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My novella Look for Me Under the Rainbow about the killing of harp seal pups in Canada and the group of environmentalists and activists trying to save them is still competing in two contests.

It would be a great help if you could spread the word because you can only until October 26 vote for the semi-finals of the AUTHORSdb Cover Contest 2018 for Look for Me Under the Rainbow. This is why it needs as many as possible VOTES NOW.

In another TCK Publishing contest for the book of the year, Look for Me Under the Rainbow is on the second place in YA and Middle Grade category. It needs 48 votes to take the leading position! Do you think we can do it together? Can you help Danny become a leader in YA and Middle Grade category? If so, please, tell all your friends to move forward to the page 12 and cast their votes for Look for Me Under the Rainbow! Thanks!

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I have a great honor and pleasure to be featured with my guest post on the blog of the author I highly respect, value, and love reading.

This Is My Truth Now is author James J. Cudney’s portal and stepping stone to tons of features and segments where he hopes to collaborate and communicate with as many people around the world as possible throughout the year. While this site primarily focuses on literature, writing, and marketing, there are many other types of posts and fun content.

In my guest post “Tips & Advice: Readers & Authors—What is Your Value?” I talk about a controversial topic, about the value we place on ourselves and our books.

Thank you; Jay, for this opportunity to express my thoughts!

Please read it here and give it a thumbs up! Even if you don’t like it, give it a thumbs up.

James J. Cudney is the author of contemporary and mystery fiction where family drama meets suspense: the cozy mystery series Braxton Campus Mysteries, and two stand-alone novels Father Figure and Watching Glass Shatter.

Connect with Jay on Amazon, Goodreads, Twitter, BookBub, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and LinkedIn.

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From August 23 through August 26, Paige aka PopTheButterfly is organizing the Cruel Summer book tour hosted through Indie Blog Hop!


BOOK TOUR STOPS

August 23
PopTheButterfly: Instagram, Blog, TikTok
August 24
Mr Pink Ink: Blog
August 25
The Reading Rebel: Instagram
August 26
Tabi Slick: Blog


ABOUT THE BOOK

Cruel Summer by Bernard Jan
Genre: YA Cross-Genre (Sexual Abuse, Friendship, Skateboarding, Dystopian)

All he wants to do is skate. But they have other plans for him.

Michael Daniels is seventeen and dreams to enter professional skateboarding contests. But beneath New Manhattan, a city under the oppressive shadow of climate change, exists another world altogether—secret laboratories which threaten society as he knows it.

Those with power will get what they want. No price is too high, even if it means making someone special or robbing them of their dignity, freedom . . . or life.

The price is too high for Michael, though. He has endured his stepfather’s abuse and mind games for almost as long as he remembers. Until one day he takes matters into his own hands, ruining the lives of those he loves most. And his skateboarding friends, Alien and Victor, are his only hope for freedom.

When there is no hope left, friendship is what remains.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bernard Jan is a pen name of an award-winning novelist and a poet from Croatia, and he has released four books in English.

A World Without Color is a true story of the last three days he spent with his cat, while Look for Me Under the Rainbow in a unique and gentle way sheds light on the plight of harp seal pups in Canada. It warms the heart of all readers concerned about our planet and its treasures. January River is a heartwarming cross-genre novel about five friends, one dog, and one river carrying a secret. His latest YA cross-genre novel, Cruel Summer, is a gripping story of an abused teenager from New Manhattan who only wants to skate, but they have other plans for him.

His first two books were written at the beginning of the war in Croatia in 1991 amidst air alerts and illusory attempts when he wanted to believe and think that life is normal, that everything is all right with the world. He has published five novels, two novellas, and one book of poems in Croatian. Four of his books, including the book of poems, were translated into English.


CRUEL SUMMER ON AMAZON AND GOODREADS
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Amazon.com
paperback and eBook
Amazon Australia
paperback and eBook
Amazon Canada
paperback and eBook
Amazon UK
paperback and eBook
Goodreads
paperback and eBook


Thank you for organizing this tour, Paige!

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Cover and art design by Dean Cole.


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I did it! For the first time. I discounted all my books to ONLY $0.99!

It is my gift to all my readers, reviewers, and supporters, to all of you who loved one or more of my stories, and to all of you who will yet become their fans.

Check out the dates and links below for these fantastic discounts.

Sunday, December 26, 2021, 8:00 AM PST through Sunday, January 2, 2022, 12:00 AM PST

Cruel Summer
January River
Look for Me Under the Rainbow
A World Without Color

Grab this unique opportunity and don’t look any further.

Thank you for your love and support, and please don’t forget to leave your honest reviews. It can be just a one or two-sentence honest thought or impression.

May the new 2022 year bring you everything you wished for and 2021 denied to you, and even more! Happy Holidays!

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After receiving Readers’ Favorite Honorable Mention Award 2021, being second in the YA and Middle Grade book category in the TCK Publishing Reader’s Choice Awards 2021 contest and the 2021 Best Book Cover Award finalist in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards cover contest in the Children/Young Adult category, Cruel Summer gets another recognition.

Cruel Summer is the Finalist in the 2021 Wishing Shelf Book Awards!

