tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post4945067052738440567..comments2024-03-12T20:14:12.308-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: TWO BOOKS TO CONSIDER!Roland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-38840989772696135892013-02-18T12:15:02.365-06:002013-02-18T12:15:02.365-06:00Thanks very much, JP:
Your comment a lot to me thi...Thanks very much, JP:<br />Your comment a lot to me this morning. I've been on the go all through it, so this is the first that I've had a chance to reply:<br /><br />I try to make my cyber-home a place that is entertaining, fun, and helpful. <br /><br />You make me feel as if I've succeeded there a time or two. :-)<br /><br />You're right:<br />My novels occur in the same universe, minor characters taking center-stage in their own books from time to time. In a sense, they are, indeed, linked.<br /><br />Victor Standish is my Huckleberry Finn/Ulysses. And his adventures start in THE LEGEND OF VICTOR STANDISH:<br />http://www.amazon.com/THE-LEGEND-VICTOR-STANDISH-ebook/dp/B005NCUTAG/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1<br /><br />Samuel McCord takes him into his haunted jazz club, Meilori's, when Victor first arrives in New Orleans.<br /><br />Samuel is part Batman, part Paladin(of HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL fame - a gentleman gunfighter{played by Richard Boone} who preferred to settle problems without violence; yet, when forced to fight, he excelled. Paladin lived in the Hotel Carlton in San Francisco, where he dressed in formal attire and attended the opera. <br /><br />McCord lives in the haunted jazz club he named for his mysterious, now missing, wife.<br /><br />His modern adventures begin in FRENCH QUARTER NOCTURNE:<br />http://www.amazon.com/FRENCH-QUARTER-NOCTURNE-ebook/dp/B004YTMNRG/ref=pd_sim_kstore_22 <br /><br />His first Old West adventures begin in RITE OF PASSAGE (though the prelude & epilogue is narrated by William Faulkner in the New Orleans of the Roaring 20's):<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/RITES-OF-PASSAGE-ebook/dp/B004XQVPYM/ref=pd_sim_kstore_3<br /><br />I have a sampler of my different characters for 99 cents, BRING ME THE HEAD OF McCORD!<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/BRING-THE-HEAD-McCORD-ebook/dp/B008ZM9B8M/ref=pd_sim_kstore_2<br /><br />There is a stand-alone mystic fable, THE BEAR WITH TWO SHADOWS (Think THE LORD OF THE RINGS meets Native American myth):<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/THE-BEAR-WITH-SHADOWS-ebook/dp/B004MDLWD0/ref=pd_sim_kstore_2<br /><br />I would have sent you THE LEGEND OF VICTOR STANDISH for free, but you do not have a published profile. Rats. :-)<br /><br />I hope this helps.<br /><br />Thank you for liking my blog and wanting to sample some of my novels. Roland<br /><br />Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-80023474906598408212013-02-18T06:18:11.377-06:002013-02-18T06:18:11.377-06:00I feel it is about time I made a statement on your...I feel it is about time I made a statement on your blog. In the past I have commented occasionally but have never said much beyond the relevance of the comment to the post.<br /><br />I find your blog quite compelling and enjoy the sometimes obscure analogies packed with good advice. For my shame I have never read any of your books but it is something I aim to put right.<br /><br />I presume some are linked and ergo should be read in order. Are they all in a series or are some 'stand-alone' books? If they are a series what is the title of the first book, or if there are individual novels which is your personal favourite?<br /><br />I commend you for your energy in posting so frequently and wish I had similar resolve. Thanks.jphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14366756099517322071noreply@blogger.com