Guest Post from Author Patricia Ravasio on Inspiration for Her Book

The Inspiration By Patricia Ravasio The inspiration for my book The Girl from Spaceship Earth is the wisdom of a genius who has been called the Leonardo da Vinci of the twentieth century. I was an eleven-year-old freckle-faced kid in 1969 when I first encountered Buckminster Fuller at one of his famous World Game lectures...

Review: The Ladies of Ivy Cottage by Julie Klassen

          Synopsis: New from the Top Author of Inspirational Regency Romance Return to Ivy Hill in The Ladies of Ivy Cottage as friendships deepen, romances blossom, and mysteries unfold. Living with the two Miss Groves in Ivy Cottage, impoverished gentlewoman Rachel Ashford is determined to earn her own livelihood . . . somehow....

Review: All We Ever Wanted was Everything by Janelle Brown

            Synopsis: A smart, comic page-turner about a Silicon Valley family in free fall over the course of one eventful summer. When Paul Miller’s pharmaceutical company goes public, making his family IPO millionaires, his wife, Janice, is sure this is the windfall she’s been waiting years for — until she...

Special Guest: Elyse Douglas Author of The Lost Mata Hari Ring

You Are a Real Character by Elyse Douglas A young teacher at a small town high school—married, in her 20’s, with aspirations to become a television journalist—was accused of murdering her husband. In the weeks before her arrest, she appeared on television several times, making emotional pleas, asking anyone with knowledge of the murder to...

Review: Beyond Chains by Mark Anthony NZE

                      Synopsis: Michael Nnaji is a dedicated cleric, and an exceptionally, brilliant young man that bluntly, refuses to perpetrate sinister acts, his superior in their ministry orchestrates. His refusal puts him in chains and he’s faced with a choice, accept the proposition, and become a...

Author Interview: MarkAnthony NZE

Meet Author MarkAnthony NZE Interview with MarkAnthony NZE  ULM: When did you first decide to become an author? Why? NZE: The decision came, over two decades when I was in high school and, it was due to my voracious reading of novels. ULM: How would you describe your character, Michael Nnaji? NZE: My main character,...

Interview: Meet Russ Colchamiro

Meet Author Russ Colchamiro   ULM: What lured you into the sci-fi genre? A: I’ve always been a scifi fan, but as a writer it evolved organically. I like to tell wild, expansive stories that challenge our beliefs of the Universe while also connecting with characters on a personal level, juxtaposing the struggles of their...

Check This Out: Not Even A Mouse by MariaLisa deMora

 #IsThatAMouseInYourPocket   Title: Not Even A Mouse Series: Rebel Wayfarers MC #10.75 Release Date: Dec. 25 2017 Author: MariaLisa deMora Genre: MC Romance Synopsis More than a decade ago Myron vowed he would live up to the trust shown him by one of the best men he’d ever met: Davis Mason. In a desperate situation,...

Author Interview: Meet John Prather

Meet Author John Prather  Q: For the guest post: what lead you to a career in writing? I’ve always been a writer. I’ve always liked to write stories. For as long as I can remember I’ve had stories and unfinished manuscripts on my computer and in notebooks that I started but never took the time...

Cover Reveal: The Booksplash Horror Story by Cassia Brightmore

    The Book Splash Horror Story by: Cassia Brightmore Author Genre: Dark Romance Release Date: January 22, 2018 Cover Design: Just Write Creations     Vacationing with a splash of blood…   Rennie Laval was about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. A virgin cruiser, what better way to pop her cherry...

Cover Reveal and New Release: More Than Falling by S. Van Horne

  More than Falling by S.Van Horne A Yeah Baby and More Series Crossover Genre: New Adult Release Date: October 19, 2017 Cover Design: SK Designs     AT TWENTY-THREE, ANGELA CHENEY didn’t date. Hell, she was still a virgin. She didn’t have time when her hectic life revolved around her job as a pediatric...

Cover Reveal: Resuscitation by Cassia Brightmore

                                        Resuscitation (The Trauma Series #3) by Cassia Brightmore Author                                                    ...

