• THE KICKASS HEROINES BUNDLE

    I’d like to welcome Melissa Snark to the blog today! She’s introducing the Kickass Heroines Story Bundle, which is available today! I love getting Story Bundles as a reader and I LOVE being in them as an author! So, take it away, Melissa! The Kickass Heroines Bundle – Curated by Melissa Snark What does it…

  • I Can Finally Tell THE Secret!

    I’m so excited that I can finally share the secret that has been burning a hole in my brain! I have a book in a Story Bundle! (Curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, who invited me!) Yes, I am happy dancing! What is a Story Bundle, you ask? StoryBundle was created to give a platform for…

  • Why Karen McCullough Wrote Hunter’s Quest

    I wrote the first draft of Hunter’s Quest almost twenty years ago. It was written in response to a call from a publisher for a specific type of book. It made it through two rounds of editorial cuts, but not the final one because it was deemed not exactly what was wanted for the new…

  • These are a few of her favorite things…

    People close to me know that there are a few non-negotiables in my life. I will always have pets. (My husband is slightly allergic to cats. Yet, he puts up with them because he knows I love them. We compromise, and have Bengals, a cat breed with a different kind of coat and dander from…

  • Why Pippa Jay Wrote Gethyon

    Hi, I’m Pippa Jay, author of scifi and supernatural stories to engage your emotions. I’ve just re-released my scifi adventure novel Gethyon having got the rights back from my publisher, and after doing a full edit with extensive additions to the story. It’s kind of weird doing it over. Most authors never feel a story…

  • Why Tess Rider wrote Bring Me to Ruin

    It’s a pleasure to be your guest today, Pauline. Thanks for having me. Today I want to share with you why I wrote my debut novel, Bring Me to Ruin, a sci-fi/paranormal romance set on a ruined Earth in a broken future where time has shattered. Dark, sexy and full of adventure, it’s the first…

  • EDGE OF NEVER Release Day!!!

    I always love and hate release day. It’s wonderful. It’s terrifying. It’s the moment of truth. Will they or won’t they (readers) like it? And here it is! And I’m biting my nails! The Edge of Never release day! When I first saw the “call” for stories for this set—a paranormal romance/urban fantasy—I kind of…

  • Why Michele Drier Wrote her Kandesky Vampires

    Hmmm. I’d just contracted with a small publisher for my first mystery, Edited for Death. I was beginning a new career as a mystery writer and had three more books plotted out. When my daughter and her husband took me out to dinner to celebrate, my son-in-law said “Nobody reads mysteries (not true!), write a…