We're stilling giving away tons of free e-books!
On Wednesday, July 16, and for one day only, Jerry McMurry's fascinating collection of prose sketches, Ice Cream Counter, will be FREE for the download from Amazon. It is a fun, insightful, and humane work that everyone will enjoy. Do be sure to download it.
It is here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JSCR6NA
Also, on going until July 18, Robert Folkner's reworking of the Faust tale, Something For Everything, is FREE on Amazon. So give this one a look. It is a highly inventive and disturbing exploration of human nature.
It is here: http://www.amazon.com/Something-For-Everything-ebook/dp/B00BC0JKEO
Plus, don't forget, W.L. Kasperek's debut collection of poetry, Lucky Pennies, will be FREE from July 18 until July 22. Well worth the read.
It is here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E7HNCYI
And, finally, if you are a day trader, you'll want this one. Richard Arms book on his new technique of charting, Arms Candlevolume, will be FREE on July 19 and July 20. This one could be important to the Wall Street pro.
It is here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KFX2JTM
Showing posts with label Jerry James McMurry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jerry James McMurry. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Friday, July 4, 2014
Meet Jerry James McMurry!
Jerry's one of our newest authors. He tells us that he was born in 1934, in Stillwater Oklahoma, though he adds he was raised mainly on the North side of Chicago. After a number of adventures (including a bout of polio!) he became an engineer and worked for a variety of companies and government agencies in Illinois and California. Though his work has included everything from the development of advanced radars to space-based weapons systems, he says the most fun he's had professionally was working on an "Automatic Mini Rhizotron (a "rhizotron" is a name given by botanists to any device that allows them to view plant roots as they're growing in the soil.)
He brings us two new works. The first of these is The Ice Cream Counter. This is a collection of remarkable little essay/short stories/prose poems in which he explores life from the vantage of a traditional ice cream counter, the kind you find (or used to find) in most drug stores. He used to work in one, he notes, specifically D. B. Dunbar's Drugstore on Chicago's North side.
His ice cream vignettes are fascinating slices of life. In them we meet men and women, some quite remarkable, some quite ordinary. Or, as Jerry seems to hint, maybe the mundane and the amazing are somehow very much alike, with the judgment about which is which left up to the viewer.
His second work is actually the beginning of a series for young adults. Gwendolyn is the first chapter of what we hope will be a long and fabulous series involving the titular character, or, as she calls herself "Gwen."
Gwen thinks she's a pretty ordinary person. She's a high school student. She does well enough in her classes to keep the authorities off her back. She is reasonably popular. Basically, she thinks, she is just like anyone else.
Except…she isn't.
She has, she learns, "a falcon's eyes."
And this will make all the difference in the world.
He brings us two new works. The first of these is The Ice Cream Counter. This is a collection of remarkable little essay/short stories/prose poems in which he explores life from the vantage of a traditional ice cream counter, the kind you find (or used to find) in most drug stores. He used to work in one, he notes, specifically D. B. Dunbar's Drugstore on Chicago's North side.
His ice cream vignettes are fascinating slices of life. In them we meet men and women, some quite remarkable, some quite ordinary. Or, as Jerry seems to hint, maybe the mundane and the amazing are somehow very much alike, with the judgment about which is which left up to the viewer.
His second work is actually the beginning of a series for young adults. Gwendolyn is the first chapter of what we hope will be a long and fabulous series involving the titular character, or, as she calls herself "Gwen."
Gwen thinks she's a pretty ordinary person. She's a high school student. She does well enough in her classes to keep the authorities off her back. She is reasonably popular. Basically, she thinks, she is just like anyone else.
Except…she isn't.
She has, she learns, "a falcon's eyes."
And this will make all the difference in the world.
Good news. Bad News. (But mostly good.)
We've been very, very busy lately. (That's why it has been so long since our last update of this blog. Sorry!)
But, now that the hubbub is dying down to a dull riot, we've got both the proverbial good news and bad news.
Let's do the bad news first and get it out of the way. One of our favorite authors, Tristan Gans, has decided to leave Belfort & Bastion—at least for the moment. He feels he needs to pursue some new opportunities that have suddenly appeared. We can understand that. We don't have to like it, but we understand it.
So, best of luck, Tristan!
Now, let's do the Good News.
We have two new authors and several new books to talk about.
We'll take them one at a time in the next two postings. But, briefly, we've gained the company of essayist and fabulist Jerry James McMurry, and stock market wizard Richard ("Dick") Arms.
We've also done our first hardcopy book!
So, once again, let's take them one at a time.
But, now that the hubbub is dying down to a dull riot, we've got both the proverbial good news and bad news.
Let's do the bad news first and get it out of the way. One of our favorite authors, Tristan Gans, has decided to leave Belfort & Bastion—at least for the moment. He feels he needs to pursue some new opportunities that have suddenly appeared. We can understand that. We don't have to like it, but we understand it.
So, best of luck, Tristan!
Now, let's do the Good News.
We have two new authors and several new books to talk about.
We'll take them one at a time in the next two postings. But, briefly, we've gained the company of essayist and fabulist Jerry James McMurry, and stock market wizard Richard ("Dick") Arms.
We've also done our first hardcopy book!
So, once again, let's take them one at a time.
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