Thoughts for New Year's Eve - by @paulocoelho

While my friends all over the world are getting ready for the New Year (is it already 2015 somewhere? Australian friends, what's happening in Futureland?), I'd like to share two thoughts by Paulo Coelho.  I hope these thoughts will help us remember the gifts we got in 2014. "God, bless our week. May we be able to remember the good moments of 2014 and forgive and forget our wounds." "God, bless our week. May we leave behind every thing that made us sad in 2014". Paulo Coelho on Facebook | Paulo Coelho on Twitter All the best! -...

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And so it's... #blogbirthday

My Reading Lounge has just turned 4! Thank you for your support! So far there have been more than 400 posts, and more than 100,000 visitors! My Reading Lounge was created to share and discuss recs about Twilight fanfics. Over the years, the fandom has significantly slowed down, but the community around this (little) blog is still full of ideas. In the last few months, I've tried to give more space to other stories -- original novels you can find under Pick a Book -- and to the Writing Lab, where many authors have accepted to share...

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A Great Christmas Gift: "Christmas Stories" by @paulocoelho

Are you still looking for a great Christmas Gift?  Consider Christmas Stories by Paulo Coelho! Ten Tales for you and for your special friends. Amazon | B&N | iTunes  The Brazilian author Paulo Coelho was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist. In 1986, he did the pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella, an experience later to be documented in his book The Pilgrimage. In the following year,...

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Let's talk about "RUE Toulouse" by Debby Grahl

Check Out This Hot and Sexy Book Trailer! RUE Toulouse by Debby Grahl Coming January 15, 2015! Available for PreOrder from  TWCS and Amazon  The next novel by Debby Grahl Release Date: January 15 , 2014 Published by The Writers Coffee Shop Giveaway a Rafflecopter giveaway Summary: It’s Mardi Gras time in New Orleans. Attending a masquerade ball, wealthy fashion designer Caterine Doucette, dressed as a shimmering ice princess, has her cool façade...

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Let's talk about "Adultery" by Paulo Coelho @paulocoelho

In the latest novel from #1 best-selling author Paulo Coelho, a woman attempts to overcome midlife ennui by rediscovering herself in a passionate relationship with a man who had been a friend in her youth. A woman in her thirties begins to question the routine and predictability of her days. In everybody's eyes, she has a perfect life: happy marriage, children, and a career. Yet what she feels is an enormous apathy. All that changes when she encounters a successful politician who had, years earlier, been her high school boyfriend....

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Writing Lab: My Experience Writing "Breeder" by K.B. Hoyle @kbhoyle_author

K. B. Hoyle is the author of Breeder. In this post she discusses her experience writing her seventh novel. Writing Breeder was a unique experience for me for a number of reasons.  It’s my seventh completed novel, so it’s not as though I didn’t know what I was doing, but I had this crazy shift to make in my thinking in order to knock out this novel. My deadline for getting Breeder turned in to my publisher was very close to the deadline for the sixth and final fantasy novel in my Gateway Chronicles series. I finished the first draft...

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Let's talk about "Breeder" by K.B. Hoyle @kbhoyle_author

Breeder has just been released! Official Summary: Everything about Seventeen’s life is perfect, from her genetics, to her home in Sanctuary, to her status as a Breeder in the Unified World Order. But all that changes when she meets a rogue Enforcer named Pax, who infiltrates Sanctuary and targets her for extraction from the Controlled Repopulation Program. Pax seems to know a little too much about her, and he plants dangerous doubts in her mind that accuse Sanctuary of hiding a dark secret, and that cause Seventeen to question everything...

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Writing Tips and Writing Experiences (Brooke Williams, author of "Wrong Place, Right Time")

Brooke Williams is the author of Wrong Place, Right Time. MyReadingLounge: Can you give us some writing tips and talk us through some of your writing experiences? Brooke Williams: I could probably sit and write about writing all day long! I won’t, though, promise! I remember writing in grade school. I would cut out pictures from magazines and paste them onto blank sheets of paper and write new stories around them. Then I would sell the creations to my parents. I should have known then that I was meant to be a writer. But parents...

