Grea Alexander's Blog - Posts Tagged "sci-fi"

Unless otherwise designated, these are free ebook giveaways.

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UPDATED 06/10/2019

Newly Added:

Free Sci-fi/Fantasy titles - includes big prize giveaways! http://sffbookbonanza.com/free-books-...

Link corrections:

6/1-6/30 Books That Set Your Nerves on Edge: Pulse-pounding Novels with Suspense, Thriller, Crime or Horror elements https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/H...


6/1-6/30 History Repeating: historical fiction - all genres https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/0...

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MULTI-GENRE/ALL GENRE

6/1 - 6/15 Are You Willing To Try Something for a Dollar? 99c Ebooks - https://storyoriginapp.com/bundles/d4...-

5/1 - 9/30 My Summer Reading List: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/F...

5/26 - 6/15 Celebrate New Releases in May: 2019 New Release Titles https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/X...

6/1-6/30 Books That Set Your Nerves on Edge: Pulse-pounding Novels with Suspense, Thriller, Crime or Horror elements https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/H...

6/15 - 7/15 Indie Authors: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/i...

6/15 - 7/15 Fabulous, Feisty & Female - Strong Female Protagonists: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/U...

6/1-6/30 History Repeating: historical fiction - all genres https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/0...

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ROMANCE

6/1-6/15 Shifter Romance https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/5...

6/1 - 8/30 Paranormal Fantasy Romantic Giveaway https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/H...

6/1 -6/30 Shifter Romance (A different one) https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/J...

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SCI-FI/FANTASY

6/1-6/30 Innovation Sci-Fi (Also a chance to win a $25 giftcard) https://mybookcave.com/g/4e1ebebb/

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KINDLE UNLIMITED

6/9 - 6/15 Re-Kindle: Kindle Unlimited Authors https://storyoriginapp.com/to/au1B6uAR

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ONGOING

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ROMANCE/EROTICA

Eternal Love https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/G...

Reading is Sexy!!! https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/c...

Hot Girls, Hot Ladies, Hot Books, Hot Summer!!! https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/h...

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SCI-FI/FANTASY

Dark Fantasy Bundle https://storyoriginapp.com/to/OYDG1G5X

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MULTI-GENRE

250+ 2019 Summer Reading https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/s...

My Summer Reading List https://www.prolificworks.com/groupgi...

Here are July's free giveaways and goodies. Enjoy!

Unless otherwise designated, these are free ebook giveaways.

Please note: Some are running on both Story Origin and Prolific Works at the same time. However, there are/may be different authors involved so check both of them out.

--NEW FOR JULY--

ALL OR MULTI-GENRE

7/1 - 7/31: My Historic, Horrific, Romantic, Fantastic, Suspenseful, Contemporary, Erotic, Fictitious, Non-fiction Summer! Ebooks from all genres to pass the summer days
Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/z5Q8Nu5
Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/e...


7/1 - 7/31: Star-Crossed: Opposites Attract or Unexpected Partnerships or Romances -requited & unrequited like, love, lust, respect.
Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/60LnIuW
Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/0...


7/14 - 7/20: Re-Kindle: Kindle Unlimited Ebook Showcase Books available on Kindle Unlimited https://storyoriginapp.com/to/2ZwPoJaK

7/15 - 8/15: A Different World - Ethnic major/main characters
Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/D_UD0mvI
Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/n...

7/15 - 8/15: With Friends Like These - Books featuring a major betrayal.
Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/vgJI5VV8
Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/t...


SCI-FI/FANTASY

7/15 - 7/21: SFF Sci-Fi & Fantasy Best chance ever at winning a mega prize in value from $100 plus such as $100 Kindle Giftcards or Mega Kindle baskets that include e-readers (sometimes BOTH). The entry banners are hidden between the books on offer. http://sffbookbonanza.com/freebooks/

--ONGOING--

ALL OR MUTLI-GENRE

6/15 - 7/15 Indie-pendence: Independently published books - All Genres
Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/3u4Y01R8
Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/i...

6/15 - 7/15 Fabulous, Feisty & Female: Strong Female Main Characters - All Genres
Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/PSmqxJPW
Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/U...

ROMANCE/EROTICA

6/1 - 8/30 Paranormal Fantasy Romantic Giveaway https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/H...

