No Episode for 11/2

SUMMARY:

Between my election officer duties and NaNoWriMo, I did not have time to prepare a podcast episode for 11/2/2023. Real Spies, Real Lives Podcast will be back next week with a new episode.

November’s sale book is SPY FLASH III: THE MOSCOW RULES, and the eBook is on sale for 99¢. You can find it HERE.

50,000 Words in 30 Days?

SUMMARY:

The author extols the creative benefits of National Novel Writing Month and relates which of her published works got started there. You can still sign up to participate in NaNoWriMo ⁠HERE⁠.

If you live in a state that has an election cycle this year for state and local governments, make sure you vote, and the author explains why that’s important.

The 2021 novel LOVE DEATH, a NaNoWriMo project from several years ago, is FREE from 10/26/23 to 10/30/23, and you can download it ⁠HERE⁠.

Real Spies, Real Lives Podcast, Season 4, Episode 41, 10/26/23

Backstory

SUMMARY:

The author clarifies how long she’ll keep writing and discusses the meaning of the reader magnet PROLOGUE TO RENDITION. Context is everything.

PROLOGUE TO RENDITION is available to purchase in eBook and paperback HERE.

The October book on sale, Love Death, is on sale HERE.

Real Spies, Real Lives Podcast 4-40/163 10/19/23

What’s Next?

SUMMARY:

The author discusses what’s in the pipeline for publication for the next few years, plus a reading from the October sale book, Love Death.

Today and tomorrow are the last two days to preorder PROLOGUE TO RENDITION, the reader magnet for the concluding novel of Meeting the EnemyRENDITION. You can still preorder (at the special price of 99¢) HERE.

Love Death, this month’s sale book, can be ordered with reduced prices for the eBook and print editions HERE.

Real Spies, Real Lives Podcast Ep. 4-39/162 10/12/2023

October Means Sales

SUMMARY:

The author gives some background on October’s book-on-sale, Love Death, and on the reader magnet, Prologue to Rendition. Turns out the author had a lot of good story ideas in the 1990s, but she’s a much better writer now.

You can find Love Death at amazon.com/dp/B08QDLXBCS.

You can preorder Prologue to Rendition until 10/13 at amazon.com/dp/B0CJ7C6FBL.

REAL SPIES, REAL LIVES PODCAST, 10/05/23, NO. 4-38/161

Inspiration Lives On

SUMMARY:

An homage to the original “international man of mystery,” Ilya Kuryakin as portrayed by actor David McCallum who died this week.

The Self-Inflicted Wounds trilogy and reader magnet remain on sale through 9/30/23. amazon.com/dp/B08L3886FP.

Prologue to Rendition, the reader magnet for the concluding novel of the 9/11 series Meeting the Enemy is now available for preorder. amazon.com/dp/B0CJ7C6FBL

Real Spies, Real Lives Podcast 4-37/160 9/28/23

When Truth is Dangerous

SUMMARY:

The author reflects on the Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity (C3) Con and reviews the first two episodes of the Netflix series, Spy Ops.

All three books in the Self-Inflicted Wounds trilogy plus the trilogy reader magnet are 99¢ each for the eBooks all this month. Look for some free days next week at amazon.com/dp/B08L3886FP.

Real Spies, Real Lives Podcast 4-35/158 Sep. 14, 2023

Some Yugoslavian History

SUMMARY:

The author provides some background on book 1 of her Self-Inflicted Wounds series, Welcome to Belgrade.

Books 1 (Welcome to Belgrade), 2 (Dangerous Truths), and 3 (And Justice for All), plus the series reader magnet Dateline: Belgrade, are on sale for 99¢ each for the eBooks. amazon.com/dp/B08L3886FP.

The author will be signing her books the evenings of 9/9 and 9/10 at the Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity Con (C3). Go to creaturescrimesandcreativity.com for all the details.

Real Spies, Real Lives Podcast 4-34/157 9/7/2023

Winding Up a Promo and More

SUMMARY:

Was anyone surprised that Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash? The author describes how she would write it — and maybe one day she will.

We wind up the promotion for the novella A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. Coming next month will be the promo for the trilogy SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS about the 2000 elections in the former Yugoslavia.

Today is the last day to get A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER for 99¢ at amazon.com/dp/B08376X37B. Starting tomorrow, the three books in SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS plus the series reader magnet, DATELINE: BELGRADE, will be on sale for 99¢ each for the eBooks. Find them at amazon.com/dp/B08L3886FP.

REAL SPIES, REAL LIVES PODCAST 4-33, 8/31/2023