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R.P. Dahlke

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I write the Dead Red Mystery series,
and a romantic sailing mystery trilogy starting with A Dangerous Harbor and now Hurricane Hole. I LOVE to hear from readers! e-mail me: rp@rpdahlke.com

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Emme, good grief! I see you asked with question four months ago and I didn't see it until today.
In the beginning of this series, I gave names that I felt had " weight," like Noah Lalla's Dad who is the patriarch of the family.
These days, new characters are from winners in a raffle at my newsletter. Four people won for my newest book A DEAD RED HORSE THIEF coming out in October, 2019. Check out my for free books and goodies. website: http://rpdahlke.com
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“May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.”
R.P. Dahlke, A Dead Red Oleander

“Whatever does not kill me makes me stronger.”
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message 10: by Gregory (last edited May 26, 2014 09:40AM)

Gregory Boulware /*
Hi R.P.:

I must say thanks for the connection that friendship brings! I simply love the re-tweets! Thanks Loads...
I do hope that you've enjoyed the short story:
"Bowery of the Crimson Frock and Flesh!"

The continuing adventure of Philadelphia's Fairmount Park continues in "REGATTA" and "SHAMAN" from:
"FAIRMOUNT": Terror In The Park

Peace and Love,

Greg.
*/


message 9: by Dale

Dale Thele R.P., thanx for accepting my friend request. Looking forward to reading A Dead Red Oleander :)


Christine Hatfield Thanks for being my friend


message 7: by R.P.

R.P. Dahlke Hi L.C. ! glad to see you here on GR. Great place to be!


message 6: by L.C.

L.C. Hayden Thanks for befriending me. I've downloaded some of your ebooks and have enjoyed them. Good going!
As you may remember, I left my traditional publisher and am now an e-book author. I've made more money and have had a lot more exposure now that I'm an e-author. Loving it--but still have a long way to go. I need people to download my books and read them. That's always so hard. Still, it's a nice adventure!


message 5: by R.P.

R.P. Dahlke Hi Zoe, I just finished my third Lalla Bains book. Been selling pretty well, and surprisingly my romantic sailing mystery is also doing well now... I'll do a trilogy on this subject since I have years of notes on Mexico and sailing and all the characters down there.
I'm really happy being an Indie author on Amazon. Those checks every month take the sting out of all the Publishers rejection over the years....LOL.
How about you? What's doin?


message 4: by Zoë

Zoë Sharp Hi Rebecca
Lovely to catch up with you here. Thank you so much for Friending me! How's the writing going?


message 3: by kento

kento Thank you for the add! :D


message 2: by Simon

Simon Hiya. Thanks for finding me here.


message 1: by Beth

Beth Hi Rp,
Thanks for befriending me here as well as in real-life!


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