2 more weeks left , readers will get to meet Guardian Legacy characters, read excerpts, deleted scenes, and scenes in different POVs during Betrayed tour.

I'll admit, it has been a while since the last installment of One. The good news is that it's out now!

Please visit the official blog to read my full review - http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2012/06/poetry-takes-time.html

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Like most boys, my youngest son developed a fascination for dinosaurs. He could name many species before he could read. At some point, I knew I would have to have dinosaurs in The Empyrical Tales. Afterall, I couldn't write a story only for my girls. I had to include things for my boys too!



With only a few days left in the…

That's right, Set Free: An Amish Journey has come to an end. Allan's story comes to its conclusion with Trestle Press's latest release - Volume 9 - Humbled.



As a bonus, Trestle has decided to include the short epilogue of Volume 10 with Volume 9 for free. What do you think about that? I think it's great!…

 Excellent article here on ways to strengthen your story:

  7 Simple Ways to Make a Good Story Great

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Starting June 20th through Sunday July 8th, you have 2 chances to win one of 2 harcover copies of Under the Never Sky. A perfect read for the beach. Good Luck! Enter Now.

 See what indie books made a splash at BEA this year:

  Children's Books at BEA: Canvassing the Indie Landscape

Check out this informative panel discussion on writing and marketing. See what agents and editors are saying about self-pubbing too ...

  Writing and Marketing…

Does music inspire your reading? See how Linkin Park helped Elana create her character Zenn and celebrate her latest release - Surrender, sequel to her debut YA novel Possession. http://bit.ly/L8zIn1

The Empyrical Tales Book III: The Secret Queen is out now and I am giving away a free autographed copy!



All you have to do is visit my blog (http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/) and enter on the right hand side. Even if you are already a fan of The Empyrical Tales on Facebook, you can still enter daily until June 30th.



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 Get the low down from the Book Expo America right here and see what's hot:

 BEA 2012: Big Books for Kids: Surveying the Scene

 Check out these tips on ways to be more likely to succeed with editors and agents by the brilliant Jane Friedman:

  How to Influence Editors in a Way that's 90% of Other Writers Don't

 Find out how this affects author royalties and what you can do about it:

  The DOJ Settlement and Why We Should Care

Take a look at the cover for Kin (Annabelle's Story Part Two). Just like the cover for Sprite, the image was carefully chosen to highlight a very important plot point in the storyline.…

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You can win my newest release, The Secret Queen (Empyrical Tales Book III).

All you have to do is visit my blog http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/ and use the Rafflecopter widget on the right of the page.

About The Secret Queen: In this third book of The Empyrical Tales, it is a year after the events of The Lost Queen. Zandria and her younger sister, Olena, seem to…

 We've all heard it: Resist the urge to explain in your stories. But is there a flip side to that? Are you leaving out too much? Check out this post and find out:

 Fine Line Between Insulting and Bewildering Readers

Click below to read the inside scoop from AgentX:

Unsolicited Advice from an Undercover Agent