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Nero Artlada’s The Monster, The Master

This morality play inspired the subplot for one of my upcoming books. Nero Artlada’s The Monster, The Master “Monstret, Mästaren,” Nero Artlada, Lomma, Sweden 1622. Translated and revised in 1978 by Andrea Tolar, University of Stockholm. A servant and a master walked along the shoreline of the River of Good and Evil. “Master,” the child said, “how do I know if I am pure in my motives and…

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This Novelist's Success Is No Mystery

WordPress did a great write up of me! Check it out. Dan Alatorre murders people for a living. Not literally, but literarily: His thrilling mystery novels have captivated audiences around the world, landing him on multiple bestseller lists. Like so many authors of the internet age, Dan started his writing journey with a blog. Back then, his posts were focused more on the day-to-day happenings of…

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This Novelist's Success Is No Mystery

https://wordpress.com/blog/2023/12/07/dan-alatorre/?page_id=53883

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Serial Thriller: WordPress features ME

I get featured in a WordPress video! Click HERE to see it now. WordPress asked me if I’d like to be featured in one of their videos. I was like, sure! What do I have to do? They said they’d send an interviewer and a videographer to my workplace and handle everything, so we set it up. It was a lot of fun! They were complete professionals, taking care of every aspect of filming, lighting,…

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New Release: Six Sisters

SIX SISTERS A young woman disappears and is feared dead, potentially murdered by her abusive husband – a handsome, shady thug with a violent reputation. But as detectives Carly Sanderson and Sergio Martin look into the matter, they can’t find a body, and the husband has an iron-clad alibi. He was killed earlier the same day. Soon, it is obvious that no one connected to the case is telling the…

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NEW RELEASE:

FIVE SPARROWS The body of a sixth-grade girl is found in the woods near the exclusive school she attended. It could be a suicide, or it could be a murder, but every lead turns out to be a dead end. Detectives Carly Sanderson and Sergio Martin are requested by the local sheriff to aid his scandal-plagued department’s investigation.Security cameras might have identified the killer, but the…

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NEW RELEASE: Fourth Estate

The latest from detectives Carly Sanderson and Sergio Martin. Several Tampa media personalities were known for their “hit pieces” about public figures. Now they’re known for being murdered – and anyone they trashed could be a suspect.Detectives Carly Sanderson and Sergio Martin, co-workers and secretly lovers, are assigned to hunt for a deranged killer, together but separately: Carly must…

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New Release: Killer In The Dark

New Release: Killer In The Dark

The latest in THE GAMMA SEQUENCE medical thriller series is here! DARK HOUR December 5, Dark Hour goes live! A TICKING TIME BOMB WITH THEIR DAUGHTER AS THE HOSTAGE A mysterious package is delivered to Hamilton DeShear and Jaden Trinn – by a driver who then brutally commits suicide on their property. The box contains a message from Dr. Marcus Hauser, who everyone is certain is dead: When the…

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New Release: Third Degree

New Release: Third Degree

The latest in the Carly-Sergio DOUBLE BLIND thriller series is here! THIRD DEGREE October 11 Third Degree goes live! A fire has no conscience. Neither does a serial firebomber. Tampa detectives Carly Sanderson and Sergio Martin agree to join a newly-formed, multi-state task force and immediately find themselves navigating between the Georgia backwoods and the Atlanta social scene in pursuit of…

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A List Of My Books

A List Of My Books

Over at GoodReads, Whitney messaged me to see if I could post a printable list of my books. Seemed like a reasonable request. You could copy-paste this for starters; how’s that? (All of these are on Amazon, most are here on GoodReads somewhere. and almost all are available as audio books) The Jett Thacker Series:Tiffany Lynn Is Missing: a Jett Thacker MysteryJett Thacker Book 2: Killer In The…

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"This is one of those books a person just can’t put down."

“This is one of those books a person just can’t put down.”

My medical thriller The Gamma Sequence gets reviewed at Sunny Island Breezes blog. Check it out. I don’t know where to start. This is one of those books a person just can’t put down. It’s fast paced with lots of action. Lanaya Kim tricks Hamilton DeShear into going with her to track down a killer who is targeting a list of people from Angelus Genetics who gave him both life and death. She’s on…

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Wings & Fire - Narrated Stories

Protected: Wings & Fire – Narrated Stories

Below is your narrated story thus far. Please give it a listen and then put any comments to Ryan in the Facebook horror anthology group. Please don’t post your comments here; he will see then faster in the Facebook group. Estimated completion is February 8, so please check them out as soon as you can.

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Wings & Fire: A horror anthology with 23 stories from 15 authors (The Box Under The Bed Book 5)

Wings & Fire: A horror anthology with 23 stories from 15 authors (The Box Under The Bed Book 5)

Another winner, I think (but I may be biased).

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A ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review for The Keepers (The Gamma Sequence Book 4) by Dan Alatorre USA Today Best Selling Author

A ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review for The Keepers (The Gamma Sequence Book 4) by Dan Alatorre USA Today Best Selling Author

5 Stars for The Keepers!

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What is an example of an emotionally driven challenge in a story?

What is an example of an emotionally driven challenge in a story?

You guys read stories. You watch movies, see plays…

What is a good example of an emotionally driven challenge in a story you liked?

Reply and let me know.

Could be a book or movie, whatever, but explain a little about the challenge and the character that undertook it, and why it stood out to you.

We all have our faves. I’m curious about an emotional challenge in a story that you thought was good.

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Writing A Scene On A Boat (Of course, that means the characters are on the boat, not me. I’m not sitting in a deck chair, rocking back and forth while I write.)

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Open Book Blog Hop - Humour

Open Book Blog Hop – Humour

Robbie shares a few thoughts on including Humor in her writing