No budget for a trailer?
If you're an author who is dying to have a book trailer for your newest publication, but you're stuck because you don't have the budget to hire someone to make one for you, … Continue reading >>
A True Fan
My ninety-one year old mother is a spunky, lifelong baseball fan. Thelma grew up in Cleveland, and she was in the stadium, cheering wildly, when the Indians won the world series in 1948. At … Continue reading >>
I hate to be a grammar snob, but this colloquial construction of “try and” irks me:
I will try and do it.
The team will try and get a touchdown on this next play.
We will try and attend the … Continue reading >>
When do you get your best ideas?
Frosting a cake, working out, jogging, taking a shower, washing dishes, folding clothes, doodling: these are essentially mindless activities. You're not focused on … Continue reading >>
Susannah Suffolk struggles to defend her most public court case while she returns to Walloon Lake to arrange a funeral for her mother, in Cheri L. R. Taylor's debut novel, Leaving Walloon. Susannah is … Continue reading >>
In some novels, setting exists as a character of its own, exerting forces that move the story forward. One such book is The Mourning Hours, authored by Paula Treick DeBoard, which takes place in rural … Continue reading >>