Blood on the Snow
by Pamela Lamb
Price: $2.99 USD. 52710 words.
Published on February 18, 2012. Fiction.
As the glass front of her helicopter explodes and her leg is torn to pieces, Zoe Carter is tumbled into a nightmare in which her life is threatened by an unknown foe. Rescued from certain death in the frozen wastes of Antarctica, Zoe pursues her enemy across three continents, seeking to uncover the deadly secret that is taking the lives of the people around her.
Location: Australia
Member Since: May 05, 2011
Pamela Lamb
Biography
Must ... stop ... writing ... Sometimes I really wish I could. It gets in the way of real life. At the weekend I prefer sitting in front of the computer with my pretend friends instead of going out with my real ones. It destroys my sleep. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night knowing I need to change one word in the paragraph I wrote the evening before - and I have to get up and do it. My dog gets used to the sight of me flitting through the house in my nightie, although she probably prefers it to the times when a similar thought occurs to me in the shower. And it makes me a dangerous driver. Get me on the road and my characters start having conversations in my head. And why are they so much more lucid and logical then than when I attempt to scribble them down at the next red light?
I write because I love language. I love English with its collection of mongrel words. It's like an enormous button box where you can pick between half a dozen languages each one of which holds the history of Britain at its heart. I love the shape of words and the sound of them. I love what you can make them do on the page. And what you can make them do to your readers. Laugh, cry, stay up at night.
What I like best is having a conversation with a reader about one of my characters. The reader talks about my character as if s/he is a real person. Discusses the character's motivation. Speculates about what the character did after the end of the novel. And I think, but it's all made up. Every bit of it. Out of my head.
Then I know it is all worthwhile. Bringing characters alive to walk on the page. Creating a world for them to live in. Immersing myself in the shape and rhythm of a novel in the making. It's exciting stuff. And it's even more exciting when the book is finished and I hand it over to you, the reader. Enjoy!
I write because I love language. I love English with its collection of mongrel words. It's like an enormous button box where you can pick between half a dozen languages each one of which holds the history of Britain at its heart. I love the shape of words and the sound of them. I love what you can make them do on the page. And what you can make them do to your readers. Laugh, cry, stay up at night.
What I like best is having a conversation with a reader about one of my characters. The reader talks about my character as if s/he is a real person. Discusses the character's motivation. Speculates about what the character did after the end of the novel. And I think, but it's all made up. Every bit of it. Out of my head.
Then I know it is all worthwhile. Bringing characters alive to walk on the page. Creating a world for them to live in. Immersing myself in the shape and rhythm of a novel in the making. It's exciting stuff. And it's even more exciting when the book is finished and I hand it over to you, the reader. Enjoy!
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Books
Collette's Foot
by Pamela Lamb
Price: $2.99 USD. 52360 words. Published on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
Who is Collette? A teenage hippy chick living in a coastal town. A runaway from her home in the hills. Now she is drifting, collecting men as she goes. Whether she means it or not, Collette changes people's lives. Dissatisfied university student Michael O'Shea, the father of her child. Frank Duncan the drunken ex-TV star, who hides a shocking secret. Even the land itself will not stay the same.
Price: $2.99 USD. 52360 words. Published on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
Who is Collette? A teenage hippy chick living in a coastal town. A runaway from her home in the hills. Now she is drifting, collecting men as she goes. Whether she means it or not, Collette changes people's lives. Dissatisfied university student Michael O'Shea, the father of her child. Frank Duncan the drunken ex-TV star, who hides a shocking secret. Even the land itself will not stay the same.
Seeking Sarah
by Pamela Lamb
Price: $2.99 USD. 55900 words. Published on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
When Kirsty finds an old diary hidden in the chimney of the heritage-listed house she shares with her mother, it leads her on a journey of discovery about another girl who lived in the same house more than a hundred years ago. But there is more to Sarah's story than is told in her diary. As she attempts to uncover the truth, Kirsy finds herself being drawn uncomfortably close to the past.
Price: $2.99 USD. 55900 words. Published on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
When Kirsty finds an old diary hidden in the chimney of the heritage-listed house she shares with her mother, it leads her on a journey of discovery about another girl who lived in the same house more than a hundred years ago. But there is more to Sarah's story than is told in her diary. As she attempts to uncover the truth, Kirsy finds herself being drawn uncomfortably close to the past.
