Showing posts with label "A Diamond in the Ruff". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "A Diamond in the Ruff". Show all posts

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Trapper the Cyber Snoop says, "Turn off the Politicians - Read a Book"



A message from Trapper the Cyber Snoop

The Olympics come to an end today. Congratulations of all of the athletes, well except for one that made a giant ASS out of himself.

Now comes the question, what do I do.  I've got anywhere from 200 to 1000 channels, of re-runs, infomercials, promo's for new shows, and an ever growing number of political ads.

Me, I for one and going to leave the TV off, and curl up with my owner and a good book.  Actually, I'm going to let him read to me about my dad, Street-Fighter. It was two years ago yesterday, that he left us for a better place, and I still miss him.  I'm glad my owner has made him a star with the "Jasper, Street-Fighter, and Me" series.   

The first two books in the series, "Candie is not always Sweet", and "A Diamond in the Ruff" are available through Amazon in their REVISED EDITIONS.  Don't tell him that I told you so, but we are close to being finished with the final edit for book three's REVISED EDITION.  We should have "Serial doesn't start with a C" back on the market in early September. 

I hope you don't mind, but I had to slip a picture of dad in along with the book covers.  Trapper the Cyber Snoop

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

JSF&M - Join the Growing Crowd

Now with a New Low $
Join the Growing Crowd
Following the Exploits of
Jasper, Street-Fighter, and Maggie
In the
REVISED EDITONS
Of the
“Jasper, Street-Fighter, and Me”
Series
Book One                      Book Two
“Candie is not Always Sweet”   “A Diamond in the Ruff”
   Click to Buy                    Buy it Now


Watch for books three and four in August

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Mid-Week Special - A Diamond in the Ruff - Free for 2 days

Mid-Week 2 Day Special

Wednesday & Thursday
February 3rd and 4th Only

Book 2 of the "Jasper, Street-Fighter and Me" series
"A DIAMOND in the RUFF"

Will Be Free through Amazon Kindle Only.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

A Tease From - "A Diamond in the Ruff"



A Little Tease from

"A Diamond in the Ruff"

The Action is Starting to Heat Up


It was just a hair under three minutes before my phone rang again. Once again, my caller ID showed the number as restricted.  I picked it up and answered just exactly as I had answered the first call.  This time, there was a very ruff sounding male's voice on the other end of the call.

"You still got my diamonds, Honey?"

I smiled and thought, “I can play the same game buddy,” as I answered "I am not your Honey, and I have no desire to be your Honey either.  I have a name, which I believe that you know, and I expect you to use it.  Now please provide me with your name, and a call back number sir."

"Well sorry Ms. Mckenzi, I didn't think you would get so upset, what with you being a retired Marine, I bet you got called a lot worse than Honey in the Corps."

Now I was starting to get a little pissed with this asshole; "I doubt that you ever spent a day in the Marine Corps, because if you had, you would know that I would have been addressed as Major McKenzie and not Honey, asshole."

And with that, I hung up the phone. 

"Okay, gang, when he calls back do I play nice or do we want to piss him off enough that he will come out here?

I heard Jill say, "Start nice, then fuck with him some more. , I think we either have the seller or the courier on the hook with this one."

I then heard the Tactical Unit Commander say, "Maggie and Jill, I agree, but I am going to move two of my team forward to where the lane come out behind the barn.  We just might have both groups very interested."

Jill, who actually had the overall responsibility, as the Bureau was senior, agreed with the commander, just as the phone rang again.  I answered it just as I had every other time, with a polite hello.
The same voice came on the line; "Major Mckenzie, honey, I don't let anybody hang up on me.  You have something that belongs to me, and I want it back right now bitch."

"We sir, even if I knew for sure that it belonged to you, there is no way that I could give it to you right away because you're not here to accept it."

"You have no idea where the fuck I am.  I might be sitting on your back porch for all you would know.  I've done a few special ops in my time, and got paid a hell of a lot more than you did as a Marine."

"Are you going to id. the diamonds for me, or do I hang up again on you, because you don't scare me."

"The name is Jonas, Major Honey, and I bet I can scare the panties right off of you."  Before I could jerk his chain, he rattled off the exact description of the bag, the numbers, and the id number of the largest stones in the bags.

"Well you did you homework well Jonas, you win a bag of diamonds, that is if you have the balls to come and get them from me and Street Fighter. Oh and he does not like people that are not nice to me."

