New guest blog post

Doing the Research Right, a blog contribution for This Writer's Life

https://thiswriterslife.com/2018/03/08/doing-the-research-right-by-j-h-bogran/

December edition of The Big Thrill

For the December edition of The Big Thrill I had the opportunity to write about Con Lehane's new mystery Murder in the Manuscript Room.



http://www.thebigthrill.org/2017/11/murder-in-the-manuscript-room-by-con-lehane/

Interviews and my first Rafflecopter

During the past couple of week, I've participated with guest blogs. Interesting and various topics, all having at the center something to do with my latest novel Poisoned Tears.

Here are the links:

Don't you dare write that!
https://bookbrowsing.wordpress.com/2017/03/26/dont-you-dare-write-that-by-j-h-bogran/

I also happened to be interviewed by a cat!
http://catsbooksmorecats.blogspot.com/2017/03/rocco-interviews-jh-bogran.html

And last, I discussed the scariest part of Poisoned Tears:
http://www.nicholaskaufmann.com/2017/03/28/the-scariest-part-j-h-bogran-talks-about-poisoned-tears/

As promised in the title, I'm running a Rafflecopter for a chance to win a copy of POISONED TEARS, be sure to register before 4/30:

http://gvwy.io/xtlkkcf

 

March edition of The Big Thrill

Somebody at The Big Thrill must have thought I resented not having written a story for February--that was not the case--but still, now for March I'm pleased to say I have two, and they were quite different.

Peter Steiner's THE CAPITALIST

Author and cartoonist Peter Steiner writes about the a financial tycoon who thought he could get away with millions of his investor's dollars, until Louis Morgon, a defrocked CIA agent takes an interest in the situation. 

Read the interview here:  http://bit.ly/1QQjGUl

Mathew Betley's OVERWATCH

This is a debut author with his introduction of an action-packed globe-trotting hero Logan West. Logan is a former Marine officer and relapsing alcoholic who wakes up from a booze-induced sleep only to find a hitman next to him. 

Read the interview here:   http://bit.ly/1LQkGjN  

And of course, there are plenty of other awesome books you may want to catch on with just by reading the e-zine here:  http://bit.ly/1WeMBji

My interview of Brad Taylor

For the January edition of The Big Thrill I had the honour of interviewing a New-York Times best-seller author Brad Taylor about his new novel The Forgotten Soldier.

Here is the direct link:
http://www.thebigthrill.org/2015/12/the-forgotten-soldier-by-brad-taylor/

Enjoy.

Writers Helping Writers

I first ran into The Bookshelf Muse while browsing for an option to replace the word I couldn’t spell—I know, too lazy to move from the desk and go get the Thesaurus—anyway, the site looked phenomenal, filled with little bits of help to unstuck the stuck writer.

Now I’ll come clean and reveal something I haven’t told them before (well, I don’t think I have. As a fellow writer of mine states: I write, therefore I drink), not that I recommend combining writing under the influence, mind you. As I was saying, the other thing that I liked about them was the fact that they had become friends online, and later coaxed their families into having a joint vacation in order to mark the first face-to-face meeting. The place? Well, if you’re familiar with the blog you’d know the answer to that already, but if not, here it is: Disney World – Orlando. You just gotta trust a people willing to meet in the Magic Kingdom, I mean, how can you get it wrong? If you don't believe, here's some proof:

BTW: I snatched the pic from their site, so credit where credit is due.

As I am not selfish, after bookmarking their site I posted about my new-found writing tool to every writer’s group I belong to. Yes, that’s right, all three of them. Did I mention I’m a part-time hermit?

My stalking of Becca and Angela was thorough: I left comments on the blog, sent them emails, added them to Facebook, the whole nine yards. Then last year, and thanks to NANOWRIMO, I made my first guest appearance there. It was an open letter to Becca complaining about Angela’s lack of commitment on her writing assignment. But don’t trust me, here is the link. I sure hope you comeback after reading it.

You’re back so soon? Gee, you’re a faster reader than I am. The friendship continued to grow and last month they allowed me to write another post and even run a giveaway of my new novel Firefall.

At the time, I learned of this new crazy plan that the dynamic duo came up with: not only a release of two more books simultaneously, but also a change on their blog that could make the producers of Extreme Makeover proud.

Writing Helping Writers is more than a site, it is more than a cute name, or the promo gig for their book; it is, I believe, their life motto. As you can see from the badge below I’m very glad to be a part of this new evolved Bookshelf Muse.

