tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50774505772524612292024-03-07T23:45:10.746-08:00Bryan Mooney - AuthorMy journey in writing, feel free to join in at anytime. Post comments or ask questions. Email me at:--BryanMooneyAuthor@gmail.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-4480667480090230332022-08-30T09:57:00.003-07:002022-09-06T11:40:29.636-07:00<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Coming soon!! The long-awaited sequel to <i>Christmas in Vermont. Stay tuned!</i></b></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-2667147327703202722022-07-31T07:36:00.010-07:002022-08-13T05:58:12.574-07:00<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> Enjoy </span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The Last Spy</i> a rivetting espionage story. </span></b></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-39907752326803602382022-07-26T07:02:00.006-07:002022-07-26T07:02:55.430-07:00<p> <i><b>The Last Spy! </b></i>A great new book just released this week in eBook, paperback, and hardback.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-58085304503031398482022-05-05T05:30:00.004-07:002022-05-05T05:30:29.138-07:00<p> New book out soon! A great mystery spy thriller! One I am sure you will enjoy. Soon to be followed by my latest heartwarming Christmas story. Look for further details.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-1057635035710136712021-09-19T08:27:00.003-07:002021-09-19T08:27:43.749-07:00<p> <b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Do you like Christmas stories? </span></i></b><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">It’s a Wonderful Christmas<i> is the tale of a
mother and daughter, a mystery, a romance but most of all a Christmas story!</i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">For years, someone in a small New England town
has been making headlines in newspapers worldwide by donating hundreds of
thousands of dollars at Christmastime. Who is this Secret Santa? Everybody
wants to know—especially Margot Stone, the publisher of the </span></i></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">New York Chronicle. <i>She wants the story
for her Christmas Eve front page.<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">A week before Christmas, Margot dispatches her
top investigative reporter, Darsy Meadows, back to her hometown of Mulberry
Falls, Vermont, to find out. Once home, Darsy enlists the aid of her mother,
her sister, her nieces, her neighbors, and an old friend—Ben Brady, to help
her. But as it turns out, it is not an easy task.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The more time she spends in the quaint town
along the Mulberry River, the more she realizes how much she has missed,
particularly the many holiday and family traditions. But the Secret Santa story
is more than she bargained for, and now she only has until Christmas Eve to
finish her story, and time is running out!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If only ...<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-31229751165393317282021-08-22T18:16:00.004-07:002021-09-15T06:02:37.673-07:00<p><span style="font-size: large;"><b> <i>It's a Wonderful Christmas</i> is now available to order online! I hope you enjoy it and please don't forget to write a glowing five-star review. I love reading your reviews!!!!</b></span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-69411525277020589672021-08-01T17:11:00.001-07:002021-08-01T17:12:54.959-07:00<p> An all new Christmas book is coming in September! You will love its heartwarming and touching story. Also, a second book will be out before Christmas. More details to follow soon!!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-75647449618833016662021-05-21T10:16:00.003-07:002021-05-21T10:16:13.476-07:00<p> <span style="font-size: medium;"><i>I love reading your reviews on Amazon. It makes my day. Keep them coming!! - BDM</i></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-11425253137713486582021-03-19T07:01:00.003-07:002021-03-19T07:01:22.057-07:00<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> New book coming soon! More details to follow. Stay tuned!!</span></b></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-43780353534556953382021-01-12T12:00:00.002-08:002021-01-12T12:00:29.354-08:00<p> Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year! Stay safe.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-36005205199657426712020-10-08T18:09:00.000-07:002020-10-08T18:09:04.680-07:00<p> <span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #707070; font-size: 13px;">Blog post</span></p><div class="a-box-group ap-blog-excerpt" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; max-height: 10.5em; overflow: hidden;"><div class="a-box-group" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: right; margin-left: -5px; width: 233px;"><div class="a-box-group" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;"><a class="a-link-normal" href="http://bryan-mooney.blogspot.com/2018/11/preorder-now.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066c0; text-decoration-line: none;">Preorder now!!</a></span></div><div class="a-box-group" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Under the Christmas Moon.</div><div class="a-box-group" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(Available for preorder now for $0.99 until December 1st) In the small town of White River Junction Vermont, the Maguire family brings Sergeant Garrett into their homes and their hearts ...</span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-47796360971154782882020-10-07T08:06:00.006-07:002020-10-08T18:22:46.491-07:00<p><span style="font-size: large;"><b> A new Christmas book- coming soon for preorder!! </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Under the Christmas Moon. </b></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-13567100546007625102018-12-07T13:39:00.002-08:002019-01-01T08:47:52.693-08:00A touching Christmas Story!<br />
What a wonderful book. Brought me to tears. Should be a Hallmark movie! - JB - Saint LouisUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-89137337424200605372018-11-16T11:14:00.000-08:002018-11-17T07:47:54.363-08:00Preorder now!!<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Available for preorder for $0.99 until December 5th!) Bells of Saint Michaels- A Christmas Story. The tender story of long time friends separated by a tragedy and their efforts to come back together.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-3346446104433043212018-10-11T03:05:00.001-07:002018-10-11T03:05:41.691-07:00New Book!!<font color='black' size='4' face='Times New Roman, Times, serif'><font size="4">Coming soon! A new Christmas book will be available soon. Details coming soon!</font></font>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-55072401002771891232018-01-23T14:26:00.001-08:002018-01-23T14:26:30.782-08:00Coming Soon!<font color='black' size='4' face='Times New Roman, Times, serif'><font size="4">For all of you who have asked for a longer book, well you will have your wish. Coming soon, a longer book plus another wonderful Christmas story. Stay tuned for further details!</font></font>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-6552213334344074252017-10-23T07:32:00.001-07:002017-10-24T08:18:09.604-07:00Hot New Release!