I love doing National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), but I don’t do it every year because usually I’m in the middle of a book and don’t want to stop to start something new. This year, I finished the second run through of Pigsty Princess the end of September and decided to let it sit long …
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After Dina Ranger loses telepathic contact with her brother, she breaks into his apartment and stumbles onto a special government unit responsible for monitoring the psychic population. She’s offered a job where she can use her psionic gifts to help people. Stranded on earth over a hundred years ago, Liam of Shria is searching for …
By Kelly Martin What is ‘clean’ fiction? I want to thank Nancy for having me on her blog today! Today is a big day for me, a one day blog blitz (13 blogs) to get the word out about my new book, SAINT SLOAN. Have you ever heard of ‘clean’ fiction? There is a bit …
Here is a list of 623 books! A List of Books. This is actually 13 Top 100 lists combined, which always makes me wonder who makes up these lists and what criteria do they use? Let’s take a look at one list and see if we can figure it out. The Novel 100: A Ranking …
I’m sorry I didn’t get this out yesterday. Life is hectic. Tomorrow is our annual Readers’ Luncheon and I’ve been working to get my outfit made and the agenda dealt with, etc., etc. Anyway, here it is, a day late. This Time You Lose by Chris Stralyn What would you do if street thugs invaded …
Cover Blurb: Love. Desire. A psycho bent on revenge. But can Charlie Reynolds recognize the most dangerous of the three? Since being out on her own at eighteen, Charlotte “Charlie†Reynolds is a street-smart “good†girl who hides her desire for love and security behind her feisty and independent personality. She just never expected a …
By Kelly Martin Back Cover Blurb: Sixteen year old Rachel Harker expects the hiking trip in the mountains to be short and painless. Four days later, injured and scared, she just prays to make it home alive. Description from Goodreads: Sixteen year old Rachel Harker expects the church sponsored hiking trip in the Smoky Mountains …
By Rebecka Vigus Back Cover Blurb: As if getting called out on a victimless domestic disturbance wasn’t bad enough, Detectives Macy McVannel and her partner Tom Maxell get a sixteen year old cold case plopped on their desks. Once the case opens up and the detectives try to help Mrs. Appleton finally find out who …
My dear friend, Josephine Templeton, has written a wonderful story about a young girl who grows up on a pirate ship, pretending to be a boy. I haven’t finished reading this yet, but so far it’s an engaging, unexpected story. Jesse gets herself into trouble and works hard to keep her identity a secret. The …
Recently, some events have come together like planets aligning (or the Confluence of the Three Moons – see Sword & Illusion – 31 May), and these things have gotten me to thinking about the difference between good storytelling and good writing. Which is more important? I read the Twilight series about four years ago or …