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Discover a growing list of published books that were workshopped on TheNextBigWriter by their up-and-coming authors.
These are just some of the books workshopped on TheNextBigWriter that are now published. If you have a published book that you workshopped on TheNextBigWriter, let us know and we'll add it to the bookstore.
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Fallen By midnight he still hadn’t killed anyone. Dr Dakota Thomas isn’t prepared for the gunshot victim that rolled through his emergency room doors. Michael Ricco looks like an average young Marine. His dog tags, however, tell a different story. How could this fresh faced Marine have a birth date of 1898? What was he doing wandering in the desert at night, alone and wounded? And why were thirteen people murdered to try to keep his secret? In a world were genetic experiments push the boundaries of how far someone would go to live just a little longer, the main question is… how many must die to keep one person alive? Winner of TheNextBigWriter's 2007 Strongest Start Novel Competition. |
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Sensing Passion: Travels of a Fifty-Five Year Old Divorcee Lynn was floating contentedly through life when she crashes into the downsizing of her job and her husband's desire for a divorce. While attempting to regain her equilibrium, Lynn slips further into an abyss and can't seem to find her way out. She is thrown a lifeline by the ghost of a man she met on a plane two years earlier. He challenges her to search for the passion she has lost. Lynn grabs the lifeline and travels with her otherworldly guide. Winner of TheNextBigWriter's 2009 Strongest Start Novel Competition. Available in: paperback. |
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My Writing Life - 10 Tales of Writing Passion Ten winning stories from members of TheNextBigWriter. Across the world, millions of people write every day. Why do they do it? My Writing Life tells the humorous, poignant, and honest stories of why ten diverse men and women were compelled to write and how it changed their lives. Available in: PDF eBook . Coming soon in Paperback and Kindle. |
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Dunkin The Vampire Slayer: Something Porcine This Way Comes What could possibly bring together a 450 pound vampire slayer, a drunken, acid-tongued detective, a good natured carpenter, bureaucratic vampires, giant anacondas, mutant vampire bats, Ho Ho's.... |
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The Ghost Downstairs by Molly Ringle (TNBW pen name: lemonlye) Published by The Wild Rose Press After making a fatal mistake on the job, Lina Zuendel seeks shelter in a Seattle assisted-living facility as their live-in nurse. But peace is not what she finds. She soon hears tales of ghosts haunting the house, and of two tragic deaths that took place in the 1930s. Unexplained events send her to ask questions of the handsome resident houseboy. Ren Schultz, a seemingly young live-in houseboy, tries to avoid his growing attraction to the new nurse. His secrets are too dangerous to share, no matter how lonely he has become. But Lina is persistent, and soon uncovers dark truths that no one else has dared to face. Available in: Paperback |
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The Heart of Desire by John Klawitter Published by Double Dragon Publishing As a young man, Clay Rhett, The Man With The Scar, was tricked into trading away his normal life for “a life of adventure”. He’s been running to stay alive ever since. Now he will take one last shot at breaking out of his bargain with fate, to regain his normal life. |
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Foul by John Klawitter Published by Double Dragon Publishing Brando Mahr lost his mind when an artillery shell exploded close by. Upon returning to some form of consciousness, he found himself aphasiac and epileptic. Several years into his comeback finds Brando struggling on the lower rungs of Hollywood as a minor film producer and director. When his good friend Kieth Lagosi introduces him to football ex-great Ripper Brown, Brando sets out to develop Ripper’s life story into a bio-pic dramatizing the player’s glorious deeds. When Rippers gorgeous blond wife is murdered, Brando is blamed by Ripper’s friends and hauled in for a brutal interrogation by the Los Angeles police. It is clear that those Brando irritated in attempting to tell Ripper’s story have turned against him…not one, but two sets of accomplished and deadly killers. Can Brando clear himself of the charge of murder? And, if he does, can he find the true killers and uncover why why these foul and cold-blooded killers will go to any lengths to keep their secrets hidden? |
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It's Not Your Mother's Bridge Club A new novel about a group of women in the desert Southwest--The Rattlesnake Valley-- who gather monthly to play the popular dice game known as Bunko. You've heard of Steel Magnolias? This is more like Steel Tumbleweeds. The American women who belong to bunko groups, bridge clubs, book clubs and dice clubs will find this both funny and tragic, and highly relatable. Available in: Paperback |
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A Line Between Friends This is the story of a friendship spanning more than twenty years, until the day Noelle Moncada receives a terse, three-line letter from her friend, Joel Rolland, asking her to end all contact. Perplexed and hurt, Noelle recounts the details of her relationship with Joel and tries to determine why he feels the friendship must end. Was it something she did or said? Was it because of his wife, the beautiful Anita Dambra? Or was it because once during a night of passion and release, Noelle and Joel crossed the line between friends? Available in: Paperback |
