Sheila Deeth's Blog, page 32

Wish you could visit Krakow?

I love to collect guide books from places that I visit. I like them to have a nice mix of pictures and writing, and I like to feel I've maybe had a guided tour, even when I haven't. But I don't often read guide books to places I haven't visited, unless a good friend is sharing their joy in a trip.

I love to read fiction about fascinating characters, but I've never been so enthralled with biography. Real characters live such messy lives compared to those of fiction, their stories blurred by pat...

What genre do you publish?

Strangers, on learning that I'm a published author, frequently ask, "What do you write, then?" They probably want me to answer with a nice simple genre - mysteries say - and I almost wish I could oblige. But instead I tell them I write novels and children's fiction, then elaborate, if they ask, with the fact that my second novel, Infinite Sum, has just been released, and that I have children's books with two different publishers. One children's series (with almost enough books now for a book-...

Will You Identify With These (Prime) Characters?

Today I'm delighted to welcome author Dan O'Brien to my blog. His new book, first in a new series, is about to come out. It's called Sixth Prime and... well, it's sci-fi, mystery, galactic war, and... well, and something different, plus that interesting question, are you Prime? So, over to Dan, and thank you for visiting my blog.


When I started writing  Sixth Prime , I decided early on to do something very deliberate: I would make half the main characters female; I would make sure the perso...

Dedicating a Red Lotus?

R.J. Sullivan's Commanding the Red Lotus Blog Tour!June 27 to July 3, 2016




Today I'm delighted to welcome RJ Sullivan to my blog, author of the Red Lotus stories. The books are fascinating, of course. But RJ is here today to tell about those often-skipped, hugely important lines that come before the story... the novel's dedication. So... over to you RJ, and I for one am very much looking forward to what you will tell.
Anatomy of a Dedicationby R.J. Sullivan
If other authors are like me, behind e...

Why Romance?

When I was a kid, I used to help out with the cleaning at home. I discovered serious fiction by cleaning my big brother's room very slowly, wafting a duster and devouring pages of his "classics of modern fiction." Meanwhile I found a novel called "Oil" under my dad's side of his bed. Many years later I watched a movie and recognized the tale. And under Mum's side of the bed?

That was where I found my first romantic fiction. Soon I realized books under Mum's bed were pretty much the same as Gra...

Does fiction lie, or tell truth through lies?

When I was a kid, writing and telling stories and dreaming of being a famous author one day, my brother told me girls could only be author-ess-es. The word was too hard to say. I decided he was wrong.

One day I showed him one of my written stories, instead of just telling my curious tale out loud. He wasn't impressed. He told me fiction is lying, and lying is sin. But fiction was so much a part of me, I had to believe my brother was wrong again.

He's now a retired teacher of history and politic...

Crossed any good genres recently?

Today I'm delighted to welcome Dan Jolley, author of Gray Widow's Walk, to my blog. He's known for comic books, video-games and more, and Gray Widow sounds like the perfect blend of superhero and haunting protagonist... or cross-genre, horror, scifi, cool, intriguing... Yeah, so what genre is it really, Dan?

THE CROSS-GENRE QUESTION
Dan Jolley
I knew, when Stephen Zimmer at Seventh Star Press agreed to publish my new novel, Gray Widow’s Walk, that categorizing it might present a problem.
People,...

What a Strange Strange World We Live In

Tomorrow I'm hosting a guest post from the author of Gray Widow's Walk. He ponders whether his real-world/different world (maybe even strange world) novel is science fiction, horror, romance, or a blend of more; but best of all, he ponders the strangeness of humanity which always wants to put things in boxes, label them and make them safe. When something's truly strange, when it doesn't fit in the box, then we get scared.

And so it's hard to get a cross-genre novel published, the author claims...

Between The Lines - Sheila's Guests And Reviews

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At ten I dreamedperhaps I'd bea teen, and double figures not enoughto comfort me.
At twenty, nowI'd learned somehowthose teen years really couldn't be all they're
cracked up to be.
At thirty, married,kids and harried,chasing through the years and tears that truckedand parried me...
At forty lifebegins, they saidso leave behind the things, and overheadthe airplane bins
fall open. Fifty,scared and thrifty.Coming soon, retirement, nifty dreamI thought, but how?
And sixty's d...

Do kids know how to kare?

Today I'm delighted to welcome Charles Salter to my blog. He's the author of the Kare Kids Adventures series, and the first installment, The Secret of Bald Rock Island, has just been released. These books are aimed at fans of adventure fiction such as The Magic Treehouse series, so read on, find out more, and enjoy an interview with the author.

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Years ago, Kelcie's father disappeared at sea. Now that she's ten, Kelcie wants some answers. With the help of her father...