By Eden Baylee The newest addition to the Lei Crime Kindle Worlds is Eden Baylee’s second work in the series, bringing Lainey Lee back to Hawaii. It launches later in July, along with several other new titles by talented writers—and from me, too. Kindle Worlds is an Amazon initiative that allows authors to publish stories set […]
Some days, I wish I had never met that woman A couple of years ago, The Magic Appreciation Tour challenged writers to start a short story that begins with the words, “Some days, I wish I had never met that woman.” I was inspired to add to the story of the Witch’s Son, which begins with […]
If you haven’t yet heard of the force of literature named Russell Blake, crawl out from under that rock and check out his website and pages on Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Amazon and the other usual e-book sellers. It’s time to be brought up to speed. Blake writes a new novel every couple of months. […]
Since today is Mother’s Day, this sample from The Bones of the Earth is an interaction between the main character, Javor, and his mother, Ketia (remember, no matter how outlandish they may seem to you, all the names are historical). This is from a flashback, where Javor remembers his mother talking to him on the […]
I have to admit that I probably do not fit into the target audience for Red Mojo Mama. But after I finished it, the more I thought about it, the more I came to like it. The story is about Lydia, known as “Red,”a woman in her late 30s who loses her husband and a beloved […]
By Samreen Ahsan This review is long overdue, but A Silent Prayer is a book that deserves all the attention it has received. It’s been just over a year since it was published, and in that time, A Silent Prayer has won first prizes at book fairs in Los Angeles, Hollywood and Paris, first prize […]
A couple of years ago, I participated in a Web and social media initiative called Six Sentence Sunday. The idea was to publish six consecutive sentences from a writing project—book, story, play, whatever—link it to the Six Sentence Sunday page and then, every Sunday, read the samples of other participants. Six Sentence Sunday has since […]