It’s November 9th, and fall colors are finally out in full force. They were quite late this year, and not as vibrant as years past. Our peak leaf season was supposed to be the third week of October, and it was still very green then. I took a ride on the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad with my friend Lyric, who was visiting, and her Mom, Dale. Although I live in a small tourist town, I don’t usually participate in the “touristy” things, but it’s nice to do that once in a while. We had a great time. We took the first class ride and were served lunch. We stopped in Dillsboro for some shopping and took in great scenes along the way.
**Picture of the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad in Bryson City, NC is from Shutterstock and was taken in 2023.
Below is a shot of a pretty fall evening at our house. The sun was setting, and the moon was out. I was standing on our porch at the time. I wanted a picture of the full moon, but my phone is just not up to it. It was so much more magnificent than that.
I was told there would be a cold snap starting tomorrow, but so far I see no sign of it. My weather app tells me we will be just above freezing for one day–not cold enough for snow–and then back to 50s and 60s, so we will see. Are you getting snow in your area? EDIT: I just got a Winter Storm Alert, but it seems to be for higher elevations.
LAST WEEK ON THE BLOG
It was all Indie last week. I love that because my heart is with Indie books and authors. I posted reviews of The Weight of Snow and Regret, Amanda in Ireland, and The Washashore. I get a lot of requests from Indie authors, and my list is long, but I try to read as many as I can. I am just one woman, so it can take a long time, but I will continue to do my best to support Indie books.
NEXT WEEK ON THE BLOG
Look for reviews of Books 2 and 3 of Beth Kanell’s Winds of Freedom series, and a review of Patricia Furstenberg’s When Secrets Bloom. I will also participate in Top Ten Tuesday if time permits.
Indie Spotlight is my effort to help promote Indie books. You can help too by sharing this with all your social media followers. Below please see a book description, author bio, narrotor bio, and purchase links for Hayden’s World Volume 1, a collection of hard science fiction stories. A book review is coming soon on Indie Weekend.
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Survival tales in the skies of Uranus, desperate struggles at the solar system’s edge, and near-lightspeed interstellar expeditions await in this hard science fiction collection of seven Hayden’s World short reads:
43 Seconds:
James Hayden has a dream, and the Riggs test vehicle is going to take him there. But when failure after failure leads to his last chance exploding spectacularly, he must partner with an AI and gamble everything for one last shot at the stars.
Silver-Side Up:
Two old friends, a silver space ship, and a perfect day for a test flight.
Erebus:
In 43 Seconds, James Hayden took us to near-light-speed with the world’s first Riggs ship. Now, construction of the second Riggs ship is nearly complete, and in one month Sarah will take the helm. But growing opposition may shut down the program before she gets her chance. When James’s last-ditch publicity stunt traps him light-days from rescue, Sarah must decide just how far she’s willing to go to save a friend.
Signal Loss:
Life aboard the Aristarchus isn’t much of an adventure, and Kyan just wants to do his job and get back to his family. When he discovers a mysterious object at the edge of the solar system and an unexpected contact during comms loss, data running turns life-or-death thirteen billion kilometers from home.
Last Stand:
Kyan testifies about the events in Signal Loss, but other agendas are in play.
Aero One:
Jia can’t breathe, her ship is minutes from breaking apart in Uranus’s atmosphere, and the lifepod just burned up. Things aren’t going well. When her injured engineer’s solution sends them plummeting into the icy stratosphere, they find themselves trapped in a life-or-death battle against time, the elements, and unexpected visitors.
