tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359404452024-03-12T22:50:22.826-05:00Morgan Mandel Shares Books, Blogs, Dogs, and Networking A SWEET, CLEAN READING EXPERIENCE BROUGHT TO YOU BY AUTHOR MORGAN MANDELMorgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comBlogger761125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35940445.post-62077545123963296092021-02-06T10:32:00.005-06:002021-02-20T12:53:47.124-06:00NOW AVAILABLE!!! FOUND AT THE POUND: A Senior Romance Featuring 2 Dog Lovers <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ul></ul></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nBIoUCWWlOM/YB7C3LAIlWI/AAAAAAAAKFw/mvwYyuno2O4YBGjq_VMq_dHh6OXb_14pwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/FOUNDPOUNDFINAL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nBIoUCWWlOM/YB7C3LAIlWI/AAAAAAAAKFw/mvwYyuno2O4YBGjq_VMq_dHh6OXb_14pwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/FOUNDPOUNDFINAL.jpg" /></a></div> <div> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W2FTF74" target="_blank">AMAZON LINK </a> </div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">A lonely widower still mourning the loss of his wife. A bestselling author who's never found a man to live up to the heroes in her books.</span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">They both meet at the dog shelter. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">If you like sweet, clean romance and also like to read about dogs, this ones for you!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">EXCERPT:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">No longer need he sit
on the familiar couch in front of the TV and turn to share something with his
wife, only to again realize she wasn’t there to hear or answer him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The huge sense of
loss had not diminished over the past two years. This house held far too many
memories for his peace of mind. Time to let go once and for all. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now the rooms lay
empty, except for the precious memories of what once had been. Wherever he
went, he’d carry those with him the rest of his days.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W2FTF74">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W2FTF74</a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p></p></div>Morgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35940445.post-14122162794367530832021-01-21T13:53:00.006-06:002021-01-22T06:20:56.248-06:00FOUND AT THE POUND: A Senior Romance Featuring 2 Dog Lovers (COMING SOON)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4CuijG4Kt7g/YAnbMF5LYiI/AAAAAAAAKEY/Ni5J253mcUst_DNp1TcKUvQUllRdWECYgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/FOUNDSENIODOG%2Bcopy%2Bcopypaw%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4CuijG4Kt7g/YAnbMF5LYiI/AAAAAAAAKEY/Ni5J253mcUst_DNp1TcKUvQUllRdWECYgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/FOUNDSENIODOG%2Bcopy%2Bcopypaw%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Coming soon is a Senior Romance! What's it about?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A widower still mourns the death of his wife from two years ago and vows to never take a second chance at love. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A bestselling author has never found any man who could live up to the heroes in her books.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What happens when the two meet by chance at a dog pound? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">FOUND AT THE POUND is perfect for those who enjoy a sweet, wholesome senior romance. Whether or not you're a dog lover also, you may still enjoy the trials and antics of the beloved canines. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Also, it's no coincidence that the dog, Buster, in this story is very much like Morgan Mandel's own dog of the same name.</span></p>Morgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35940445.post-82062228132192676672018-01-31T19:54:00.002-06:002021-01-21T11:47:34.911-06:00AWAKE: A GOOD TWIN, BAD TWIN THRILLER IS FINALLY RELEASED!<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kDyIHk0pbzo/YAm-LEpOn6I/AAAAAAAAKEM/c_hXeHrmIDk-fg_aVYVcjAQWFCMARN_4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/AWAKENEWSMALLCOVER%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="989" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kDyIHk0pbzo/YAm-LEpOn6I/AAAAAAAAKEM/c_hXeHrmIDk-fg_aVYVcjAQWFCMARN_4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/AWAKENEWSMALLCOVER%2B%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br />I got sidetracked writing many other books, then found AWAKE which I started quite a long time ago. It took a while to modernize it, then took even longer to edit and re-edit, send it to betas, and do more editing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I first set my goal to get the book released by the end of 2017, but computer problems caused a delay. My next goal was by the end of January, 2018, which I barely met.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My fascination with twins, as well as my love of romance compelled me to write </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">AWAKE: A Good Twin, Bad Twin Thriller.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can download it on Amazon at: <span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111;"><a href="http://a.co/6FFskXD">http://a.co/6FFskXD</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you enjoy it!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> Morgan Mandel</span><br />
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Right now, Awake - A Good Twin Bad Twin Thriller is with 4 beta readers. I'm hoping to finally have it released before the end of the year.<br />
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<br />Morgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35940445.post-30710298485155594532017-01-16T17:47:00.005-06:002021-01-21T11:44:57.324-06:00Time to Wake Up and Work on Awake!Finishing my dog book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Our-Fur-Babies-Pain-Loving-ebook/dp/B01MTS3RVR"><i>Our Fur Babies</i></a>, along with the holiday hustle and bustle, distracted me from working on my good twin/bad twin thriller, <i>Awake</i>.<br />
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Time to get back on the bandwagon and finish that book! For inspiration, I'm putting up the cover again here.<br />
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I made the bad twin's pic on the right a little darker. I wonder if those looking at the cover will figure that out.<br />
