April Reads

WARNING! YOU COULD DIE READING THIS BOOK! When's the last time you had an intimate heart to heart chat with your death? Have you ever? Now is your chance. Hi, I am your Death and I am here for you. No wait, don’t go! Aside from the fact that you can’t get away, I’m not...

Musical Motivation

As I sit in my house writing up a storm, I realized how much music influences the scenes in my books, and if I'm pushed by songs, maybe writers and readers can share those feelings through music. So here's my "Writer's Playlist", and recommended listening for readers. Don't worry, I'll explain why I chose each...

How Writers Are Better Prepared

Here we are (better late then never), in the middle of a lock down/pandemic, and everyone seems restless already. But writer's have been preparing for this since birth! By Stigma: We're hermits anyway. Or at least that's what most readers assume authors/writers are. We do admire our time alone to get the words out of...

Write Better: Planning Your Book Launch

Today's advice comes from a new, but dear friend of mine Diane J. Windsor, owner of Motina Books. Find the link at the bottom. Here we go. Planning Your Book Launch   A book launch can take place anywhere from 30 to 90 days before your book is released. This is the perfect time to...

Author Interview: Collette Lorentzen

1) How long have you been a writer? 5 + years 2) How has art helped your writing? It’s more like “How has writing helped my art?” 3) Would you say its more difficult to write for children? No, and I love writing for children. 4) How often to you find yourself talking about your...

March Reading Madness

With Cera declared dead, Nicholas Grafton must come to terms with his loss and move on with the next case without her. He must put aside his feelings about a one time friend, to put together his clue, and avert the biggest disaster to face Central City yet. Cera, alive and well, has her own...

Write Better: Who Do You Write For?

One sunny Saturday morning I went to my favorite local writers group. Our topic of discussion: our audience. Who was I really writing for? While I thought I knew; I write for myself first and foremost. It feeds my soul. And while its not wrong to write for yourself; I learned I should be more...

Author Interview: Erin Casey

As an IABE Veteran, how does it feel to be doing your second Q&A with us? I’m very honored! I feel like I’ve learned a lot over the past year since publishing The Purple Door District and working with IABE. And I must say, I can’t wait for all of the upcoming signings. Can you...

February Reads

Time was but a moment. Past, present, future: it mattered not. The mirror was supposed to give the viewer a look into these moments and prolonged use could lead to insanity. Many had succumbed to the mirror's effects, but Tisiphone, the heir to the Valkyrie throne, had promised herself not to let it get that...