From An Island Life:
In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.
If you’d like to participate, visit An Island Life answer the question and then post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

This week I have a multi-part question, which is:

QUESTION:

Do you believe in “gut instincts”? Do you rely on your’s? Is it usually right or wrong?

MY ANSWER:

Most definitely, I rely on it all the time and it is usually right 98% of the time.

In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and find new book-related blogs that we may be missing out on! This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books! It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs that they may not know existed! So, grab the logo, post about the Hop on your blog, and start HOPPING through the list of blogs that are posted in the Linky list below!!
Your blog should have content related to books, including, but not limited to book reviews.

This week’s assignment: This week’s question isn’t a question at all! I thought I would do things a little differently this week and give all of you a chance to promote a giveaway (or two!) from the blogosphere.
Lori’s Reading Corner is holding a Patterson giveaway…WooHoo  Kill Alex Cross….I LOVE Patterson’s books…I just entered!!!.



I received an email not to long ago from today’s guest,  which included a sentence that piqued my curiosity about the premise of his book, “My book is a work of fiction though it blends in some historical figures and cool conspiracies.”  I was intrigued, and invited him to be a guest and tell us more.  He is here today to do just that, so please help me welcome, Mr. Steve Richer!

You can visit Steve at SteveRicherBooks.com on Facebook, on Twitter, and at Smashwords.

The Importance of a Good Title

That’s because it’s important. Before your reviews, before your blurbs and synopsis, even before your cover, your title is the first thing a potential buyer will notice. It is your primary marketing tool.

Do you remember the movie Snakes on a Plane? Of course you do and it isn’t because it was memorable or that it was a box office behemoth, making gazillions of dollars; it was neither. You remember it because of the title. Those four little words managed to sum up the entire film. You knew what you were getting into from the get-go.

That’s what I strived for with my thriller The Kennedy Secret. Just reading it you get a sense of what the story will be about. Hint: it involves the Kennedy family and they have a secret. Smart, no? I did struggle a bit on the subject. I’m a writer who usually likes to skirt the obvious, I enjoy including vague references to history and fancy words.

This can be the publishing equivalent of committing suicide.

When I was in film school we had to study The Unbearable Lightness of Being. I fell in love with that title, it sounded so poetic, so distinguished. Not long after I wrote a screenplay which I called The Banefu Quiescence of Wrath. I was so in love with that title!

Some months later, a Hollywood producer called me to discuss the script which I had submitted to him. He gave me a bunch of reasons why he didn’t want to buy it from me.  Fine, I understand. But his last comment stung the most. He said, “Change the title. I didn’t understand it and had to look every word in the dictionary.”

So spend some time finding the title which represents your story perfectly without giving too much away. It is the most important piece of advertising you’ll ever write.

ABOUT THE BOOK

An assassin who betrays his master

A con man running for his life
The most fascinating family in American history…

Government hitman Donovan Flood is set to retire from this life after a last assignment.  What he doesn’t know is that he may be involved in tying up loose ends following the assassination of Robert Kennedy. Forming an unlikely partnership with the slick Mike Beecher, they need to unravel the mystery of who wants them dead. And why.  They must race against the clock to uncover the mysterious secret lurking behind the

Kennedy family. Their quest leads them to Jimmy Hoffa and Vegas mobsters, to powerful politicians and KGB agents. More troubling than anything else is what might be buried in the jungles of Bolivia…

This meticulously-researched thriller clocks in at 102,000 words. Get it now at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051HHZGO

THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF THE AUTHOR,

STEVE RICHER, I HAVE THREE (3) EBOOK

EDITIONS OF THIS BOOK TO GIVE AWAY.

CLICK HERE TO BRING YOU TO

THE GIVEAWAY ENTRY PAGE.

DISCLAIMER

I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me,

in exchange for my honest review.

No items that I receive

are ever sold…they are kept by me,

or given to family and/or friends.

ADDENDUM

I do not have any affiliation with Amazon.com.

I am providing this link solely for visitors

that may be interested in purchasing this EBook.

I do not receive any monetary compensation from any parties

A con man running for his life
The most fascinating family in American history…
  Government hitman Donovan Flood is set to retire from this life after a last assignment.  What he doesn’t know is that he may be involved in tying up loose ends following the assassination of Robert Kennedy. Forming an unlikely partnership with the slick Mike Beecher, they need to unravel the mystery of who wants them dead. And why.
  They must race against the clock to uncover the mysterious secret lurking behind the Kennedy family. Their quest leads them to Jimmy Hoffa and Vegas mobsters, to powerful politicians and KGB agents. More troubling than anything else is what might be buried in the jungles of Bolivia…

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU PUBLICLY FOLLOW THIS
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*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK.

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER.

