tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37302198275238753122024-02-18T19:17:20.680-08:00Dave's Blog Page.Blogs about my books, writing, and what ever.David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-9705999356294569172020-06-23T17:17:00.001-07:002020-06-23T17:31:16.595-07:00Would you spend the night in a haunted house?I recently read an article that appeared in the New York Times titled 'Quarantining With a Ghost? It's Scary' The article talked about a couple under quarantine who began to experience some strange things, such as a door knob rattling by its self, window shades shaking by themselves and then one night the man went into the kitchen late for a drink of water and saw a middle aged white man in a US bomber jacket from World War Two sitting in his kitchen. The man disappeared when he came into the room. So my question to you is Would You Spend The Night In A Haunted House? But I'm not talking about a house like in the story above. I'm talking about one of those old scary houses that have been setting vacant for years that was built back in the 1800s or earlier. My novel The house on Maple Street is the tale of someone who did. Check out the short description below.<br />
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<a href="https://about.me/daviddonaghe">About Me</a>David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-30787148781299095152020-03-31T17:35:00.000-07:002020-03-31T17:35:18.956-07:00Writing with BascoHello. A few days ago I was updating my Smashwords interview. One of the questions was to describe your writing process. The reason I was updating the question was because my writing process has changed. Five months ago Basco came into our lives. He is a Boxer mix puppy and he is now seven months old. Basco Came into our lives during a sad time. Our 13 year old, Shar-Pei was dying. Our hearts were broken. Her name was Trouble. After Trouble passed, our other dog Athenia who is nine years old went into a depression, she wouldn't eat, she was getting sick and all she wanted to do was lay on the floor with her head turned away and if you tried to get close to her, she would growl. Then Basco came into our lives, wormed his way into our hearts and healed the wound. Now we are whole again.<br />
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Writing with Basco is fun. I usually have to stop and take frequent breaks to play catch. Basco loves to play catch with a ball, and he will throw the ball. Other time when he thinks that I am not paying enough attention to him, he will jump up, put his paws up on me and I have to take a break, but I don't mind. Then there are the times when he tries to edit my work. I get up go to the kitchen for a drink and when I come back I discover that he has jumped up and put his paws on the keyboard and I have letters like, ZZZZZZZ written across the page. Maybe he's trying to tell me something? I should probably list him as the co author of my books. Check out the picks of Basco below.<br />
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David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-17719499617475232612020-03-11T21:31:00.000-07:002020-03-11T21:31:01.649-07:00Just a quick updateI thought I would give everyone a quick update and go into a little more detail about what's going on with my writing. I have a couple of novels and a short story collection that were published by small presses. The contracts ran out and the rights of these three novels have reverted to me. I am in the process of self publishing them and they will soon be available again in eBook format as well as in print. The first one, Thunder Road is now available to purchase as a pre order. The book comes out on April 11th. If you purchase while it is in pre order, you get fifty percent off of the 3.99 dollar prices. Your card will not be charged until the book is released. Once the book is released your card will be charge and the book will download to your eBook reading device. You can either go to Smashwords, Amazon or any other retailer that has it. Check out the links below.<br />
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<br />David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-35594204360569126902020-02-06T09:32:00.000-08:002020-02-06T10:45:09.557-08:00I Am BackHello folks. It's been a while. I quit writing for a while but now I am back at it. Since my last post I have retired, took a couple of cross country motorcycle trips and I have been enjoying life. I rode to Alabama from California with the club in 2017 and then we rode down to New Orleans. Last year I rode back to Alabama with a couple of buddies and then headed up to New Hampshire to see my grand kid. As far as my writing goes I am finishing up some old projects and starting some new ones. I will soon be publishing several<br />
books at Smashwords.com and at Amazon so stay tuned. I look forward to hearing from you. You can contact me at dhdonaghe@earthlink.net to let me know what you think. I am looking forward to hearing from you.David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-60492961188467369392012-08-11T20:19:00.001-07:002012-08-11T20:24:01.438-07:00One with the machine<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">For
those of you who know me, or have read some of my books, blogs or short stories,
you know by now that I like riding my motorcycle. Sometimes, when it’s just me and the road,
usually a long curvy one in the mountains, I’ll get to a place where I am one
with the machine; I am in the zone. The
bike is purring like a kitten and I’m leaning into the curves with the throttle
cranked and my face in the wind. Right
then, I am one hundred percent in the present moment. There are no thoughts of the future or past
running though my brain, there are now worries or troubles on my mind; it is
just me and the machine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is the same way with my writing sometimes.
Sometimes when I am writing and the voices inside my head are talking, I
drop into a zone where the words are coming so fast, the scenes are so action
packed and the story seems so real, that, it almost is. Right now my biker fiction novel, Thunder
Road is out and just received a five star review. You can still get Monroe’s Paranormal
Investigations at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. Otherworld Publications is going out of business,
so I had to find a new publisher. Hydra
Publications will reedit and rerelease it sometime next year. My Cave Man action adventure stories will
soon be in one volume, titled Tales From The Lost Highway. I am working on a sequel to Thunder Road, titled
In The Wind. I have a couple of science
fiction novels and a haunted house novel that I have yet to publish, so I’ve
got a lot going on and a lot on the back burner. I would like to invite everyone to friends me
on facebook, follow me on twitter and sing up on my blog page. Shoot me an email if you want at <a href="mailto:davidhdonaghe@yahoo.com">davidhdonaghe@yahoo.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If
you like riding motorcycles shoot me an email and let me know. Tell me a motorcycle story about one of your
favorite rides. If you don’t ride
motorcycles, I’d still like to hear from you anyway. Let me know what it is that you do. What is the one thing that you enjoy the most
that puts you in the zone? If you are an
author and you would like to do a guest post, contact me and let me know. If you are a blogger and you like to review
books, if you would like to review some of mine, I’ll make arrangements so that
you can download them free at Smashwords.com.
