The Altar Girl is a Mystery, Crime, Thriller story that centers around Nadia, the daughter of Ukrainian immigrants. Raised in a Ukrainian neighborhood, she was brought up under a strict set of old country values and rules. Namely, that family comes first, no matter what, and you never rat out someone from the neighborhood, no matter what; unless they’re… Read more »
I have a lot of initials after my name…18 years of study on top of what I did at school. And not one of the degrees is in English or Literature. So what the hell am I doing writing novels? There is a myth that anyone can write a novel…but the truth is that not anyone can write a good… Read more »
Nearly 125 years have passed since 32-year-old spinster Lizzie Borden supposedly killed her father, Andrew Borden, and her stepmother, Abby Durfee Borden, yet the crime continues to be as fascinating as ever. Countless books continue to be published offering various reasons for the crime. Was she insane? Was it a crime of passion? Was it a crime of opportunity… Read more »
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 »
Small Press Publishing: What to Expect Small presses can open doors for authors who may not otherwise find a home for their books. For anyone considering publication by a small press, here are a few things I’ve learned from working with Fire and Ice YA, the Minnesota-based press that published my young adult mystery, Trail of Secrets: * Expect to… Read more »
Every author that tackles a genre with outside-the-norm characters wants to make the best ‘bump-in-the-night’. Let’s note that I originally wrote that line, using only ‘horror’ and ‘fantasy’ as genre examples. But fortunately for readers and writers, so many of the stories that we bring into the light lately are almost impossible to categorize. Though it makes it difficult… Read more »
The mind’s eye can be a wonderful thing. Through it, thousands of words become glorious landscapes and sweeping vistas and the darkest caves. We witness through our imagination the rise of kings and the fall of dictators, honorable battles, and mischievous deeds. We can see the glow of first love, the tears of new loss, and the grief of… Read more »
The question that author, Tony Wirt, asks on the cover of his book, A Necessary Act is “Can you stop a serial killer before it starts?” It’s the same thing you’ll be asking yourself until even the last page of the book – perhaps even scratching your head. The entire community of Lake Mills knew there was something amiss with… Read more »
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 »
As You Lay Sleeping Katlyn Duncan Published by: HQ Digital Publication date: February 20th 2017 Genres: Thriller, Young Adult I did it all for you… Cara’s boyfriend is dead. When fingers start pointing at her, she knows she’s in more trouble than she originally thought. Because Cara can see that something isn’t right. As her carefully constructed life begins to… Read more »
In the few short decades of its existence, the Internet has become a staple of society and revolutionized how we do just about everything: the way we shop, the way we talk, the way we meet people, and the way we travel, just to name a few. Most surprisingly, it’s changed the way we scare others as well as ourselves…. Read more »
Pretty Wicked Kelly Charron Publication date: September 30th 2016 Genres: Thriller, Young Adult The daughter of a local police detective, fifteen-year-old Ryann has spent most of her life studying how to pull off the most gruesome murders her small Colorado town has ever seen. But killing is only part of it. Ryann enjoys being the reason the cops are frenzied…. Read more »
With Ties that Bind: A Broken Bonds Novel, Book Two Trisha Wolfe Publication date: October 11th 2016 Genres: Adult, Romance, Thriller A new threat has descended upon Arlington, and lead medial examiner Avery Johnson is in its sights, being targeted by the city’s latest serial killing menace known to the public as the Alpha Killer. Whether urban legend or reality,… Read more »
The Butterfly Garden is a thriller/suspense mystery that will grab you from the first page and have you page turning well into the night. Embedded within the main story line are a raft of sub-stories. That makes this review difficult to do without giving anything away. So, my description of the story will be briefer than normal and repeat… Read more »