A 5* review for Glimmer Of Hope

Reviewed By Amy Raines for Readers’ Favorite 

Glimmer of Hope by Ann Woodley is a volume of poetry discussing everything from writing poetry, love, fairies, and war and destruction. Even the concept of the things we do coming back in the form of Karma can be found in the poems. Woodley also discusses inner strength while discovering who can be considered true friends in a way that is emotional, honest and meaningful. Nothing evades this poet’s attention; even healing from a cold or the flu has significant meaning in her work. Finding the perfect words that put emotions into perspective is not always an easy task but Woodley has even compared erupting emotions to a volcanic blast in a way that gives wonderful and profound clarity.

Glimmer of Hope is a wonderful book of poetry by Ann Woodley. Shining the poet’s light onto a very wide variety of subjects, Woodley displays deep meaning and emotion in every single stanza. With words of truth, hope, inspiration in moments of loneliness, realization or desperation, this poet delivers poetry that will raise the bar and quiet the soul. I absolutely love how Woodley describes something so simple as how the sun rises or sets in a way that draws on deep emotions that are then transformed into her beautiful poetry. In the poem War’s Destruction, the poet discusses the conflict of war and the need for peace in words that first break then warm the heart. I recommend Glimmer Of Hope to anyone who enjoys reading meaningful poetry about subjects that are often taken for granted and I hope to see many more volumes by Ann Woodley in the future.

Glimmer of hope (buy link). 

5* review on Reader' Favorite

It's no fun getting old & losing the last few memory cells, but while I still have at least one left, I'll just point out quickly that it hasn't entered my head in quite some time that I even have a blog.

I finally have something to add here, which may be of interest to at least one person looking for a Christmas or birthday present for a child...

My children's book has a 5* review.

  Yay, go me. 😁

The first part of the review, just describes what happens in the story.

Here is the 2nd part of what my reviewer said at Reader' Favorite...

Click here to buy My friend the dragon 

The Law & Disorder weekend promo. 

Do you like your novels better when they involve illustrious crime? 

Are you a fan of noir stories that intersect with war or the military? 

Our Law & Disorder sale showcases a number of today's best indie authors.

Stories chock full of it all, all for 99c/99p 

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Birthday Sale

 

  8 of my eBooks are now 99c/99p until at least Monday. 

It's my birthday on Saturday, so I'm discounting some books in the hope of celebrating with some sales.

 

Reviews on Amazon would also be appreciated.

 

2 novels

Serial Stalker

Restless Spectres

 

1 novella

Witch Spelling

 

2 Tarot

Delving into the Tarot

The Fool's Guide to the Tarot

 

2 poetry

Glimmer of hope

Life and more 

 

Children's book

 My friend the dragon.

 

 

 

 

 

 Please click here to buy

 

 

 

 

Coming soon...

 

upcoming promo, sponsored by 

Double-Cross Lit. 

 

Aug 23 – 25 of 2019

 

 Law & Disorder 99p/99c promo

 

Military/Historical and Crime/Noir
Was Bogey better in Casablanca or in The Maltese Falcon? Louis L'Amour could tell the same story set in 19th century Laredo, on the SS Lichenfield or in the mean streets of modern LA. War makes criminals of us all, and every criminal syndicate needs its foot soldiers.

 Serial Stalker

Serial Stalker 

Serial Stalker is only 99p/99c for a limited time.

 Serial Stalker

By murder number five, Lennie is becoming more and more aware that these killings could have something to do with her. The man she keeps seeing in inconspicuous places, doing natural-looking, everyday things, appears to be anything but innocent to her as time goes on, but is she being silly and paranoid? Or is he really out to get her? Lennie is forced to make changes to her life in order to keep her contacts safe, but while the body count rises around her, a pattern seems to be emerging, and Lennie is sure it must be only a matter of time before he kills again. Tracking the stalker, when the police come up empty, brings its own consequences, and it begins to look as though he'll never be caught. Will Lennie ever be free of him?

or...

Some geezer is stalking some bird. He kills some other geezers along the way until...

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 Serial Stalker

If you enjoy it, please consider leaving an Amazon review.

 

 When you go for your eye test, but you think the optician's place is further away than it actually is.

Perpetual calendar with a daily inspiring quatrain. Record events, birthdays etc. 

Address pages & 'notes' pages to add memories etc. 

Ideal gift for yourself, a loved one, or that difficult to buy for person in your life. 

5* Amazon review.

 

Sentiments. Perpetual Calendar

Hint... They all work in government.

