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Ben Jeapes
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Husband, stepfather, ghostwriter and author whose work spans two millennia.
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Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'jam' #BookQW
To say Dan and Fin are in right pickle doesn't begin to cover the challenges they're facing. Has Dan had an idea how to get them out of this sticky situation?
Modern fantasy rooted in British myths and folklore, widely available from retailers.
Cover art by Ben Baldwin shows a creature crouching in a low tunnel entrance lined with grey stones and partly hidden by green undergrowth and white flowers. The creature has pale skin covered in sparse black hair and it looks a bit like an ape, a bit like a bear, and completely unlike either of those. Book extract reads: I looked up and stared at nothing. An idea was floating just out of reach. A moment later, it hit me like a smack in the face. I ran up the stairs, taking them two and three at a time. In the front bedroom, I emptied Fin’s suitcase onto the bed. I turned over her clothes, raking them apart with my hands. Nothing. I realised anyone outside would be able to see what I was doing. They’d also see I’d lost the towels I’d been wearing on the stairs. I quickly drew the curtains. Fin had hung the dress bag for her bridesmaid’s frock on the front of the wardrobe. I pulled the zip down so hard it jammed. I forced myself to go more slowly. Taking the frock out of the bag, I shook it. The shoes and the headdress of silk flowers fell onto the floor. I didn’t care about them. I carefully turned the dress inside out. I saw a fleck of white caught in a seam. A tiny, downy feather.
November 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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#booksky #bookqw word: JAM. Tricky in this story!

Ephraim Brady, unpleasant landlord, has come to the fairy-smiths with a problem: his tenants the Porter family own a cat, and the cat has started talking.

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‘I did not witness the origin of its speechifying,’ Ephraim said tightly. ‘I came in during the talk of Little Tomkin and suchlike. Then I told Porter that I’d have no unkenned doings on any property of mine, and,’ he added through his teeth, ‘Porter said that the cat was a good beast and he begged me not to hurt it, that his children loved it and it was a fine hunter and I should consider the safety of my stores from mice. And then the animal said that the mice were all very well but that it was no common hireling and would catch coneys if it chose, and that it dearly loved a fine fat haunch fed on grass, such as noblecats should eat.’ Dislike of the grotesquerie was stiffening Ephraim’s every line, but evidently his memory of this politically minded mog’s opinions was rather good. John was bouncing up to ask more on the subject, but at this point there was a knock upon the jamb.
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'jam'. This extract from Fight Like A Girl #2 is from Dolly Garland's story, 'A Human Response'. #BookQW
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I looked up at the looming grey vessels, casting shadows over the high-rise buildings. There was nowhere to run. We had a day. Just one day. But that was enough for my mission. I had to kill my mother. I kept moving eastward. Abandoned vehicles littered the streets. It looked like an ordinary Ahmedabad traffic jam, except there were no horns beeping, no one shouting. Already the streets were largely devoid of the living. It was only by their absence that I noticed them: no fresh animal excrement, no sweaty humans jostling for space, no exhaust fumes, no street vendors selling roasted peanuts, or chai-wallahs serving endless cups of cutting-tea. But there were still looters, fanatics who refused to give up their homes, and several others with their own reasons. Like me.
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Today's Book Quote Wednesday word is sticky JAM, and in Cursed Under London, Fang & Lazare are stuck with their curses & stuck in their ways but also they, Nell, Amber & Tem are already stuck by love into their little family. #BookQW Buying links: farragobooks.com/book/cursed-...
Quote from Cursed Under London. Quote reads: ‘Didn’t want you immediately pushed away by his nonsense,’ continued Nell, ‘leaving you stuck alone with that curse, and me stuck alone with that mope.’ Lazare’s gaze drifted towards Fang. He’d already managed to make Lazare’s spare shirt absolutely filthy with mud and blood, and he was still as rumpled as ever. He was a haunted house of a man, every mucky smear and unkind sneer a warning sign upon the wall, a ghostly howl of ‘beware’; every taciturn huff a locked door to a cellar of shadowy mysteries. Yet, as Lazare watched, he saw Fang gently adjust Tem’s hat to stop it falling down over her eyes. He spoke to her with soft words that Lazare couldn’t make out. His expression was open and warm. The haunted house had melted away into a welcoming home in front of Tem.
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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It's Book Quote Wednesday! Today's word: JAM. #Excerpt is from THE COMING OF ARABELLA. #Mermaid #Fantasy #bookqw
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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#Bookqw word: JAM
#BookSky #WritingCommunity
November 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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#BookQW More of Garnas shopping for equipment!

