fiction Archives - Cliff Ball Books

New Novel & New Audiobooks

Oct 1, 2025

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in alternate history, audiobooks, books, christian author, christian fiction, ebooks, indie author, Metafiction, novels, Parody, science fiction, self publishing, The Library Saga, time travel, writing

This will be the first blog post I’ve done in almost three years! Back in 2016 and 2017, I was burned out from writing eleven novels in four years, so I got stuck on two that I had planned on writing after I had finished with The End Times Saga and Perilous Times series. I…

Potential novels, sequels, & other scribblings

Oct 14, 2012

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Cliff Ball

in christian fiction, indie author, novels, Promotion, science fiction, writing

When I started writing and publishing my works, I never thought I would publish more than maybe two novels. Well, now I’m up to eight novels, and setting to write my ninth. My goal this year was to write and publish at least two novels, and I did that, with three. I also thought I’d…

Next novel, Times of Trial, possible book cover

Apr 28, 2012

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Cliff Ball

in christian fiction, indie author, Promotion, writing

This is a possible cover to my next novel, Times of Trial, but it probably could use some tweaking or something altogether different. I could use some feedback if anyone’s willing to give me some. I would appreciate it. The novel is a parallel novel to Times of Trouble. A preacher and his family,…

Times of Trouble, a new Christian fiction novel

Feb 2, 2012

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Cliff Ball

in books, indie author, novels, writing

Times of Trouble is my sixth novel, which will I will upload to Smashwords, B&N, and Createspace sometime in the next few days. It’s a Christian speculative fiction thriller. I’m aiming for the group of Christian readers who read the Left Behind series back in the late 90’s, and I’m hoping they’ll enjoy reading this…

The Same Six Questions Interview

Nov 30, 2011

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Cliff Ball

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The Same Six Questions – Cliff Ball from http://andyrane.blogspot.com/2011/11/same-six-questions-cliff-ball.html Welcome to the last interview of November 2011! Where has the year gone?! Today’s guest on The Same Six Questions is author Cliff Ball. Cliff Ball is 37, lives in Texas, has a BA in English, possibly going for an MA in Technical Communications, but is…

My novel, The Usurper and September 11

Sep 11, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in writing

I posted this last year, but I thought I would re-post it again. In my novel, The Usurper, I explore terrorism as part of the novel and who in this fictional universe is actually responsible for starting it/financing it against the United States and everyone else in the world when it begins in the late…

My $.99 ebook sale.

Aug 23, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in aliens, Area 51, books, indie author, novels, science fiction, self publishing, writing

Until September 19th, all four of my novels in e-book format are on sale for $.99 each. THE USURPER: a political thriller Gary Jackson is raised to hate. Hate the United States, its people, and everything they have ever stood for. His mission is to destroy the country from within, allying himself with the worst…

New book review of The Usurper

Aug 20, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in book reviews, books, indie author, writing

This is a new review of The Usurper that was done on Manic Readers: MR Review Rating: Reviewer: Amanda Review: The usurper, Gary Jackson, is a hateful soul. His entire life was planned by the Soviet Union before he was even conceived by a volunteer KGB agent. Gary was raised to hate the USA and…

Where all my novels are located

Feb 14, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in book reviews, books, writing

Dear reader, if you’d like to know where you can buy my novels, here is a comprehensive list: Out of Time, originally published through iUniverse in 2008 in paperback, now through Createspace, and a 2nd edition uploaded as e-book this year. With coupon code ZC6JYHVF get this title for 50% off from Createspace. Paperback: Createspace…

Character interview from The Usurper

Jan 8, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in writing

Syria Evans asked authors to submit interview questions for their characters. I chose Gary Jackson, and he gave the following interview (re-posted from Syriasays.com) Syria Says: How did you first meet your writer? Gary: He was very persistent, I’ll give him that. He popped up in all sorts of places, and I kept refusing to…

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