The Good, The Bad, The Book Event

Book events are key to author/reader interaction. They can go well, but they can also go bad, per the author’s recent experiences.

SECRETS, the 3-novel eBook box set is now available for preorder for only 99¢, and you can find it ⁠HERE⁠.

May is the book birthday month for the author’s debut espionage novel, A War of Deception. The eBook edition is on sale all month long, also only 99¢. You can find it ⁠HERE⁠.

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How About Some Ungentlemanly Warfare?

My thoughts on Guy Ritchie’s new movie, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, and a reading from Book 1 of the upcoming eBook Box Set, SECRETS.

This month’s featured books, all three in the Spy Flash Series are free through 4/27/24, and you can find them ⁠HERE⁠.

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Franklin, France, and Spies

Two Apple TV mini-series show that espionage isn’t a 20th century construct: “Franklin” and “Manhunt,” about the hunt for John Wilkes Booth.

Plus–a reading from the featured April book, Spy Flash II. Find all three books in the Spy Flash series on sale ⁠HERE⁠.

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Rage Against the Dying of the Light

My apologies for the lateness of this week’s episode. It’s been on of those weeks you wish never happened. This week’s episode explains why.

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No Podcast on 4/4/24

A busy schedule and an annoying cold mean no episode this week. Real Spies, Real Lives will be back on April 11.

Apologies,

P. A. Duncan

Irons in the Fire

Old habits die hard. Turns out P. A. Duncan is as much an overachiever as a writer as she was as a public servant.

The March sale on Duncan’s debut mystery novel, Supreme Madness of the Carnival Season, is on for six more days, so act now before you lose out on the 99¢ sale. You can find the sale book ⁠HERE⁠.

You can also preview the April sale books ⁠HERE⁠. That sale starts on 4/1/24–no fooling.

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Sowing Some Discord?

Some thoughts on the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who illicitly photographed classified documents and posted them online.

The author’s debut mystery novel, Supreme Madness of the Carnival Season, is still on sale–99¢ for the eBook through the remainder of March. You can find it ⁠HERE⁠.

Oh, and Happy Ostara!

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Welcome to AI — Maybe

The author plays around a bit with AI–Artificial Intelligence–on what it takes to be an espionage writer.

And . . . to celebrate the book birthday of her debut mystery novel, Supreme Madness of the Carnival Season, the eBook of that novel is FREE to download March 14 – 18, 2024. You can download it for FREE ⁠HERE⁠.

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Building a Mystery

With props to Sarah McLachlan for the title.

Why it took so long for the author to release a mystery novel, plus reading that grounds the antagonist’s backstory.

Supreme Madness of the Carnival Season is having its first book birthday this month, and to celebrate the eBook is only 99¢.

Find out what secret is hidden behind a parlor wall.

You can find Supreme Madness of the Carnival Season ⁠HERE⁠.

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