Lissette E. Manning's Blog, page 142

Guest Blog: Creating A World Inside Your Story That Works By Jacqueline Paige

Tweet When I first began to write I kept to the safe places that shadowed the everyday world we walk in.  After the first book I sat back and thought 'bleh!' It was boring and so normal it made me itch.  I don't read stories like that, so I really wasn't comfortable writing them either.  […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Read An Excerpt From Mark Of The Seer – Jenna Kay

Tweet That night I drove home for the first time in ages not on the edge of insanity. With the dance just a week away and having a for sure date to it, I was finally able to look forward to something that was not of the supernatural world. I was getting use to Sam […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Read An Excerpt From Ever Shade: A Dark Faerie Tale by Alexia Purdy

Tweet "Shade." The blue fire glowed around her, crackling and popping all around.  The walls seemed to be so close to her, enveloping her like a cocoon. She stood up from the ground where she had woken. Is this real?  A dream? She did not know. She felt the walls around her. Nothing but hard, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Guest Post: Developing A Character By Jayne Fordham

Tweet Many writers are told to write what they know. And while starting out as a writer, that's what I have done. In my day job, I work as a psychologist, working from a model that our early experiences influence (but don't dictate) who we become. I am fascinated by people, their relationships and what […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Review: The Priest And The Peaches – Larry Peterson

Tweet Often times, faith is something almost all of us have a hard time in having. Believing in something you can't see is testing, most especially for those of us who have strayed from the Lord's path. Believing in his goodness, in the fact that he'll lead us along the righteous path, well, it can […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Guest Post: Writing For The YA Market By Larry Peterson

Tweet I thought I would simply give you my take on writing for the YA market. I have to admit that in writing for this market I am not sure where the cut off is between YA and adult. I am generally of the mindset that it falls somewhere between 7th graders and high-school seniors. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Read An Excerpt From Broods Of Fenrir By Coral Moore

Tweet Chapter 1     Brand walked along the yellow crime scene tape that cordoned off the dilapidated building. His gaze wandered over the stained brick wall and broken windows. He remembered when the building was new, how modern it had seemed rising out of the barren landscape. The abandoned industrial complex south of downtown […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Guest Post: Why I Owe My Erotic Fiction Career To My Grandmother By Ella Jade

Tweet Why I owe my erotic fiction career to my grandmother . . . Yes, you read that right.  I owe it all to a woman named Stella. A little history to set the stage . . .     Let's go back to 1981 when Ella Jade was only eight years old. What was she […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Guest Post: Making My Muse Talk By Emily Cale

Tweet My muse is an extremely fickle creature. Some days, he seems to spend all his time tapping me on the shoulder and giving me little bits of dialogue that demand to be scribbled on whatever sheet of paper is nearby. By the time I'm heading to bed, I'm begging him to shut up and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Read An Excerpt From Everlife By Kyani Swanigan

Tweet He gave me a startlingly evil grin, "You will regret what you've just done, I promise you that much." He began dragging me by the root of hair effortlessly, and I decided to scream. I screamed as loudly as I could, not even recognizing my own uneven voice. My throat stung badly, and it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...