Reading is Sexy: thru 8/31 https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/c... Steamy romance & erotica. Yes, there is more than one author. (Keep scrolling downward).

6/1 - 8/31 Hot Girls, Hot Ladies, Hot Books, Hot Summer!!! Steamy Romance & Erotica https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/h... Yes, there are more authors, just keep scrolling.

Eternal Love: thru December 31st: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/G...

Now that you're all done calling out to "Son of SeaMonkey" three times while staring into your bathroom mirror - naked and bathed only in candlelight...while intermittently gargling a Bloody Mary....

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Gimme Gimme Free!

Well, it's that time of the month again!

No, not the time of the month where your (or your significant...or insignificant other's) feminine hygiene products help you have the best life ever. You know the one where you (or she) frolic in the cooling surf of a disturbingly beautiful beach... in complete and utter self-absorbed, oblivious joy - all the while attracting the local shark population in closer to shore?

No, instead, it's time to peruse the August free ebook offers!

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Want some free ebooks but don’t have a kindle or other mobi capable device?

Amazon has a free app that lets you read Kindle ebooks on your laptop, tablet, computer, mobile or toilet.

In short, if you can read this posting, you can read any kindle ebook...that's in a language you actually know how to read.

How do you get it?

From here: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/kcp

Want a free epub ebook reader that does the same thing except that it does it for .epub files (such as Nook)? https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook...

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As usual: Unless otherwise designated, these are free ebook giveaways.

Please note: Some promotions are running on both Story Origin and Prolific Works (AKA the Website Formerly Known as Instafreebie) at the same time. However, there are/may be different authors involved so check both of them out.

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ALL OR MULTI-GENRE

8/1 - 8/31: Love Geometry: Emotional triangles, squares....octogons
Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/tLdDxkN
Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/2...


8/11 - 8/17 Re-Kindle: Kindle Unlimited Ebook Showcase: Books available to read for free on Kindle Unlimited https://storyoriginapp.com/to/xhJvHrsR


8/15 - 9/15: Mommy Dearest -Parental figures only V.C. Andrews and Walt Disney could love.
Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/2bFdCrd
Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/b...


8/15 - 9/15: Damsels Who Cause Distress - Books featuring female characters who actually do all or most of the rescuing/problem solving.
Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/SUZeOq5
Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/n...

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SCI-FI/FANTASY

08/1 - 08/31: Recess of the Mind: Speculative Fiction (which means Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy and all of the little perverts that like to hide under their skirt)
Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/1NxL545
Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/c...


08/12 - 08/18: SFF Sci-Fi & Fantasy - All Science Fiction & Fantasy subgenres including: Action & Adventure, Space Opera, Hard Sci-Fi, Military Sci-Fi, Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic, Cyberpunk & Steampunk, Sci-Fi Romance, Epic Fantasy & Sword & Sorcery, Urban Fantasy, Horror, Fables & Mythology, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance, Science Fantasy, Humor Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Young Adult, Kids

This is also your best chance ever at winning a mega prize in value from $100 plus such as $100 Kindle Giftcards or Mega Kindle baskets that include e-readers (sometimes BOTH). The entry banners are hidden between the books on offer. http://sffbookbonanza.com/freebooks/

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SNEAK A PEEK

Here are the new covers for the Sedition Trilogy (AKA Rebellion: The Next Generation): https://www.goodreads.com/series/2673...
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SHAMELESS AUGUST FARROW PLUG
August Farrow has recently released her 4th brand new photobook series. The photos in these books have been taken by August Farrow with cameras of varying powers over a number of years (including, rarely, a cell phone) and depict the crazy variety of flora and fauna she's seen over the years.

NEWEST

Wildlife (excludes birds, insects & spiders but includes (in some books) awesome things like bobcat and bear): http://augustfarrow.seamonkeyink.com/...

RECENT

Birds: http://augustfarrow.seamonkeyink.com/...

Insects & Spiders (Arthropods): http://augustfarrow.seamonkeyink.com/...

Houston Garden Center: http://augustfarrow.seamonkeyink.com/...

It's not a "historically" this has been here or its range should extend to there, it's a what is actually y there that a non Erwin or Cousteau can actually see if they visit, are very blessed and/or lucky and they put in a bit of effort.

