This is where I was for four days last week and I came home to cold and light snow.
Also, thanks to everyone’s generosity in voting for my book cover in the AllAuthor.com book cover contest, I have moved on to the second round of voting! Yes, it’s not done yet, and I’m in 13th place, about 200 votes behind the leader. If you have a moment, would you mind clicking this link and voting for my cover? Thanks so much. Have a great Wednesday! ~Phil
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Here is a funny review that came in on Amazon yesterday:
The Master of “Dude-Lit” Tackles Time Travel and Wins!
I’ve been a fan of Phil Taylor since reading his first two novels. If there were such a thing as “dude-lit” – this guy is the master. I bought Time to Lie without knowing anything about it. What a great read! I am a huge fan of time travel books so this was right up my alley. Plus he puts in enough references to other time travel so that geeks like me can enjoy that along with his completely original concept. I can’t wait to see where Landon heads next in this chronicle of stories! ~Gregory G. Allen
“Dude-Lit”? That’s funny. We’ve all heard of “Chick Lit” from authors like Janet Evanovich and Nicholas Sparks. Apparently my books have created the new genre of #DudeLit. I may not be on the Amazon bestseller list yet, but if I’ve created a whole genre of literature, I’m pretty happy with that accomplishment.
Actually, I’d like to thank friend, actor, and author Gregory G. Allen for coining the phrase Dude- Lit and applying it to my books in his review. Gregory G. Allen is an award-winning author of three novels, one non-fiction memoir, and two children’s books on autism awareness – the first of which won the People’s Choice Grand Prize Award in the 2012 MeeGenius! Author Challenge. He’s also a blogger. You can read his blog here. He has been in the entertainment business for over twenty five years as an actor, director, producer, songwriter, playwright, screenwriter, and author. His short film MOTHER won several awards on the festival circuit in 2015. Greg is a really great writer and an even better human. Go check out his books on Amazon.
Have a great Friday! ~Phil
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Tagged author, book review, Dude Lit, Gregory G. Allen, The Phil Factor, Time to Lie, Time To Lie review
If you like Audible books that you can listen to while you drive or are working out at the gym, I’ve got great news for you! In about two weeks my book Time To Lie will be available on Audible. And … drum roll please! Here is the new cover especially for Audible!
Have a great Friday!
Reviewed by Bruce Arrington for Readers’ Favorite
Time To Lie: Landon Bridges’ Story Book 1 by Phil Taylor is what I would call a YA thriller/sci fi/comedy that is somewhat reminiscent of Back to the Future, but without the DeLorean going 88 miles per hour in order to travel to a different time. Landon’s in a much different situation, and time travel is not exactly like he expected it to be. His knowledge about his future begins at zero (as you might imagine), but ramps up steadily throughout the book. Without giving too many spoilers away, our hero Landon learns that some big changes are coming and he’s a big part of them. Little by little, he learns the extent of his responsibility in the whole mix.
This was an excellent story, with believable characters, plenty of twists and turns, mysterious people coming and going, and events unfolding, all the while adding a generous dose of self-deprecating humor to the mix. The story was tightly written and worked well to keep me in my seat. It was hard to put it down. I liked the part where the author showed how going back and forth in time can mess things up, instead of only always telling how things will change for the worse. The only downside I saw in Time to Lie, Landon Bridges’ Story Book 1 was the use of profanity throughout that might turn some readers off. However, overall, Phil Taylor delivers a roller-coaster ride of fun. Fortunately for us readers, this is only the first book. Highly recommended.
Thank you Bruce and Readers Favorite! If you haven’t tried my humorous suspense time travel novel, why not? It’s available on Amazon in both Kindle and paperback. Have a great Friday! ~Phil
In an effort to get more exposure for my book, I’m looking for online blog reviews. If you are willing to read my book and post a review on your blog and in the Amazon book store, I will send you a gift copy of the e-book. I want to make it clear that although I’d like only good reviews, I’m not asking specifically for a good review, just an honest one. It’s a fun weekend, beach-read type of book.
What’s the plot? In a nutshell, you know how every now and then in life you royally screw something up and you wish that future you would have traveled back in time to warn you about that situation? Well, what if future you did travel back in time, but he or she is a complete a-hole?
Sound like a fun read? If you’re interested in a free Kindle copy, put your e-mail that is associated with your Amazon account (so you can download it to your Kindle) in the comments section here and I will send you a gift download for my book!
Have a great Friday and a great weekend! ~Phil
This has nothing to do with the recent release of my humorous suspense novel Time To Lie now available for Amazon Kindle. Paperbacks coming soon! Have a great Monday! ~Phil
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Tagged Demi Lovato, Every Time You Lie, Music Monday, The Phil Factor, Time to Lie
Although that is a picture of the mixed mystery meat we’ve all had at one time or another, I’m talking about online spam, or advertising that becomes a nuisance, kind of like me at a party after a couple drinks.
A group of people, writers, who are probably all really nice people, often transform from these nice people into evil werewolf spammers under the light of a full moon new book release. As you may know, yesterday I released my first book in 3 1/2 years and it was published by an actual publisher! As you can imagine, I’m pretty excited about this and want to please my publisher by having a lot of people read my book so that he invites me back to write another.
I realize that the blogosphere is at least 50% writers who are all telling you to buy their books, but you should buy mine because it’s way better than theirs. but I don’t want to become that werewolf spammer that forces people to avoid their blog because it becomes about nothing other than their book.
So, I’m going to ask you, my wonderful readers of many years, if I get a little too spammy, to feel free to tap me on the shoulder in the form of a comment or e-mail and say, Phil, dial it down a notch on the book promo. Just write the funny stuff you usually do and the readers will come.
Have a great Sunday everyone! (buy my book!) ~Phil
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Tagged humor, online spam, spam, The Phil Factor, Time to Lie, Time To Lie Phil Taylor
This is the most excited I’ve been about anything in quite a while! Now available for Kindle, I’m proud to present…
Time to Lie
The truth is just the lie we’ve chosen to believe, and yours may be different than mine.
Remember that time you dated that complete nutcase and said to yourself, I wish Future Me would have come back and warned me about this. Remember when you and your drunk friends said, If it’s such a bad idea, someone would come back from the future and stop us, right before it blew up in your face and got you in trouble? It would be great to have someone from the future to guide your life, wouldn’t it?
Landon Bridges’ life hasn’t always been perfect, but now he’s in college and determined to make a fresh start and transform himself from high school geek to college chic…well less geeky guy. He’s finally attained his goal of studying physics with a renowned professor. He’s met the girl of his dreams and made friends with some of the cool frat guys. Things are going great, until He shows up.
A mysterious stranger intervenes to help Landon out of a terrible, possibly life changing situation, but what does he want? Why does he keep showing up? Who is he? Landon’s briefly idyllic college world seems to be spinning out of control. In the process of regaining his sanity and his grip on reality, he discovers that he has talents and allies that he never imagined. But is what they’re telling him the truth?
It’s a mix of humor and suspense. I hope that intro is enough to entice you to read it. Short of being elected President, or Sexiest Man Alive, all I want out of life is for you to read my book. You can find Time To Lie on Amazon by clicking this link! Please share to your blog and/or Facebook by clicking one of the buttons below! Thank you so much! ~Phil
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