Reinvigorate Your Fiction!You've written the first draft of your novel or screenplay, and you've released it into the world: to your critique group, to your most trusted beta readers, or even to an agent or an editor. But something's wrong. You're not getting the glowing response you had expected, or you might have even received a rejection. Your story is getting a "Meh..." when you had hoped for an "Amazing!"But have no fear--the piece you've sweated and bled over isn't de...

The game is a weeklong retreat. It’s located in a remote region of northern California. It’s designed to build teamwork, establish trust, and increase awareness.The players are three ambitious executives—one woman and two men, each prepared to put his physical, mental, and moral limits to the test. They never dreamed how far they could go.The rules are simple. First you run. Then you hide. Don’t appear weak, don’t admit to the fear, and don’t react to the pain.The p...

Wolfgang Schmitt, ex-underwear model, self-proclaimed wisecrack, and cynical copywriter turned undercover agent, is biding his time, unsure how to spend the millions he scored after his recent undercover mission for the FBI. Complicating matters is the fact that he might be called in for a new mission; if it’s off the books and calls for a touch of seduction, Wolf is the man for the job.But, in Wolf’s words, shit-storms come in threes. On the same day Wolf is visiting his mother in...

A twisting thriller that taps into a deep well of erotic obsession, sexual betrayal, madness, and murder, Darkness Bound goes to fearless extremes to become an authentic and shocking suspense novel.In Darkness . . . Two strangers meet. A woman without inhibitions . . . a man without limits . . . for a private game between two consenting adults.In Darkness . . . They indulge in every secret fantasy, cross every boundary of sexual deviation. But one ...

What if everything you've been taught about time is wrong? In this groundbreaking exploration of consciousness and reality, Larry Middlebrooks reveals that time is not a river flowing in one direction but an ocean of navigable dimensions waiting to be explored. Drawing from cutting-edge physics, ancient wisdom traditions, and profound personal experience, "The Temporal Navigators" presents a revolutionary framework for understanding our relationship with time itself. Middlebrooks proposes ...

Covering key issues ranging from education to political mobilization to racial stratification, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the Obama Presidency.President Barack Obama's election and subsequent reelection represent a critical paradigm shift in American political history. But are there lasting effects of the election of an African American to the highest office in the land in terms of the United States' economic, educational, political and socia...

One of the most common questions new writers ask professionals is how they wrote their book—what was their process for storytelling? Did they use an outline to plan the book, or write it from the seat of their pants? But really the question should be about the general principles and nature of *storycraft—*does every part of a story have what it needs to keep readers turning the pages?Bestselling author and creator of StoryFix.com Larry Brooks changes the sound of the writi...

When committed agnostic Gabriel Stone’s wife dies in an unlikely airline disaster, he pours himself into the writing of a story that has haunted him since his youth—a novel his devout wife had warned him never to finish. Inspired by a visit to the island of Patmos, he is fascinated with the visions beheld there by St. John The Divine while in political exile for his beliefs. Those visions included terrifying events delivered by what John described as “seven thunders,” which he was instruct...

Learn how to make your story soar!In the physical world, gravity, force, and other elements of physics govern your abilities and can be utilized to enhance your every movement. In the world of writing, story physics can be harnessed in much the same way to make your novel or screenplay the best it can be. In Story Physics, best-selling author Larry Brooks introduces you to six key literary forces that, when leveraged in just the r...

A lighter thriller, in the vein of Nelson Demille, unfolding in the world of Silicon Valley billionaires and the women who seek and use them for their money.The man: Wolfgang Schmitt: former model, newly single, habitual wiseass. It’s a profile only his ailing mother could love—but it makes him perfect for one thing . . .The bait: Billionaire Nelson Scott wants Schmitt to seduce his wife—setting off a prenuptial clause that will keep her hands off his money...

In his first novel 96 Larry Brooks puts on display his ability to turn real life experiences into parables to drive home his philosophical view points. Coming from a small town in Texas; Brooks takes you on his journey from hustling in the back woods of Texas to being a military brat in Hinesville Georgia throughout his early adolescences. In doing so he comes up with the foundation of his lifelong philosophy.

These words are taking a close look at the upward ascent of the black race and how slow we have climbed. Also the black woman and her input into our society,particularly how she has protested our suffering and her's,how she has alone overcome the blocks that has held us back! How she has been beaten and cussed raisng children alone her past,her ancient past her Joys and Her Tears.The scars that mark her flesh and her ingenuity in breaking her shackles and the black man as well;she is a que...