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Blog postGood day to you!
I'm delighted to announce that I have a new release. It's an Ancient Quest Mystery called The Lost Metal Library, & features Rick Braeden from Lost City of Gold. It's a standalone archaeology adventure novel, & like Lost City of Gold, the story was inspired by real events & facts. The research for this book was both fun & fascinating. I thoroughly enjoyed writing it!
Here's a little about the story:
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Blog postI hope you've had a chance to sign up to my newsletter, because I have exclusive bonuses, news on upcoming releases, and more for my subscribers. It's my way of saying thank you for being a part of this group, and for us to have some fun together along the way.
If you've already signed up to my mailing at raiaren.com/subscribe or via the #instaFreebie link in my previous post you will have received your FREE copy of my archaeology adventure novella Lost City of Gold and the prequel -
Blog postHi there,
If you haven't already signed up to my newsletter, I hope you will now. I will be giving away exclusive bonuses for those who choose to be on my list. Here is one that I'm really proud to share with you. It's very special to me and it's something I had wanted to do for a very long time.
It's an exclusive FREE short story in the Secret of the Sands universe. If you've already read The Secret of the Sands Trilogy, it will be a fun bonus for you. If you've been curious -
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Blog postHello there!
I hope 2017 is turning out to be a very good year for you!
I’ve been really busy over the last two to three months – one of the things I’ve been working on is launching the books of The Secret of the Sands Trilogy across all retail platforms, instead of only having a limited presence online. I’ve received a lot of requests to have the books made more widely available, so it’s been something I’ve wanted to do for quite some time now.
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Blog postHi folks!
I wanted to let you know that I've (finally!) started an official newsletter for interested readers. Signing up for it gets you a FREE copy of my action adventure novella Lost City of Gold, as well as other exclusive bonuses and news on upcoming releases. This is also going to include free short stories related to the Secret of the Sands universe!
You can find the link to sign up on my brand new website (currently a work-in-progress), and enter your first nam -
Blog postHello & Happy Holidays!
I'm very happy to offer The Secret of the Sands Trilogy in one discounted ebook box set. Amazon has currently discounted it even further, so it's a great deal! :D
Here's the link:
The Secret of the Sands Trilogy box set on kindle
This trilogy is comprised of archaeology adventure novels about the mysteries of Ancient Egypt. These stories were a labor of love, and incredibly fun & rewarding to write. All three novels hav -
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Blog postDeep in the heart of the Great Pyramid lies an otherworldly secret...Revelation of the Sands
I’m very pleased to announce that the final instalment of the Secret of the Sands trilogy is now complete. It’s been such a rewarding journey and I’m proud of the story of Revelation of the Sands and excited to share it with you. These stories are very special to me. They live in my heart. They are also a representation of my endless fascination with the mysteries of the ancient world. What -
Blog postHi there,
I wanted to share my latest fun archaeology adventure work with you. It's a short novel called Lost City of Gold and it's the first story in my new Ancient Quest Mystery series. Here's a little more about the story:
A dangerous adventure beckons deep in the Amazon jungle…
Reckless treasure-hunter Rick Braeden sets out into the uncharted reaches of the Amazon jungle in a dangerous search of the fabled Lost City of Gold. It’s a quest for an ancient city shrouded -
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Blog postHi folks,
I wanted to share a very cool, new trailer for our archaeology adventure novel, Secret of the Sands, created by James Gelet, documentary filmmaker and Writer/Producer of the Jaws documentary, The Shark is Still Working. Check it out - makes me want a movie version of the book on IMAX 3D!!
Here's the link to James's page on IMDb, so you can learn more about his work:
James Gelet on IMDb
He's also done some other fantastic book trailers - take -
Blog postThe sequel to the bestselling archaeology adventure novel Secret of the Sands is here - Destiny of the Sands...
A powerful and ancient secret of mysterious origins resurfaces in the shifting sands of Egypt. Enemies strike. A dark and harrowing journey unfolds, racing towards a destiny 12,000 years in the making...
Here are links to the book:
Amazon kindle edition
Amazon paperback edition
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Blog postThe long wait is almost over...
Do you have a date with Destiny? You will soon...
The sequel to our award-winning mystery/archaeology adventure novel, Secret of the Sands, will be arriving very soon. We have worked very hard and are very excited that we will soon be sharing our baby with all of our readers and fans.
~Rai Aren, co-author of Secret of the Sands and its upcoming sequel Secret of the Sands
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Blog postHello valued readers!
Borrow away library fans! I am very happy to say that our award-winning archaeology adventure novel, Secret of the Sands, is now available in the Amazon Kindle Owners' Lending Library. If you are an Amazon US Prime member, you can check our book out through this cool library.
Secret of the Sands, 2nd edition
Buy or borrow it, it's up to you!
Happy reading always!!
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Blog postHi everyone,
I hope 2012 is off to a wonderful start for you all!
