Write Better: Street Team Content

Your street team, crew, or biggest fans! Whatever you call them, they help you spread the word about your book. So why not give them the best ? Today we look at content you should reserve for your super fans. Sneak Peeks: Give them the a chapter to tease your super fans with your upcoming...

Author Interview: George Tackes

1. When did you know you had a story to tell? Storytellers always have a story to tell. This particular tale, “The Great Chicago Fire Conspiracy,” started in 2011 during a family trip to Springfield, IL. After visiting the old State Capitol, we were walking away and my daughter turned to look at the old...

March Reads

Blue Pills flooding the streets of DenverFentanyl ruining lives; friends and loved ones dying from the synthetic opioidA football star in search of answers to why one friend is dead and another missingDennis Gash reaching out to Jarvis Mann whose gumshoe days are in the pastThe case drawing him out of retirement and into the...

Writer Resources: The Best Newsletter Platforms

MailChimp: The most popular email marketing tool to date, they offer free and paid options. The free account offers updated templates and is user friendly for the less tech savvy. You can monitor everything from subscribers to clicks and more. They also offer an easy to create landing page for new fans. Honestly, this is...

Write Better: Making Moves

Just because the month is almost over, doesn’t mean we can’t still fall in love. And I expect no less from our characters. As a writer it can be hard not to be cliché and cheesy, especially if our real lives haven’t required us to need our moves in years. So let’s get modern with...

Author Interview: Britany Cournoyer

For the readers who don’t know you, can you tell us what genre/s you write in? I write in M/M. The subcategories contemporary, paranormal, romantic suspense, and rom-com At what age did you know you had to write? What do you feel was most difficult in putting a book together? Coming up with the beginning...

February Reads

Do we ever really move on from the one that got away? Charissa Collins is a newly published author who embodies both strength and vulnerability. She embraces her sexuality and isn’t afraid to go after anything she wants. At her first book signing, she runs into her old flame, Robert Lockland. The magnetic pull between...

Author Interview: Robin Reardon

1. For new readers, what genre do you write? All my stories feature gay characters primarily, though I often include characters from other groups under that colorful rainbow umbrella: bi, gender queer, intersex, trans—the list goes on.  My early works—novels one through eight—featured gay teens. But my Trailblazer series, as well as my newest novel (For Love...

January Reads

Welcome to 2023! Inspector Ron Atkinson returns to solve the case of, ‘The Body in the Park’, in this light-hearted comedy-mystery, joined by his impetuous partner Malcolm. They set forth on another rip-roaring adventure amidst the pandemic, in the picturesque town of Mill Hill, a leafy suburb of London. As the investigation unfolds, we question was this only an accidental death? Who...

Author Interview: Marie Sinclair

1. For those of us who don’t know you, what genre/s do you write in? I write contemporary mm romance with a fair amount of steam and angst.  2. When did you know you had a story to tell? I could say, I’ve always had a story to tell. I narrated my toys through their adventures instead...