THE LAST DAY & BIG NEWS!

THE LAST SHAMAN has hit #87 on Amazon's PAID Best Sellers List!!

http://www.amazon.com/THE-LAST-SHAMAN-ebook/dp/B00534OEL4/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1344193707&sr=1-1&keywords=THE+LAST+SHAMAN+ROLAND+YEOMANS

In solidarity with victimized Diana Krall ...

Alice & Becca have decided to be clothing-challenged as well on this LAST DAY

TO GET THE RIVAL FOR FREE!

http://www.amazon.com/THE-RIVAL-chapter-STANDISH-ebook/dp/B007JOUJ60

Alice wanted to know the address of the studio executives who forced Diana into that cover shoot.

Becca warned that fat heads would probably spike Alice's cholesterol levels.

THE CONTEST TO WIN SCARLET'S AND ROBERT'S AUTOGRAPHS LASTS TIL SEPTEMBER 1ST!

1.) Liking THE RIVAL on its Amazon's pages gets you one entry.

2.) Posting on the contest or a review of THE RIVAL ON AMAZON gets you 2 entries.

3.) Downloading END OF DAYS gets you THREE ENTRIES!

http://www.amazon.com/END-OF-DAYS-ebook/dp/B0082ZJD08/ref=pd_sim_kstore_5

(Alas, END OF DAYS will never be free. The 13 illustrations within prevent me from offering for nothing.)

{Diana Krall rehearsing at Meilori's}

THE CONTEST with one rival ... THE RIVAL!

THE RIVAL has huffed & puffed its way to #29 on AMAZON!

Thanks to all of you who have helped.

You know me.

I seem compelled to do a contest for my books.

Ah, Alice strongly urged it while eyeing my fingers.

I will never think of finger sandwiches the same way!

Simple rules:

1.) "Like" THE RIVAL

http://www.amazon.com/THE-RIVAL-chapter-STANDISH-ebook/dp/B007JOUJ60/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1344051382&sr=1-1&keywords=THE+RIVAL+ROLAND+YEOMANS

and comment here that you did so. That gets you ONE entry.

2.) Do a post of my contest or a review of THE RIVAL on Amazon.

That gets you TWO entries! Let me know here.

3.) Download END OF DAYS (which picks up where THE RIVAL leaves off)

http://www.amazon.com/END-OF-DAYS-ebook/dp/B0082ZJD08/ref=pd_sim_sbs_kstore_6

and comment here that you did so. THAT GETS YOU THREE ENTRIES!

And really with the 13 beautiful interior illustrations by Leonora Roy, you will already be a winner just to be able to see those fantastic images.

Prizes:

An autograph of Scarlet Johansson!

An autograph of Robert Downey, Jr!

Drawing to be held SEPTEMBER 1ST! How cool is this?

And here is one of the 13 lovely interior illustrations to END OF DAYS:

IF MY WARRIORS ARE TO DIE ...

The talented and kind Christine Rains:
http://christinerains-writer.blogspot.com/

is reviewing my book, END OF DAYS, on her blog Thursday!

How cool is that?

Oh, you're wondering about the title to this post?

In my fantasy,

as General Honore looks at six teenage girls and a nun (actually the last Titan)

setting off against hopeless odds to forestall Ragnarok, he quotes the Mohawk leader, Hendricks:

"If my warriors are to fight, they are too few.

If they are to die, they are too many.”

In war, sometimes the children are called upon to be heroes. It is this way in END OF DAYS.

COME JULY 4TH,

two lucky people will win either an autographed THE ART OF MICHAEL WHALEN or an autographed photo of Robert Downey, Jr. from IRON MAN II.

HOW DO YOU GET YOUR NAME IN THE POOL?

WRITE A POST ABOUT END OF DAYS or WRITE A REVIEW OF IT FOR AMAZON

IF YOU DO BOTH, YOUR NAME GETS ENTERED TWICE!!

A NEW FREE GIFT FOR MY FRIENDS!

This has been a grueling week,

so I have decided to celebrate surviving it

by giving another FREE GIFT TO ALL OF YOU.