I guess that’s about it for now.
Until next time I’ll keep doing what I do best: reading, writing and
riding my motorcycle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-62665598544883179462012-06-30T21:43:00.001-07:002012-06-30T21:43:16.007-07:00The Great eBook Give Away!Hello. In celebration of me reaching 100 fans on goodgreads, plus over 1000 followers on Twitter and in conjunction with Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale, all of my self published eBooks are free at Smashwords.com from midnight July 1st until midnight July 30th. This includes the Cave Man Action Adventure series. You can get the following stories free:<br />
Biker Heaven<br />
The Devil's Punch Bowl<br />
Bring A Brother Home<br />
Lead Belly<br />
Pops<br />
The Woolly Boys<br />
and the latest installment, The Dark Rider. Just go to www.smashwords.com and enter the following code: SSWIN<br />
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It would be way cool if you would download some of my books, post a review and join my blog page and join my email list. You can even shoot me an email at davidhdonaghe@yahoo.com and let me know what you think. I love hearing from my readers. So until next time, happy reading and like always, I'll keep doing what I do best: reading, writing and riding my motorcycle.<br />
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Peace Out.David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-941738770024398672012-05-10T21:30:00.000-07:002012-06-05T17:39:20.142-07:00Biker Fiction<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hello. I would like to talk about two things that
are dear to my heart: reading, and riding motorcycles. In other words, Biker Fiction. Biker fiction is a little known genre where
the story revolves around people, riding motorcycles. It is usually a cross genre, it could be
romance, action adventure, thriller or any number of genres, but the central
theme is motorcycles. The Easy Rider
magazine has published Biker Fiction for years.
Wild Child Publishing publishes Biker Heaven and Black Rose Writing just
released my Biker Fiction novel, Thunder Road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thunder
Road is the exciting tale of, Mike McDonald, a Persian Gulf War vet, whom after
waking up from a coma, goes on the warpath against the outlaw motorcycle club
that brutally killed his wife and left him for dead. The final confrontation takes place at a
cabin at the end of a lonely mountain road, known as Thunder Road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Teachers
often tell new writers to write what they know.
I have mixed feelings about this.
I believe you should write about what ever you want. If you don’t know anything about a subject,
and you want to write about it, there are three things I have to say: research,
research, research. That’s what the
internet is for. It just so happens that
I have a passion for motorcycles. For
the past ten years, I have immersed myself in the biker culture, but I also
like other things. I read science
fiction, action, thrillers, horror, Westerns, you name it. If it’s a good story, I’m going along for the
ride. My writing is a mixture of these
things. My science fiction novel, Tale
Spinner is available on Amazon.com, along with my short story collection,
Monroe’s Paranormal Investigations and my new release, Thunder Road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In
celebration of Thunder Road, I am giving the first installment of my Cave Man
action adventure series, Biker Heaven away for free. Why would I do this? Because I think that if you read the first
story, you’ll want to read the rest. You can get it at Smashwords.com or Amazon.com. Here's the link to Amazon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Action-Adventure-Series-ebook/dp/B005XJ0U30/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338942945&sr=1">Biker Heaven</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I
am also offering the latest installment, The Woolly Boys for free at
Smashwords.com until June 10<sup>th</sup>.
Just go to Smashwords and enter the following code: RW45Q. Here's the link.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/151663">The woolly Boys</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">For
those of you who buy any of my three books that are in print, Thunder Road,
Tale Spinner, and Monroe’s Paranormal Investigations, send me the copy of your receipt
in an email. I will also give you the
codes to download additional installments from my Cave Man action adventure
series, as I stated in last months blog, but to get Biker Heaven and The Woolly
Boys, you don’t have to do anything.
Just go to Smashwords and download your copy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Enough
about books. Let’s get back to
motorcycles. I ride a 2008 Harley
Davidson Road glide and I also have a 2002 Triumph Bonneville America. I love putting my face in the wind with my
bros and rolling down the highway. What
I would like to know is about you. Do
you like to ride motorcycles? If so what
type of bike do you ride, or are you a passenger only? If you don’t like motorcycles, what are you
passionate about? What is the one thing
that makes you happy? Leave a comment
and let me know. If you'd like to contact me directly, shoot me an email. You can contact me at davidhdonaghe@yahoo.com As always, until next
time, I’ll keep reading, writing and riding my motorcycle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> When mike McDonald, a Persian Gulf War vet, wakes up from a coma and can't remember his own name, a burning white cauldron of anger boils inside him. Mike's friends relay the facts to him, informing Mike that while he and his wife Sharon, were on a vacation, riding their Honda Goldwing, an outlaw motorcycle club known as The Lost Souls ambushed them. The Lost Souls abuse and kill Sharon and leave Mike for dead. Mike recovers from his injuries, regains his memories, and goes to war against The Lost Souls. Using guns, knives and homemade explosives, Mike attacks not just the LA chapter of The Lost Souls, Motorcycle Club, but he also takes on their chapters in Las Vegas, Utah and Idaho. In Green River Wyoming, Mike hooks up with a friendly motorcycle club known as The Green River Boys and they help him with his war against The Lost Souls. The final battle takes place at a secluded cabin at the end of a lonely mountain road, known as Thunder Road.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">To celebrate the release of Thunder Road, I am giving away the first two installments of my Cave Man Action Adventure series: Biker Heaven and The Devil’s punch bowl. When you order your copy of Thunder Road, send me a copy of your receipt from Amazon.com or where ever you purchase it, in an email and I will send you the promotion codes so you can down load your copy of Biker Heaven and The Devil’s Punch bowl from Smashwords.com. Click the link below to order your copy of Thunder Road and then click the links to download your free eBooks. Feel free to post any comments you may have and if you do order any of my books I would be thrilled if you would post a review and let me know what you think. As always, until next time I will keep doing what I do best: reading, writing and riding my motorcycle.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:dhdonaghe@earthlink.net">dhdonaghe@earthlink.