Hi everyone! I’m so pleased to bring you a conversation with the lovely R. Phoenix, AKA Raissa. These are such enjoyable interviews. I don’t know about you guys, but I love getting to peek into the minds and imaginations of different authors. None of us are the same, but we all share certain similarities. It’s … Read more
Welcome to another Into the Unknown segment where an author who might be new to you reveals some interesting details and tidbits about their creative life. Today I’m so happy to introduce C F White. She has a wonderful series to tell you about, but first, let’s talk…. I always enjoy learning about the … Read more
INTO THE UNKNOWN — AUTHOR INTERVIEWS Welcome to my first author interview! I have the really talented—and funny, as you’ll see—Kasia Bacon here to launch this new segment. And I’m not kidding when I say talented. Kasia’s book The Highlander has been nominated for Best Fantasy in the 2017 Goodreads M/M Romance Members’ Choice Awards! How … Read more
This picture is actually a daytime shot taken on my phone. I played around with the tone to give it a nighttime look. One of the perks of writing, for me, is doing things I might never have otherwise done. Like everybody else, I have a busy life. Hobbies are almost luxuries, so maybe the … Read more
How do you write a good book? I’m sure there’s a trick. There’s certainly no dearth of how-to-write and how-to-get-published books out there. A lot of people buy those books. I buy them. I’m reading Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain right now, but I’m pretty sure there are no tricks in … Read more
To me, one of the beauties of dystopian and apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic stories is in the ability to point a finger at a concept or idea rather than at a specific individual or institution. The concept or idea targeted for the story and finger-pointing is usually culturally entrenched and/or imposed on us now, in our … Read more
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. Joseph Conrad People often ask writers who or what is their muse. What inspires you? I guess they are asking. Something akin to where do you get your ideas. I suspect that the creation of the … Read more
I am embarking on a rant about this. It’s a pet peeve, really, and NOT MEANT AS A REAL CRITICISM!, because I am well aware I might be the only writer/reader out there pitching a fit about this. Plus, I’m sure I write my own fair share of cliches. But this one—“… a dance as … Read more
“I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss – you can’t do it alone.” –John Cheever My book Backbone is going into general release on this July 28th. I’ve just signed a contract for my second book, and I’m smack in the middle of my third. So, outside of the day job, … Read more
The other day while I was stuck in traffic, I saw a guy on an island of a busy intersection trying to fix something on his bike. The bike had a cart filled with bags attached to the back—the kind of thing people with kids like to ride around in. This guy was scruffy and … Read more