The Land of the Lotus Eaters (Dragon series Book Four)
by Pamela Lamb
Price: $2.99 USD. 24710 words. Published on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
When the bad fairy Sisygambis escapes from the museum, Briony and Gryff decide to send her far away where she can't cause any more trouble. Petra tells them about the Land of the Lotus Eaters, a beautiful island where time doesn't work properly. Lotus flowers smell sweet but they are dangerous. If you eat them you forget who you are and where you come from. Don't eat the flowers Briony!
Price: $2.99 USD. 24710 words. Published on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
When the bad fairy Sisygambis escapes from the museum, Briony and Gryff decide to send her far away where she can't cause any more trouble. Petra tells them about the Land of the Lotus Eaters, a beautiful island where time doesn't work properly. Lotus flowers smell sweet but they are dangerous. If you eat them you forget who you are and where you come from. Don't eat the flowers Briony!
The Sandalwood Box (Dragon series Book Three)
by Pamela Lamb
Price: $2.99 USD. 27050 words. Published on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
The bad fairy Sisygambis lives in a sandalwood box in the bedroom of the princess Roxane, high up in her father's fortress. The fortress is in a lonely valley on the very edge of the ancient Persian empire. So how does the sandalwood box end up in Briony's house in 21st century Brisbane? And how does Miranda end up inside the box? It is up to Briony to rescue her. Again!
Price: $2.99 USD. 27050 words. Published on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
The bad fairy Sisygambis lives in a sandalwood box in the bedroom of the princess Roxane, high up in her father's fortress. The fortress is in a lonely valley on the very edge of the ancient Persian empire. So how does the sandalwood box end up in Briony's house in 21st century Brisbane? And how does Miranda end up inside the box? It is up to Briony to rescue her. Again!
A Pocketful of Tears (Dragon series Book Two)
by Pamela Lamb
Price: $2.99 USD. 22200 words. Published on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
What are dragon's tears? They look like tiny pearls and they are the most precious substance on the face of the earth. What do they do? They make you feel brave when you are stuck in the smelly cave of the bad, black dragon Grendel. But Briony will need more than a pocketful of tears to get her out of this mess. It's a good thing she has her very own dragon to come to the rescue.
Price: $2.99 USD. 22200 words. Published on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
What are dragon's tears? They look like tiny pearls and they are the most precious substance on the face of the earth. What do they do? They make you feel brave when you are stuck in the smelly cave of the bad, black dragon Grendel. But Briony will need more than a pocketful of tears to get her out of this mess. It's a good thing she has her very own dragon to come to the rescue.
No Everyday Dragon (Dragon series Book One)
by Pamela Lamb
Price: $2.99 USD. 25640 words. Published on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
Gryff the dragon doesn't like getting wet, doesn't eat food and doesn't understand human behaviour. He and Briony are supposed to be a team. Briony makes wishes and Gryff grants them. Or, at least, that's the general idea. The trouble is Briony knows nothing about dragons and hasn't a clue how to wish properly. It isn't going to be easy ...
Price: $2.99 USD. 25640 words. Published on February 17, 2012. Fiction.
Gryff the dragon doesn't like getting wet, doesn't eat food and doesn't understand human behaviour. He and Briony are supposed to be a team. Briony makes wishes and Gryff grants them. Or, at least, that's the general idea. The trouble is Briony knows nothing about dragons and hasn't a clue how to wish properly. It isn't going to be easy ...
A Secondhand Dreaming
by Pamela Lamb
Price: $2.99 USD. 61230 words. Published on May 20, 2011. Fiction.
After witnessing the sacrifice of a newborn baby to the sea, Tez and Mig leave their home and head south. They are looking for a derelict city which might be the source of the ancient power that existed before a nuclear catastrophe wiped out most of the world’s population.
Price: $2.99 USD. 61230 words. Published on May 20, 2011. Fiction.
After witnessing the sacrifice of a newborn baby to the sea, Tez and Mig leave their home and head south. They are looking for a derelict city which might be the source of the ancient power that existed before a nuclear catastrophe wiped out most of the world’s population.