I received a free ARC of this book from The Story Plant in exchange for my honest review. Steven Manchester is a familiar name to me as a Story Plant reader; I read his book THE CHANGING SEASON almost exactly a year ago now, and reviewed it here on the blog. I remember enjoying the … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: ASHES by Steven Manchester
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As a writer, Valentine's Day can be great fun. I have so many interesting characters who can do all manner of fun and interesting things for the holiday--or, in the case of Karantiri, I can make up an equivalent holiday that they can then celebrate. (Or more than one--one for the humans and one for … Continue reading Valentine’s Day (Because Why Not)
So I'm a little early for Valentine's day, but the post you'll read on Monday got me inspired, so here's a little FF treat for you. It's the same characters as from the romance chapter from last Friday, just at a different point in their lives. I'm a sucker for an HEA, so I doubt … Continue reading Fiction Friday: Even Broken Hearts
I was provided a free ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. I knew from the moment I saw the description of this book that I was going to want to read it. Having seen the cover, read the description...when it showed up in a NetGalley email to me, I … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: GILDED CAGE by Vic James
I saw a sentiment on Twitter the other day, talking about a friend of mine. We have very different stories, but at our core there's a lot we share in common. But the sentiment (from a friend of theirs) was this: "She always looked so desperate and sad. Now they look happier." This was in … Continue reading Mirror Into the Past
So I'm writing a romance novel, slowly but surely. I'll likely publish it under a different name (because...reasons) but I'll share the first chapter of it with you here. Maybe you'll find it on your shelves someday... We meet our male protagonist here: Nathan. He's got a long history of being in my head, and … Continue reading Chapter 1 – Experiment
This is another book I initially got from NetGalley and then lost track of and missed the window on. From the description, I can tell what would have appealed to me--the story untold, the repercussions of a parent's generation on their children. And especially in a place as politically charged as the Middle East, this … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: THE TYRANT’S DAUGHTER by J.C. Carleson
I came across a writing exercise in my hunt for Fiction Friday ideas, and found one in a book I have (and I have no memory of where I picked it up) but it struck me as interesting. It asked us, as writers, to imagine what our ideal writing space would be--and then to write … Continue reading Ideal Writing Space
So in deciding to write these to prompts I found, I'm rapidly realizing that I don't have nearly the amount of prompts I thought I did...and the ones I do have aren't as good as I remember. This is irksome, and I'm going to be on a quest to fix it. BUT! For now, I've … Continue reading FICTION FRIDAY: Just One Look
So there are a few books on my NetGalley profile that slipped through the cracks early on in my tenure there, and I decided that if I could, I was going to go back and see about giving them the feedback they deserved. This means I'm spending a lot of time cursing at Overdrive and … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: THE BOY WHO COULD SEE DEMONS by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
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