Guest Post: When Characters Outgrow Their Roles by Christine Amsden Some characters arrive on a blaze of inspiration. They bowl you over, shout their secrets into your mind, and won’t shut up until you’ve written their story. Such was the case with Cassie Scot, the ungifted daughter of powerful sorcerers who became the heroine in […]
Guest Post: My Top 5 Urban Fantasy Novels With Nicola R. White Since releasing my debut urban fantasy romance, Fury’s Kiss, this month, I have been thinking about which books inspired me to write urban fantasy and taught me just how awesome this genre can be. After much thought, I’ve narrowed down my top 5 and am […]
THE PATH… It’s the longest running question on the up-and-coming’s mind and the first and most frequent question that the established will be asked: “What’s the best way to succeed as a writer?” For as many authors as there are, however, there’s just as many answers, and, more often than not, their success story will […]
Author interview with Sarah Mäkelä: Describe Beneath the Broken Moon in 10 words or less for people who are just learning about it. Female werewolf torn between an alpha werewolf and vampire. What do you do when a new idea jumps out at you while you’re still working on a book? Do you chase the […]
Taken From Home, Guest Post by Jana Grissom “You call CPS right now and tell her to take me back to my mom!” screams a big brown eyed little girl. She’s hurt, confused and just wants to go home. It wasn’t her choice. She didn’t want to leave her real family in the first place, […]
Guest Post: What makes a zombie fan? by Jessica Robinson Recently, I was asked to give my Undead Obsessed (which is sponsored through the Wyoming Humanities Council) presentation and my Surviving Zombies workshop at a high school. It was located 3.5 hours away from where I live, and the majority of the drive took place […]
Guest Post: Inspiration for Fly Again by Tracy Sherwood As a writer, you never know from where your inspiration will arrive. For instance, in my earlier days of becoming a published writer, I had the opportunity to submit a personal essay to A Cup of Comfort for Women. I was excited by the prospect of having […]
Guest Post: Writing Influences by Tania Joyce As I find with all my writing, Propositions was influenced by a combination of many elements. Some straight forward, while others were so left-wing, I was even baffled sometimes wondering where the ideas came from. When I started writing this book two years ago, I was going through […]
Rose and I recently attended the 2015 Houston Teen Book Con. We had a very full day of author panels. After which, there are now a bunch more books we want to read. But we managed to not buy a single book. (Go #ShelfLove Challenge!) I found that the overall take-away from all of the […]
Guest Post by Lisa Beth Darling Being a Writer is Like…. Being held captive in an insane asylum. Think about it, there’s you the writer and supposedly ‘the sane one’ then one day you’re completely taken over by these voices in your head. They’re not just voices, you can see them, you can feel their […]