Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Featured Read: Once Upon a Twisted Time Anthology

Here's a new release straight from four talented authors, Lindsay Avalon, Trish M. Dawson, Miranda Stork, and Tara S. Wood! Be sure to check out the fabulous details below, including the book trailer, cover art, and the CONTEST!

This is the official release day of Once Upon A Twisted Time, the first anthology from Moon Rose Publishing! A collection of dark adult fairytales, these stories will turn your idea of what a fairytale should be on its head! From Steampunk to Fantasy, there is

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Female Heroines: Real Compassion

Women sometimes get a bad rap for not caring for each other. For saying one thing while feeling or even doing the opposite. Just as often, women get accused of caring too much, of not keeping their distance in various situations. We're often ready with advice, but hesitant to take it.

Those same factors often come into play when we're reading women in fiction. Female heroines come under fire for being flighty. For going too far. For being too soft or too tough, too easy or too hard to

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Thursday, October 4, 2012

Featured Read: Survive the Night by Vicki Hinze

Today's featured read is none other than a brand new Love Inspired suspense novel by Vicki Hinze! Survive the Night kicks off the LOST, Inc. series (books two and three arrive December of 2012 and February of 2013).

From the back cover: After losing everything, Della Jackson tries to begin again as an investigator. But she can’t forget the past . .. and neither can someone else. Someone who won’t let anyone–even Della’s best friend, former special operative Paul Mason–stand in

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Friday, September 28, 2012

World Building: Making It Matter

I've always been a voracious reader of many genres from thriller to historical romance. Lately, I've been doing an extensive amount of reading and writing (one blessing of having both kids away at school) and nothing frustrates me more than reading a book (or watching a movie) where an element is introduced, focused on, and then left to languish in a fictitious corner, unused.

It happens with small plot details when things slip through during the editing process (from established and new

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Female Heroines: Power To The Comic Book Characters

Don't look now, but the AVENGERS are here! Or rather, they will be as soon as the delivery truck drops off my DVDs. Yes, I pre-ordered the Avengers movie - despite the three trips I made to see it in theaters. (Once in 3-d) And I cannot wait to watch it again (and again and again...)

You get the point. Hey, it is a Joss Whedon film, which means the writing and story line are superb. And the eye candy of Hemsworth, RDJ, Evans, et al is no hardship.

But thinking about this DVD release,

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