Some of the insects depicted are only a few millimeters long in reality. In addition, rare and endangered species are included within the wildlife, bird and arthropod series.

Series on scenic vistas AKA landscapes will be coming out over the course of the next few months.

Best of all, all August Farrow titles are available to peruse for free with Kindle Unlimited,

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Until next month!

As usual: Unless otherwise designated, the below are free ebook giveaways.

Please note: Some are running on both Story Origin and Prolific Works at the same time. However, there are/may be different authors involved so check both of them out.

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Don’t have a kindle or other mobi capable device?

Amazon has a free app that lets you read Kindle ebooks on your laptop, tablet, computer, mobile phone or toilet. In short, if you can read this post, you can read any kindle ebook...that's in a language you actually know how to read.

How do you get it? From here: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/kcp

Want a free epub ebook reader that does the same thing except for .epub files (such as Nook)? https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook...

P.S. Don't worry if a title isn't the first in its series. I write my books so that you can pick up any book in a series and understand what's going on (though of course you miss out on a lot of things you might otherwise understand the significance of if you don't read them all in order).


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ALL OR MULTI-GENRE



09/03 - 9/30: Keeping Tempo - Contemporary Fiction set in or after 1975

Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/XANz6Fv

Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/n...



09/3 - 09/30: Sale Away: Books for less than a gourmet coffee i.e. under $3

Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/BJ4C8XB

Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/O...



9/17 - 10/15: Super-Freak: Books with Supernatural or Paranormal Creatures or Elements (mostly Sci-fi/Fantasy though there are other genres mixed in)

Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/D3DvVJN

Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/v...




9/17 - 10/15: Kill 'Em with Kindness....Just as Long as They Die - Books with body counts

Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/NHFshhp

Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/X...


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SCI-FI/FANTASY




09/16 - 09/22: SFF Sci-Fi & Fantasy - All Science Fiction & Fantasy subgenres including: Action & Adventure, Space Opera, Hard Sci-Fi, Military Sci-Fi, Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic, Cyberpunk & Steampunk, Sci-Fi Romance, Epic Fantasy & Sword & Sorcery, Urban Fantasy, Horror, Fables & Mythology, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance, Science Fantasy, Humor Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Young Adult, Kids

This is also your best chance ever at winning a mega prize in value from $100 plus such as $100 Kindle Giftcards or Mega Kindle baskets that include e-readers (sometimes BOTH).

The entry banners are hidden between the books on offer.

http://sffbookbonanza.com/freebooks/



9/17 - 10/15: Super-Freak: Books with Supernatural or Paranormal Creatures or Elements (mostly Sci-fi/Fantasy though there are other genres mixed in)

Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/D3DvVJN

Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/v...

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ROMANCE



09/01 - 09/30 Steamy Romance - Put the kids to bed and ask the good Lord to forgive you romance over at My Book Cave https://mybookcave.com/g/fa4e063b/

Additional promotions for this month have popped up!

Enjoy!



09/27 - 10/1: Autumn Vibes - All Genres https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/y...



09/23 - 10/7: Hidden Worlds - Fantasy only https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/5...



09/27 - 10/1: Autumn Vibes - All Genres https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/y...

Want more September Free Ebook & Prize promotions? Go here to the original post: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

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Lastly, there are some Amazon Free Trials going on right now. I don't know how long these are going to be running, but here they are for now.

Try them all now. Try them one at a time. Try a new one each month.

All of these offers include a free trial period followed by an automatic monthly bill at the going subscription rate; however, you can unsubscribe at any time.

In short, if you decide not to keep the service past the free trial period, make sure you set yourself a reminder before the free cancellation period is over and follow thru with the cancel if you don't want to be charged.


Free 1 month of Kindle Unlimited: https://amzn.to/2NVsvj4


Free Audible Trial: https://amzn.to/2ZPv8JJ


Free Amazon Fresh Grocery Delivery/Prime Combo trial: https://amzn.to/2Q9E7BS

- Must be a Prime Member for access to Amazon Fresh. Non-Prime Members signing up for Fresh Free Trial will simultaneously sign up for Prime Free Trial.
- After trial period, Fresh membership is $14.99 per month and Prime membership is $10.99 for monthly plan.


