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Tag, you’re it! What bookstores should learn from fanfiction by Strange Seawolf
A few years ago, publishers discovered tropes, and as someone who writes both fanfiction and original works (and who doesn’t agree that the first is somehow “lesser” than the second, but that’s a topic for another day), I am always stumped how little of… Continue Reading “Tag, you’re it! What bookstores should learn from fanfiction by Strange Seawolf”
Words of Wisdom by Rathan Krueger
It’s annoying when someone beats you with their pop culture “expertise”, isn’t it? We get it; they’ve read “The Silmarillion”. A lot. However, you shouldn’t let that overzealous author with the Quenya pen name deter you from enjoying pop culture references in literature.… Continue Reading “Words of Wisdom by Rathan Krueger”
The Impetus of GRAPHIC NATURE by Daniel Damiano
After my first novel was published, there was a certain degree of satisfaction in both having completed a pretty sizable work and also being able to share it with the general public. However, upon completing it, I did not assume I’d have another idea with… Continue Reading “The Impetus of GRAPHIC NATURE by Daniel Damiano”
MedEvac by Andrew Lafleche (Book Review #1956)
MedEvac by Andrew Lafleche is a powerful and emotionally charged poetry collection that offers a raw and unflinching look into the dark and often painful realities of life. Drawing from the author’s experiences as a veteran, Lafleche explores the harrowing effects of combat in… Continue Reading “MedEvac by Andrew Lafleche (Book Review #1956)”
Interviewing Bigfoot
I’m afraid my colleague Bigfoot is extremely shy, so he’s agreed for me, as his, er, ‘agent’, to tackle this interview. Not to say he wasn’t tickled to get the offer and to talk about his new novel—‘The Projectionist’!
I wrote a memoir, and my character’s name is different than mine by Brandi Dredge
Can a wife say she is a wife if the law identifies her as her husband’s victim? Can a mother say she is a mother if her child’s DNA is evidence of the crime? Can a woman love the same life she pities? Yes,… Continue Reading “I wrote a memoir, and my character’s name is different than mine by Brandi Dredge”
Chasing the Muse by Sharon Curcio
Many writers complain about feeling “writer’s block” from time to time. But essentially, I don’t believe in writer’s block. I would ask each author to reflect on a story idea that compelled him or her to write, that bubbled up from the subconscious, downloaded… Continue Reading “Chasing the Muse by Sharon Curcio”
A Character in the Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Universe of Lost Messages’ Speaks Out by Janet Stilson
Hey. My name’s Cheeta Lucida LaVera. You’ll find me inside a new book by Janet Stilson called Universe of Lost Messages. She asked me to explain a few things.
Five Questions with Mark Doyon about Deep Fried
In the forthcoming novel Deep Fried by Mark Doyon, Americanized millennial Arjun Chatterjee is a food-truck chef working in a parking lot outside the nation’s capital. He dreams up multiethnic recipes and pursues a young woman toiling in a Kafkaesque office nearby. Building a… Continue Reading “Five Questions with Mark Doyon about Deep Fried”
