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 Mr. Rajub has branched out from his position as a police officer to that of a lecturer in order to influence the lives of pupils. 34-year-old Bangladeshi American actor, model, teacher, and lyricist Rajub Bhowmik is a police sergeant in the New York City Police Department and has earned a total of ten academic degrees. 

His breadth of education makes Mr. Rajub the most educated police officer on the planet. Not merely the accumulation of a vast varied collection of degrees, but the excellence with which her pursued them set him apart.

Dr. Rajub Bhowmik, an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Law and Police Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York, has worked in the department for ten years. Online records reveal that he also teaches in the psychology department at Iona University in New York.

Dr. Bhowmik was unavailable for comment, but according to people familiar with his family, he and his family emigrated from Bangladesh to the United States when he was just 15 years old. With a total of ten college degrees, four master's degrees, and four doctoral degrees by the time he was about 19 years old, Dr. Rajub is among the most educated people on the planet. He holds master's degrees in criminal justice, psychology, curriculum and instructional technology, and homeland security. He also holds master's degrees in national security and homeland security. In addition, Dr. Rajub has earned a Ph.D. in forensic psychology, an Ed.D. in leadership education, a DBA in business administration, and a doctorate in clinical psychology (PsyD).

Achieving excellence in four doctorates in four distinct subjects is a feat in and of itself, but his motivation to improve people's lives was the primary factor behind developing additional roles and educating himself as much as humanly possibly.

Mr. Rajub has added onto his position as a police officer as a lecturer in order to assist in influencing the lives of pupils and has seen much success with that endeavor.

Additionally, Mr. Bhowmik is dedicated to his work as a poet above all else. This has evolved into a tool for communicating with lots of individuals. According to the Asian Age, he has produced more than 500 sonnets, many of them are about politics, nature, the afterlife, philosophy, and love. Additionally, Mr. Bhowmik has written and published over 20 books in other languages, including works of study, poetry, romance, and thrillers.

He is not only a well-known poet but also the creator of the brand-new Ayna Sangeet style of Bangladeshi music. His popular Ayna sangeet, also known as mirror music, is composed of merely 60 letters and has a maximum of six lines each song, with each line consisting of roughly ten characters. In addition, he is the creator of the Ayna Sonnet, a fourteen-line poem with fourteen letters per line. His most well-known Ayna sonnets include "Ghoriber Janmo," which translates to "The Birth of the Poor," and "Noyoner Asha," which means "Hope in the Eyes."

Dr. Rajub Bhowmik is capable professor, and student reviews posted online demonstrate how he has a significant impact on them and that they value his lectures. Mr. Rajub Bhowmik is a guy of many skills, holding positions as a police sergeant, an amazing author, a dedicated educator, and an actor. But above all things, he is profoundly altering South East Asian culture.

Yes. I know. It has been a LONG time. My apologies. Life has a way of chewing us up and spitting us out. In the last...year plus...I have written more than 400 poems which can be found on my Instagram as well as completed a novel.

If you have followed me much you also know I have been in 2 films, having taken a leap into the world of acting - which came with about 6 semesters of training. I love it. But I still love writing more and will never give it up.

But that leads me to the cool news that Hundred Heartbreaks of Harlan Halifax is now available for pre-order (hits the Kindle and shelves on 9-13-2018). I am making the blog circuit to drum up interest and am also dusting off this corner of my life. So hopefully I will be a bit more consistent here.

Oh... and my collected book of poems (the first of four) is available for pre-order too. Busy times my friends!

Here is Hundred Heartbreaks of Harlan Halifax's summary and cover, if you want a free chapter click this free ebook chapter of Hundred Heartbreaks of Harlan Halifax. BUT please keep reading this blog down below as I have two more announcements including...a secret!



The Hundred Heartbreaks of Harlan Halifax is set in the cornfields of Trinity, Indiana. The small community is verily owned by the ancient and reclusive Harlan Halifax. In the shadow of the Halifax mansion, lives young Addison Yates.

With his mother recently deceased, and a father who is on the ropes financially, Addison's world consists of his friends and an aging farmhand who now resides at the Yates' home. After an unfortunate lapse in judgment, Addison's path crosses with that of Harlan Halifax. He learns how the other half lives as well as the secrets behind Harlan's desire to remain a shut-in.

Through Harlan, Addison meets a girl from Afghanistan who is a refugee of the war-torn country. Captivated by a pair of brown eyes under a hijab, Addison is thrust on an inward journey that causes the small events in Trinity to take on much larger significance.

