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John B. Rosenman Author Newsletter #13 - August 2019    (Formerly The Writing Life Newsletter) - Subscribe on my website at http://www.johnrosenman.com - just click on the tab at the top.  * * * * *  My 4-Book Bundle is available for $2.99   -- Featuring Preditors and Editors SciFi / Fantasy best story of the year, "The Blue of Her Hair, the Gold of Her Eyes" -  Available at:  http://amzn.to/1mu6VAR                                                                                                                The Merry-Go-Round Man is the most personal of my novels, being based directly on my childhood. It's a rite of passage, coming-of-age Young Adult story of three boys growing up in the 1950s and their initiation into sex, violence, and self-discovery. Two of the boys were my friends, and one of them is me . . . sort of. It's available in all formats: Kindle, Print, and Audio - and costs only 99¢ on Kindle. Available at: https://amzn.to/2kiqg9v      * * * *  TWO BOOK SIGNINGS (Sept. 14 and Oct. 26) - It's never too early to mention them. Both signings are at Book Exchange. The first (see below) is on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 2720 N. Mall Dr. #200 from 12 to 2 pm. I'll be signing books and chatting with visitors. A few of the novels I'll be selling are featured below.A Senseless Act of Beauty and The Merry-Go-Round Man (SciFi and Young Adult). Hope to see you there! Check this link for details: https://www.facebook.com/events/513151479491342/ Find Out More F   * * * *  TWO BOOK SIGNINGS (Sept. 14 and Oct. 26) - It's never too early to mention them. Both signings are at Book Exchange. The first (see below) is on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 2720 N. Mall Dr. #200 from 12 to 2 pm. I'll be signing books and chatting with visitors. A few of the novels I'll be selling are featured below.A Senseless Act of Beauty and The Merry-Go-Round Man (SciFi and Young Adult). Hope to see you there! Check this link for details: https://www.facebook.com/events/513151479491342/   4-Book Bundle is available for just $2.99 -- Featuring Preditors and Editors SciFi / Fantasy best story of the year, "The Blue of Her Hair, the Gold of Her Eyes" -  Available at:  http://amzn.to/1mu6VAR                                                                                                                The Merry-Go-Round Man is the most personal of my novels, being based directly on my childhood. It's a rite of passage, coming-of-age Young Adult story of three boys growing up in the 1950s and their initiation into sex, violence, and self-discovery. Two of the boys were my friends, and one of them is me . . . sort of. It's available in all formats: Kindle, Print, and Audio - and costs only 99¢ on Kindle. Available at: https://amzn.to/2kiqg9v      * * * *  TWO BOOK SIGNINGS (Sept. 14 and Oct. 26) - It's never too early to mention them. Both signings are at Book Exchange. The first (see below) is on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 2720 N. Mall Dr. #200 from 12 to 2 pm. I'll be signing books and chatting with visitors. A few of the novels I'll be selling are featured below.A Senseless Act of Beauty and The Merry-Go-Round Man (SciFi and Young Adult). Hope to see you there! Check this link for details: https://www.facebook.com/events/513151479491342/ My 4-Book Bundle is available for just $2.99 -- Featuring Preditors and Editors SciFi / Fantasy best story of the year, "The Blue of Her Hair, the Gold of Her Eyes" -  Available at:  http://amzn.to/1mu6VAR                                                                                                                The Merry-Go-Round Man is the most personal of my novels, being based directly on my childhood. It's a rite of passage, coming-of-age Young Adult story of three boys growing up in the 1950s and their initiation into sex, violence, and self-discovery. Two of the boys were my friends, and one of them is me . . . sort of. It's available in all formats: Kindle, Print, and Audio - and costs only 99¢ on Kindle. Available at: https://amzn.to/2kiqg9v      * * * *  TWO BOOK SIGNINGS (Sept. 14 and Oct. 26) - It's never too early to mention them. Both signings are at Book Exchange. The first (see below) is on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 2720 N. Mall Dr. #200 from 12 to 2 pm. I'll be signing books and chatting with visitors. A few of the novels I'll be selling are featured below.A Senseless Act of Beauty and The Merry-Go-Round Man (SciFi and Young Adult). Hope to see you there! Check this link for details: https://www.facebook.com/events/513151479491342/ . Rosenman Author Newsletter    #13 - August 2019    (Formerly The Writing Life Newsletter) - Subscribe on my website at http://www.johnrosenman.com - just click on the tab at the top.    My 4-Book Bundle is available for just $2.99 -- Featuring Preditors and Editors SciFi / Fantasy best story of the year, "The Blue of Her Hair, the Gold of Her Eyes" -  Available at:  http://amzn.to/1mu6VAR                                                                                                                The Merry-Go-Round Man is the most personal of my novels, being based directly on my childhood. It's a rite of passage, coming-of-age Young Adult story of three boys growing up in the 1950s and their initiation into sex, violence, and self-discovery. Two of the boys were my friends, and one of them is me . . . sort of. It's available in all formats: Kindle, Print, and Audio - and costs only 99¢ on Kindle. Available at: https://amzn.to/2kiqg9v      * * * *  TWO BOOK SIGNINGS (Sept. 14 and Oct. 26) - It's never too early to mention them. Both signings are at Book Exchange. The first (see below) is on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 2720 N. Mall Dr. #200 from 12 to 2 pm. I'll be signing books and chatting with visitors. A few of the novels I'll be selling are featured below.A Senseless Act of Beauty and The Merry-Go-Round Man (SciFi and Young Adult). Hope to see you there! Check this link for details: https://www.facebook.com/events/513151479491342/

