Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/23/16

Get the book Dinky the Elf at any online bookstore. Here are links to it on Amazon.com http://tinyurl.com/zshks9r Here is the link to it at Createspace https://www.createspace.com/5011488 Here is the link to it on Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-r…/1014406238… and this is the link to it on Joseph-Beth http://www.josephbeth.com/Products/128135-dinky-the-elf.aspx #dinkytheelf #dinky #dinkythelf #makedinkybig #dinkypublishing #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook Remember to MAKE DINKY BIG!

Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/22/16

Get the book Dinky the Elf at any online bookstore. Here are links to it on Amazon.com http://tinyurl.com/zshks9r Here is the link to it at Createspace https://www.createspace.com/5011488 Here is the link to it on Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-r…/1014406238… and this is the link to it on Joseph-Beth http://www.josephbeth.com/Products/128135-dinky-the-elf.aspx #dinkytheelf #dinky #dinkythelf #makedinkybig #dinkypublishing #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook Remember to MAKE DINKY BIG!

Working Titles

When you watch a TV show you don't think too much about what the show is called. However, it is a very big problem if the show has a bad name. It's the first thing that the audience knows about the show. So most shows have working titles if they can't come up with a good one for awhile. Most fans of the Dick Van Dyke Show know that before Dick Van Dyke was cast, it was called Head of the Family. Carl Reiner was the creator of the show and in the pilot was cast as the star. The producers convinced him to step behind the camera more because they said, while he wrote it about his life, that he wasn't right for the part. Eventually they got Dick Van Dyke who was just off of a hit Broadway play called Bye, Bye Birdie. While they produced it the show had more working titles before it aired. One of them was Full House. That title would find a home on a hit show decades later. Others were, All in a Day's Work and Double Trouble. Another show they produced was Make Room for Daddy with Danny Thomas. It was starting to be called by the public as the Danny Thomas Show. They knew if the show was a hit that the public would start calling it the Dick Van Dyke Show. They decided to beat them to the punch by actually naming it that. Barney Miller seems like a simple enough title. Name the show after the central character. But it had a working title as well. It was called the Life and Times of Captain Barney Miller. The show was suppose to show what life was like for Barney Miller at home as well as at work. At home he was not in charge but at work he was. They found out they got more laughs from where he worked and eventually that took over the whole show. The name of the show was Barney Miller in most of the world but in Spain it was Vida y milagros del Capitán Miller. That loosely translates into the Life and Miracles of Captain Miller. I don't know much about the origin of the name for the show Spin City. I do know it's working title was just "Spin." What I find interesting is that in Germany it was called Chaos City. One show that I never understood the title to was Just Shoot Me. It didn't make much sense to me. I did some research but it still didn't enlighten me on how they came up with this title. I did find that in Germany it was called Shooting Stars. In Norway it was called Blush. Norway's title made more sense. They named it after the fictional magazine that they all worked for.

Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/20/2016

Get the book Dinky the Elf at any online bookstore. Here are links to it on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Ric…/…/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til… Here is the link to it at Createspace https://www.createspace.com/5011488 Here is the link to it on Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-r…/1014406238… and this is the link to it on Joseph-Beth http://www.josephbeth.com/Products/128135-dinky-the-elf.aspx #dinkytheelf #dinky #dinkythelf #makedinkybig #dinkypublishing #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook Remember to MAKE DINKY BIG!

Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/19/2016

Get the book Dinky the Elf at any online bookstore. Here are links to it on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Ric…/…/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til… Here is the link to it at Createspace https://www.createspace.com/5011488 Here is the link to it on Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-r…/1014406238… and this is the link to it on Joseph-Beth http://www.josephbeth.com/Products/128135-dinky-the-elf.aspx #dinkytheelf #dinky #dinkythelf #makedinkybig #dinkypublishing #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook Remember to MAKE DINKY BIG!

Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/18/2016

Get the book Dinky the Elf at any online bookstore. Here are links to it on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Ric…/…/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til… Here is the link to it at Createspace https://www.createspace.com/5011488 Here is the link to it on Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-r…/1014406238… and this is the link to it on Joseph-Beth http://www.josephbeth.com/Products/128135-dinky-the-elf.aspx #dinkytheelf #dinky #dinkythelf #makedinkybig #dinkypublishing #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook Remember to MAKE DINKY BIG!

New cover for Project: Hero

Here is the new look on the cover for the first paperback book in the Project: Hero series. It is on sale now at this link https://www.createspace.com/5013768 You can get 10% off at check out if you use code KBNCLFGB.

Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/16 and 11/17/2016

Get the book Dinky the Elf at any online bookstore. Here are links to it on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Ric…/…/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til… Here is the link to it at Createspace https://www.createspace.com/5011488 Here is the link to it on Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-r…/1014406238… and this is the link to it on Joseph-Beth http://www.josephbeth.com/Products/128135-dinky-the-elf.aspx #dinkytheelf #dinky #dinkythelf #makedinkybig #dinkypublishing #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook Remember to MAKE DINKY BIG!

Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/15/16

Get the book Dinky the Elf at any online bookstore. Here are links to it on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Ric…/…/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til… Here is the link to it at Createspace https://www.createspace.com/5011488 Here is the link to it on Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-r…/1014406238… and this is the link to it on Joseph-Beth http://www.josephbeth.com/Products/128135-dinky-the-elf.aspx #dinkytheelf #dinky #dinkythelf #makedinkybig #dinkypublishing #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook Remember to MAKE DINKY BIG!

New Publisher and Look for Last Train to Murder and Other Stories

Dinky Publishing is proud to announce that Last Train to Murder and Other Stories is now officially under the Dinky Publishing umbrella. It has a new cover and ads for the books that were written by the other authors. You can get the book now at this link https://www.createspace.com/6715252 ^^^Please share this with any Monkees fan or on any The Monkees Facebook group.

comic book world

An article about a great comic book store. Comic Book World.

DINKY THE ELF THE COMIC STRIP 11/12/16 AND 11/13/16

Get the book Dinky the Elf at any online bookstore. Here are links to it on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Ric…/…/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til… Here is the link to it at Createspace https://www.createspace.com/5011488 Here is the link to it on Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-r…/1014406238… and this is the link to it on Joseph-Beth http://www.josephbeth.com/Products/128135-dinky-the-elf.aspx #dinkytheelf #dinky #dinkythelf #makedinkybig #dinkypublishing #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook Remember to MAKE DINKY BIG!

Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/10/16 and 11/11/16

Get the book Dinky the Elf at any online bookstore. Here are links to it on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Ric…/…/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til… is the link to it at Createspace https://www.createspace.com/5011488 Here is the link to it on Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-r…/1014406238… and this is the link to it on Joseph-Beth http://www.josephbeth.com/Products/128135-dinky-the-elf.aspx #dinkytheelf #dinky #dinkythelf #makedinkybig #dinkypublishing #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook Remember to MAKE DINKY BIG!

Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/9/16

Get the book Dinky the Elf at any online bookstore. Here are links to it on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Rick-L-Phillips/dp/0692299971/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=onmymind-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=KR5ND2665T44GBHE&creativeASIN=0692299971 Here is the link to it at Createspace https://www.createspace.com/5011488 Here is the link to it on Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-r…/1014406238… and this is the link to it on Joseph-Beth http://www.josephbeth.com/Products/128135-dinky-the-elf.aspx #dinkytheelf #dinky #dinkythelf #makedinkybig #dinkypublishing #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook Remember to MAKE DINKY BIG!

Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/8/16

Get the book Dinky the Elf at any online bookstore. Here are links to it on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Rick-L-Phillips/dp/0692299971/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=onmymind-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=KR5ND2665T44GBHE&creativeASIN=0692299971 Here is the link to it at Createspace  https://www.createspace.com/5011488 Here is the link to it on Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-ricky-l-phillips/1014406238?ean=9780692299975 and this is the link to it on Joseph-Beth http://www.josephbeth.com/Products/128135-dinky-the-elf.aspx #dinkytheelf #dinky #dinkythelf #makedinkybig #dinkypublishing #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook Remember to MAKE DINKY BIG!

 

Dinky the Elf the comic strip in book form

Go to the Facebook event Make Dinky Big https://www.facebook.com/events/1859326524296432/ and be entered in a drawing for Nov. 10th to win a copy of this book or go to this link to purchase a copy today https://www.createspace.com/6693905 #makedinkybig #dinkytheelf #dinkythelf #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook #dinkypublishing

Make Dinky Big Event

Here is an even that is being held on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1859326524296432/Let's make Dinky the Elf a big seller on Amazon. I have read that in the 50's and 60's, when pop groups had to get their new song on the charts to boost their careers, they would have their fan group buy it and it would get them on the local charts. From there it got more play and got on the national charts. I think that can be done with books today. If all friends and fans of mine on facebook would buy just one copy of Dinky the Elf in print or kindle on Amazon, it could make the charts as an Amazon bestseller. I am making it an event so you can post that you will commit that you have recently bought one and I can post any updates. If you already have a copy then buy one as a gift. The event will run from Nov. 4th to Nov. 17th at 12:01 am Eastern time. To show you I am serious I am lowering the price of the print book to save you some money. It was $12.95 but it will now cost $12.28. That is the lowest I can go as it cost almost that much to print the book, but that is 67 cents you can use someplace else. Here is the link to it on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Rick-L-Phillips/dp/0692299971/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=onmymind-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=KR5ND2665T44GBHE&creativeASIN=0692299971

