Crystal Casters book 1 by Jenn Nixon–A Book Review
Cyndra Raine is just a regular woman trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world, alternate universe Earth.
read moreCompelled to Write–Round Robin June 23, 2018
Do your characters (or does your muse) compel you to write? Do they push you through the difficult scenes?
read moreRomance Novel Trends–Round Robin May 2018
Romance Novel Trends Round Robin May 2018 topic: What changes have your seen in romance novels in the past decade? Is there a change in romance novel direction? Is there still a market for non-explicit sex stories? What is the next romance novel trend? Back in 2006, I...
read moreJax Starlight by Jenn Nixon–a sci-fi book review
Review of Jax Starlight by Jenn Nixon Blurb: When the Exodus ships left Earth, we all thought we had a chance at starting over, finding a new world to build a colony. Only that didn't happen. We crashed on an inhabited planet and woke up to a nightmare we can't...
read moreEstablish a Story, Characters, and Setting–Round Robin–April 2018
This month's Round Robin is about how I establish a story, its characters, and setting. How do I immerse my readers in my story? First, I must immerse myself in the location. This means either research or I'm very familiar with the area. For such stories like The...
read moreA Cowboy for Alyssa by Shirley Penick–A Review
Review of A Cowboy for Alyssa by Shirley Penick Shirley Penick’s writing has grown a great deal from the last time I read one of her books. I’m so glad that, when I came back to her, I picked up A Cowboy for Alyssa. Alyssa Jefferson is in the last semester of college,...
read moreThe Turquoise Bones by Steven R Brandt–a book review
The Turquoise Bones book review In The Turquoise Bones, Apjay is a boy on the verge of manhood in a harsh world of drought and famine. Gifted with messages from the dead, he can never please his father, the Hunt Leader. His entire tribe struggles from day to day to...
read morePigsty Princess by Nancy S. Brant–A Book Review
Pigsty Princess--A Book Review Pigsty Princess by Nancy S. Brandt tells the tale of a princess, Mariana, who lives in Valborough, a land where magical powers—Elemental Sensitives—are everything to the nobility. The law of the land states that the person with the...
read moreAm I in my characters–Round Robin February 2018
This month, our Round Robin is about how we create our characters. When I write my characters, how much of the character is me? How much is it influenced by people I know? And do I ever learn anything from my characters? Honestly, there’s probably a little bit of me...
read moreBloody Sexy (Book 2 of Necro-Files) by CL Bledsoe–Review
Bloody Sexy review Bloody Sexy by CL Bledsoe is a fabulous mix of humor and urban fantasy. This is my second excursion into this series, and it was as much fun as the first. Daisy Janney is a 19-year-old, full-time college student that works at a mortuary part-time....
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