I find that many authors of YA series books fail to end their novels. They tend to leave the plots up in the air hoping a reader will plunk down a few more bucks to buy book 2 or 3. I hate that! So when I wrote the Koolura Series I made sure each book…
The best books published appeal to the heart of who we are. These parts are the links that connect our childhood to our adult lives. They connect the heart to the brain and the dream world to reality. Many of these books like The Wizard of Oz, To Kill a Mockingbird, and the Harry Potter…
Books are expensive, especially when they are bound by paper. Kindle books are a lot cheaper, but buy enough, and in time, that too will wear a hole in your pocket. So what can an enthusiastic reader do? Below you’ll find four YA books posted on Amazon for FREE. The authors are no fools. These…
Miranda Moon is a precocious eleven-year-old with an imagination that would be the envy of any novelist. Her popular younger brother, Marcus, is resentful about missing a huge Halloween party just because of his sister’s tall tales. She was suspended from school, so their parents whisked them away. Now they have to spend Halloween in…
Author’s Motivation by Thomas L. Hay I was inspired to write “An Abduction Revelation” after writing and publishing my memoirs “The Comeback Kid”. After our divorce, my first wife claimed that aliens had abducted us during our marriage. I never believed her, thinking she had a few marbles loose. However, publishing my memoirs got me…
About Willem of the Tafel In the year 437 after the Great War, the Tafel lived underground to protect themselves from the harsh surface conditions that would probably kill a human. They barely survived in an old military installation built inside a mountain near Cape Town, South Africa. They were the only known survivors of…
When I was a high school student, I looked forward to June when the cold Long Island weather finally warmed up and freedom from school was just a few weeks away. My brothers and I spent our summer vacations at Monaco Surf Club on Lido Beach. We had amazing experiences swimming, diving, playing in the sand…
About Tidal Surge Kaelyn and her boyfriend have traveled from Australia to visit Kaelyn’s mother, Liliha, in England. The two women have been estranged for many years, ever since Liliha fled Australia to rid herself of an ex-husband with bipolar disorder. Kaelyn felt that her mother had deserted she and her sister. The young couple…
Having a hard time finding a bookstore in your neighborhood? Interested in meeting the wordsmiths that put those books together? Look no further than the LA Times Festival of Books to be held on the campus of the University of Southern California on April 18-19. The Festival of Books begins Saturday morning at 10:00 AM-6:00…
K’Lar and D’Ree are red-tailed hawks who have recently migrated back to Alberta, Canada from Southern Mexico for the summer. They need to find and repair their old nest so D’Ree can lay her clutch of eggs. They fly through a city filled with noise and pollution. When they finally arrive at their valley home,…