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Saturday, September 22, 2018

New Group Member S.M.Freed

My name is Sheryl and my pen name is S.M.Freed which is actually my name but people have problems saying my last name. This makes it easier if it is spelled like it sounds.

I love reading books from Romance, Paranormal, Fiction, Cozy Mystery. I grew up reading Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys and those books got me hooked on reading.

I have 2 senior rescue animals and they are my life jacket when things get tough for me and I spoil them rotten.

I have published 2 Mail Order Bride books and 2 Paranormal books with my PNR doing better then I thought it would. I am enjoying writing since I am retired now and I still read a lot of books on my eReader.

Web page: https://smfreedauthor.weebly.com/

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorSMFreed/

This is a snippet from my PNR book 2 Leaping Into Love, Callahan's Pack

https://www.books2read.com/u/3L0laD

The first lady came up to the group. It was Shawn. and Remy was stepping forward to give her courage. “You're a mother …you jack….” She could not say what she wanted to say, so in a flash of light and the crack of bones breaking, Shawn’s animal came out to help her.

Her gazelle was mad. She raised up onto her hind legs, and her hooves came down on Rex, again and again. She walked over to Remy who took off his shirt. He shielded her as she changed to her human. Walking over to Rex, she shouted, “That is for Shelly you prick!” Then she went to the back of the group. She was shaking. Remy put his arms around her as she came down from the high her animal felt.

This is a snippet from my PNR book 2 Leaping Into Love, Callahan's Pack

https://www.books2read.com/u/3L0laD

“Shawn, I know of someone who might help. I had an acquaintance I found when I traveled to a world shifter meeting in Europe. I know his sister deals with people and shifters suffering PTSD at an institution in Spain. There is also something an Alpha Royal can do to help and that is to erase the traumatic memories of the person.

“Only the Royals can do this, or I would have helped you with this before. Let me make a few calls to determine if I get have them here. We can go from there.” Clay thought this might happen, so he was prepared for this.

“Oh, Alpha, thank you. I will let the ladies know you will try to help us. Then, maybe we can start our new lives.” Shawn struggled to hold back the tears in her eyes as she looked at her mate.

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Nikki McDonagh

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Welcome SM Freed.

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Joe Bonadonna via Google+

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Meet the newest member of #OurAuthorGang . . . SM Freed!

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Joe Bonadonna

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Welcome aboard, SM Freed!

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Chris Weigand via Google+

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Meet S.M. Freed

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Toi Thomas

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It's so nice to have you with us. Looking forward to all you have to share.

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Toi Thomas via Google+

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Today, #OurAuthorGang welcomes new group member S. M. Freed.

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Erika M Szabo via Google+

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Erika M Szabo

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Welcome to our group Sheryl, we're happy to have you in our group :)

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Lorraine Carey

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Welcome to the group, S.M. Freed! Your books look very interesting. A welcome addition to A Small Gang of Authors.

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Lorraine Carey via Google+

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Check out our newest member to the Gang! #blog #authors #writers

Friday, September 21, 2018

Favorite Reviews #10

Our Author Gang's Favorite Reviews

https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B009I1KYIK

Book reviews (good or bad) provide important feedback to the authors, and without reviews, a book gets lost in the thousands of other books that are released every month. Every author appreciates and values the opinion of readers, but we’re strongly discouraged from engaging with readers and thanking them for their reviews on publishing sites. The authors of Our Author Gang celebrate and appreciate the readers by posting our favorite reviews between September 10 and 22. Every day a different author of the group will post their books and quotes from their readers’ favorite reviews.

Thank you for your interest in our books and happy reading!

My Favorite Reviews

https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Shadows-Weird-Tales-Dowser/dp/1450276156

Mad Shadows: The Weird Tales of Dorgo the Dowser is the winner of the 2017 Golden Book Readers’ Choice Award for Fantasy. I love this review because Dave Brzeski is a well-respected reviewer, and the British Society of Fantasy is a highly-regarded e-magazine.

