Welcome to my writing blog. My name is Johnny Ray and as the writer of many novels, short stories, poems, blogs, screenplays, speeches, commentaries on breaking news, etc. I hope this blog will help to show the frustrations and joys of the work behind the scenes, and hopefully attract many people that will become friends, and maybe even fans of my work. Like all of life, it will be an adventure none the less. Thanks for joining me on the ride, and being a part of my life.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
OSCARS
OSCAR AWARD WEEK
IN HONOR OF THIS WEEK AND THE HARD WORK OF MANY PROFESSIONALS
THIS SITE WILL FOCUS ON VARIOUS PARTS OF THIS CELEBRATION
TO START THINGS OFF
TELL ME WHICH NOVEL THAT WAS ADOPTED TO A MOVIE YOU CONSIDER TO BE BEST AND WHICH IS THE WORST.
AND DON'T FORGET TO SAY WHY?
Friday, February 21, 2014
A PARANORMAL ROMANCE
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN THE FOUR STEP TO FINDING TRUE LOVE YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS JOURNEY AND DISAPPEAR INTO ANOTHER WORLD
Every
time she stopped to look at a new object, the feeling of love in her grew
stronger. It became a feeling stronger than the one she remembered having on
the mountaintop while watching the sunrises and sunsets. The love felt like a
warm burning rush of passion and energy which gave strength and vitality,
making her so at peace with all around her.
As
she took in what she learned, she remembered the time she met Kayo. Her
thoughts returned to how much more beautiful the sunrise became after Kayo
concentrated on it. Feeling perplexed, she turned to Kayo. “Can I ask you a
question?”
“Sure,
what is it you want to know?”
“The
other day at the sunrise, I noticed you were in deep concentration when the
sunrise exploded with colors like I’ve never seen before. Why was that?”
With
a very broad smile, Kayo explained. “I was in deep appreciation of the sunrise
and returning my love to it. In doing so, the sunrise passes that love on to
someone else that’s looking at it. Perhaps that’s why so many people love to
watch them. You’ll learn much more about this in your fourth step, but for now,
learn to be one with nature and how to vibrate with it.”
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THE JOURNEY TO WHITESTONE
Monday, February 17, 2014
book addiction
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF A THRILLER WRITER?
A REACTION--YES
MUCH LIKE THIS
SO, WITH THAT SAID, WHAT IS THE BEST BOOK YOU REMEMBER READING THAT DID THIS TO YOU?
Friday, February 14, 2014
special sale
DRONES
AVERAGE REVIEW 4.5 STARS
SPECIAL PROMOTION
ONLY 99 CENTS
THROUGH THE WEEKEND ONLY
Matalina heads the elite special forces of Baltonia, a small country near Switzerland, and where the Maliviziati maintain their secret society that opposes the Illuminati’s various splinter groups that want to create a new world order. While she directs the most powerful special operatives in the world, she is very capable of going solo when needed. She was bred like her parents and theirs before to be the best warrior in the world. Unfortunately, her chosen mate, Bjorn, has turned against them, killing her sister in the process. She loved him earlier, and perhaps she still does. Still, when she finds him, she will kill him.
When a new faction attempts to release drones in America, Matalina
has to respond to keep this from playing into the hands of those
wanting to create a new world order. She soon learns that the leader of
this group is one of Bjorn’s operatives, Mario, a guy she should kill,
but he is also the one person she needs to take alive to be able to
locate Bjorn.
With mercenaries flown in from Columbia to help this terrorist faction which was formed out of Afghanistan, this novel circles the globe as many players fight for eventual control of the world.
ATTENTION -- FREE DAYS
I HOPE YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE FREE DAYS ALLOWED BY KDP
THIS NOVEL AND GUIDEBOOK BELOW WILL BE FREE THROUGH THE WEEKEND
LITERARY AGENT -- BEWARE
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ARI7QC0
Just asking, but after sleeping with a literary agent, shouldn't
you receive more than a form rejection letter?
It might also have helped to know that this want-to-be writer
is bi-polar.
However, she is not the one to be feared most by this agent.
For her anger and zest in destroying his career has created a copycat, a serial
killer with a new target--literary agents.
When a serial killer stalks literary agents, and brutally
kills them, the world of publishing panics with fear as the FBI hunts for the
cold blooded killer, wondering what could cause a person to become such a monster?
To someone else, the rejection letter might be perceived as a simple piece of correspondence. But when Amy, who suffers from Bipolar disorder receives a form rejection letter from Edward, an agent
she had an
affair with at a recent convention, she takes the rejection as both personal
and professional--in short--a declaration of war.
