Daily Challenges of My Writer’s life By Anna del Mar In my alternative reality I’m trim, fit and athletic, with lovely curls that tumble down my back and a knack to handle tall, super sexy heels in all kinds of terrain. In that oh-so-pleasant reality, I’ve got Nora Robert’s prolific drive, Beyoncé’s cool dance moves […]
Julie’s Review: Defects is a great dystopia full of action and betrayal and psychic abilities. I loved that this book doesn’t follow the trope of our heroine finding out she’s something special and taking a long time to accept her new existence. This story drops us into the Dream Traveler’s world, where everyone has special […]
For Dress In Blue Day we decided to talk about some of our favorite blue covers. What are some of your favorite books dressed in blue? Julie: I tend to really be attracted to beautifully dressed books. A book with swirly-whirly ethereal feel, or even a beautiful dress on the cover. This trend is typical […]
#ShelfLove Challenge 2016 We’re co-hosting the #ShelfLove challenge again this year so join us and read more of the books you already bought! What is one book trope that gets on your nerves? What do you wish the publishing world would STOP doing? Julie’s Challenge Update: Bookish tropes, sometimes they are interesting but other times […]
Do you read poetry? What are some of your favorite poems, or who are some of your favorite poets? And if you don’t read poetry, why not? Julie: I honestly don’t read poetry as a genre. I had to read some in those lovely English classes when I was in school, and they just weren’t […]
National Geographic will be airing a global broadcast of He Named Me Malala on Monday, February 29th at 8 pm EST/7 pm CST. Will you be watching? About the Movie: He Named Me Malala HE NAMED ME MALALA is an intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban […]
Julie’s Review: I’ve had Runes on my to-read for a while and was happy to receive the audio for review since that meant I would actually get to read it (since just about all of my reading is on audiobooks on my commute these days). I like Raine, she’s a bookworm and also a Supernatural […]
Let’s chat about prologues. What do you think of them? Do they add to the story, or do they feel like just another chapter? Julie: I’m seeing prologues being used to tell a little bit of the story from before the current timeline. I think that works well so that a chapter doesn’t feel out of […]
Top 5 Reasons for Writing a Fairytale Retelling By David Estes With my SciFi Pinocchio retelling, STRINGS, having been just released, I’ve been thinking a lot about why I wrote the book in the first place! Here are my top 5 reasons for retelling a fairytale: Nostalgia! When I read awesomely creative and action-packed fairytale retellings […]
We were tagged in this joint blogging Q&A tag by the lovely sisters at Fashion Du Jour LDN! As you know, Chapter Break is a run blog by two very awesome ladies (Julie and Lynn), so we’re sharing some insight on our joint blogging. Q1: What made you want to write a blog together? Julie: […]