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This is Why I Write: Defying Orwell and Finding Light in the Literary Dark {Guest Post & Giveaway}
Today we are thrilled to have author N.K. Johel here with a guest post for our This Is Why I Write Series. We’ve also got a giveaway of a set of both of her Bollywood Storm books fo you today which I adore, so sit back and enjoy! For those of you that are familiar…
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This is Why I Write: Hers, Mine, and Ours by Christina Bauer {Guest Post & Giveaway}
Today we are thrilled to have author Christina Bauer here with a guest post for our This Is Why I Write Series as part of the blog tour for her new book Portia. For those of you that are familiar with our This is Why I Read series; This is Why I Write will serve as…
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This is Why I Read: The Patternless Kathy Cano-Murillo
Today we are excited to be a part of the blog tour for Kathy Cano-Murillo’s latest creation: Miss Scarlet’s School of Patternless Sewing. You can check out our review of her latest novel here. Kathy also wanted to take a moment to chime in on our new series, This is Why I Read. As a regular feature…
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Those Roecker Gals Dish on The Liar Society Dream Cast & More…
Interview: Lisa & Laura Roecker, Authors of The Liar Society Today we are thrilled to have the writing duo of Lisa & Laura Roecker, whose debut novel The Liar Society hits stores March 1st. The Roecker sisters were kind enough to answer our decidedly hard-hitting journalistic interview questions, for which we kinda have a girl-crush…
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Author Interview: Tony Bayliss Talks Past Continuous
We caught up with Author Tony Bayliss, and chatted with him about Orwell, dreams of playing football for England, and the personal journey of writing his newest book. Your latest book, Past Continuous was recently published by Sparkling Books. Congratulations. Can you tell us a little about it? Past Continuous starts with the death of…
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Reading Electra Aloud In The Dark
“Such is my story, – grievous to hear, if words can grieve; but for us, who beheld, the greatest of sorrows that these eyes have seen” – Paedagogus Confession I have always been a bit of a Greek classics geek. Meaning, I sorta love the stuff. The ever-meddling gods, the revenge, the pathos, the supernatural,…
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This is Why I Write: Embracing Dark Truths
We are super pumped to have Vanessa Morgan guest posting today to kick off our new guest post series This is Why I Write. For those of you that are familiar with our This is Why I Read series; This is Why I Write will serve as a regular feature where we will be offering…
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This is Why I Read: Finding Beauty, Hope & Strength In Dark Places
As part of the official blog tour for Until Beth by Lisa Amowitz I’m super excited to have Lisa here with a guest post for us today as part of our This is Why I Read series. Of course we also have all the details on this book, the start of a dark new YA…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Christina Katz
Christina Katz is a creative writing coach who lives in Oregon. Check out her Writer’s Platfom course on Udemy and this ultra-cool MEGA LIST of movies about writers and the writing life!
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is the author of everything cool including The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Sleeper and the Spindle, and Unnatural Creatures. Love this quote? Show it off on a tee or notebook! And check out this adorable audio of Maddy Gaiman interviewing her dad!
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson was an American author and screenwriter known for his hardboiled crime fiction most notably The Killer Inside Me. Recently, 37 years after his death Mulholland Books reissued all 25 of his books in trade paperback. He was lesser known for his screenplay collaborations with Stanley Kubrick.
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Caroline Gordon
Caroline Gordon was a celebrated American novelist and literary critic, a friend and contemporary of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Eliot and O’Connor. She had a fascinating tumultuous affair with her husband, the poet Allen Tate, twice ending in divorce, and among her various published works was a critical guide called How to Read a Novel.
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Stephen King
Stephen King is the author of all the wicked awesome scary stories you hid from your parents to read growing up and some of Hollywood’s most memorable and awarded films. His On Writing remains one of the most well respected and loved books on the craft (and one of my personal favorites). Check out more quotes…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Utterly Swoonworthy Fictional Quotes
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Each week we do a specially themed Top 10 list, and this week’s theme is: Top Ten Utterly Swoonworthy Fictional Quotes Valentine’s day is rushing upon us and in preparation we thought we would give you all some romance. I chose…
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This is Why I Read: The Gift of Fiction
Today we welcome Kym Hamer with the third guest post of our new series, This is Why I Read. As a regular feature we will be offering guests the chance to talk about why we read, and offer insights from the sentimental to the seriously silly into why they personally, or we collectively need fiction in…
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This is Why I Read: The Restorative Power of Fiction
Today we welcome Anne Robinson with the second guest post of our new series, This is Why I Read. As a regular feature we will be offering guests the chance to talk about why we read, and offer insights from the sentimental to the seriously silly into why they personally, or we collectively need fiction…
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This is Why I Read: Super Powered Imagination
We are thrilled to have Sabrina Mantle guest posting today to kick of our new series, This is Why I Read. As a regular feature we will be offering guests the chance to talk about why we read and offer insights from the sentimental to the seriously silly into why they personally, or we as…