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Road-ebook/dp/B007QVECPU/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333500718&sr=1-5">Thunder Road</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94718">Biker Heaven</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Dave/My%20Documents/2010-2011%20School%20Calendar.pdf">The Devil's Punch bowl</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuC2BHQVrNKeb44WXpu8jZiChOWklhZ6gi_io7kcFDqxvJ-1JNl16cFXZpU_gB9mmsO36X_mVyI7Ewzdt-kDbeaJjC21imadMhk_ADR3mOITon_mnbAUq1vlTL90UAZBZRhwcwsLOBbw/s1600/Thunder+Road+front+cover+(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuC2BHQVrNKeb44WXpu8jZiChOWklhZ6gi_io7kcFDqxvJ-1JNl16cFXZpU_gB9mmsO36X_mVyI7Ewzdt-kDbeaJjC21imadMhk_ADR3mOITon_mnbAUq1vlTL90UAZBZRhwcwsLOBbw/s320/Thunder+Road+front+cover+(4).jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;">But wait, there's more. If you order my short story collection, Monroe's Paranormal Investigations, I will give you the third book in the Cave Man Action Adventure Series as well (Bring a Brother Home.) If you like werewolf and vampire stories with a little sex and humor mixed in, you'll like this book. Click the link below to order.<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Monroes-Paranormal-Investigations-David-Donaghe/dp/1935458922/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334551004&sr=1-1">Monroe's Paranormal Investigations.</a><br />
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If you order my science fiction novel Tale Spinner, as well, then I'll give you the fourth book in the Cave Man Action Adventure Series (Lead Belly) for free as well. Click the link below to order your copy of Tale Spinner.<br />
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But wait there's still more. If you order, Thunder Road, Monroe's Paranormal Investigations, and Tale Spinner and send a copy of the receipt to my email I will throw in the fifth book in the series, (Pops) also for free. That is five free eBooks when you purchase three others.<br />
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Click on the links below to order your free eBooks after I send you the promotion codes.<br />
<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/108697">Bring a Brother Home</a><br />
<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/136200">Lead Belly</a><br />
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We as all ways, until next time, I'll keep reading, writing and riding my motorcycle.</div>David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-41106347714973212552012-02-28T20:29:00.002-08:002012-02-28T20:32:57.739-08:00The First Ten Steps<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: .3in;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">The First Ten Steps by M.R. Mathias<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">February 28th 2012</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Hello, my name is David Donaghe and I write short stories and novels. I am the author of Monroe’s Paranormal Investigations, Tale Spinner and the Cave Man action adventure series, which is a series of biker/ horror/ paranormal stories, </span>but I’m really not here to talk about me today. I am here to give a shout out to M.R. Mathias, author of The First Ten Steps, The Sword and the Dragon, The Wardstone Trilogy and many more.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;">I recently read The First Ten Steps and I enjoyed it immensely. I think that this gem, all though only twenty-four short pages, is a must read to any new author. So you’ve wrote your book, published it in eBook format, so now what? The first ten steps tells you exactly what to do to start racking up sales and how to become a known author. All though Mathis wrote this book with the self-published author in mind, I think it works for any writer. I have two novels published by small presses and another one coming out next month, and I intend to use the knowledge I found in The First Ten Steps to market them. If you would like to learn more about M. Mathias, go to his website, check out his books and while your there, buy one, but to sweeten the deal, M.R. Mathias has offered five copies of The sword and the Dragon for free to the first five people who log onto his Smashwords page. Click the link below for your free eBook.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"><a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/22793"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">The sword and Dragon</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> enter code FF22D<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"><br />
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</div>David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-75438491382344294762012-02-10T18:42:00.000-08:002012-02-10T18:42:14.775-08:00Still Blowing In The Wind<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.3in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Still Blowing In The Wind.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.3in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">February 10th 2012</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.3in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I am now, and I forever will be a Bob Dylan fan. I started listening to his music in the early seventies; I liked it then, and I like it now. I didn’t care that some people considered him a spokesman for a generation, or a leader in the protest movement. I just liked his music. I like his old music and I like his new stuff. It moved me. It did back then, and it does now. It touches some place deep inside me. From everything I have read, or saw on TV, Bob Dylan never considered himself a spokesman for his generation, or a leader in the protest movement. For him, it was all about the music, and it was the same for me when it came to listening to it. I recently saw a documentary of his early years and a reporter asked him if he was going to attend an upcoming protest march. He laughed and said that he would probably be busy that day.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I saw Bob Dylan in concert in the 1980s and I saw him again at the Buffalo Chip Campground at Sturgis South Dakota in 2010 during the Black Hills motorcycle rally. He rocked down the house in the eighties when I saw him play then and he rocked down the campground at Sturgis. One thing I like about a Bob Dylan concert is that you get your money’s worth. He doesn’t talk; he just sings and plays his music. Halfway through the concert, he’ll introduce the band, but other than that he just plays his tunes and if you’re lucky, he’ll come back for an encore. When I heard him at Sturgis I stood among a mass of people squished together like sardines in a can. They were all cheering and having a great time. It was a time that I will remember for the rest of my life.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">One of Bob’s early hits was Blowing In The Wind. What does that song mean? Was it an anthem for the protest movement? Some people thought so, yet Bob Dylan didn’t consider himself as a topical singer or a leader of the protest movement. He considered himself to be a poet, I think. We’re all searching for something, and the answer is blowing in the wind. If you are an artist, weather it’s a painter, a writer, a singer or a sculpture, you’re searching for that next painting, that vision you have in your mind, or that next story or novel, if you are a writer. People often ask writers where they get their ideas. The ideas are out there blowing in the wind, and sometimes we manage to catch one and filter them through that word processor we call a brain.