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And their mutual love interest is all by herself on the bottom of the cover.<br />
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<br />Morgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35940445.post-19357777488898687382016-12-27T00:30:00.000-06:002016-12-27T00:30:19.897-06:00Debra St. John Offers a Challenge About Her Holiday Book - New Year's Eve at The Corral<div id="yiv0272795010yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482167624573_3308" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue Light", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "calibri";">Please welcome my good friend and guest, Debra St. John, who happens to have just released a great holiday book called New Year's Eve at The Corral</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">First, here's what Debra has to say about her new book:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">AND NOW HERE'S DEBRA'S CHALLENGE:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">When I submitted this story, my editor told me books of this length don't sell well. My immediate thought was how fun it would be to prove her wrong. (In the best way possible!)</span></div>
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<span id="yiv0272795010yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482167624573_3325" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "calibri";">Almost immediately an idea began to form. As crazy as it sounds, I decided to challenge myself to sell a thousand copies of this book. <span id="yiv0272795010yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482167624573_3326" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"> </span>Why a thousand, you ask? Simply because a hundred didn't seem like enough (LOL).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">For less than the cost of a cup of coffee (and I'm not even talking about one of those fancy frou frou ones) you can help me win this personal challenge. All you have to do is buy a copy of the book.</span><span id="yiv0272795010yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482167624573_3331" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">(Passing word of the challenge along to your reader friends would be appreciated, too.)</span></div>
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<span id="yiv0272795010yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482167624573_3335" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "calibri";">You might be thinking: What's in this for me? Well, I'll tell you...First, you get to read a great story! You also have the chance to win <span id="yiv0272795010yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482167624573_3336" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"> </span>some prizes. (And who doesn't love prizes?) If you buy a copy of the book, if you tell a friend (or two or three or ten....you know, like those old commercials: And she told two friends and she told two friends and so on and so on...), if you Tweet about the challenge or post about it on Facebook, or if you leave a comment here, you can earn Rafflecopter entry points. The winner of the Rafflecopter drawing will get a paperback set (autographed of course!) of the original Corral series: <i id="yiv0272795010yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482167624573_3337" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">This Time for Always</i>, <i id="yiv0272795010yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482167624573_3338" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">This Can't Be Love</i>, and <i id="yiv0272795010yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482167624573_3339" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">This Feels Like Home</i> (If you're outside the continental U S of A the set will be digital.) AND digital copies (in the format of your choice) of the first four books in the Holidays at The Corral series (Christmas, Valentine's Day, Fourth of July, and Halloween).</span></div>
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<span id="yiv0272795010yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482167624573_3343" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "calibri";">So, what are you waiting for? Go grab a copy of <i id="yiv0272795010yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482167624573_3344" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">New Year's Eve at The Corral</i> !</span></div>
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Morgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35940445.post-18561668392215219812016-12-22T17:08:00.005-06:002023-12-05T14:37:36.141-06:00The Christmas Card List by Morgan Mandel<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<em><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 18pt;">This is a revised version of a short story I wrote in 2009 for a
friend's blog. Since it's one of my favorites, I'd like to share it with you
this Christmas Season. <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 18pt;">Although this is a work of fiction, some of its aspects still
ring true for me and many others who send out Christmas cards each year. I hope
you enjoy it.</span></em><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Abby</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">frowned, as she set the Christmas cards on
the kitchen counter and reached for her pen in the junk drawer. What used to
give her joy now filled her with sadness. Once she’d groaned at the money she’d
spent on cards and stamps. She wished that were still true.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">T</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">ime
marches on. Many of the people who’d touched her life were gone. Some had moved
on and left no forwarding addresses, but too many others now resided where no
mail could reach them.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">“<strong>I</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>miss
you,” she said aloud to the empty kitchen.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">A</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">wintry afternoon snow/sleet mix pelted the
windows. The wind howled, reinforcing Abby's feelings of abandonment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">C</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">hristmastime
was supposed to be a happy season, but she couldn’t shake off her melancholy.
