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Savannah says what?

Author publicist, Savannah Mae talks to The Writers’ Shack about book reviews, author publicity and Gordon Ramsay   Four years ago, Savannah Mae was a new mom in a new city looking for a way to fill her time until a chance encounter with a small publicity company changed her life. Now she runs Say […]
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Adventure on a Mediterranean Island

Crete: Hotel Spelunker   by Mark H. Bloom with Jason Scholder When you want to get away from it all, sometimes the destination doesn’t matter as much as the distance from home. The farther away you go, the more relaxed you feel, as if you have to escape the very aura of your normal life […]
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Best selling author, Marie Lavender talks to The Writers’ Shack

Marie Lavender writes romances of all kinds: historical romance, contemporary, paranormal and romantic suspense. She has a few time travel/reincarnation romances in progress.  She has written mysteries and literary fiction as well.  Marie has been writing since she was a kid.  She used to entertain herself and her family with tall tales.  These days, her […]
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Interview: Frédérique Molay, best-selling author of The 7th Woman Riley Banks interviews Frédérique Molay, the best-selling author of The 7th Woman,...

What Secrets Can You Keep?

Pretty Little Liars Season Finale   As another season of ABCs Pretty Little Liars (Season 5) comes to a close it is evident that all of our theories about A have been wrong.  Once again a tangled web was woven, and the girls cannot escape the spider’s venom, and of course that spider is A! […]
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Tools of the game: Websites part 2

So I think I need a website but what do I put on it? A few weeks back, we started our journey into the world of author branding and marketing. Our first couple of posts took a casual look at the how we have all become brands now, whether we like it or not, and […]
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Free houses for writers – the ultimate writing gig

Offering Writers a Creative Outlet—a Place to Call Home by Andrea Fisher   It is often difficult enough for writers to get paid for their writing.   Imagine people wanting you to create so badly they will give you your own house—for free—one they have taken the time, money, and effort to restore all on […]
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What would you do if a loved one returned from the dead?

Born 1974, Died 1982 – Resurrected 2014… Resurrection   Resurrection is a new television series on ABC that has many viewers questioning their own beliefs.  Of course this is only fiction; a tale of mythical beings, no different than vampires or werewolves except this begs us to question our morality.   Christians believe in only […]
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Who killed Blanche DuBois?

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Why we still love our superheroes

Comic book characters brought to life on the silver screen I am an action-adventure/fantasy enthusiast and I always have been.  I love the fantasy realm and tend to stay away from horror or anything too over the top.  Still I have to admit that I can’t get enough of vampires, especially the ones we love […]
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