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The Writing Life Newsletter #12 - July, 2019 John B. Rosenman, SciFi and Fantasy Author (Subscribe on my Website, just Click on the tab at the top.) How many of us take a chance and do something frivolous or foolish, something just because we want to even if people laugh? Maybe it's something dangerous or expensive, or something ambitious and a little bit daring. For me, this month it's the shirt I'm wearing in the above photo. I saw it online and tried to resist, but it's the most gorgeous shirt I've ever seen. Now it's mine and I wear it joyfully even though dogs tend to bark when I pass by. What about you? Have you ever done something different and out of character, something even publicly embarrassing? Book Signings Speaking of something a little different, I've arranged to do not one but two book signings at the two branches of the same store. I'll be at Book Exchange in Va. Beach on Sept. 14 from 12 to 4 pm and Book Exchange in Norfolk on Oct. 26 from 12 to 2 pm. Free bookmarks, come by and chat with the author. Stay tuned for any changes. A Senseless Act of Beauty Too Big to Write? It wasn't until I was five or ten thousand words into A Senseless Act of Beauty that I realized how ambitious a venture it was. Should I quit and try something safer? Ultimately the novel ended up over 115,000 words long. What's more, it's a frame narrative that contains four thematically-linked stories, two of which are about Nigeria, a country I'd never visited. Is this epic about a futuristic Nigerian hero struggling to save a New Africa in space any good? Check it out and let me know. It's free with #KindleUnlimited at A Senseless Act of Beauty - The Turtan Trilogy Can I Write a Series? This is even bigger, since it involves an entire series. The sixth book in the Inspector of the Cross series will be out later this year. Actually, this undertaking crept up on me incrementally. When I wrote the first novel about Turtan, my star-travelling hero, I never intended to write a second. I suppose that's the case with other authors as well. To the right is a GIF I designed of the first three novels in the series. I call it The Turtan Trilogy. It's at The Turtan Trilogy - Special Offer The first three readers to respond will receive a free Kindle copy of my science-fiction horror short story, "Killers". What comes first, love or duty? Diana, a 24th century Supervisor of time travel, learns that Dero is taking unauthorized trips into the past. She knows she should arrest him, but she loves him too much. Obsessed, she follows him repeatedly into the distant past to save him from the machine-like killers that police the timelines. One day he goes too far, threatening the delicate fabric of history itself, and Diana must make a terrible decision. (Winner of Editor's 2013 Top Pick Award for Musa Publishing). Check it out on Amazon at Killers - Robert A. Heinlein (July 7, 1907 - May 8, 1988) There was so much to grok, so little to grok from. - Stranger in a Strange Land - I always get the shakes before a drop. Starship Troopers See you next time! If you have any questions, you can e-mail me at jroseman@cox.net or johnr829@gmail.com ©2019 JOHN ROSENMAN | John Rosenman, 6229 Auburn Drive, Virginia Beach VA 23464

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Fiona McVie recently interviewed me on her blog, Author Interviews.  It's perhaps the most comprehensive interview I've ever had.  Fiona certainly asks a lot of questions, some of which are rather personal. Please check it out at https://bit.ly/2ZGfDRi -

Here's just one question. Fiona asks, "What makes you laugh/cry?"

 

John: I laugh at a lot of things. President Trump and political humor. Dirty jokes. Stephen Colbert and Saturday Night Live. Pickles and Doonesbury.

I don't cry easily. Males are discouraged from showing emotion. I did cry at my father's funeral, though I didn't do it very well. What I felt inside was terrible, though; a vast, permanent loss. I've gotten more sentimental as I've aged, and I can respond to more things. There's a video online about a little girl who lost a cat and then she enters a room and finds an adorable kitten. Her reaction gets me every time, especially when she looks up at her mother and pipes, "Can I keep him?"