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bob Dylan was born in Duluth Minnesota on May 11<sup>th</sup> 1941. He moved to Hibbing Minnesota when he was six. In Minneapolis, they hold an annual Bob Dylan sound alike contest at the 400 bar. In my science fiction novel, Tale Spinner my main character, Brandon Merryweather goes to a bar in Greenwich Village where they are holding a Bob Dylan sound alike contest. Some of the clubs in the village where Bob got his start back in the day are closed now, but I think at least one club that he used to play in back then is still open. Below is an excerpt from tale spinner.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Life seemed good, but whenever you think you’ve got life by the tail, something always bites you on the ass. My life was no exception.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">One weekend, I was sitting around feeling board. Fluffy jumped up into my lap and I stroked her fur. Kathleen and Amy were busy. Baxter was out of town. My apartment seemed as still as King Tut’s tomb. The clock’s incessant ticking was starting to drive me crazy. My stomach rumbled. Fluffy jumped off my lap.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">“You know what I think I’ll do, Fluff. I think I’ll take a ride down to the village. Maybe I’ll stop at Tower Records and buy a new CD. You hold the fort while I’m gone.” So, that’s what I did. Dressed, I left my apartment, caught the bus and rode it to the nearest subway station. The warm sunshine felt good against my back. The people on the bus and in the subway seemed in a jovial mood. Everyone was enjoying their weekend. Even on the platform, there wasn’t your usual pushing and shoving. No one tried to elbow their way through. When the train arrived, I climbed aboard and settled back with a paperback to read while I rode to Greenwich Village.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">It was a wonderful day in the village and I had a good time shopping, site seeing and enjoying the atmosphere. I had dinner and spent the evening at a local pub where people would get up on stage and do their best Bob Dylan impersonation. They had a contest going and gave a prize for the best performance. If Bob Dylan himself were to show up, he might not have won. Half drunk, I staggered out the door when they closed the place down that evening. Pulling my coat together at the front, I staggered down the sidewalk. Fog formed in front of my face when I breathed. The music from a street musician playing the guitar wafted on the cold night air. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Back at the subway station, I stumbled aboard the train for the ride home. Making my way through the train, I headed to the last car and took a seat on the beach near the door of the empty train car. This was a break from my pattern. Usually I sit facing the door. Listening to the hum of the steel wheels, I drifted off to sleep. The door between the cars whooshed open. The increase in the sound from the wheels woke me. My breath fogged up in front of my face. Five Cool Dogs swaggered inside. My heart rate quickened. Sweat formed up in the palms of my hands. The door whooshed closed behind them. I recognized one of the gang bangers from my last encounter. <i>He must be their leader now</i>. <i>The one I stabbed must not have made it. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">“If it ain’t the white boy from the other day? Where’s your biker buddy now? I told you next time you come through Cool Dog turf, you’d best be packin’” He pulled a handgun from his waistband. The one standing next to him pulled a sawed off from underneath his coat. Jumping to my feet, my breathing regulated and my heart rate subsided. An eerie calm dropped over me.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">“I told you, I would be,” I said and then pulled the stub nosed from underneath my shirt. Several things happened at once. Four people materialized from thin air standing next to me. The Cool Dogs and I brought our weapons to bear. From my peripheral vision, I recognized the biker from my last encounter with the Cool Dogs. On my right stood the Mojave Kid. That startled me. They brought their weapons up. On my left stood a man that looked like he’d just stepped out of a Mickey Spillane novel. He was dressed in 1940s style suit wearing a Fedora hat. The heavyset gumshoe pulled an old Smith and Wesson revolver from a shoulder holster. A tall man with black hair and deep piercing blue eyes stood next to him. He wore a black military style uniform. Gold hash marks covered his sleeves and I saw a strange looking emblem on his shoulder. He had a silver bar on his lapel. In his right hand, he held a wired looking metallic handgun.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">The world erupted into sound and light. A laser flash lit up the train car. The loud bang of gunfire caused my hearing to go away. The train lurched to a stop. The door behind me slid open. A bullet slammed into my chest. Flying backward, I felt a familiar sense of disorientation and saw a flash of blue light. The smell of burning ozone filled the air. My body came down on a metal deck, knocking the wind out of me, and I lost consciousness.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">The Mojave kid looked down at the bodies of the Cool Dogs lying on the floor. Their leader lay unconscious and looked like he wouldn’t make it. The others, nursing their wounds, struggled to sit up. The Mojave Kid bent down and picked up my handgun. He glanced out the doorway of the subway car.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">“He’s gone now. I reckon I’d better keep this. It could cause him trouble later.” The dark haired man in the black uniform arched his left eyebrow. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">“Give it to me. I’ll see that he get’s it, all though I doubt that it will survive the temporal flux.” The Cool Dogs on the floor looked up slack jawed and wide eyed. The four men dematerialized and faded from sight.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">if you would like to read Tale Spinner click the link below.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tale-Spinner-ebook/dp/B004XD11LW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328927297&sr=8-1">Tale Spinner</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">That’s about it for now. Until next time I’ll keep doing what I do best: reading, writing and riding my motorcycle. I’ll keep my net cast out, trying to catch an idea for my next novel, because the answer is still blowing in the wind.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVgW7OKvRmUfA48HFXSo9Sr0mZ1xykdbObEPjhPZeMiCdGSFLCqgWDlDp9E0sn1zoH8GRu1eGOCYlnnB607GVY7_u_QZS4MToMrb3Fe4V1k4mBfee8g_HK0w6HNRgolommT5jpztl1Q/s1600/imagepng952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVgW7OKvRmUfA48HFXSo9Sr0mZ1xykdbObEPjhPZeMiCdGSFLCqgWDlDp9E0sn1zoH8GRu1eGOCYlnnB607GVY7_u_QZS4MToMrb3Fe4V1k4mBfee8g_HK0w6HNRgolommT5jpztl1Q/s1600/imagepng952.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