In this coming-of-age tale, the desperation of poverty meets the legacy of wealth. Youth clashes with age. Knowledge battles ignorance. Friendships attempt to withstand abuse, prejudice, and loss.

In a world ripping at the seams, Addison learns of love's many forms, while also awakening to the hatred that ignorance can breed.
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And if you dig poetry...

Check out this cool cover. It has some surreal elements to it and I will give a free copy to whoever guesses what it portrays. Feel free to share this concept with friends and know that as many folks as guess, will get a free copy courtesy of me.


The book has more than 100 poems and 100 pieces of art - so it makes a nice addition to those word lovers out there.  At the very least, the cover is pretty neat. 
Hope you are all well! I miss my Denmonites.  But I do have a secret hangout being prepared for us as well. Check out the new website, and if you want in on free stuff, and a secret hangout, submit your email. It is pretty cool as far as club houses go! Just click the pics and you will get to where you want to go :)



TTFN Denmonites! -ND

As an author I am always trying to find new ways to connect with readers and other writers. Social media has been a godsend for those of us in the book-making community, much as it has been for the rest of the business world.

The obvious benefits of social media for an author are:
Relationship buildingFree advertisingA World Without BordersUnlimited access to going through the same trials and tribulationsI have often linked posts to my Facebook or Twitter accounts because those seemed, to me, to have the most recognizable benefits from an advertising perspective. What many writers, and business people in general, fail to recognize is that the best form of advertising is relationship building, connecting with your audience, and actually getting to know one another.
When your audience cares about you, who you are as a person, they are much more likely to be interested in whatever it is you do - and if you are a writer - they will be that much more interested in your novel and that much more likely to pick it up or purchase it.
To that end, Instagram and Snapchat are perfect windows into your life.  They say a picture tells a thousand words.  So from that logic one photo on these accounts is saying about 8 times as much as a Twitter character count. While Facebook allows users to share posts up to 63,206 characters, most of that will be hidden unless you click to open more, and let us be honest, with Facebook's terrible algorithms there is a good chance that most of your audience will never see it anyway. One way to increase the amount of people who might be able to see it?

Include a picture.
So, if pictures are still king when it comes to communicating, Instagram and Snapchat should be leveraged. I know, I know: 
But I am a writer - how do words apply for a person like me? 
Listen up you clod.
You can take pictures of your words.  Or books.  There are entire communities of people on Instagram that search for pictures of words, poetry, quotes, books.  These communities are using relevant hashtags in order to find the items they want, hashtags like (and I didn't use commas so you can cut and paste these hashtags for writing and reading straight into your posts): 
#writers #readers #bookstagram #writerscommunity #poets #quoteoftheday #writersofig #poetsofig #igreads #poetrycommunity #author #poem #qotd #prose #booklove #yalit #booknerd #wordporn
That is just a few! Also, they are the most popular hashtags for writers and the most popular hashtags for readers. For an example check this out at my Instagram:

I literally wrote something I thought up, on a coffee stained napkin.  No one cares.  They care about the words.  Those are the type of people you want to attract, become friends with, and ultimatly -hopefully - convert to readers.
Now Snapchat is a little more difficult.  This community is developed purely by people who are interested in looking into your life.  My best advice for this is the following:
Be yourselfDo not be all business, let them see your day to dayUse the video feature, people want to hear your voiceDo NOT make massive stories.  People will get bored (no one's life is that interesting that we need a 100-photo flip book). Or worse, people will unfollow -which in case you missed the point of this blog, is completely counterproductive. Five photos and videos a day should be your max.What is great about this forum is that Snapchat has enabled users to simply scan a user's photo in order to add them.  My Snapchat @ndenmon looks like this (sorry for the growl I was pretending to be Sirius Black from Harry Potter when he was in the newspaper as a wanted murder:

Nicholas Denmon
So add me and let's get to knowing each other!

Oh, and in case you were wondering what Sirius Black looked like - it was this photo from the movie. Let me know what you think of my impression - but only let me know by Snap-chatting me. See what I did there?

Sirius Black:



TTFN Denmonites!-ND

As promised, I have accumulated the top 5 questions from my valued readers.  In the "Ask Me Anything" challenge, some of you came up with really interesting questions that made me blush. I am happy to say, those are not in the top 5 most asked questions, so I dodged a bullet.  That is the number 1 reason I issue the challenge, then give a quick turn around on the time frame.

I limit your ability to organize!  It's a self-preservation thing.

Without further ado, here are the questions and answers in order of least to most asked.

5) When did you first become fascinated by the mafia?  This question was first asked by a lady from Oklahoma, and then we had several more issue a variation of the same question from Oregon, Mississippi, and New Zealand.

