If you receive an email similar to this, be aware: IT IS A SCAM!

Invitation to Feature Last of an Exceptional Breed in Our Upcoming Readers’ Showcase

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Patricia E. Cook <patriciacook.mn@gmail.com>

Sat, Oct 11, 7:28 AM (3 days ago)

to me

Hello Janet,

I hope you’re doing well. My name is Patricia E. Cook, and I organize the Monthly Readers’ Showcase, a lively literary community of over 1,000 readers and authors who come together to celebrate captivating storytelling and imaginative worlds.

Your fantasy novel, Last of an Exceptional Breed (The Legend of Draconis), truly caught our attention, a beautifully layered tale that blends mystery, destiny, and magic with a touch of heartfelt human connection. We believe it would deeply resonate with our audience, who love stories that awaken wonder and celebrate the power of belief and identity.

We’d love to feature Last of an Exceptional Breed in our upcoming Readers’ Showcase, where authors share the inspiration behind their books, connect with passionate readers, and grow their literary audience.

Participation includes:

A featured author spotlight during our virtual event.

Promotion to our engaged fantasy-loving community.

Networking opportunities with fellow authors and readers.

A small token fee is required to secure your feature slot and assist with event promotion setup.

Would you like me to send you the full details and registration information?

Warm regards,

Patricia E. Cook

Organizer, Monthly Readers’ Showcase

Given the Gmail address, the over-the-top personalized praise, and the fact that this supposed showcase has zero web presence, this looks to me like an example of an AI-driven scam that's unfortunately everywhere these days: https://writerbeware.blog/.../return-of-the-nigerian.../ . The goal is to charge you some sort of fee.

 Bone Dry has gone to proof!

Laura Beth Copeland draws human body parts like sugar draws ants. Finally safe from her encounter with a serial killer who decapitated his victims, she tries to put her life back on track. Detective Tanner McGill is intent on being in her life. As a romantic gesture, he gives her children a Pitbull puppy they name Freckles.

After a New Year's kiss from Tanner and his staying the night, their peace is shattered when Freckles brings his mistress a gift. Tanner jokes that it sounds big enough to be a limb—But he never dreams it would be a human limb.

Freckles delivers a human femur, and the body count mounts once again. And again, those Laura Beth loves are put in grave danger.

 I'm editing my next novel, Bone Dry, the second Laura Beth Copeland Misadventure, hopefully to be released by Christmas. Here is a small exert:

Corbin realized he was hopelessly lost, but come morning, he would follow the sun and head east.

As they turned down a road not much bigger than a goat path, Corbin noted the ancient bald cypress trees standing in murky swamp water and bit lighter in color than the sky. The trees loomed like jagged gray pikes against an inky background. The yellowish foliage on the trees cast a ghostly silhouette on the obsidian sky. A little lighter grayish-green Spanish moss draped eerily over the pallid limbs. A brisk breeze caused the moss to sway back and forth like long dangling curls.

 I've been pretty busy lately, but I want to share a couple of pics from the 11th annual Mississippi Book Festival. Dragon Breath Press had a good day. My friend Glen Stripling helped me represent the company.

 

There was actually a good turnout at the Middle Mississippi Chapter of the Mississippi Writers' Guild today, a pleasant surprise for a holiday weekend. We had some great dialogue written.

Darden North, Author

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Janet Taylor-Perry presented "Creating Effective Dialogue: An Interactive Session" at the July meeting of the Mississippi Writers Guild - Middle Mississippi Chapter held at the #ridgelandms Library, including my first true exercise in writing #flashfiction.

Creating Effective Dialog

https://youtu.be/EDi50Sox4IY

 Your picture assignment. You can share to my email janettaylorperry@gmail.com