         

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The Writing Life Newsletter #7

The Writing Life Newsletter #7 - Jan. 2019 John B. Rosenman, SciFi & Fantasy Writer - (Subscribe on my Website at https://johnrosenman.com/) {I hope you are all doing well.  Here's my latest newsletter.  Please comment and let me know your opinions about it and anything.}

AVAILABLE ON AMAZON -- JUST CLICK ON IMAGE TO BUY: What's New My children's / young adult novelette The Lazarus Trick placed 6th in Critters Annual Readers Poll for SciFi / Fantasy Short Fiction. It's a story about a boy with paranormal powers. I will give a free copy to three people (chosen by lot) who can tell me what Stephen King work partly inspired it. My e-mail is jroseman@cox.net.

Click on Picture - Are You Eating the Right Foods? Are You Eating the Right Foods? All of us writers and readers like to eat. Recently I read an article by Peter O. Blumberg called "40 Nutrition Experts Told Us The Foods You Should Be Eating Every Day". He gives us 40 different foods, some of which I'd never heard of. Here's a Baker's Dozen. How many have you eaten, and can you guess the one I hate? Is there any food you can't stand? (1) Avocados, (2) Tea, (3) Ginger, (4) Olives, (5) Brussels Sprouts, (6) Flaxseeds, (7) Walnut Pesto, (8) Apple Cider Vinegar, (9) Watermelon, (10) Sweet Potatoes, (11) Kale, (12) Wild Salmon, and (13) A vegetable that a recently deceased president hated. The Turtan Trilogy

AVAILABLE ON AMAZON - JUST CLICK TO BUY Hey, Here's one of my Giphys! This is one of my modest experiments. A Giphy or GIF is a looping video without sound. This Giphy is for the first three novels in my Inspector of the Cross series. Isn't it exciting? My hero is 4000 years old and he's dedicated his long, long life to saving us from aliens. What a guy! Just click on the GIPHY to purchase.

FREE TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS A PDF copy of How to Write Science Fiction or Speculative Fiction. (To subscribe, just follow the directions on my website at Website). What is science fiction and how does it differ from fantasy? How do you write the stuff and how do you catch a reader's interest no matter what genre you're writing in? See you next time! If you have any questions, you can e-mail me at jroseman@cox.net or johnr829@gmail.com

Can Life Imitate Art?

Sometimes life imitates art, not the other way around. About eight years ago I became sick with a mysterious, life-threatening disease. My primary care physician ran all the tests in a vain attempt to diagnose it. In the meantime I wasted away and lost thirty pounds. I developed a mild psychosis and a hideous red rash over half my body. Finally my doctor told me he was stumped, and I asked him, "Could I have cancer?" In desperation, he referred me to a gastroenterologist and I finally received a most surprising diagnosis.

What do you know! About ten years earlier I wrote a story about a woman with a mysterious disease. The difference was that everybody hated and feared her for some unspecified reason while I was shuttled from specialist to specialist. "The Blue of Her Hair, the Gold of Her Eyes" won Preditor's & Editor's #SciFi / #Fantasy Short Story of the Year. - Why does everybody fear and shun Rachel and what will ultimately happen to her?

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THE WRITING LIFE NEWSLETTER #5 - Sept. 2018 John B. Rosenman, SciFi & Fantasy Writer (To Subscribe to this Newsletter just click on my picture above and follow the directions.] Hello, Friends, Here's What's New! #Paranormal #Fantasy, just 99¢ - A Strange Romance in the South Pacific. Can two very different people find happiness? Published by Gypsy Shadow Publishing and Available at Amazon: (Bagonoun's Wonderful Songbird Kindle Edition) Also at Smashwords: (Searching for: Bagonoun's Wonderful Songbird) #SciFi, 99¢ Suppose you could have yourself reborn at the age of seven so your childhood self could help you cope with crippling guilt for the death of your father -- would you do it? And would it be fair to the boy you once were, especially since he will live only one day? Published by Gypsy Shadow Publishing and Available at Amazon: Childhood's Day Kindle Edition Also at Smashwords: Searching for: Childhood's Day Book 1 of the Inspector of the Cross series just $2.99 - MuseItUp Publishing #SciFi - The Galaxy is his backyard, and the Universe is his home. Thanks to suspended animation, Turtan is over 3500 years old and travels on freeze ships to distant worlds. His mission is to investigate weapons to help humanity turn the tide against their ancient nemesis, the Cenknife. Vicious aliens, the Cenknife seek to conquer the universe and enslave humanity. Amazon: Inspector of the Cross Kindle Edition iBooks: Inspector of the Cross John B. Rosenman Kobo: Inspector of the Cross Inspector of the Cross, #1 Special Offer - Free Short Story Subscribe from now until November 1 and I'll send you a free 1500 word short story. Just click on my picture above at the top and follow the directions to register. In case you have any questions, e-mail me at jroseman@cox.net. Thank you! --------------------------