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THE UP-SIDE OF *DOWN* IS AUTHOR EXPERIENCE!

Published on 2012-05-24 07:51:00

BeWrite Books today (May 25) releases Mark Adam Kaplan’s new novel, DOWN. And the book shows just how much an author’s personal experience really can count … even in fiction. For decades Kaplan has been working with at-risk youngsters and those whose tough childhoods scarred them and blighted their future. In the 1980s, he taught creative writing in a maximum security prison in Michigan, he was > read more

LOVE THE STUFF OR LOATH IT, LAP UP THE A-Z OF MARMITE

Published on 2012-05-16 11:11:00

Maggie Hall’s Mish-Mash Marmite: A-Z of Tar-in-a-Jar is released today (May 18) by BeWrite Books. And if you’re one of those rare folks who've never even tasted Marmite, you can win a specially minted collectors’ ‘royal’ jar in the fun BB contest below. But for the initiated, whether your mouth waters at the very thought of a Marmite treat or you hold your nose in disgust at the subject ‘matter’, > read more

IN THE HARBOR OF ILL WILL, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

Published on 2012-05-10 10:30:00

Few authors develop the rare knack of bridging a perceived gap between fact and fantasy; Phil Locascio has. In his The Harbor of Ill Will, it’s not a matter of the reader discovering where reality is suspended and its alternative state takes over; not a question of where dreams end and nightmares begin. That would be too tough a call because Locascio has used his art to expertly smooth over the > read more

THE HARROWING OF BEN HARTLEY: AUTHOR STEVE ATTRIDGE'S FAR HORIZONS

Published on 2012-05-03 08:10:00

The reader can only gasp in wonder at the talent, skill, productive energy and sheer scope of creative vision displayed by author Steve Attridge. He’s written a dozen popular TV series including smash crime drama, The Bill, hit feature films, eleven children’s novels, a scholarly historical nonfiction book published by Macmillan, has picked up two prestigious BAFTA nominations, the Gregory > read more

WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN AN AUTHOR TYPING 'THE END' AND A READER OPENING CHAPTER ONE

Published on 2012-04-26 09:35:00

No query mark after the headline because it’s a statement and what follows is intended as something of an explanation rather than as a question ... that should keep amateur proof-readers at bay. Regular visitors may have noticed how very seldom this blog is used to express the personal opinions of those on the BeWrite Books in-house team. But I hope you and my BB colleagues will forgive me if I > read more

POETRY IN PERPETUAL MOTION -- 'FRAGILE CARGO' NEW RELEASE

Published on 2012-04-12 09:31:00

By BeWrite Books Poetry Editor Sam Smith Simon Jackson’s sole-authored poetry collection, Fragile Cargo, is released today (April 13) by BeWrite Books. Europe’s one official City of Literature, Edinburgh, Scotland will probably claim some of the credit for Simon’s inspiration; but we at BeWrite know that no matter where he might hang his hat, this globe-trotting artist can’t help creating – he’s > read more

WHEN ART DOESN’T ONLY REFLECT LIFE ... BUT IS LIFE ITSELF

Published on 2012-04-05 09:20:00

Novelist, painter, illustrator, poet and musician Catherine Edmunds knows a thing or five about how art can become much more than a mere part of life. And her multiple talents and passions shine through every page of her third novel, Serpentine, released today (April 6) by BeWrite Books.. She lives by her opening quotation in the book from 19th Century German philosopher, writer and composer > read more

TATTERED BRITISH EMPIRE QUAKES AS FURIOUS WELSH ISLANDERS DECLARE UDI

Published on 2012-03-29 12:19:00

Veteran author Ian Skidmore is a staunch believer in equal opportunity … his love-hate relationships with England and Wales are of admirable egality. Blatant bias he reserves exclusively for pipsqueak bureaucracy, which in English he might describe as ‘codswallop’ but in Welsh as ‘lol’, coincidentally reflecting in lower-case internet upper-case LOL, newspeak for ‘Laugh Out Loud’. And Laugh Out > read more

WHEN THE SMILE FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER IS FAKE ... THAT'S CAMERA OBSCURA

Published on 2012-03-22 09:37:00

Rosanne Dingli’s Camera Obscura – released today, March 23, in paperback and all ebook editions by BeWrite Books – is a thriller reader’s dream, and one photographer’s nightmare. The very title sets the scene, hinting that behind what the innocent lens sees lies dark mystery, evil and death. Pages turn at shutter speed as characters snap into life in their desperate bids for discovery and truth > read more

