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Christina Bacilieri’s Interview with Kiera Vandyer
About THE LAST REFUGE (STEALING SANCTUARY) Magic will transform you. Power could destroy you. Actions will define you. Kiera Vandyer told herself she’d only agreed to this scheme for the money, that nothing else had drawn her to this venture, but you can’t lie to the truest parts of yourself. For sixteen years, she’s hidden […]
March: Reading with Rochelle Weinstein
Hello Readers & Friends, And a big hello to April! Spring has officially sprung, and I’m excited to share my March reads with you! Have you read any of these? Make sure to check out these titles. With Any Luck, Ashley Poston, Audible Every time Audrey kisses a man, he finds his soulmate the next […]
Author Leslie Karst interviewing Valerie Corbin, of Molten Death
Author Leslie Karst interviewing Valerie Corbin, of Molten Death MOLTEN DEATH Retired caterer Valerie Corbin and her wife Kristen have come to the Big Island of Hawai’i to treat themselves to a well-earned tropical vacation. After the recent loss of her brother, Valerie is in sore need of a distraction from her troubles and is […]
Writing DAUGHTER OF A PROMISE
Some people assume writing a third novel must be easier than writing the first, which is true to some degree only because one knows what to expect: that they are in for a long, winding, doubt-ridden journey. When I began drafting DAUGHTER OF A PROMISE I wasn’t sure what the challenges would be, only confident […]
A.H. Kim: Authors Interviewing Characters
A.H. Kim interviews Amelia Bae-Wood, the narrator and protagonist of Relative Strangers, a contemporary retelling of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. Amelia talks about growing up in a mixed-race family, gaining fame as the girlfriend of a Michelin-starred chef, and finding joy at Arcadia, the idyllic cancer retreat center in northern California. — A.H. Kim: […]
Why I Wrote MIA’S JOURNEY
Why I Wrote MIA’S JOURNEY My latest novel, MIA’S JOURNEY, is about an astronaut who, just before her first space launch, is hit by a car and can’t go to space, ever. She refuses to believe what her boss and her doctors tell her, so she embarks on a mission to find a way to […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: D.J. Green
Interview with Paula from No More Empty Spaces, D. J. Green’s debut novel, coming out on April 9, 2024. DJG: Hi Paula, Would you mind talking with me today? I think the world needs to hear a bit more from you. Paula: Sure, I’m happy to chat (chuckles), but I’m not sure about the world […]
On Writing EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT WIDOWHOOD I LEARNED FROM JESSICA FLETCHER
TYPING THROUGH TEARS By Christina Hamlett “So do you think you’ll keep writing?” There are a lot of mind-numbingly weird things people say when they are discomfited about expressing condolences to a widow. I learned this firsthand when my husband passed away from Stage 4 cancer last year. Along with “How does it feel to […]
Five Things Grief Taught me about Writing
Five Things Grief Taught me about Writing When grief hits you, it brings along with it a plethora of emotions. Someone, a well-intentioned person, said to me the other day, “Grief goes away in some time. You should write a book on happiness.” I smiled, “I am glad you have theoretical knowledge, not the practical […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Van Hoang
About THE MONSTROUS MISSES MAI A determined young woman in 1950s Los Angeles walks a darker city than she ever imagined in a spellbinding novel about the power to make dreams come true―whatever the sacrifice. Los Angeles brims with opportunity in 1959―though not for aspiring fashion designer Cordelia Mai Yin, the first-generation child of Vietnamese […]
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