Why do writers write? I asked independent writers what they like best and least about writing. In this installment, Caleb Pirtle tells us what makes his writing day. Which element of fiction is most important to you as a writer: Characters are my primary focus in the writing of any novel. Most of the characters generally come and settle […]
It’s the last Sunday before Hallowe’en, so I thought I’d share a scary episode from my first novel, The Bones of the Earth. Here, the protagonist, Javor, is riding with a column of Roman Legionnaires because … well, you’ll just have to read the book for the “because” part. The column is riding two wide along […]
The next launch of Lei Crime Kindle World novellas is October 31, and this time there are new titles from your favourite authors, and newcomers to the family, too. Written Words will be previewing the new batch to whet your appetite for these exciting new books from the best professional authors. Dead Flow: A Lei […]
In my continuing quest to define the essence of writing style, I have asked a good author-friend, Gary Henry, for his thoughts. Gary’s novels American Goddesses and Rogue Goddesses cross a number of genres. They features superheroines and spies, a little sex, a hefty dash of romance and lots of action. Combining these genres takes — well, a lot […]
By Emily Kimelman I have read a number of the Jet Kindle World series, and Emily Kimelman’s It Takes Two, which combines her Sydney Rye series with Russell Blake’s Jet series, is one of the best. Kindle Worlds is an Amazon initiative that allows writers to publish new stories within another author’s established, best-selling series, […]
By Kim Cano Kim Cano’s Jet – Rescue, her entry in the Jet Kindle World, is an excellent novella—which is more than I can say for some of the other entries in this oeuvre. Cano rewrote a troubling episode from Blake’s second book in the series, Jet – Betrayal. It’s troubling because it’s about forced […]
By Malcolm Aylward Excerpt Week is now Excerpt Week 2. Today, the spotlight is on Malcolm Aylward’s JET – Outbreak, which introduces a new female super-spy to the JET Kindle World, based on the creations of Russell Blake. Island of Menorca—in the Balearic Sea—off the coast of Spain Maya burst through the thick canopy and […]