Now I See You by Shannon Work (giveaway)

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Nina Soden

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Shannon Work grew up in Del Rio, a border town in the dusty wilds of West Texas. When she graduated from high school, she moved east to College Station and graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and a master’s degree in Land Economics and Real Estate.

Most of her working life has been spent developing real estate, earning a national Best in America Living Award for one of her developments. After two failed starts at writing a novel while raising three kids and working, she retired to pursue her dream of writing mystery novels full time.

Shannon and her husband are recent empty nesters and split their time between Houston, Texas and Telluride, Colorado. Always with their laptops and dogs in tow.

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Now I See You (Mountain Resort Mystery Series Book 1) by Shannon Work ~ Genre: Mystery

Two murders. A terrified mountain resort. Can a daring reporter help stop an avalanche of dead bodies?

Celebrity TV anchor Georgia Glass wants out of Denver and far away from her obsessed fan. Set to host her own investigative crime show in LA, she’s surprised to inherit a Victorian house in Aspen from a mysterious uncle she never knew. But while exploring the gothic property, she discovers the frozen corpse of a missing heiress.

Georgia’s journalist instincts kick in and she is determined to help police track down the killer. But by investigating the murder, has she made herself the killer’s next target?

Can Georgia help solve the case before she becomes the next victim? Or will the stalker that followed her to Aspen get her first?

Now I See You is a fast-paced whodunit set amidst the spectacular scenery of Aspen, Colorado, and the first book in the suspenseful Mountain Resort Mystery series.

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The Enduring Appeal of Agatha Christie

(And one author’s obsession)

Agatha Christie once said, “People should be interested in books, not their authors.” But interest in both Agatha Christie and her books has now endured for a century.

Christie published her first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1920. What followed were 65 additional mystery novels, 14 collections of short stories, and one hundred years of the world’s fascination with the author.

Christie has sold more than 2 billion books worldwide, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. There are Facebook groups, blogs, even an iPhone app dedicated to the author and her books.

I read my first Agatha Christie novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, decades ago and was instantly hooked. After all these years, I’m still reading (and re-reading) her books. Every summer I read one I haven’t read before and re-read one of my favorites. This summer I re-read Death on the Nile in anticipation of the new film adaptation scheduled to be released in December.

Christie and her works have influence many of the best contemporary mystery writers. Authors such as Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley readily acknowledge Christie’s influence in their own writing. And with an endless number of mystery novels written since Christie’s career, her novels firmly remain classics of the genre.

When I decided to write my own mystery story, I picked out several of my favorite Christie novels, re-read and studied them. Her stories always include twists, turns and jaw-dropping conclusions. But they also delve into common human behaviors—fear, jealousy, revenge and greed.

Fast-paced and deceptively easy to read, her novels are sometime dismissed by critics as simple, her prose criticized as flat. But I agree with Nathaniel Hawthorne who famously quipped, “Easy reading is damned hard writing.”

How can anyone read and not thoroughly enjoy an Agatha Christie novel? It’s a mystery to me.

I am excited to be one of many tour hosts to share information about Now I See You by Shannon Work.

#Theredheadedauthor Presents the November 2020 New York Times TOP 10 Best Sellers – FICTION

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Nina Soden

As an avid reader of fiction (and an author who one day hopes to make the list) I LOVE-LOVE-LOVE checking out the New York Times Best Seller list. So, here it is… The independently ranked top 10 Fiction selections for November 2020!

If you’ve read any of the TOP 10 selections and recommend them, please comment below and let me know. If you see something you like and plan to pick up a copy, you can do so by clicking on the cover image, the title or the [BUY IT HERE] button.

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#1 A Time For Mercy

by John Grisham

The third book in the Jake Brigance series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a deputy in Clanton, Miss., in 1990.

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#2 The Return

by Nicholas Sparks

A doctor serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life.

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#3 The Searcher

by Tana French

After a divorce, a former Chicago police officer resettles in an Irish village where a boy goes missing.

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#4 The Evening and The Morning

by Ken Follett

In a prequel to “The Pillars of the Earth,” a boatbuilder, a Norman noblewoman and a monk live in England under attack by the Welsh and the Vikings.

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#5 Anxious People

by Fredrik Backman

A failed bank robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment open house.

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#6 The Invisible Life of Addie Larue

by V.E. Schwab

A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.

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#7 Mexican Gothic

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

In 1950s Mexico, a debutante travels to a distant mansion where family secrets of a faded mining empire have been kept hidden.

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#8 Troubles in Paradise

by Elin Hilderbrand

The final installment of the trilogy that includes “Winter in Paradise” and “What Happens in Paradise.”

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#9 The Book of Two Ways

by Jodi Picoult

After surviving a plane crash, a death doula travels to Egypt to reconnect with an old flame who is an archaeologist.

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#10 The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett

The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine.

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Virtual Poetry Reading – Episode 22

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Nina Soden

Virtual Poetry Reading – Episode 22
A #TheRedheadedAuthor Production

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Tribute by John Miller (Read by John Miller)

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Wayne Miller ~ Author Interview

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Nina Soden

We have a very special guest today, Wayne Miller is the author of The Confessions of Saint Christopher: Werewolf!

