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Any other small-town girls here? I'm one, and I love a good thriller set in a small town. This is one to snag and read on a dark winter night! Here is a brief synopsis of Desecrate the Darkness: A Vigilante Romantic Crime Thriller (Small Town Secrets Book 1) by A.K. Hughey : Lucia is just a small-town girl who is slowly working her way toward a better life when her ex-boyfriend's car comes crashing through the front of the gas station where she works. Although the cops believe he committed suicide and tried to kill her, the mysterious emails he sent before he died tell another, darker story. Learn more about A.K.'s work by visiting her Facebook page and checking out her author bio on Amazon!
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#BookBlast #ShoutOut #ThrillerNovel Looking for a haunting thriller to ring in the new year? Check out Alathia Paris Morgan's Aquarius: Murders of the Zodiac! From December 27 to January 3, you can get it on sale from $0.99-$3.99. Check out the summary: Leslie’s first case threatens to end her career, but she’s got a plan. There something else motivating him to commit murders and the reporters are starting to call him the ‘Aquarius Killer’. Why? Unsure of her new skills as detective Leslie teams up with Ryan, making what should be a dynamic duo, yet this madman is one step ahead of them at every turn. Can a psychic’s cryptic warning save the day before he strikes again? Read this thrilling psychological murder series from the beginning to catch up on all of the spine-tingling clues in the Murders of the Zodiacs series. readerlinks.com/l/425908 Alathia's Bio: Alathia's passion for finding justice for victims came from working with several organizations that help those in need. Gaining knowledge from a police ride-along and her criminal justice class while in school, it brings an authentic flavor to her characters in her Psychological Thrillers and Suspense Novels. When she isn't trying to figure out way to save her characters from serial killers, she enjoys watching t.v. shows and reading from her TBR list. Yesterday, I attended a Yule celebration with a group of friends, a few of whom I've known for a while and a couple I was just meeting in person for the first time.
We shared a hearty meal, talked, and watched as three rambunctious little boys (two of whom are mine) ran amok. One topic of conversation - and something that I think will stay with me for the rest of my life - was how women communicate in order to build community. We place heavy emphasis on words to create actions. Several of us in attendance are writers. All of us, I think, are creative. And the men who were there with us (one who was there in spirit, as he had a gig to play) were just as creative and supported us gals as we yammered away. I also looked at how the boys were playing together. Even though they couldn't verbally communicate in ways we adults understand, the three of them were playing and building their world. Words are more than just things that get spoken or written down. They are living in their own right, deep within us, inherent. Even infants and toddlers have worlds they build through communication. And they become immersed in language more and more the older they get. But how do we translate the thoughts and feelings that stir within us into words? How do we get others to understand them? I know that I can articulate some of my feelings and have them be understood by certain people, and most of those people happen to be my female friends. But, to other people, I just come off as an awkward mess. These things have to come out though, so I talk or write. Even my fictional worlds are expressions of something within me. In my WIP (work-in-progress), my female protagonist, Jo, is dictating what I'm writing. I'm opening the doors to my mind and letting her come out. She's fiercer than I am, but she is insecure in some of the same ways. Her world inside of Girl in the Red Parka is my world, too, because I am building it for the both of us. I have been struggling with how I want her story to end. But, I think the truth is, her story has no end. Yes, it will have a conclusion in the book, but that's not the end of Jo's existence because I have already communicated her into the tangible world. Jo has always been there... Silent all these years, to borrow from Tori Amos. My point, I guess, is that we (especially women) will always create the world around us because we need to communicate the world within us. |
Jen
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