The Royal Air Force struggles for control of the British sky, facing down the daunting numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft across the English Channel. At the forefront of these battles, the Royal Air Force’s young pilots fight to survive under mounting pressure and deadly German Messerschmitts.
Where Eagles Never Flew follows the Battle of Britain as squadrons of the RAF must make do with undertrained pilots and little sleep if they want any chance at repelling the Luftwaffe bombing raids that become more and more frequent as the battle rages on. Operations rooms plot and direct the paths of aircraft, with members of the WAAF—Women’s Auxiliary Air Force—fielding waves of communications to and from the skies. Robert “Robin” Priestman flies on the front lines, dedicated to the fight despite weeks of unending tension and the great challenge of keeping his squadron awake and alive despite sortie after sortie.
Helena P. Schrader brings a wealth of knowledge to her story to make this one of the most authentic and well-told stories of the Battle of Britain we have ever read. The planes practically come alive in detail and clarity, both on their own and through their pilots’ maneuvers. Hurricanes, Spitfires, Messerschmitts, and more play out the breath-taking dogfights and bombing runs. Schrader takes time to show the small, vital differences between them all.
This realism extends to the characters themselves. The pilots, Ginger and Banks, worry what their squadron thinks of them and whether they will ever belong with the more experienced pilots who go into battle beside them. Emily Pryce, a volunteer at the Salvation Army, struggles with her pacifist ideals even as she falls for Robin, who risks his life every time he climbs into the air. The characters come to us as individuals who are authentic, relatable, and unique.
Schraderbalances tension expertly between thrilling dogfight scenes and the more peaceful moments. Numerous perspectives tell this story, showing varied and sometimes deeply contrasting views on the Battle of Britain. From RAF pilots’ eyes to the Luftwaffe airmen, Schrader fleshes out her story with style. At the same time, she uses scenes of aerial battles and daily life as an opportunity to build a sense of impending danger, which becomes an all-encompassing nail-biter as the pilots of the RAF fight for victory.
Where Eagles Never Flew doesn’t shy away from either love nor loss and, in fact, takes the opportunity to sit with the characters in their pain, their grief, and their frustration. The morale of individuals and squadrons – even the whole RAF is palpable on the page. What ties this story together is the incredible resilience and camaraderie of the pilots, airmen, and WAAFs, despite the danger and death looming over them.
Schrader delivers a winning WWII account of the Battle of Britain that resonates with authenticity and will quickly find a place of honor on the shelf. In short, here’s a historical fiction novel that readers will find hard to put down. Highly recommended.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an increasingly crucial technological development in human affairs, both for its enabling and disruptive powers. Revival,the second volume in the Gaia Origin series, gives us an astonishing glimpse of what role AI could play in the future of the human race. It’s both scary and exhilarating.
A small group of people have escaped a near-dead Earth and traveled lightyears to reach a new Earth-like planet named Gaia by its human visitors. Chief among them is Evan Feldman, his wife, daughter, granddaughter, and a few Feldman extended family members. All of them were the masters of an Earth-bound corporation called Telogene, a multi-billion-dollar megacorporation dedicated to extending the possibilities of human life with revolutionary medical science and technology. Their transportation across the universe on board the Kutanga. The spaceship is large enough to contain some four thousand humans in suspended animation awaiting the day when the human race can establish a new home now that the home planet was all but destroyed by a disastrous and deadly plague.
But here’s where the book takes an unexpected, radical turn. It seems that the passengers, as we would generally think of them, are all dead – that is, their biological, physical bodies are all gone. Instead, an AI super-intelligent computer named Aneni cares for and keeps the essence of these humans alive. Instead of natural bodies, they have become androids in humanoid form. Virtually all human functions have been duplicated except for the need to eat. The most remarkable is their brain functions, all of which have been “recorded” to function in their new bodies. Who they were as humans, their ability to think, feel, remember, love, hate all remain intact. Every function, including their thoughts, is monitored and potentially controlled by Aneni. Including the ability to modify their thoughts and feelings if the computer believes it would contribute to their well-being. If they become too troubled, they can be digitally “rolled back” and the troubled portion of their lives eliminated.