The Wishing Shelf Book Awards was set up ten years ago by children’s author, Billy Bob Buttons. Based in the UK, it is different from most other book awards as it is run by authors and the books are judged by reading groups, not professionals in the publishing industry.

I thank the readers who chose Cruel Summer to be among thirty-four finalists in the Books for Teenagers category and Billy Bob Buttons for the lovely certificate and medal!

Congratulations to all the finalists in all eight categories of the 2021 Wishing Shelf Book Awards.

Click here for the list of all finalists.

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With all my books at the discounted price of ONLY $0.99, I wish everyone all the best for the happier, kinder, healthier, more successful, and promising 2023!

This discount is a gift to all my subscribers, readers, reviewers, and supporters, to all of you who loved one or more of my books, and to their future fans.

DISCOUNT DATES

Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 8:00 AM PST through Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 8:00 AM PST

Postcards From Beyond Reality: The Selected Poems of Michael Daniels
Cruel Summer
January River
Look for Me Under the Rainbow

Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 8:00 AM PST through Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 12:00 AM PST

A World Without Color

Please share the news about my discounts with your friends and on your social media. You can either copy and paste the sample posts I wrote for each of my books below or write something on your own. Everything counts!

SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS

Postcards From Beyond Reality: The Selected Poems of Michael Daniels

Sample 1

In this #poetry book, you’ll discover the cries of a heart longing to be understood. Get your $0.99 discounted #eBook here 👉 https://amzn.to/3G23yNB

Sample 2

When a #skateboarder dips his pen into #poetry, what will his passion create? Get your $0.99 discounted #eBook here 👉 https://amzn.to/3G23yNB

Cruel Summer

Sample 1

A young skater craving independence. A brutal stepfather bent on controlling him. Is friendship enough to help him when tragedy strikes? Get your $0.99 discounted #eBook here 👉 https://amzn.to/3uZbWHf

Sample 2

He is a teenage boy with dreams. But someone he knows has monstrous plans for him. Can true friendship save him when his life is in peril? Get your $0.99 discounted #eBook here 👉 https://amzn.to/3uZbWHf

January River

Sample 1

Five friends. One dog. One river carrying a secret that will upheave their world. Get your $0.99 discounted eBook here 👉 https://amzn.to/3jcanTL

Sample 2

A boyhood tragedy. A man haunted by a secret. Will a quest for forgiveness release him from the ghosts of his past? Get your $0.99 discounted eBook here 👉 https://amzn.to/3jcanTL

Look for Me Under the Rainbow

Sample 1

A curious seal pup exploring the blinding whiteness of icebergs. A young activist on a mission to save animals. Will Helen save Danny before the hunt begins? Get your $0.99 discounted eBook here 👉 https://amzn.to/2F0NQzD

Sample 2

An adorable seal pup exploring life on icebergs. A young activist on a mission to help animals. Will she save him before the hunt begins? Get your $0.99 discounted eBook here 👉 https://amzn.to/2F0NQzD

A World Without Color

Sample 1

He was much more than just a cat. He was his everything. His brother, his friend, his universe. And then he was gone. Get your $0.99 discounted eBook here 👉 https://amzn.to/3j63JOF

Sample 2

Heart wrenching cat story. Memories of love, loss, and pain. And the incredible struggle to survive when survival seems impossible. Get your $0.99 discounted eBook here 👉 https://amzn.to/3j63JOF

Thank you for your love and support! May the new year 2023 be the happiest for you!

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It’s been all said already, many times, through the rivers of tears and one story that keeps living even 17 years after your departure.

I wish I could have gone with you that day, but I am still here, remembering and trying to keep the memory of you alive—your monument—while I still breathe the air we used to breathe together.

I love you and I miss you. I always will. You were my best friend ever.


***

I stand on the balcony, and three floors below me, with noise and shudders of the building, the traffic glides down the street. Carried by light drifts, the clouds float on the sky, promising rain. I watch Saša and you leaving, pushing your way through the illegally parked cars and bulky waste carried out by tenants because they no longer need it.

It is April 19.

I follow you as you are getting more distant and smaller, shaking from crying, with the body tired of life. Saša has to step on the street to bypass the waste and the cars parked on the sidewalk, and then I lose sight of you. Of the blue bag with yellow handles in which your still warm and curled up body slept. When after a few steps he returns to the sidewalk, I lose him, too.



I gather strength and make the final decision. I strain my thoughts and force my body to move.

I’m on the balcony. I move along its length, not stopping until the end, until I come to the railing. On the table I have left a will with clear instructions, so that animals are not deprived of their rights in case something goes wrong and my plan fails. On top of it I put your favorite photo and the syringes I won’t need anymore.

Now I am free.

Now I live at last.

And I look the enemy in the eyes.

I challenge death to the last duel. Defying it with the strength, I wish to believe, of not-wasted life. My actions will speak for or against me. And one monument I built. Now completed, it will beautify life for someone. Some will grieve and cry, others may be enraged. Many won’t understand. That’s the way with people. Always.

***

In Memoriam

Marcel

April 19, 2006–April 19, 2023


Please continue reading our true story, A World Without Color, as an eBook or a paperback.

Thank you.

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