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Samantha Christy -Writer Interview Saturday

This has been a rough week, and by rough, I mean sick of having nothing to do. Fortunately, Samantha Christy came along for this Writer Interview Saturday, and the hour it took me to brainstorm some questions, was the most productive one in this week. Say hi!

And her most recent book, Abstract Lovewas published in July, 2014.

Hi Samantha! So, what inspired you to write Abstract Love ?

You know, it’s not like I had any kind of epiphany about writing this book. I wanted to write about something that...

Twist of Fate -Kelly Mooney

Ben Hart doesn’t do love. He’d been there, done that. The two times he’d chanced it, they’d both broken his heart. He has everything a Junior studying at The University of Arizona could want; a great fraternity house to live in, his best friend as a roommate, and more girls then he knows what to do with. Life is good. Even perfect at times, until the one girl from his past, walks back into this life, changing everything.

Paige Pearce has one goal – to get as far away from her old college as po...

An Embarrasing Story About My First Draft

Some may have seen my short essay Fit In or Fit Out, some have not; the thing is, it wasn’t my first piece of writing. Long before, I started with a fiction project, back in 2009. The original title was ‘Opal’, which later got changed to ‘Foul Fairness’, since I felt there were a lot of books out there called ‘Opal’.

I’ve tried to hide it from the world. I even avoid listening to the music I used to play when writing that book now because I can’t bear it. I thought it was for another reason, b...

Top Ten Tuesday: Character Driven Books

Top Ten Books for people who like character driven novels

Hosted by: The Broke and the Bookish

Take Me There, Carolee Dean

At first, due to the cover, I thought this would be a strong love story. But then I realized it was all about Dylan’s self-discovery journey, from the rotten apple everyone thought he was, to someone who could come to peace with his life, and come clean about it.

Even though it was a surprise, I enjoyed this book a lot.

2.Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell

The story turned out to b...

The Golden Lily -Richelle Mead

Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets—and human lives.

Sydney would love to go to college, but instead, she’s been sent into hiding at a posh boarding school in Palm Springs, California–tasked with protecting Moroi princess Jill Dragomir from assassins who want to throw the Moroi court into civil war. Formerly in disgrace, Sydney is now praised for her loyalty and obedience,...

Writer Interview Saturday -Maureen Jabour

Author Maureen Jabours has stepped into the stage so we can know her a little better. With her, she brings along some insider info about her book, Too Late for Regrets.

Hi, Maureen!

Your most recent work,Too Late for Regrets,what is it about?

Too Late for Regrets tells the story of a beautiful South African widow named Elizabeth whose dormant passions are aroused when she meets the town sheriff, Timothy. The reader will enter their world as they embark on a journey of love, longing, and loss.

I d...

Opposition-Jennifer L. Armentrout

Katy knows the world changed the night theLuxen came.

She can’t believe Daemon welcomed his race or stood by as his kind threatened to obliterate every last human and hybrid on Earth. But the lines between good and bad have blurred, and love has become an emotion that could destroy her—could destroy them all.

Daemon will do anything to save those he loves, even if it means betrayal.

They must team with an unlikely enemy if there is any chance of surviving the invasion. But when it quickly become...

Plus One -Elizabeth Fama

Sol Le Coeur is a Smudge—a night dweller in an America rigidly divided between people who wake, live, and work during the hours of darkness and those known as Rays who live and work during daylight. Impulsive, passionate, and brave, Sol deliberately injures herself in order to gain admission to a hospital, where she plans to kidnap her newborn niece—a Ray—in order to bring the baby to visit her dying grandfather. By violating the day-night curfew, Sol is committing a serious crime, and when t...

Fanny Lee Savage -Writer Interview

Fanny Lee Savage introduces her first bookIn the Shadow of Angels, and has accepted to talk a little about herself and this book. Hi, Fanny!

Can you tell us a little about what we’re getting into when we read In the Shadow of Angels?

The story starts out with Charlotte, who is living in a small coastal town on Florida’s east coast. She has a few demons she is running from, which are quickly revealed, when her childhood sweetheart shows up at her door. From here we follow her to France, where sh...

Contest Time!

Surfing through the web, I noticed some news you’re gonna love!

Guess what?

There’s still time for the…

Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Awards

Deadline: October 15th

Six categories, awesome prizes. What’s not to swoon over?

You can apply for either: Crime, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller, or Young Adult. Bear in mind this is for short stories, not novel-lenght ones.

I still think this is a great opportunity for anyone to seize, though. Practice makes perfection. Sadly, I have noth...