She should be grateful for those who were left, and she was. Still, she longed
for the one’s she’d never see again. Mom and Dad, sis, her niece, Nancy, her
good friends, Judy and Maureen, and so many others were not around anymore. At
times like this, she regretted not finding someone to share her life. Then
again, maybe he’d have gone the way of the others.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">S</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">he
padded on her fuzzy slippers to the wooden table, pulled out the matching chair
and began penning notes inside the cards. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><b>I</b>t was hard to make her stiff fingers move right, with the
arthritis taking over, not to mention she was more used to typing than writing
in cursive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><b>F</b>orty years as an administrative assistant, first on a typewriter,
then a computer, did that to a person. Five years after retirement, she still
hardly wrote, choosing to use a keyboard instead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">T</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">hat
reminded her. She hadn’t checked her e-mail and blogs. She’d do it after she
finished the cards. Her heart lifted at the thought.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">All </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal;">too s</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">oon she’d stamped the few cards, placed
Christmas seals on their backs, and secured them with a rubber band. She’d mail
them tomorrow. For now, she’d switch on the laptop computer on her kitchen desk
and see what everybody in the cyber world was up to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">T</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">he
usual mass of e-mails awaited her from e-groups she’d joined over the years.
Also, she hadn’t gone through her blog roll yet to see what was going on
there, not to mention the Facebook and Twitter posts.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>S</b>miling, she entered the world of her cyber friends, and commiserated
and/or cheered, according to what was appropriate. Janet had had a baby girl
and both were doing fine, Sue’s dog was eating chair legs, John wanted
suggestions for an inexpensive, caring Christmas gift for his girlfriend.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">W</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">hen
Abby started to get hungry, a glance at the monitor’s clock surprisingly told
her two hours had passed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><b>T</b>he time had been well spent. Though she’d only met
one or two of them in person, her online friends were real and important to
her. Every day they shared secrets, triumphs and sorrows with each other.
Wasn’t that what friendship was about?</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">S</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">he
wasn’t so alone after all. A feeling of warmth stole over her, kind of like
when she drank a cup of hot chocolate on a cold winter day. Her snail mail list
may have diminished, but her Internet friends had grown. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">S</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">he
was truly blessed. Smile widening, she got up to fix dinner.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-size: 18pt;">Merry Christmas, Cyber Friends!</span></strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's about a subject very dear to my heart, and that of many others: Dogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In the 44 years since my husband, Paul, and I have been married, we've been graced with the presence of 5 separate dogs in our lives: Sadie, Missy, Morgan (from whom I got my pen name), Rascal, and Buster, our present fur baby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In this book, I take you through the happy and sad times we experience, as each dog enters our home and our hearts. Lots of photos are included. In the cover photo, the two of us pose with our first dog, a basset hound named Sadie.</span><br />
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Morgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35940445.post-20158173392764954512015-08-05T17:47:00.001-05:002015-08-05T17:47:12.495-05:00Finally, Hailey's Chance is Ready and Out!<strong>Hailey's Chance is now ready for your reading enjoyment at:</strong><br />
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You may already know this. I have been saturating many sites with the news that my Christmas book, called Christmas Carol, is out and free through Christmas Eve. In case you don't know, and would like your freebie, here's the link:<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">: </span><br />
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I had begun this book last year, but started it late, and got so busy with Christmas happenings, I never got a chance to finish it. This time, though I remembered it late, yet cracked down on myself and did get the book done!<br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><br /></span>Morgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35940445.post-16911122851477107252014-07-31T09:14:00.002-05:002014-07-31T09:18:49.038-05:00Do No HarmI believe part of the Hippocratic oath is to do no harm. I also believe that's a good motto for an author to follow when writing.<br />
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Morgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35940445.post-52735859377440846742014-07-11T12:50:00.000-05:002014-07-11T15:59:34.212-05:00A Perfect Angel Just Got Released!Last evening, I took the plunge and finally released A Perfect Angel, the second of the two part, Perfect Match series. The first in the series was Her Handyman. I have some ideas about extending the series, but am not sure yet if that will happen. I have a number of other books to complete first!<br />
