Dan Finley Books

New review is here for my second novel, The Beacon! I'm really glad people are enjoying it: https://a.co/d/73jzp26

New review on my second novel, "The Beacon." https://a.co/d/022GwDR

I'm excited to share more reviews coming in for The Beacon! I'm a Stephen King fan so this is a nice one. Check out the book here: https://a.co/d/fTQhY6V

New reviews are coming in: https://a.co/d/9genk9d

Interesting article on prepositions:

Merriam-Webster says you can end a sentence with a preposition. The internet goes off The dictionary publisher's guidance on the practice has people riled up. Grammarians say the made-up rule is one big waste of time. Not everyone is ready to let it go.

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New review!

"I love Sci-Fi, paranormal, and horror books.

The Beacon is Sci-Fi but I did not expect the other two to show their faces in this book.

Lo and behold it grabbed me and scared the wi***es out of me.

The sheer horror of Man. Alone and against the World twinged all my sympathy and then made me thankful it wasn't me.

This book is entertaining, the material is not the norm and gives an almost primal fear of life.

Don't read before bed. It messes with your head.

Oh BTW I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. I Sure hope there will be a part two"

-Marie-Claire

Check out The Beacon: https://a.co/d/b4SYIyn

"This is an excellent sci-fi thriller! I enjoyed the premise, the characters, the expertly growing tension. For me, this felt half wilderness survival, sort of thematically Jack London, and half classic sci-fi/monster movie reminiscent of Alien. It was a great mess and the way the writing subtly ratcheted up the tension was very well done." -Elizabeth https://a.co/d/iuVo4MP

The Beacon The Beacon

My new novel is here and it's FREE for one day, February 1st, 2024! Read it on the free Kindle app for your phone, tablet, or computer.

The Beacon The Beacon

Check it out, a comic I wrote and drew for an octopus anthology is about to run a Kickstarter. There are so many talented artists in this book that it's worth checking out.

Coming soon: The O-Anthology The O-Anthology will feature tentacled filled stories never before seen on the page by a unique set of independent comic creators!

Librarys more like coffee shops? I wouldn't hate that. Those are my two favorite things.

Book News: The Future Of The Public Library May Lie In The Coffee Shop A long-awaited review of public libraries in the U.K. calls for them to expand digital services and offer a "retail-standard environment" akin to coffee shops.

The second book is in beta reads! My hope is to release it at the end of January. I think this will be the cover. What do you think?

James Patterson is donating money to indie bookstores.

Book News: James Patterson Makes Good On $1M Promise To Indies With a final $437,000 push, his plan to donate $1 million of his own money to support independent booksellers is complete. Also: Judy Blume is set to publish her first adult novel in 15 years.

Looks like George RR Martin has written 1100 pages of the latest Game of Thrones book and he still isn't finished. Yikes!

George R.R. Martin Has Written 1,100 Pages of The Winds of Winter, the Same Number as Last Year - IGN A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin has said he's written 1,100 pages of next book The Winds of Winter, the same amount he'd written as of December 2022, while also revealing there are eight Game of Thrones spin-off shows being worked on.

Repo Repo

It's here! My first novel, Repo, is live on Amazon and it's FREE from July 5th - July 7th. We worked so hard on this and I'm really proud. I hope you get a chance to check it out.

Repo Repo

My novel, Repo, is uploaded and ready to go, unfortunately, Amazon has a 72-hour review process. I'm not sure if that includes weekends and holidays. I'll update you with a link as soon as it's live.

I'm excited to share the cover of my first novel, Repo, coming July 1st! (Sci-Fi/Thriller) Seventeen-year-old Harper Chen escapes her trailer park life only to end up in a car accident that claims both her legs. When an experimental cybernetic limb program offers her a chance at mobility, she joins only to discover that she must compete against forty other candidates to win the prototype. With no money, no family, and no friends, she will either be forced onto the streets or fight to win her chance to walk again. The challenge pits her against ruthless competitors, a program that puts money over people, and her own ideas of being whole.

Cormac McCarthy passed away yesterday at 89. He was an incredible writer and 'The Road' was one of my favorites.

Cormac McCarthy, lauded author of 'The Road' and 'No Country for Old Men,' dies at 89 The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of novels that included “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” has died. Cormac McCarthy was 89. His publisher said he died Tuesday of natural causes. McCarthy won the Pulitzer for fiction in 2007 for “The Road,” which told of the journey of a father an...

Has anyone seen a remodeled Barnes and Noble yet? There aren't any in my neighborhood. What's your verdict?

How Should We Feel about Barnes and Noble Now? | Book Riot Barnes and Noble is putting on the costume of a local indie bookstore, but their inner mechanics are still all big-box chain corporation.

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I'm excited to share that my first novel, Repo, is back from the beta readers and now off to the proofreader! It should be ready in about two weeks.

Join me on my new adventure as I write novels! My first is set to come out June 2023.

AI is taking over the headshot industry. At this point, I don't think we can stop it. All I know is that the future is going to be very interesting.

https://petapixel.com/2023/03/21/people-are-paying-17-for-hundreds-of-ai-generated-headshots/

People are Paying $17 for Hundreds of AI-Generated Headshots AI headshots are here.

A little while back Brandon Sanderson, a popular fantasy author, was roasted by Wired Magazine. So many people came out in Brandon's defense that I have to imagine it was one of Wired's most popular articles. I'm writing a character who is a journalist. Maybe I'll make him a 'gotcha' journalist?

https://www.wired.com/story/brandon-sanderson-is-your-god/

Brandon Sanderson Is Your God He’s the biggest fantasy writer in the world. He’s also very Mormon. These things are profoundly related.

Time to start a page for my new adventure. I'm working on a few novels and will be publishing them soon!