Free Amazon Music Trial: https://amzn.to/2O1GvaU


Free Amazon Prime Trial including Prime Video, etc: https://amzn.to/2NYt4so

Full disclosure, I am indeed an Amazon Affiliate.

Toodles!

Grea.

Way too much going on with trying to finish Cabello: Acadea so I'll keep this quick.






As usual: Unless otherwise designated, the below are free ebook giveaways.

Please note: Some are running on both Story Origin and Prolific Works at the same time. However, there are/may be different authors involved so check both of them out.

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Don’t have a kindle or other mobi capable device?

Amazon has a free app that lets you read Kindle ebooks on your laptop, tablet, computer, mobile phone or toilet. In short, if you can read this post, you can read any kindle ebook...that's in a language you actually know how to read.

How do you get it? From here: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/kcp

Want a free epub ebook reader that does the same thing except for .epub files (such as Nook)? https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook...

P.S. Don't worry if a title isn't the first in its series. I write my books so that you can pick up any book in a series and understand what's going on (though of course you miss out on a lot of things you might otherwise understand the significance of if don't you read them all in order).


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ALL OR MULTI-GENRE



10/03 - 10/31: Pandora's Box - Books with a Character Whose Failure to Follow Directions/Warnings Leads to Disaster

Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/zux4Ys3

Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/R...



10/03 - 10/31: To Be Continued - Books That Are Part of a Series

Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/Xi1OAGQ

Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/i...



10/17 - 11/15: We Don't Need Another Hero - Books with Anti-Heroes AKA Flawed or Atypical Protagonists
Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/arAGZtq

Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/n...


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HORROR, CRIME, THRILLER & SUSPENSE



10/17 - 11/15: Whatever You Do...: Books with Supernatural or Paranormal Creatures or Elements (mostly Sci-fi/Fantasy though there are other genres mixed in)

Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/WBVxGVv

Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/a...

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SCI-FI/FANTASY



10/14 - 10/20: SFF Sci-Fi & Fantasy - All Science Fiction & Fantasy subgenres including: Action & Adventure, Space Opera, Hard Sci-Fi, Military Sci-Fi, Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic, Cyberpunk & Steampunk, Sci-Fi Romance, Epic Fantasy & Sword & Sorcery, Urban Fantasy, Horror, Fables & Mythology, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance, Science Fantasy, Humor Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Young Adult, Kids

This is also your best chance ever at winning a mega prize in value from $100 plus such as $100 Kindle Giftcards or Mega Kindle baskets that include e-readers (sometimes BOTH).

The entry banners are hidden between the books on offer.

http://sffbookbonanza.com/freebooks/

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ONGOING



9/17 - 10/15: Super-Freak: Books with Supernatural or Paranormal Creatures or Elements (mostly Sci-fi/Fantasy though there are other genres mixed in)

Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/D3DvVJN

Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/v...




9/17 - 10/15: Kill 'Em with Kindness....Just as Long as They Die - Books with body counts

Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/NHFshhp

Prolific Works: https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/X...



09/27 - 10/1: Autumn Vibes - All Genres https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/y...



09/23 - 10/7: Hidden Worlds - Fantasy only https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/5...



09/27 - 10/1: Autumn Vibes - All Genres https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/y...

Cheers!

Grea.

UPDATED 3/31/20

So today this doctor just tweeted this image of a coronavirus test via nose swab (which is what I had).

Enjoy: https://twitter.com/DrPeckPNP/status/...

Was it the best time ever?

No.

However, some of the commenters are being SO MELODRAMATIC.

Folks, it was nowhere near the most painful medical thing out there.

Try being urethra catheterized, the nurse being incompetent and having to pull it all the way out and try again... back to back. (Yes, that happened to me during one of my pre-term labor episodes.) Now THAT was pretty damned painful.

What is a urinary catherization exactly?

Well, it involves having a tube about the girth of a pencil slowly shoved up your tiny pee hole and all the way into your bladder - sans any kind of sedation or anesthesia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinary...

Or perhaps try a nervous system stimulation test where they stick a needle into various points of your body, one by one, right into the nerve and then proceed to administer electroshock to said nerve - 1 to 5 times per nerve point with each time getting more intense.