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If you haven't yet read Her Handyman, I hate to give too much away. I can say I felt sorry for one of the characters in the first book. She was a nice person. I wanted her to get a happy ending, because she deserved it!<br />
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Events seem to conspire delaying the publication of A Perfect Angel, my sequel to the romantic comedy, Her Handyman. I discovered a flaw which necessitated a rewrite, but am convinced the book is all for the better now.<br />
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<br />Morgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35940445.post-27976347548077623422014-03-19T21:20:00.000-05:002014-03-19T10:41:36.574-05:00St. Joseph's Day and the St. Joseph's Day Table - a Repeat Blog from March 19, 2009<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nYXQe86tPAU/ScGscGcpZbI/AAAAAAAABkk/wzs8DrsUs1A/s1600-h/st+joe+table.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nYXQe86tPAU/ScGscGcpZbI/AAAAAAAABkk/wzs8DrsUs1A/s200/st+joe+table.bmp" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314718634040976818" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><br />
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Because I've made some new friends since this was last posted, and also since some of the friends I did know before have a short memory, here's my post about a St. Joseph's Day Table from 2009. Unfortunately, we haven't had any St. Joseph's Day Tables around here recently. The comments still remain here from that post, but you're still welcome to add another.<br />
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You'd have to live in a cave not to be aware of March 17, St. Patrick's Day, a day for wearing of the green, when even people who aren't Irish pretend to be. <br />
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In passing, I just happened to mention to a few people about St. Joseph's Day, an Italian feast day, celebrated on March 19, a day for wearing of the red. They'd never heard of it before. Also, they'd never heard of a St. Joseph's Day Table.<br />
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The St. Joseph's Day Table is said to have originated in the Middle Ages when a drought struck Sicily and families prayed to God and also to St. Joseph. To stay alive, many of them resorted to eating fava beans. When their prayers were answered and the rains came, the Italians named March 19 as a special feast day dedicated to St. Joseph. They set up a grand table of food to share and celebrate. Since it was Lent, the food was meatless, but plentiful. Flowers and other decorations added to the festivities.<br />
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Morgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35940445.post-45119884960393434062014-02-05T09:31:00.000-06:002014-02-05T09:31:03.909-06:00Cover Reveal for a Perfect Angel is At Book Beat Babes todayCome on over to Book Beat Babes for a cover reveal of A Perfect Angel, the sequel to Her Handyman.<br />
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I've been working on a sequel to <a href="http://amzn.com/B0097EVXBK">Her Handyman</a>, my romantic comedy. This one's called A Perfect Angel, and follows what happens to one of the main characters in <a href="http://amzn.com/B0097EVXBK">Her Handyman</a>.<br />
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You'll be able to read A Perfect Angel by itself, but the experience will be better if you read <a href="http://amzn.com/B0097EVXBK">Her Handyman</a> first.<br />
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<br />Morgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35940445.post-22876657475612730702013-12-11T11:23:00.003-06:002013-12-17T13:08:03.733-06:00To Celebrate Killer Career's New Cover, I'm Doing a Freebie Dec 31 Thru Jan 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>My romantic suspense, Killer Career, has a brand new cover! To celebrate her new look, I'm offering freebie for t he kindle version.</b><br />
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Morgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35940445.post-33779369411403998242013-08-20T19:15:00.005-05:002013-08-20T19:41:31.725-05:00Blessing or Curse Collection Now Available or Get Its Short Stories SeparatelyFinally out! The sequel to Forever Young: Blessing or Curse is finally out!<br />
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Ezekiel,
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Chicago Police Officer Walinski must pass a new physical or lose his job, along
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Just to let you know, <i>Blessing or Curse</i> is almost ready for release. I'm working on some final edits, and hope to have everything ready by the middle of the month, after all the 4th of July festivities are over, and people are back in the mood for reading.<br />
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This second book in the <i>Always Young</i> <i>Trilogy</i> differs from the thriller, <a href="http://amzn.com/B006MO28CQ">Forever Young: Blessing or Curse</a>, in that this one concentrates on the test subjects' loves and relationships. The last book,<i> </i>a<i> </i>thriller called<i> Always Young</i>, will answer all questions about the original characters and villains.<br />
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Five Separate People with Five Separate Stories,<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Who'll Mend This Broken Man</span></i> - Diego's frantic wife, Consuela, hopes to restore her Parkinson-crippled husband to his former self.<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Too Much of a Good Thing</span></i> - Ezekial, suffering from E.D., wants desperately to live up to the African-American male image.<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What I Did For Love</span> - </i>Has-been model,<i> </i>Sherri, will resort to anything to get back into the game.<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Suspicion</span></i> - Doormat Dee Dee turns over a new leaf when she suspects her husband of cheating.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>For the Love of Dog</i> </span>- Chicago cop, Mike, fears for the loss of job and dog if he fails a physical.<br />
