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Time for an Adventure!
“Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.” –The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien I’m going on vacation this month! And because I’ll be traveling, visiting cool…
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Book Review: The Italian Ballerina
by Kristy Cambron Publisher’s Synopsis A prima ballerina. Two American medics. And a young Jewish girl with no name . . . At the height of the Nazi occupation of Rome, an unlikely band of heroes comes together to save Italian Jews in this breathtaking World War II novel based on real historical events. Rome,…
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Clean Reads
What’s something you’re passionate about? In the book world, something I’m passionate about is clean reads. Now, what a “clean read” is varies from person to person. So what do I mean by clean reads? Clean reads for me personally don’t have much language in them—both swearing and blasphemy. Clean reads don’t have overly heavy…
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Book Review: The Wolf Queen
by Tabitha Caplinger Publisher’s Synopsis Ylva was raised by wolves. That is the story her clan tells of their Wolf Queen. The truth is far more miraculous. Her Gift, bestowed by the Light, enables her to see deep inside the hearts of men. Prince Rohan considers the Light mere superstition and only believes in what…
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Life Doesn’t Have a Roadmap
I wish life had a roadmap or a list of instructions. But it doesn’t. I’m scared of the uncertain, of the unknown. I’m scared of making mistakes or the wrong decision. But if I knew everything that was going to happen, or everything I needed to do, life would lose some of its wonder. And…
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Book Review: The Last Cuentista
by Donna Barba Higuera Publisher’s Synopsis There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra’s world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children – among them Petra and her family – have…
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Dealing with Plot Bunnies
Do you struggle with plot bunnies? I do. 😅 New story ideas love to pop into my head all the time. Some are better than others, of course. But frequently getting new story ideas means that I have to fight to stay focused on my current WIP. Here are some of the ways that I…
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Book Review: The Wonderland Trials
by Sara Ella Publisher’s Synopsis Solve the clues. Face your fears. Survive the Trials. All Alice Liddell wants is to escape her Normal life in Oxford and find the parents who abandoned her ten years ago. But she gets more than she bargained for when her older sister Charlotte is arrested for having the infamous…
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You Don’t Have to Love Every Book
It’s okay to not like a book. As writers and authors, we remind ourselves to focus on our target audience. We aren’t writing for everyone out there. But as readers, we can forget that we aren’t everyone’s target audience. So not every book is for you. You probably don’t enjoy every genre or every trope.…
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Book Review: Maxine Justice – Galactic Attorney
Publisher’s Synopsis Can Justice Save the Earth from Extinction? Maxine Justice is an ambulance-chasing lawyer desperate for relevance and cash when aliens hire her to represent them before the United Nations. An off-planet consortium wants to heal humanity of every natural disease in exchange for 30% of Earth’s gold reserves. The deal launches Max to…
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