Please welcome my Wednesday
guest, Richard Brawer. Richard writes mystery, suspense and historical
fiction novels. When not writing, he spends his time exploring local history.
He has two married daughters and lives in New Jersey with his wife.
Now I had a book, but what do I do with it? Being a complete novice,
I did the usual things most new writers do. I sent out query letters to agents
and received a stack of rejections. Lamenting my woes to a friend, he told me
about a local independent publisher in the town next to mine. Excited, I
dropped in cold to their office. Two weeks later they said they wanted to
publish my book. Wow!
When I saw the finished
product, the “Wow” factor fell into the depression factor. The cover was not
well done and leafing through the book I saw a number of typos. The publisher
had never discussed the cover with me nor did they give me a proof of the
formatted book. At the time I didn’t know enough to ask for them. As far as I
knew, I thought the publisher would do the editing as well as create a proper
cover. Needless to say, I did not send this book out for reviews nor did I push
to sell it. It was an embarrassment.
The moral: Make sure you are pro-active in every phase of
your book’s production from editing, to layout and design of the cover.
The Nurse Wore Black
has been rewritten and re-titled, Secrets
Can Be Deadly, and is now the first story in my trilogy, Murder at the Jersey Shore, featuring
detective David Nance. The three-book volume is available on Amazon. See the
link below.
His latest book is Love’s Sweet Sorrow, a romantic suspense
novel. Love
and faith are tested when Jason and Ariel are caught in a battle to expose
smugglers selling weapons to terrorists.
Blurb for Love’s Sweet
Sorrow:
It is said opposites attract.
There can’t be two people more opposite than Ariel and Jason. Ariel is a
traditional Quaker with an absolute aversion to war. Jason is the lead council
for America's largest weapons manufacturer.
Their budding romance is thrown
into turmoil when Jason uncovers evidence linking his employer to international
arms deals that could devastate America. His determination to stop the treason
puts Ariel in the middle of dangerous territory.
As the chases to retrieve the evidence intensify Ariel is forced
to kill to save Jason’s life. She withdraws into a battle raging inside her,
unable to reconcile who she has been to who she has become. Delving deeply into
hers and Jason’s long-held opposing convictions,
she questions whether they are truly meant to be together.
“Exciting thriller and
love story extraordinaire!” Mortimer
“Excellent writing, impeccable
plotting, and nicely developed characters. Shoshana Hathaway
“Your writing is very strong, and
you have developed a gripping story.” The Writer’s Edge
“The characters and the plot were
both extremely well-crafted.” S. Lynn
Read the full reviews at Richard’s website: http://www.silklegacy.com or
the Amazon page for this book.
Love’s Sweet Sorrow is available in a trade paperback and
e-book wherever books are sold.
E-book: $2.99
Trade Paperback: $11.99
A couple of the more popular links:
B & N:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1119960392?ean=2940149824779
Also can be ordered from any bookstore by title or ISBN:
978-0-9890632-7-2
Links to Murder at the
Jersey Shore and his social networks:
Murder at the Jersey Shore link: http://www.amazon.com/Murder-at-Jersey-Shore-ebook/dp/B004M5HI86/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1317582787&sr=1-1-spell
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