Cover Reveal: Salvation at Sunset by Donalyn Maurer

    Salvation at Sunset by Donalyn Maurer Genre: Romantic Suspense Release Date: June 1st, 2017 Cover Design: Concierge Literary Designs & Photography     I fall in love with an angel. My angel has all of hell’s demons chasing him. An angel that I vow to protect. My angel is damaged. Ghosts of war...

Author Interview: Sweta Vikram

Author Interview with Sweta Vikram             ULM: What inspired you to write Louisiana Catch? It wasn’t one thing that inspired me to write Louisiana Catch. Between the time spent on social media, the increase in reportage of cases of rape and sexual assault on women, colleagues and friends talking about...

Guest Post: Writing Characters that are Unfamiliar by Sweta Vikram

Writing Characters That are Unfamiliar by Author Sweta Vikram   When I started to write Louisiana Catch, I was sure of one thing: I wanted to challenge myself and create main characters that were out of my comfort zone. Different from anything or anyone I had ever known. Be it Ahana’s wealth or Rohan’s biracial...

Review: Betrayed by Nick Haskins

                      Synopsis: Sixteen years ago, William Majors Sr. made his young son, Billy, a promise that he would always take care of him after his mother died. He vowed to raise his son into a man he would someday be proud of. William also vowed...

Author Interview: Kevin Cady (The Warren Files Series)

Author Interview with Kevin Cady ULM: What lead you to writing the Warren File series? I loved movies when I was younger, the addition of books after college, but it was after I moved to Colorado that I thought about creating my own stories. Two ideas I wanted to explore struck me back in 2011,...

Spotlight Feature: The Rainmaker by Petra Landon

        Synopsis: As they race to untangle the past and thwart a power-hungry Wizard, Tasia must face her toughest decision yet. Can she take a leap of faith and risk her deadliest secret? Tasia Armstrong is no longer a nondescript, friendless and naïve Wizard flying under the radar on the fringes of...

Review: Winners Win, Losers Lose

Synopsis: Some people seem to win all the time! What is their secret? Is there a way to constantly win? Yes, there actually is. This book, will help you transform your Life to start Winning in every aspect of Life, Improving Your Income, And Start Being an Influencer. This, is your chance to change sides:...

Review: Against A Crimson Sky

Synopsis: The continuation of the sweeping story of young Countess Anna Maria, introduced in the epic PUSH NOT THE RIVER, as Poland picks up the pieces and joins forces with Napoleon in an attempt to bring down Russia.   AGAINST A CRIMSON SKY tells the interrelated stories of four characters in the aftermath of the...

Review: The Portrait of Vengeance

              Synopsis: An unsolved case. A tempest of memories. The future’s at stake—and time is running out...     Gwen Marcey has done a good job of keeping the pain of her past boxed up. But as she investigates the case of a missing child in Lapwai, Idaho, details...

Q&A with Author Laura Trentham

Q&A with Laura Trentham 1. What inspired the novel plot? Plots are strange things for me…I can rarely pinpoint anything in particular that triggers an idea. They usually pop into my head when I doing something else entirely like making dinner of driving the kids around. 2. What's your favorite scene? Why? I love the...

Review: Leave the Night On

Synopsis: Love, betrayal, and sweet revenge—life in Cottonbloom is about to get a whole lot hotter . . . Sutton Mize is known for lavishing attention on the customers who flock to her boutique on the wealthy side of her Mississippi town. So when she finds a lace thong in her fiancé’s classic cherry-red Camaro,...

Author Interview: Jean Sorrell

Interview Questions for “Shadow of Death” What was it like studying English Literature? Studying English Literature was like opening a gift box, a view of a world unknown to me before. The Brontes, Mary Shelley, Daphne du Mauier, Agatha Christie, Mary Stewart and so many other wonderful English women authors inspired me to want to...

