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 […]
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 […]
Five Things Every Romance Novel Should Have Humor. A strong female lead. Have both the male and female leads have lives of their own in the story (ie. scenes with the female lead and her friends/family and same with the male lead and his friends/family) I believe that ads more depth to their character. Show […]
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 […]
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: Top Three Reasons to Write a Young Adult Paranormal Romance Series by C.C. Hunter 1. It’s therapy and can lead to some self-discovery. When I was asked to write the series, I came within a breath of saying no. It had been a long time since I had been a teen. I worried I […]
Guest Post: Who Doesn’t Love A Handsomely Hot Hero? by Denise Moncrief Who doesn’t love a handsomely hot hero? Well, at least I do. Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. If they were all the same, that would be boring, and then these guys wouldn’t be heroes, would they? When everyone is the […]
Guest Post: Top Ten Places I Most Want to Travel To by Sarah Mäkelä I’m probably a little different from most people in my choices. I’m not crazy about beaches or hot weather. I’m entirely fascinated with snow and Scandinavia and Russia. With that out of the way, here we go… Yellowstone National Park – I […]
Julie’s Review: Stolen Dreams is the final installment of the Cassie Scot series, and let me say the ending was spectacular. So I’ll just start from there. When all the secrets finally got revealed, I have to say everything was quite a surprise and I enjoyed it. For a moment there I wasn’t quite sure […]