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Let's talk about "Wrong Place, Right Time" by Brooke Williams

   Wrong Place, Right Time by Brooke Williams A Novella Release Date: December 9 , 2014 Published by: The Writers Coffee Shop Genre: Fiction: Romance/General ISBN e-book: 978-1-61213-289-1 Available from: Amazon, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and TWCS PH Summary: Wrong Place, Right Time is a humorous, light romance about TV traffic reporter, Kate Covington.  After admitting she is in love with her best friend, Brian, Kate barges into a Las Vegas wedding chapel to stop him from getting married.  When the...

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Cover Reveal: "Lucky Numbers" by G.G. Carver @GGCarver

Lucky Numbers will be available on Valentine's day. Synopsis: Lucy Eaton had a job she loved as a Teaching Assistant at a Special Needs School and a boyfriend who struggled with commitment issues. Life was good, not great, but good, until one day Lady Luck paid Lucy a visit and a life that most people could only dream of opened up to her. With the creases of every day life ironed out, she could sit back and live the dream. But what if that dream doesn't turn out to be what you thought you wanted?  Want and need are...

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Happy Thanksgiving! #HappyThanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends! “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them”. ― John F. Kennedy [Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, 1963]  Norman Rockwel...

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Deborah Harkness talks about Sylvain Reynard and "The Raven" @debharkness @sylvainreynard

Deborah Harkness, #1 NewYorkTimes Best Selling author of The Discovery of Witches trilogy talked about Sylvain Reynard's novel The Raven. What did she say? The Raven was a fabulous Gothic treat of a book filled with ancient vampires, dark vendettas, and star-crossed love. Find more about Sylvain Reynard and The Raven: www.sylvainreynard.co...

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Let's talk about "The Truest of Words" by Georgina Guthrie @georgey_girl @ninabocci

The Truest of Words is the final book in the Words series. Official Summary: With the end of term finally behind them, Aubrey and Daniel look forward to building a life together. A painful realization that they can’t truly embrace the future until they’ve come to terms with the past leads them to discover the healing potential of forgiveness and the power of unconditional love. Like the first two books in the series, The Truest of Words is a romantic tale that blends witty banter with passion and drama.       Raum's...

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Cover Reveal: "Maybe" by Amber L. Johnson @whereisjakeryan

TWCS presents...a cover reveal for  Maybe by  Amber L. Johnson Release Date: February 12 , 2015 Published by The Writers Coffee Shop Official Summary Emily Portman loves her job. A writer for Breakout! Magazine, she shadows and showcases up-and-coming bands. When her next assignment takes her to Austin, Texas, she can’t wait to add the city to her map of places she’s visited. Places she’s left without looking back. Her plan is to keep moving on, and the last thing she needs is a man holding her...

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Writing Lab: "Crafting Your Characters", by Amber L. Johnson @whereisjakeryan

Amber L. Johnson is the author of Eight Days A Week. How do you go about crafting your characters and how did you find such a unique voice in your writing? I really love these questions! Crafting characters for me has always been fairly easy because they’re usually inspired by people I know. Whether it be through a conversation we’ve had or a relationship they have with another person, I can start to form a new incarnation of them. (Not you, Mom. None of these moms are you. You can stop making faces at me now). They take on different...

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Let's talk about "Eight Days a Week" by Amber L. Johnson @whereisjakeryan

A "manny" should always mind his own business.  And he definitely shouldn’t fall in love with his boss.   Release Date: November 6 , 2014 Published by The Writers Coffee Shop Genre: Romance / Contemporary ISBN e-book: 978-1-61213-329-4 Available from: Amazon, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and TWCS PH   Gwen Stone has secrets she’s not ready to reveal. After a recent promotion at work, she needs a caretaker for her children. She’s frenzied and in a lurch and pretty much ready to hire the first person who comes...

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