Title: Shenandoah Crossings By Lisa Belcastro About the Book Tess Roberts may live on Martha’s Vineyard, vacation spot for movie stars and presidents, but the Island feels anything but idyllic. Tess has had it with lousy dates, lying, cheating men,…
I'll admit that I'm a frequent browser of the freebies on Amazon. I'm not one of those people who go digging around looking for free books, but I'll browse the top 100 and various genre lists that I read looking…
A while back, I downloaded a freebie book about a zombie lawyer. It sounded amusing and though the author was no one I'd heard of I was happy to give it a try. Of course, being a freebie downloaded by…
One of the things my publisher has done is let us read pre-release copies of upcoming books if we want. Obviously this helps the author get reviews, but it's also good for those of us who love books. So I…
I've been mulling this for a little while now and thought I'd toss it out there to see what you all have to say (so please, please chime in with your thoughts!) When you read a book, how much do…
One of my all time favorite books comes out as a movie today and it's gotten me thinking, somewhat, about turning books into movies. I always cringe just a little when I hear that they're making a movie out of…
My publisher posted some statistics today (taken from a Publisher's Weekly article, I believe, but I can't find it to link it) about declining sales in brick and mortar book stores. In August, bookstore sales were down about 5% -…
Here Today Gone Tomorrow By Carlene Havel About the Book Disappointed, dumped, divorced. Everything Casey Slaughter counted on is gone. While contemporaries start their families, Casey works two jobs to haul herself out of debt. Friends and family recommend a…
The age-old advice given to aspiring authors is to "write what you know." And I tend to think that's fairly reasonable advice...to a point. Because as a reader, well, I don't want to think that everything I'm reading is semi-autobiographical…
I've been thinking a lot about the two writer's conferences I've gone to recently and come to the conclusion that, for me at least, writer's conferences aren't nearly as useful as they seem like they should be (or at least…