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Thanksgiving at the Inn (Sept. 2009) Thanksgiving at the Inn tells the story of Heath Wellington III, a young boy whose life is changed when forced to take over his family’s rural Massachusetts farm and bed and breakfast, alongside his father, Junior, after the death of the grandfather he barely remembers. Leaving behind a stressful, unhappy life in New Jersey, Heath and Junior confront their strained relationship and Heath Senior’s death with the help of the Sleeping Inn’s quirky residents—an old Jamaican preacher, a tattooed grease monkey-turned-children’s book author, an elderly widow with a fortune to give away, and a mousy TV news junkie. Available in: Hardcover (Sept. 2009) |
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Donnie Dare for Justice DONNIE DARE FOR JUSTICE is the comic, erotic story of an ex-porn star with a well-defined sense of fair play and a simple health regimen—“An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away.” Available in: Paperback |
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Verne Gerow P.I. Sultry blonde Judy Munson will pay thousands to have her husband eliminated. Private eye Verne Gerow needs the money and hungers for the blonde but will he commit murder for her? To untangle this conundrum, our well-hung hero follows a dangerously funny path through a world of power, greed, and above all, lust. Always a team player, Verne enlists the aid of four gorgeous and sensual women to help solve The Case of the Cashmere Blonde. Available in: Paperback |
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Around the World & 80 Conversations
Jayne wants to start life all over again. Having suffered a horrific tragedy that destroyed her family and her life, she decides to move to London where she can live and write in anonymity. Once there, she meets a handsome Londoner named Peter and moves in with him even though he has a girlfriend. Though desperately seeking closure from past trials, she grapples with added emotional tribulations. From Canada to England and around the world again, listen in as Jayne carries on eighty conversations with friends, doctors, and strangers on her path to personal acceptance and contentment. Jayne and the people in her life will make you laugh, cry, and shout in frustration. But most of all, they will leave you reflecting on the vagaries of life. Available in: Paperback |
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The Book of Books
David Larson is well on his way to becoming one of the world’s most celebrated novelists. What neither David nor anyone else knows, is that he is no ordinary best-selling author. Each new book he writes portrays the world as an increasingly volatile place dominated by fanaticism, social chaos and addiction to technology. With an uncanny resemblance to the stories he writes, the real world follows David’s vision into a dark and perilous future. Available in: PDF, Kindle, eBook |
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Crocheted Gestures Nancy Aldersmith has a knack for painting life experiences with a detail brush and rainbow palette. From the ninety-six year old grandmother, who takes leave of her infirmities to crochet skull caps for preemies, to an octogenarian couple who recall surviving Nazi regime in Holland, Aldersmith brings endearing characters alive. Available in: Paperback |
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The Love Thing Twenty-two-year old Greg DeAngelis moves to San Francisco from New York to escape his overbearing father, who's pressuring him to go to law school, and his ex-boyfriend Matthew, who dumps him for an older, richer man. To make desperately needed money Greg temps at a law firm, where he blunders into the role of the firm’s official birthday cake maker—despite his utter lack of culinary skill. A lot of guys vie for the hero’s attention as he navigates the rough waters of office politics and single life in San Francisco, but only one of them can give him "the love thing." Can he figure out which one, before it's too late? This comic novel is about the importance of love and friendship, and of knowing who your true friends really are. Available in: Paperback |
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Double Out and Back Not every woman who rides the fertility treatment roller coaster winds up like Octomom! Who will find friends, family, and fertility? Three women's lives are intricately intertwined, as Amelia Schwartz and Summer Curtis struggle with the complex dynamics of intrafamily embryo adoption, and Chandy Markum strives to make her patients' dreams a reality.Available in: eBook |
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The Bum Magnet Charisse Tyson seems to have it all-a great job, a dream car, and a McMansion in high-and-mightyville. Everything in her life is just right...except the Mister. While lamenting the break-up with her most recent "the one" during a holiday meltdown, Charisse realizes she has a type when it comes to men-players, players, and more players. A magazine article motivates her to swear off men and examine the complex roots of her romantic fiascos. Laugh loud and often as Charisse discovers whether her choices in men reflect more than a penchant for good looks, great sex, and bad judgment. Available in: Pre-order Now |
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Sleeping with Skeletons Former CIA operative, Margaret Garrison, is not the woman she appears to be when she arrives in rural Ireland, hoping to find a quiet respite from running for her life. The last thing she needs is to catch the eye of Aidan Grimes, the wildly popular Irish actor filming the movie Jane Eyre in Ballyrick. Rumored to have broken a thousand hearts, Aidan is also a man of many surprises. The very secrecy that shrouds Margaret compels him to want to know more about her, which inadvertently alerts her enemies to her location and threatens not only Margaret’s life, but those of the people around her. Between Aidan, his father, and a little girl desperately in need of a mother, Margaret discovers a life she has always dreamed of but never dared hoped for. But with the skeletons from her past drawing nearer each day, can love triumph over evil, or is it all just a myth? Available in: Paperback |
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Snake on a Chain Your childhood friend is about to be executed for your murder, but you’re very much alive, and you can’t prove who you are. The clock is ticking… Available in: Paperback |