Titan’s Shadow:
In Aero One, Jia nearly lost everything during her encounter with the pirate ship Maya. A year later, she’s trying to restart her life as a freelancer aboard Saturn’s newly-built Cassini Station. But Cassini has its own secrets. When a chance encounter with a past adversary sets old battles in motion, she must unravel the mystery of Titan’s Shadow before more lives are lost.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR (IN HIS OWN WORDS)
S.D. Falchetti
I wrote my first story at the age of eighteen. I had a work/study job at the college computer lab, and, after completing all of my tasks of refilling the printer paper and testing the mice, I sat down and slipped a five-and-a-quarter inch disk into the drive. The Word Perfect screen greeted me with a blinking cursor. Each day I typed out a few more paragraphs, maybe a scene. I’d been reading R.A. Salvatore at the time, and, not surprisingly, wove a tale of elves, wars, and magic swords. I printed the three-hundred-page manuscript on a dot matrix printer, three-hole punched it, and slid it into a black binder. The story rode along with me and five friends in a sixteen-hour road trip to St. Louis, giving me the perfect captive audience for reading my first draft. I remember awaking abruptly at a midnight gas stop, a pop, and firelight flickering from the seams of the car’s hood. The Monte Carlo’s doors opened and I tumbled out onto the asphalt with my friends. Flames shot behind us from the engine. As we scattered, someone yelled for the keys. The driver, panicked, threw them too high and they clinked onto the overhead canopy. The more courageous fetched extinguishers from the mini-mart and sprayed the car fire. It was like spritzing an inferno. Fire trucks wheeled in and firefighters laid down water streams. The engine’s flames burst into the cabin and, with a whoosh like something from the movies, a fireball plumed and billowed out of the windows, the car’s tires popping and rollicking the vehicle. When the firefighters dropped their hoses and ran, we also picked our escape routes. One of the firefighters climbed in the truck, revved the engine, and rammed the Monte Carlo, pushing it clear of the gas pumps in a vortex of sparks and smoke. Our car was left to die in the farthest corner of the parking lot, out of harm’s way. A cavalcade of red and white flashing lights filled the station’s road as the calvary arrived. When the last tongues of flame faded, our car had been reduced to metal bones. We blinked in disbelief as paramedics interviewed us. Three hundred miles. We were stranded three hundred miles from home. No one was hurt, but there was one casualty. My story sat in the backseat.
I tried not to think of this as a sign.
But there was still the computer lab, and the blinking white cursor, and stories to be written. They weren’t very good, but I had fun writing them. I submitted a few to magazines, and like most starting writers, got the polite rejection notes. I completed my degree in mechanical engineering and went on to become an engineer, a husband, a father. The stories took a back seat as life churned on.
One of the perks of being a dad is that you get to tell many stories. Not just stories that you read, but stories you create. Each night when I tuck my daughter in to bed, I say, “What should our story be tonight?”. She gives me the setting, “A little girl and a cupcake factory that’s gone crazy.” It’s a little like a Whose Line is it Anyway sketch, creating the scene on the spot.
And it makes me think of that blinking cursor, and all of those stories I wanted to tell.
So, I opened up my laptop and started pecking away. Technology has changed since those five-and-a-quarter inch disk days, and now I can independently publish. I’m stepping up to the plate, taking a swing at the ball, and seeing how far I can run.
I was born in 1996 and raised in Converse, TX. Growing up, I always watched a lot of animation, which gave me a deep appreciation for voice acting, which only grew as the years went on. Even from a young age, I had a voice that commanded the attention of others. Though not an attention seeker, I always noticed how heads would turn when I spoke, and I was often compared to James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman, even in middle school. When I chose to pursue a career in culinary arts and work as a food salesman, everyday people would tell me that I should be in radio. With years of public speaking experience thanks to my religious ministry, I finally yielded to all of the advice I had received over the years and finally embraced getting into the world of voice-over by making audiobooks.
Now, I combine my vocal talents with my love of reading to help bring stories to life. When I’m not reading, I’m cooking, baking, or gaming. Whatever I’m doing, I’ve got a story to tell.
Indie Weekend is my effort to help Indie authors with marketing. Marketing is a daunting task, and if I can help even a little, I’m happy to do it. You can help too by sharing this post far and wide with all of your social media followers. Below is my review of Miss I Wish You A Bed of Roses by Sherri Moshman-Paganos. It is a delightful memoir about teaching English at a secondary school in Greece.
