Writer in Residence Opportunity

I haven’t often posted writer-in-residence opportunities on this blog, but this one is so weird I couldn’t resist. Plus, it’s Minnesota! Who doesn’t love Minnesota? In 2017, Mall of America® celebrates its 25th birthday. As part of this special celebration, we think it’s crucial to capture how much we’ve evolved over the course of the … Read more

Falling Hard Blog Tour

I mentioned the blog tour for my new anthology Falling Hard in a previous post, but wanted to create a new post that more prominently features all the stops. Every stop features a different excerpt from Falling Hard, so if you stop at each one, you’ll have gotten two snippets from every single story in the book! … Read more

Book Review: Asta Idonea’s “Wish You Were Here” & Book Giveaway

I’m excited to have Asta Idonea on my blog today. We have appeared in a lot of anthologies together, and I love her writing.  She has a writing style that gets right to the heart of her characters’ emotions. Her newest release is Wish You Were Here, a sweet romance novella about two college-age men who have trouble … Read more

Guest Author: Dianne Hartsock talks about love, plus free ebook!

I’m happy to have Dianne Hartsock on my blog today to talk about falling in love. With Valentine’s Day already here in some parts of the world, what could be more appropriate? And Dianne is a great person to talk about it. Her books do a wonderful job of transporting the reader into that falling-in-love … Read more

An author’s review of PayHip as a venue for selling ebooks

An overview of the PayHip platform for selling digital e-books directly to readers, with a look at its benefits and drawbacks compared to retailer ebook stores like Amazon. The platform is fairly easy to use, but it can be cumbersome to manage sales. It’s up to the author to decide whether the higher proceeds from each sale are worth the extra work. …Read more

Samhain is closing … again

It’s been a crazy two months, hasn’t it? Torquere, All Romance, and now Samhain closes. I’d been rooting for them to keep things going after they revamped last year. As a writer, the frustrating thing is not knowing what percentage of these closings are due to poor business acumen, and what are due to Amazon’s … Read more

Author Interview: Shira Glassman talks about Treasure Hunt

When the Empress sends her Imperial guards Vasily and Aleksei into the dragon’s cave to steal treasure, they doubt the existence of the dragon and take advantage of the time alone in the dark to drink vodka and fool around. Little do they know, the dragon is watching Vasily’s expert domination, and he likes what he sees! …Read more