Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Redundant - characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas. I’ve witnessed a great deal of bad grammar throughout this writing journey of mine, and marvel when I hear the same errors in everyday speech. A particular pet peeve is the piling on of intensifiers that turn a simple word into a poorly thought... Continue Reading →
Today we're so pleased to welcome author Piper Vaughn, here to celebrate the re-release of Moonstruck, Book Three in the Lucky Moon series, co-authored with M.J. O'Shea. Enjoy Piper's guest post, and be sure to pay special attention to the part where you can enter to win a paperback copy of the book. Good luck!... Continue Reading →
Please join us in welcoming author Wade Kelly today, on the tour for her latest novel No! Jocks Don't Date Guys. Enjoy Wade's guest post and then don't forget to check out the giveaway details for you below. Good luck! Writing From My Own Experiences Hello Again. Thank you for stopping by on the next... Continue Reading →
It’s almost Thanksgiving. Can you believe it? This year has gone so fast! I’m so thankful for all the amazing things that have happened this year. We could all use a little positive, right? Two years ago I completed my first novel after a year long dry spell. It was a new dystopian sort of... Continue Reading →
Today I'm so pleased to welcome Cecilia Tan and the Daron's Guitar Chronicles blog tour to The Novel Approach. Daron and this series have quickly become an all-time fave of mine, so enjoy Cecilia's post and the excerpt too! Not-So-Historical Romance: Writing the 1980s by Cecilia Tan My long-running series Daron's Guitar Chronicles carries the... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to have the writing team of Jenna Rose and Katey Hawthorne with us to day on their Kanaan & Tilney blog tour. Enjoy their guest post, then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below to enter for the chance to win one of four e-copies of Kanaan & Tilney: The... Continue Reading →
Thanks so much to The Novel Approach for having me today! Since I’m kicking off our mini blog tour, I thought I’d talk about the Heartsville series and how it came into fruition. As a reader, I love to read a range of book lengths—everything from 9-page short stories to epic fantasy tomes. At the... Continue Reading →
Cowboys, Drakyl, Vampyr…and Things That Go Bump in the Night In Montana there’s a ranch you might want to steer clear of. The men there are nice enough, especially the younger cousins, but these cowboys have a bit of a secret. They aren’t quite human. Have your attention? Humans, see, live blissfully unaware of a... Continue Reading →
Today we're pleased to have author Jo Ramsey here to talk a bit about her new Harmony Ink Press novel Work Boots and Tees, book five in the Dark Secrets and Hope series. For those readers who may be sensitive to the topic, please be advised that Jo's blog post broaches the subject of sexual... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone! I'm Lex Chase, and I want to give a huge thank you to Lisa for hosting me today. Right now she's getting ready for GayRomLit, and my butt is staying home. Today, I'm here to talk about Bayou Fairy Tale, the long awaited sequel to Americana Fairy Tale. It's only been a year... Continue Reading →
Welcome, everyone, as we here at The Novel Approach continue the Countdown to GayRomLit with Featured Author KC Burn! Enjoy KC's guest post, and then be sure to follow the instructions below to enter the giveaway she has planned just for you. Good luck! Obviously, as a straight woman, my characters are not little carbon... Continue Reading →
Please join us in welcoming author Lexi Ander to The Novel Approach today, on the tour for the latest installment in the Sumeria's Sons series, Dragon's Eye. Enjoy Lexi's guest post and the excerpt she's selected to share, then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below for the chance to win some great... Continue Reading →
My writing often requires I research the obscure as well as the blatant. I’m also an amateur genealogist of over twenty years, so I’ve dug into many a family history, including a thorough, if incomplete exploration of my own. You’re never done. I’ve learned how people lived and died over many centuries, discovered things I’m... Continue Reading →
Welcome to another edition of the Countdown to GayRomLit 2015. Today we're pleased to have author Nico Jaye with us. As you enjoy her guest post, be sure to pay special attention to the giveaway she's offering--an ecopy of her novella Where There's Smoke. Good luck! Being an "Author" at GRL with Nico Jaye –... Continue Reading →
Please join us in welcoming author Brad Vance to The Novel Approach today, as he makes the round to tell readers a bit about his new novel Werewolves of Brooklyn. Brad took the opportunity to answer a few interview questions from Will Parkinson, so enjoy, and then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and welcome back for a preview of what we have coming up for you in the week ahead. There's lots of activity to come as we welcome some very special guests and have lots of giveaways to offer along with our reviews and another Flashback Friday feature. Here's what's on tap! Monday –... Continue Reading →
A Newbie’s Adventures in Writing a Series Character - Lloyd A. Meeker With the release of Blood and Dirt in August, I entered the ranks of authors who write a series. That’s not something I anticipated when I wrote Enigma, the first Russ Morgan mystery, in 2012. For the first year after it came out I... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and many thanks to you for popping in to see who and what we have coming up for you in the next six days. We have a great lineup of authors set to visit with us this week, so I hope you'll come back to spend some time with us. Here's what's on... Continue Reading →
Join us in welcoming author T.M. Smith today, on the Fame and Fortune blog tour. Enjoy her guest post, then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below for the chance to win a signed copy of Gay for Pay (**US Residents Only**) or a $10 Amazon Gift Card. Good luck! The Straight Girl... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author Charlie Cochrane to The Novel Approach today to chat about her new novella from Bold Strokes Books, Don't Kiss the Vicar Welcome, Charlie! How and where does a story and its characters start? I know that some authors get an idea then plan their novel/novella down to the nth... Continue Reading →
Baseball and the Rainbow League By Kate McMurray It’s public knowledge that I’m a baseball fan, right? I figure sports fandom is one of those things that knows no gender. At least not in my house growing up. My dad watches all of the sports. All of them. Even golf. And Sunday was for watching... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, welcome back for a look at what we have coming up in this busy week ahead! This may well be the most guests we've ever welcomed in a week's time, and I can't wait to share it all with you: the guest posts, the giveaways, and, of course, the reviews. Here's what's on... Continue Reading →
I was always a ham as a kid, forcing my unsuspecting parents and neighbors to watch my lavish musicals in the garage. After college I became a professional actor, working in film, television, and theatre opposite stars like Rosie O’Donnell, Nathan Lane, Bruce Willis, Charles Keating, Jason Robards, and Holland Taylor. Moving on to playwriting... Continue Reading →
One of the best things about being an author is that you get to write what you love. For me, that's always been sci fi and fantasy. But growing up as a gay kid in the closet, I also wanted to read more about people like me. But I was afraid that if I wrote... Continue Reading →
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