your writing process? Do you prefer to create an outline and plan beforehand, or do you prefer to write more spontaneously and organically?
I write the first chapter of my next book, placing it at the end of the previous book (a teaser) Then I write the ending of the current book so all that is left is connecting the two chapters. I work on one chapter at a time with a basic plan, it works itself out.

Inside the Mind - Jasveer Dangi

J
What inspired you to start writing?
My father had been in the printing industry all his life, and he was my biggest inspiration for becoming a writer. He instilled in me and my siblings the habit of keeping a daily journal, and two of my earlier books were inspired by chapters I had already written in my journals. What began in 2018 with my first book, which was largely based on my journals, has now grown into a journey of 15 books across a variety of genres.

Inside the Mind - Peter John Cubbon Craine

Peter John Cubbon Craine
When did you start writing?
I started very late. I am fast approaching retirement here in Spain.

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Terror at the Manor

Terror at the Manor

By: Jenny

This is book 2 of the Abbey Roberts series.  Abbey becomes the Director of Nursing Care at the city owned long term care home, only to realize with the help of a plant, Larry, a retired investigative journalist, that the home is unsafe for residents and she must find out all of the issues and save her residents from harm, even at the risk of her own health.

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The Triggering Scent

The Triggering Scent

By: Jenny

Book 1 of the Abbey Roberts series.  The Triggering Scent introduces you to Abbey Roberts, a brain surgery survivor who has lost memories and needs to rebuild a life after traumatic brain surgery goes wrong.  Abbey returns to the ICU, her happy place, to realize that the meth-addicted neurosurgeon who botched her brain surgery, is now working in her hospital, her ICU, and she must stop him before he hurts others, even at the risk of her own career.

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Surviving the Night

Surviving the Night

By: John Podlaski
The story follows Polack and LG during an overnight watch at a Listening Post (LP) outside their new firebase in Vietnam's Iron Triangle jungle. Their task is to serve as an early warning system, detecting enemy movement so the firebase can respond quickly. The darkness is so intense they cannot see their fingers, yet they must stay alert despite the harsh conditions—creepy creatures, insects, rain—and the ongoing threat of attack. Soon, they realize they are not alone.The author vividly depicts the action, engaging all your senses as you read. It’s a powerful story of resilience and bra...
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Running in the Dark

Running in the Dark

By: John Podlaski

Written with great attention to detail, putting the reader solidly in John’s shoes.
Cleverly Written, Dynamic Storytelling
John survived Vietnam, but first, he survived Detroit

This collection of short stories depicts growing up in 1960s Detroit, capturing the author's childhood adventures—alone or with friends—often marked by both fear and excitement. Vivid descriptions bring his experiences to life, revealing the innocence of boys who chase adventure despite the consequences. Readers may recall their own childhood moments, especially those spent running from danger in the dark.

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The Last Mission of the Seventh Cavalry: Book One

The Last Mission of the Seventh Cavalry: Book One

By: Charley Brindley
Modern soldiers. Ancient war. Hannibal at the height of his power. When a mission over Afghanistan goes catastrophically wrong, thirteen soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry are hurled out of the sky and into 216 BCE. They land in the middle of Hannibal’s campaign against Rome. Their aircraft is gone.Their communications are dead.Their only allies may be one of history’s most dangerous general. As Hannibal prepares to lead thirty-seven war elephants and twenty-seven thousand soldiers across the Alps, the stranded soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry must make an impos...
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Henry IX

Henry IX

By: Charley Brindley
Scipio is a ghost.No passport.No fingerprints.No past.His profession requires him to become other people—and to disappear without a trace.His latest assignment appears impossible.To place an ordinary young woman upon the throne of England.Standing in his way are thirty-six people.Every one of them is a legitimate heir to the British Crown.As unexplained deaths ripple through Britain, Scotland Yard Inspector Kendrick Lawless races to connect murders that seem to have no relationship to one another.Meanwhile, Ciana—a charming young woman who has no ambition beyond living her own life—finds...
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Black Phantom Dogs, Book 1 - Unrestricted Climb

Black Phantom Dogs, Book 1 - Unrestricted Climb

By: lawrence brown
Black Phantom Dogs, Book 1 – Unrestricted Climb is a military science fiction adventure about a classified UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon) program that opens a door that should have stayed closed. Inspired by General Chenault's Flying Tigers of World II, Black Phantom Dogs pits a few desperate men in four stolen jets against a soulless race in high-tech craft. They have to fight them on alien soil, but to get there -One way out.No way back. 1st Place Winner, Cygnus Science Fiction Award, April 2026Note to Readers: You don't need thousands of flight hours to enjoy this book, but ...
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Empty Seats

Empty Seats

By: Wanda Adams Fischer
In 1972, the Montreal Expos send their newly drafted minor-league baseball players to Jamestown, New York, to play their first season in Single-A ball. Every one of these guys had been the cream of the crop, the stars in their respective hometowns. Each thought it would be a piece of cake to go from Jamestown to Major League Baseball. All of them were wrong. It's a giant leap, not a baby step, as they all discover.Take, for example, one of the main characters. Jimmy Bailey, pitcher, of North Weymouth, Massachusetts. Perennial all-star. Groomed by his father, who once had the chance to pla...
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A Few Bumps