WAYNE MILLER, aka The Evil Cheezman, is the owner and chief creative director of EVIL CHEEZ PRODUCTIONS, specializing in providing the finest in entertainment for the stage, the page, and the screen. Miller has written, directed, and produced over a dozen independent stage plays and overseen numerous haunted attractions. He writes weekly content for the websites VAMPIRES.COM, WEREWOLVES.COM, ZOMBIES.ORG, TOPCOMICS.COM, and DARKNESS.COM and has been a featured film reviewer for Legless Corpse Films. A storyteller since before he learned the alphabet–he drew picture books–Miller is a devotee of Edward D. Wood, Jr. (“One is always considered mad when one perfects something that others cannot grasp.”) and William Castle. Think P.T. Barnum meets Edgar Allan Poe. That’s him.

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Millions of Christians the world over pray to him every day. Few of those, however, know the true history of the patron saint of travelers. Few know that he was, in fact, a Werewolf. Now at last the story will be told.

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C. L. Schneider ~ Author Interview

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Nina Soden

We have a very special guest today, C.L. Schneider is the multi-award-winning author of the urban fantasy series, Nite Fire.

Born in a small Kansas town on the Missouri river, Cindy Schneider grew up in a house of avid readers and overflowing bookshelves. Her first full-length novel took shape while she was still in high school, on a typewriter in her parent’s living room. While her main focus is adult epic and urban fantasy, she also pens the occasional thriller or post-apocalyptic story.

Though she has been writing all of her life, Magic-Price (the first installment in The Crown of Stones Trilogy) was her first published novel. With the completion of The Crown of Stones Trilogy, she is embarking on a new path with her multi-award-winning urban fantasy series, Nite Fire.

Check out a few of Cindy’s books below!

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Virtual Poetry Reading – Episode 21

Posted on October 21, 2020 by Nina Soden

Virtual Poetry Reading – Episode 21
A #TheRedheadedAuthor Production

INCLUDED IN THIS EPISODE:

The Last Leaf by Lilly Brown (Read by Nora Nixon)
Talisman by Chuck Puckett (Read by Chuck Puckett)
Stained Enlightenment by Chuck Puckett (Read by Chuck Puckett)
The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Read by John Miller)

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Virtual Poetry Reading – Episode 20

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Nina Soden

Virtual Poetry Reading – Episode 20
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Ulalume by Edgar Allan Poe (Read by John Miller)
Henry the 5th, Crispian Day Speech by William Shakespeare (Read by John Miller)
Prospero's Farewell from The Tempest by William Shakespeare (Read by John Miller)
The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson (Read by John Miller)

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Carissa Andrews ~ Author Interview

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Nina Soden

We have a very special guest today, Carissa Andrews is an internationally bestselling author and she is here today to talk about her newest series, The Windhaven Witches.

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Carissa Andrews is an internationally bestselling author from central Minnesota who writes a combination of science fiction and urban fantasy. Her plans for this year include launching the YA/NA paranormal/supernatural thriller series: The Windhaven Witches in the fall of 2020. She keeps sane by chilling with her husband and five kids, playing with art in its various forms, and seeking out life’s mysteries. You can learn more about Carissa and her books by visiting her website:

www.carrissaandrews.com.

Kristen Collins ~ Author Interview

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Nina Soden

We have a very special guest today, Kristen Collins is the author of Monsters Under the Bed!

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Author Kristen Collins is a Native Texan. She is a part-time working mother/housewife, as well as a Lupus Warrior.

Thanks to the encouragement of her friends and family, she found a passion in writing paranormal romance books.

She likes to explore new types of characters such as Sandmen and Boogeymen.

Angels are also a part of her obsession; she will sit on the computer doing extensive research on both Sandmen and Angels trying to get her facts straight when writing.

She also creates Art Journals that can be cross generational from thirteen to sixty years younger. Her goal with the art journals is to reach people who need a little extra feel good in their lives.

When the Queen of the Sandmen, Ana, decrees that she will give teddy bears magic through the power of their golden Sandman dust and life is sustained through the belief of a child, the only purpose is to protect the children from nightmares, or rather the monsters under the bed. The Boogeymen who were defeated long ago are gone but their creatures did not die off with their masters.

The balance of good and evil has to be maintained.A supernatural orphan, Sharon, and her faithful pitbull dog, Lieutenant Twinkleton, catch the attention of Queen Ana when she goes to fulfill her part of the decree. Unsure of the little orphan child’s abilities, she gives special orders to the little girl’s only toy: a teddy bear named Sir Snugglestiltskin.Unknown to Queen Ana, there’s more to Sharon than what her eyes can see and these creatures are hungry to get their hands on the little girl.

Stacy Kingsley ~ Author Interview

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Nina Soden

We have a very special guest today, Stacy Kingsley author of the zombie series DO ZOMBIES WIN.

Check out the Do Zombies Win? series below!

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As an avid reader of fiction (and an author who one day hopes to make the list) I LOVE-LOVE-LOVE checking out the New York Times Best Seller list. So, here it is… The independently ranked top 10 Fiction selections for November 2020!

If you’ve read any of the TOP 10 selections and recommend them, please comment below and let me know. If you see something you like and plan to pick up a copy, you can do so by clicking on the cover image, the title or the [BUY IT HERE] button.

#1 A Time For Mercy

#2 The Return

#3 The Searcher

#4 The Evening and The Morning

#5 Anxious People

#6 The Invisible Life of Addie Larue

#7 Mexican Gothic

#8 Troubles in Paradise

#9 The Book of Two Ways

#10 The Vanishing Half

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