"Major honey, your little pussy, both of them in fact, just might like it when I get my hands on you. You got all of the bags there because I found your little note before the cops sealed off the area.  You're gonna just love what I have in store for you Major Honey."

"Jonas, I don't care if you have Moby's dick, it has been tried before, and his balls ended up somewhere on the ceiling, and he just can't seem to keep those fifty virgins happy."

"Yeah, well this boy don't wear a towel on his head, we American's are a lot smarter Major Honey."

I couldn't resist one more jab, so I added, "Oh I bet you are Jonas, and I liked your little tree drop.  One problem boy, you don't use pine to make a fake limb plug in an oak tree. Even a fucking girl marine knows that ya dumb shit."

I hung up the phone, without a goodbye, or see you later, and looked up at Ann. Who laughed and said, "I don't think that you and Jonas hit is off very well Maggie."

"Aw, I thought I treated him very nicely, for a redneck dick head."

Do you get the feeling that Maggie really doesn't like Jonas?

Read all Three Episodes in the "Jasper, Street-Fighter and Me" series.
Bk 1 - "Candie Isn't Always Sweet"
Bk 2 - "A Diamond in the Ruff"
Bk 3 - "Serial Doesn't Start with a C"  in paperback only - Kindle release is January 2, 2016






Wednesday, November 18, 2015

In the News! at Nursesnook&Books


In the News!

A Diamond in the Ruff - The first review is in - Four Stars -  Richard Nurse has written yet another fast-paced, enjoyable read, and continues the series that stars a detective and two pets, who are themselves crime fighters.

A Diamond in the Ruff - GoodReads Give Away - The contest is underway.  I am giving away two signed copies of "A Diamond in the Ruff" Episode 2 of the fast paced "Jasper, Street Fighter & Me" series.  There is a button link to the entry form on the Published Works page of this site.  Find the cover picture and the link to the contest is located just below.  Hurry because the contest ends at midnight on November 25th.

Striving to Provide the best Product that I can - A couple of weeks back, I received a review of one of my novels that made me sit up and take notice.  While the reviewer liked the story, and they way it unfolded, the number of grammatical errors in the story were distracting to the reader.  The review was extremely well written, and done in a constructive manner for my part.  This particular book had been through a minimum of three edits prior to its release.  I took the advice of the reviewer, and began checking on the various Grammar, Spelling, Wrong Word catching programs.  I settled on Grammarly, and after installing the basic free version, I uploaded the manuscript in question into the program for review.  A couple of four-letter words slipped out of my mouth when I saw the results of the check. The program found 642 critical errors.    At that moment, I made a couple of decisions that I am in the process of bringing fully into operation.
  

  • I turned off the auto review on MS Word.
  • Every new manuscript created will be composed with Grammarly operatin
  • I plan to upload and submit every manuscript, for every published book presently on the market. Each will be reviewed and edited using Grammarly, and upon completion a new manuscript will be uploaded to the distributors for my books. I fully intend that each item with my name or one of my pen names on it will be as grammatically correct as possible.  Allow me to add, that this is not a project this will be completed in a few days or even a week.  I have committed x number of hours on my schedule each day to complete this project
  • Upon completing the first two manuscripts, I was impressed enough with the program that I upgraded the Grammarly program to the premium so that it is review and checking for even more potential problems.
  • I really should have paid attention in English Class....

Monday, November 16, 2015

GoodReads Giveaway - "A Diamond in the Ruff"

GoodReads Giveaway

November 17th - 25th

Enter to Win 
one of two signed copies
Of "A Diamond in the Ruff"
Episode 2 in the action packed
"Jasper Street Fighter & Me" Series


I live up to my name in this story

Sunday, November 8, 2015

New Release "A Diamond in the Ruff"

- New Release - 

November 8, 2015

Episode 2

"A Diamond in the Ruff"

Of the "Jasper, Street Fighter & Me" Series

                            Available Only Through:

               Amazon                               CreateSpace e-Store


Join in the fun and suspense, as Jasper, Street Fighter and Maggie deal with two different diamond smuggling factions.  Street Fighter takes center stage in this episode, as he shows off some of the tricks that he has learned from his 'old dog buddy' Jasper.  A fun and action packed story that begins quietly as the three relax in a meadow, at least until the 'boys' discover a crime scene, and builds from that point on until it reaches it's crashing climax.