Cover art is a touchy subject for authors. I would imaging musicians also are picky about the cover for their next "label". This is the first point of contact your art has with the world. The first impression. According to statistics the cover art of a book has a 30% impact on whether someone chooses [...]
Two summers ago I attended the Writer's Police Academy in North Carolina. It was a fantastic writer's conference for anyone writing suspense, crime fiction or drama, etc. I was going through my photos and found this one...of me with Barney at one of the dinners. This man did a fabulous impersonation and added a lot [...]
Today’s spotlight is on S. C. Mitchell, author of SON OF THUNDER, SWIFTLY BEATS THE HEART, THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS WEREWOLVES, THE FORSAKEN TEMPLAR, and SEEDS OF IMMORTALITY. Thank you for inviting me to join you on your blog today. Why do you write? I’ve tried not writing, and it doesn’t work for [...]
We all reach a day, a month, a year, or a decade where our goals seem impossible to achieve. We have worked for months, even years toward a measure of success that we set for ourselves. And it remains elusive, avoiding us like poison. We thought we had it once but no, it escaped back [...]
Local Author Adapts Houston’s Hurricane Experiences into a Suspenseful Romantic Fiction; Flood, Flash, and Pheromones from Soul Mate Publishing. Shelley K. Wall has volunteered through three hurricanes and one tropical storm that dealt hefty blows to the local community as well as her own business and personal life. Her latest novel extrapolates bits of those [...]
WINNER FROM GIVEAWAY NUMBER ONE: Pam B. Morris. Please email me details of where to send it @ skwallbooks@yahoo.com The second giveaway in the Flood, Flash, and Pheromones launch is $25 in Amazon money...you can buy whatever you choose with your Amazon Money. All you have to do is one of the following: 1. Retweet one of my [...]
The Promised One by C.D. Hersh My rating: 5 of 5 stars Holy Cow. This one surprised me. I was immersed from the beginning by curiosity about the ring. Then things became more and more complicated. Love the way Rhys and Lexi work off each other. And the complexities of the relationship compounded by her [...]
I love music and listen to it via every possible avenue, IPhone, Pandora, Sirius in my car, etc. I DO pay for it because nothing gets in my craw worse than theft of an artist' work -- whether music, print, or anything other media. I often use a song to set my mood while working [...]
Today I started back into a manuscript that I'd outlined some time ago. See, I usually will outline a new idea even if I haven't finished the current project so that the idea stays with me. Then when I've completed a WIP, I move back to the outline and either ditch it permanently or continue [...]
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