BLAZIN' TOYBOX - BY TERRI DELCAMPO & BLAZE MCROB

https://books2read.com/u/bpEV8z

What kind of toys live within your children's toybox? If you haven't checked lately, this might be a good time to do so, but make sure the light is on and you're not alone. You're not afraid of toys? Read Blazin' Toybox, by Terri DelCampo and Blaze McRob, and your mind might very well be changed.

The toys in these eleven twisted and horrific tales are begging you to come and play with them. Don't keep them waiting.

Blaze McRob

Synopsis: 

Never a demonic rag-doll burn!
Mother paints child-killer's fate that turns. 

Tearful Teddy protects abused kids in a home.
Genius infant solves Rubik's Cube in this tome.

Cheating parents set up by blue-eyed stuffed cat.
Gnome and Cathy of neato surprise do chat.

Misused Vodou doll is no laughing matter.
Beware china dollies if your children you batter.

An evil-battling doll always grins.
Action figures versus Boogieman, how many to win?

Tiny soldiers and daughter must avenge vet dad.
All sorts of stories about good toys gone bad.

EBOOKS ONLY FOR BLAZING OWL PRESS

Terri DelCampo and I have decided that Blazing Owl Press will remain an eBook only Press. We were thinking of adding in print books, as well, but we decided against it. I know a lot of people will think we're wrong for going this way, that we'll be hurting ourselves with this kind of limiting factor, but our decision is based on the fact that we are green-minded. We live on a wooded lot and look outside every day and see trees, leaves, and more. We constantly talk about conservation of all kinds. It lessens our footprint on the planet.

A lot of people talk about dead tree books, and they're completely right. None of that for us. We are not demanding the industry does as we do. This is our way to give something back to the planet we live on. Climate change is already at work, and it's not for the best.

I know this is perhaps a small thing in many people's eyes. Others will say we're depriving ourselves of money. Maybe. Maybe not. We have just expanded the number of digital stores where our books are sold. We have other plans in the works. However, none of these plans call for destroying trees or polluting the ground with chemicals needed to transform the trees into paper. This is a highly technical era we live in. We aim to use the best of what science has to offer.

Thank you for reading this.

Blaze McRob 

I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK - BY MICHELLE MCNAMARA

https://www.amazon.com/Ill-Be-Gone-Dark-Obsessive/dp/0062871307/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1524784677&sr=1-2

I'll Be Gone In The Dark, by Michelle McNamara, is one fantastic non-fiction book that will grip you tightly. It is the result of painstaking work and research by the author. This is real-world horror that displays the worst that human-kind is capable of. Notice the review by Stephen King.

This great book is taking the world by storm after the capture of the purported demon responsible for so many murders and rapes. Get your copy while you can.

Blaze McRob

Introduction by Gillian Flynn
Afterword by Patton Oswalt

“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark will undoubtedly be stocked in the True Crime section, which is fine, but in so many ways it’s a brilliant genre-buster. It’s propulsive, can’t-stop-now reading, which makes it all too easy to ignore the clean and focused writing.

What readers need to know—what makes this book so special—is that it deals with two obsessions, one light and one dark. The Golden State Killer is the dark half; Michelle McNamara’s is the light half. It’s a journey into two minds, one sick and disordered, the other intelligent and determined. I loved this book.”   —Stephen King

A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer—the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California for over a decade—from Michelle McNamara, the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case.

"You’ll be silent forever, and I’ll be gone in the dark."

For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area.
Three decades later, Michelle McNamara, a true crime journalist who created the popular website TrueCrimeDiary.com, was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer." Michelle pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was.

At the time of the crimes, the Golden State Killer was between the ages of eighteen and thirty, Caucasian, and athletic—capable of vaulting tall fences. He always wore a mask. After choosing a victim—he favored suburban couples—he often entered their home when no one was there, studying family pictures, mastering the layout. He attacked while they slept, using a flashlight to awaken and blind them. Though they could not recognize him, his victims recalled his voice: a guttural whisper through clenched teeth, abrupt and threatening.

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark—the masterpiece McNamara was writing at the time of her sudden death—offers an atmospheric snapshot of a moment in American history and a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the wreckage he left behind. It is also a portrait of a woman’s obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth. Framed by an introduction by Gillian Flynn and an afterword by her husband, Patton Oswalt, the book was completed by Michelle’s lead researcher and a close colleague. Utterly original and compelling, it is destined to become a true crime classic—and may at last unmask the Golden State Killer.

CAMP NANOWRIMO WINNER

I've completed eight November NaNoWriMo's, but this is the first year I've entered the Camp NaNoWriMo. There's one in April and one in July. I managed to squeak out 73,417 words for a novel titled Wolf Whispers. This is an unusual horror/suspense tale that I hope you'll enjoy. I'll keep you posted on the publication date. Time for me to polish it up before my editor sees it. I don't want her laughing at me.

