Day: February 15, 2015

Video Trailer: Dying for a Living

Dying for a Living by Kory M. ShrumOn the morning before her 67th death, it is business as usual for Jesse Sullivan: meet with the mortician, counsel soon-to-be-dead clients, and have coffee while reading the latest regeneration theory. Jesse dies for a living, literally. Although each death is different, the result is the same: a life is saved, and Jesse resurrects days later with sore muscles, new scars, and another hole in her memory.

But when Jesse is murdered and becomes the sole suspect in a federal investigation, more than her freedom and sanity are at stake. She must catch the killer herself—or die trying.

Dying for a Living, the urban/contemporary fantasy novel by Kory M. Shrum, is available from Amazon.com, Amazon UK, and most online retailers.

Don’t forget, you can cast your vote for trailer of the month on February 28, 2015 at 1 p.m. Pacific time.

Print Book Paradise Time

Print Book Paradise Discount booksPBP7No matter whether you are buried in snow or in the heat of summer right now, books can transport you to paradise. And what could be better than finding them at bargain prices? Check out all the great reads at the Indies Unlimited Print Book Party.

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Grammar Tip: An Aitch or A Haitch

HNot long ago, a publishing friend of mine asked me a question, as she was having a teensy little contretemps with an author, whose book she was about to publish.  He was so insistent that the part of his book’s title, which contained the word ‘historical’, should be ‘an historical’.  In fact, he was so insistent, it made her doubt her own knowledge.

So, let’s try and clarify this.  ‘H’, when aspirated, i.e. pronounced with a ‘huh’ sound, is a consonant. Words that begin with a consonant, when preceded by an indefinite pronoun, are therefore introduced with ‘a’. Continue reading “Grammar Tip: An Aitch or A Haitch”