Here is what they are saying about Dinky the Elf

Here is what people are saying about the book Dinky the Elf. Get your copy today at these and other fine stores. You can click on the links or copy and paste them. Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Rick-L-Phillips/dp/0692299971/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=onmymind-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=KR5ND2665T44GBHE&creativeASIN=0692299971
Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-ricky-l-phillips/1014406238?ean=9780692299975
Createspace https://www.createspace.com/5011488

Where With Great Power Began

It was on this date, Sept. 20th 2012, that I placed this ad for authors to contribute to a book.

"Ok here is something I have been thinking about and want to see if anyone is interested. If you are a comic book fan and a Christian this should appeal to you. I want to put out a book of short stories by various authors that follows the same issue of Amazing Fantasy #15 as it goes from person to person from the first day that it hits the newstands to the present. I will write the first two stories and each other Author would take a turn writing one or two stories till we get to the end, which I plan to write, unless someone else comes up with a good ending. The profits from the book will go to a Christian missionary who works for Campus Crusade for Christ named Kelley Will. Message me if you want to do this. No date as to when I will need the stories but I hope to have them all real soon to make the book before Christmas. But the date can change."

Well the date did change. I found out that Christmas of that year was too close to do all that had to be done for the book. But it became the book With Great Power and it is still raising money for charity today. Here is links to it on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Joseph-Beth, and Lulu.com

Amazon http://tinyurl.com/gmdpncs

Barnes and Noble in paperback http://tinyurl.com/zv4ggwm and in Nook http://tinyurl.com/jpjzrvw

Joseph-Beth http://tinyurl.com/gsvtv9r

Lulu.com http://tinyurl.com/o7qw9zl

Don't forget to look for our ad in Cemetery Plots #2. It's available now at all fine comic books shops.

New Town, New Comic Book

I’ve heard that most people say that it is their sense of smell that brings back memories to them. I can’t recall a time when smell did that for me. For me it has always been sight or hearing. Lately, I have been reading a lot of Marvel comics’ Essential series. Right now I’m reading Volume 7 of the Essential Spider-Man. The first story in this series is a reprint of #138. It was the very first comic book I bought when my family moved to the town where I still live. I recalled buying it at the local convenient store that was just a block and a half away from my new home. It was called Stop and Go. The store is still in that area and moved a half a block closer but I’m not in that house anymore. It’s also now called the Dairy Mart. I remember thinking how lucky I was to have a store that close sell comic books. You see, before we moved, the closest store that sold comics where I lived was at least a mile away. That lucky feeling didn’t last too long.   In less than 6 months they stopped selling comic books. A local drug store, that was about 5 blocks in the opposite direction and across the town’s main highway, was now my closest connection. It was still closer than a mile away, but it wasn’t like having them as your next door neighbor.   The good thing about the drug store is that I had to pass it on my way home from school. Sometimes I made a quick stop there to see what books were out.

It’s now rare to find any convenient stores or drug stores that sell comic books. Comic book specialty stores are now where most people have to find them.  If you are a comic book fan, and lucky enough to live a block away from your local comic book store, then cherish that feeling.

The Amazing Spider-Man: Looming Large

Here are 10 covers from the Amazing Spider-Man that show the image of Spider-Man looming large in the background as he cast a shadow over the action on the cover. Don't forget that you can also get the short story book With Great Power that shows how Spider-Man and his motto loom large for other people on decisions they have to make in life. Get it at this Amazon link https://www.amazon.com/With-Great-Power-Ron-Athey/dp/1300570261/ref=tmm_pap_title_0

Altered Circuits the TV show? It's Possible

I am trying to get interest in turning my short story Altered Circuits into a TV show. An increase in sales and more reviews would help. If you have a kindle you can buy it at the following links and if you have already read it please leave an honest review. Here is the link where you can download it for kindle.

New Micky Dolenz Single

7A Records is releasing a new Micky Dolenz single on 45. It's called Chance of a Lifetime/Livin' on Lies. You can pre-order it at the amazon link on this post or on the sales rack link on the right hand side.

new video for Monkees new song She Makes Me Laugh

Here is a link to the new song by the Monkees "She Makes Me Laugh" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpp-Ry2ZNhY

The New Adventures of Gilligan's Island Complete Series on DVD

Fans of Gilligan's Island got their wish for a 4th season when, thanks to the shows success in syndication, it came back as a Saturday morning cartoon less then 10 years after the live version left the air. Most of the cast came back to voice their characters. Jane Webb provided the voices of both Mary Ann and Ginger. The cartoon series comes out on DVD on April 26th. You can pre-order it now by following the Amazon link to the right or below in this post. So just sit right back and listen and view more tales from Gilligan's Island.

Review of S.O.L.A.D.: It's Just the Beginning: Book II of the Angelo & Angeline Chronicles by Tyrone Tony Reed Jr.

The second book in the S.O.L.A.D. The Angelo and Angeline Chronicles starts off with a bang! While the first book ended with our heroes defeating the Demon Master and his minions and Kevin and Juanita, also known as Angelo and Angeline, going back to their own world, this starts with Jeff and Wiseman J following them. They arrive just in time as it shows the Demon Master and his followers weren’t defeated. They just went to this world and now Kevin and Juanita have to once more battle him as the heroes Angelo and Angeline. With Jeff and Wiseman J now able to lend a helping hand the odds are in their favor. However, the evil forces seem even stronger on this world. They have to fight even harder to save their hometown of Memphis, Tenn. Can they finally defeat the Demon Master once and for all? Will they just run him off to another world where they will have to follow? Find out more in the rare series. It is an action packed science fiction Christian classic. S.O.L.A.D.: It's Just the Beginning: Book II of the Angelo & Angeline Chronicles.  

Beauty's Curse by C.S. Johnson Review

Alternate views of fairy tales seems to be the new thing in books and movies these days. Beauty’s Curse by C.S. Johnson is one of the latest in this genre. With Princess Aurora of Rhone, whom her friends call Rose, we find out what would happen if Sleeping Beauty would take it on herself to find a way to beat the curse that was to come upon her when she reached the age of 18. Some of her friends are bent on revenge. Others want to find a way to end the curse. All of them are there to help Rose. The book is well written and if you love stories about Princesses and fairies full of magic and adventure, you will love Beauty’s Curse, the first in the Once Upon a Princess Saga.

The Monkees, Head and the 60's

Hey Monkee fans! Here is a new book about the Monkees that you can pre-order on Amazon as it comes out September 13, 2016. It is by Peter Mills. It's The Monkees, Head and the 60's You can get it at the Amazon link below. Also, you can get Last Train to Murder and Other Stories that feature Davy Jones and/or the Monkees in some fictional adventures that is also on Amazon at a link below and available now.

With Great Power free preview

Read the introduction and the first three stories of With Great Power for free.

The Comet is voting for Mr. Stretchable

The Comet is for Mr. Stretchable! http://www.amazon.com/Project-Atlantis-Attack-Variant-Edition/dp/0692464522/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=onmymind-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=LLUPHNK4SPHYWIDF&creativeASIN=0692464522

Get a free preview of Project: Hero Atlantis Under Attack

Get the first 3 chapters of Project: Hero Atlantis Under Attack in this free preview.

Mr. Stretchable for President

He's throwing his hat into the ring! Mr. Stretchable for President in 2016! Elect Stretch! Also, don't forget to read about his adventures in the books Project: Hero and Project: Hero Atlantis Under attack at http://www.amazon.com/Project-Atlantis-Attack-Variant-Edition/dp/0692464522/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=onmymind-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=LLUPHNK4SPHYWIDF&creativeASIN=0692464522

Clark Kent reading

Clark Kent catches up on some light reading with Project: Hero Atlantis Under Attack.
http://www.amazon.com/Project-Atlantis-Attack-Variant-Edition/dp/0692464522/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=onmymind-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=LLUPHNK4SPHYWIDF&creativeASIN=0692464522

Happy Valentine's Day

 

Happy Valentine's Day! Don't forget to get a Project: Hero book in print of Kindle for the superhero fan that you love. The first book in the Project: Hero series is available at this link http://www.amazon.com/PROJECT-Mr-Rick-L-Phillips/dp/069230083X/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=onmymind-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=GBZSWEUWTBMJP2NJ&creativeASIN=069230083X The second one in the series Project: Hero Atlantis Under Attack is at http://www.amazon.com/Project-Hero-Atlantis-Under-Attack/dp/0692300023/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=onmymind-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=FXELYTMFAOQ7MWHR&creativeASIN=0692300023

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