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“My friend, I think the weapon you have is measured differently to more modern pieces. Fifteen-sixteenths would, I suspect, be ever so slightly too wide.” “It would jam.” “Probably. As luck would have it I have the tools to custom-make shells to fit properly, even if I do not carry any in stock. It will take a day or two, though. How many were you thinking of?” “None immediately, thank you. I have enough for now, but I may need to restock in future. I will definitely swing by here if I’m in Grand Billon when the need arises.” “As you say, my friend.”
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Today is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is JAM.

Here's an action scene from SORDANEON, in which Dorilian rides in a pelekys match, a brutal game which is played on horseback. He makes his move but doesn't come out of it unscathed.

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Left side of image is the book cover of SORDANEON, first book of the Triempery Revelations series by L.L. Stephens. The cover shows a fantastic city with something powerful glowing at its core, being looked on by a small human figure. Golden, rich colors. Right side is a text excerpt from the book showing a scene from a game played on horseback: Dorilian lurched back into the saddle, picked up the reins, and slid his left foot back into the stirrup. Shifting his body’s weight again, he signaled his horse to bear hard to the left. Aleistes bellowed as their two horses collided while the rider bearing the axe spurted past both into open field. Somewhere on the perimeter, human voices cheered. Dorilian ignored them. He jammed the toe of his boot against the other horse’s ribs and eased his tight grip on the reins, giving his mount its head. The mare recovered ground, then ran at the gray again. Aleistes, now furious, swung his whip and tried to break free of the harrying. The whip found Dorilian’s face, whistling and then stinging as it sliced across his cheek and jaw. The bastard! He shot Aleistes a glare as blood welled and dripped down his face. The big man laughed. “Wear that, pretty boy!”
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Allison doesn't like needles… #yabooks #fantasybooks #wip #bookqw
I flinch as a small Ulthian extends a purple tentacle gripping a silver tube through the haze toward me. Another with an identical tube approaches Gore. I want to knock the tube away or snatch it and jam it into Ranclath’s eyes. I don’t want to be injected with nanites or anything else, harmless or otherwise. The tip of the silver tube opens, revealing a small, sharp needle. I scramble to my feet, sloshing in through the water and backing away.
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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#BookQW is from DECEITFUL PROMISES (A Letters to Santa Story)
This Christmas promises may deceive, but love could be the miracle they never expected.

“In proper society that wouldn’t be allowed. Not without ….” #CONTINUEREADING: bit.ly/4o4wLdy

#readersky #holidaybooks #historicalromance
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November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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It's #BookQW and Luna is in a ‘jam’.

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#cozyfantasy #naturefantasy #TheWindborne #YAfantasy #magic #Indieauthor #bookseries #YAfantasyromance #sailing
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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#BookQW Sarah slowly stripped off her paJAMas, sitting on the toilet seat to catch her breath when exhaustion threatened. This would be a very lonely love affair if she was in it on her own. HER BEST MAN https://books2read.com/Her-Best-Man #FakeRelationship #lovetriangleromance #romcom #Booksky
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Today's #BookQW word is 'jam'. The WIP contains a surprising amount of jamming, but I'm holding that until it's on an exit ramp, so here's a short story snippet from the Before Times.

'Collapse' is a tale of - among other things - corporate chicanery, bee colony collapse, and doomed paper cups.
Cover image for Twisted Histories - a selection of spine-tingling tales edited by Scott Harrison. The cover is dark brown with one of those creepy porcelain dolls with a fabric torso, oddly proportioned ceramic limbs, and a soulless, empty stare.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Today's #BookQW word is jam - and we even managed to find some of the sweet stuff in "Teas at the House" by Sam Hicks, a story which starts out pastoral and inviting, but soon turns ghostly and gruesome. #BookSky
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er watch showed just after half past two. But how did it get so late when she’d maintained such a steady pace? And would it be too early for teas? This was, she’d heard, the kind of thing the gentry were resorting to as their houses became more difficult to keep, and as their wealth, ever a source of mystery, began to dwindle. But—how lovely. Scones and jam, perhaps, and sandwiches. It couldn’t have come at a better time. Presumably as an inducement, posies of sweet violets had been tied to the bars of the gates. She put her nose to one but immediately pulled away. Clearly not as fresh as they looked; there was a putrid stink about them, like flowers that had been left in the vase too long and filled the water with rot.
November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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#BookQW JAM
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They sat at his kitchen table, toasty warm and full of sweet, starchy goodness. She rubbed her belly. “Where would I put more pancakes—in my purse? I will...
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Book cover: Christmas Rekindled by Sadira Stone BAckground: ebook, mug of hot chocolate, scented candle, cozy rug and pillows, winter outside. Text: Book QW JAM. Check the caption for a sample of River & Charlie's steamy, snarky banter. Heart eyes emoji
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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It’s Book Quote Wednesday, and today’s word is “jam.” www.brianandersonmysteries.com www.amazon.com/stores/autho... #BookQW #wrpbks #mystery #BookSky
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Today's #BookQW word: Jam

