Creative Commons image courtesy http://bethtrissel.wordpress.com/ This week, I asked two very different writers to tell us what they look for in the books they read. Kathleen Valentine writes a mixture of horror, humour and historical novels, novellas and stories, including The Old Mermaid’s Tale and the award-winning Depraved Heart, which could be described as paranormal romantic […]
Image by MiloDarkAngel, DeviantArt.Used under Creative Commons licence. One kiss from you, I’m on fire Heat across my face Spreads through my body at once. I love you, Roxanne.
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For Valentines Day, Written Words presents an excerpt from the opening of Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar’s award-winning Love Comes Later. This novel won Best Indie Book, Romance, 2013; was a Finalist in the Romance Festival New Talent Award in 2012 Best Novel; and a Finalist in the 2013 eFestival of Words. They returned from the […]
Writers are inspired and informed by authors they’ve read. I asked some best-selling authors what they like to read most. This week, I’ve asked two very different authors for their opinions. Best-selling Toby Neal is author of the Lei Crime series, set in her home state of Hawai’i; Russell Blake writes thrillers from his home […]
Unlike most independent authors, Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar, known on Twitter as @Moha_Doha, eschews genre writing. Her novels include elements of romance, but they do not follow the conventional girl-meets-boy story. An Unlikely Goddess is mainstream literature, and you can even look at it as part of the stream of books about the Indian immigrant experience, along […]
You just don’t see this anymore. Photo by Travis Ruse, cropped by Gallifreyan Postman at en.wikipedi alicensed under Creative Commons It’s fascinating to see a long-range social and economic transformation take place before your eyes. Particularly in as mundane a place as a city bus. I believe in public transit, and I’ve used it regularly for years. Decades, […]