So, are they still human? And what happens when they realize the computer Aneni is more akin to them than human beings? And who can tell when even their memories are not reliable, and, instead, a composite of other people’s memories kludged together to reconstruct a human being whose brain was too damaged when their earthly body died? What happens when they realize their essence is as editable as any other digital data: able – like any other data – of being backed up, or erased altogether?
Before the story ends, readers will experience a fully imagined, detailed alternate world. Eyes will be opened up to an exploration of DNA and brain science, and even the theories of relatively obscure writers such as Zecharian Sitchin and Erich von Daniken, both of whom hypothesized that we, the homo sapiens of Earth were created or planted there by alien astronauts.
Some sci-fans may see echoes of the book Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan, a novel that allowed a human’s essence to move from body to body. The recording and manipulation of that same essence in Gaia: Revival takes that manipulation a significant step further in its creation not only of digital humanity but in a benevolent AI responsible for protecting that humanity at a cost measured by the very concept of what is a human being.
Don’t expect this book to deliver a collection of sci-fi shootouts. Only a few characters stand out, notably Evan, the founder of Telogene, who yearns for decades to see his long-dead wife brought to life, and their daughter Lily. She best expresses the anguish of trying to come to terms with this extreme version of being human. If you enjoy a thinking person’s science fiction, more in the tradition of Isaac Asimov than Robert Heinlein, this is a book for you.
McWhorter has pulled off something original and rare. This is science fiction at its speculative best. The issues it raises will remain with you long after you’ve finished reading the book. Highly recommended.
Please enjoy Chanticleer’s 12 Must-Dos for a Happy and Productive 2021!
Well…maybe not “enjoy” as there ere is a lot of work to be done to complete this list that will help you have a successful and productive 2021 year for your writing career.
Twelve Must-Dos for Authors and Publishers for 2021!
At Chanticleer, as many of you know (especially if you have attended a Chanticleer Authors Conference or VCAC), we do things a little differently. Adapting the theme of “12 Days,” we are bringing you an author checklist, things for your author development and business.That’s why we’re here!
We suggest tackling one Must-Do a month in any order that you chose except for the first three. Also, we will have a handy checklist to print out at the end of the series for your author lair to help keep you on track.
We wish you a successful and productive year for achieving your publishing goals! ~ The Chanticleer Reviews Team
On the First Blogpost of 2021, Chanticleer gave to me…
Advice on how to care for arguably the most important tool in our toolbox. Care to guess what it is?
We will give you a hint. It stores your intellectual property, aids in getting words from your brain into little alphabet letters that add up to a story. And for most of us, enables us to create what we love most—books and stories!
Your hardworking computer—whether it is a desktop, laptop, pad, or your own Mad Maxx creation of technologies, deserves a little bit of attention.
Computer Care for Authors and Publishers
We often forget how important it is to maintain a clean computer on the inside and outside, even if our desk and the surrounding area is spotless. Here are a few tips to get you started. And, yes, this is your annual reminder!
1. Clean your keyboard
If you don’t want to be like the person in this XKCD comic, you might want to clean your keyboard. Luckily, this is an easy task you can do once a week. Or at least once a year…
Wipe it down with a slightly damp microfiber cloth, dry it with a different cloth, and then use a disinfectant wipe or a cloth just damp with rubbing alcohol to finish it out (do not use bleach!). Probably best to do this when your computer and keyboard are unplugged because keyboards are actually quite delicate inside.
Gross stuff under the keycaps. Maintenance will prevent your computer keyboard from getting to this state.
Also, as the character in the cartoon that you clicked on above, turn your keyboard or laptop upside down and give it a gentle shake or two about once a week. Gentle being the operative word. You may be surprised to see what falls out of it.
Especially if you have a cat for an intern. Here’s looking at you, Janet Oakley!
Janet’s intern, Kinky Boots, hard at work.
We’ve even seen Argus vacuum his keyboards. But, that is up to you.
Really consider giving this a try. Your keyboard will feel cleaner. All the bits of dust and crumbs of food you’ve learned to ignore will be gone, and it will be such a pleasant experience for your hands.
Clean your screen
We’ve all had that experience of editing and suddenly an errant apostrophe or period appears where there ought not to be one. We click on it to edit it, but something about the way it appears doesn’t quite make sense, and then we can’t delete it from the page. That’s when it clicks. The screen is just dirty.