AUTHOR PETER TOMLINSON CONNECTS THE DOTS, AND DASHES OFF INTO A NEW GENRE ... WITH THE HELP OF MORSE CODE

Published on 2012-03-15 09:27:00

BeWrite Books author Peter Tomlinson aimed to write a gritty thriller to build upon his early military experiences. But how does a writer make such a dramatic switch from a lifetime of poetry and the subtle philosophical messages of his intriguing and on-going historical fantasy series, The Petronicus Legacy? Peter found the perfect solution to the very real character shift every author must > read more

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR'S DARK CLOAK-AND-DAGGER UNDERBELLY EXPOSED BY FORMER NYPD UNDER-COVER COP

Published on 2012-03-08 07:47:00

Popular BeWrite Books author John Bray is triple-qualified to have written today’s new release, Code Name: Caleb … He is a dedicated and expert researcher into the American Civil War; as a former under-cover cop, he has long and first-hand experience of secret infiltration techniques and their deadly dangers; and now, as a full-time author, he displays the talent it takes to write up a storm!  > read more

DOGS ARE MAN'S BEST FRIEND? NOT IN VALENTINE WILLIAMS' BOOK!

Published on 2012-03-01 11:15:00

In The Marsh People – Valentine Williams’ new speculative thriller released in paperback and all ebook editions today by BeWrite Books – dogs have learned new tricks ... how to herd, kill and control mankind for their monstrous new masters. *** In a post-industrial age, the last ‘free’ humans cower in hiding from the mysterious Masters and struggle for life in merciless marshlands. The Masters > read more

MAGDALENA BALL SCORES A HAT TRICK WITH BEWRITE BOOKS

Published on 2012-02-23 10:33:00

Magdalena Ball’s third BeWrite Books work chalks up a hat trick for yet another of our outstandingly talented and productive BB authors. On the heels of her critically acclaimed Sleep Before Evening and ground-breaking Repulsion Thrust science-based poetry collection, we release internationally today – in paperback and all ebook editions – Black Cow. *** Freya and James Archer live the high life > read more

VISIONARY SF LEGEND KARL KOFOED SAYS THE FUTURE IS NOW!

Published on 2012-02-16 08:01:00

Double congratulations today to far-seeing and world-renowned Science Fiction artist and author Karl Kofoed. *The second of his ‘Jupiter’s Reef Trilogy’, The Farthest Reef – sequel to Jupiter’s Reef – is released (Friday Feb 17). *And Karl becomes the first established BeWrite Books author (with three earlier BB titles under his belt) to use to advantage our new Ebook-First policy with top > read more

NEW RELEASE FROM BEWRITE BOOKS. CEMETERY RIDGE. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR THROUGH ONE PAIR OF EYES

Published on 2012-02-09 09:57:00

There’s a special place in our hearts for novels of the American Civil War that don’t conform to the traditional and often depersonalizing fictional and factional reconstructions of that horrific conflict. Civil wars: Surely the most bitter and emotionally devastating wars of all to those who fire their muskets, jab their bayonets and unsheathe their swords and knives against their own > read more

FLIPPIN' GREAT -- NEW BEWRITE BOOKS FREE MINI-EBOOKS

Published on 2012-01-26 08:33:00

BUT BEWRITE BOOKS MINI-EBOOKS ARE FULL-SIZE! BeWrite Books’ exclusive idea of free mini-ebooks covering all its titles is proving a huge success with browsers, readers and authors ... after just four weeks of the mass launch of well over 100 on New Year’s Day. The feedback has been flippin’ amazing. And everyone’s a winner. Each of these wee productions of between thirty and seventy pages > read more

NEW SUPER-SAVER E-OMNIBUS EDITION OF 'THE PETRONICUS LEGACY' SERIES

Published on 2012-01-12 09:52:00

Everyone knows Cancerians aren’t superstitious, so Friday 13th of Jan is as an auspicious a day as any to proudly and fearlessly release our latest e-omnibus of three unabridged novels in a single download ... and at about 50% less than the ebooks’ combined individual cover prices. This new BeWrite Books e-omnibus covers the first trio of books in Peter Tomlinson’s acclaimed Petronicus Legacy > read more

