Monthly Archives: December 2015

Interview with Suz Korb

Suz Korb is a writer whose first published work of fiction was for the Boston Literary Magazine in 2010. It won a place in the Spring issue as the top story, launching her fiction writing career. She is now a British/American author

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MAILING LISTS: Why Authors Need Them, How To Build One (It’s Pretty Simple!)

Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
Your humble host. We all know there are dozens of things we’re supposed to be doing as authors in addition to writing. We talk about it here all the time. One of the important items…

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Pirate Gold

A brick shifted, accompanied by muffled sounds of joy from outside. Fernando shifted his attention to the wall. Was someone finally breaking through his prison? He’d only taken a small purse–enough to cover immediate expenses. But his shipmates had caught

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My First Reviews

I haven’t yet undergone the baptism-by-fire of dealing with a trollish one-star review (although I’ve been assured this is an eventual certainty), but I have received four excellent reviews so far, two four-stars and two five. I was pretty much

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The Story Behind Dragon Hoard

This is a reblog of a post by the lovely, helpful Suz Korb. Most books have a story-behind-the-story, and mine is no exception. This collection has its roots in an event that happened when I was a young girl. Read

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Author Interview with Jill Hand

Jill is one of the co-authors in Thinkerbeat’s anthology, The Art of Losing, just released. Her story The Shop of Lost Things was even up on Thinkerbeat the same month as my piece, so it’s almost like we’re in the

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Fairy Tales and Fables

Today’s post is a reblog of a fabulous piece by Hunter Jones. Okay, I’m biased because I write fairy tales, but I absolutely agree that folklore touches the place where broken dreams lie. To me, they have always represented hope.

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