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</div>David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-68529063090681330172012-01-10T21:21:00.000-08:002012-01-10T21:21:36.673-08:00Gun Truble<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Gun Trouble<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">January 10 2012</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Everyone knows that we live in violent times, and it almost seems like you hear about someone shot everyday, yet when you look at the Bureau of Justice Statistics, you find that gun violence has plummeted since 1993. A study on where the criminals got their weapons found that less than 2% of criminals arrested for gun crimes bought their gun at a gun show or flee market. Roughly, 12 % bought their guns at retail stores or pawnshops and 80% got their weapons from family, friends or an illegal street buy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I believe in sensible gun laws. To me that means, if you have a history of mental illness, you are a convicted felon, or you have used a gun to commit a crime, then you should not be allowed to own a firearm. If not, then your Second Amendment rights should no be restricted. Every man, or woman on this Earth has the God given right to defend themselves or their family from bodily harm, even if that means taking another life using a firearm. I believe everyone who chooses to and who passes the background check should be allowed to have a conceal and carry permit. When Gun trouble comes your way, and the bullets are flying over your head, wouldn’t it be better to have the training and the where with all to defend yourself, rather than cowering in fear?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">My name is David Donaghe and I write shot stories and novels. In much of my writing, my main characters use guns to defend themselves. Below are two excerpts when the characters in my books ran into some Gun Trouble. The first is from my short story collection, Monroe’s Paranormal Investigations.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Stepping away from the wall, we stood back to back and opened up on the advancing horde. Even in the middle of the attack, I didn’t fail to notice the firm pressure of Roxy’s shapely bottom pressed up against mine. Her body jiggled back and forth, as she fired. The loud crack of gunfire almost made my ears bleed and by the sporadic muzzle flashes, I saw what was left of the zombies retreat into the tombs. The acidic smell of gun smoke masked the putrid smell of the undead flesh. Once the attack broke off, we moved deeper into the Earth.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In my science fiction novel Tale Spinner, my main character, Brandon Merryweather is teleported into the world of the Western novel he is reading. When he arrives in Greedy Gulch, an 1880s boomtown, the novel’s main character, a cowboy called The Mojave Kid, takes Brandon under his wing and helps him survive in a savage new land. Below is an excerpt where Brandon runs into some Gun Trouble.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">One evening, after stripping the saddle and rigging from the bay, I was heading to the Last Chance Saloon. The booming voice of Craig Barlow came form up the street. My heart almost stopped. The sun in my eyes made it hard to see and caused me to squint. My black and white mutt came to the doorway of the livery and barked.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Merryweather!” Up the street, Craig Barlow squared off facing me and swaggered my way. My breathing came in shallow gasps. “Drag iron you yellow bellied coward!”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Calm settled over me and my breathing regulated. My vision narrowed. <i>How dare that son of a bitch call me a coward? </i>That’s one word you don’t let somebody get away with calling you. Barlow’s right hand dropped to the butt of his Colt. I pulled mine, and it spit flame.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">So, when it comes to gun trouble, I believe its better to have a gun and not need it, than to need one and not have it. If you would like to order, any of my books click the links below. As always, I invite you to post a comment and state your opinion. Until next time, I’ll keep reading, writing and riding my motorcycle.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">David Donaghe<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tale-Spinner-ebook/dp/B004XD11LW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326258696&sr=8-1">Tale Spinner</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC25yDKprhRyyKuHb_iSSn_rMx9dCiNjzHek9NDKwDA5b3Qr1QCtvV2wm0fX4FMiC0rP1Bhn-wIgjRvZJCngMHkBLfZ-YSWeG63ioYw4VX8ZRzzeu-XewVYwzTTqCbEqG5Q1Ow9GJUCQ/s1600/imagepng952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC25yDKprhRyyKuHb_iSSn_rMx9dCiNjzHek9NDKwDA5b3Qr1QCtvV2wm0fX4FMiC0rP1Bhn-wIgjRvZJCngMHkBLfZ-YSWeG63ioYw4VX8ZRzzeu-XewVYwzTTqCbEqG5Q1Ow9GJUCQ/s1600/imagepng952.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Monroes-Paranormal-Investigations-ebook/dp/B004KKXPSK/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&">Monroe's Paranormal investigations</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaz2_gQRKmC46nMbvtwFu0l1jkTQZsh1t6SNlbBGC2otDNYMqcCa3wneLo0CGFFu8KLTY5A1xlcjNOIPmrZ2y7CRKpK_xlqrQiC0tWg03QtJBLJq4LuPMZSl2yU_f3EgYpTTn-Nbs3A/s1600/imagejpeg952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaz2_gQRKmC46nMbvtwFu0l1jkTQZsh1t6SNlbBGC2otDNYMqcCa3wneLo0CGFFu8KLTY5A1xlcjNOIPmrZ2y7CRKpK_xlqrQiC0tWg03QtJBLJq4LuPMZSl2yU_f3EgYpTTn-Nbs3A/s320/imagejpeg952.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Biker-Heaven-Action-Adventure-ebook/dp/B005XJ0U30/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=13262589">Biker Heaven</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><br />
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</i></div>David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-21175268694133038602011-12-10T10:33:00.000-08:002011-12-14T19:06:28.247-08:00A Bully Beat Down<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.3in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A Bully Beat Down<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Dec 10th 2011</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">One afternoon, I was picking my daughter up from school and our conversation turned to bullying. As you know, bullying is a big problem in our schools. My daughter said that her teacher told her that, “Violence is never the answer.” Me being the dad that I am had to disagree. Sometimes, violence is the only answer. It took violence to stop Adolf Hitler from taking over the world. It took violence to stop the Japanese after they attacked Pearl Harbor, it took violence to fight alkida after 9-11 and it takes violence to stop a bully on the playground.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I know the teachers tout zero tolerance and they say for your child to tell the teacher when a bully is picking on them, but that rarely works. What works, is when your child musters up his courage and punches the bully in the nose. When I was in school, after you gave a bully a good beat down, he usually wanted to be your friend. The thing is, that bullies in the schoolyard grow up, turn into adults and sometimes, they don’t grow out of their childish ways. They’re still bullies; only as adults, they usually use words instead of fists.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The main character in my science fiction novel, Tale Spinner is a timid young New York Accountant who likes to read. The office bully picks him on at work, but Brandon’s life takes a weird twist when he is teleported into the world of the Western novel he is reading at the time. Brandon finds himself, in Greedy Gulch, an 1880s boomtown. Brandon must learn to survive in a savage new land. The novel’s main character, a cowboy known as The Mojave Kid, takes Brandon under his wing and teaches him how to ride a horse, how to fight and how to shoot. In Greedy Gulch, the town bully won’t leave Brandon alone and Brandon has to give him a Bully Beat Down. Below is an excerpt from Tale Spinner.