I first became fascinated by the mafia through movies and family stories.  My family is from the New York area with historical roots in Palermo, Sicily. There are no shortages of tales about run-ins with mafia members, friends who were "hit", and guys who knew guys.  I remember being fairly young, maybe twelve or so, and watching Goodfellas and The Godfather. I couldn't help but root for the anti-heroes. From there, it was as if some part of my Italian heritage identified with the more normal aspects of the families in those movies.  The big family, the pasta dinners, the music, it all felt familiar but with this shroud of secrecy and tension that made those normal events seem more interesting. I was hooked.

4) You often talk about The London Book Fair.  As an author, what happens there and is it that valuable, did you go this year, and will you go next year?  This question was issued in three parts from a few different people.  The cities that combine to make this question are New York, Oxford, Boise, Chattanooga, Tampa, and Cardiff.

Yes I have gone to the London Book Fair several years in a row.  It is a great place to go and to meet people in the industry.  They have stations set up where you can gather information about every aspect of writing and publishing. Usually, I mingle with a few clients from my publishing business, Pubshelf while my counterpart, Thomas Humphreys makes new contacts and does the handshaking and kissing of babies.

I really enjoy it because London is such a nice city and the hotels are lovely, not to mention you can make so many connections.  This year the hotel of choice was Kensington Close Hotel and Spa.  I holed up with the fine people of Peracto Prepress there for about five days, going through all the "ins and outs" of, well you name it. You literally lock the doors, order room service, and get down to business. We did manage to escape the expo and the hotel long enough to explore the Westfield Mall in London, where one of the editors literally bought 1.5 kilograms or 3 lbs of a variety of nuts!  No lie.
The London Book Fair at Olympia, West London
Taking pics of someone taking pics of room service
At Westfield's Mall, London
3) Favorite author and why?  This question came from all over.  Eleven different cities asked this question, so I will just list the first one as a shoutout.  Christy Lawson got the question in first, out of Tennessee.

I actually have so many favorite authors but there are a few that I remember as most significant. J.R.R. Tolkien was the first author to really capture my imagination, followed by R.A. Salvatore, C.S. Lewis, and most recently G.R.R. Martin.  The world crafting is something that I admire. Outside of fantasy fiction, Dennis Lehane is one of my favorites for gritty crime fiction as well as Michael Connelly.

Author Michael Connelly and Author Nicholas Denmon
2) What is my favorite meal?  I should have known this would be asked a lot with all the "food porn" that I post. I am fairly simple as a meat and potato guy.  A nice filet mignon with maybe a few grilled shrimp, some broccoli, and garlic mashed potatoes really makes a perfect meal. Put a scotch or a glass of Malbec next to it and you have a happy man.

Perfect dinner
1) When is Ashes to Ashes coming out?  I hear you.  It has been forever.  I promise it is closer than you think. Hey, I even have the artwork done.  I am putting out The Hundred Heartbreaks of Harlan Halifax, and then soon after Ashes to Ashes will be out. Tentatively? I think August is realistic.

Ashes to Ashes Cover
Thanks so much for participating! I never thought so many of you would have questions.  Here are a few of the more humorous ones to come in:
Have you ever seen a chicken strip?Boxers or briefs?Why do men have nipples?Are mermaids real?Why do dogs eat grass if it makes them throw up?
...and a variety of crude things I won't replicate even though they made me laugh.
-TTFN Denmonites!

It is that time of year again.  I am doing the Relay for Life tonight and can use any support that the Denmonites can offer.  Whether or not it is merely sharing the link below, or if it is donating some of your hard earned money for a great cause, I thank you.
 We all know of a loved one that has succumbed to cancer, and this is our way to punch cancer right in the mouth, where it hurts.  We hit the track tonight at 6pm EST and every dollar counts.


What is Relay? In May 1985, Dr. Gordy Klatt walked and ran for 24 hours around a track in Tacoma, Washington, ultimately raising $27,000 to help the American Cancer Society fight the nation’s biggest health concern cancer. A year later, 340 supporters joined the overnight event. Since those first steps, the Relay For Life movement has grown into a worldwide phenomenon, raising nearly $5 billion to fight cancer. What We Do:
Organized, overnight community fundraising walkTeams of people camp out around a trackMembers of each team take turns walking around the trackFood, games and activities provide entertainment and build camaraderieFamily-friendly environment for the entire community

How Can I Donate?
 Simple!  Just cut and paste the link below or click here.
 http://main.acsevents.org/goto/PunchCancerInTheMouth
 Once again, thank you for everything!
 -ND TTFN Denmonites!

