Just a disclaimer here before we begin. I really wasn’t paying attention to title when I started to read this bad boy. The digital short that I covered last week was also by Mister Frankham – Allen. The story

was a paranormal type that wasn’t too bad in a horror type way. Out of body

experiences don’t bother me too much. I got to the end of this digital short

and I said wow, time out. I probably should have seen it coming, but…

Digital Short Saturday is beginning to battle it out with a few other days during the week as the most viewed days here @ Gelati’s Scoop. Is it coincidence? I think not. The ereading world is changing and evolving

each week , either in number of platforms it is on , or the types of devices on

which one can view ebooks. Here is a

link to an article from just a few days ago on Blackberry’s new device and what

Amazon is doing to be prepared for it:…

Let me just start off by saying that what piqued my interest in this series is that it is being made into a movie and television series simultaneously. The graphic novel put out by Marvel Comics has many hands in

its production and creation, here goes: Stephen King- Creative & Executive

Director, Peter David –Script, Jae Lee & Richard Isanove- Art. The number

of novels I have read by Stephen King is zero; this is my first one. He is

definitely…

This story of The Batman goes overseas to three different countries in Batman International. The other interest and neat aspect of the graphic novel is that it has three different authors and three different

artists giving each story its own feel and flavor. The three countries he gets

to patrol: The Scottish Isle, Spain, and in a flashback, somewhere in The East

as he was in his youth training. I like the way they put the three together…

I think I got more than I bargained for here in The Clockwork Man. I usually enjoy novels that have things blow up, wise cracking detectives, international tales of intrigue, secret agents saving the world

from the next newest megalomaniac. Here I get to read about a guy made of clock

parts and he brings upon me some serious introspective questions, making me

examine things I don’t wish to think about or knew I needed to ponder. Go

figure. This is…

Being Original

By: Julian Adorney

We’ve all read them. Stories with solid characters and a fast plot and vivid descriptions, but nothing to make them unique. Stories that we finish reading with the vague

sense that we’ve read the exact same story a hundred times before.…

Ponzied Guest Post

One of the joys in writing fiction is the development of a character that can carry the writer through the entire story. Sometimes that character isn’t

even there at the start of the novel. He

isn’t even there at the original outline of…

A Non-Genre Writer's Look at Suspense by Jason McIntyre

What creates suspense?

Years ago, a film-maker friend of mine told me he wanted to try something radically

different with his next project: he wanted to shoot a story that had absolutely no conflict.

He told me he didn't want to have a…

Sundays are fast becoming one of the biggest viewing days of the week here @ The Scoop. I don’t know if it is all literary agents scouting new talent or just the fact that there are a lot of very good writers out there

and you enjoy discovering them for the first time as much as I do. The writers

are putting themselves out there to the masses hoping that their hard work and

talent get recognized and consumed. I personally get a lot of satisfaction…

Deals by Julian Adorney is a really neat read. It is told in a very short words count, 1730 words, but it packs one heck of a wallope. I didn’t know what to expect when I

received it, but very quickly I felt fortunate to get the read in. Here is a

synopsis of the digital short: “James is determined to provide a comfortable

life for his family, but when his college degree fails to provide the goods he

finds himself making deals he hadn't…

Today we are taking it easy and only throwing two digital shorts at you. No explanation for it, just laziness on my part, sorry. I have been getting a lot of messages from readers chatting up the digital short and

their ability to be read in various places to help them get through the day. I

had not thought of many of them so here goes: at the train stop waiting for the

train, on the train, at their desks, in between…

I had to wonder about the title of this, as I began to read it all the action was happening underground in a cave. I quickly got over that and moved on as the action was beginning to kick into high gear. This novel

covers a lot of ground both geographically and emotionally. Here is a synopsis

of the novel so maybe you can better understand what I mean:

“After the death of his wife, successful sculptor Tim Overleigh trades in his…

To read this novel is to take a ride on an emotional rollercoaster that has many twists and turns. The story chronicles the life and times of Aura and her family as they live in a Communist country. The many hardships they must endure just to

get through a “normal” day, is enough to depress anyone. Shopping for just the

basic essentials as outlined by the leaders would leave one totally devoid of

any hope. The story sets out revealing what Aura’s life is like…

Golf is not my game. I can putt well, my short game isn’t so bad and I can whack the heck out of the ball off the tee, problem is that it never goes in the same direction twice. Straight is not a description I hear

much about my drives. Anthony Robinson with The American Golfer drives this

novel right up onto the green, a beautiful drive and finish to this passionate

novel that uses golf as a backdrop. There are no bogies in…

I have received a lot of messages and questions about this novel. What do you think of it? How good is it? Does she deliver again? How much is Diesel actually in it? I could go on and on and on. I love it.

Hopefully within the confines of this post I will answer all the questions that

you may have, and then just do yourself a favor and click on the Amazon book cover

here and suck this bad boy up. I laughed my fanny off and then some. I had many

of the…

Hello to everyone and thanks for checking with us on our second Self-Published Sunday. I can only thank my OCD for having different titles for different days of the week. I

struggle still with at least four days of the week, but I think that conundrum

will be solved soon. Anyway, we have featured self-published authors in the

past and since the very beginning of our blog oh those many days and novels

ago. Things have changed and morphed as things do as…

Here is the second digital short of the day, one that will make your mind expand in a total different direction than Bite This!. Before I get into that though, I just would like to offer up some background on this post’s

author Jason McIntyre: Born on the prairies, Jason McIntyre

eventually lived and worked on Vancouver Island where the vibrant characters

and vivid surroundings stayed with him and coalesced into what would become…

The weekends are so much fun here; we are coming at you twice today with digital shorts by Jason McIntyre and the author featured in this post Wade J. McMahan. These stories are polar opposites and it is nice to

feature them both on the same day to exemplify the diversity that awaits you at

Smashwords. I found both authors there, but their works can be found elsewhere

as well. Bite This! Can be found on just about any platform you

chose;…

I love Martini’s Paul Madriani novels. Each one was thoroughly enjoyed and I can say I look forward to each new installment with a great deal of anticipation. Martini’s cast of characters also includes Harry

Hinds, Madriani’s law partner and Herman Diggs their investigator. The Rule of Nine picks up where Guardian of Lies ends. If

you remember in the last installment of the series, our group of smart…

A BESTSELLER BEFORE I DIE…