Ask An Author, Writing

Ask An Author: Healing Reads

The best authors write about what they know. Over the last couple of weeks, I have gotten a pretty close look at what a major illness can do to a family. I don’t think I know nearly enough about it yet to write about it, so I decided to ask my writer friends some questions… Read More Ask An Author: Healing Reads

Ask An Author, Writing

Ask An Author: Eight Hours before a Big Deadline

There are some exciting things happening for our authors this month! One of them had her book featured in a mid-size, national level newsletter, which just might boost sales (always a good thing). Another one submitted a manuscript for a sequel to a publisher. Another one finished a manuscript and is now in the process… Read More Ask An Author: Eight Hours before a Big Deadline

Ask An Author, Writing

Ask An Author: Is It About the Reading or the Reader?

As previously mentioned, one of the way authors improve their craft is by reading—a lot. Most authors are first and foremost avid readers, and have to deal with the reality of painful necks and shoulders or too heavy suitcases all the time. Since they have been introduced, electronic readers seem to have cause quite a… Read More Ask An Author: Is It About the Reading or the Reader?

Book Review

Book Review: The Tourist Killer by FC Etier

I have been putting off reading The Tourist Killer for quite some time. To those of you for whom the name is familiar, no doubt you have already read FC Etier’s articles, stories, and reviews, and know how engaging a writer he is (not to mention an intriguing photographer, but that is a whole other… Read More Book Review: The Tourist Killer by FC Etier