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Authors Interviewing Characters: Rebecca Yarros
THE THINGS WE LEAVE UNFINISHED by Rebecca Yarros A new heart-wrenching novel from USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros that examines the risks we take for love, the scars too deep to heal, and the endings we can’t bring ourselves to see coming. Publishers Weekly gives it a STARRED REVIEW, saying that “readers will be […]
Advice on Writing Advice
I remember as a child my mother listing a whole bunch of first lines from bestselling books. “The primroses were over,” she announced theatrically, referring to the opening to Watership Down. “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” she said, quoting from Anna Karenina. I thought she’d come […]
My Road To Writing
I’m always fascinated by people who live their lives in a very intentional way. I always aim to live that way, and yet somehow, find myself often stumbling into things that change the course of my life. I rarely seem to take an intentional first step. Rather, an event nudges (sometimes shoves) me onto a […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Janet Stilson
Charisma becomes a superpower in Janet Stilson’s new book, The Juice, a cyberpunk, dystopian tale that’s written in the spirit of William Gibson’s work and The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood. A large part of the novel takes place within a big media company, Nuhope, decades into the future. One of the company’s executives, Rico […]
Longing To Be Read
Kathleen M. Rodgers A young man with curly hair and a round cherub face approaches and thrust a book at me. “Why haven’t you read my book?” he demands. His voice is full of rage, his expression one of disgust and disappointment. I’ve just climbed out of a car, and I’m preparing to close the […]
Character Interview: Briana Cole
The first book in a sexy, smart new series that takes unconventional relationships to a whole new level,The Marriage Pass follows Dr. Dorian Graham, whose wife proposes they both spend a no-consequences, no-questions-asked night with their greatest temptations for their one-year anniversary. Dorian can’t resist, especially because his wife’s younger sister is the-one-who-got away. However, when Dorian’s one […]
I’ve Always Been A Writer
I’ve Always Been A Writer By Barbara Floersch My grandfather, George Dewit Watson, was a writer. He supported his family selling shoes and shirts in a general store in a small, rural town in North Florida, but his true avocation was poetry. His poems, a regular part of his family life, now reside on brittle […]
Writing a Choose Your Own Erotic Fantasy
JOANNA ANGEL is a powerhouse in the adult entertainment industry as an adult film star, director, producer, author, and owner of the BurningAngel Empire — the company known for the emergence and prevalence of tattooed women in the adult film industry. Her second choose-your-own erotic fantasy book, Club 42 is out now! It’s a sexy […]
How the Pandemic Inspired a Love Story
After my grandfather had a heart attack four years ago, I moved in with my grandparents during his recovery. Late in the evenings, as my grandmother slept in her recliner beside him and my poodle sprawled across his feet, he and I would watch movies. His preference, inevitably and humorously, was Hallmark movies. I worked […]
Interview with Ann Gosslin, Author of The Double
Ann Gosslin spent the early part of her life in the US, before heeding the call of distant shores and eventually settling in Europe. The Shadow Bird is Ann’s debut novel. Her second novel, The Double, will be published by Legend Press in July 2021. With a lifelong interest in psychology and psychiatry, Ann is […]
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