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Hello everyone! Thanks for joining me. I hope you have a delicious beverage and a snack ready as you get comfy. I'm a person who likes...

ISFAB is moving forward quickly! Out of 100 books the judges now have 60 under their belt! The judges have four more weeks to finish the...

Yes, yes, it does, Moira, and thank you for noticing. A big thanks also to all of you for tuning in for part three of our ISFAB Judges:...

If you haven't read part one, well, you're late to the party pal. Run (hop, skip or walk, it's up to you) to my previous ISFAB tagged...

If you haven't heard of the ISFAB competition, it's okay. I'm not going to judge you, but to catch up, hop over and read the first blog...

*ISFAB is organized and sponsored by Fallbrandt Press.* Okay, it may not be exactly this type of battle but believe me, to those authors...

Eric Shapiro is a writer and filmmaker. Called "the next Philip K. Dick" by author Kealan Patrick Burke, Shapiro is the author of six...

D. William Landsborough (known to many as just Doug) is a writer of dark and urban fantasy, with a sprinkling of whatever else crosses...

A part of Stanely was born at the intersection of "once upon a time" and "where no man has gone before." As a result, Stanley found that...

The Tannis Project is essentially a chance to get a peek into the thoughts of a near-200-year-old vampire in the form of weekly entries he d

It was a clairvoyant that suggested Michael write a book, he did and hasn't looked back. Although an established multi-genre author, with...

The Manjian Chronicles have characters who are very near and dear to me; I began writing them as a teenager, so their story was easier to sh

Rise of the Horned Serpent’s concept is sky pirates vs Dragons.

The main characters are kind of useless: an ex-mercenary who can’t fight, a crippled Magus fresh out of the Academy, an older priest, and a

The legends of Camelot got it wrong.

t’s nice to bring up some problem you’re having with your story, or read a piece out loud to your thirteen-year-old (nine-year-old when I be

A lot of things have happened in 2020 and I want my future writing to be more plugged into the pulse of America.

I would say that the thing that I found most helpful was the mere fact of reading broadly and understanding and identifying what I liked and

I am currently working on a sequel to Where Shadows Lie, that picks off right where it left off. I am also working on a series of Fae Romanc

I enjoy placing little tidbits to old movies and old books in my stories. You could literally play “spot the reference” while reading.