Restless Spectres eBook is only 99p/99c 

for a limited time.

If you enjoy it, please consider leaving an Amazon review.

It hasn't managed to gain any reviews from previous sales & it's looking for a little love.

If this promo is successful, I may consider reducing other books in future. 

 

Restless Spectres

Click here to buy Restless Spectres 

This promo has now ended, thank you to my buyers,  
If you enjoy it, please consider leaving an Amazon review.

 

 Why I'll NEVER use TripAdvisor...

 

The following is an update to a petition I signed recently for Change.org...

16 May 2019 — 

Yesterday, supporters of this petition protested outside of TripAdvisor’s New York offices to tell them they need to listen to survivors of sexual assault. Protesters were holding printed excerpts from reviews described sexual assaults at businesses on TripAdvisor’s platform.

Passersby were shocked as they read the review excerpts and stopped to ask how TripAdvisor could let these businesses continue to have 4 and 5 star ratings on their site. Change.org representatives asked several times for someone from TripAdvisor to come down and accept our 530,000+ petition signatures, but they refused, as you can see in the video above.
TripAdvisor is still failing survivors. The updates that the company rolled out on Tuesday would not have changed my experience of trying to report my rape on TripAdvisor. Until the company makes a commitment to supporting survivors in their effort to warn other travelers, TripAdvisor users still won’t have all the information they need to book travel safely.
It’s time TripAdvisor really, truly listened to what survivors are asking for, and made their platform safe for us to warn others about dangerous businesses.
A huge thank you to the supporters who showed up yesterday. You helped raise the voices of survivors whose stories have been buried on TripAdvisor for too long.

Click here for the video mentioned in the article 

Stop covering up sexual assaults

535K supporters

Another author spotlight featuring

 

 Joseph Pepe

 The Guardians of Valhalla

When Joseph Michaels goes on a fishing trip with his two lifelong friends Xavier Green and Paulie Batorick, it turns into a fishing trip of a lifetime when a mysterious blue mass of swirling fog, leads him and his two dogs Leviathan and Leviticus to doggie heaven or Valhalla as it is known to its spirit residence; where he learns his first dog in life Tiny is the ruler, and also learns he is carrying a part of Tiny's spirit within him, and is the key to defeating Cerberus who wants to take over Valhalla for his own nefarious purposes. Will he be able to stop Cerberus from taking over?

Click on the title to buy 

 

An author spotlight featuring

Andee Penny 

2 new books of poetry with more in this series planned.

Each will have 99 themed poems & will be 99c/99p.

These are free to read in Kindle Unlimited

Penny Poems 

 

99 poems

Including - free verse, acrostic, haiku, narrative, quatrains.
Covering a myriad of subjects.

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Penny Poems From The Dark Side

 

 99 poems
Including - free verse, acrostic, haiku, narrative, quatrains.
Covering anything a little dark, evil, macabre etc.

 Click on the title to buy

Another author spotlight featuring

 Adiela Akoo

Lost in a Quatrain: Poetry Anthology 

 A diverse collection of original poems about this curiously crazy experience called life... 

Click on the title to buy

The latest author spotlight featuring

Alexis Lantgen

 Sapience: A Collection of Science Fiction Short Stories

What kind of life will we find in the depths of Europa’s oceans? What kind of life will we allow an AI with human level intelligence? 

The ten stories in Sapience: A Collection of Science Fiction Short Stories explore these questions and many more.

In the near future, humanity builds a colony on Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter. They tunnel into the ice to explore the dark oceans beneath the moon's surface, searching for signs of extraterrestrial life. What they find will change them forever, setting humanity on a path to the stars. But the old conflicts and hatreds of Earth are not so easily escaped. Will human colonists on distant planets and moons create a paradise or a horrifying dystopia? 

Click on the title to buy

 

Another author spotlight featuring

Colin Sinclair

 

 Elji and the Galrass (The Essence Sagas Book 1)

Elji, a boy from a village outside the city of Mehem discovers a "Galrass" a tool usually wielded only by those who understand its power. Perhaps it was left for him to find or perhaps it was just a random happening?

The Galrass embroils him in a struggle he never expected to be part of or even imagined existed. Dregar, a being from a different planet and galaxy ‘feels’ the boys interruption of the universal essence and takes him under his wing and so his journey begins.

Friendships are made and lost and many lives must be put in danger to usher the civilization into its rightful place among the Universal essence. Will Elji fulfill his potential and help save his world or will it fall into darkness?

