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Merry Christmas! (of AD 2025)and a Happy New Year 2026!

Today marks the third Christmas for Germanicus Publishing and my writings as a whole. I would like to give my thanks to all those who had supported my writings, financially and/or otherwise. For this week and the next, the Germanicus Fiction Emp

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What a twelve months. Printed my first novel, launched two new novellas, attended my first author event and started work on the next major novel. It has been a massive year, one that has seen 1300+ eBooks downloaded and physical books purchased around the world.

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Thank you to all my re

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My taste in books, movies, and media has never leaned toward the mainstream. I’ve always been more interested in cult favorites. It probably isn’t surprising that my writing reflects those same instincts.

I’ve enjoyed playing in a number of creative sandboxes, moving between genres and tones as a way Read more of this blog post »

When Aries I – The King of Mars won the Gold Book in Fiction from Literary Titan, I felt a rush of gratitude, disbelief, and pride. Awards are never guaranteed, and recognition like that always feels a little surreal.

But almost immediately, another familiar conversation resurfaced. Any time you writ Read more of this blog post »

These are frustrating scenes. 

The heroine waits.  How to convey how frustrating it is without annoying the reader. . . .  

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Today’s post is short & sweet!

I have finished all four covers, completed an immense amount of editing, and am ready to share my four book MM romance series with a team of ARC volunteers! If you are interested in participating, I invite you to fill out this form Thank you!

Oh, and here are those fini

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I succeeded at last year's I Read Horror challenge at the highest level, so I'm back for 2026!

Winter

Epistolary Horror

Cult and/or Ritual

Haunted House

Full moon and/or Woods on the Cover

Indigenous, Asian, or Latino Author

Pumpkins/Jack O'Lanterns on the Cover

Black Author

Book Published in the '60s, '70s, Read more of this blog post »

Happy POET'S Day to you! The first POET'S Day of 2026. Today!!

And may you enjoy many such days throughout this New Year and beyond. Full of joy, good health, bounty and poetry and sonic beauty!

To begin this annual process, here is some incomparable music from the greatest singer-songwriter I discove Read more of this blog post »

Happy POET'S Day to you! The first POET'S Day of 2026. Today!!

And may you enjoy many such days throughout this New Year and beyond. Full of joy, good health, bounty and poetry and sonic beauty!

To begin this annual process, here is some incomparable music from the greatest singer-songwriter I discove Read more of this blog post »

Celebrate America's 250th Birthday with Happy Birthday to US!

I've been writing for several years, but I finally published my first book last month.

🎁 As a New Year's gift, my eBook is free until January 4th. So, if you are still feeling the holiday magic? Manhattan Mistletoe is a second-chance romance that’s festive, emotional, and totally free — for a limite Read more of this blog post »

Link to my interview with StoryBrunch Media: https://storybrunch.com/master-horror...

When I look back at writing The Midnight Revenants, I realize I wasn't trying to scare anyone on purpose. I was trying to understand fear itself—why it lingers, why it circles back, and why some stories keep whisper

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There’s a strange pressure we all seem to live with —
to have clarity, direction, and confidence figured out by a certain age.

And yet, so many of us quietly feel the opposite.

We’re trying.
We’re learning.
We’re moving forward.
But life still feels… unsorted.

I’ve always been drawn to books that don’t rus Read more of this blog post »

Thanks to HNSA @hnsaustralasia for publishing this podcast of the launch of my new novel, Shades of Yellow, on November 15th, 2025, at Eltham Library in Melbourne. And thank you again to the wonderful Dr Anne Casey @1annecasey for launching my book. It was hard to hold it together when she finished

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If anyone lives in Perth, Riverton Library now has a copy of "The Everlasting and Other Stories" available for borrowing.

 

A Year’s End and a Cup of Questionable Cocoa

As this year stumbles toward its grand finale—tripping over
scattered rolls of wrapping paper and presents that could more easily be shoved
into gift bags—I find myself sitting quietly with a mug of cocoa that may or
may not s

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Pues el próximo 15 de enero (2026) a las 17:45, presento mi novela autobiográfíca Plano Fijo.
En Barcelona, en el Video Instan, un lugar perfecto para hacer la presentación.

