MNINS: Season 3, Episode 3 – Lost & Found Special

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Welcome to Season 3, Episode 3 of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling (with People Not Named Steve). Pete Bauer and Dorothea Bauer spend some time going over the creation of the second Gabby Wells Thriller novel, Lost & Found. Mobile Users Listen Here or Subscribe on ITunes In this […]

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Paperback Rewards

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In a digital world, writing can sometimes feel like I’m moving ones and zeros in a virtual world where nothing is real.  Even when I’ve finished the book and output it into various ebook formats, it still doesn’t feel like I’ve completed my goal until I hold the paperback novel in my hand. This week […]

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Writing on Vacation

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I just got back from a great vacation with my family in Virginia.  There were so many wonderful things to do that everyday was packed with activities.  There were a couple of times, however, when everyone else went out and I stayed back in the room and wrote. I loved it. The idea that I […]

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Amazon’s Solution for Teens

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A lot of readers who enjoy our Gabby Wells Thriller series are teens who don’t have Amazon accounts.  No matter how much they enjoy the book, they can’t leave a review for it or buy other books on their own because they don’t have their own credit cards. Amazon solves this problem by providing Amazon […]

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Reminder – Kneel & Prey on Sale for $0.99 Until July 4th

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Kneel & Prey, the first novel in the Gabby Wells Thriller series, is on sale for under a buck until July 4th. In this fast-paced novel, Gabby hears rumors a classmate is planning to commit mass murder during the town’s Independence Day celebration and is willing to risk everything, including her soul, to save her […]

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Kneel & Prey – Chapter Six

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The popcorn ceiling looked like an alien landscape. With the full moon spraying its light into Gabby’s room, she stared up from her bed, her eyes exhibiting no interest in sleeping. The clock was nearing two in the morning, and Gabby did her best to convince herself it was time to dream. She didn’t peruse […]

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Kneel & Prey – Chapter Five

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Energized by her time with her friends, Gabby headed over to the Safety Harbor Hardware Store to visit Harold, her father. She loved stopping by. It was a piece of home and smelled like wood, paint, cardboard, and metal all mixed together—like a potent cologne. Before entering, Gabby stopped outside and stared at the small, […]

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Kneel & Prey – Chapter Four

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The downtown gazebo was the center of Gabby’s universe. Located on Main Street, catty-corner from her father’s hardware store, the old, wooden structure with a circular roof looked like something out of a Mark Twain novel. Gabby and her friends, self-dubbed The Gang, considered it their home away from home. The Gang started when she […]

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Kneel & Prey – Chapter Three

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The child’s cry echoed in Gabby’s mind. She had heard it so many times before. She hopped out of the police cruiser and closed her eyes, using her ears to lead her to its source. “Gabs, we’re supposed to stay in the car,” Emma said through the window. Guided by the child’s screams, Gabby jogged […]

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Kneel & Prey – Chapter Two

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Thirty minutes and two slices of pizza later, the school year officially ended and the student body surged from the building like a pimpled-skin tsunami. Gabby kept a steady pace toward the parking lot as the wave passed around her. Emma trudged next to her, lugging her stuffed backpack on her back, the searing June […]

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Kneel & Prey – Chapter One

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This wasn’t the first time Gabby Wells had snuck her way through Safety Harbor High unnoticed. It probably wouldn’t be the last. Heck, she could do it blindfolded. Actually, she had, once. But that wouldn’t help her now. Not today. Down the long, empty hall, the gray cinderblock walls resembled a prison and the harsh […]

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Kneel & Prey on Sale for $0.99 Until July 4th

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Kneel & Prey, the first novel in the Gabby Wells Thriller series, is on sale for under a buck until July 4th. In this fast-paced novel, Gabby hears rumors a classmate is planning to commit mass murder during the town’s Independence Day celebration and is willing to risk everything, including her soul, to save her […]

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Trusting the Journey

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God never seems to draw a straight line. I wish he did.  It’d sure make life a lot easier. The path I’ve been on in writing the Gabby Wells Thrillers is one of the most convoluted one could conceive.  Two years ago, almost to the day, I posted about this strange unfolding.  Back then I […]

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Creating an Enticing Book Trailer

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Books aren’t like movies.  It’s end form is not a series of moving images, it’s a number of pages with words.  Unlike movies, you can’t pick the coolest scenes, edit them together and make a trailer.  You have to be more creative. When movie trailers first came out, they were also called teasers.  And that’s […]

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Setting Expectations When Launching Your First Novel

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The dream of everyone that wants to be a writer is to draft the next great American novel, release it to public accolades and sit back while the money and notoriety roll in. There’s one word for that… fantasy. In today’s publishing climate, its never been easier to get your idea into novel form.  However, […]

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MNINS: Season 01, Episode 8 – Kneel & Prey Special

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Welcome to the eighth episode of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling with People Not Named Steve. Mobile Users Listen Here or Subscribe on ITunes This episode we’re going to talk about the release Kneel & Prey, the first Gabby Wells Thriller.  It’s taken almost a decade to get […]

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Kneel & Prey – The Proof is in the Proof

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It took eight years to get my original idea into a printed book.  Through three screenplays, two 13-episode television series scripts, two novels that were scrubbed and four novellas that were augmented, Kneel & Prey, the kick off of the Gabby Wells Thriller series, is finally complete. It was a long journey with far more […]

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I’m on the Sell More Books Show Podcast!

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I was fortunate to be asked to be on the very popular podcast, the Sell More Books Show!  The show discusses tips and news items related to independent publishing and has a large and growing listener base. The Sell More Books Show, hosted by Bryan Cohen and Jim Kukral, is one of my favorite podcasts, […]

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Official Kneel & Prey Book Cover

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I’m happy to release the book cover of Kneel & Prey, our first Gabby Wells Thriller. LAUNCH TEAM: If you would like to be part of our official Gabby Wells Launch Team, email us or send us a message on our Sonlight Press Facebook.  We’ll be setting up a Facebook page specifically to coordinate our […]

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Does Self-Publishing Diminish Quality Literature?

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There are many people who believe the glut of independently published works will diminish the quality of literature in the marketplace.  They argue that the traditional publishers are the ones who bring true literature to the world. Who cares? I don’t say that flippantly.  I say that practically. One could argue that television has never […]

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