Author Interview with Nicky Peacock At what point did you decide to be an author and what was your path to publication? I can’t remember a time I didn’t want to be an author. But it was only back in 2010 that I started to take my dream seriously. I began writing short stories for […]
Interview with Brantwijn Serrah At what point did you decide to be an author and what was your path to publication? I always had a love for telling stories. I didn’t put much thought into being a freelance author until about my senior year in high school, though. I started publishing poems in college, and […]
Guest Post: Saving the Universe by Robert Eggleton The following article discusses the evolving role of fictional heroes from the perspective of Lacy Dawn, the protagonist of Rarity from the Hollow, a double Gold Medal winning adult literary science fiction novel. “Lacy Dawn is the last person you would pick to be the savior of […]
Guest Post: How Not to be Boring: Eight Writing Tips for Writers by Cara Achterberg Be honest. Don’t pretend you know something you don’t, feel something you don’t feel, or are something you’re not. Just be heart-exposingly honest and readers will appreciate it. Honesty is never boring. Write your passion. Write what you love. Write […]
Guest Post: Hal Levey’s Path to Publication Every self-publisher can recall how his/her first book was born. This is my story. “Under the Pong Pong Tree” is a historical novel dealing with the Japanese atrocities committed against the Chinese residents of Singapore during World War II. The book was incubated several years ago during a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Writing to Please Everyone (HINT: It Ain’t Gonna Happen…) by Rachel Dunning The first book I ever wrote got two reviews almost instantly after publishing: A scathing, horrible, painful, depressing one-star. And a glorious, over-the-top, mind-blowing, filled-with-gifs, praising, laudatory five-star. The one-star was on Amazon. The five-star was on Goodreads. By chance, I happened to […]
WHY MY HEROINES HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE AWKWARD by Louisa Klein In 2010, when I started writing down ideas for what would have become the first book in my urban fantasy series, all I knew, was that it would feature a boy turning into some dark tree. I knew it, because I had dreamt […]
Guest Post: A History of Paranormal Romance With Nicola R. White Most romance readers have no trouble spotting a paranormal from a distance. Like all subgenres, the covers tend to identify the subject matter – a tough heroine wearing leather, a cityscape, glowing eyes, and magic symbols are all signs that a paranormal experience waits for the […]