To clean it, a microfiber cloth is always the recommendation. Always dab any cleaning solution (Windex and/or a little bit of mild soap and water are recommended but check before trying anything else!) onto the cloth not directly on the screen itself.
Password Management
6.85 million passwords are hacked each day or 158 every second. INC magazine 2018 — this number has gone up substantially since 2018.
The concept of a healthy mind healthy body can be applied to healthy software healthy hardware. Now that you have a clean machine, make sure you have a good password system. While two-factor authentication (such as when you need to type in a code from your phone or email as well) can seem like a hassle but is also another key factor in security. For reliable password managers, see the following.
and so do numbers, characters, and upper and lower cases matter it comes to passwords
We here at Chanticleer use Keypass – but beware!
Make sure that the password that you decide on is something that is memorable to YOU. The only other person who should have it is your estate executor or life partner or someone that you would trust with your bank accounts and credit cards.
If you happen to momentarily forget your master password, because someone was talking to you while you were creating it – you will need to start over. There is no way to recover your account, unless you happen to find the random piece of paper you scribbled your master password on… Experience is a cruel teacher… #justsaying
IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE THE SAME PASSWORD for your business/work accounts and your personal household accounts or publishing accounts. This is how hackers can take people down by infiltrating a business password –harder but to do but then they have access to so many personal accounts because so many people use the same password for home and personal accounts.
But after hearing from several authors whose computers were hacked, bank accounts taken over, ransomware remotely installed, and other malicious activity that drained their credit card balances and credit ratings, and stole their intellectual property (as in books – published and unpublished), do not go another day without a password manager.
There is no excuse. There are several excellent password managers that are FREE or as little as $36 per year.
For more information here are three links to articles about password managers from reliable sources:
Here is a link from C|Net on the Best Password Manager to Use for 2021.
[Not from Editor: Do NOT proceed to this step until you have your Password Manager project all sorted out. ]
As we barrel forward into the future there’s so much that this has started to be a bigger and bigger project. Luckily, PC Mag has a great article about how to clear your cache on any browser. While this can be a little tricky to navigate, it can be worth it for the faster computer speed. PC Mag also focuses on the security risks of the cache, but chances are most of us don’t have to worry too much about those.
WHY SHOULD YOU CLEAR YOUR CACHE from COOKIES?
This is called “Browser Hygiene.” Really.
Browsers tend to hold onto information and like a clogged drain, after a while, it will slow down the speed and performance of your computer. Where your browser holds onto this information is in its “cache.”
A computer’s cache (pronounced ‘cash’) is also where websites that you visit implement their “cookies” —that bread crumb trail that rambles through the internet linking your computer to the websites that you visit. Each and every website uses cookies —even yours is guilty of it. It is the nature of the internet…
Have you ever had this happen to you?
“I don’t see the change. You said you updated on your web page.”
That is because your computer is storing and showing you the previous cache of the website it stored in its cache. You are not seeing the latest and greatest of the website that you are re-visiting, but a “shadow” of it.
To see the latest version of a website or web-post, you will probably have to clear your computer’s cache which will delete cookies.
Each computer and browser has a different system, so we advise you to search on your browser (i.e. google it) on how to do clear the cache for your particular system.
Also, you can decide how much of the cache that you want to clear. All of it? Only the cookies? Save the passwords? Clear the passwords? (the reason to do #2 Password Management first). It is probably a good idea to clean the password cache at least once a year. But remember that you will need to do a fresh login for each website that you visit. See #2 Password Management.
We clear our caches here at Chanticleer at least every three months or as needed to access new data from websites that we visit.
More info
Remember all that fuss about Data Privacy back in May 2018? Cache and Cookies are what that was and is all about. Here is a handy link to Chanticleer’s blog post about it. Are you ready for the GDPR?
Virus Protection
What are the odds of becoming a victim of a cyber attack? One in Four
Any highly rated anti-virus and anti-malware program will update itself on a daily basis for latest hacking techniques, Trojan horses, phishing methods, ransomware, adware, spyware, and worms (I shudder to think about this one), and other malicious activity. This is different than updating the program itself. Is your antivirus program a couple of years old? If so, time to do some research.