As a fun start to the year, Secret of the Sands, 2nd edition, is FREE!! on Amazon kindle today:
http://www.amazon.com/Secret-ReadersFavorite-com-Fiction-Mystery-Medalist-ebook/dp/B004EEORPW/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&m=AZC9TZ4UC9CFC&s=digital-text&qid=1291608498&sr=1-6&tag=vglnk-c9-20
I hope you will add it to your collection! I'm super-jazzed to see it's already #254 -
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Blog postHi everyone, I would like to introduce a fascinating and talented author to you - Gary Val Tenuta and welcome him here to do a guest post. He has a brand new release out, Ash: Return of the Beast, which is a riveting occult crime thriller (& it's only $3.99 on kindle!). I encourage you all to have a read about Gary's new novel and his writing inspiration for this story below, and to check out his books! He is also the author of another excellent novel, The Ezekiel Code. Both are reading t
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Blog postGreetings peeps!
I thought I would share one of my latest guest blog posts with you. It's my hope that it will help my fellow scribes find even greater success with their online marketing for their books. I was honored to be contacted by Freya at BookBuzzr and asked to share something helpful with their audience.
Here's the link to my post:
Book Marketing Tips: What Works, What Doesn’t
To your great success!
Cheers,
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Blog postHi everyone,
I was honored to be asked to be a guest blogger on Printsasia. Since we are finishing the sequel to Secret of the Sands, entitled Destiny of the Sands, I thought blogging about sequels was a timely topic :)
I hope you find value in what I shared. Here's the link to my post:
The Secrets of Sequels
I very much enjoyed writing it & reflecting on the process.
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Blog postHi peeps,
I wanted to share our new trailer for Secret of the Sands, our award-winning archaeology adventure novel. Hope you like it!
Here's the link to it on YouTube:
Secret of the Sands trailer #2
You can also see it on my Amazon Author page, as well as our website & other online profiles :)
Cheers,
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Blog postHi everyone,
It's my honor to share a guest blog post with you, by author Darren Pillsbury. He's written the series PETER AND THE VAMPIRES, PETER AND THE WEREWOLVES and PETER AND THE FRANKENSTEIN. They sound like lively reads!
Have a read & get to know a new author :)
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Thank you, Rai, for letting me do a guest post on your blog!
One of the questions I hear a lot of readers asking writers is “Where do you get your inspirat -
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Blog postHi peeps,
Sorry I've been away from the blog for awhile, life's been pretty busy. However, I still make time to read & then share worthy tomes with you :)
Here's a recent read, it's a literary novel, historical fiction, based on the life of Stephen Biko. Here is a story description:
The Story of One Man’s Journey to Hell and Redemption
Hell does have a name… Robben Island.
This story, though fictional, is inspired by, and honor -
Blog postHi everyone,
As you know I enjoy passing the word along about books that really stand out for me, so here is another book I loved & wanted to share a review for. This follows the last review I did for the hard-boiled detective short story, Money Ain't Nothing, by Jason Blacker. The book I am reviewing today is the first full-length novel in this mystery series. It stars retired LAPD detective, Anthony Carrick. I absolutely love this character and these detective stories are so m -
Blog postHey everyone,
I hope you are all having a good weekend! I thought I would share my latest review with all of you. This one is for a hard-boiled detective short story, Money Ain't Nothing, by author Jason Blacker. This story is the first in a mystery series of novel, starring retired LAPD detective, Anthony Carrick, and will be followed shortly by the novel First Feature. I'm completely hooked, so I wanted to pass the word on about another great read. And it's only $0.99!
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Blog postI thought I would spiffy up my Twitter page, and what better way to do that than with the magnificent Great Sphinx of Giza! It's a gorgeous image of the Sphinx & pyramids lit up at night, quite breathtaking - check out the before and after pix (as seen with the original Twitter layout, which shows more of the background image):
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Spanky or what?! I love it :)
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Blog postWe get a lot of questions about how the story of Secret of the Sands came to be, it's been really, really cool to see how interested people are in its creation, how fascinated they are by the story, and the meaning behind it. It's come up so often, that I thought I would share more about it. It's probably a lot longer journey than most people realize. Although we've been asked about it numerous times in interviews and fan letters, I've never talked about the story's creation in this much detail
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Blog postG'day!
I hope everyone is having a great weekend! I wanted to share (albeit a little late, been terribly swamped lately!) my guest post on Tony Eldridge's blog, Book Marketing Strategies and Tips for Authors. Tony is a great guy, very smart, and a super-talented author (check out The Samson Effect!) to boot, so I was honored to be asked to be a guest poster there.
Here is the link to my post:
Top 5 Marketing Tips for Authors, by Rai Aren
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Blog postAmazon has our first edition trade paperback ON SALE for only $12.97! That's great news as it makes it even more affordable for interested readers :)
Here's the link:
You can also find our new Second Edition on kindle for the low price of only $2.99:
As always, we are deeply grateful for all of the fans who write in all over the net to tell us how much they enjoyed the story - that means everything to us… :)
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