BOOK DESCRIPTION (FROM AMAZON)
Teaching: you’re frustrated and exhausted one day, gratified and fulfilled the next. Teaching is not like other careers; teachers give their whole selves to their students day after day.
Blending a humorous memoir with classroom ideas, the author looks back on her 40 years of teaching international students. She writes about her teaching insecurities, secondary school and college composition classes, the difficult and the great, the base and the sublime. She describes school grades, bells and meetings, and the routines of any high school. Although teaching in Greece has unique challenges, Greek teens are like teenagers everywhere, full of hopes and dreams for the future. Besides looking at her own career growth, the author offers advice for language and literature classes, and ideas for using poetry, songs, and film to create a lively atmosphere for learning.
Whether you are a new teacher interested in suggestions for your classes, including ESL or EFL teachers, or an experienced teacher looking for new ideas, this book is for you. But anyone who has taken an English language or literature class or has children taking literature classes will enjoy this spirited memoir, enhanced by the author’s poetry and student comments. Her main advice: “Content counts, but more so, formulating your teaching philosophy. And don’t forget to keep your temper and your sense of humor!”
BOOK REVIEW
This is a memoir that teachers will definitely enjoy, but I also recommend it to anyone interested in literature and interactions with other cultures. Moshman-Paganos recalls her early days teaching English in Greece and all the challenges, highs, and lows. The book is peppered throughout with poems and quotes that will both inspire you and make you smile. The author’s insight into working with teenagers and her helpful tips will definitely provide great ideas and inspiration to other teachers.
I most enjoyed the many, many stories about the author’s students and the appendixes in the back that included student answers to questions such as “When Are You Happiest?” and “What Occupation Would You Choose If You Didn’t Have To Worry About Money?” I enjoyed the samples of Student job application letters, especially the one for the vacant position of Defense Against The Dark Arts Teacher at Hogwarts. Moshman-Paganos’s clever and endearing way of teaching and interacting with students is admirable, and I think prospective teachers will be motivated by this book.
I downloaded a copy of this book on Kindle Unlimited, where subscribers can read it for free.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sherri Moshman-Paganos taught English to international students in New York City before joining the American College of Greece faculty in 1983. Here she taught secondary school English and college freshman composition classes.
Since her retirement in 2018, she has devoted herself to writing. She publishes a travel/culture blog on her travels in Greece and life in Athens called Olives and Islands. Besides “Miss I wish you a Bed ofRoses,” she is also the author of a fictionalized memoir on her years in Manhattan: Step Lively: New YorkCityTales of Love and Change, and a collection of poetry, Wanderings: Poems of Discovery.
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Below are book descriptions and buy links for the first two books in the Joe Wilde series, a mystery/thriller that will be a total of three books. A link to my past review of Book One, False Truth, can be found below. Book Two, Dark Truth, was just published in December and I will post a review at a later date.
BOOK DESCRIPTION
False Truth
Private Investigator and former MI6 agent Joe Wilde is hired by Sally Devlin to investigate her son’s disappearance. Liam Devlin was a rising football star. His car was found abandoned at Lea Bridge in Hackney, a known suicide spot, six weeks prior. With help from friend and retired MI6 Data Technician Mark Thompson, Joe uncovers a huge secret in Liam’s life. Putting the pieces together, he starts to suspect that this case is far more complex than he originally envisioned. Falling ever deeper into his own investigations, Joe meets with the detective in charge of the case, D. I. Carl Whatmore, who does not take kindly to Joe getting involved. As Joe and D. I. Whatmore go head-to-head in their own investigations, more lives are put in danger. But who will crack the case? Only time will tell…
‘Dark Truth’, the second in a series of three novels, is a suspenseful mystery thriller full of intrigue that will leave you guessing right until the very end. Private investigator Joe Wilde is hired by Tom and Marie Archer to investigate the disappearance of their six-year-old daughter Laura. Joe also takes on an unusual case for a client by the name of Jack Riley. Jack believes he was framed to make it look like he was cheating on his fiancée Claire Brooks. Claire has been the target of disturbing vandalism. As Joe helps the police investigate Laura’s disappearance, he uncovers disturbing secrets concerning the Archers and some of their neighbours. Meanwhile the attacks on Claire become more extreme. Fearing for her life, Claire also hires Joe. As Joe continues to investigate, he puts himself in great danger.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
C.D. Steele is the author of the Joe Wilde mystery thriller series. There are at present two books in the series, False Truth which was published by The Book Guild on the 28/04/21 and Dark Truth which was published by The Conrad Press on the 15/11/23.
