by Guest Author | Jan 18, 2022 | Fiction, Guest Authors
Bright lights shine along with the crowd as the bass shakes the club’s floors. Everyone is here to escape—some more often than others. My body jumps to the beat that helps you out the everyday emotions and thoughts. In between each song, the thoughts try to...
by Guest Author | Jan 4, 2022 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Querying Literary Agents, Writing Tips
A writing colleague recently hosted a zoom discussion with several self-published authors which they then wrote up for their newsletter. (You can read it here.) It was a fun and interesting chat about the pros and cons of self-publishing and discovering how similar...
by Guest Author | Dec 21, 2021 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
Wait, what? Of course, you need to trust your friends and family! They would not be your friends unless they were trustworthy, and your family is – well, you’re related to them, right? Let’s assume your friends and family are utterly trustworthy, so why not trust...
by Guest Author | Dec 7, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction, Guest Authors
It’s my birthday and I’ll change if I must. That was going through my mind when I woke up. You see the devil IS in the details and like most people I didn’t read the details. I saw the pain that tormented my parent’s bodies. I went to bed their grief...
by Guest Author | Nov 23, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction, Guest Authors
I watch her writhing, body doubling up as a fresh rush of pain hits her with all its force. The Magic Wives tend to her and provide relief from the torment, via a torturous process. A creature they call, ‘The Needle.’ She stays still, my love,...
by Guest Author | Nov 9, 2021 | Guest Authors, Writing Tips
5 Reasons to consider producing your book in audio format Audio format for books was developed in 1931 by The American Foundation for the Blind and the Library of Congress Book for the Blind Project with their Talking Book Program. Their first test audio recordings in...
by Guest Author | Oct 26, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction, Guest Authors
The sky was dark. The smoke-filled air eliminated a view of the moon or any visible stars. Forest fires were burning too close for comfort. Above me, I saw nothing but blackness, an abyss. I had read something once about nearing a full moon. The energy shift that...
by Guest Author | Oct 12, 2021 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Poems
The fiery nights of passion those bring back distant memories, Ecstasy in your eyes, along your back I lose my senses, The strength of your spirit comes and I return to you, When you remind me who I’m and where we go, I dream of you, I draw you, I desire you, You are...
by Guest Author | Sep 28, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction, Guest Authors
Flutes in their lower register unleash their words over a scene of fifty blossomed cherry trees. The tree known for her vulnerability is the cherry tree. A large trunk for a torso, she hovers and grows like the most knowing woman you’ve ever met. Being wise and able...
by Guest Author | Sep 14, 2021 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
I’ve now published two novels and I still don’t know whether I’m a plotter or a pantser. I’ve tried starting with just an idea, only to see the idea exhaust itself in the opening sections. That’s what happened with my third novel that I have begun working on. So I...