Can the location and time of a story, i.e., the setting, be the same as a character. P. A. Duncan thinks so and explains why.
Today and Friday are the last two days of the preorder of PROLOGUE TO REVENGE, which launches on Saturday, September 17. After that, the special preorder price of 99¢ goes away. You can preorder the eBook at amazon.com/dp/B0BCGGVC5L.
A bit of a history lesson about the Soviet-Afghan War of the 1980s and how that ties into book 2 of Meeting the Enemy, REVENGE. Plus a reading from book 2’s reader magnet, PROLOGUE TO REVENGE.
PROLOGUE TO REVENGE preorder link: amazon.com/dp/B0BCGGVC5L.
August 29, the launch date for Duncan’s new novelette, Old Love Does Not Rust, is also the anniversary of her father’s death 40 years ago. Old Love Does Not Rust is a gift for him, one she wishes she could have given him when he was alive.
Duncan would also like her listeners to be aware of the National Suicide and Crisis hotline, which anyone can reach anytime by dialing 9-8-8.
Old Love Does Not Rust is still available for preorder at a special price of 99¢ at amazon.com/dp/B0B6RWHHCH.
The reader magnet Prologue to Terror is still on sale for 99¢ at amazon.com/dp/B0B1F64YLQ.
P. A. Duncan is off on a writer’s retreat this week, so no podcast. She’ll be back next week, 8/25/22.
Duncan wraps up the dive into PROLOGUE TO TERROR, the reader magnet/prequel for Meeting the Enemy Book 1: TERROR, and you learn why writers retreat.
Special pricing:
1. PROLOGUE TO TERROR – 99-cent eBook at amazon.com/dp/B0B1F64YLQ
2. OLD LOVE DOES NOT RUST – 99-cent preorder price at amazon.com/dp/B0B6RWHHCH (launches 8/29/22)
Duncan explains what reader magnets are for, as well as the structure of a genre novel, and provides a brief review of the Amazon Prime movie The 355. Heavy on the writing stuff this week–but a bit of early, American espionage history surrounding George Washington’s Culper Ring.
Prologue to Terror, the prequel/reader magnet for TERROR, book one of the series Meeting the Enemy, is only 99 cents at amazon.com/dp/B0B1F64YLQ.
Oops. For some reason, this didn’t publish last week, so here’s the 7/21/22 podcast episode.
Apologies.
The “other half” of Moscow Rule No. 6: Vary your pattern and stay within your cover, offers some advice on personal security–without appearing too paranoid.
Links for books on sale or available for preorder:
On sale: Prologue to Terror, prequel to TERROR, book one of Meeting the Enemy, is 99 cents at amazon.com/dp/B09ZHZXXF8 (eBook only);
Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules is 99 cents at amazon.com/dp/B093THXD7M (eBook only).
Available for preorder: “Old Love Does Not Rust,” a novelette, at amazon.com/dp/B0BHR6VC44.
The new episode drops next Thursday, July 28, at 1 p.m.
Oh, and, a minor warning for some adult language in this week’s episode.
Duncan concludes the month-long birthday celebration for Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules, gives a review of the new Netflix “espionage” movie, The Gray Man, and talks about why she likes reading and writing short stories.
July 28 and 29 are the last two days to download a free eBook of Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules. You can download it at amazon.com/dp/B093THXD7M.
And a new novelette, Old Love Does Not Rust, is available for an ebook preorder at amazon.com/dp/B0B6RWHHCH.
Why do spies need a cover, and why is it important not to blow your cover? Duncan answers those questions and provides an example from her story, “Stay Within Your Cover,” from Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules.
Links for Duncan’s eBook sales:
Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules – amazon.com/dp/B093THXD7M
Prologue to Terror – amazon.com/dp/B09ZHZXXF8
We’re revisiting the Moscow Rules for the first book birthday of Duncan’s short short collection, Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules. In the reading part of the episode, please be advised of some sexually explicit dialogue.
For the 99-cent ebook sales mentioned in the podcast episode, you can find them at:
Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules – amazon.com/dp/B093THXD7M
Prologue to Terror – amazon.com/dp/B09ZHZXXF8
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