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  I begin with the traditional symbol of the season. Daughter did most of the decorations. I contributed by staying out of the way. We had a very merry Christmas, and I hope you did too. If you're wondering what to get with that Amazon gift certificate you got. Let me recommend this book the paperback of which I saw for the first time today. Although my author copies haven't yet arrived, one of my fans had received hers and let me take a gander at it. I like it. Speaking of paperback books: I found this after diligent search some months back. I had to wait a lengthy time for it to arrive. I've been reading it in gulps of a chapter or so at a time on a weekly basis. I enjoyed the book and would recommend it if you have even the least bit of interest in Desaix. Without a doubt, Napoleon owes his victory at Marengo to Desaix's timely return to the field. Fortunately for Bonaparte, Desaix wasn't able to remind him of that fact with every breath he took by surviving the ...

 Author Interview with Ron Lahr  Author of The Kathaldi Chronicles Please tell me a little about your current work in progress. Right now I’m extremely close to finishing the first draft of the third book in my Kathaldi Chronicles epic fantasy trilogy, Destroyers of Kathaldi. The plan is to finish it next week, get to editing and rewriting, and release it on Monday, July 26 th . The books are about Dirk, a sarcastic thief, who is reluctantly drawn in to helping his friends try to save the Gods, and the world, from an ancient evil. Where did you get the idea for this book or series? I wrote the first draft of book one, Children of Kathaldi, around twenty-five years ago. As a huge fan of fantasy it started with trying my hand at world building. I filled a binder with information about the races, Gods, towns and cities. As I worked on the history of the world the story just emerged. Do you write in more than one genre? I definitely do. I’ve already mentioned the fantasy and I...

 It's alive. Or, it's live. I did it. The Shrinking Zone is live on Amazon .  This is my 9th novel. 9 is the number of novels I have written. The novels I have written are 9 in number. It all began with Justice in Season , which I wrote back in 2000-2002, and put on the big river site in 2012. I followed that with Smoke , and the sequel to the first novel Justice Resurrgent  in 2018. The following year I published Threading the Rude Eye , and Power to Hurt , the first two books in my alternate history fantasy Tomahawks and Dragon Fire series. The third book in the series, Clamorous Harbingers , came out in 2020. I published two more books in 2021: Promise of Carnage and Flame , book four in the Tomahawks and Dragon Fire series; and this new stand-alone, The Shrinking Zone . The more astute among you, or anyone who can count, may notice that that only totals 8 books. Well, I wrote another one, Finding Jack-The Orb , which is the first in a trilogy, but I have no idea when...

  It's Dystopia Monday. (That's not really a thing. It's only for today).  I've finished reading: Here's the review I posted at goodreads: Marina Fontaine's Chasing Freedom takes the reader into the belly of the rebellion and doesn't stop there. The rebellion is no overnight success. The story goes on for years. It follows the personal lives of multiple characters. Bad things happen. People die. This is a dystopia and things get worse before they get better. However, this is a story steeped in hope. In the midst of cruel atrocities, hope comes through.  __________ I considered using the same title font for my dystopian novel,  The Shrinking Zone , but instead elected to go with this cover and font: Here's the description I've chosen: Something is rotten in the USA. The red-eyed results of clandestine government experiments attack isolated farms in the broken desert. Oppressive regulations, arrogant officials, and surveillance drones restrict movem...