Interview with Author Vivianne Knebel 1. At what point did you decide to be an author and what was your path to publication? Answer: My life started with tragedy and ended in triumph. It is all about overcoming. I knew I had a story within me that needed to be told. This prompted me to […]
Alle C. Hall’s WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR OF Book Summary Nominated for The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Book Award, Alle C. Hall’s debut literary novel, As Far As You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back is a-girl-and-her-backpack story with a #MeToo influence: Carlie is not merely traveling. A child sexual abuse survivor, as […]
Julie’s Review: Gemja is an interplanetary fantasy/sci-fi adventure with some mystical ideas sprinkled in. I will assume this is just the first book in what will be a multi-book series and will treat it accordingly. Because if this is all there is, well it ends just as it is getting really good. Our MC, […]
Children’s Fiction Date Published: Sep 22, 2023 Publisher: Acorn Publishing Mom Wombat says, “Make friends, not war!” “Try to get along and don’t keep score… It doesn’t matter who has more toys, just have fun, my girls and boys. Don’t YOU be a bully, not even now and then, not even to […]
THE COLDEST WINTER I EVER SPENT by Ann Jacobus YA / Contemporary / Suicide & Family Issues Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab Date of Publication: March 7, 2023 Number of Pages: 352 pages Audiobook: 9 hours, 11 minutes Scroll down for Giveaway! Eighteen-year-old Del is in a healthier place than she was a year and a half […]
Steggie Belle & the Dream Warriors Audiobook is available! Published by candlelight—surrounded by chanting Druids—at midnight on Summer Solstice back in 2020, this is Elias Pell’s debut novel. A semi-autobiographical Fantasy which delves behind the world we know, or like to tell ourselves we know. Now, on the Autumnal Equinox—September 23rd, 2023—the unabridged Audiobook read […]
RIP THE SKY by Mark Packard Speculative Fiction / Fantasy / Science Fiction Publisher: Bluestreak Publishing Page Count: 317 pages Publication Date: August 21, 2023 Scroll down for a giveaway! After a shocking courtroom tragedy, a disturbed Vietnam veteran and the vindictive judge who sent him to prison become an unlikely pair of time travelers […]
Claudine Wolk & Julie Murkette’s WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR OF Get Your Book Seen & Sold Book Summary It is easier than ever to publish a book, but many authors find out too late about the actual work-the book marketing-that needs to be done to achieve sizable book sales. Instead of embracing the […]
Raven Howell’s WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR OF Santa’s Slip Up Julie’s Review: How cute is this picture book. I mean you already probably know how much I love Halloween and all the fun costumes and creatures. And here we have a fun story sharing all the different Halloween creatures and oops, Santa too! […]
BONUS*** The book contains a QR code linked to a FREE audiobook version of the story read by actor Marina Squerciati, a fun activity and a soothing meditation from Lynn Sparrow Christy. Julie’s Review: I love a kids story about facing fears with the help of friends and wanting to be kind to others. […]