Sheila's Guests and Reviews

To celebrate the launch of Michele Gorman’s Valentine’s week short story, Weightless, on February 11th, the publishers are offering the book for free in any eBook format to Smashwords readers. It's a short, fun, intelligent romantic comedy, so read on to find your coupon at the end of this post! My Review of Weightless: Told in a convincing professional young-adult voice, Michele Gorman’s Weightless brings two former high-schoolers together, reigniting a once imaginary romance with all its enticing dreams and possibilities. Unfortunately, Jack has mistaken dietician Annabel for the gorgeous nemesis of her miserable teens, and Annabel goes along with the mistake, not wanting to remind him of the spotty overweight girl she used to be. Can true romance be built on lies such as this? Weightless combines the story of Annabel’s mistaken identity with another teenager’s desperate search for individuality. Wise lessons in self-esteem are offered through natural conversation ...

Bestselling in free kindle Christian reference Old Testament books, Genesis People made it to #1 again today! (And it's still free until the 14th.) That number one status and the magic word, bestseller, both sound really good to me, though my husband, ever practical, has his doubts about putting sales and free together in the same sentence. Is it cheating if it's true? To be honest, being #9 in free kindle Christian reference seems pretty impressive too. It may even mean more to my mathematical mind, since it's a larger category, but number nine's less marketable. And there's the rub. I want to do my best, in writing and in marketing, but the writing's more fun--it's a challenge I know I can meet; it's measurable--I know when the edits are done; and it's honest--I do my honest best. Meanwhile the marketing all too often feels like massaging statistics. (I never did like stats!) So... Genesis People is number one. It's a bestseller. ...

I never thought I'd sit here refreshing an Amazon page, but seeing my book climb from #5 to #4 has got me clicking that refresh button way too often. (What about coffee? What about lunch? What about plans for Boxing Day afternoon? say the family...) Still, it's kind of cool, and I'm definitely dreaming of #1 whether or not I make it--can you help? Genesis People , book one of the Five-Minute Bible Story Series, is free on kindle from today till December 30th, and it's #4 in Old Testament Studies, #15 in childrens fiction > Christian on Amazon as I type! How cool is that? Try it free! Load that kindle you found under the Christmas tree! Arghghgh--I'm turning into a marketer! Meanwhile there's another great book from the same publisher on the same free kindle deal--romantic suspense set in Appalachia and the world, spanning poverty and riches, love and betrayal, hope and recovery. Two books for the (free) price of one, both on kindle. Please download Gene...

Divide by Zero's free today and tomorrow on Amazon Kindle: Just go to http://www.amazon.com/Divide-by-Zero-ebook/dp/B0090NFH56/ and download it to your kindle, free! Wa nt to know more? See below for spotli ghts, excerpts , interviews and more.   DIVIDE BY ZERO BLOG TOUR: Spotlights and news: October 25th: Summit Book Reviews: http://summitbookreviews.blogspot.com/2012/10/divide-by-zero-by-sheila-deeth.html October 18 th : Hot off the Espresso Machine: http://sheiladeeth.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-super-duper-magic-espresso-machine.html October 17 th : Powells said Yes http://sheiladeeth.blogspot.com/2012/10/powells-said-yes.html October 2nd: A novel of contemporary small-town life   dealing with family relationships, love, redemption and the haunting effects of childhood trauma and abuse.  http://afstewartpromotion.blogspot.ca/2012/10/book-spotlight-divide-by-zero.html  Excerpts: October 10th: Excerpt from the beginning of Divide by Z...

Divide by Zero's blog tour is visiting Andi's Realm today with a post on friends, e-friends and acquaintances. In a world just before the internet, neighbors made friends made community. But what's your community now? Go to http://andisrealm.blogspot.com/2012/09/guest-author-sheila-deeth.html and see what you think. If Divide by Zero reverses the village-to-raise-a-child dynamic, Donovan Galway's Indian Nation might equally reverse the European invasion of the Americas. My publisher, Stonegarden.net, is offering it free on kindle today (Sunday). So head on over to http://www.amazon.com/Indian-Nation-ebook/dp/B0061FZNMI/ and download your copy. I know I shall. Of course, finding time to read it might be a problem as I go through my book review list, but I'll get there one day. Meanwhile, here are some reviews from my recent reading... Oddly enough, I read three court room dramas this week, so grab yourself a coffee and I'll start with them. First is Jer...

Author Jody Gehman's visiting my blog a month from today and talking about the curious magic of daring to dream. Meanwhile I'm reading her YA novel, Audrey's Guide to Witchcraft. And you can too. It's free from Smashwords in celebration of the dark of the moon, so just go to https://www.smashwords.com/ books/view/177500 and get your free ecopy. Here's a blurb to entice you: Enjoy! Falling in Love, baking a magical cake, fighting an evil necromancer—it’s all in a day’s work for Audrey Oliver, seventeen-year-old witch-in-training. When her mother goes missing and her twenty-one-year-old witchy cousin shows up out of the blue, Audrey knows something’s gone horribly, dangerously wrong. Now it’s up to her to get her own magical powers up to speed before everyone she loves is destroyed by the sorcerer intricately connected to her mother’s secret past.

My second Bible story book has just been reviewed at the Dubious Disciple , and it's a lovely informative review, for me as the author as well as for potential readers. It tells me what's right, what's wrong, how the reviewer views it, and why it's not as good as the first book (also reviewed at the Dubious Disciple ). Plus the reviewer gives me ideas how to market the book--WOW! Now I'm feeling really inspired, and eager to start work on the next one--perfect timing I suppose since my novel's out of my hands. Meanwhile, thinking of marketing ploys, here are two books I "bought" free on Amazon today, so if you like free kindle reads you might like to follow the links: House Haunting--like house hunting but with ghosts, http://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Estate-Paranormal-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0054N7CTA/ and Tango Trajectory--CIA experience informing the novel of a woman flying "spook" missions and locating a terrorist base, http://www.amazon....

I know, I know. I should be writing more words. But when that editing itch gets me, I just have to reread and revise what I've got. The weekend's 13,000 are now a little more polished, and they've grown a bit too. Tom's about to get back online and work out what day it is--strange how the sense of time goes awry when traveling abroad. And Anne's going crazy wondering why Tom hasn't been in touch yet. Given a little more time and words, I'm hoping they might meet soon. In other news, there's a book called the Brotherhood of Dwarves free on Amazon kindle today and tomorrow. It's billed as YA Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, and General Fantasy--I plan to give it a try though it may take a while to get around to reading it. Now back to those words and Anne's urgent emails to Tom...

So many books and so little time to read them all... I'm not sure when I'll find time for them, but I'm loading my kindle with more wondrous words today, hopping over to World Literary Cafe to browse their shelves of kindle books free today, then off to find a free kindle copy of Redemption Day (which I'll soon be reviewing). For anyone wondering, Redemption Day is free from now till April 19 for a very special reason. April 19th might not be well-known like 9/11 or 12/7, but it's an important day in America's recent history of violence... ...the day in 1985 when 399 federal officers surrounded Jim Ellison's compound in Northern Arkansas, later convicting Ellison on conspiracy and weapons charges ... the day in 1993 when the FBI stormed the Branch Davidian complex outside Waco Texas, seeking their leader on illegal weapons charges ... the day in 1994 when Linda Thomspon called for armed citizens to assemble in Washington DC ... and the day i...