<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>My latest book, <em>A Christmas Flower ,</em>is the number one hot new Christmas holiday release on Amazon.com!</strong></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-46722756204628761672016-06-03T09:59:00.001-07:002016-06-03T09:59:12.863-07:00Been In Love Before- Audio Book!<font color='black' size='4' face='Times New Roman, Times, serif'><font size="4" style="background-color: transparent;">Just heard the audio book for my latest book, Been In Love Before. It was great! This narrator was so talented. Check it out <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bryan-Mooney/e/B006QCFMR2/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1464973001&sr=8-2-ent">http://www.amazon.com/Bryan-Mooney/e/B006QCFMR2/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1464973001&sr=8-2-ent</a></font></font>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-84843290641199048682015-11-27T10:11:00.001-08:002017-10-23T15:44:10.974-07:00Very Nice Review!<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">First For Women Magazine, wrote a very nice review and recommendation of my book, Christmas in Vermont! Wonderful! Check it out!</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-10305190529714730062015-10-19T09:21:00.001-07:002015-11-08T05:32:58.717-08:00Describe Your Fantasy Greek Wedding!<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Readers- </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: medium;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-68573089940037347002015-10-13T11:34:00.001-07:002015-10-13T11:34:18.912-07:00Current Review!<font color='black' size='4' face='Times New Roman, Times, serif'> <div><font size="4" style="background-color: transparent;">CHRISTMAS IN VERMONT-"... A pleasure to read... Made me laugh, made me cry. I can't tell how long it's been since that has happened. Wonderful book!" WOW!!</font></div> <div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Vermont-Very-White/dp/1503948927/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444760261&sr=8-1&keywords=bryan+mooney">http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Vermont-Very-White/dp/1503948927/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444760261&sr=8-1&keywords=bryan+mooney</a></div> </font>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-9136890538987528942015-06-19T12:35:00.001-07:002015-06-19T12:35:16.163-07:00Exciting News<font color='black' size='4' face='Times New Roman, Times, serif'> <div><font size="4" style="background-color: transparent;">Just wanted to let everyone know that I recently signed a publishing contract with Lake Union Publishing Company (an Amazon Publishing Company)</font></div> <div><font size="4">This will allow me to devote more of my time to the things I love to do the most, write books. More details to come.</font></div> </font>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-83754596160382915272014-09-25T08:03:00.001-07:002014-09-25T08:05:24.996-07:00New Website is on line!<div dir="ltr">
In answer to all of your questions and inquiries - my new website has just been brought on line ( <a href="http://bryanmooneyauthor.com/">bryanmooneyauthor.com</a> )It contains an interview of me by Debbie Comber, writer extraordinaire, some information about my background and sample chapters from one of my upcoming books,<strong> </strong><em><strong>Moonlight in Vermon</strong>t</em>. <br />
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The next installment of the Nick Ryan Mystery Thriller Series, <em><strong>Eye of the Tiger</strong></em> will be posted soon on the website. The book is available on Amazon as a pre-order and is set to have its worldwide release on November 13, 2014. Thanks for following my blog and look for the two upcoming books soon. <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>-B</em></strong></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-90366624108702336912014-09-02T12:29:00.001-07:002014-09-02T12:29:22.699-07:00Welcome to all Mommy Bloggers!!<div dir="ltr"><strong>I write contemporary romance novels along the same lines as Nicholas Sparks. My most recent one is a book titled Christmas in Vermont. I also help people write that one great book inside of them. You know the book that everyone wants to write, the one that they have been hiding inside them. Now is the time to start. Read on!</strong></div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077450577252461229.post-85797450460960934052014-02-08T05:39:00.001-08:002014-02-08T05:39:29.297-08:00Writing That One Great Book Inside You!<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Post 2</font></span></p> <font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Now you have been saving your ideas and you find yourself going back to one that really intrigues you. This is the one you should write. Now comes the best part, the part that I call - discovery.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">You begin to think of it as a story- never think of it as a book. You are telling a story. </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Who is the main character? Who is telling the story, the main character, a lesser character or someone who is just a bystander, like yourself, observing and telling your wonderful story?</font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">What is he or she trying to do or say? Where is the conflict in their life? </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">They should want to do something or want something and someone or something is trying to stop them.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Conflict can be real simple. A girl wants to be a boxer but her parents won't allow it. A woman falls in love with her neighbor but they are both already married- a built in conflict. Don't dwell on your conflict just remember that stories need it to make it interesting.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Then tell yourself the story, walk yourself through it. Ask yourself where does it take place? What time of the year? Does it make sense as you pull it all together? </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Don't rush your discovery process. It is the dessert. Think it all the way through. I once had a main character who lived in Wisconsin and one winter day she takes a walk. Later on in the book she was wearing t-shirt and sandals. She drives into the parking garage in a blue truck and drives out in a red truck. Things like that will take your reader out of your story quicker than anything else. Keep working on discovery and writing down other potential stories in your cheap journal book. You are now moving towards being a writer.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">People agonize for years about writing that one great book. Well it is like saying I want to learn to cook but first I want to prepare that one great dish. </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Just start telling stories, write them down. Short stories, novellas books anything just write and keep at it every day. I love writing short stories and just recently published a book on my favorites titled- Box of Chocolates. When I didn’t have a lot of time or was between novels I would write short stories. You will be amazed at how good you can actually write but you must just keep doing it. Try it you'll like it.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0