Jim S. Melvin's Blog

• You live, you learn

  March 20, 2008

  • Things I find comforting:* Train whistles.* Warm blankets.* Good-natured laughter.* Purring cats.* Long back scratches.Things I find disturbing:* Smokers.* Rude teenagers.* Ultra-conservatives.* Bad tippers.* People who litter.
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• Book review: The New Feminized Majority

  March 15, 2008

  • Book Review by Jim MelvinThe New Feminized MajorityBy Katherine Adams and Charles Derber2008 Paradigm PublishersIn one of the most super-charged election years in our nation’s history, along comes a book that will stir up the pot even more.The New Feminized Majority pulls no punches in its assertions that the “Democratic party can lead America for decades” by embracing the “feminized ...
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• Free book giveaway

  March 4, 2008

  • Rain Publishing Inc., a division of Rain Enterprises, is sponsoring a monthly contest for my series and for the rest of its authors. One copy of Book One (The Pit) will be given away by Rain in March, and Books Two-Six in April-August, respectively. To win a free copy (including shipping) of The Pit, all you'll need to do is correctly answer the question below and send it to Jim Melvin via email ...
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