Romancing Romance by author Suzanne Tyrpak
T.L. Haddix asked me to talk about romance, specifically the difficulties associated with writing romance. Am I writing romance? I list my books under romance (and other genres), but my collection of short stories, Dating My Vibrator (and other true fiction), often seems to be the antithesis of romance. In fact reading the stories may [...]
Book Promotion on a Budget with author L.C. Evans
What if you wrote a book and nobody bought it? This sounds like a horrible thing to happen to an author, but it’s exactly what does happen in far too many cases. It doesn’t matter how good your book is, if you don’t know how to attract readers, your book won’t sell. You can avoid [...]
Interview with author Paul Clayton
A while ago, I was given the opportunity to do a critique for Paul Clayton, on his book Calling Crow. Although I’m a genealogy buff who likes history, I don’t read much historical fiction that isn’t romance. Calling Crow wasn’t a book I would think to pick up in a bookstore, as it simply isn’t [...]
C.I. Bond, author – Genre differentiation
Urban Fantasy verses Paranormal Romance By C. I. Bond I frequent a writer’s forum and the subject of Urban Fantasy came up. I pointed out that I tend not to read Paranormal Romance (PnR) because … as I put it: “just slap some fangs on a guy” and the author turns a regular romance into [...]
How Do You Write? A guest post…
How Do You Write? By Julie Christensen, author and artist I’ve always written in small spurts, squeezing an hour alone with my notebook into the cracks of the rest of my life. When I was working my way through graduate school, I wrote about one hour a week, in my writing group. Over the course [...]
An interview with Saffina Desforges, author
I am glad to welcome author Saffina Desforges to my humble blog. The author of crime thrillers and urban fantasy has just released her latest novel, “Sugar & Spice”. Here’s what she has to say about it. Hi, Saffina. Please tell me about your latest release, Sugar and Spice. Sugar & Spice is a ground-breaking [...]
Fourteen Days Later, with Sibel Hodge
A few months ago, I had the privilege of working on a project with Indie author Sibel Hodge. Sibel is an absolute delight to work with, and her work has a snappy, witty spirit to it that keeps a reader intrigued. Her latest book, My Perfect Wedding, has just been released, and I wanted to [...]