Blaze McRob  

BOOK REVIEW FOR - TEN TO MIDNIGHT - BY SUZIE LOCKHART & BRUCE LOCKHART 2ND

https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Midnight-Digital-Horror-Fiction-ebook/dp/B01IKQRSAA/#nav-subnav

I've reviewed a number of short story collections from Suzie Lockhart and Bruce Lockhart 2nd. Ten To Midnight is another gem flying at you from their fingertips. I just purchased this new short story of theirs. You will love it. My review is below.

Blaze McRob

Book description:

Ten to Midnight
By Suzie Lockhart & Bruce Lockhart 2nd

Presented by DigitalFictionPub.com

TEN TO MIDNIGHT Is A Horrific Romp through Time!, July 17, 2016
By
Robert C. Nelson

 5 out of 5 stars
Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Ten to Midnight: Digital Horror Fiction Short Story (Digital Fiction Short Story) (Kindle Edition)
Ten To Midnight, by Suzie Lockhart and Bruce Lockhart 2nd, takes you on a ride of uncertainty, one with many stops and detours, until it reaches its climax. And what a climax it is! I never knew what fate had in store for Donnie. It's not easy for a short story to tell a tale of horror like this one does, using the theater of the mind to paint a vivid picture and create a crafty plot within a shorter form. Not many authors can do this. Suzie and Bruce can. They manage to fit all the pieces together in an ingenious, delightfully wicked manner.

You can't go wrong with Ten To Midnight. Times wasting. Latch onto a great read. You'll love the ending!

CAMP NANOWRIMO

I've decided to write another novel in April this year, and what better way to do it than with Camp NaNoWriMo? I've done seven straight NaNo's in November, and it's time to start a new tradition in April. This time around, I'll be writing Wolf Whispers, a thriller/suspense novel.

Synopsis:
A man wakes to find he has no knowledge of his life. Who is he? What is he doing in this hospital bed? Why can he not remove a voice from his mind, one he recognizes, yet one he can't explain?

I've been meaning to write this for a number of years now and am finally getting around to it. I should get at least 60,000 words written for it. The completed novel will probably be longer. I can't say for sure, since I'm a seat of the pants author and what happens, happens. Most of my novels are in the 75,000 to 90,000 word range, so I believe it will be longer. Besides, I have some totally new to me elements that I'll be introducing.

That's all I'm saying for now. I'll let you know when I'm finished.

Blaze McRob 

TERRI DELCAMPO'S AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE

https://www.amazon.com/Terri-DelCampo/e/B00NDX02AY/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1495308304&sr=1-2-ent

 

There's a super Amazon Author Page in town, and it belongs to the Queen of Ooky: Terri DelCampo. Go to the link above and be transported to a scary place where horror abounds and no quarter is given. Revel within her Amazon Author Page and find 42 great novels, novellas, short story collections, and more to be perused. And visit Owl's Eye View Magazine, where her professional career began. There are links and more links. Bedevilment everywhere. Don't be caught on the outside looking in. Click https://www.amazon.com/Terri-DelCampo/e/B00NDX02AY/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1495308304&sr=1-2-ent

Be there, or be square!

Blaze McRob

A DIFFERENT KIND OF BOOK ADDITION

Most authors like increasing the number of books they have for sale. Makes total sense, does it not? Sure it does, or does it? I have eleven of my short stories and my tales within anthologies in which the rights will revert back to me. Actually, all of them already do. However, the publisher is shutting down and I have a choice to make. Do I republish them or do I do something else?

I once believed that short stories were a way to get your longer books noticed. Could be, but for a 99 cent book, you're only getting 35 cents. So what will I do? I will at some point put these stories in collections and sell them that way. I have hundreds of them. My plan is to have collections in different word counts. I will charge $2.99 and $3.99 for a lot of them. Not bad for a 20,000 to 40,000 word collection. With a decent sized free sample on Amazon, readers can still get a sampling of my writing. Also, I'll get 70% of my sale on Amazon: that's $2.10 to $2.80 for these collections

As for the bigger collections, those in the 70,000 to 90,000 word range, I'll charge $6.99 to $9.99 for them, the same as I do my novels. That will give me royalties of $4.90 to $7.00.

So, the subtraction of eleven of my works will add to more over the long run. I'll polish them up a bit and make them better. My readers will receive value. That's what I like. I hope they will enjoy what they read.

I have many stories in anthologies with other Presses than Blazing Owl Press. They will remain where they are. They have good homes there.

Quality is always better than quantity, I believe. I have many new novels coming out as well as collections, and I want my readers to enjoy all of them.

Happy reading.