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The Hidden Scroll The Hidden Scroll is a historical novel spanning the years from 1930 to 2015 about an archaeology professor impassioned by his search for ancient parchments and artifacts from the time of the second Temple of Jerusalem and the Maccabeean era. He encounters obstacles set by a radical Islamist organization dedicated to undermine the Jewish claim to the land of Israel – obstacles that include murders, kidnappings, spies, suicide bombers and forged parchments in Rome, Paris, Oran, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Tibet and archaeological excavations in Israel. The search ends with two most unexpected and dramatic discoveries in a new excavation site in Israel. |
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Friends of the Family The collapse of society forces the Colter family to kill or be killed. To escape, they decide to return to Jesse’s childhood home of Haven. On the perilous journey they encounter a deserted genetics lab. That evening the results of a genetic experiment, five massive dogs working as a team, walk into their camp. The dogs finally disappear back into the dark. On a second visit, the dogs become friends of the family. As they near Haven, a sheriff's warning about a brutal gang triggers a buried childhood memory for Jesse about the gang's involvement in the death of his parents. Available in: Paperback |
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Livid Livid is a poetry collection by Greta Stone. Reviews of the collection: "Excellent and gripping." - Corra McFeydon "This excursion into blighted romance surprises with its conclusion." - Nadine Gallo "So powerful in its simplicity." - Isabel Cole "Such a unique voice." - Patti Anne Yaeger "A slam dunk, neat piece of work. Sparse, emotional, cleanly written, perfectly chosen words. Visceral and intelligent." - Jim Bourey Available in: Paperback |
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A Labor Day Murder Chief Sam Jenkins learns of an illegal card game and the sale of moonshine at the Iron Skillet restaurant and decides to raid the premises. Police confiscate untaxed liquor, cash proceeds, and a revolver. That looked straight forward until a firearms examiner links the confiscated handgun to an unsolved homicide. Jenkins encounters political corruption, domestic abuse, and a cover-up in his pursuit to solve the murder. Wayne Zurl worked for twenty years with the Suffolk County, New York Police department where he gained investigative and supervisory experience. Available in: Audio Book, Kindle |
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Love and Lighter Fluid Love is like lighter fluid, it only needs a spark to warm you to your core or burn you to the bone. This is a collection of my sparks. Some sweet, some bitter, some erotic, these poems are me. I hope you enjoy the tasty words and brutal honesty. Available in: Paperback |
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A Wretched Man - A Novel of Paul the Apostle Jesus authored no writings. Nor did any of those who followed him in the Galilee or during his fateful pilgrimage to Jerusalem. It fell to an outsider, who first opposed the movement and who never met the anointed one from Nazareth, to become its reporter, memorialist, essayist, interpreter, and promoter. Paul the apostle. Paul the one untimely born. Paul the enigma. Available in: Paperback |
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Cable Hornman: The Bard Begins A prince whose family was killed many years earlier, travels to the big city, Smeln, and joins the local guards. An assassination of a Duchess by an evil half elf female draws the characters into an ongoing situation that culminates in a violent confrontation. On one side are the guards of the City Watch; which includes the main character, Cable Hornman and his friends, Hadin a dwarf and Oskar Zulu, a huge heavily armored and armed barbarian. On the other side is the lovely half Drow elf Xthril and her hired thieves and assassins, plus Pankaja, her prize giant Golem, a magical monster that is almost unstoppable. Young Cable also becomes involved with the attractive Jen, a female human thief who helps him look for clues to the identity of the mysterious murderer of the Duchess. Lingering in the background of all this intrigue is Chancellor Deorsa who is secretly plotting to take over the realm by eliminating all royal heirs to the throne, Cable's intent was to simply learn better swordsman skills, but he soon learns, the life of a member of the City Watch is anything but simple. Available in: Paperback |
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The Secret, the Shifter, and the Sex-Slave Shanghai When single mom Alexandra St. John gets conned into a night on the town with her friends, she wanders into the wrong bar on Fetish Night. Lost and disoriented, she is accosted by several sinister characters. Baine Tenbrook, a shapeshifter working as a U.S Marshal, and Antonio Salazar, a flamenco-dancing vampire, save her. Unable to choose between them, she tries both. But her night on the town lands her on a ship to Istanbul as a pleasure slave. Available in: eBook |
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Through the Glass: The Coyote Moon Series, Book Two Sometimes deceit is easier to believe than the truth. Montana Thomas falls asleep with the woman he loves in his arms but wakes next to her bloody corpse. With the murder weapon in his hand and no memory of what happened, he needs his brother to help him sort through the confusion and grief. But Dakota is three-thousand miles away and deep into government testing. The stage has been set and all the players are in motion. All the unknown director has to do is sit back and wait for his true objective to be played out. In an expert game of cat and mouse, the Thomas brothers are subject to manipulation that has no equal. The only people they can trust are each other...if they can survive long enough to find the truth inside the maze of misdirection and deceit. |
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