Barbara Custer October 14, 2020 4 Comments
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Romancing the Balloons

Since April, when I wrote my first post on the pandemic, gyms and hair salons have reopened, albeit with restrictions. Some of my friends are jumping into activities full force. Others remain in quarantine. Per the discussions with my Mylar balloons, the activities are okay if I can take the risk from a level 10 […]

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Barbara Custer March 11, 2015 6 Comments

How Much Do You Charge for an EBook?

How much should you charge for your eBook? Some folks believe that charging $2.99 and less will result in more sales. The 99-cent novellas will make good publicity, an easy way to get to know an author’s style of writing. If nothing else, it will generate balloon money for the author and publisher. But I […]

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Barbara Custer October 27, 2014 0 Comments

Anne Michaud’s Hunter’s Trap

BLURB Seventeen-year-old Dayton Mulligan is stuck looking after his little brother Jeremy when their father goes off on his annual hunting trip. But when Dad’s last phone call ends in a shotgun blast, it’s enough to send both boys out into a blizzard to search for him. Caught in the killer weather, Dayton and Jeremy […]

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Barbara Custer October 25, 2014 6 Comments

Getting through Tough Edits

Gemini Wordsmiths completed the developmental edit on Blood Moon Rising, the sequel for Steel Rose, and the edits needed are extensive. Many of the fixes involve point of view, repetitive words or phrases, and inconsistencies in the plot. Better that these problems are caught now when I can fix them rather than having a reviewer […]

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Barbara Custer October 24, 2014 11 Comments

Book Spotlight Struck by Clarissa Johal

Blurb: The shadows hadn’t been waiting.  The shadows had been invited. After a painful breakup, Gwynneth Reese moves in with her best friend and takes a job at a retirement home. She grows especially close to one resident, who dies alone the night of a terrific storm. On the way home from paying her last respects, […]

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Barbara Custer October 5, 2014 0 Comments

MAV SKYE’S SUPERGIRLS AND CREATING VILLAINS

Creating Villains I love unexpected turns in stories, especially psychological twists. What you think is the monster turns out to be a purring kitten. The demon that should have terrified you is the one holding the bloody butcher knife, in your own hand. A good psychological suspense thrives on ambiguity, but nothing is less ambiguous than […]

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