LAZY LITERARY LUNCHES OFF THE MENU AT BEWRITE BOOKS

Published on 2012-01-05 11:00:00

The festivities are over and hangovers are hung-up until next time. And since the sparkling new BeWrite Books website went live this week, it’s been All Systems GO! Our revolutionary Ebook-First with ready-to-go for-print files policy is already proving more popular than we’d ever expected, and our new free mini-ebooks for each BB title are doing the job we’d hoped for, thanks to our energetic, > read more

A BRAVE NEW YEAR WITH BEWRITE BOOKS

Published on 2011-12-29 10:43:00

As of January 1, 2012, BeWrite Books is an ‘Ebook-First’ publisher ... lavishing the same precision, experienced and talented editorial, design and technical care on its digital editions as it has on its print books since the turn of our new millennium. In a nut shell, print is now a by-product of our ebook editions rather than vice-versa. This innovative shift of emphasis is not made lightly. > read more

HERE'S TO YOUR B-B-BEST YEAR EVER

Published on 2011-12-21 11:07:00

BeWrite Books’ team, authors and readers are of all ages, colours, nationalities and creeds. But, unlike the ‘outside’ world, we get along like one big, happy clan. Maybe it’s our shared passion for books and the fascinatingly different characters populating them, the places and eras we're transported to, the previously unexplored possibilities and visions, that promotes such understanding and > read more

HAVE YOURSELF A SCARY LITTLE CHRISTMAS

Published on 2011-12-01 09:19:00

Author Alan Lewis is wrapping the parcels and preparing a traditional merry Christmas for his children. But he has an altogether different Santa story to tell the rest of us … and it doesn’t ring with jingling sleigh bells and cheerful ho-ho-hos. BeWrite Books today (December 2) releases – in paperback and all ebook formats – Alan’s debut novel, The Blood in Snowflake Garden; the garden is the > read more

SEXY JOYCE McKINNEY IS MORE FUN BETWEEN THE COVERS THAN ON THE SCREEN

Published on 2011-11-24 09:47:00

Oscar-winning documentary maker Errol Morris’ latest movie, Tabloid, is now becoming a box-office-buster at cinemas around the US. It’ll be on general release in the UK sometime next year and then aired on BBC TV later. The rest of the world will have to wait. But what’s the big deal? Morris’ film about a former beauty queen who turned sex-slave-driver barely scratches the surface of the > read more

THE LAST SLIP-UP AS RONNIE BIGGS HOODWINKS THE WORLD BLAGGART BIGGS: THE GREAT BRAIN ROBBER

Published on 2011-11-18 11:31:00

Biggs Performs for the Press Circus on Thursday The international press circus performed for world famous gangster Ronnie Biggs’ last stand on Thursday. Well, not so much a ‘stand’ because the grubby thief and cynical conman, still with an ego the size of a hot-air balloon, is now eighty-two, slumped in a wheelchair and can communicate only by poking a shaky forefinger at an alphabet board to > read more

WHO OR WHAT IS 'THE CONFIDENTIAL'?

Published on 2011-07-01 04:24:00

THE CONFIDENTIAL IS AN EXCLUSIVE NEW JOHN BRAY POLICE PROCEDURAL THRILLER RELEASED TODAY BY BEWRITE BOOKS IN PAPERBACK AND ALL EBOOK FORMATS Dante Falconieri lives in the murky shadows, assigned the dirtiest undercover job of all … trapping fellow > read more

MANACLED MORMON UNSHACKLED AS HOLLYWOOD FUMBLES WITH THE PADLOCKS

Published on 2011-06-23 11:36:00

JOYCE McKINNEY AND THE CASE OF THE MANACLED MORMON Academy Award-winning movie maker Errol Morris has premiered his latest super-production, Tabloid, in Toronto and London. And – as a star attraction – it will be featured at the world-famous Sund > read more

THE SOUTHERN VERY CROSS AND THE BROKEN RULES OF CRICKET

Published on 2011-06-17 15:10:00

Upside-down? What do you mean the world’s upside-down in the graphic here? From a cosmic point of view, there’s absolutely no reason why the earth’s poles shouldn’t be reversed this way to give what we call ‘the southern hemisphere’ a fai > read more

BIRTH, GRAVE ... AND THE LIFE BETWEEN

Published on 2011-06-09 11:07:00

A CHILD, A DEATH AND THE MAKING OF THE FAIRY TALE WOMAN BeWrite Books proudly releases today the latest in its ever-growing collection of exclusive sole-authored anthologies from some of the finest poets of our day … Carolyn Oulton’s A Child, a D > read more

POETRY IN MOTION. BUT ...