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...Hollow Man: Whodunit Murder Mystery based on a true story! Read more of this blog post »

Good evening, Readers

It's not even seven p.m., and I'm already nodding off. One of our little dogs decided to bark most of the night last night.

Today turned into a day spent mostly in the kitchen. I started by making Tex-Mex migas using leftover cornbread, diced onions and ham, and eggs, topped

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Hello everyone! The first brand new chapter of the year has arrived!

I got more on that right here.

At B&F Publishing, we believe that every book begins with story.

Not trend. Not algorithm. Not category.

Story.

We created B&F Publishing to support work that values emotional depth, character, and authenticity—stories that resonate because they reflect how people actually connect, communicate, and evo Read more of this blog post »

Every story in The Spectra Code was built around a simple question:

What happens after the system notices you?

Helix Protocol was the exposure.
A single breach meant to end cleanly — and didn’t. It proved that truth isn’t neutral, and that systems don’t forget being touched.

Midnight Burn was the entang Read more of this blog post »

Back up to #5 this week on Amazon's free Political Humor list.

Download FREE while you still can!

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"There is a Whistle Blower that wanders with us, sleeps alongside us in the great outdoors. Perhaps we are here to protect them but, either way, I often fear for their life. The corporation they exposed to criticism would certainly like to see them dead. We, on the other hand, want them to continue Read more of this blog post »

Only 1 day left to participate in the giveaway campaign for my new book The Tower of Life: Letters of a Stoic to His Son.

It was great to see how huge the interest for such a tiny book can be! Looking forward to share the first 100 paperback copies with the winners.

For the past three years, I’ve been writing speculative science fiction that explores imagination through a distinctly human lens. My work blends mystery, quiet tension, and emotional depth—stories designed not just to speculate about the unknown, but to reflect how people change when they encounter Read more of this blog post »

I hope your year is filled with happiness, health, love and prosperity. And, oodles of time to read tons of wonderful books!

Hey everyone, in honor of Pope Benedict XVI, on Wednesday, the eve of the 3rd anniversary of his death (Dec 31, 2022), I published an article, on my Blog page, about how he influenced me. I am confident that he will not only be canonized one day, but will eventually also be declared a Doctor of the Read more of this blog post »

Hi, Goodreads friends!

Steer Clear is available for purchase on Audible here: . I narrated the entire thing and would be so appreciative if you would check it out. Happy New Year! Hope you're having a wonderful Friday.

-Joe

Three patterns. Every human nervous system expresses one primary pattern, sometimes two.

Not personality. Not preference. Constitutional reality.

Your body-mind system has an energetic signature determining how practices affect you. What energizes one type exhausts another. What calms one type bores a

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Every book begins somewhere, and the spark for Stowaway to Danger came from a story so unbelievable we had to double‑check it wasn’t the setup for a joke. Dan’s sister told us about a coworker who was going through relationship trouble. Upset and alone at his cottage, he sat outside with a drink, tr Read more of this blog post »

Every quality novel holds layers beneath its surface—hidden meanings, subtle clues, and metaphors that enrich the story beyond the plot. These elements invite readers to engage deeply, encouraging them to think, question, and discover. Exploring these mysteries without revealing spoilers can enhance Read more of this blog post »

I’ve been thinking about writing a book for a very long time. More than twenty years ago, I had a dream that I would one day write stories that would make a difference in someone’s life. I didn’t know what the stories would be or how they would take shape. I only knew that something in me felt calle Read more of this blog post »

A couple weeks ago, I learned via an article in Writer's Digest about Ray Bradbury's 3/1/52 challenge. As stated in the article, the challenge has two components:

read 3 short works every night (a poem, an essay, and a short story), AND
write 1 short story every week for 52 weeks.

I'm the type who ign Read more of this blog post »