“Joe Bonadonna is one of the growing number of authors whose work I have been meaning to get around to for quite some time. This particular book has been available since the beginning of 2011. At first sight, it’s classic sword and sorcery, set on a world populated by fighting men, merchants, wizards and a multitude of mythical, non-mythical and just plain made-up beasts. There’s a difference, though, in the style of the storytelling. It’s a first person narrative, executed very much in the style of the hard-boiled private eye genre. I was reminded of Fritz Leiber’s Lankhmar tales, crossed with Chandler’s Philip Marlowe—sort of fantasy-noir. Dorgo Mikawber, himself, is roughly the equivalent of a private detective on this world, as he is a licensed dowser (complete with dowsing rod) of odylic (magical) energy, employed to deal with crimes of a supernatural nature.” — David Brzeski, British Society of Fantasy.

You can read Dave Brzeski’s full review at: http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/reviews/mad-shadows-the-weird-tales-of-dorgo-the-dowser-by-joe-bonadonna-book-review/

https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Shadows-II-Dowser-Serpent/dp/1542380499

Mad Shadows II: Dorgo the Dowser and the Order of the Serpent is a semi-finalist in the 2017 Golden Quill Award for Fantasy. I love this review because Fletcher Vredenburgh is a prolific columnist for Black Gate online magazine, which is a very popular and successful e-publication.

“Joe Bonadonna is a heck of a teller of hard-boiled action and adventure tales. After too many years out of the toilsome fields of swords & sorcery, he returned in 2010 with a top-flight collection of short stories about one Dorgo Mikawber, dowser of magic and handy with a saber. I discovered Joe and that book, Mad Shadows (2010) here on the virtual pages of Black Gate, and reviewed it over on my site about four years ago. After another significant hiatus he’s returned with a second collection of Dorgo’s adventures: Mad Shadows II: Dorgo the Dowser and The Order of the Serpent (2017). That’s a lot of title for a book that just crosses the two-hundred page mark, but it gives a nice sense of the pulpy goodness that lies betwixt its covers. Dorgo Mikawber was raised in an orphanage, served in the army, and now makes his living as a magical investigator and finder of lost people.” — Fletcher Vredenburgh, Black Gate online Magazine.

You can read Fletcher Vredenburgh’s complete review at: https://www.blackgate.com/2017/01/24/mad-shadows-ii-dorgo-the-dowser-and-the-order-of-the-serpent-by-joe-bonadonna/

https://www.amazon.com/Three-Against-Stars-Joe-Bonadonna/dp/0615734979

Three Against The Stars is old-school, pulp magazine Space Opera in the grand tradition of Henry Kuttner, Edmond Hamilton, and E.E. “Doc” Smith. I love this review because William Patrick Maynard is a great author in his own right, and Black Gate is an award-winning e-magazine.

“Bonadonna has constructed an empire and galaxy that largely escapes the looming shadow of Star Wars and Star Trek to exist as an original work in its own right. Three Against The Stars is a rip-roaring adventure ride.” — William Patrick Maynard, Black Gate Magazine, author of The Terror of Fu Manchu, The Destiny of Fu Manchu, and others.

You can read William Patrick Maynard’s full review at: https://www.blackgate.com/2013/01/11/three-against-the-stars-blasts-off-for-intergalactic-adventure/

https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B009I1KYIK

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COMMENTS

Toi Thomas

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Great reviews Joe. It's nice to see that someone in your field, someone esteemed, likes and appreciates your work and talent.

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Joe Bonadonna

4 months ago

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Thank you, Toi. Yes, I got very lucky!

Toi Thomas via Google+

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Today, Joe Bonadonna shares some of his favorite book reviews over at #OurAuthorGang.

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Joe Bonadonna

4 months ago

Thank you, Toi!

Ruth de Jauregui via Google+

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Today on #OurAuthorGang, Joe Bonadonna shares his favorite reviews on three of his books -- which happen to be my favs!! Yes, I own all three of these books and highly recommend them to fantasy and science fiction fans! Stop by and check out his post!