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At six PM, half drunk, I stumbled my way across the street and pushed my way through the batwing doors of the Last Chance Saloon. I pulled my coat up close trying to hold off the evening chill. A full moon lit the street, and Inside the Last Chance Saloon the air felt much warmer. McCoy had the wood stove going. The usual smells of tobacco smoke, stale alcohol and vomit drifted to me from across the room. Standing in the center of the barroom, I let my eyes grow accustomed to the dim light. Finally, I staggered to the bar.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“What’ll it be my lad?” Standing behind the bar, McCoy gave me a friendly smile.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Make it a beer,” I said ignoring the cowboys lining the bar and the other patrons sitting at tables through out the room. Molly Brown sashayed up to me, and I caught a trace of her perfume. A sense of arousal penetrated the alcohol haze inside my brain. Molly rubbed my back with the palm of her hand. The touch of her soft hands sent chills down my spine. Something started to rise in my britches.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“You want to go upstairs, lover?” Taking a pull from the beer bottle, I slipped my arm around her.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Maybe in a little while. I think I’ll have a few beers first.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Merryweather!” the bombing voice of Craig Barlow came from down the bar. “You little tin horn I thought I told you to stay away from my gal!”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“You don’t have to fight him,” Molly whispered. She leaned close to me. and her right breast touched my left bicep. Molly tried to hold me back. “He’ll only hurt you bad like the last time.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“I’ve got it to do,” I said pulling away from Molly’s grasp. Sliding the barstool back, I rose to my feet and turned around. Barlow stood facing me.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Get ‘em Craig!” one of Barlow’s buddies yelled.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“You don’t have the Kid here to protect you now, Tin Horn! Get your yellow ass out of here and stop bothering my gal!” Barlow stepped forward poking his finger into my chest. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“I’ll be your huckleberry,” I said bringing up my fist. Barlow threw a wild haymaker at my head. I blocked it with my left hand and hit him with a hard jab to his face. It snapped his head back. Barlow lunged forward trying to pin me against the bar. Taking a boxer’s stance, I hit him with a left and a right to his wind. Barlow let out a few startled grunts. His body rose up into the air when I hammered him with my fist. Next, I went to work on his kidneys and then hit him hard in the chest. My fist sank in with every blow. I followed up with a quick uppercut and polished off the three-punch combination ending with a left hook. Barlow hit the floor. Silence whispered through the saloon. Everyone stared in awe.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Get up you mangy dog!” I yelled with my fist raised. Barlow stumbled to his feet. Hammering him with sledgehammer hard blows, I drove him across the saloon. Barlow threw a punch that grazed the side of my head and I hit him with a straight right that splattered his nose against his face. Blood hit the front of my shirt and Barlow flew through the air landing on a table, splintering it to match wood. The cowboys sitting at the table dived for cover. “Get up you coward!” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Barlow staggered to his feet. Oblivious to the saloon’s patrons watching the battle, I pressed the attack forward. My vision narrowed to a dark tunnel with Craig Barlow at the center. Barlow flew backward toward the batwing doors and I hammered him with punches all the way. At the doorway to the saloon, I hit him with a hard right hand fist. Barlow flew through the batwing doors and landed on his face in the street. He tried to rise to his knees, but I hammered him with blow after blow, beating him down in the dirt. Grabbing Barlow by the back of his shirt, I drug him to the horse trough. My breathing came out in wheezy huffs and puffs. I pushed his head under the water and held him there for a few seconds. When I let him up, Barlow sputtered, coughing up water and rose to a sitting position. Blood dripped from his nose. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“If you ever bother me, or call me a tin horn one more time, I’ll kill you!” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Barlow raised his hands into the air. “I won’t. Please don’t hit me no more, Mr. Merryweather.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Turning on my heels, I stumbled across the boardwalk making my way through the crowd. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So when your child comes home from school and tells you about the playground bully, maybe it’s time for a Bully Beat Down. As always, I welcome everyone’s opinions and comments. If you’d like to read Tale Spinner click on the link below. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6yujI5oYEX4LYZPM39FUoY0E7lauAsnOlEL27uNGR-TWJOJzBaLv8hJ57zBI4zawDurGMioTADzxGjkCTNN8YtFOSSTN0pdrmbfEoYRcmuPiGUyDo3GMmdAb249bbE08HmCN125GEQg/s1600/imagepng952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6yujI5oYEX4LYZPM39FUoY0E7lauAsnOlEL27uNGR-TWJOJzBaLv8hJ57zBI4zawDurGMioTADzxGjkCTNN8YtFOSSTN0pdrmbfEoYRcmuPiGUyDo3GMmdAb249bbE08HmCN125GEQg/s1600/imagepng952.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;">Until next time,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;">David Donaghe</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tale-Spinner-ebook/dp/B004XD11LW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323541209&sr=8-1">Tale Spinner</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Monroes-Paranormal-Investigations-ebook/dp/B004KKXPSK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1323">Monroe's Paranormal Investigations</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Biker-Heaven-Action-Adventure-ebook/dp/B005XJ0U30/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1323541395">Biker Heaven</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Punch-Action-Adventure-ebook/dp/B0065PGQCU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=13">The Devil's Punch Bowl</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><a href="http://action-adventure-ebook/dp/B006K6QTQM/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1323541514&">Bring a Brother Home</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"><a href="http://dhdonaghe.weebly.com/index.html">Author Web Page</a></div>David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-16891276305715557972011-11-10T20:09:00.000-08:002011-11-10T20:09:10.456-08:00The Young Woman In The Short Skirt.<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The young women in the short skirt.