Again, we’re going to turn to the experts here and look at CNET’s best Windows antivirus Protection. A good antivirus keeps your computer running in top shape, and it keeps your data and writing easy to access for yourself, so you don’t end up like one of the characters in Neal Stephenson’s Reamde who end up with all their files locked away by ransomware.
Now for some potentially bad news.Ifmalware has made it into your computer, you will need to have it professionally removed or contact the family and friends computer geek to save your computer and your sanity. If you are computer handy, then you have probably already taken steps to rid your computer of it.
The scary thing about malware is that once it has infiltrated your computer, it may be hard to detect even by anti-virus protection. That is how sneaky and under handed malware can be.
Some symptoms that your computer may be infected with malware:
Your computer is slowing down
Your computer crashes more often or “locks up”
Your friends and contacts receive strange messages from you
Suddenly you do not have any storage space available
Your homepage changed itself without you changing it.
PUPs show up. These are Potentially Unwanted Programs that have infiltrated your system when you give your consent to install additional tools on your computer. We think “barnacles” would be a better name.
Make sure that your computer (and smart phone) has the latest anti-virus and anti-malware programs protecting it.
Now for some definite good news!
Highly rated by independent and professional reviewers of Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware programs are available from free to $59 a year. A small price for piece of mind.
Don’t think that it can’t happen to your computer. Computer viruses and malware are prevalent and widespread. Once they find a home, they tend to go systemic in a very sly and under-the-radar kind of way. Your screen will not flash or start posting pictures of Moriarty when your computer has been invaded. Today’s hacks tend to be silent but deadly.
That’s what we want to see! You are safe!
Back up your files
Anything that you’d have trouble replacing it’s worth backing up. There are several places like One Drive, Dropbox, or Google Drive that will let you store files for free, up to a certain point. Luckily, external hard drives are getting cheaper all the time, and you can always do both. Whenever one of my free online drives fills up, I move anything I’m not currently using onto my external hard drive. I also make sure to periodically back up my writing.
This is such a great fear of mine that on my fire list (list of things that I need to immediately grab in case of fire) I have my external hard drive above everything else. I’m sure if you aren’t someone who has lost data, you know people who have, and I dearly hope to never have to worry about that.
Cyber Threats STOPS with each of US!
Once your computer and files are all protected, you’ll be free to write without any anxiety over your head. Like cleaning and maintaining most things, a routine means you only need to do a little work when the time comes to get everything squared away.
We hope these were handy reminders. We all get busy and can easily procrastinate about taking care of these mundane but vital tasks. We certainly do!
If there is something we should add to this blog-post or you have an experience that you would like to share or a question that you would like to ask about this blog post, please contact us at Chanticleer@ChantiReviews.com
We’d love to hear from you!
Thank you for joining us and please stay tuned for the next article on Marketing and Promotion.
The MARK TWAIN Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Humor and Satire Fiction. The Mark Twain Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).
The 2020 Mark Twain Book Awards for Satire Fiction, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards is the first year that this division is offered as a book awards competition division in the CIBAs.
Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring satire, humor, political ideology, parody, fantasy, and allegory or fable. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. The best will advance. Which titles will be declared as winners of the prestigious Somerset Book Awards? We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2021 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person. (For contemporary and literary fiction see our Somerset Book Awards.)
I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don’t go out with Halley’s Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: “Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together”. Mark Twain
Twain’s prediction was accurate; he died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910, in Stormfield, (Twain’s mansion where he lived from 1908 until his death) one day after the comet’s closest approach to Earth.
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from SLUSH pile to the 2020 Mark Twain Book Awards the 2020 SHORTLIST. The Short Listers’ works will compete for the Finalists positions.
The 22 divisions of the 2020 CIBAs’Grand Prize Winners and the Five First Place Category Position award winners will be announced at theApril 25th, 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards Annual Awards Gala,which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in virtually Bellingham, Wash.
These titles have been Shortlisted for the 2020 Mark Twain Book Awards for Satire and Humor Fiction
Charlie Suisman – Arnold Falls
Stephanie Alexander – Charleston Green
J.P. Kenna – Toward A Terrible Freedom
Wayne Edmiston – UNfatally Dead: to thaw or not to thaw?
