Book Cover Throwback: Dragonsong
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey. What I Love about this Cover: The blues in this cover fit the sea setting of the book, and I love the fire lizards. Mix music & dragons and I was Read More…
Pure Jonal Review
Pure Jonel did a great review of Amaskan’s Blood, giving it 4/5 stars. “[A] fantasy novel in its truest form…these well-developed individuals held me captive. It was a very strong start to a fantasy series that I very much look Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: Chrononauts
This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Chrononauts, a short card game of time travel. # of Expansions: 4 # of Players: 1-6 Players Best with: 4 Players Publisher: Looney Labs Avg. Play Time: 30-60 minutes Parts: Cards. That’s all. Overall Rating: 6.5/10 Read More…
Top 10 Things I Learned from My 1st Book Signing
Authors talk at length about their experiences writing a novel, seeking publication, getting published, etc., but few discuss their first book events. Mine was a week ago (2/21) at the geekiest coffeehouse in Seattle, Wayward Coffeehouse. I am continually amazed Read More…
Scrivener Saturday: Five Ways to Use Split Screen
This week’s Scrivener Saturday – Five Ways to Use Split Screen Beyond the Corkboard & Outline Views. Seems like a no-brainer, right? I’ve run into quite a few authors who didn’t know that the split screen in Scrivener wasn’t limited Read More…
Flashback Friday: Cosmic Trilogy
For this week’s Flashback Friday post, I’m happy to have science-fiction author, Michelle Murrain, here for a guest post on how The Cosmic Trilogy (aka The Space Trilogy) by C. S. Lewis influenced her as a writer. When I was Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: I Am Legend
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: I am Legend by Richard Matheson. What I Love about this Cover: The contrast between the castle and the main character. It’s eye catching in an old book cover way. What I Don’t Love about Read More…
Monday Night Gaming Delay
After this crazy weekend, my plan was to wake up this morning and catch up on my posts, including this week’s Monday Night Gaming post on something new, but unfortunately, the super-dose of Aleve they gave me for my broken Read More…
Bestseller Amaskan’s Blood Book Event
I will write up a post later this week with a more detailed account of my experience with my first book signing, but for now, I wanted to say– THANK YOU!! Thirty-some-odd people showed up for my first book reading/signing. Read More…
Flashback Friday: Lest Darkness Fall
For this week’s Flashback Friday post, I’m happy to have SF/F author, Janine Southard, here for a guest post on how Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague deCamp influenced her as a writer. I have a competency kink. (Where characters Read More…
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