Kathy Lynn Hall on writing style Reprised from the previous Written Words blog on Google. Kathy Lynn Hall was one of the first independent authors I encountered through social media. Even though I am not in the target audience, I enjoyed her first novel, Red Mojo Mama, the story of a woman who takes control […]
Bestselling author and fellow BestSelling Reads member DelSheree Gladden is a prolific writer who has published over 20 titles in nine different series. She was extremely generous to take some precious time from her daily routine, which includes lots of writing, working, teaching, yoga, taking her children to activities and leaving the rest of us in […]
Today, Written Words presents two very different writers who answer the same questions about what they like and dislike about being an author. Raine Thomas writes young adult and new adult romance and science fiction. Stephen Woodfin writes action thrillers and political thrillers. While they have some understandable differences in perspective, the similarities may surprise […]
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 […]
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 […]
Creative Commons licence.http://moon.com/2014/03/hiking-and-recreation-in-parque-nacional-torres-del-paine/ A little over a year ago, I wrote a post for the Guild of Dreams blog where I wondered about how important it is for a writer to remain within a genre. Now that I have just sent my third manuscript to an editor, I find myself wondering about that again. Without […]
This week, Written Words once again pairs two very different authors to discuss what they think makes a good book. Raine Thomas is the bestselling author of an award-winning series of YA fantasy/romance novels about the Estilorian plane, including her latest, Return of the Ascendant. Doug Dorow is best known for his innovative thriller The Ninth […]