Haris Orkin – You Only Live Once
Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Bernie, I’m Glad You’re Dead
Alex J. Tremari – Dragoncast
Michael Aloysius O’Reilly – The Billionaire’s Daughter
Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mom, The Killer is Among Us
Steven Mayfield – Treasure of the Blue Whale
St John Karp – Quake City
Ivy Cayden – Everything All At Once (Chorduroys and Too Many Boys?)
Ted Neill – Reaper Moon: Race War in the Post Apocalypse
Erik Segall – Not Yet
Lenore Rowntree – Cluck
K.N. Salustro – Cause of Death: ???
Conon Parks – Some Kind of Ending
Beth Wareham and Jason Davis –Hair Club Burning
Steven Mayfield –Treasure of the Blue Whale
Anastasia Fox – Trout Fishing in the Cretaceous
Adam Cliff – Exposure
David B. Seaburn – Gavin Goode
Lou Dischler – Too Pretty for a Hit Man
Good Luck to All!
These titles are in the running for the Semi-Finalists of the 2020 Mark Twain Book Awards for Satire and Humor Fiction.
The ShortListers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists, and then all Finalists will be recognized at the VCAC21 ceremonies. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 22 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 live at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.
The SOMERSET Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Literary and Contemporary Fiction. The Somerset Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).
Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring contemporary stories, literary themes, adventure, magical realism, or women and family themes. These books have advanced to the next judging rounds. The best will advance. Which titles will be declared as winners of the prestigious Somerset Book Awards? We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2021 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person. Looking for Satire? Keep an eye out for our Mark Twain Long List.
The following literary and contemporary fiction works have advanced from all of the entries to the Long List of the 2020 Somerset Book Awards:
Susan Dobson – Bomerang
Sara Stamey – Pause
R Barber Anderson – Jumeau
Gregory Erich Phillips – A Season in Lights
Candi Sary – Magdalena
Kathleen Reid – Sunrise in Florence
Ivy Cayden – Everything All At Once (Chorduroys and Too Many Boys?)
George M. Taylor – Careful by the Railing
Amy L Cleven – Look Up
Kasie Whitener – After December
T P Graf – As the Daisies Bloom
Patrick M. Garry – The Donor
Katherine Johnson – Grit & Granite
Jennifer Gold – Keep Me Afloat
Catherine Hamilton – Victoria’s War
Jessica O’Dwyer – Mother Mother
Lauren J. Sharkey – Inconvenient Daughter
Pierce Koslosky Jr. – A Week at Surfside Beach
Victor Acquista – Serpent Rising
John Danenbarger – Entanglement: Quantum and Otherwise
Julie Weary – Knowing Marjorie Thane
B. K. Stubblefield – Scars of the Past
Ted Neill – Reaper Moon: Race War in the Post Apocalypse
Dan V. Jackson – Rainbow Bridge
Kathleen M. Rodgers – The Flying Cutterbucks
Abbe Rolnick – Founding Stones
Liana Gardner – Speak No Evil
Susan Wingate – How the Deer Moon Hungers
Lainey Cameron – The Exit Strategy
Barbara Linn Probst – Queen of the Owls
Alice Early – The Moon Always Rising
Judy Keeslar Santamaria – Jetty Cat Palace Cafe
Joanne Kukanza Easley –Sweet Jane
Erik Segall – Not Yet
Steven Mayfield – Treasure of the Blue Whale
Dennis M. Clausen – The Accountant’s Apprentice
Ted Neill – Reaper Moon: Race War in the Post Apocalypse
Charlie Suisman – Arnold Falls
Good Luck to ALL!
Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Somerset Book Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction?
Congratulations to Donna LeClair whose manuscript The Proprietor of Theatre Lifetook home the Grand Prize for the 2019 Somerset Book Awards.
Hope you’re catching your breath after the conference. I know it is a ton of work, but from my side of the screen, it was terrific. I just loved it.
Thanks,
Dave (2021)
Thank you so much. It is such an honor, and I’m so thrilled that Wanders Far has done so well. I’m really looking forward to receiving that blue ribbon–so cool!
The CHATELAINE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Romantic Fiction and Women’s Fiction. The Chatelaine Book Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).
Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best new books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart, historical love affairs, perhaps a little steamy romance, and stories that appeal especially to fans of affairs of the heart to compete in the Chatelaine Book Awards (the CIBAs). The Short Listers’ works will compete for the Semi-Finalists positions. Semi-Finalists will be announced and recognized at the CAC21 banquet and ceremony. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2021 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.
These works have survived the infamous slush pile (all entries) and are now competing to advance to the Chatelaine 2020 Long List
Sara Stamey – Pause
Mike Owens – Bernie & Bertie (Serial Killers Need Love Too)
Linda Stewart Henley – Estelle: A Novel
Tabetha Waite – Behind a Moonlit Veil
Lindy Miller – The Magic Ingredient
Alexandrea Weis – The Christmas Spirit
Mary Ting – When the Wind Chimes
Linda Lee Graham – A Thimbleful of Honor
Betty Codd – Abigail
Patricia A. Williams – We’ll Always Have Paris
Laura O’Hare – Frangipani Escape
F. E. Greene – Some Place Like Home
L.A. Liechty – Winter Mountain
Ramcy Diek – Eagles in Flight
Gayle Woodson – After Kilimanjaro
Rebekah N. Bryan – Jenna with the Red Pen
Michael Aloysius O’Reilly – Romeo and Juliet Are Alive and Well in California
R.Harrington – Veronica
Kelly Miller – Death Takes a Holiday at Pemberley
R.A.R. Clouston – Cry Savage Tears
James G. Skinner – When a Conscience Knocks
Eileen Charbonneau – Mercies of the Fallen
Tammy Mannersly – Drawn to Him
Beverly Allie – Where the Monarchs Dance
Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mom, The Killer is Among Us
Bat Maxwell – The Color of Honey
Harper McDavid – Zapata
Carol VanDenHende – Goodbye, Orchid: To Love Her, He Had to Leave Her
Mona Sedrak – Gravity
Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Lavender Bees of Meuse
Lindsey Cowherd – My Texas Streak
Holly Brandon – Life in the Chastity Zone
Michelle Cox – A Child Lost
Ursula Sinclair & Kassanna – Defiant
Rachela Marie Lavita – Within the Stars
Betsy Dudak – Wanna Bet
Charlene Johnson – Homecoming, Sterling Wood Series, Book 1
Roxanne Kelly – If I Should Stay
M.M. Routson – Jealousy Burning
Tina Sloan – Chasing Cleopatra
Barb Warner Deane – The Whistle Stop Canteen
J M Liner – Big Easy Passion
Good luck to all!
Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Chatelaine Book Awards for Romantic Fiction?
Congratulations to Gail Avery Halverson whose work The Skeptical Physicktook home the Grand Prize for the 2019 Chatelaine Book Awards.
The CLUE Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Suspense and Thriller Fiction. The Clue Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).
Chanticleer International Book Awards is seeking the best books featuring suspense, thrilling adventure, detective work, private eye, police procedural, and crime-solving, we will put them to the test to discover the best! (For lighter-hearted Mystery and Classic Cozy Mysteries please check out our Mystery & Mayhem Awards). We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2021 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.
These works have survived the infamous slush pile and have advanced to the 2020 CLUE Book Awards Long List. They will compete in the next rounds of judging for the CLUE 2020 Short List.
