Stephen Bentley

Murder Mystery Short Stories Are Fun: An Invitation

by Stephen Bentley | Jan 21, 2019 | Works In Progress (WIPs), Writing Tips

Do you write short stories? I didn’t until recently. I soon discovered writing murder mystery short stories is great fun. It was a Goodreads invitation that set me off. It was from Support Indie Authors (SIA) who appear to run short story competitions with...

You Can Play A Character In Stephen Bentley’s Next Detective Novel

by Stephen Bentley | Jan 14, 2019 | Competitions, Giveaways, Marketing, Promotions, Works In Progress (WIPs)

Character Naming Competition You can play a character In Stephen Bentley’s next detective novel titled Wolfie Jules, a Detective Matt Deal Thriller. In other words, have the character named after you. Your name will live in print forever! Of course, I cannot...

Giving Readers Free Books for Reviews is Unethical

by Stephen Bentley | Jan 10, 2019 | Amazon, Book Reviews, Giveaways, Marketing, Promotions

Giving Readers Free Books for Reviews is Unethical. What! Who said that? It is an opinion expressed by an author named Mark Horrell in the the Alliance Of Independent Authors (ALLi) blog dated January 7, 2019. He couldn’t be more wrong and before I explain why,...

New Year: Same Old Book Review Scams

by Stephen Bentley | Jan 7, 2019 | Amazon, Book Reviews, Scam Alerts

It may be a new year but the same old book review scams are still with us. I wrote about Black Sun and the foul-mouthed Ann from that company some time ago now. Now both Anne R Allen and Victoria Strauss are both aware of Black Sun’s activities. You can read...

How to Read Complete Crime Fiction Trilogy For Only 0.99

by Stephen Bentley | Jan 3, 2019 | Amazon, Marketing, Promotions, Steve Regan Undercover Cop Series

One-Time Only Promo! How to read a complete crime fiction trilogy For Only 0.99. Is it a question or am I going to show you? Here is the answer. I am going to show you. By the way, the 0.99 is in both GBP and USD. Please note, you will find links to all the books in...