 

Click on the title to buy

 

Another author spotlight featuring

Nico J. Genes

ADHD: LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL: A True Story 

Do you have a child, a close friend, or a relative with ADHD? 

Do you have ADHD and always feel marginalized? 

Do you think “ADHD” as a term is often wrongly used? 

Do you think that ADD/ADHD is just an excuse for bad behavior? 

If your answer is “yes” to any of these questions, you are invited to come along.

 Click on the title to buy

Link to view or buy

Anything here grab your interest?

Murder, serial killer/stalker, witches, ghosts, poetry, tarot & more.

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I also have a perpetual calendar 

(paperback only as I don't think you can write in eBooks yet lol).

Amazon 5* review

Bought as a gift after receiving a copy myself for Christmas. Lovely gift ,plenty of space to write + a funny, warm or inspirational quote every day !

Link to view or buy any of my books 

Another author spotlight featuring 

Priscilla Thomas

 Gathering

"...everything in a life, in a person, is intertwined and messy..."
In this collection of vignettes and essays, Priscilla Thomas presents a celebration of the varied identities each individual person holds within. From scenes from her teaching life, to reflections on beauty and body, to vividly rendered childhood memories, to snapshots of day-to-day life, Thomas captures the harmonious contradictions of being human. "Gathering" tells stories of abuse and survival, of multicultural identity,
of love, and of loss. 

In these pages, there is something for all of you.

 Click on the title to buy

 

Although this is not actually about my books...

It could be. 😉

Anything here grab your interest?

Murder, stalking, witches, ghosts, poetry, tarot & more.

 

My books 

Another author spotlight featuring 

Carolyn Ruffles

The Girl in the Scrapbook 

The Girl in the Scrapbook is a compelling, romantic, mystery novel of life, love and family. 

The lives of Emily, Jennifer and Norah become entangled with the discovery of photographs of a girl in an old scrapbook. The search to uncover the girl’s identity reveals tragic family secrets long hidden and a mystery spanning over ninety years.
'A beautiful story told with great sensitivity - I was spellbound.' Sue Flinton
'This stylish novel is a beautifully-written, heartwarming story.' Sara Proctor
'A great story which I enjoyed reading from start to finish.' Ros Lee
'Fantastic debut novel from an up-and-coming author. A must read!' Alex Steel.

Click on the title to buy

 

Do you like your Fantasy novels peppered with a few starts and frights? 

Are you a fan of Horror stories with a hint of the unexplained or other-worldly? 

We've got stories from a number of today's best indie authors chock full of it all. 

All for 99c/99p March 8-10 

18 titles from 15 authors 

inc my Restless Spectres.

 

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Restless Spectres

 is now 99p/99c until Sunday 

  

Group promo begins Friday, 

more info & links nearer the time. 

Buy link UK

Buy link US

Double-Cross Lit Promo. February 22 - 24

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Do you like your Romance novels peppered with the occasional bad boys? 

Are you a fan of crime stories with and without the femmes fatale? 

We've got stories from a number of today's best indie authors chock full of it all, all for 99c/99p promo.doublecrosslit.com

 

 

 

 

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Serial Stalker 

is booked into a group promo for the coming weekend (more info coming soon)

I've cut the price early because Amazon can take up to 72 hours to drop the price (they did it in a few). 

I also like to do it early to be sure it's reduced in time for the promo in different time zones. 

 

Serial Stalker is now 99p/99c for a limited time.

US buy link 
 UK buy link

 Serial Stalker is now 99p/99c for a limited time.

 

As I don't have any new author spotlights lined up, maybe it's time I put my own works forward again, it's been a while.

Something for almost every taste, including 

Serial killer/stalker, murder, witches,  ghosts,

reincarnation (fiction), general fiction, Tarot,

A children's book & poetry. 

My latest release is Sentiments, 

a perpetual calendar paperback.

 UK author sales page

US author sales page 

If you buy (or have bought & read) any of my books, please consider leaving a review.

Click on the sales page links to buy.

Another author spotlight featuring 

Janet M. Nast

You Can't Love Your Children Too Much: A Single Mom's Thoughts On Raising Children 

(A Live, Love, Learn Series)

 With the humor and insight that can only come from the experience of raising two children on my own, I’m happy to share with you all of my simple, low-cost and unpopular opinions. 

Parenting is not about money nor is it a popularity contest; it’s about growing amazing, successful adults. Every child and every family is different, so take what works for you and ditch the rest. I won’t be offended, I promise.

Click on the title to buy