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May 10, 2013
It’s All in the Voice (Part 2 of 2) + A Contest!
In Part 1, we talked about author voice and how to peel away layers of our identity to get to the juicy stuff–the unique voice in all of us. Today we’ll tackle character voice. So how do we make our protagonist’s voice grab our readers by the throat? We mold and shape their voice through [...]
May 6, 2013
Author Erika Robuck & CALL ME ZELDA
I’m so excited to welcome Erika Robuck back to Between the Sheets. This week her latest novel, CALL ME ZELDA, releases to much anticipation. It has already been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Harper’s Bazaar, and Glamour Magazine. I’ve been waiting for this book to release since I turned the last page of HEMINGWAY’S [...]
May 3, 2013
Cover Reveal! SLEEPER by S.M. Johnston
I’m excited to reveal S.M. Johnston’s crazy-cool cover of her new adult speculative novel SLEEPER! It releases from Entranced Publishing, December 2, 2013. About the Book: After a life-saving heart transplant, eighteen-year-old Mishca Richardson is plagued by nightmares and an urgent desire to find her birth parents, which she puts down to post-operation depression. But [...]
May 1, 2013
Ask #PubLaw! Copyright vs. Trademark–Do Authors Need to Register Both?
I’m psyched to announce a new program called #PubLaw! Every Wednesday for the duration of the summer, Susan Spann, author of CLAWS OF THE CAT and publishing lawyer, will break down our burning questions about author contracts—both indie and traditional—and other highly HELPFUL information authors need to know to survive the ever-shifting waters of the publishing [...]
April 26, 2013
Frenchie Friday: Meals by Class Aboard 1920′s Oceanliners
For Frenchie Friday and Beth Fish’s #WeekendCooking, Dana Gynther, author of CROSSING ON THE PARIS (Titanic meets Downton Abbey), talks about all that food aboard the oceanliner in her novel. Take it away, Dana! ONE OF THE DELIGHTS of writing “Crossing on the Paris,” set on a French Line ocean liner in 1921, was imagining the [...]
April 22, 2013
It’s All in the Voice (Part 1 of 2) + A Contest
Ever heard an agent or editor say the voice in your novel didn’t grab them? What does that mean, and more importantly, how do you fix it? Pinpointing what makes a novel’s voice alluring can be a difficult aspect to nail down. Many novice writers have trouble understanding the separation of the character’s voice from [...]
April 16, 2013
Author Kerry Schafer & THE BETWEEN
Please welcome author Kerry Schafer! Kerry is the urban fantasy author of the series THE BETWEEN. Her novel released earlier this year, to much acclaim. Kerry is busy at work on the second novel in the series to be released in February 2014. About the Book Vivian Maylor can’t sleep. Maybe it’s because she just [...]
April 12, 2013
A Trip to France, Bathed in Wine
Okay, so I wish I were on a trip to France, bathed in wine. I’ve been so busy I can hardly see straight. A couple nights ago I thought: TO HELL WITH WORK! WALK AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER. TURN OFF YOUR PHONE. So I did, and I wound up at dinner (grilled salmon over mixed greens [...]
Frenchie Friday: A Trip to France, Bathed in Wine
Okay, so I wish I were on a trip to France, bathed in wine. I’ve been so busy I can hardly see straight. A couple nights ago I thought: TO HELL WITH WORK! WALK AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER. TURN OFF YOUR PHONE. So I did, and I wound up at dinner (grilled salmon over mixed greens [...]
April 9, 2013
Bestselling Author Beverly Swerling & BRISTOL HOUSE
I’m happy to welcome multi-published historical thriller author Beverly Swerling, at Between the Sheets today. Her latest novel, BRISTOL HOUSE weaves the story of a 21st century woman with the ghost of a dead monk from the 16th century—sending her on an adventure to solve a five-hundred-year old unsolved mystery. ABOUT THE BOOK In modern-day London, [...]