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Nov 10th 2011</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I just finished reading John Locke’s book, How I sold 1 Million eBooks in 5 Months! If you are serious about being an author and selling books, you need to read this book. I downloaded it on my kindle for only $2.99. Right away, I saw where I could improve my marketing for my two books, Monroe’s Paranormal Investigations, a collection of zombie, werewolf and vampire stories, and Tale Spinner, a science fiction novel. In John’s book he gave three examples of blog post that he made which helped him gain sales on Amazon.com. In the first one, he told a story about an incident in a grocery store parking lot where a run away shopping cart threatened to strike a young woman that was putting groceries in her trunk. He yelled for her to watch out and then went running after the cart, only to have the woman he tried to save chew him out and call him bad names. Sometimes even heroes have a bad day. This story reminded me of an incident that happened to me in a grocery store parking lot.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As I was walking across the parking lot toward my car, an extremely attractive young woman in a short, short skirt was walking toward me from the opposite direction. If her skirt had been any shorter, it would have been illegal. A man strolled along a few paces behind her, and I saw him bend over sideways trying to get a peek under the young woman’s skirt. I thought about telling her that some pervert was behind her trying to look up her skirt, but when I past her, I just smiled and said, “Hi.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I'm throwing this question out to all the guys out there. What kind of guy are you? Would you have bent over sideways trying to get a peek at her panties, or would you have played it cool and admired the view from behind? Are you the kind of guy whose eyes linger too long on a woman’s chest, or legs? Mike Monroe is the main character in my book, Monroe’s Paranormal Investigations and he is what some might call a chauvinistic pig. He’s not ashamed of it, he embraces it. His partner, Roxanne Delaney, he calls her Roxy, is an ultra-hot blonde with big breasts. She wears her clothes tight, her shirts low cut, and she never wears a bra. Mike can’t keep his hands off her sexy legs and his eyes linger on her chest. When Roxy catches him staring she might say, “What are you looking at Pervert?” Mike just grins and says, “Only you, darling. Only you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To you women out there, what kind of woman are you? Do you wear your clothes tight and revealing? How does it make you feel when a guy’s eyes linger too long on your chest or you legs, or when he gives you the once over and you know he’s imaging what you might look like naked? Does it embarrass you and make you angry, or do you enjoy the attention? There are no wrong answers here. I would just like to hear some opinions. Please leave a comment and sign up for my email list.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m not quite as bold as Mike Monroe is. If I had been the guy strolling along behind this woman, I probably wouldn’t have bent over and tried to sneak a peek, but I might have said a silent prayer hoping for a strong gust of wind. Until next time,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">David Donaghe.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Biker-Heaven-Action-Adventure-ebook/dp/B005XJ0U30/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1320983">Biker Heaven</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnpQY2EGvXza7MnngLJdkt-ZWVReFicdRTIqZl2M9sj61NMGM6WFdWTyREVbifcrXTSVqp5O5y1HX_LnLt53LhSnyW8SJEUtfa-Ge-j50kAtSpXs2fKKRSLRwVYIB3a2sF9R79eX9Ow/s1600/bigstock_Motorcycle_Rider_Silhouette_Ve_5055363+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnpQY2EGvXza7MnngLJdkt-ZWVReFicdRTIqZl2M9sj61NMGM6WFdWTyREVbifcrXTSVqp5O5y1HX_LnLt53LhSnyW8SJEUtfa-Ge-j50kAtSpXs2fKKRSLRwVYIB3a2sF9R79eX9Ow/s320/bigstock_Motorcycle_Rider_Silhouette_Ve_5055363+%25281%2529.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">And hot off the press for only .99 Cents at Smashwords and Amzon.com</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Punch-Action-Adventure-ebook/dp/B0065PGQCU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1320">The Devil's punch Bowl.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7chjqpl8IrbLaHAoa5wU3Uv7WUXK5F0DgE-iKA-DWnkpOPJL-kV8o8GNOHW9EIY3ftWrw3kV5wXwLrYG7-pfQ9jmUxDy2ON_7-5oJQGWQ3xFsxNcdhJ-rvvHYwII4qT6tpgeBq2DgQ/s1600/Bigstock_13748090+%25285%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7chjqpl8IrbLaHAoa5wU3Uv7WUXK5F0DgE-iKA-DWnkpOPJL-kV8o8GNOHW9EIY3ftWrw3kV5wXwLrYG7-pfQ9jmUxDy2ON_7-5oJQGWQ3xFsxNcdhJ-rvvHYwII4qT6tpgeBq2DgQ/s320/Bigstock_13748090+%25285%2529.JPG" width="228" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> I invite everyone to post a comment, follow my blog and sign up for my email list. I look forward to hearing from each and every one of you.</o:p></span></div>David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-3215368779698430892011-10-13T00:21:00.000-07:002011-10-21T05:31:18.554-07:00Exciting Times.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<a href="http://monroesparanormalinvestigationsd.weebly.com/">Monroe's Paranormal Investigations</a><br />
<a href="http://dhdonaghetalespinner.weebly.com/">Tale Spinner</a><br />
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My short story Biker Heaven is available for available for download a Smashowrds for only 99 cents.<br />
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<a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94718">Biker Heaven</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Biker-Heaven-Action-Adventure-ebook/dp/B005XJ0U30/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319200157&sr=8-1">Biker Heaven at Amazon.Com</a>David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-65909636624808490922011-09-27T14:15:00.000-07:002011-09-27T14:15:02.935-07:00Bring a Brother HomeHey check out my new short story, Bring a Brother Home. You can read Part I at Piker Press. It is the cover story for this month. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. Peace Out! <a href="http://www.pikerpress.com/">Bring a Brother Home.</a>David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-62714832641430024192011-06-21T23:37:00.001-07:002011-06-21T23:37:25.666-07:00My Writer's Blog.<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ll start with at few lines about what’s going on with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My short story collection, Monroe’s Paranormal Investigations, published by The Living Dead Press, is on sale at Amazon.com and on Barnes and Noble’s webpage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can get it in trade paperback or on Kindle or Nook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monroe’s Paranormal Investigations is a collection of stories about Mike Monroe, an ex military paranormal investigator and his ultra hot partner, Roxanne Delany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mike calls her Roxy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They battle werewolves, vampires, zombies and other creatures that go bump in the night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you like your horror fiction with a little sex and humor mixed in, then this might be the book for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My science fiction novel, Tale Spinner is also available at Amazon.com, on Barnes and Noble’s webpage plus other places on the internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Otherworld Publications publish it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tale Spinner is the story of, Brandon Merryweather, a timid young New York accountant that likes to read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day