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    A Gift Of Books

    Ten Different Holiday Books to Be Exact… Too late now to not spend a fortune ordering a gift online and having it arrive on time. Forgot someone or have a friend you know is a reader and just want to surprise them and not spend a lot? Give them the gift of a bundle full of great holiday books to read. Novels, short novels, and a ton of short stories. Plus a classic book full of the traditional L. Frank Baum stories. The Good Cheer Holiday StoryBundle if full great reading by great authors. And you can get the entire thing for as little as $15. And no shipping. And…

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    A Fantastic Gift to Give…

    Maybe the Best Gift to Give in this Crazy Year… To help your family and friends stay safe this holiday, give them the gift of a bundle full of great holiday books to stay home and read. Novels, short novels, and a ton of short stories. Plus a classic book full of the traditional L. Frank Baum stories. The Good Cheer Holiday StoryBundle if full great reading by great authors. And it is scary easy to give as a gift. There is just a check box that asks, “Is this a Gift?”  You check that and pay at least $15 for all ten books. You tell them who to send…

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    Holiday Stories

    All Kinds of Ways to Get Holiday Stories… I have said this before, and more than likely I will say it again. I really like the basic Lifetime Holiday Movies and the Hallmark Holiday Movies. I tend to look at and scan through, or actually watch completely, one movie a night. Kris doesn’t really watch that kind of movie, so its me, just enjoying the journey, often with a bag of popcorn, or on some nights a mug of hot chocolate. Best movie so far that is new this year on Lifetime is a time travel one, standard letters through time plot with a portal, but it worked fine. My…

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    Last Days of a Great Storybundle!!

    I Have a New Collection In This Bundle Just over one day left to get this bundle. This collection premiered in this nifty Space Opera Storybundle curated by Robert Jeschonek. A Billion Earths: A Seeders Universe Collection of five major stories in my Seeders Universe. And the Storybundle it is in is flat out amazing.  You don’t want to miss those books if you are a fan of space opera. You also get the book that started Kris’s incredible Retrieval Artist series. So don’t miss this. Just a day to go and the bundle will be gone. My collection is not published out wide yet, and won’t be for another…

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    Get Good Cheer Holiday Bundle…

    Really Excited About This Bundle of Books from Storybundle.com… I think this is an amazingly special bundle of holiday stories of all kinds and types. Perfect reading for this holiday season in so many ways. And one of the coolest things in this bundle is a book that explains the importances and contains all of The Santa Claus Stories by L. Frank Baum. Yes, the Wizard of OZ L. Frank Baum. With all his Santa Claus stories, he helped cement the images and traits we take for granted now for Santa Claus. And now, for the first time ever, they are gathered together and reprinted in one book, WITH ALL…

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    I Have Books In Three Bundles…

    At The Same Time… This Never Happens… I am usually happy to be in a bundle every three months or so. So folks, if you want to get some amazing reading by other authors, and get four of my books, (And four of Kris’s books) now is the time to grab all three bundles. A couple of them are vanishing fairly soon, so don’t miss them. Here are descriptions and pictures and links of all three bundles. In the www.StoryBundle.com/Crime I have a Cold Poker Gang novel BAD BEAT, and I have a collection of best crime stories from Pulphouse Magazine that I edited called Twist of a Knife. Plus…

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    GOOD CHEER HOLIDAY BUNDLE…

    This Just Went Live!!! That’s right, just tonight, and I think this is an amazingly special bundle of holiday stories of all kinds and types. Perfect reading for this holiday season in so many ways. And one of the coolest things in this bundle is a book that explains the importances and contains all of The Santa Claus Stories by L. Frank Baum. Yes, the Wizard of OZ L. Frank Baum. With all his Santa Claus stories, he helped cement the images and traits we take for granted now for Santa Claus. And now, for the first time ever, they are gathered together and reprinted in one book, WITH ALL…

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    Cold Poker Gang Kickstarter Launched

    Fun New Campaign… JUST LAUNCHED!!! We’re trying to get The Cold Poker Gang books into hardback. And I have a new novel in the series called BOTTOM PAIR coming out later this year. So if you want to get an early read of BOTTOM PAIR, you can do so through this Kickstarter Campaign. Plus limited edition signed hardback set of all eleven of The Cold Poker Gang novels. Plus a limited edition signed hardback of BOTTOM PAIR. And a very, very limited set of Cold Poker Gang chips, with the special decks of cards in a metal case. On top of all that, there is a special workshop that you…

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    Nifty Bundle Kevin Anderson Put Together

    I Actually Have Two Books In It… The bundle is through StoryBundle. I have my novel LAKE ROOSEVELT: A Thunder Mountain Novel in it. The novel stands alone and is a fine place to get into the Thunder Mountain series. And I also edited SNOT-NOSED ALIENS anthology of Pulphouse Stories that is in the bundle. You want some really fun and crazy stories to get you through this time of being locked in, grab this bundle and read this collection first. Trust me, they will make you smile and shake your head. And on top of that, I wrote the cover story around Bob Eggleton’s wonderful cover for WRITERS OF…

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    WRITING BUNDLES Kickstarter

    We Just Started A New Kickstarter Campaign!! To help writers continue to study during this time of being sheltered in place, Kris and I, on the suggestion Allyson at WMG Publishing, are putting almost all of our writing books into five bundles by topic. And then on this Kickstarter Campaign, offering the bundles for half price or less than the books would have been individually. 17 different writing books in five bundles. Bundle on Craft Bundle on Productivity Bundle on Industry Bundle on Marketing Bundle on Business There are also some amazing deals on workshops and lectures as well. Check this out at Writing Bundles Kris and I hope these…