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ALTERNATE VOICES: WIL RADCLIFFE

Writers block. We've all been there. And we can all remember that first time we sat down in front of a blank page, ready to write our first project. For days, weeks, years--any amount of time--ideas had been swirling in our mind. But the minute we look at those empty college-ruled lines (or blinking cursor on the computer screen), we go blank.

Wil Radcliffe, author of The Whisper King, addresses this writer's block in his guest column, called "A Writer's Curse." But heapproaches theissue a lit...

ALTERNATE VOICES: ALEXANDRA AMOR

This week's guest post is from Alexandra Amor, the author of the Sugar and Clive series. Sugar and Clive is a middle-grade series about a dog (Sugar) and a bird (Clive).I love about that this book ismiddle grade, which I don't geta chance to review often.

In her guest post, she starts off with her love of animals as a child. Who hasn't pretended to be an animal as a kid? I remember "arguing" with my best friend in third grade about who was the biggest dog lover. We all have those moments (n...

I GUEST POSTED ON THE HOWLING TURTLE

Ever wonder where where artists get their inspiration for their creations? I wrote a guest post on this topic, and Larissa, from The Howling Turtle, was kind enough to host me on Saturday in a guest post. Be sure to check the post out, and add The Howling Turtle to your list of blogs to keep up with the great content she posts
Check out my guest post on The Howling Turtle

INDIE REVIEW: I DON'T BELIEVE GOD WROTE THE BIBLE

I DON'T BELIEVE GOD WROTE THE BIBLE, by Gerald Freeman
Published by GF Books

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SYNOPSIS
After a near-fatal drug overdose in the late 1980s, Gerry Freeman leaves England in search of a better life and spiritual awakening. While hitchhiking around the south of France, he and his friend Jan meet and eclectic mix of care...

ALTERNATE VOICES: ANDREW JOYCE

I'm so excited to bring you a guest post from Andrew Joyce, author of Molly Lee, which is a quasi-sequel to his previous historical novel Redemption: The Further Adventures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. Joyce's previous book imagined Mark Twain's Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer as adults, and Molly--the title character in this novel--is someone introduced in that book whose story is continued further. In addition to insight into his novel, Joyce offers some further insight into the publishing worl...

INDIE REVIEW: IMMORTAL FLAME

IMMORTAL FLAME (HELL TO PAY, #1), BY JILLIAN DAVID
Publishedby Crimson Romance, 230 pp.

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World War II veteran Peter Blackstone traded his soul so that his wife could live. That was 1945. Since then, Peter has lived an unnaturally long life as a hired killer, providing the life forces upon which Jera...

REVIEW: ANNE & HENRY

ANNE & HENRY, BY DAWN IUS
Published by Simon Pulse, 304 pp.

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SYNOPSIS
Henry Tudor' life has been mapped since the day he was born: student body president, valedictorian, Harvard Law School, and a stunning political career just like his father's. But ever since the death of his brother, the pressure for Henry to be perfect has doubled. And...

TIPS FOR APPROACHING BOOK REVIEWERS

I have been a book reviewer for six years. I started, via a blog called Life by the Books because I was going into summer break between my junior and senior years of college and I realized I didn’t want to stop thinking about what I was reading. The rest, as they say, is history.

More recently, I’ve become a self-published author. I wrote, formatted, edited and designed my collection of short stories, Save Me, San Francisco, over the last four years or so and decided to self-publish it as an...

INDIE REVIEW: LITTLE RED BOOK

LITTLE RED BOOK (DIARY OF THE HEART, 2), BY W.R. WATKINS
Self-published, 150 pp.

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From the bestselling author of You. Are. Not. Aloneand An Obsessive Infatuationcomes the next installment of the Diary of the Heart series.
Little Red Bookpresents W.R. Watkins in the most intimate way for you, the reader, by giving you complete access into Watkins' life over the past 12 mont...

ALTERNATE VOICES: MIKE ROBBINS

I reviewed Mike Robbins' book, Three Seasons, last month as part of my weekly Indie Review series. If you haven't yet checked out the review, check it out here.

If you want to write about home, it's easier to do it from somewhere else. The everyday clatter of the media, the news, the arguments, drop away and after a few months you begin to understand what defines your country, at least for you. Three Seasons is a very personal look back at England in the 1980s, written in the two years after I...