Brandon steps out the front door of his Manhattan apartment, hears a clap of thunder, sees a flash of blue light and closes his eyes in fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he opens them, he finds himself in Greedy Gulch; the 1880s boomtown from the Western novel he’s been reading. Brandon must learn how to survive in this new savage land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the end of the tale, Brandon bounces back and forth, transported from New York, to the old West, to outer space and Los-Angeles of the 1940s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each place he lands in the world fiction, the people call him the new Tale Spinner and expect him to finish the tale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The final confrontation takes place when the characters from the land of fiction come to his world for a show down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you like good science fiction, then this might be the book for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A few days ago, I sent off a submissions package to Otherworld Publications for the first book in a new science fiction series titled The Battle for Europa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s about revolution in the twenty third Century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am also planning a men’s action adventure series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finished the first book, Thunder Road and I am trying to get an agent to handle that one for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just finished the rough draft of a biker short story and I am getting ready to start my next novel.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’d like to say a little bit about the process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My writing process, that is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I work the evening shift, so when I get home from work, about 11:30PM, I log onto the internet, check my email, face book and other sites that I go to and after I am done with that, I write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I finish whichever project I am working on, I set it aside for a while and move on to something else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I go back to a project for editing, I check for things such as spelling, repeated words and parses and grammatical errors; I add details and description.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might remove a scene or add another one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I keep working on it until it is the best that I can do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I have my wife proof read it and see if she can find anything that I missed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only then do I send it in for publication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My advice to people seeking publication is simply to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Set aside a certain time block each day to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can read all the how to books you want, but you learn to write by writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being a constant reader also helps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be a good writer, you have to love to read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Words should become your passion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s about it for now, but feel free to send me any questions or comments you may have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until the next post, just keep on writing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-69514484126767769862011-05-28T23:13:00.001-07:002011-05-28T23:13:48.885-07:00Useless Knowledge!Check out my article on writing at Useless Knowledge titled, "You Can Do It!"<br />
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<a href="http://www.useless-knowledge.com/">You Can Do It!</a>David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-13125920606171951612011-05-18T00:15:00.000-07:002011-05-18T00:15:34.220-07:00A good review!Below is a good review of my short story, Border War, which first appeared in Night of the Wolf: A Werewolf Anthology, published by the Living Dead Press. Innsmouth Free Press reviewed Night of the wolf and here is what they had to say about my story.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">You can find Border war along with all the rest of my Roxy and Mike stories in Monroe's Paranormal Investigation. Go to Amazon.com to order.</span></span>David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-54957493963682550152011-05-02T00:36:00.000-07:002011-05-02T00:36:17.137-07:00What's New With Me!Hello Everyone. I just thought I would put down a few lines to let everyone know what's new with me. My science fiction novel, The Tale Spinner is now available on Kindle at Amazon.com. Get your print copy at <a href="http://www.otherworldpublications.com/">Otherworld Publications</a> My short story collection, Monroe's Paranormal Investigations is still available at Amazon.com, Barns and Noble's webpage plus other places on the net. Check out my author webpage if you get a chance. <a href="http://dhdonaghe.weebly.com/index.html">David Donaghe's Author Webpage</a> That's about it. Right now, I am working on my next novel and enjoying life. Peace Out!David Donaghehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658289880137229255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730219827523875312.post-23857279516526811892011-03-17T00:23:00.001-07:002011-03-17T00:23:41.719-07:00Excerpt From Monroe's Paranormal Investigations.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Below is an excerpt from Monroe's Paranormal Investigations<br />
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I was fresh out of the service and looking for a job, so I decided to put some of the skills I learned in the Army to use. I attended night school, obtained my private detective's licence, and opened up my own agency. <br />
My name is Mike Monroe, and I own Monroe's Paranormal Investigations. Most of the stuff I did in the military was covert OPPS: weird stuff that you wouldn't believe, and most of it I can't talk about because it's classified. Most of the work I do is freelance work for the government, or private clients who have a problem that the police or military can't, or won't handle. If it's too weird or strange for the military they call me-I specialize in weird.<br />
Remember all those stories you heard when you were young about ghost, vampires, zombies and werewolves? The one your mother said weren't real? Well, your mother lied.<br />
It was about six months after I opened the agency, on a warm summer evening. I was down at the office, things were slow and I was getting board. The Dodgers were loosing, so I switched off the radio and stepped out of the front door of my office.<br />
I thought maybe I'd stroll down to the liquor store, buy a six-pack and then head home. The warm summer heat hit my face, making me sweat. Here it was 9pm and it was still hot.<br />
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I heard the sound of shoe leather scraping the sidewalk behind me. I started to turn, and that was when I felt a blunt object come crashing down on my head. Pain shot through my skull, my vision went white for a fraction of a second, and I succumbed to darkness.</span><br />
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