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Giveaway copies are supplied and shipped to winners via publisher,
agent and/or author. This blog hosts the giveaway on behalf of the
above. I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me, in
exchange for my honest review. No items that I receive are
ever sold…they are kept by me, or given to family and/or friends.
I am not responsible for lost or damaged books that are shipped
from agents. I reserve the right to disqualify/delete any entries
if rules of giveaway are not followed

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*Mailing Address
*Blog Name
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ex: likes, dislikes (cozies fantasy, erotica) EReader, Info of past tours, Any other info

I received an email not to long ago from today’s guest,  which included a sentence that piqued my curiosity about the premise of his book, “My book is a work of fiction though it blends in some historical figures and cool conspiracies.”  I was intrigued, and invited him to be a guest and tell us more.  He is here today to do just that, so please help me welcome, Mr. Steve Richer!

You can visit Steve at SteveRicherBooks.com on Facebook, on Twitter, and at Smashwords.

The Importance of a Good Title

That’s because it’s important. Before your reviews, before your blurbs and synopsis, even before your cover, your title is the first thing a potential buyer will notice. It is your primary marketing tool.

Do you remember the movie Snakes on a Plane? Of course you do and it isn’t because it was memorable or that it was a box office behemoth, making gazillions of dollars; it was neither. You remember it because of the title. Those four little words managed to sum up the entire film. You knew what you were getting into from the get-go.

That’s what I strived for with my thriller The Kennedy Secret. Just reading it you get a sense of what the story will be about. Hint: it involves the Kennedy family and they have a secret. Smart, no? I did struggle a bit on the subject. I’m a writer who usually likes to skirt the obvious, I enjoy including vague references to history and fancy words.

This can be the publishing equivalent of committing suicide.

When I was in film school we had to study The Unbearable Lightness of Being. I fell in love with that title, it sounded so poetic, so distinguished. Not long after I wrote a screenplay which I called The Banefu Quiescence of Wrath. I was so in love with that title!

Some months later, a Hollywood producer called me to discuss the script which I had submitted to him. He gave me a bunch of reasons why he didn’t want to buy it from me.  Fine, I understand. But his last comment stung the most. He said, “Change the title. I didn’t understand it and had to look every word in the dictionary.”

So spend some time finding the title which represents your story perfectly without giving too much away. It is the most important piece of advertising you’ll ever write.

ABOUT THE BOOK

An assassin who betrays his master

A con man running for his life
The most fascinating family in American history…

Government hitman Donovan Flood is set to retire from this life after a last assignment.  What he doesn’t know is that he may be involved in tying up loose ends following the assassination of Robert Kennedy. Forming an unlikely partnership with the slick Mike Beecher, they need to unravel the mystery of who wants them dead. And why.  They must race against the clock to uncover the mysterious secret lurking behind the

Kennedy family. Their quest leads them to Jimmy Hoffa and Vegas mobsters, to powerful politicians and KGB agents. More troubling than anything else is what might be buried in the jungles of Bolivia…

This meticulously-researched thriller clocks in at 102,000 words. Get it now at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051HHZGO

THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF THE AUTHOR,

STEVE RICHER, I HAVE THREE (3) EBOOK

EDITIONS OF THIS BOOK TO GIVE AWAY.

CLICK HERE TO BRING YOU TO

THE GIVEAWAY ENTRY PAGE.

DISCLAIMER

I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me,

in exchange for my honest review.

No items that I receive

are ever sold…they are kept by me,

or given to family and/or friends.

ADDENDUM

I do not have any affiliation with Amazon.com.

I am providing this link solely for visitors

that may be interested in purchasing this EBook.

I do not receive any monetary compensation from any parties

A con man running for his life
The most fascinating family in American history…
  Government hitman Donovan Flood is set to retire from this life after a last assignment.  What he doesn’t know is that he may be involved in tying up loose ends following the assassination of Robert Kennedy. Forming an unlikely partnership with the slick Mike Beecher, they need to unravel the mystery of who wants them dead. And why.
  They must race against the clock to uncover the mysterious secret lurking behind the Kennedy family. Their quest leads them to Jimmy Hoffa and Vegas mobsters, to powerful politicians and KGB agents. More troubling than anything else is what might be buried in the jungles of Bolivia…

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU PUBLICLY FOLLOW THIS
  BLOG (IF NOT, GOOGLE FRIEND CONNECT ON RIGHT SIDE).

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK.

*LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER.

*REMEMBER TO INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR ALL ENTRIES.

Giveaway copies are supplied and shipped to winners via publisher,
agent and/or author. This blog hosts the giveaway on behalf of the
above. I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me, in
exchange for my honest review. No items that I receive are
ever sold…they are kept by me, or given to family and/or friends.
I am not responsible for lost or damaged books that are shipped
from agents. I reserve the right to disqualify/delete any entries
if rules of giveaway are not followed

*Name
*Mailing Address
*Blog Name
*Blog URL
*Email
*Facebook Name
*Twitter Name
*Comments
ex: likes, dislikes (cozies fantasy, erotica) EReader, Info of past tours, Any other info