Chuck Morgan – Crime Denied, A Buck Taylor Novel
Toni Bird Jones – The Measure of Ella
E. Alan Fleischauer – Just Die
Grahame Shannon – Bay of Devils
Mike Langan – North Country
Kari Bovee – Bones of the Redeemed
Blaise Ramsay – BloodLaw
Elizabeth Lewes – Little Falls
Hal Malchow – 42 Million to One
Avanti Centrae – Kiss of the Cobra – An M2 Action Thriller
Kari Bovee – Folly at the Fair
Dana J. Summers – Downhill Fast
Rafael Amadeus Hines – Bishop’s Law
Ken Farmer – Three Creeks
Kevin G. Chapman – Lethal Voyage (Mike Stoneman Thriller)
J.P. Kenna – The Anarchist Girl’s Confession
John Danenbarger – Entanglement: Quantum and Otherwise
Elizabeth Crowens – Dear Mom, The Killer is Among Us
Ronald Lamont – Post-Mortem Narrative
Chuck Morgan – Crime Conspiracy: A Buck Taylor Novel
J. L. Oakley – The Quisling Factor
Charles Evans – Love Minefields
Sheila McGraw – The Knife Thrower’s Wife
Martin Roy Hill – The Fourth Rising
Chris Karlsen – A Venomous Love
Christopher Leibig – Almost Damned
Brooke Skipstone – Someone To Kiss My Scars
Brooke Skipstone – Some Laneys Died
J.J. Clarke – Dared to Run
Laura Wolfe – Top Producer
James B. Cohoon – Do No Harm
Megan Allen – The Slave Players
Megan Allen – The Meat Hunter
Michelle Cox – A Child Lost
Valerie J. Brooks – Revenge in 3 Parts
Corey Lynn Fayman – Ballast Point Breakdown
Kevin G. Chapman – Deadly Enterprise (Mike Stoneman Thriller)
Shanessa Gluhm – Enemies of Doves
Chris Karlsen – A Venomous Love
C.L. Stuart – Raven’s Grave
Chuck Morgan – Crime Denied, A Buck Taylor Novel
Suanne Schafer – Hunting the Devil
E. Alan Fleischauer – Sherlock & Tiger
Steve Bassett – Payback: Tales of Love, Hate and Revenge
Tina Sloan – Chasing Cleopatra
John DeDakis – Fake
Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 CLUE Book Awards?
Good Luck to All!
Congratulations to Joanne Jaytaine whose work Salvaging Truthtook home the Grand Prize for the 2019 CLUE Book Awards.
The PARANORMAL Book Awards recognize emerging talent and outstanding works in the genre of Paranormal and Supernatural Fiction. The Paranormal Book Awards is a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The #CIBAs).
Chanticleer International Book Awards (the CIBAs) is looking for the best books featuring magic, the supernatural, weird otherworldly stories, superhumans (ex. Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman), magical beings & supernatural entities (ex. Harry Potter), vampires & werewolves (ex. Twilight), angels & demons, fairies & mythological beings, magical systems and elements. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies April 21-25th, 2021 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2021 Chanticleer Authors Conference–whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person.
The following fantasy fiction works have moved forward from the infamous Slush Pile to the Long List of the 2020 Paranormal Book Awards:
Christopher Leibig – Almost Damned
K.A. Banks – Seven Sisters Road
E. Alan Fleischauer – Just Die
Lydia Staggs – Azrael
Christine Mager Wevik – Borrowed Memories
Brooke Skipstone – Someone To Kiss My Scars
James Kirst – Magic Once Removed
Meg Evans – Enthrallment
Blaise Ramsay – Blood Law
Endy Wright – The Omicron Six
Claudia Herring – Shimmers of Truth
Kaylin McFarren – Soul Seeker
Joy Ross Davis – The Magnificent Celestine
Stephanie Alexander – Charleston Green
Lindy Ryan – Throw Me to the Wolves
Franklin Posner – Boston Betty
R.B. Woodstone – Chains of Time
Sheryl M. Frazer – When She Touches
Ryan Young – The Shepherd’s Burden
David W. Thompson – ‘Possum Stew
Carissa Andrews – Secret Legacy
Shane Boulware – Soulstealer
Neil Chase – Iron Dogs
S.K. Andrews – Bay of Darkness
Matt Tompkins – Odsburg
James Gish, Jr. – Snake Prayers
Randy Overbeck – Blood on the Chesapeake
TK Lawyer – Serenade
Nellie H. Steele – Shadows of the Past: A Shadow Slayers Story
Sarah Lampkin – To Dream is to Die (Dead Dreamer #1)
T. L. Augury – What’s Brewing Now? (Witches Brew Series)
Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Paranormal Book Awards?
Good Luck to All!
Congratulations to Susan Lynn Solomon whose work Abigail’s Window took home the Grand Prize for the 2019 Paranormal Book Awards.
The Royal Air Force struggles for control of the British sky, facing down the daunting numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft across the English Channel. At the forefront of these battles, the Royal Air Force’s young pilots fight to survive under mounting pressure and deadly German Messerschmitts.
Don’t Delay! Enter Today! 
Thank you so much! 
Hope you’re catching your breath after the conference. I know it is a ton of work, but from my side of the screen, it was terrific. I just loved it.
