Tag Archives: fiction

An Opportunity Someone’s Going to Love

I’ve written some fictional suspenseful crime drama stories and I seek volunteer Beta Readers to experience and provide feedback to me about them.  It’s an opportunity to be among the first to see some my edited stories in draft form. … Continue reading

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An Author and His Work

James “Jay” J. Cudney is a young author that a fellow blogger recently introduced me to. His first book Watching Glass Shatter was released last year and appears to be doing extraordinarily well. Jay also seems to be making all … Continue reading

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Cover Reveal: It Was Her Eyes

Here is the front cover of my soon-to-be-released first novella, It Was Her Eyes. Joleene Naylor created it, and the eyes in the image are courtesy of Can Stock Photo & StephanieZieber. With Love, Russ  

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Dream Meld

It’s happened. Dreams of real life and imagined life via one of my fiction stories joined together into a mind-tripping dream meld last night. I believe I accidentally set myself up for it when I added a brief dream sequence … Continue reading

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Free at Last (for the Next 2.5 Months)

I love nearly everything about investing and my wealth management business. A big exception to that is when it comes to quarterly letter time. I typically send report letters to my Clients during the first two weeks of each new … Continue reading

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Two Down

I finished and sent to my editor drafts of my two new hopefully humorous and heartwarming book projects, “Stop Peeing in the Kitty Litter” (about Parenting) and “Who Would Do Something Silly Like That?” (about Marriage.) It’s nice to have … Continue reading

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Four Book Project Updates

I just finished writing the text for a book titled, Stop Peeing in the Kitty Litter! It’s a humorous and heartwarming non-fiction piece that gives readers useful information for dealing with children from toddler-age through late teens. It will also be a … Continue reading

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An Excerpt From My Latest Book

I thought you might enjoy reading an excerpt from my latest fiction writing project for grownups. The story is titled It Was Her Eyes. It is un-edited and likely will go through multiple more revisions, but several of you have said … Continue reading

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Another Journey Into the Unknown

I have just cast off on another journey into the unknown down the Creative River. I have no idea how long this journey may be, where I’ll end up, or even if I’ll be able to complete it, but the … Continue reading

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A Way to Get My Book Touched for Free

ReadingDeals The link will take you to a site where for a limited time you can get the eBook version of my book Touched for free. It’s full of stories of contemporary and speculative fiction. With Love, Russ     … Continue reading

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