Where Fiction and Reality Meet
TNA: Hi, Cara, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start out by having you tell us a little bit about yourself: hobbies, interests, things we might not know about you but should? Cara: Thanks for having me! I'd say my work is my biggest hobby. I can get lost... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Cara, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start out by having you tell us a little bit about yourself: hobbies, interests, things we might not know about you but should? Cara: Thanks for having me! I'd say my work is my biggest hobby. I can get lost... Continue Reading →
“Don’t you find that a terribly romantic idea? Love stealing in to overtake two people who’d believed they were merely friends?” ― Cecilia Grant Title: Behind the Mask Author: Lisa Worrall Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 80 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: The Downe's Valentine's Day Masquerade Ball has been an annual event for over a... Continue Reading →
“Don’t you find that a terribly romantic idea? Love stealing in to overtake two people who’d believed they were merely friends?” ― Cecilia Grant Title: Behind the Mask Author: Lisa Worrall Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 80 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: The Downe's Valentine's Day Masquerade Ball has been an annual event for over a... Continue Reading →
“We’re guys, we don’t do this romantic shit.” – Rhys Ford Title: The Devil’s Brew (Sinner Series: Book 2.5) Author: Rhys Ford Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 66 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Miki St. John’s life has been turned upside down, but it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to him. His best friend,... Continue Reading →
“We’re guys, we don’t do this romantic shit.” – Rhys Ford Title: The Devil’s Brew (Sinner Series: Book 2.5) Author: Rhys Ford Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 66 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Miki St. John’s life has been turned upside down, but it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to him. His best friend,... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach would like to extend a final thank you to everyone who has followed along, commented, and participated in any way in the Hop Against Homophobia and Transphobia. A very special thank you goes to B. Addler, Kade Boehme, and to Jaime Samms for allowing us to share their stories with all of... Continue Reading →
Suspicion greeted me. It was heartfelt. Nearly palatable in its intensity. Probably because I’d just spoken to the Sinner’s Gin singer a month ago, and he more than likely hadn’t expected me to crop back up so soon. Personally, I looked upon the interview as revenge for being nibbled on by an irate mallard. A... Continue Reading →
Suspicion greeted me. It was heartfelt. Nearly palatable in its intensity. Probably because I’d just spoken to the Sinner’s Gin singer a month ago, and he more than likely hadn’t expected me to crop back up so soon. Personally, I looked upon the interview as revenge for being nibbled on by an irate mallard. A... Continue Reading →
Intensifiers are the most overused words on the planet. These awesome and terrific tips are a wonderful way for real writers to write their absolute magnificent best. The underlined words are just a few intensifiers. Now the sentence without them: These tips are a way for writers to write their best. Uncluttered, and frankly, much... Continue Reading →
“A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope.” - Dean Koontz Title: The Next Author: Rafe Haze Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 257 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: He never thought he’d become one of the agoraphobic sludges of New York... Continue Reading →
Please welcome our second contributor to The Hop Against Homophobia and Transphobia, Kade Boehme. Kade shares a very personal story about his own coming out with us today, and there's also another chance to win a $20 Gift Card for Dreamspinner Press (the first can be found HERE - Deadline Midnight PT 5/21/14). THIS CONTEST... Continue Reading →
There was a time when I could quite comfortably write three or four books a year. Between my first novel After Ben’s submission, rejection, and its eventual publication, I wrote three other novel-length works. I was midway through a fourth when something happened that made me put down my pen. The story that forced me... Continue Reading →
There was a time when I could quite comfortably write three or four books a year. Between my first novel After Ben’s submission, rejection, and its eventual publication, I wrote three other novel-length works. I was midway through a fourth when something happened that made me put down my pen. The story that forced me... Continue Reading →
“I suspect the most we can hope for, and it's no small hope, is that we never give up, that we never stop giving ourselves permission to try to love and receive love.” ― Elizabeth Strout Title: A Fighting Man (Men of Manhattan: Book Three) Author: Sandrine Gasq-Dion Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 103... Continue Reading →
“I suspect the most we can hope for, and it's no small hope, is that we never give up, that we never stop giving ourselves permission to try to love and receive love.” ― Elizabeth Strout Title: A Fighting Man (Men of Manhattan: Book Three) Author: Sandrine Gasq-Dion Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 103... Continue Reading →
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Title: Perfect Imperfections Author: Cardeno C. Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Hollywood royalty Jeremy Jameson has lived a sheltered life with music as his sole focus and only friend. Before... Continue Reading →
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Title: Perfect Imperfections Author: Cardeno C. Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Hollywood royalty Jeremy Jameson has lived a sheltered life with music as his sole focus and only friend. Before... Continue Reading →
The opening paragraphs of The River Leith came to me in a rush one afternoon, the voice so sure and confident, the words flowing through my brain like a river, and I hurried to get them down. Some characters and books are like that. They show up and they have a voice and a presence,... Continue Reading →
The opening paragraphs of The River Leith came to me in a rush one afternoon, the voice so sure and confident, the words flowing through my brain like a river, and I hurried to get them down. Some characters and books are like that. They show up and they have a voice and a presence,... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the Riptide Publishing/Aleksandr Voinov/L. A. Witt blog tour for our thriller, Hostile Ground! Every comment on this blog tour enters you in a drawing for a choice of two eBooks off our backlists (**excluding Hostile Ground) and a $10 Riptide Publishing store credit. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on May 20th, and... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the Riptide Publishing/Aleksandr Voinov/L. A. Witt blog tour for our thriller, Hostile Ground! Every comment on this blog tour enters you in a drawing for a choice of two eBooks off our backlists (**excluding Hostile Ground) and a $10 Riptide Publishing store credit. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on May 20th, and... Continue Reading →
“I don’t know you. I don’t even know why we’re friends, and I still like you. I like you...” Leith swallowed hard and exhaled a shaky breath, searching for the right word. “Desperately.” – Leta Blake Title: The River Leith Author: Leta Blake Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 173 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Memory is... Continue Reading →
“I don’t know you. I don’t even know why we’re friends, and I still like you. I like you...” Leith swallowed hard and exhaled a shaky breath, searching for the right word. “Desperately.” – Leta Blake Title: The River Leith Author: Leta Blake Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 173 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Memory is... Continue Reading →
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