Today we have a GUEST POST from author Jon Morris, author of The Legion of Regrettable Superheroes! When Comic Book Authors Appear In Their Own Books … Superhero comics are known for playing fast and loose with physics, reason, and believability. But that kind of loosey-goosey storytelling also allows for some genuine surprises. With every major city, as far as these comics were concerned, packed to the rafters with superheroes, it only seemed to make sense that they and their creators might somehow meet – right in the pages…
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Guest Post from Author Sam Maggs: Ladies Rock
Today we have a GUEST POST from author Sam Maggs, author of the book: Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History Ladies Rock: What I Listened to While Writing Wonder Women Music plays a huge part in my attitude when I sit down to write. I penned my first book, The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy, almost entirely to the theme song from Pacific Rim on repeat, because it made me feel fearless and helped me to combat my impostor syndrome. For Wonder Women: 25 Innovators,…
Read MoreGuest Post from Author Romina Russell: My Journey
Hey you guys! Today we have a GUEST POST from author Romina Russell! Author of the new YA series: ZODIAC! I think I’ve known I wanted to be a writer since I was nine, but I didn’t finish my first full-length novel until I got to college. Senior year, I enrolled in my first ever creative writing class. The syllabus required students to turn in two short stories throughout the course of the semester, and when it came time for my second story, I wrote a continuation of the first.…
Read MoreTwo questions with Author Tracy Holczer (Guest Post / Blog Tour)
What was the easiest scene to write? What was the most difficult? The end of Chapter 3 called Just Like That was the scene that came easiest. I remember that one flowing easily as I tried to follow what naturally came next in Grace’s story. At the time I wrote this scene, I had no idea where I was going or what, exactly had happened to Grace’s mother. I didn’t know what part, if any, Grace played in her mother’s death. So the story questions that came out in that…
Read MoreCAUSE: Hands Across The Sea to increase literacy
You can help Hands Across The Sea to increase literacy levels of kids in the Caribbean! We only need 100 people to donate $25 in order to reach our goal! With your help, we can give these kids more opportunities to read and learn. This ends November 29th.
Read MoreIt’s Novel Writing Month!
Have you written the outline to a novel? How about the first chapter of one, or even a single sentence? Do you dream of characters that don’t exist in real life, and do you give them dilemmas to sort out? Are you worried that your imaginary friends make you seem like a schizophrenic? Not to worry! You’re not alone, and this month there are 290,064* folks just like you that are gathering together in writerly bonding. November is NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. For those uninitiated to NaNoWriMo, let me…
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