Published on 2011-06-02 12:28:00

SOME POETS SEE NEITHER RHYME NOR REASON IN THE DIGITAL AGE A Poet Struggles with New Technology Poets often passionately resist ebook presentation of their work, thereby largely limiting its exposure to print copies signed and sold at readings and > read more

UP, UP ... AND GIVEAWAY!

Published on 2011-05-27 07:32:00

BB FREEBIES TO MARK AN HISTORIC OCCASION A trophy presented to Iron Foot Jock by HRH  Queen Victoria after his historic flight in May 1836 As you all no doubt know, next week sees the 175th anniversary of the first solo crossing of the Irish Sea > read more

INTRODUCING 'CAPTAIN' IAN MORRISON ... AKA DEUS EX MACHINA

Published on 2011-05-13 14:45:00

One thing we cannot tolerate in a prospective BB author’s manuscript is Deus ex Machina – that magical intrusion on a hopelessly inept plot when the day is miraculously saved by unlikely divine intervention on the desperate hero’s side, like a > read more

EBOOKS ... ELECTRIC SHOCK, HORROR?

Published on 2011-05-06 04:12:00

Re-printed by kind permission of Revel Barker of Revel Barker Publishing and the Gentlemen Ranters website – ‘The Last Pub in the Street’. Fleet Street, that is. The website is where we old news hounds bay at the Moon and Stars and gather each > read more

WEDDING BELLS COVER UP RIGHT ROYAL CLANGERS?

Published on 2011-04-28 07:22:00

The latest royal wedding – set to be watched by a TV audience of billions – is staged on this of all days to draw attention from release of the first ever ebook editions of Anthony Delano’s Slip-Up ... the embarrassing story of the biggest boo- > read more

YOU DOWNLOADED YOUR BEWRITE BOOKS TOOLBAR ... NOW WHAT?

Published on 2011-04-22 09:06:00

If you've not yet downloaded the new BeWrite Books toolbar to your browser, just click on the link in the right margin of this blog or in the right margin of the bookstore section of www.bewrite.net.  So what use is it? Lots ... From that neat litt > read more

SHINY NEW TOOL IN THE BB AUTHOR'S TOOLBOX

Published on 2011-04-15 08:49:00

Here’s a neat wee promotional initiative Tony has implemented that will do all BeWrite Books’ authors and their readers and reviewers a barrow-load of good. And it takes only a few seconds to put into effective and to powerful use. If you go to t > read more

HEARTACHES, HEADACHES, BACKACHES AND ... 'GOBSMACKED'?

Published on 2011-04-08 07:26:00

ATTENTION, FOLKS: Length and ramble warning!!!Save for a coffee break -- if you dare. But this may just interest BB contributors.The past eighteen months' period has seen a series of heartaches, backaches and headaches for the wee team at BeWrite Boo > read more

ST LUKE? LOOK AGAIN!

Published on 2011-03-28 20:42:00

What a thought-provoking and admirably researched whirlwind of a mystery thriller is today’s new release from Rosanne Dingli ... According to Luke. It’s a story based on a religious puzzle for the INTELLIGENT reader intrigued by little-known hist > read more

YOGI BB-BEAR ... SMARTER THAN YOUR AVERAGE!

Published on 2011-03-18 10:43:00

My grizzly guru, Yogi Bear, once told his wee pal Boo Boo (I was eveasdropping):  "You can't fail if you never stop trying." I'll tell you why he's so spot-on right a little later on in this piece and you'll understand why this line came t > read more

THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS ... IT'S OVER -- LET IT GO!