He works as an Executive Officer in the Civil Service, has a degree in Recreation Management and lives in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Indie Spotlight is my effort to help Indie authors with marketing. Marketing is the most difficult and time-consuming task for Indie/Self-Published authors, so if I can help even a little bit, I’m happy to do it. A spotlight does not include a book review. I will be reviewing this later. Below please see a book description, author bio, and buy links for “MISS I WISH YOU A BED OF ROSES,” by Sherri Moshman-Paganos, a memoir about teaching in Greece.
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Teaching: you’re frustrated and exhausted one day, gratified and fulfilled the next. Teaching is not like other careers; we teachers give our whole self to our students day after day.
Blending humorous memoir and classroom ideas, the author of “Miss, I wish you a bed of roses:” Teaching Secondary School English in Greece, looks back on her 40 years of teaching international students. She writes about her teaching insecurities, secondary school and college composition classes, the difficult and the great, the base and the sublime. She describes school grades, bells and meetings, routines of any high school, and although teaching in Greece has unique challenges, Greek teens are like teenagers everywhere, full of hopes and dreams for the future. Besides looking at her own career growth, the author offers advice for language and literature classes, and ideas for using poetry, songs and film to create a lively atmosphere for learning.
Whether you are a new teacher interested in suggestions for your classes, including ESL or EFL teachers, or an experienced teacher looking for new ideas, “Miss I wish you a bed of roses:” Teaching Secondary School English in Greece is for you. But not only teachers — anyone who has taken an English language or literature class or has children taking literature classes– will enjoy this spirited memoir, enhanced by the author’s poetry and student comments. Her main advice: content counts but more so, formulating your teaching philosophy. And don’t forget to keep your temper and your sense of humor!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sherri Moshman-Paganos taught English to international students in New York City before joining the American College of Greece faculty in 1983. Here she taught secondary school English and college freshman composition classes.
Since her retirement in 2018, she has devoted herself to writing. She publishes a travel/culture blog on her travels in Greece and life in Athens. (www.olivesandislands.home.blog). Besides “Miss I wish you a Bed ofRoses,” she is also the author of a fictionalized memoir on her years in Manhattan: Step Lively: New YorkCityTales of Love and Change, and a collection of poetry, Wanderings: Poems of Discovery.
BUY LINK
Click on the cover image to buy this on Amazon. Kindle Unlimited Subscribers can borrow this for free.
2024… Your Year of More is your go-to book to set goals and mindfully invest your efforts. It appeals to adults of all ages, nationalities, and backgrounds who wish to improve their lives. Its pages are packed with something special for everyone.
The pages contain practical ideas from A to Z, thought-provoking questions, and self-reflective exercises that inspire you to live your best life.
The book is an ideal companion during your moments of solitude. You can read it in the early morning before the rest of the world wakes up or during the evenings after a long day. You may also find it enjoyable while writing in your journal or taking a lunch break.
Enthusiastic indie author Noah William Smith knows the blessings and challenges of intelligence, creativity, high sensitivity and being a minority, underdog and outsider. While his books are based on his experiences, they offer valuable insights without being prescriptive or offering advice.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR (IN HIS OWN WORDS) (PART OF AMAZON BIO)
Hello, I’m Noah William Smith! I hope you’re doing well today!
