“The global electronic marketplace is rapidly depleting authors’ income streams,” wrote Scott Turow, author and President of the Authors Guild., in an op-ed in the New York Times in April. E-books, pirated copies and changes to copyright laws will cause the “slow death of the American author.” Photo: Evan Long by Creative Commons Turow documents […]
Despite the weather, summer is coming fast. So for this week’s Sample Sunday, here’s an excerpt from my hot summer novel, One Shade of Red. This one introduces the reader to the hero’s long-time girlfriend, the girl next door: Kristen. Image: Angry Girlfriend by jasonippolitoLicensed under Creative Commons Argument with Kristen “Well, look who’s […]
Dark Prairies, Guthrie’s third novel is a departure from the pattern he established in Black Beast and LOST. They’re horror/supernatural tales crossed with cop mystery-thrillers. Dark Prairies is a mystery about a cop, but the only category that it’s fair to put this into would have to be “literary fiction.” Guthrie calls this book his […]
This edition of Written Words is something I’ve never done before: I’m re-blogging a post by San Diego-based independent author Tameri Etherton. Tameri was witness to the new dramatic phenom, Accomplice. Tameri originally wrote this post on her own blog, A Cup of Tea and Sorcery, on May 17. The concept of Accomplice seems to […]
It’s the long weekend, the beginning of the summer season for many in the northern hemisphere. Some of us start to dream of the luxurious, lazy season ahead, lying by the pool … any pool … because most of us don’t have a pool … In reality, the weekend for most of us means cleaning […]
I was riding the bus yesterday morning, on the way to the day job. Sitting across from me was a woman reading on her iPad. Now, being occasionally enterprising, I reached into my briefcase for one of my bookmarks I printed as a promo for my first novel, The Bones of the Earth, with the […]
Today, Written Words is happy to host a stop on the blog tour for the relaunch of The Funny Adventures of Little Nani by Cinta Garcia de la Rosa.Yesterday’s stop on the tour was Helle Soe Gade’s photo and writing blog, where Cinta explained how and why she’s relaunching her collection of charming, hilarious and […]