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How do you put aside your writer's point of view goggles and express what a fictional character sees, hears, thinks, and experiences? How do you keep viewpoint consistent? How do you keep your reader from getting bumped out of the storytelling spell you cast, and saying, "Wait...what?"One of the most difficult writing skills to grasp is that of writing from the viewpoint of fictional characters. A must-have for writers of both fiction and nonfiction, Out of Sight, Out of Mind teaches through example how to spot--and more importantly, how to fix--both obvious and not-so-obvious errors in viewpoint.Ken Pelham is a member of the International Thriller Writers and The Florida Writers Association, and a frequent presenter to writers' groups on viewpoint. His two suspense novels, Brigands Key and Place of Fear, are both first-place winners of the Royal Palm Literary Award. Ken frequently gives workshops to writers' groups on the essential skills of writing in viewpoint.

"A perfect storm of menace...breathtaking! The underwater scenes are marvelous, and the portrait of the monstrous hurricane as it batters the key and surges over it is mightily gripping." --the Florida Weekly... Death Sweeps in off the Gulf of Mexico... An ageless, impossible corpse at the bottom of the sea. A lethal plague. A ruthless murderer. A monster hurricane. Archaeologist Carson Grant came to Brigands Key to escape the limelight and repair his shattered reputation, and finds himself instead staring down the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. When Carson Grant discovers the body of a man at the bottom of the sea, suspicion of murder falls squarely upon him. Citizens mysteriously begin to fall ill and die, others disappear, and others are murdered, while an ambitious governor and an unbending president engage in a battle of wills over the fate of Brigands Key. With a hurricane bearing down on the quarantined island, Grant enlists infectious diseases researcher Kyoko Nakamura and teen misfit Charley Fawcett in a desperate race against time to break the spiral of death and unravel the mystery of a decades-old corpse and a staggeringly valuable prize shrouded in secrets of the past. Pitted against them is a killer who will stop at nothing to claim that prize. Winner of the Royal Palm Literary Award, Brigands Key is an edge-of-your-seat roller coaster ride through murder, vengeance, and secrets best left undisturbed.

Deep in the rainforest of Guatemala, a missing scientist, long given up for dead, languishes in a lightless prison cell. Fueled by a powerful, unknown narcotic, his senses are on fire; he can feel them expanding far beyond human bounds, even as the drug tears at his sanity. Upon learning that his friend is alive, Carson Grant mounts a frenzied rescue before the appointed time of execution. While a cutthroat band of looters, seeking easy riches, closes in for the kill, Grant stumbles onto the remnant of a mysterious hybrid civilization intent on destroying anyone that threatens to expose it. Trapped and desperate, Grant entrusts his team's survival into the hands of a young Maya cop and his beautiful, haunted sister. Winner of the 2012 Royal Palm Literary Award, PLACE OF FEAR propels you inexorably toward a collision between Norse myth and Maya history, wherein only ultimate sacrifice brings survival. PLACE OF FEAR is the stunning prequel hinted at in BRIGANDS KEY, the thriller described by The Florida Weekly as "a perfect storm of menace!" Fans of Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, James Rollins, and Steve Berry will find in PLACE OF FEAR a page-turning adventure and absorbing mystery that'll keep them reading long into the night.

CALLED FROM ETERNITY FOR A PURPOSE, A BOOK THAT TAKES YOU ON A JOURNEY OF SELF-FULFILLMENT How is success measured in today's world? That's the million-dollar question that we attempt to answer each new day. As individuals, each of us is looking for something different, and there are several pathways to making sense of this game called life. However, the surest way to give your life meaning is by recognizing that you were created for a reason and pursuing the calling of God upon your life. Pursuing Your Purpose: How to Discover God's Revelation for Your Life offers an alternative perspective on the meaning of being successful by stimulating consciousness of the divine purpose for which we all were created, and providing insight into how we can begin our individual journeys toward self-accomplishment. Volume 1 of the book endeavors to place great emphasis on the power of choice, highlighting that what we become at the end of our lives is the result of the choices we make along the way. The book is a practical guide to shaping the course of your destiny, and actualizing yourself within your lifetime.