The Official Blog of Rick L. Phillips Author

Thursday, January 23, 2014

The Return of Gravy Girl is Great

Five stars all around. Mr. Ciccolini has a home run with this series and the Return of Gravy Girl is great!. It has a message about stopping bullying and even tells how bullying can keep some kids from doing well in school. Told with fun and humor, The Return of Gravy Girl is recommended for any adult or child to read and enjoy. Get it at Amazon at

Monday, January 20, 2014

Selfie Promotion

If you have any of my books, Dinky the Elf, Last Train to Murder, Project: Hero or With Great Power, take a picture of yourself holding it and I will post it on my Facebook, blog and Twitter sites.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Wow these guys really love Project: Hero

Buy the book Project: Hero at http://www.amazon.com/Project-Hero-Rick-L-Phillips/dp/1483998347/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390184640&sr=1-3&keywords=project+hero

These should be the Villains in the next Superman film when he meets Batman

In his next movie Superman should go to Gotham City to help Batman when Luthor teams up with these villains.

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Happy Birthday to Oliver Hardy

To celebrate the birth of Oliver Hardy here is a song by the Monkees about him and Stan Laurel.

Friday, January 17, 2014

Polar Plunge for Special Olympics

If you would like to help special Olympics please sponsor my brother-in-law for the polar plunge at the following link. http://soky.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=1090641&supId=398271161

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Hawkman commercial for Baby Ruth

These days TV and movies take superheroes seriously. But in 1997 that wasn't the case. Here they use Hawkman to comedic effect to sell candy bars. If you like superheroes get the novel Project: Hero at https://www.createspace.com/4227438

Get Project: Hero on Itunes Apple

An old homeless man is found lying in the gutter, dead from old age. They discover that he was once the World War II superhero called Flag-waver. Daniel Urich, a wealthy retired superhero, wants to make sure nothing like this happens to the currently active superheroes and finds a way to help them. But a threat from the past comes to the present and now this loosely gathered team of heroes must stand up to it. If you are a fan of the Silver Age or Bronze Age of comic books, then this is a novel for you.

Author Biography

Rick L. Phillips was born in Covington, Kentucky. He is an announcer and voice actor. While he remains active in broadcasting he turned to writing when he realized his passion was for storytelling. His first professional story was a short story titled "War Between Two Worlds" published in the book "It's That Time Again Volume 3". It was edited by the late, great writer and editor Jim Harmon. His next book that was published was a children's book called "Dinky the Elf". He is the author of the Joshua Adams mystery "Last Train to Murder", the superhero
book series "Project: Hero" and wrote short stories for and conceived the book "With Great Power". Currently he is working on a new still untitled stand alone mystery novel. His books are currently published under his own publishing imprint Dinky Publishing. He and his wife Violet live in Erlanger, Kentucky.

With Great Power

What readers say about With Great Power "...It's a fun read." Steven Thompson of Booksteves library. "I quite enjoyed this anthology.It was very novel how the various Authors connected their stories through the copy of Amazing Fantasy 15. I was also impressed with the variety of stories - from whimsical to heart-wrenching, happy endings and sad endings." Glenn Crouch Goodreads.com "I enjoyed reading With Great Power. It's a great book. Colson Leach www.ramblingpastor.wordpress.com "How the stories tie together is done pretty well in my opinion." Michael D. Hamersky www.comicbookcollectorsblog.com "For all of you who like Spider-Man and other Super Heroes, and for those of you who like good wholesome reading, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU!!!!!" www.amazon.com