Hallowe’en is coming up fast, and in honour of that auspicious occasion, I’m posting some spooky stories on the next few Sundays. If you’ve been to this blog before, you’ll recognize Dark Clouds. “The Mandrake Ruse” is the first chapter in what is slowly growing into a complete novel that I hope will cross the […]
BestSelling Reads authors are doing it again — giving away a virtual boxed set of five signed paperbacks in the BSR October giveaway. How does it work? From BSR’s own blog: The grand prize winner gets to choose a total of five titles, choosing from all the books available by BSR member authors. Five titles from one author, […]
An Unlikely Goddess launched October 14, 2013. From Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar, winner of the SheWrites New Novelist Award, 2011 …The Hindu goddess, Sita, is said to have been born from the Earth. King Janaka discovers the beautiful infant and in her beauty, believes in her divinity. He raises her as his own daughter…… A coming of age […]
Before you say it, I know: I am not in the target demographic for this book, or any of Elise Stokes’ Cassidy Jones adventures. Still, I enjoy reading them — despite the strange looks I get from others on the bus when I’m reading the latest installment in paper form. Elise Stokes hit it big […]
When I tell people I wrote the first draft of my upcoming novel, When Shadows Fall (The First Book of the Small Gods) in fourteen days, they either stare at me with a blank expression, make me repeat it to ensure they didn’t mishear me and I actually said forty, or they ask me how […]
I’m excited: the newest Independent Authors International title and Benjamin X. Wretlind’s third novel, A Difficult Mirror, hits the e-stands September 23. Others agree: “Combining horror, fantasy & mystery with elements of the traditional hero’s journey, A Difficult Mirror contains a unique and detailed plot, rich characterization & a very real sense of danger,” says Michael K. […]
Often, written words cause a major stir. The latest one worth a look is the Parti Québecois’ proposed Charter of Quebec Values. The Quebec government has made a cursory attempt at providing the document in English and in French, but key parts, such as the introduction and the Message from the Ministre responsable des Institutions […]