2014-09 ~ My Reading Lounge

2014-09-27

Let's talk about "A Silent Prayer" by Samreen Ahsan @samauthorcanada

2014-09-27 No comments

A Silent Prayer is the first installment in the "A Prayer" Series. Set in the beautiful city of Toronto, this captivating and thrilling romance takes you to a romantic and spiritual journey with Adam Gibson - a young and powerful businessman of Toronto - gifted by God with an altruistic soul but atheist by belief, who falls in love with a cursed soul and finds God - not through a miracle but the presence of demons around him. It is an emotionally charged story of a young woman - Rania Ahmed, endowed with hypnotic beauty - a strong...

Happy Birthday, #CriminalMinds! #video

2014-09-22 No comments

The first episode of Criminal Minds aired exactly nine years ago! It premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. Do you follow it? I've been following it since the first episode, and it inspired some parts of my Twilight fic, Snare (although Snare isn't a crossover). Who's your favorite character? I'm very fond of Dave Rossi. In this video, you can see all the different opening credits through the last nine years! All the best, - Raum&nbs...

This week, you're invited to Yorkshire #DowntonAbbey

2014-09-21 No comments

Downton Abbey's new season is starting this week (in the UK). Here's a preview: And if you need to wait for the new season to be aired in the US, you can listen to the main theme song (beautiful piano performance) to get back into the right mood. All the best! - Raum&nbs...

Cover Reveal: "Wrong Place, Right Time", by Brooke Williams

2014-09-10 No comments

Wrong Place, Right Time, by Brooke Williams. Welcome to the Cover Reveal! As the bumbling town TV traffic reporter, Kate Covington is a constant source of entertainment, but Kate sticks with her dead end job because of her love for news anchor Brian Schaffer. When Brian spontaneously runs off to marry his high school sweetheart, Kate panics and quickly follows. She finds herself in a Las Vegas wedding chapel, desperate to tell her best friend how she feels before he makes a huge mistake and marries the wrong person. The mistake,...

Writing Lab: "Writing Fiction and Writing for a Newspaper" (N.R. White)

2014-09-08 No comments

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ― Albert Einstein Thank you for the opportunity to introduce my first book Crosswinds, which was released on Aug. 29, 2014 by The Next Chapter Publishing. I’m N.R. White, and after 30 years of writing stories for the newspaper I finally listened to what others have been urging me to do for years by putting my talent as a storyteller into book form. Although the Crosswinds series is a work of fiction,...

Cover Reveal: "Lincoln Ladies" by Suzy Duffy @suzyduffybooks #giveaway

2014-09-04 No comments

Cover Reveal for... Lincoln Ladies by Suzy Duffy Release Date: October 30 , 2014 Published by The Writers Coffee Shop Kate Kavanagh is happy raising her daughter and focusing on work, but when the girl moves to New York for a fantastic job and ends up moving in with her philandering father, things get complicated. Her best friend, Madeline Stein, has been a career girl all her life. As a single mom, her job defines her, so when she loses it, Maddy needs to find something or someone else to make her forties fun. Portia...

Writing Tip and Reading Suggestion #FScottFitzgerald

2014-09-03 No comments

Today's writing tip comes from Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940). His works are the paradigmatic writings of the "Jazz Age", a term he coined. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Here's the writing tip: Cut out all those exclamation marks. An exclamation mark is like laughing at your own joke. You can read The Great Gatsby online: The Great Gatsby (complete) Happy writing and happy reading! - Ra...