I’m a 38-year-old South African author who enjoys both the profound truths of life and the daily simple pleasures. I enjoy writing, especially in my wife’s company and while the dogs sleep.
I write about goals, clarity of thinking, feeling content, self-reflection, self-help, self-improvement, self-development, and personal growth. Above all, I write about self-motivation!
I’m an enthusiastic self-help author! I am thrilled to announce the release of my new book, “2024… Your Year of More”. The digital and paperback versions are available on Amazon! If you want to read it, I look forward to your review! The hardcover version will be available on 15 December 2023.
October 2023 has been exciting! Check out “Staying in with Noah William Smith” on Linda’s Book Bag. Also, enjoy the “Embracing the Journey” interview on Literary Titan. I thoroughly enjoy interactions with the literary community!
All my books can be read as standalone and in any order. “How to Motivate Yourself in 15 Minutes” and “How to Become Emotionally Smarter” are the most popular, exceeding 5,000 Amazon downloads each.
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Indie Weekend is my effort to help Indie Authors with marketing. Marketing is probably the biggest task authors have, and if I can help even a little, I’m happy to do it. You can help too by sharing this far and wide with your social media followers. Below please see my review of They Call Me Mom: Making A Difference As An Elementary School Teacher by Pete Springer.
BOOK DESCRIPTION (FROM AMAZON)
Who Will You Inspire Today? Teachers face this challenge and responsibility each day, but in the process, the author discovers that his students can also have a profound influence on him. Pete Springer takes you on his memorable thirty-one-year journey in education as an elementary school teacher and offers the many valuable life and teaching lessons he learned along the way. Get ready to laugh out loud at some of the humorous and memorable experiences that all teachers face, feel inspired by the inherent goodness of children, and appreciate the importance of developing a sense of teamwork among the staff.
Learn valuable tips for working with children, parents, fellow staff members, and administrators. This book is ideal for young teachers, but also a reminder to all educators of the importance and responsibility of being a role model.
BOOK REVIEW
Pete Springer looks back on 31 years as an elementary school teacher and provides memories, tips, and encouragement for other teachers, both those already established and those just beginning. I am not a teacher, but as a parent and grandparent, I loved some of his suggestions. His idea of rewarding productive behavior with play money, working with a bank to get bank books for the kids’ money, and then staging auctions to spend it is inspired. The kids had to do the math during the auctions while bidding on the prizes and then write a correct check for the winning bid. What a great way to teach math and life skills! This is just one of many smart tips Pete has for teachers.
Pete also shares some funny, memorable, and sad moments from his time as a teacher, and the fact that many of them accidentally called him “Mom,” because a teacher can be like a Mom in a way. He talks about working with administrators and other teachers, and shares some of his biggest frustrations about the job.
This is a great resource from an expert–someone who did and loved their job for 31 years. Teachers and parents will enjoy, benefit from, and maybe relate to Pete’s experiences. Highly recommend.
My rating is 4.5 stars, rounded up to 5 on sites with no half-star option.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
(In his own words) I’m a retired elementary teacher (31 years) who will always be a strong advocate for children, education, and teachers. My favorite thing to do as a teacher was to read to my students, and now I’m following my heart and writing children’s books for middle grades.
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Indie Weekend is my effort to help Indie Authors with marketing. Marketing is probably the biggest task authors have, and if I can help even a little, I’m happy to do it. You can help too by sharing this far and wide with your social media followers. Below please see a description, review, and buy links for Tell Me a Story in 99 Words, a collection of 99-word stories by Annette Rochelle Aben.
BOOK DESCRIPTION
(From the Author on Amazon) “It has been a desire of mine since I was a young person to write stories. I had to start somewhere, so I chose to start by writing very short stories. That bring said, I welcome you to a collection of short stories, very short stories as each of the stories is only 99 words in length. Meet memorable characters. See something of yourself in many of the scenarios. Experience a wide range of emotions. Be inspired to write stories of your own. Return to your favorites and enjoy them again and again.”