Published on 2011-03-13 15:53:00

THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS .... And oh what a week that was .... Remember the Millicent Martin 60s TV show intro song? Tony and I have had a frantic seven days over the Read an Ebook Week (RAEBW) ... it’s over, let it go. Enough for one year, alrea > read more

READ AN EBOOK WEEK COMETH -- BOOKS DON'T NEED LEAVES, LIBRARIES DON'T NEED BRACHES -------- SAVE A TREE WITH BB

Published on 2011-02-22 14:33:00

HELP SAVE TENS OF MILLION TREES FROM THE PULP MILLSBETWEEN MARCH 6 & 12IT'S READ AN EBOOK WEEK!BeWrite Books has enthusiastically participated in Read an Ebook Week (RAEBW) since the new green-letter day appeared on the calendar in 2004. Last yea > read more

TURN OVER A NEW LEAF -- AND SAVE A TREE

Published on 2011-02-20 08:57:00

HELP SAVE TENS OF MILLION TREES FROM THE PULP MILLS BETWEEN MARCH 6 & 12IT'S READ AN EBOOK WEEK!BeWrite Books has enthusiastically participated in Read an Ebook Week since the new green-letter day appeared on the calendar in 2004. Last year, we g > read more

IN TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO REFUSE TO BE DOWN UNDER

Published on 2011-02-15 06:08:00

Today, we're breaking BeWrite Books blog's tradition to stray from the usual subject of books and publishing ... just a tad.Many of our authors are Australian by birth or by adoption. Many personal friends and ever-close family members live there (my > read more

HACK-LIT: A BRAND NEW LITERARY GENRE ... WITH WHISKERS ON IT!

Published on 2011-02-03 08:16:00

FORGIVE US OUR PRESS PASSES BeWrite Books today breaks new digital ground in its exclusive teaming with an innovative print publisher who's launched an exciting new genre ... HACK-LIT. Hack-lit is books by hugely experienced and immensely talented ol > read more

BOOK THAT EXPOSED A DEADLY SECRET IN THE WORLD'S SCHOOL YARDS

Published on 2011-01-20 05:24:00

The second edition of my Bullycide Death at Playtime is released today in paperback and all ebook formats by BeWrite Books (the first time I have published my own work through BB – and yep, it did go through the formal and rigorous submissions proc > read more

WARTIME VETRANS VERA AND EDDY ENTER THE DIGITAL AGE

Published on 2011-01-16 09:47:00

Author Sam Smith's paperback, Vera and Eddy's War, went digital today. The original was the only title BeWrite Books had ever released in print-only format because of an electronics rights hitch, but demand for ebook editions has been too great to de > read more

SO MUCH FOR SO LITTLE by SAM SMITH

Published on 2011-01-07 07:24:00

I don’t know how many of BeWrite Books’s authors are members of the UK-based Society of Authors but it could be well worthwhile joining if you aren’t. Although the annual fee is steep –  currently £90.00 – membership includes associate me > read more

THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS ....

Published on 2010-12-31 11:56:00

“That was the year that was. It’s over, let it go,” to parody the old Millicent Martin TV intro ... though she did express it exactly that way in kissing goodbye to 1963. Gosh ... am I really so long-in-the-tooth now that I can remember every w > read more

BULLYCIDE: DEATH AT PLAYTIME

Published on 2010-12-18 05:28:00

My book, Bullycide: Death at Playtime, in which I identified the lethal syndrome of bully-associated child suicide, named it 'bullycide' and exposed it for the first time, is to be re-released in January 2011 in paperback and ebook by BeWrite Books. > read more

THE DEATH OF READING by STEVE ATTRIDGE

Published on 2010-12-06 06:05:00

This fascinating article is contributed by BeWrite Books author Steve Attridge, a well-known, TV, theatre and cinema scriptwriter in the UK. His debut novel is 'Bottom of the List'. See our bookstore by clicking on the open book icon at the top right > read more

SHAKESPEARE'S WILL ... OR WONT

Published on 2010-11-25 07:06:00

In true bardic style, even Meredith Whitford’s title to her new novel, Shakespeare’s Will, is a pun. The book, released today by BeWrite Books, has little to do with Shakespeare’s last will and testament and everything to do witth his wanton wi > read more

WRITER BEWARE by VICTORIA STRAUSS

Published on 2010-11-23 11:18:00

Victoria Strauss is the author’s friend. A very best friend. A through-and-through industry pro, who pulls no punches and isn’t afraid to take risks, her long-running Writer Beware blog has, time and again, fingered the wolves and saved countles > read more

IF YOU READ ONLY ONE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR NOVEL, IT MUST BE THE BALLAD OF JOHNNY MADIGAN

Published on 2010-11-15 14:28:00

Head held high, I’ll admit that I devour every word and line I set my eyes on that touch on the 19th Century American War Between the States: What has become known as THE Civil War. But if you are to read only one novel based on this world-changing > read more