Author Interview with Patricia Gachagan

Author Interview: Patricia Gachagan, Born Together ULM: What lead you to writing your inspiring memoir, Born Together?   I have always been attracted to writing, keeping journals over many years as well as being a fan of the old-fashioned pen and paper letter writing as I travelled and lived abroad. I simply started one day...

Author Interview with David Spencer

ULM: What inspired you to write your book, Dark Skinned?  I was inspired to write Dark Skinned after listening to some people share on Youtube who had went through similar situations growing up that I did. Hearing their stories helped me heal and deal with some issues I had been holding onto. I was eager...

How growing up in a female-dominated family influenced my stories, characters, and the overall inspiration for writing the Fair Fae Trilogy.” By Patricia Bossano

How growing up in a female-dominated family influenced my stories, characters, and the overall inspiration for writing the Fair Fae Trilogy. "  By Patricia Bossano In general English, Matriarchy is a form of social organization in which descent and relationship are reckoned through the female line. It is also defined as a social system in...

Guest Post: Should an Author Stick to One Genre? by Kayl Karadijian

Should an author stick to one genre? Most authors tend to stick to one genre. Fantasy writers typically only do Fantasy. Scifi lovers focus on the future and whatifs and nothing more. Romancers can’t get enough of John Smith, and on and on. As an author who started with fantasy, then did a nonfiction memoir,...

Review: Simplify Your Life from Inside Out

Synopsis: Simplify Your Life from the INSIDE OUT: The 7 Keys to Finding Inner Peace “I just wish things could be simpler!” If that has been your lament, and if you still haven’t found anything that really helps…or lasts...you are not alone. As the world gets busier and faster, your life can easily become more...

Author Interview with Michael Scott Curnes

COPING WITH ASH by Michael Scott Curnes Inkwater Press, January 26, 2017 (Reviewed and given 5 stars by Danielle Urban) Author Interview   ULM: What would you like readers to take from reading your book, Coping with Ash?  MSC: Loss and grief are universal human elements but how we cope with these is uniquely individualized....

Love Your Enemies Q&A with Jake Hagerman

1. What led you to writing your book, Love Your Enemies?  A good question, I had just finished forty years (June, 1972 - June 2012) in the field of mental health and had started my next to last job and felt a book like "Love Your Enemies" had to be written. The first section, a...

Author Interview with M.L. Crum

ULM: What lead you to writing your first novel, Irony of Time?  Three years ago I found myself at a point in my life where I was trying to figure out more about myself. I had just come off of participating in the Avon Breast Cancer 2-day Walk where I had been training, with my...

Author Interview with Jerome Gleich (Some Thoughts on God and Other Things)

Me: What are some messages that you hope readers will take with after reading your book?  I hope that they may come to believe that maybe there is a better place, a better existence out there, waiting for us when we die. That it is inhabited by a being most wonderful in every way. If...

Author Brittany Weekley – The Secret Life of Thomas Commons

Author Brittany Weekley – The Secret Life of Thomas Commons I never thought I would be writer. I wrote poems and attempted a novel at the age of 14, but it quickly ended when I entered high school. I wouldn’t write again until I was in my mid-20s. ​I viewed a writing career as many...

Author Interview with John Sibley Williams

Author Interview with John Sibley Williams    Me: How does it feel to be a five-time Pushcart nominee? What were your thoughts? I am honored to know so many magazines and presses believe in my work. It’s always a bit of a shock, but the joy never diminishes. Me: After reading Disinheritance, a collection your...

Author Interview with Scott Burn

Author Interview with Scott Burn Me: How did it feel when you finished your debut novel, The Enemy Within? The idea of finished is something that’s hard to get my head around. I remember about a year into the process I thought it was done. I showed it to my literary agent who thought it...

Author Interview & Excerpt with P.K. Tyler

You’re the head of marketing for Novel Publicity, a business woman, and an award winning author. What does a typical day work day look like for you? P.K.: A lot like this: https://media.giphy.com/media/DpB9NBjny7jF1pd0yt2/giphy.gif How do you find balance between working life, your family and everything else? P.K.: Have a forgiving spouse? I don’t do everything,...