BOOK REVIEW (In 99 Words!)
*I couldn’t resist a 99-word book review for a 99-word story collection!
This collection of 99-word flash fiction covers a range of emotions and situations, from fear to loneliness to joy, and more. It proves the point that much can be said in just a few words. I especially enjoyed “A Beginning At The End,” about finding a friend, “A Case of Big Amy,” about a bride getting surprised on her wedding day, and “Celestial Consorts,” about the sun and the moon. Some of these stories will shock and sadden you. Some will make you smile. But they are all 99-word gems for you to explore and find your own favorite.
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Indie Weekend is my effort to help Indie authors share their books with others. Marketing is a huge task for Indie authors, and if I can help even a little, I’m happy to do it. See below my review of April’s Breeze with Gary Entwhistle. I did this review for the May edition of Historical Novels Review, the magazine of The Historical Novel Society. Please share this far and wide with your social media followers.
BOOK REVIEW
In April 1775, a young doctor, Samuel Prescott from Concord, Massachusetts, finds himself unexpectedly drawn into an alarm being spread and becomes a key part of the effort to warn others of a pending attack on Concord from the British troops. As events of the American Revolution unfold, we follow Samuel and his fiancée Lydia as they separately endure the hardships of war, fueled by their hope to be reunited.
This is a fictional retelling of the true story of Dr. Samuel Prescott, who was a key part of “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,” and a lesser-known figure in the American Revolution. It is also a love story, a tale of two real-life people who are kept apart by the war and whose sacrifices are not well known.
The characters, both real and fictional, are expertly woven together to create a memorable novel. The word “memorable” is key, because many do not know the story of Samuel and Lydia, and their memory should be preserved. The reader follows Samuel, Lydia, and others through important events in history, from the beginnings of war on Lexington Green to the end of the battles and beginnings of peace. The story is told from multiple points of view, including Samuel, Lydia, her family members, and even British leaders. It is well-researched, and the descriptions of battle are quite realistic. The pain and suffering of those who sacrificed and died for their dream of a new country is well portrayed. This is a captivating novel about an important time in American history. Anyone interested in the American Revolution and U.S. History will enjoy this book.
My rating is 4.5 stars, rounded up to 5 on sites with no partial star option.
I received a free copy of this book via the Historical Novel Society. My review is voluntary and the opinions expressed are my own.
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Great news! Another book in Louise Belanger’s Christian Poetry collection is on sale!
Your Words, Your Heart is Louise’s third book in the collection, and it’s on sale for 99 cents.
Below is a repost of my 5-star review of Your Words, Your Heart
This is the third book in Louise Bélanger’s wonderful Christian poetry collection. When released, it was the number one new release in both the “Christian Poetry” and “Religious and Inspirational Poetry” categories on Amazon. The poems are accompanied by stunningly beautiful photographs. The author’s strong and simple faith shines through on every page. Louise’s words show us that faith in God does not have to be complicated and will bring you great peace.
The poem Wings is one of my favorites, as it conjures up images of millions of prayers flying around the world, on their way up to God.
I also love Who Wins, which starts out:
“There is a glass inside of us Where trust and doubt compete.
As glass will not expand They fight for space.”
It is about what we allow into our soul and who and what we trust.
My favorite poem may be Petals like Hearts. It starts out:
“Petals, like hearts are subject to frost.”
That may be my favorite line in the book because it’s so true.
The poem most evident of the author’s strong faith is With You, which makes me feel peaceful whenever I read it.
The photographs of this book were taken by the author in her home city of Montreal and they are absolutely spectacular. The cover photo blows me away. It is just so mesmerizing. There are so many great photos in this book.
This book will leave you filled with hope and beauty, and that’s a great way to start, continue, or end any day.
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