Blaze McRob

FINDING SUSAN - BY KATIE METTNER

https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Susan-Katie-Mettner-ebook/dp/B0764FBZY7/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1507832093&sr=1-3&keywords=finding+susan

http://www.katiemettner.com/2017/10/finding-susan-cover-reveal-and-interview.html

Finding Susan, by Katie Mettner, came out on October 26th, 2017. I bought my copy! Yes, I know I write horror, but I read many genres and Katie is a talented author. Also, if you go to http://www.katiemettner.com/2017/10/finding-susan-cover-reveal-and-interview.html, you will be able to read an interview between Katie and the young lady who is the inspiration for this novel. She has been a friend of mine for a number of years now and is a person I really like and admire. So, I guess you see why I'm recommending this book. How could I not? Katie transfers non-fiction to fiction in a fantastic way.

 

Right now, this great romance novel is on sale for only 99 cents. 

Blaze McRob

Book description:

A real life story of deceit, acceptance, and the quest to find true love, while staying true to yourself.

The last thing Renay Skovgaard expected was to find herself a victim of a catfisher. No stranger to online dating, Renay didn’t see it coming until it was too late, and she’d already lost her heart.

Months after the catfisher had faded away, and time had healed the wound, Renay was finally able to grasp the truth behind the encounter. She was in love with the woman in the image she carried around in her back pocket, not the person behind the screen. Her hazel eyes were the same pair she’d seen since childhood, and she was ready to find the woman she knew only as, Susan Walters.

The last thing Olga Weber expected her first night at Oktoberfest was to come-to-face with the woman she couldn’t live without. Her kindness, humor, and easy going way of making her feel safe drew her to the woman like a moth to a flame. Olga knew the game she played was dangerous, because a woman like Renay could destroy the make-believe life she’s worked for years to build. After one chance meeting she could feel the walls of her closet crumbling around her, and she knew her life was about to change…forever.

Olga and Renay find themselves falling in love; one woman comfortable with her sexuality, the other uncomfortable in her own skin. A bottle of wine and a sweet, languid kiss told Olga the time had come to decide if Renay was worth fighting for, and if true love could conquer all.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO VOTED FOR US AT PREDITORS & EDITORS READERS' POLL 2017

Terri DelCampo and I are honored to have finished in the top ten in twelve different categories at Critters/Preditors & Editors Readers' Poll for 2017. We want to thank those who nominated us and all the super folks who voted for us. All your votes are much appreciated. Terri received eight Top 10 Finisher awards, and I received four. We placed as high as second, third, and fourth in some of these categories. The competition was fantastic, so placing as well as we did is certainly a great honor for both of us.

I will start off our Top Ten Finisher awards with Terri.

Mine are here.

Once again, thank all of you who supported us. To see Terri do as well as she did brought me great joy. She has worked hard for many years.

Blaze McRob

ALL SIXTEEN NOMINATIONS FOR TERRI DELCAMPO AND BLAZE MCROB AT PREDITORS & EDITORS READERS' POLL

January 14th is the last day to vote at the Preditors & Editors Readers' Poll. Terri DelCampo and Blaze McRob have been nominated for sixteen awards. Here they are, along with the voting links.

Terri's nominations:

1. Horror Short Story published in 2017

http://critters.org/predpoll/shortstoryh.shtml

2. Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Story published in 2017

http://critters.org/predpoll/shortstorysf.shtml

3. Poem published in 2017

http://critters.org/predpoll/poem.shtml

4. Book/e-book Cover Artwork published in 2017

http://critters.org/predpoll/bookart.shtml

5. Magazine/e-zine Cover Artwork published in 2017

http://critters.org/predpoll/zineart.shtml

6. Author published in 2017

http://critters.org/predpoll/author.shtml

7. Poet published in 2017

http://critters.org/predpoll/poet.shtml

8. Magazine/e-zine Editor

http://critters.org/predpoll/zineeditor.shtml

9. Books Publisher

http://critters.org/predpoll/ebookpublisher.shtml

10. Fiction e-zine

http://critters.org/predpoll/fictionzine.shtml

Blaze's nominations:

1. Short Story (All other genres) published in 2017

http://critters.org/predpoll/shortstory.shtml

2. Anthology published in 2017

http://critters.org/predpoll/antho.shtml

3. Nonfiction article published in 2017

http://critters.org/predpoll/nonfiction.shtml

4. Book Editor ( Robert Nelson is actually Blaze McRob ) 

http://critters.org/predpoll/bookeditor.shtml

5. Review site

http://critters.org/predpoll/reviewsite.shtml

6. Writers's Resource/Information/News Source

http://critters.org/predpoll/writerinfo.shtml

We understand that we have a lot of nominations here. We certainly don't expect people to vote for us in all of them, nor do we expect to win all of them. There are some categories we are close in. Others, not so much. It is feasible we could win some. That would be great, but the competition is keen. Placing in the top ten in a number of them would be great. So, we would be appreciative of any and all votes. By the end of the day tomorrow, the contest will be over. 

Thank you for your consideration.

Blaze McRob