Saraina Whitney's Blog, page 8
June 22, 2023
What Lies Beneath – a flash fiction (the Fifty Word Story Challenge!)
Once upon a time, the lovely Lillian Keith (at the Introspective Introvert) started a fun new writer’s tag called the Fifty Word Story Challenge, which is exactly what it sounds like! (*coughs* Meaning you have to write an entire story in just 50 words. That’s literally, like, a single paragraph.) Lillian literally started this tag… Continue reading What Lies Beneath – a flash fiction (the Fifty Word Story Challenge!)
June 15, 2023
The Secret Problem That Kills Heroes (a rant against heroes in romance)
Warning: this will be a bit, shall we say, roasty. So take all this with half a grain of salt. the secret problem that kills heroes Today, I want to discuss THE NUMBER ONE THING most likely to make me lose interest in a hero when I open the first page of a romance novel.… Continue reading The Secret Problem That Kills Heroes (a rant against heroes in romance)
June 12, 2023
Book Review – Midnight Will Come by Kristina Hall! (when dystopian meets real life)
WOW. *takes just a minute to soak in the whole story…and recover from the plot twists* Midnight Will Come is such a suspenseful, gripping book, unsettlingly realistic and because of that, much-needed in our fare of Christian fiction these days. Despite the gloom and angst and danger, Kristina Hall delivered a message of hope and endurance… Continue reading Book Review – Midnight Will Come by Kristina Hall! (when dystopian meets real life)
Review – Midnight Will Come by Kristina Hall! (when dystopian meets real life)
WOW. *takes just a minute to soak in the whole story…and recover from the plot twists* Midnight Will Come is such a suspenseful, gripping book, unsettlingly realistic and because of that, much-needed in our fare of Christian fiction these days. Despite the gloom and angst and danger, Kristina Hall delivered a message of hope and endurance… Continue reading Review – Midnight Will Come by Kristina Hall! (when dystopian meets real life)
June 8, 2023
Make Your First Sentence Shine (aka prompts for desperate writers)
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife…” “There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it…” “In a hole in the ground there… Continue reading Make Your First Sentence Shine (aka prompts for desperate writers)
June 5, 2023
Cover Reveal – Shattered Reaction by Madisyn Carlin! (forests + secrets + Christian fantasy)
IT IS COMING. Book Two of Madisyn Carlin’s The Shattered Lands is on its way* and today I have the pleasure of helping reveal the beautiful cover!!! ✨ *AHH YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW EXCITED I AM!!! BOOK INFORMATION Genre: Christian Fantasy/Fairy Tale Retelling Series: The Shattered Lands, Book Two Releases: June 27, 2023 About… Continue reading Cover Reveal – Shattered Reaction by Madisyn Carlin! (forests + secrets + Christian fantasy)
June 3, 2023
Cover Reveal – A Very Bookish Romance! (a Valentine’s Day collection)
‘Tis the season for cover reveals. 📗📚📖 Today I’m revealing the absolutely adorable eye candy – I mean, cover for the short story collection A Very Bookish Romance! It’s the last collection of A Very Bookish Holiday series, and it releases January 14th of next year! Book Info! A Very Bookish Romance coming 2024 Release… Continue reading Cover Reveal – A Very Bookish Romance! (a Valentine’s Day collection)
June 1, 2023
To the Exhausted Creative – a Letter
You’re in the same place you were last June. You’ve barely accomplished half of your plans for the spring of 2023, and soon half the year will be gone. Your story is inching along at a snail’s pace. Every day there seems to be a new task to remember. Guilt gnaws at you for the… Continue reading To the Exhausted Creative – a Letter
May 30, 2023
Cover Reveal – Springtime in Surrey anthology! (vintage vibes + flowers + women’s fiction)
The cover for Springtime in Surrey anthology is one of those covers that look like a portal. The longer you stare at it, the more you believe you can just step through it and enter a bygone era, a beautiful world of grass and stone fences and wildflowers and sunrises. Ever since I heard this… Continue reading Cover Reveal – Springtime in Surrey anthology! (vintage vibes + flowers + women’s fiction)
May 27, 2023
New Release – Trouble in Dry Springs by Kristina Hall!
I’m SO excited to announce that Kristina Hall’s new release Trouble in Dry Springs is now available to read!!! Hopefully soon, I can read and share my review of it here, but for now, you can read what other people are saying about it!! *winks* It sounds delightful. Book Info Genre: Christian historical western romance… Continue reading New Release – Trouble in Dry Springs by Kristina Hall!