Amy quickly embarks on a plan to get revenge by destroying
Edward's literary agency, but Amy is soon not the one to be feared the most.
Her actions create a copycat, a serial killer, who targets literary agents and
viciously murders them.
Living with the knowledge she has created a monster, a serial killer, is one thing, while doing
nothing to stop the madness is another. But how could she track down a killer
when she has no training in such?
Thinking like a mad man might be the only way--but could she go there and survive herself? When the winds of fate, however, rekindle the romance with Edward, thus making him the next target--she really has no choice but to help the FBI before it is too late.
LITERARY AGENT -- BEWARE
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ARI7QC0
HOW TO WRITE YOUR MEMOIRS
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0058ZWRNK
HOW TO WRITE YOUR MEMOIRS
A WORKBOOK AND GUIDE
by
JOHNNY RAY
Award Winning Novelist
And Professional Memoir Ghostwriter
Do you have a legacy that needs to be preserved?
Would you like to see your life told in the form of a novel?
Or made into a movie?
Making you both rich and Famous
What words of wisdom do you want to leave for your family?
Would you like to have your life's work validated?
Or the record set straight?
In reality when will you write your memoirs?
Tomorrow, or the next or . . .
Written by master storyteller JOHNNY RAY this guide and workbook will lead you through the process of telling the story that must be told and can only be told by you.
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE
1) An introduction to what is a memoir
2) How to get started
3) How to recall the memories that make up the pages of your life
4) Determining the main turning points in your life
5) How to stay focused on the main story
6) Deciding which characters to include or exclude
7) Doing research and fact checking
8) Determining the author's voice and point of view
9) Determining if the book should be factual or fiction
10) Determining the driving purpose behind writing the memoir
11) Determining who the intended reader is
12) Determining how open the author wishes to be
13) Showing versus telling
14) How to polish the memoir
15) How to find an agent or publisher
16) Other methods of getting published
17) How to hire a ghostwriter
18) A list of questions a ghostwriter will usually ask
This guide and workbook will lead you through the steps to create your own memoir. A ghostwriter can cost you as much as $500 for even a short story type memoir to over $100,000 for a full length memoir. The consulting fee alone can run to as much as $500 per hour.
This guide will save you money as it shows you how to develop and write your own memoir. if you decide you do need to hire a ghostwriter later the instructions enclosed in the guide and workbook should decrease the cost of hiring a ghostwriter by lowering the amount of time the ghostwriter has to spend in developing the story, saving you thousands of dollars.
HOW TO WRITE YOUR MEMOIRS
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0058ZWRNK
Sunday, February 09, 2014
Friday, February 07, 2014
another special to make your weekend brighter
STALKING LOVE
AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
PRICE REDUCE TO 99 CENTS
LIMITED TIME ONLY
As Rachel Contino, a proficient, thirty-eight year old realtor,
attempts to avoid the real estate meltdown caused by her main client,
developer Jonathan Harrell who had died in an apparent suicide, new
evidence surfaces that it wasn’t a suicide but murder. This is soon
followed up by the murder of Jonathan’s partner. These murders inside a
condo complex hosting her largest number of listings makes her sales all
but disappear, forcing her into deeper financial problems. In addition
to her financial situation, she is scared that the murderer may be
targeting her next.
Meanwhile, Rachel, who has no time for a life
outside of her profession, meets Carlos Martinis, a twenty-three year
old mortgage broker, and yields to the teasing of her friends in
attempting to make this stud her boy toy.
Thursday, February 06, 2014
A CHALLENGE
WHO HAS THE BIGGEST SOCIAL NETWORK
NOT IN PURE NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS
BUT IN NUMBER OF ORGANIZATION THEY REACH
BELOW IS A LIST OF SITE YOU CAN POST TO
LET ME KNOW HOW MANY YOU POST TO WITHOUT UPDATING
I WILL HAVE A PRIZE FOR THE ONE WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF GROUPS POSTED TO
CLICK ON THE SHARE BUTTON BELOW TO SEE THE FULL LIST AVAILABLE
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
special price
ATTENTION
AS A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MY FANS
I HAVE TEMPORARILY LOWERED THE E-BOOK PRICE
TO MY BEST SELLING NOVEL
HER HONOR'S BODYGUARD
TO ONLY 99 CENTS
GRAB YOUR COPY NOW
THIS WILL ONLY BE FOR A VERY LIMITED TIME
YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW THAT THIS NOVEL
IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN HARDBACK AND PAPERBACK VERSION
AND IN AUDIO ALSO
Monday, February 03, 2014
from my desk
We all have to work somewhere--yes
This is the view from my desk today where I worked on my next novel
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