Enclave–Creation by Rafael Soares Genre: Fantasy In the earliest stage of the Universe, a sentient and powerful race found itself trapped within the confines of civil war. While countless factions were formed and thoroughly vanquished, other individuals sought to remain neutral and pursue their own objectives in the current dimension without taking sides. Sooner or later however, everyone had to… Read more »
If You’re Gone by Brittany Goodwin Genre: YA Contemporary Release Date: June 20th 2016 Edge of 22 Publishing Summary: If You’re Gone traces a trying summer for rising high school senior Lillian White as she struggles to cope with the sudden disappearance of her boyfriend, Brad Lee – reported missing the morning after his graduation ceremony. When law enforcement dismisses… Read more »
Adorkable by Cookie O’Gorman Release Date: March 31st 2016 Summary from Goodreads: Adorkable (ah-dor-kuh-bul): Descriptive term meaning to be equal parts dorky and adorable. For reference, see Sally Spitz. Seventeen-year-old Sally Spitz is done with dating. Or at least, she’s done with the horrible blind dates/hookups/sneak attacks her matchmaking bestie, Hooker, sets her up on. There’s only so much one… Read more »
You’ve probably heard it from your writing buddies, seen it in how-to books, and read it in author interviews. It’s arguably the ultimate writing mantra, the number one way to improve your writing. What exactly am I talking about? The Show, Don’t Tell rule. High five to you if you guessed where I was headed! Show, Don’t Tell is one of the most popular expressions in any creative writing sphere, novel… Read more »
He Said Ashley brought this topic up and honestly, I never even thought about this till she mentioned it. I’m not sure where she comes up with this stuff but the more I thought about it the more I thought it was a good He Said/She Said topic. (Don’t tell her that as her head will just get bigger…. Read more »
The growth of Indie or Independent writers has increased dramatically over the years. There are different companies that will help the “Indie” author publish his or her work. The main difference between these companies is fees. Some have different packages for publishing with different fees, and others allow the author to publish digital books for free, and then retain a… Read more »
Top 10 Best Known Little Authors Small Press Publications or Independently Published Books A Shade of Vampire By Bella Forrest The Wronged Sons By John Marrs Isle of Winds By James Fahy Tell Me You Want Me By Amelia James Starshine By G.S Jennsen A Demon Made Me Do It (Demonblood. #1) By Penelope King Dreams Come True By Bridgitte… Read more »
Majra is a vivid and complex world rooted in Central Asian culture similar in detail and style to JRR Tolkien’s Middle Earth. The main character, Aris, is a quiet young man living in Serzhen, a dessert country filled with brilliant tales and crafty artists. Unfortunately, Serzhen is also filled with invaders from a country called Marja sent to “civilize” Aris’… Read more »
Enchanted: The Fairy Revels Collection by Various Authors Release Date: April 2016 Summary: Enchanted: The Fairy Revels Collection 9 Faerie Romance & Fantasy Fairy Tales; Urban Fantasy, YA Fairies, Fractured Fairy Tales, Sweet Fae Romance, and Paranormal Boxed Set One spellbound night, nine award-winning and Amazon best-selling authors joined together to bring you an enchanting collection of tales… Read more »
Although we tend to promote independently published books and authors, good books are good books and goodreads authors are super important as well. So here we share the Top 10 goodreads Choice Awards 2015. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee After You by Jojo Myers* The Royal We by Heather Cocks* A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara* My Grandmother… Read more »
Rarity from the Hollow is an adult literary science fiction novel filled with tragedy, comedy and satire that sensitizes readers to the world-wide social problem of child maltreatment. “…The author has managed to do what I would have thought impossible; taken serious subjects like poverty, ignorance, abuse, and written about them with tongue-in-cheek humor without trivializing them. In fact,… Read more »
She said… So, as someone who has never written a book – yet – I sometimes don’t realize how important all the different components can be. However, I think my author partner will agree that the most important part of the sale of an actual book is the cover. When I peruse the sections of Amazon, or an actual brick… Read more »
It was after school, and I was half-heartedly stretching for drill team practice when the girl beside me, Hannah, said, “Don’t you think you’re being mean to Jodi?” I had never really talked to Hannah before, but she had recently become friends with my best friend, Jodi. And apparently my best friend had been sharing some less-than-flattering things about me…. Read more »
Oh I’m exhausted after reading this! My brain hurts. Tyler Durden Saved My Life by Adam Kirkman killed my head. Gosh, where to begin…Let’s start with the good stuff. So, I must say that this book is impeccably written save for the typical typo or little booboo. This is the predominant reason why this piece received the rating that it… Read more »
He said… As Ashley, and most of my friends will tell you, I’m different. I have always viewed things in a different light, taken a different approach or looked for ways to use things that one might normally ignore. Thus, one of the things that always surprise me when I read a book, especially a Kindle book, is how ignored… Read more »
