Very Inspiring Blogger Award!

My blog, Ann Logsdon's Fiction Blog, has just received "The Very Inspiring Blogger Award!  Thanks to Lana Cordova for this awesome honor!

Now the torch is mine to pass!  I need to nominate other awesome bloggers for this award!  There are so many fantastic bloggers and writers out there that it's hard to choose. The ones I selected below are the blogs of writers that I frequent quite regularly.  I've read many of their books as well.  These are the folks I turn to when I'm looking for an engaging and interesting read.  There are more I visit, but unfortunately, I had to stop at fifteen per the rules.

My Fifteen Blogger Nominations (in no particular order)


1. Chris Shields

2. John Hanley

3. Nic Taylor

4. Gay Ingram

5. Elaine Raco Chase

6. T.R. Larson

7. Francis Laveaux

8. James Murray

9. Patricia Graham

10. Travis Luedke

11. Lisa Riebe

12. Dianne Harman

13. Thomas Rydder

14. Mel Kinder

15. Yelle Hughes

Seven Things about Ann Logsdon
1.  My day job is working at a university as a human resources administrator.
2.  I help students and adults with disabilities as well as doing many "other duties as assigned."
3.  I live with my husband and three cats in a cabin in the woods.
4.  I have three cats.  Two of them like to lay on me as I type my novels and other works.
5.  I've been the Learning Disabilities Guide for About.com since 2006.
6.  I typed my first novel on a manual typewriter with some missing keys.  I had to move the key covers around to keep from jabbing my fingers on the metal levers.
7.  Thank goodness I have a computer now - - it's easier.

Meet Eric Dontigney

I always enjoy introducing readers to new authors, especially independently published authors.  This week, Eric Dontigney pays us a visit and shares details about his new book, Falls:  A Samuel Branch Novel.  Learn more about it!

Blue Ice Entertains

Blue Ice is the action-packed, sometimes side-splitting story of Jackie Blue, a small-time private investigator who finds herself wrapped up in a mystery involving missing fortune in diamonds, insurance fraud, and oh yeah, a dead body. Working with her friend Rocky, wise-cracking Jackie knows she is in over her head with this case, but she's strapped for cash and a kid sister who is depending on her financial support to put her through college. So, when this opportunity knocked, she took it. Things get complicated when her old flame, a bounty hunter, turns up and gets involved in the case. A dismembered thumb shows up on a car windshield with a threatening note, a suspicious fire breaks out in the middle of a party; shady people are coming and going, and unexplained gunshots are heard at the stakeout. Before long, the case grows into more than a simple insurance fraud and may involve an international criminal ring. Bullets and bodies multiply as Jackie is determined to solve the crime - - a determination that threatens the lives of her and her friends.  Find it on Amazon.com.

Light & Dark: The Awakening of the Mageknight

"Light & Dark:  The Awakening of the Mageknight" by Daniel M. Fife is the delightfully engaging tale of Danny Firoth, a young teenager caught up in a tangle with bullies at school.  He and his friends discover a card game called Knights that is, in reality, a portal into a magical world where dragons and knights are in an epic battle between light and dark forces.  To his astonishment, Danny discovers he has the magical power to see into the future.  Like many teenage boys, Danny likes the new girl at his school, but he thinks she is out of his league.  He later learns that she is as mysterious as she is beautiful in that she bears a secret identity and is directly involved with the strange happenings at the school.  Danny learns that he and his friends share a destiny, to be a part of an ancient magical knighthood charged with defeating the dark.  I found this book to be entertaining, engaging, and well written.  The action and intrigue begin early in the book, and the action continues throughout.  I found it difficult to put down.  Although it was written for young adults, I think readers of all ages will enjoy this escape into fantasy.  I'm looking forward to other books by this author.  Find it at Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, and Smashwords.com.

I'm excited to announce that I'm now working with Masquerade Press as an editor.  Masquerade Press is a new epublisher that supports the work of independent writers.  Check out their website!

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