Tag Archives: Author Spotlight

Guest Post – The Swirl:Author Erin Lee Daniels Discusses Interracial Romance

As a romance author few things give me more satisfaction than watching my characters come to life within the pages of my novels. I imagine Dr. Frankenstein felt much the same way when he attached nodes to his monstrous creation and waited for lightning to strike. Not the most romantic analogy but I’m just going to go with it lol…. Read more »

Guest Post MTW – Women Are Ruling the Chicklit Scene by Zaheera Walker

Beyonce’s ‘Run The World’ keeps playing in my head as I sit down to write this. Well can you blame me considering women writers are on fire and chicklits are rocking it so fly. The architecture of literature is evolving and we must be ready to embrace the evergrowing, ever exciting heroines. Gone are the days of Sherlock Holmes solving… Read more »

Guest Post – 30 Things About My Sleuth by Heather Weidner – MTW

30 Things about My Sleuth – Delanie Fitzgerald of Falcon Investigations Thank you for letting be visit your blog! Secret Lives and Private Eyes is the first in my Delanie Fitzgerald mystery series. She is a private investigator who lives in Central Virginia. And I’m often asked about what my protagonist is really like. Here’s my top-thirty list about my… Read more »

Guest Post – Inspiration from the Big 80s – The Decade of Excess by Heather Weidner

Thank you so much for letting me visit today. Secret Lives and Private Eyes is the first novel in my Delanie Fitzgerald mystery series. When I started writing this (several years ago), I thought about what it would be like to encounter someone famous in an ordinary or unexpected setting. I coupled that with my love of ‘80s music and… Read more »

Today is the beginning of MTW – Schedule of Events

As promised, it’s Mystery Thriller Week Today (Feb 12th) through the 23rd February Please see below for our schedule of events,  But don’t forget to visit MTW for A schedule of the entire week’s events.       2/12/17 Guest Post – Michael Smoremburg – How Fiction Built/Builds Our World Part 1 2/13/17 Guest Post – Kelley Kaye – Guest… Read more »

Review – Lightning Flash I, II, III, Polar Opposites, and Notes to Self by Valerie Runyun

  I had the wonderful pleasure of beta reading for Valerie before she published any of her work. Since then, I have read each of her pieces as she’s published them and promised myself I would do a review. But am I really qualified to review her work? I’m not sure I am. But, I know I have to. I… Read more »

TV Wrote the Book by A. Fae (Inspiration Investigation: TV)

Being disabled, television has become my lifeline to the outside world.  Be it the news, a 30-minute sitcom, or an hour-long drama, they occupy a majority of my free time – which is more than I care to admit.  So, to think of television is a seamless thought that runs as smoothly through my mind as if discussing or thinking… Read more »

Hanging by a Moment: TV Episodes & Chapters by Tay Laroi (Inspiration Investigation: TV)

Love it or hate it, it’s impossible to deny that The Walking Dead has left a mark on the popular psyche and isn’t going away anytime soon, especially since it’s been renewed for at least twelve seasons. At first, that news made me roll my eyes. After how bad season two was, I wondered how they could keep up momentum… Read more »

Guest Post – Real Science in Fiction: The Power of Writing What You Know by Samuel Marquis

  When it comes to getting the scientific details right in fiction, the clichéd advice to “write what you know” is one of the best pieces of literary advice. Why? Because if your actual background is well-grounded in science and you can turn a proper phrase, your science-based novel is going to be a hundred times more authentic than even… Read more »

Highway Thirteen to Manhattan:The Six Train to Wisconsin Series Book 2- Cover Reveal

His secrets almost killed her. Her secrets may destroy them both. Kai is recovering from a near-death experience when she realizes something isn’t right. Her body is healing, but her mind no longer feels quite like her own. Her telepathic powers are changing, too. She can’t trust herself. The darkness growing inside of her pushes her to use her telepathy… Read more »

Hemingway’s Dilemma by Scott Kauffman

Wondering if it had improved any with age in the forty-five years since I garnered my gentleman’s “C” on a book report from an English teacher likely being generous, I again cracked open The Old Man and the Sea. While my first reading of a fish story about the one that got away bored me to tears, or maybe only… Read more »

The Naked Author: Living with Fear by Megan Tayte

  I was inspired to write this post by the Summer 2016 issue of the Journal of the Society of Authors (UK), which opened with these words from the editor, James McConnachie: ‘All authors live with fear.’ Did you know that to be an author is to live with fear? Perhaps for some writers that is not the case, but… Read more »

Interview with Author of Horses of Tir Na Nog, Bob Boze

Interview with Author and Contributing Author/Editor with Truth About Books, Bob Boze How did you come to name your love story series and the first book?  The Horses of Tir Na Nog Ranch is real, as are the horses and their stories. The ranch is owned by a friend and while visiting the ranch, the idea of a book telling… Read more »

Print Party and Giveaway from Author, Megan Tayte – Author Spotlight

One of the authors we’ve reviewed before is having a special giveaway to celebrate the release of her series, The Ceruleans series, in print on Amazon.  The giveaway will be running through the month of June (My apologies about not posting it sooner).  We hope you will all enter and at the same time check out the 5-book series now… Read more »