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20 Valid Reasons Not to Write

We’ve all heard the sage advice from writing gurus like Stephen King and Chuck Wendig and Natalie Goldberg: Just keep writing. No matter what. Just as a shark who stops swimming will die, writers are...

Author Interview: Stacy Juba

I’m delighted to welcome Stacy Juba to BloodWrites today for our weekly author interview. Stacy is an award-winning journalist, as well as author of Amazon bestselling romantic suspense novels...

Excerpt-ional Tuesday: Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, by Stacy Juba

This week, I’m very excited to welcome the multi-talented Stacy Juba to BloodWrites, kicking things off today with the novel that first got her on my radar: Twenty-Five Years Ago Today....

Mystery Pick Monday Week of May 7th

Jen’s Standard Mystery Pick Monday 411: I choose Mystery Pick Monday books based on reviews from others and an initial read from yours truly of the prologue (if there is one) and first chapter...

Book Review: Cutthroat, by Steve Brewer

Title: Cutthroat Author: Steve Brewer Publisher: Bleak House Books, Sept. 2007 Rating: Cutthroat was another of those great $.99 finds I’m always raving about from Kindle Nation Daily. In it,...

The Einstein Dog Photo Contest Heats Up!

We have two days left of voting before the official Einstein Canine Spokesmodel is announced! If you don’t have a clue what I’m talking about, here are the bullets: - In my novel, All the...

Guest Post at The Other Side of the Story

Today, I’ve returned to my Vivisection roots with a post called “5 Ways to Build Suspense Like a Master” at Janice Hardy’s wonderful website, The Other Side of the Story....

Author Interview: Pam Beason

I’m tickled bright fuchsia today to welcome Daphne award-winning author Pam Beason to BloodWrites to chat about everything from her experiences with traditional versus indie publishing to her...

Excerpt-ional Tuesday: Pam Beason’s The Only Witness

There’s bound to be a lot of gushing and squeeing and random tweeting coming from yours truly over the next couple of days about my guest this week, so you should just prepare yourselves now....

Mystery Pick Monday Week of April 29th

About the Books Selected for Mystery Pick Monday: I choose Mystery Pick Monday books based on reviews from others and an initial read from yours truly of the prologue (if there is one) and first...