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Exploring the writing life of an espionage writer
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The author discusses what's in the pipeline for publication for the next few years, plus a reading from the October sale book, Love Death.
Today and tomorrow are the last two days to preorder PROLOGUE TO RENDITION, the reader magnet for the concluding novel of Meeting the Enemy, RENDITION. You can still preorder (at the special price of 99¢) HERE.
Love Death, this month's sale book, can be ordered with reduced prices for the eBook and print editions HERE.
Two Apple TV mini-series show that espionage isn't a 20th century construct: "Franklin" and "Manhunt," about the hunt for John Wilkes Booth.
Plus--a reading from the featured April book, Spy Flash II. Find all three books in the Spy Flash series on sale HERE.
Apologies for the late posting of this week's episode. Listen to the episode, and you'll understand why.
Old habits die hard. Turns out P. A. Duncan is as much an overachiever as a writer as she was as a public servant.
The March sale on Duncan's debut mystery novel, Supreme Madness of the Carnival Season, is on for six more days, so act now before you lose out on the 99¢ sale. You can find the sale book HERE.
You can also preview the April sale books HERE. That sale starts on 4/1/24--no fooling.
Some thoughts on the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who illicitly photographed classified documents and posted them online.
The author's debut mystery novel, Supreme Madness of the Carnival Season, is still on sale--99¢ for the eBook through the remainder of March. You can find it HERE.
Oh, and Happy Ostara!
The author plays around a bit with AI--Artificial Intelligence--on what it takes to be an espionage writer.
And . . . to celebrate the book birthday of her debut mystery novel, Supreme Madness of the Carnival Season, the eBook of that novel is FREE to download March 14 - 18, 2024. You can download it for FREE HERE.
With props to Sarah McLachlan for the title.
Why it took so long for the author to release a mystery novel, plus reading that grounds the antagonist's backstory.
Supreme Madness of the Carnival Season is having its first book birthday this month, and to celebrate the eBook is only 99¢.
Find out what secret is hidden behind a parlor wall.
You can find Supreme Madness of the Carnival Season HERE.
It took a few days, but the author, also an historian specializing in Russia, finally found words to discuss the death of Alexei Navalny.
Also, today 2/22 and tomorrow 2/23/24, are the final two days that all four eBook novels of the 9/11 series MEETING THE ENEMY will be free. All four novels right now are comfortable in the top 10 of an Amazon bestseller list. You can find the free eBooks HERE.
A review of the new movie Argylle and of an Acorn TV series, Deception.
The author's 9/11 series, MEETING THE ENEMY, is still on sale, and FREE days are coming up next week.
You can find the series HERE.
The author discusses John le Carré's memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel, and a documentary where le Carré discusses and expands on the memoir. A "must-see" for le Carré fans, says the author.
The February sale books, the four novels in the 9/11 series MEETING THE ENEMY remain on sale for 99¢ each for the eBooks, which you can find HERE.
PROLOGUES, the eBook-only box set of the four MEETING THE ENEMY reader magnets also is still on sale for 99¢, and you can find PROLOGUES HERE.
The author talks about the popularity of book series among readers and what constitutes a series. Plus, is her own work a series? You decide.
The February sale eBooks are all four books in the 9/11 series MEETING THE ENEMY, which are 99¢ each. You can find them HERE.
The eBook box set of MEETING THE ENEMY reader magnets, PROLOGUES, will remain at 99¢ for February, also. You can find PROLOGUES HERE.
The author provides a bit of background on a work in progress about The Troubles in Northern Ireland back in the 1970s.
The sale on PROLOGUES, the eBook box set of Meeting the Enemy reader magnets continues through 1/31/24, and you can find the box set HERE.
The author talks about an upcoming project, an eBook box set of three novels pushing some secondary characters to the forefront.
And the eBook box set of MEETING THE ENEMY reader magnets, titled PROLOGUES, launched on 1/15 and is available still at its preorder price of 99¢. Find it HERE.
Listen to some background on the author's newest eBook release, PROLOGUES, a compilation of all four reader magnets for the 9/11 series, MEETNG THE ENEMY. PROLOGUES is still available for preorder HERE.
Hear some stats on how well the podcast did last year (pretty good, actually), and listen to a free excerpt of the lead-off story in PROLOGUES.
If you're interested in more from author P.A. Duncan, check out her Substack page HERE.
I hope you enjoyed your holiday break because I did, but now the podcast is back with weekly episodes.
Check out the eBook box set of the reader magnets of the 9/11 series, Meeting the Enemy. You can preorder the eBook HERE, and it launches on January 15, 2024.
And I'm now on Substack with some blog posts and some flash fiction. You can subscribe HERE--for free.
Happy New Year! And thanks for being patient for the podcast to return.
To make sure each episode is a quality presentation, the host is taking time off from the Real Spies, Real Lives Podcast for the rest of 2023.
Look for a new episode Jan. 4, 2024--and Happy Holidays!
What's the difference between self-editing and a full rewrite of a manuscript, i.e., a draft? The author gives her opinion. Plus a reading of a free excerpt of Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules.
Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules is on sale all this month. The eBook is only 99¢ to download, and there'll be some free days later in the month. You can download Spy Flash III HERE.
The author extols the creative benefits of National Novel Writing Month and relates which of her published works got started there. You can still sign up to participate in NaNoWriMo HERE.
If you live in a state that has an election cycle this year for state and local governments, make sure you vote, and the author explains why that's important.
The 2021 novel LOVE DEATH, a NaNoWriMo project from several years ago, is FREE from 10/26/23 to 10/30/23, and you can download it HERE.
The author clarifies how long she'll keep writing and discusses the meaning of the reader magnet PROLOGUE TO RENDITION. Context is everything.
PROLOGUE TO RENDITION is available to purchase in eBook and paperback HERE.
The October book on sale, Love Death, is on sale HERE.
The author gives some background on October's book-on-sale, Love Death, and on the reader magnet, Prologue to Rendition. Turns out the author had a lot of good story ideas in the 1990s, but she's a much better writer now.
You can find Love Death at amazon.com/dp/B08QDLXBCS.
You can preorder Prologue to Rendition until 10/13 at amazon.com/dp/B0CJ7C6FBL.
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