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Hosted by G Bernard Ray, Novelist, Travel-Writer, adventurer and a wearer of hats!
Monday, August 5, 2013
Monday, July 1, 2013
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
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.
......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/
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
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
Thriller novels to die for! : Here is a new commercial for my novel, The Final S...
Thriller novels to die for! : Here is a new commercial for my novel, The Final S...: Here is a new commercial for my novel, The Final Shortcut. Check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmt8r_afOig&list=UUCSIvr...
Monday, March 18, 2013
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmt8r_afOig&list=UUCSIvrBLClCPNkPoDxqN9aQ&index=1
Here is a new commercial for The Final Shortcut. If you like it share it with your friends. Help me make this go viral.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmt8r_afOig&list=UUCSIvrBLClCPNkPoDxqN9aQ&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmt8r_afOig&list=UUCSIvrBLClCPNkPoDxqN9aQ&index=1
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
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Review of The final Shortcut
I want to share another fabulous review from
the Amazon.com website. Thanks to DrDR, I am very pleased that you
enjoyed it, I hope that I gave you a few OMG moments.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story, May 15, 2012
By
DrDR - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Final Shortcut (Paperback)
So many books take multiple chapters to even become remotely interesting, but I was hooked on Ray's novel by the end of the first paragraph. The story continues to deliver by being extremely well developed and thought out. There is enough character development that i had no trouble picturing the characters and the scenery with perfect clarity. At the same time, Ray doesnt waste your time describing mundane, useless information that makes you want to wait for the movie. The book simply STAYS interesting in that classic "can't put it down" quality. The story is unbelievably believable, and makes you think this could really happen. One pet peeve of mine with horror stories and "slashers" is the gratuity with which slayings are handed out, and the lack of rationale and motive behind the mayhem. The character "Junior" is so well developed that you actually empathize with him. In fact, I found myself agreeing with him and justifying his actions....at times. I'm very impressed with Ray's story-telling ability. The story flows smoothly, is interesting, captivating, pleasantly demented, and a lot of fun. I can't wait to see if Junior comes back for round two.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story, May 15, 2012
By
DrDR - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Final Shortcut (Paperback)
So many books take multiple chapters to even become remotely interesting, but I was hooked on Ray's novel by the end of the first paragraph. The story continues to deliver by being extremely well developed and thought out. There is enough character development that i had no trouble picturing the characters and the scenery with perfect clarity. At the same time, Ray doesnt waste your time describing mundane, useless information that makes you want to wait for the movie. The book simply STAYS interesting in that classic "can't put it down" quality. The story is unbelievably believable, and makes you think this could really happen. One pet peeve of mine with horror stories and "slashers" is the gratuity with which slayings are handed out, and the lack of rationale and motive behind the mayhem. The character "Junior" is so well developed that you actually empathize with him. In fact, I found myself agreeing with him and justifying his actions....at times. I'm very impressed with Ray's story-telling ability. The story flows smoothly, is interesting, captivating, pleasantly demented, and a lot of fun. I can't wait to see if Junior comes back for round two.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
That motley drama- oh, be sure
It shall not be forgot!
With its Phantom chased for evermore,
By a crowd that seize it not,
Through a circle that ever returneth in
To the self-same spot,
And much of Madness, and more of Sin,
And Horror the soul of the plot.
But see, amid the mimic rout
A crawling shape intrude!
A blood-red thing that writhes from out
The scenic solitude!
It writhes!- it writhes!- with mortal pangs
The mimes become its food,
And seraphs sob at vermin fangs
In human gore imbued.
It shall not be forgot!
With its Phantom chased for evermore,
By a crowd that seize it not,
Through a circle that ever returneth in
To the self-same spot,
And much of Madness, and more of Sin,
And Horror the soul of the plot.
But see, amid the mimic rout
A crawling shape intrude!
A blood-red thing that writhes from out
The scenic solitude!
It writhes!- it writhes!- with mortal pangs
The mimes become its food,
And seraphs sob at vermin fangs
In human gore imbued.
Edgar Allan Poe
(excerpt from The Conqueror Worm 1843)
(excerpt from The Conqueror Worm 1843)
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