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<br />Morgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35940445.post-22181469005348909162013-04-08T08:49:00.001-05:002013-04-08T08:51:17.973-05:00Forever Young: Blessing or Curse Promo Tale<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VqWNbbjIruk/UWLHo7BdbjI/AAAAAAAAG0g/ohnb6cQQYPM/s1600/ForeverYoungCoverfinal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VqWNbbjIruk/UWLHo7BdbjI/AAAAAAAAG0g/ohnb6cQQYPM/s320/ForeverYoungCoverfinal.jpg" width="225" /></a>Since my thriller, <a href="http://amzn.com/B006MO28CQ">Forever Young: Blessing or Curse</a>, had participated in quite a few KDP Select freebie events before this past weekend, I wondered if the market was already saturated for this combination thriller, science fiction, and romance novel. Not so!<br />
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I was pleasantly surprised when the major promotional site, <a href="http://ereadernewstoday.com/">Ereader News Today</a> jumped on the bandwagon and picked up my novel on their site. What a difference it makes when a popular promotional site backs a book!<br />
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For the first time, <a href="http://amzn.com/B006MO28CQ">Forever Young: Blessing or Curse</a> made it into the top 100 Free Kindle Books. Not only that, it made it to #50 and ranked at #2 in Science Fiction. That was quite a surprise, a very pleasant one at that!<br />
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Moral of the story: don't sell your book short. There may still be great times ahead!<br />
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Though Forever Young: Blessing or Curse is now back at its original price of $2.99, if you're an Amazon Prime member, you can still get a free copy. Or, you can pay the $2.99. Here's the link: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px;"><a href="http://amzn.com/B006MO28CQ">http://amzn.com/B006MO28CQ</a></span><br />
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This book is for all those who wish to be young again, and for those who still are!<br />
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If you enjoy Thrillers with a touch of Science Fiction and Romance, here's your chance to get a Kindle/PC copy free!<br />
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Some of you may already have yours, but if not, here's the link for <a href="http://amzn.com/B006MO28CQ">Forever Young: Blessing or Curse</a>, which is going free for Kindle/PC through Sunday, April 7.<br />
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I had a lot of fun with the recent Her Handyman promotion. Since this book has already been featured in free book promos four times, I decided that today will be the last day for it participate in the KDP Select program. I may reinstate it in the program at a later date for new readers to enjoy.<br />
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In the meantime, it's onward march, getting my taxes done. After that, it's working on Blessing or Curse, my anthology about what happens to five people who take the Forever Young pill.<br />
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Promoting takes up a lot of time, and is necessary. Still, I do need to get back to writing!<br />
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If you missed out on the freebie, today only, if you're a Prime member, you can still get Her Handyman for free. Everyone else needs to cough up 99 cents! <a href="http://amzn.com/B0097EVXBK">http://amzn.com/B0097EVXBK</a><br />
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If you don't have your Kindle or PC copy of <i><a href="http://amzn.com/B0097EVXBK">Her Handyman</a></i> yet, you've got another chance during the three day freebie promotion from Friday, March 1, 2013 through Sunday, March 3, 2013.<br />
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For those who prefer sweet romance with a touch of humor, <i><a href="http://amzn.com/B0097EVXBK">Her Handyman</a></i> is your kind of book. Be amazed at what happens when Jake, the handyman, answers a routine call about a bathroom flood in the middle of the night. The sight greeting him is a Flower Child lookalike clutching a pathetic-looking guilty dog. The seventies throwback is far different than his sexy, perfect fiance'.<br />
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Removing a dog toy from a toilet should be a simple matter. Who'd guess fate would step in and cause chaos?<br />
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Read all about it in <a href="http://amzn.com/B0097EVXBK">Her Handyman</a> at <a href="http://amzn.com/B0097EVXBK">http://amzn.com/B0097EVXBK</a> <br />
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My KDP Select freebie promotion last weekend for <a href="http://amzn.com/B0065R11QO">Girl of My Dreams</a> turned out to be all it could be, with a final tally of 16,465 in the US, 3024 in the UK, 388 in Germany, 39 in France, 12 in Spain, 10 in Italy and 84 in Canada!<br />
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At one point this book reached #13 in Free Kindle Books!<br />
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To everyone who downloaded <a href="http://amzn.com/B0065R11QO">Girl of My Dreams</a>, happy reading!<br />
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This book continues to go viral even after the free event, and right now is listed #33 in Kindle eBooks, and #1 in Reality Show Romance.<br />
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If you missed out on the event, but have 99 cents to spare, you can still get your copy at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://amzn.com/B0065R11QO">http://amzn.com/B0065R11QO</a></span><br />
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