James R Callan
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On the first day of Father Frank's vacation, a man says to him, "I'm gonna kill you." When the threat of violence covers another person, Father Frank knows something must be done. But because the threat came via the confessional, he can't tell the police. He can't even tell the other person who is in jeopardy. Father Frank is on his own. To make matters worse, this happens in Magnolia Bluff, a place Father Frank has just come to visit. He doesn't...
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Churches are burning and a man is murdered. Father Frank DeLuca is thrust into an impossible dilemma when he learns another church will be burned. But the information comes to him via the confessional, and church law forbids him telling anyone-even the police. He doesn't know which church, when, or by whom. Still, he can't sit idly by, and no law prevents him looking into the matter himself. His investigation leads him dangerously close to the local...
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"From the first sentence, it captures your attention and carries you on an intriguing mystery-solving adventure," Avid reader Sharon S.
"...distinctively and enjoyably different. Father Frank is a really good character," AuthorRoger B.
Rod Granet, award-winning novelist and womanizer, is the main speaker at a writers conference. But after the opening session and in front of a crowd, Maggie DeLuca, Father Frank's sister, accuses Granet of stealing...
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Can an old, long forgotten folk tale affect the lives of people today? In A Ton of Gold, one certainly affected young, brilliant Crystal Moore. Two people are killed, others threatened, a house burned and an office fire-bombed - all because of an old folktale, greed and ignorance. On top of that, the man who nearly destroyed Crystal emotionally is coming back. This time, he can put an end to her career. She'll need all the help she can get from a...
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A corporation is seizing land by eminent domain. Syd Cranzler threatens a court battle. Then Syd is found dead. The police call it suicide. Case closed. Father Frank doesn't believe it's suicide. The more clues he uncovers, the more danger he faces. Can he find the real killer before he becomes a victim?
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Young, bright, unadventurous Crystal Moore comes face-to-face with slavery in today's Dallas, Texas, in 2015. A woman is held, not by chains, but by threats to her two small children left behind in Mexico. Should she escape, or even tell anybody of her situation, her children will be killed.
Crystal would like to walk away and forget she ever heard this. But her conscience won't let her. Her parents were killed when she was just seven. She knows...
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"I'm impressed because it is absolutely the best book I've ever read so far on character development."Ginnie Sienna Bivona, former Acquisition Editor and a former Publisher. Some of the topics covered include:The importance of selecting names for your charactersHow to sculpt your charactersConsiderations when planning a character for a seriesThe importance of character biosMotivation and conflictThe power of eccentricityCreating the four-dimensional...
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Not a political book. But a tense, suspense novel, played out during an election campaign.
Crystal Moore's good friend Ron Drake is running for governor of Texas. Polls show he has 70% of the votes. But, fake news begins pouring out, and with two weeks left before election day, his numbers are now below his opponent's.
Only Crystal believes that an art theft at Ron's house is related to the election. She begins to search for clues which might tie...
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Learn How To...
Develop characters through dialog
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In San Antonio, the Sweet Adelines International Barbershop competition starts out with a bang. Actually, two bangs as two women of a quartet singing on an outdoor stage in front of the Alamop are shot and killed. Tina, a member of the Fort Worth police department, is there, singing with the Fort Worth Flair chorus. The members of the ill-fated quartet are also members of the Flair. Tina sees two of her friends from the Flair gunned down and she vows...
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