Author Interview with Rich DiSilvio

    Author Interview with Rich DiSilvio ULM: What led you to writing your novel, Nazis Nemesis? Actually two things: First, was my intense interest in history and WWII, and second, was a recurring dream I had. For almost two years after publishing my previous novel, A Blazing Gilded Age, I was having a vivid...

Guest Post: Deceiving Bella

Ethan Cooke Security and their bodyguard team return to action in Deceiving Bella – book eleven in Cate Beauman’s Bodyguards of L.A. County series.  With over 7700 reviews and a 4.4 rating for the entire series, see why the Bodyguards of L.A. County is a multi-award winning series.   Buy It Now! Available on the...

Special Guest: K.C. Willivee

I'm pleased to be talking some about the process of writing The Wrong Man. I was working as a therapist in a male prison and developed a long-standing interest in how people rebuild their lives after incarceration. Certainly, I was interested in the societal aspects, tasks like finding employment, obtaining stable housing, and seeking ongoing...

Research in Las Vegas by Jennifer Samson

Research in Las VegasBy Jennifer Samson  Las Vegas has always fascinated me. There are so few cities on earth that have grown at the speed of Las Vegas. It’s history is full of the mafia, nuclear weapons testing, murders, reclusive billionaires, and amusement park-like casinos. What’s not to love?  When I decided to set my...

Author Interview with Matt Fulton

Author Interview with Matt Fulton   ULM: What lead you to writing your spy novel, Active Measures?  There was no single “light-bulb” moment for this story. I first had the notion to write some sort of spy novel in May 2002 when I was in the sixth grade. Of course, twelve-year-old me had no inclination...

The Spark That Lit My Writer’s Flame by Ed Duncan

The Spark That Lit My Writer’s Flame  The first inkling that I might someday be able to write something worthy of publication came in the form of a few words penned by my eleventh grade English teacher, which she added to the end of a term paper I’d written. To her students she was plain...

Author Interview with Jacquelyn Wiles

Author Interview  ULM: What inspired you to write your book, Don't Trust A Stranger? I wanted to write something with meaning behind it. Parts of my book are true, and others are not. I want to help people who are involved with domestic violence because it's something that happens every day. If my book can...

Author Interview with Linda N. Baron-Katz

Author Interview ULM: What led you to writing a book about mental illness for both adults and children? I wanted adults and children to learn that mental illness is treatable and nothing to be afraid of and that people can live normal, healthy, happy lives. I also wanted them to know that mental illness is...

Broken Roots by Michelle Diana Lowe

Home Truths – Delving into the heart of Broken Roots Broken Roots is a fast-paced and compelling coming-of-age novel about the extraordinary life of seventeen-year-old school girl, Teisha Cole. The story follows Teisha on a whirlwind journey of a lifetime, as her family unit breaks down before her very eyes, and she is forced to...

Review: When Pain Has Stained A Peaceful Heart

  Synopsis: Ann Henry had a close-knit family, a normal childhood, and a strong sense of identity. Although she had been healthy for most of her life, at the age of 27, she was stunned to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder. And so began a fifteen-year journey regaining her mental health, despite the many pitfalls...

Review: The Rumor

  Synopsis: A friendship is tested in this irresistible page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand. Nantucket writer Madeline King couldn't have picked a worse time to have writer's block. Her deadline is looming, her bills are piling up, and inspiration is in short supply. Madeline's best friend Grace, is hard at work...

Book Review: Thrill Me by Susan Mallery

Susan Mallery is a best-selling author whose novels are very popular with readers. I am a huge fan of her amazing stories and strong characters. Her addictive plots will leave readers breathlessly in love each and every time. I have not read a novel by Susan Mallery that was not as brilliantly well written as...

Meet Allen Eskens

Meet Allen Eskens As a talented author, with two stunning novels out, what are your goals when writing a new novel? I have, in my head, two goals, the first is to give the reader a suspenseful plot to keep them turning pages. The second goal is to draw the reader into the characters and...