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Do you have limited writing time but big goals?

A guest post by Autumn Birt Are you a writer? If so, are you meeting your writing goals? Writing is a passion, one usually cobbled together from stolen moments and highs of inspiration. But if you get the writing bug and you get it bad, finding enough time is often a source of frustration. Why […]

This post originally appeared on my old Blogger blog on November 23, 2011. I’ve asked some bloggers to contribute guest posts, where they answer two questions: what’s the best thing you’ve done, as a writer? what is the hardest thing, or the biggest mistake you’ve made? I am contributing posts on the same subject to […]

Seamless weaving of romance, mythology and psychology: A Prayer Heeded

An independent novel review A Prayer Heeded is the follow-up to Samreen Ahsan’s multi-award winning A Silent Prayer, the book that brought Ahsan international acclaim. A Silent Prayer has won six international book awards, including Best Romance at the 214 Paris Book Festival. But A Prayer Heeded is not really a sequel, because the two […]

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, […]