My buddy Joseph Grant recently had a piece, Face of War, published in Writing Raw. In thirteen pages, Grant is able to take the reader through the mind's-eye of a soldier wounded in battle. Many pieces of literature have revolved around this familiar subject matter, but Joseph Grant takes the idea and brings a very unexpected twist.

Suffice it to say, the short story will have you searching your own face in the mirror. You'll wonder how people are able to overcome the mental trauma of losing themselves when the most crucial elements with which they associate their identity, are taken away.

Face of War
By Joseph Grant

It's been said, that in war, you never hear the shot that kills you. But you never hear the one that almost kills you, either. Nor do you hear the roadside bomb called an IED for Improvised Explosive Device when it goes off nearly dead center beneath your supply truck. But if you are somehow fortunate to wake up in a hospital afterwards, you will hear the ringing in your ears for weeks. The screaming of the dying soldiers around you never quite goes away.
"You're one of the lucky ones." is what they tell as you lay in the hospital bed but you don't consider yourself lucky at all. You feel like hell as your body fights to stay alive, fluids oozing through gauze everywhere. The bed is a mess and they have rounds where they pick you up as you scream in pain so that they can change the bed, change the tubes and the dressings, put you back together again before the morphine kicks in again. No, you don't consider yourself lucky. You're pieces of your former self. The lucky ones have all died, for they no longer have to live with the memory of war.

CLICK FOR THE PDF

-TTFN Denmonites
-ND

...and off to the editor!


As I announced on my Facebook page, I have recently finished my third novel The Hundred Heartbreaks of Harlan Halifax. I have occasionally dropped snippets of the novel on my page as well, but thought it might be a good idea to share the "book jacket" synopsis with all of you while it rolls onward to the editor.

I know many of you are awaiting the third book in my mafia trilogy, An Upstate New York Mafia Tale, and please know that Ashes to Ashes is well on the way to being completed. I needed a break from the storyline of AUNYMT to try my hand at a different theme and at a different style. I have many stories kicking around in this rust-bucket head of mine, and I know that with the adventure of The Hundred Heartbreaks of Harlan Halifax behind me, I will approach the ending to the trilogy with the vigor that you all deserve.


The Back of the Book:

The Hundred Heartbreaks of Harlan Halifax is a story set in the cornfields of Indiana. In Trinity, Indiana, a small community that is practically owned by the ancient and reclusive Harlan Halifax, young Addison Yates lives in the shadow of the Halifax mansion.

With his mother recently deceased, and a father who is on the ropes financially, Addison's world consists of his friends and an aging farmhand who now resides at the Yates' home. After an unfortunate lapse in judgment, Addison's path crosses with that of Harlan Halifax. He learns how the other half lives as well as the secrets behind Harlan's desire to remain a shut-in.

Through Harlan, Addison meets a girl from Afghanistan who is a refugee of the war torn country. Captivated by a pair of brown eyes under a hijab, Addison is thrust on an inward journey that causes the small events in Trinity to take on a much larger significance.

In this coming of age tale, the desperation of poverty meets the legacy of wealth. Youth clashes with age. Knowledge battles ignorance. Friendships attempt to withstand abuse, prejudice, and loss.

In a world ripping at the seams, Addison learns of love's many forms, while also awakening to the hatred that ignorance can breed.

Quote From the Book:

"On a dust covered road with his light-blue Univega Gran Rally laying on its side and dirt clinging under his fingernails he saw her part two stalks of corn like Moses parting the sea. Her dark eyes, chestnut skin, and long amber hair made the rest of the world seem all the more grey and bland. Yet he understood, now, why the sun bothered to shine at all, why birds sang, and flowers bloomed. The eyes, he remembered the eyes from Harlan’s house, from walks to town and back. Only he had never seen them before without the headscarf that made her so foreign to the rest of Trinity and made her an oddity prone to ridicule in the sleepy and eternally preserved town."




TTFN Denmonites!


-ND

Allison Christie, a Twitter connection of mine, has long been trumpeting the independent author horn as loud and often as she is able.  She has read and reviewed countless writers over the last few years and that is why I was happy to hear that she was jumping into writing her own story.


Her debut offering has received eight reviews of 5 stars and I have a feeling she is just getting started.


It is with great pleasure that I spotlight her here:

The most pink ever on this blog?
The back of the book -

Set in the fictitious British seaside town of Humburley, Abigail Milan, now 86, regales her home health aide with her younger self’s story of how she meets her first love, Allen Marco Eaton. Abby tells a story that breaks taboos, bristles with the electricity of first love and physical passion. Her tale is one of heartbreak that will take you on an emotional journey not to be missed.

