This Author Loves to Create Her Own Fictional Characters

Meet Nana Malone, Author of Game, Set, Match

About The Book

Off the court, tennis star Jason Cartwright’s playboy image is taking a public beating. On the court, he’s down forty-love. A knee injury is shutting down his game, and the paparazzi are splashing his love life on every magazine. A comeback is in order, but the makeover he needs to save his faltering career is in the hands of the woman he loved and left fifteen years ago.

While single-mom, Izzy Connors, sees people for who they really are through the lens of her camera, even without it, she knows Jason isn’t the star he appears to be. Although his charm and good looks haven’t dimmed since he broke her heart, all she sees is his wasted talent and playboy lifestyle.

Can Izzy put the past behind her and help Jason get his game, and his image, back on track? Or will the click of her camera shatter his world as well as his heart?

About the Author

 

Nana’s love of all things romance and adventure started with a tattered romantic suspense she borrowed from her cousin on a sultry summer afternoon in Ghana at a precocious thirteen. She’s been in love with kick butt heroines ever since. With her overactive imagination, and channeling her inner Buffy, it was only a matter a time before she started creating her own characters. Waiting for her chance at a job as a ninja assassin, Nana, meantime works out her drama, passion and sass with fictional characters every bit as sassy and kick butt as she thinks she is. Though, until that ninja job comes through, you’ll find her acting out scenes for hubby and puppy while catching up on her favorite reality television shows in sunny San Diego.

Purchase links:

The Wild Rose Press  

Amazon.com

Contact links:

www.nanamalone.com

www.nanamalone.com/blurb

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ABC's of College Dating By Carol Vertz

Read this fascinating article. Whether you are a college student or not, you will find this post very valuable. Enjoy. http://www.liberalartscolleges.org/blog/2010/abcs-of-college-dating

Meet Stacy-Deanne, an Award-winning Mystery & Suspense Novelist

Stacy-Deanne (Dee-Anne) is an award-winning crime/mystery and interracial romance novelist. Her work has appeared in magazines such as Billboard Magazine, Blackbeat Magazine and Disilgold Soul Magazine. In 2006, she was profiled in Heather Covington's "Literary Divas: The Top 100+ African-American Women in Writing". The book was nominated for an NAACP award.

Check out her other two page-turning novels:

Everlasting (Simon and Schuster 2007) centers on two intelligent and worldly Latino teens who fight to be together despite the fact that there families are connected to rival street gangs.

Melody (Simon and Schuster 2008) is a crime/mystery & interracial romance story about a young woman who fights to prove that her sister's new boyfriend is not who he seems to be while protecting her best friend from becoming the latest victim of a serial rapist. Melody was voted one of MyShelf.com's Top Ten Reads of 2008.

Stacy will release her fourth book, "Giving Up the Ghost", the first installment of her crime/mystery and interracial romance series in 2011 with Peace in the Storm Publishing.

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The Advantages of Comparison Engine Websites By Lior Coolman

Online dating websites offer singles a whole new world of flirting fun and dating delights, where the name of the game is choice. Yes, more than anything else, online dating offers choice. And not just access to a huge choice of singles, but also a wide range of online dating sites. There is nothing stopping you from signing up to more than one site. There’s so many sites out there, offering so much, why restrict yourself to just one.

However, because there are so many sites out there, it’s not always easy to figure out the advantage of one over another. Also, if you are not familiar with online dating sites, you might not be aware of all of the features that are on offer and may not have the time to figure it all out.

Well, with comparison engine sites, you don’t have to worry about figuring out all those things because they do the work for you. Comparison engine websites are researched and designed by online dating experts. Their aim is to make it easy for you to see in a flash the features and advantages of various online dating websites.

Take the comparison engine site, The 10 Best Dating Sites (http://www.top10bestdatingsites.com/) as an example. This site focuses on 10 online dating sites: Match.com (http://www.match.com/), Chemistry, eHarmony, Perfect Match, Love and Seek, Zoosk, Spark, Senior People Meet, Friend Finder and Single Parent Meet. An easy to read chart gives key information such as the type of user base, the search criteria, the key audience and the number of users.

By viewing this chart, you can see in an instant that Match.com is the biggest site and has the most diverse user base with more than 25 million members. You can also see that if you are looking for a committed relationship, then Chemistry is possibly the best site for you or if you are Christian, then Love and Seek would probably work better for you. The site also comes with a selection of articles on online dating that will most certainly answer all your online dating questions.

Another comparison engine site is Dateseeker (www.dateseeker.net/dating-sites.html). This site also uses a detailed chart to help you see in a glance all the features of various sites. This site focuses on Match.com, eHarmony, Perfect Match and Lava Life.

Firstly the sites rates (out of 5) the ease of use, popularity, profiles, features and date probability of each site. It also tells you which kind of relationship they site caters for, be it heterosexual, gay or lesbian, a long-term committed relationship or a fleeting affair. It tells you what part of the world the site serves, be it local or international. Finally, it gives you the gender, age, ethnic and income profile that the site targets. Easy viewing in a flash that helps you make that all important choice.