A Few Bumps

By: Wanda Adams Fischer
A chance encounter on an airplane during a snowstorm introduces Amy Moran to a handsome man whose family is wealthy. Amy, on the other hand, comes from a lower middle-class family. She's stranded in Kansas City on her way to her best friend's wedding in Hawaii--an event she's saved up just enough money so that she can attend. She'll have to sleep in the airport until flights resume. He tells her that he'll take her to his house because it's enormous.Then she meets Mrs. Emerson, his mother--haughty, stuck-up, patronizing. Even her own children call her "Mother." Amy has no idea how to act aroun...
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Unmasked

Unmasked

When wealthy socialite Layni Bingham is found brutally murdered inside her luxurious estate, the evidence points squarely at her husband, Doug—and the woman with whom he's been having an affair. To the police, it's an open-and-shut case.Attorney Xander Van Buren isn't convinced.Hired to defend the accused mistress, Xander quickly discovers that the murder is only the first thread in a web of deception stretching far beyond a single homicide. With the help of his longtime friend, FBI Special Agent Stu Saxon, he begins pulling at that thread—and what unravels threatens not only their investi...
Terror at the Manor

Terror at the Manor

This is book 2 of the Abbey Roberts series.  Abbey becomes the Director of Nursing Care at the city owned long term care home, only to realize with the help of a plant, Larry, a retired investigative journalist, that the home is unsafe for residents and she must find out all of the issues and save her residents from harm, even at the risk of her own health.

Surviving the Night

Surviving the Night

The story follows Polack and LG during an overnight watch at a Listening Post (LP) outside their new firebase in Vietnam's Iron Triangle jungle. Their task is to serve as an early warning system, detecting enemy movement so the firebase can respond quickly. The darkness is so intense they cannot see their fingers, yet they must stay alert despite the harsh conditions—creepy creatures, insects, rain—and the ongoing threat of attack. Soon, they realize they are not alone.The author vividly depicts the action, engaging all your senses as you read. It’s a powerful story of resilience and bra...
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Terror at the Manor

Terror at the Manor

Jenny
By: Jenny

This is book 2 of the Abbey Roberts series.  Abbey becomes the Director of Nursing Care at the city owned long term care home, only to realize with the help of a plant, Larry, a retired investigative journalist, that the home is unsafe for residents and she must find out all of the issues and save her residents from harm, even at the risk of her own health.

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The Triggering Scent

The Triggering Scent

Jenny
By: Jenny

Book 1 of the Abbey Roberts series.  The Triggering Scent introduces you to Abbey Roberts, a brain surgery survivor who has lost memories and needs to rebuild a life after traumatic brain surgery goes wrong.  Abbey returns to the ICU, her happy place, to realize that the meth-addicted neurosurgeon who botched her brain surgery, is now working in her hospital, her ICU, and she must stop him before he hurts others, even at the risk of her own career.

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Surviving the Night

Surviving the Night

John Podlaski
By: John Podlaski
The story follows Polack and LG during an overnight watch at a Listening Post (LP) outside their new firebase in Vietnam's Iron Triangle jungle. Their task is to serve as an early warning system, detecting enemy movement so the firebase can respond quickly. The darkness is so intense they cannot see their fingers, yet they must stay alert despite the harsh conditions—creepy creatures, insects, rain—and the ongoing threat of attack. Soon, they realize they are not alone.The author vividly depicts the action, engaging all your senses as you read. It’s a powerful story of resilience and bra...
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The Last Mission of the Seventh Cavalry: Book One

The Last Mission of the Seventh Cavalry: Book One

By: Charley Brindley
Modern soldiers. Ancient war. Hannibal at the height of his power. When a mission over Afghanistan goes catastrophically wrong, thirteen soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry are hurled out of the sky and into 216 BCE. They land in the middle of Hannibal’s campaign against Rome. Their aircraft is gone.Their communications are dead.Their only allies may be one of history’s most dangerous general. As Hannibal prepares to lead thirty-seven war elephants and twenty-seven thousand soldiers across the Alps, the stranded soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry must make an impos...
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Inside the Mind - Jasveer Dangi

J
What inspired you to start writing?
My father had been in the printing industry all his life, and he was my biggest inspiration for becoming a writer. He instilled in me and my siblings the habit of keeping a daily journal, and two of my earlier books were inspired by chapters I had already written in my journals. What began in 2018 with my first book, which was largely based on my journals, has now grown into a journey of 15 books across a variety of genres.

Inside the Mind - Peter John Cubbon Craine

Peter John Cubbon Craine
When did you start writing?
I started very late. I am fast approaching retirement here in Spain.

Inside the Mind - Jeremy Simons

Jeremy Simons
What inspired you to start writing?
I’ve always loved writing and making up stories, probably since I learned to write. Of course, back then, I never seemed to stick to the same subject long enough to actually finish anything.
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The Last Mission of the Seventh Cavalry: Book One
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Empty Seats
A Few Bumps
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