About her -

Allison Christie Keeps Calm and Carries on by writing.  When Allie is not spending time with her family, you'll find her writing romantic fiction for the modern woman.

While it's often said, it's five o'clock somewhere, in Allie’s time zone that means hanging with the horses she loves; her retired Scottish highland pony Monarch and her little rescue, the very naughty Ferris.

Cost:


Kindle Edition £1.99Paperback        £5.89  BUY IT HERE

Find Allison -

Twitter: 
@allisonsarah16

Blog:allisonsarah16.blogspot.co.uk
Facebook:facebook.com/allisonsarah16

After posting earlier in the day about how I did most of my shopping online this year, and how nice it was to avoid the mall so far this holiday season, I was immediately turned into a hypocrite by the convening of The Council of Denmon Men.

Each year the men in the family pick a night to go forth and buy presents, unencumbered by the various females that are in the lives of the Denmon Men.  This year we broke that rule, somewhat, to meet my uncle's lady friend, and seeing as how they came from New York for the occasion, it was the least we could do.

As is the tradition, and purely because it is tradition, we met for the customary beverage of The Council of Denmon Men -- namely anything with alcohol in it.

 Helps to numb the pain of empty wallets
Afterwards, we contemplated lining up at the Frozen grotto so my uncle could take a picture.  But then he admitted he hasn't even seen the movie and the only bit he knows is "Do you want to build a snowman?" We ultimately nixed the idea and moved onward with our journey.

It doesn't have to be a snowman
We wandered around the mall for a bit, not sure where to stop off, but ultimately we ended up where we end up every year when you convene The Council Of Denmon Men, the hallowed ground of Victoria's Secret..and Bath and Body Works...and Macy's.
After our exhausting journey, it was time to replenish our strength, so we ended the night at Blue Martini.  The live music and alcohol rejuvenated us enough so that we were able to make our way homeward.
Uncle, Brother, Me
Me, Pops, Uncle, his Missus

Another successful meeting adjourned.
UPDATE:
Many of you have been emailing me receipts for donations to St. Jude and All Childrens.  I can't thank you enough for your generosity.  I have 37 books to give out so far this year, and I would love if we could make it over 50.
37 books that I have to give out means a minimum of $925.00 to these worthy institutions.
If we can crack 50 novels, we will eclipse $1,250.  
Alone, we can do much that is good. Together, the sum of our good works will be great.
"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." - Vincent Van Gogh
TTFN Denmonites!

If not, read on:

As many of you know, each December when I am done talking about my beard, posting quotes, and throwing up drinking and travel pics, I like to donate and inspire my friends, family, and fans to contribute to either the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or All Children's Hospital.

For anyone that makes a donation above $10.00 I will give you free reading material (blurb at end of post).

Here is how I work it out...

$10.00 = free ebook

$25.00 = free paperback

$50.00 = free signed paperback

Make your donation, then email your receipt to nicholasadenmon@gmail.com

These are great causes and you can't go wrong picking either or both organizations to donate to this holiday season.If you have ever spent time with a terminally ill child you know the help that they truly need.  So not only will you be getting a novel of questionable value and my eternal gratitude -  you will be making a difference in the lives of the smallest of those that need the biggest kinds of help.

I hope I have the opportunity to give away many books, and happy holidays!

Valid until Christmas Day.

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Blurb from The Hundred Heartbreaks of Harlan Halifax:
The Hundred Heartbreaks of Harlan Halifax is a story set in the cornfields of Indiana.  In Trinity, Indiana, a small community that is practically owned by the ancient and reclusive Harlan Halifax, young Addison Yates lives in the shadow of the Halifax mansion.
With his mother recently deceased, and a father who is on the ropes financially, Addison's world consists of his friends and an aging farmhand who resides at the Yates home. After an unfortunate lapse in judgement, Addison's path crosses with Harlan Halifax. He learns how the other half lives as well as the secrets behind Harlan's desire to remain a shut-in.  Through Harlan, Addison meets an Afghanistan girl who is a refugee from her war-torn country.  Captivated by a pair of brown eyes behind a Burqa, Addison is thrust on an odyssey that causes the small events in Trinity to take on a much larger significance.
In this coming-of-age tale, the desperation of poverty meets the legacy of wealth. Youth clashes with age. Knowledge battles ignorance. Friendships attempt to withstand abuse, prejudice, and loss. 
In a world ripping at the seams, Addison learns of love's many forms, while also awakening to the hatred that ignorance can breed.
This is... The Hundred Heartbreaks of Harlan Halifax
-TTFN Denmonites!