Friday, May 8, 2015

Don't take shortcuts off the main roads April 8, 2015
This was a great read, I hated to put it down. It was so scary I chewed my fingernails wondering what was going to happen next. I enjoyed every page from Woodstock to the truckjackings to the very end in the caves and wished it was longer. I'm a great Stephan King fan but I have to say this was even better. If you like gore you better read this one, there are so many surprises you won't be able to stand it.
Audrey rated it 4 of 5 stars
I feel it necessary to qualify my rating of this book. This is not the kind of book I generally enjoy; it's gruesome to say the least. However, I gave it four stars because I had a hard time putting it down. I was enthralled the whole way through. It’s like watching a train wreck or a bad car accident. You don’t want to look because you know it won’t be good, but you can’t NOT look. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1218581824?book_show_action=true&page=1
Douglas Castagna rated it 4 of 5 stars
One of the major things I liked about this was the back-story. Ray takes the time to tell us about Junior, how he grew up, his parents, and what makes him tick, and how his clock was eventually over wound. This is where his story excelled. We got to know the killer, intimately, and we were guided into his world before it became awash with blood, and we were there for that as well.

Ray created a strong character and a tense story with some nice scenes of violence and gore. Ray is a great new voice in the world of horror.
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20337041-the-final-shortcut
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1266337190?book_show_action=true&page=1

Monday, August 5, 2013

#vampires
#thriller
#novels
do hashtags work on the blogger

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

WHO AM I?




I'm A

 Novelist, travel writer, blogger
  and a wearer of snappy hats.

 Dancer, chef, risk taker,
 what do you think about that?

 Traveler extraordinaire
 having been to many lands,

 English, Spanish, German,
 and I can even talk with my hands.

 Life is for the living, not for stupidness, you hear?
 Don't be scared, take a shot and scream I WANT MORE!

  for "You can never cross an ocean,
 if you are afraid to leave the shore"


Saturday, June 8, 2013

 VAMPIRES! VAMPIRES!VAMPIRES! VAMPIRES! VAMPIRES! VAMPIRES!VAMPIRES!
STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT GREAT NOVEL. THE LATEST BOOK THAT  I HAVE WRITTEN IS BEING EDITED AS WE SPEAK.
It will be over 400 pages of fangs, terror, action and horrific vampires that you do not want to kiss and have babies with.



https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/101448289956482662006/101448289956482662006/posts




Friday, April 12, 2013

Here are some more creepy pictures from my travels.....



......just because!













 Saber toothed tiger... no really!
 Yes, they are all real artifacts, medieval torture devices and  mummies, in Guanajuato, Leon, Mexico.
Go see for yourself if you think I am fooling.

Monday, April 1, 2013

http://gbernardray.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/123/


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I am currently looking for a literary agent.The normal process is very trying and it is the bane of my existence. The query letter is an oppressive thing for me. After all I am a novelist, it took me 318 pages to tell the story in "The Final Shortcut"
For a winning query I have to compress that into a paragraph. I really think the query process is prohibitive, and a very small number of those are actually reviewed.
It is no wonder that so many authors are rejected. In fact a lot of now famous authors were rejected over and over. If you can write a fantastic paragraph, then become a newspaper journalist.
I would love a chance to have someone in the business actually review a book and not a letter. But they simply do not have the time to read every book, which brings us back to the short, intense paragraph that is intended to grab their attention and make them say WOW!
My next novel is a vampire tale and it came in at nearly 400 pages. The vampires are not teenage lovesick vampires either. In fact there is only one at first. The alpha vampire and he is someone that you definitely do not want to kiss and make puppy faces with. A query for this is not going to be easy. It takes me three pages just to give the scenario.
Oh well...tis my plight and it shall be my undoing!

Friday, March 29, 2013

 

The new vampire novel is finished!!! It is now being reviewed and submitted for editing. The process is not fast, but the hardest part is done. 



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmt8r_afOig&list=UUCSIvrBLClCPNkPoDxqN9aQ&index=1

https://www.facebook.com/GBernardRayNovelist?ref=hl


I will post all the updates as they happen so you will be the first to know when it is ready for print. 


Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Sunday, March 10, 2013

KINDLE BOOK REVIEW GROUP


 If you are a fan of the horror genre, if you are a fan of well-written stories, if you are a fan of being scared by the stories you read then "The Final Shortcut" is the book for you. This book reminds me of earlier works by Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul...if you are a fan of and enjoy these authors then you will enjoy and become a fan of G. Bernard Ray. "The Final Shortcut" is the first book by this talented author and if his future books are like this one then Mr. Ray will have a long career ahead of him.
READ THE FULL REVIEW AT THIS LINK.

http://www.amazon.com/review/R1QELPCE69YV9X/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B007P6L8IA&linkCode=&nodeID=&tag

KINDLE BOOK REVIEW GROUP