And scones and clotted cream...yum!
WAITING FOR A FOREVER LOVE
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#Holiday #Mystery #Romance #Mustread #Bestselling
#romanticreads #swoonworthyromance #Booksky
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Today's word is JAM. Today's #BookQW from INTO THE BROKEN LANDS, a created world fantasy were, given themes of power dynamics & what it means to be human, you wouldn't expect fruity/sugary goodness to occur. But JAM is also a verb.

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Broken Lands digital cover on the upper left, original DAW cover on the upper right. There are tentacles. These days, there's always tentacles. It's become a thing. The damp cloth over his elbows provided traction against the polished wooden floor. He rammed the toes of his boots against the wall beneath the lowest carvings, and pushed himself forward. Almost ... Then he cracked his head on the ceiling. The walls moved in closer. Rocking from side to side to free himself, he jammed himself in tighter. His breath misted against the floor and he wasted a moment wondering who'd been polishing the wood for the last hundred and sixty-three years.
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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"It's at heart a story of healing and overcoming as we watch Rynna take back her life...This is a story that will stick with me for a long time." ~ The Indie Express
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#BookQW #Romance #GhostStory
Plate of bacon, eggs, toast, beans, and cherries.
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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#Bookqw 'jam' from TREYLON, my first Intergalactic Dating Agency novella #scifiromance #romancelandia #booksky www.amazon.com/TREYLON-Sold...
November 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is JAM. "An Ealing comedy written by Roald Dahl": if you have ever wondered how the car in front can be so wilfully *slow*, this is for you. #bookqw #fluiddynamics www.benjeapes.com/index.php/wr...

Hear me read a longer extract at benjeapes.substack.com.
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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"It’s impossible not to be gripped by stories like this—so human, so fallible, so absorbing. There’s nothing as extraordinary as the lives we live."

Exemplifying why ghostwriters do what they do, and why it's a good thing. #ghostwriting
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Lennon’s Aunt Mimi and the Skeleton in the Cupboard
The question had to be asked. ‘What was it like the first time you had sex with John Lennon?’ To her credit, Cynthia, his first wife, only hesitated for a moment to sip her drink, before telling me…
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November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Well, for a start you can ask for help.
#ghostwriting #Creativity #WritingTip
GHOSTWRITING NOVELS: A GUIDE FOR GHOSTWRITERS AND THE GHOSTWRITTEN.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'girl' #BookQW
Dan Mackmain's a strong and silent bloke most of the time so he's learned to be very grateful that women talk to each other.
The Green Man's Holiday is now available from your preferred retailer. Contemporary fantasy rooted in British myths and folklore.
Cover art by Ben Baldwin shows a creature crouching in a low tunnel entrance lined with grey stones and partly hidden by green undergrowth and white flowers. The creature has pale skin covered in sparse black hair and it looks a bit like an ape, a bit like a bear, and completely unlike either of those. Book extract reads: ‘Do you know if the pub does food?’ She pointed across the village green. ‘The George and Dragon?’ One of the other two replied, ‘I don’t think the dining room will be open, not this evening. The police are using it.’ ‘Really?’ Fin managed to sound suitably startled. ‘Why?’ The first girl looked disappointed. ‘You haven’t heard?’ ‘We’re on holiday,’ Fin apologised. ‘We only arrived this afternoon.’ ‘Someone snatched a baby from a house at the other end of the village.’ The second girl jerked her head, indicating the main road behind us. ‘It’s all right though,’ the third girl said quickly. ‘They’ve found her. She’s back home with her mum and dad.’ The local social networks were impressively quick if they already had that news. How soon would word spread that Fin and I were somehow involved? Other people in Pigeon Lane must have seen the police cars arrive, and the coppers talking to us. They’d have seen the screaming baby being carried out of the cottage. How long before someone shared what we looked like or posted a photo? We’d be instantly recognisable in a place this small.
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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#bookqw - The word is "girl" in my small town #paranormal #romance #Mystery A Witch's Holiday Wedding. Torn in too many directions, with a covert military mission thrown in, will the girl and Lathen make it to the alter?#holiday #christmas #bookboost buff.ly/WFSmGoP
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM