Real Spies, Real Lives

The "other half" of Moscow Rule No. 6: Vary your pattern and stay within your cover, offers some advice on personal security--without appearing too paranoid.

Links for books on sale or available for preorder:

On sale: Prologue to Terror, prequel to TERROR, book one of Meeting the Enemy, is 99 cents at amazon.com/dp/B09ZHZXXF8 (eBook only);
Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules is 99 cents at amazon.com/dp/B093THXD7M (eBook only).

Available for preorder: "Old Love Does Not Rust," a novelette, at amazon.com/dp/B0BHR6VC44.

The new episode drops next Thursday, July 28, at 1 p.m. 

Oh, and, a minor warning for some adult language in this week's episode.

Why do spies need a cover, and why is it important not to blow your cover? Duncan answers those questions and provides an example from her story, "Stay Within Your Cover," from Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules.

Links for Duncan's eBook sales:

Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules - amazon.com/dp/B093THXD7M

Prologue to Terror - amazon.com/dp/B09ZHZXXF8

We're revisiting the Moscow Rules for the first book birthday of Duncan's short short collection, Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules. In the reading part of the episode, please be advised of some sexually explicit dialogue.

For the 99-cent ebook sales mentioned in the podcast episode, you can find them at:

Spy Flash III: The Moscow Rules - amazon.com/dp/B093THXD7M

Prologue to Terror - amazon.com/dp/B09ZHZXXF8

Duncan provides us with a bit of a history lesson around the adage, "We have met the enemy and he is us," which was the inspiration for the series title, Meeting the Enemy. We wind up the promotion of TERROR, book one of Meeting the Enemy with a reading from near the end. And we get a preview of July's promotions.

To get your 99-cent eBook of Prologue to Terror (reader magnet/prequel to TERROR) and either an ebook, paperback, or hard cover of TERROR, go to the series page at amazon.com/dp/B09ZHZXXF8.

Starting tomorrow, for its book birthday, the short story collection SPY FLASH III: THE MOSCOW RULES will be 99 cents for the ebook, and you can find that at amazon.com/dp/B093THXD7M.

Duncan talks about why and how writer retreats are so conducive to creativity, whether spies get retreats, and provides a reading from TERROR, book one of the new series, MEETING THE ENEMY.

TERROR launches on Saturday, June 25, but you can still preorder it at amazon.com/dp/B09WZ7HRWS.

TERROR's reader magnet/prequel, PROLOGUE TO TERROR, is now FREE through 6/25. Get your freebie at amazon.com/dp/B0B1F64YLQ.

No episode this week because spy novelist P. A. Duncan is at a writer's workshop.

This week Duncan talks about a message that acknowledged she is, indeed, a spy novelist and how that got her out of a slump because she missed her sales goal in May. We'll hear about her favorite writer's workshop and have a reading from TERROR, book one of MEETING THE ENEMY.

PROLOGUE TO TERROR, the reader magnet for TERROR, is on sale for 99 cents (eBook only), and you can find it at amazon.com/dp/B0B1F64YLQ.

And after you're done reading PROLOGUE TO TERROR, you can preorder TERROR at amazon.com/dp/B09WZ7HRWS.

To catch the cover reveal for TERROR, check out Duncan's posts on her Facebook Author Page, www.facebook.com/unspywriter, and her Instagram, www.instagram.com/paduncan1.

All fiction requires you to suspect disbelief and accept a premise you might find unlikely. In her upcoming new novel, TERROR, espionage author P. A. Duncan wants you to accept that a Directorate operative can successfully go under cover in the CIA. It's her world, and welcome to it.

Look for the TERROR cover reveal on June 4 on Duncan's social media. In the meantime, you can preorder TERROR at amazon.com/dp/B09WZ7HRWS and purchase its reader magnet for 99 cents at amazon.com/dp/B0B1F64YLQ.

We celebrate the 100th episode of the "Real Spies, Real Lives Podcast." We learn something about why the right book cover is important, and we have a reading from Terror, book one of Meeting the Enemy.

Other authors interested in excellent quality pre-made book covers, take a look at www.SelfPubBookCovers.com.

The TERROR preorder is at amazon.com/dp/B09WZ7HRWS.

Get an eBook or a paperback of PROLOGUE TO TERROR at amazon.com/dp/B0B1F64YLQ.

Duncan talks about the pitfalls and joys of writing serial fiction, and we get a couple of brief reviews of the spy movies, All the Old Knives and Operation: Mincemeat. Plus, a reading from Terror, book one of the new series Meeting the Enemy.

Preorder Terror at amazon.com/dp/B09WZ7HRWS.