Well, enough rambling. Here's all you need to know about their new site and promotion:

Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi at Writers Helping Writers (formerly The Bookshelf Muse) have added two more books to their Descriptive Thesaurus Collection: The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Attributes and The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Flaws. To celebrate, they are hosting a race, and not just any old race, either. It’s the…

Writing is hard, isn’t it? Create the perfect hook. Make your first page compelling. Craft an amazing 25 word pitch. Knock out a query that will blow an agent’s mind. On and on it goes. And sometimes, well, you just wish someone would help.

WISH NO MORE!

From October 21stuntil October 27th, Writers Helping Writers is posting an OPEN CALL for writers. You can fill out a form, requesting help with critiques, book visibility, social media sharing, blog diagnostics, advice and more.

An army of Amazing Racers are standing by (ME INCLUDED!) waiting to help with your submissions. How many people can we help in a week? Let’s find out! Did I mention there are Celebrity Racerstoo–amazing authors and editors who know their way around a first page. Maybe one of them will pick your submission to help with!

Each day this week, there’s an AMAZING giveaway, too. So stop in at Angela & Becca’s new Writers Helping Writers website and find out how to take advantage of this unique, pay-it-forward event for writers. I’ll see you there! 

Go ahead, make our day!

Death Toll Giveaway

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Death Toll

by J.H. Bogran

Giveaway ends June 03, 2013.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

About Tom Cruise's Oblivion

By some weird quirk of life, Tom Cruise’s new movie Oblivion opened up in my neck of the woods a couple days sooner than in the U.S.

Not the first time, won’t be the last time either.

Last night, my wife and I went to see it with the hopes that the title didn’t refer to the actor’s career. The first thing that caught my attention, before even the movie started, was the trailer for the After Earth. I mean, come on, this means movies with settings in post-apocalyptic Earth is the new “black” in the Hollywood fashion world.

But let’s go back to Oblivion.

After a disturbing introduction narrated by the Jack Harper (Tom Cruise), we are shown a world destroyed, abandoned, and most of it poisoned with radiation. However, Harper and his Supervisor are stationed to maintain and safeguard some equipment necessary for the Earth survivor’s colony in the moon Titan (Yes, the same one used by the Enterprise to hide from the Narada in the 2009’s reboot of Star Trek). Trouble soon arrives Jack discovers who the real enemies are.

Action packed, filled with non-obtrusive visual effects. Even if the story is not entirely original, the thrills are enough to sit through your urge to buy a popcorn refill.

All in all, the movie is not half bad, actually. And for a 50 year old, Tom can still pull it off as a mid-thirties guy.

Blogging on SETTINGS

The mighty and wonderful Jacqueline Lichtengerg invited me to do a guest post for her Alien Romance blog. Come and see it:

http://ht.ly/jIUH0

About J. H. Bográn

J. H. Bográn was born and raised in Honduras, is the son of a journalist; he ironically prefers to write fiction rather than fact. He lives in Honduras with his wife and three boys. Majored in Business Administration and has worked in the textile industry for past twenty years.

He’s a member of the International Thriller Writers where he also serves as the Thriller Roundtable Coordinator and contributor editor their official e-zine The Big Thrill

He’s the director of CriticArte, an artist forum sponsored by the Centro Cultural Sampedrano.

His published works include titles written in English and Spanish:

·        Deeds of Master Archer, short story published through Smashwords & Amazon Kindle program. September, 2012.

·        The Assassin’s Mistress, short story published through Smashwords & Amazon Kindle program. March, 2012.

·        Treasure Hunt, action thriller novel. Published by Whiskey Creek Press, 2011.

·        Absolution Withheld, short story prequel to Treasure Hunt. Published by Whiskey Creek Press, 2011.

·        Relámpago Perpetuo, flash fiction anthology. Published by Letra Negra Editores to commemorate their twelfth anniversary, 2010.

·        The Outpost, short story published by Red Rose Publishin, 2008.

·        Love Me Two Times, short story published by Red Rose Publishing, 2007

·        Heredero del Mal, action thriller novel published by Letra Negra Editores, 2007

Other works include teleplay and screenplays:

·        Once Cipotes, wrote the screenplay based on the original idea of Tomas Chi. Currently filming.

·        Operación Pico Bonito, adapted screenplay from homonymous novel. Currently in Pre-Production.

·        Central 199, collaborated writing the screenplay for 20-episode TV serial. Currently in Pre-Production.

·        Retrato de una Ciudad, collaborated writing the screenplay for 20-episode TV serial, 2007

·        La Fortaleza, collaborated writing the screenplay for 20-episode TV serial, 2003.

Affiliations: International Thriller Writers, Backspace, and Red Room Authors.

Guest blogging elsewhere...follow me!

Today I'm blogging at Gina Fava's.

http://ginafava.wordpress.com/

I guess you can quote me on that. LOL