One Shade of Red is nearly ready for the world, thanks to the awe-inspiring assistance of three great people: first, my wife, Roxanne Bury, who’s doing a careful, word-by-word edit; next, fellow author and iAi member Gary Henry (@LiteraryGary), who has done a story edit; and David Cassidy (@DavidCCassidy), who has designed a knock-out cover.I’ll […]
It’s hard to resist a book launch by another independent author, especially when she’s a fellow Canadian who’s also into fantasy for grown-ups. Shannon Mayer, author of A Zombie-ish Apocalypse and Priceless, will release the sequel to Priceless on March 6: Immune. What’s it about? When children go missing without a trace, there is only […]
Photo by Brookage (Creative Commons) What are we sharing online? Too much. “Oversharing” used to refer to celebrities posting on their social media way too much detail about their personal relationships, their dates with other celebrities or newest bulimia techniques. Or about ordinary people blogging stuff that’s just too personal.But something else is happening: in […]
With this post, I’m reviving a Written Words tradition: posting brief samples of my upcoming work on Sundays. I’m aiming to publish One Shade of Red, my spoof of Fifty Shades of Grey, in about a month (hopefully less). And to give you a taste, here’s a bit of Chapter 1: Falling Down, where the […]
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Two good friends, fellow bloggers and writers have nominated me for the Liebster Award for Blogging: Christine Nolfi, founder of the BestSelling Reads group; and Bruce Blake, fantasy author and fellow member of Independent Authors International. As a Liebster Winner (Liebsterite? Liebsterine?), I now have to: • tell you 11 random facts about myself • […]
What is writing style? How important is it to the reader, to the writer and to the writer’s success in reaching an audience? This week, I asked Martha Bourke, author of the Jaguar Sun series of “young adult” novels and fellow member of BestSelling Reads about the importance and impact of her writing style. How would […]