LET THE WIND BLOW BLOW THROUGH YOU.

http://www.amazon.com/LET-WIND-BLOW-THROUGH-ebook/dp/B004ZZT0XE/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_t_2

{FOR THE NEXT 5 DAYS, THIS NOVELLA WILL BE FREE!}

(LET THE WIND BLOW THROUGH YOU is now AT #69 IN AMAZON'S TOP 100 ACTION ADVENTURE LIST! The more who download for FREE the closer to #10 it will get!)

{I grew to like the names Luke Winters and Victoria so that I cast them in other roles in a new storyline.}

Civilized Man has developed sharp elbows, deaf ears, and hard hearts in his pursuit of success. Such things bear a price.

Man has become divorced from himself, from the world in which he lives.

The time has come to listen to the echoes from our land...

the wisdom and teachings of the mountains, streams, and woods. Their words are simple and their voices are soft. We have not heard them, because we have not taken the time to listen.

We have been too busy smothering them in crypts of concrete and steel.

Luke Winters has spent his whole life straddling two worlds, Lakota and White, belonging in neither.

He isn't complaining. He feels richer for the twin heritages and for the struggle to be an authentic human being. He has learned to accept himself whether or not he is accepted by anyone else.

But losing his license to be a psychologist in Boston brings him back to his deadly home town in the Southwest.

The woman he has loved all his life has become the feared donna of the crime family which controls the state. She has mastered all her enemies but one --

the disease that is now killing her.

As she metes out revenge and fights rival crime bosses sensing her weakness, can the psychologist save her from herself? And what cost will he pay for trying?

Enter the murky, dangerous world of a Native American Noir thriller with undercurrents of forbidden love.

Again a drawing, if this receives 10 reviews {It is just a novella}, for A ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. AUTOGRAPHED MINI POSTER OF IRON MAN! Not too shabby, huh?

Also READERS IN GERMANY, FRANCE, AND ITALY CAN DOWNLOAD THIS NOVELELLA!
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I'VE JUST SUBMITTED MY NOVELLA, DARK WATERS TO iNKPOP FOR A COMPETITION. SAMUEL MCCORD FIGHTS FOR A 12 YEAR OLD MARK TWAIN :

http://www.inkpop.com/fiction/fantasy-books/dark-waters-0

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NEW WINNER!! ANN BEST!

My best friend, Sandra (You toucha these entries; I breaka you fingers) Thrasher

has drawn the name of ANN BEST to win the ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. AUTOGRAPHED MINI-POSTER OF IRON MAN!

(Ann earned 10 entries by posting a review on AMAZON & posting one on her blog.)

Ann, send me your mailing address so that I can send you that poster.

Just 4 more reviews need to be posted on AMAZON before Sandra draws for the

1967 LIFE MAGAZINE COVER AUTOGRAPHED BY CHARLES SCHULTZ or

the winner can choose to received a movie program AUTOGRAPHED BY CLINT EASTWOOD.

How cool is that?

Just TEN copies of THE LEGEND OF VICTOR STANDISH need to be bought before Sandra draws for ...

THE CHRISTIAN BALE AUTOGRAPHED POSTER OF BATMAN BEGINS!

Is my VICTOR STANDISH CONTEST neat or what?

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Something for Alex Cavanaugh and other movie lovers :
Joss Whedon: 'The Avengers' Will Be Told From The Eyes Of Captain America

While the superhero-packed film "The Avengers" has every comic book lover's heart aflutter, a concern lingers on just how the coming blockbuster will rangle a story with so many characters and backstories.

"The Avengers" has the awesome and difficult task of combining Marvel's VIPs --

Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow --

into a single story line.

Tough, but movie vet (and clandestine Shakespearean daredevil) Joss Whedon has found a way around this too-many-cooks-spoil-the-pot thing.

“I set out with a very simple problem," Whedon said in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly.

"There is no reason for these people to be in the same movie. So that’s what my movie has to be about.

So much of the movie takes place from Steve Rogers’ (Chris Evans) perspective, since he’s the guy who just woke up and sees this weird ass world. Everyone else has been living in it.”

Clever, very clever! The film also boasts some of Hollywood's biggest names: Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, and Samuel L. Jackson.

"The Avengers" opens in 3D on May 4th. Alex and I can hardly wait.