Introducing Bridget Midway, Author of Erotic Romance Novels

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Surviving a Long Distance Relationship by Allison Schleck

There are many times in life where you are in a fantastic relationship, almost too good to be true, and then the distance divides you. Most couples are unable to bypass the trenches of long distance relationships because they are extremely difficult. However, if your heart is in the right place, then you and your partner can survive a long distance relationship. It takes patience and hard work to make this relationship bloom, but when it does, then spring will never break.

Long distance relationships are worth the heartbreak because when you return to see each other again, you have to realize that not just any couple can live months without seeing each other and still have an amazing connection. The most important rule to live by when in a long distance relationship is making the time to always communicate with your partner. You will have to use all of your resources to keep the love flowing along. Speak on the phone, through video chats, text messages, instant messenger and through good old snail mail. Writing letters to each other are a great physical reminder that your loved one is thinking of you and taking the time out to write to you.

You may not be able to be together physically but this does not mean that you cannot have a presence there with the person you love. Sending care packages are a great way to stay connected. Make sure you send gifts that are meaningful and that will give your loved one the feeling that you are right in their room when they open up the package. Sending something sweet will remind your partner how delectable you are, something silly will remind them of your great sense of humor, spraying your perfume or cologne will remind them of how they feel when you are in their arms and something romantic to remind them of how sensual you are.

Fighting is the easiest way to put distance between the two of you. The more you fight, the more damage you do to your relationship and sometimes you cannot not bridge that gap. There are a lot of feelings including anger and frustration so it takes a great deal of self restraint to remove yourself graciously from a situation that is doomed to end in a fight. Sometimes you cannot control the distance between you and your loved one. A month of fighting is less worse than three or four or even more. Try to see each other at least every two to three weeks. You can survive more months but your relationship will truly be put to the test.

When it is time to see each other again, it should be an emotional and romantic day full of happiness. Even with months of fighting, there will still be joy that this period of distance is over. It may take a couple of days or even weeks to truly get back into synch with your partner. The more time that you spend apart, the more time it will take to adjusting to life together and bringing that physical element back to life. You can survive the distance because it isn’t the distance that will break your love, it is the lack of effort put into your relationship, just like in any relationship, that will break your bond. There are plenty of long distance couples who are thousands of miles apart that have a stronger connection than couples that live close together and see each other on a daily basis.


Allison Schleck is a featured writer for the Dating Websites. Allison is a well-accomplished bilingual writer for magazines, websites and newspapers who teaches Karate Do on her down time.

How to Produce a Press Release for Your Self-Published Book

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Dramatic Romantic Endings…Easy to Make Scrumptious Frozen Desserts

One of the coolest ways to end a hearty meal with the love of your life is with a light, refreshing frozen dessert. Try the following recipes. They are delightful and easy to make. Enjoy!


Ice Cream Grand Marnier

4 eggs, slightly beaten
2 cups heavy cream
l cup sugar
¼ cup Grand Marnier

Combine all ingredients and beat with an electric mixture until well blended, about five minutes. Pour into a plastic ice cream container, cover and place in freezer until partially frozen. Remove and place cream into a chilled bowl. Break up cream with fork and beat or five minutes. Pour into container, cover and return to freezer until cream is semi-firm. Remove and beat again to improve texture. Return to freezer. Freeze until firm. Makes about 1 quart.

Strawberry Sorbet

2 lbs. fresh strawberries, washed and hulled
l cup sugar
l cup apple juice, unsweetened

In a saucepan over low heat, combine all ingredients. Cook until strawberries are soft. Remove and let cool. Pour into blender and puree for two minutes. Pour into a plastic ice cream container, cover and place in freezer until partially frozen. Remove and place sorbet into a chilled bowl. Break up the sorbet with fork and beat for five minutes. Pour into container, cover and return to freezer until cream is semi-firm. Remove and beat again to improve texture. Return to freezer. Freeze until firm. Allow soften before serving. Makes about one quart.

Book Trailer Contest On You Gotta Read Videos

There is a book trailer contest and the author of "Shades of Deception," has submitted the video on You Gotta Read Videos which will be on yougottareadvideos.blogspot.com on August 7, 2010. Please vote for the video, Entry No. 7, between August 21 through August 26.

If you have a book trailer that you would like to enter, visit their site now! Good Luck.

And don't forget to vote for Shades of Deception. Thank you!

Our Online Dating Site Has A New Look

One World Singles, our sister online-dating site, has a new look. The redesigned site will make your searching for love, romance, friendship, Internet pals, and companionship, more fun, friendly and easy to navigate.

You will have access to thousands of singles, (18+) from around the world, making your dating experience, a journey to remember.

So, check out the site and tell us what you think. Joining is free. We need your feedback to help us serve you better in meeting your needs.

Thank you for your continued support, and keep those comments coming.