(Yes, I've had that one as well. I was stuck and shocked more than 200 times total.

And guess what? They couldn't find the damned problem.

Know who figured it out?

ME!

And it was something simple and easily fixed in my environment.)

Oh and did I happen to mention that I'm a needle phobe at that?

I dare say others have had even more painful experiences like say, I don't know, pushing a watermelon sized being out of a non-watermelon sized hole?

#GoodTimes

UPDATE 3/30/20

So I got my coronavirus test back even FASTER than 48 hours and it was negative.

Yay me!

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PREVIOUS POST: 3/29

'Allo my fellow detainees!

Like many of you, I live in a city on lockdown. However, unlike others, I am in double super max lock down as I await the results of my coronavirus test.

Now let me preface this by saying that I'm feeling much better at this point. I'm not having nor have I had any major respiratory distress symptoms such as shortness of breath or anything. I also haven't had to be hospitalized or anything of that nature.

In fact, except for a few days that I was super tired and my symptoms were at their most irritating, my symptoms have been very mild (though I am told that that could turn on a dime and to continue rest, etc).

Though I was fine with just staying home in self quarantine, out of an abundance of caution and concern for anyone who might have been near me the last 14 days, I decided to get tested.

So, how did I get the test?

Well, in Houston, you are required to have certain symptoms via a pre-screening before you are administered the test. Unfortunately, I checked too many symptom boxes during the screening and have been determined as possibly infected.

While there are a number of different tests, mine consisted of a thin swab being stuck up my nose all the way into regions that nothing has ever been stuck before. Yes, all the way up into your sinuses.

While not painful, needless to say it is not the most comfortable and made me start coughing. Of course, this does not seem to be ideal for anyone (though my nurse basically had on a hazmat mask, gloves and a disposable gown over her clothing).

The rooms are also thoroughly disinfected between each test. I can attest to this fact as the smell in the room was disgusting and overwhelming as the fragrances of the various cleaning and disinfecting products came together in a horrible cacophony of loud stench. Still, I'd rather smell the chemical cleaning funk than not.

Post swab I was face masked and instructed not to take it off until I'm home, to continue self-isolation (going absolutely no where) and to record my temperature each day.

While my discharge papers say I'll have the results in 48 hours, in the room I was told 3-5 business days (so who knows when I'll actually get the results).

Either way, the worst of the infection seems to be over for me. Hopefully, if whatever this is is indeed coronavirus, I haven't infected anyone else. I've been super careful (even before symptoms started) with social distancing, etc. However, other people around me have not been or have encroached on my 6-foot bubble.

Even in situations where everyone is social distanced (such as at the grocery store), as soon as the door opens, they all crowd together at the entry/basket corral.

I've been taking walks at sunrise when most people are still asleep and diverting my path like Pacman being chased by ghosts if I see anyone even within 10 feet of me. Even then, I see people just randomly walking up to neighbors or the maintenance man or mail person, stand right next to them and having conversations like nothing is going on.

Considering that an estimated 17% to as high as 50 something percent of infected show no symptoms (at least at the time they are spreading infection), I've been treating everyone like they're zombies for weeks and have been staying as far away as possible.

That being said, one can only Netflix and Chill for so long. During my downtime, I've put together this interesting multi-genre group of ebooks that are priced at $5 or less with some titles as low as 99 cents.

More details can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

Cheers!

Grea.

'Allo my fellow detainees!

Like many of you, I live in a city on lockdown.

That being said, one can only Netflix and Chill for so long. During my downtime, I've put together this interesting multi-genre group of ebooks that are priced at $4.99 or less (with some titles as low as 99 cents).

Genres include: Action & Adventure, Children's, Contemporary Fiction, Drama, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, Nonfiction, Romance, Sci-Fi, etc..

Please note: Myself as well as some of the participating authors are/may be Amazon affiliates though other retailers are included besides Amazon (depending upon author).

Retailer options vary by author but include Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo & Google Play.



April-Shower Proof: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/GmQY5BK

Please Note: Although the official start date of the April group is April 1, you can pop on over and get these deals at any time (at least through the promotion end dates).

At anytime, you can go here to see what is coming up next: http://seamonkeyink.com/seamonkey_ink...

Enjoy!

Grea.