Inspiration by Andie Newton Ten years ago, I wrote the first words of my debut novel The Girl I Left Behind. I never thought I’d write a novel. Ever. One day I caught a documentary on the History Channel about Nuremberg’s historic Kunst bunker, a secret art bunker the townsfolk hid from Hitler, and I... Continue Reading →
Keepin’ It Real by Gill Paul Life is short and the TBR pile is high, so if I get 50 pages in to a novel and don’t care what happens next, I will abandon it without any scruples. And as a novelist myself, I always ask the question: what will make my readers want... Continue Reading →
About the Author She was born into a spiritual family, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From an early age, due to her extreme sensitivity, she has been in contact with the spiritual world. Throughout my existence, with the help of her spirit friends, she has developed her psychic abilities—learning how to... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: When Darcie and Walter Goodwin hear of a new cholera epidemic sweeping the area, they join the Shakers whose villages seem immune to the disease. It's meant to be a temporary stay, but Walter is killed in a riverboat accident. With no family and no money, Darcie has little choice but... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Four women captured King Solomon's heart in different ways, and he indulges his desires despite warnings. For all his wisdom, did Solomon or the women he loved ever find what they were searching for? Rating: 4-starsReview:The Heart of a King by Jill Eileen Smith is an interesting tale on King Solomon... Continue Reading →
ULM: What inspired the Under the Table plot? The urge to grow as a writer mostly. My last three novels featured guys that had more alpha male characteristics. I wanted to flip that script and create some badass women instead. Ladies who were capable and not necessarily in need of any rescuing, even as they were... Continue Reading →
Author Interview UBR: Can you briefly tell us, readers, what your debut novel, Death’s Kiss, is about? RK: Death's Kiss is a character-driven dystopian story set 38 years later after the Blackack virus ravaged the world, killing everyone who was older than 21 years old. The story revolves around the lives of Yuri and Ryoma... Continue Reading →
Lynette Eason grew up in Greenville, SC. She graduated from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and then obtained her masters in education from Converse College. Author of twenty inspirational romantic suspense books, she is also a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and Romance Writers of America (RWA). In 1996, Lynette married... Continue Reading →
Suzanne Woods Fisher is the bestselling, award winning author of fiction and non-fiction books about the Old Order Amish for Revell Books, host of the radio-show-turned-blog Amish Wisdom, a columnist for Christian Post and Cooking & Such magazine. Her interest in the Amish began with her grandfather, who was raised Plain. A theme in her... Continue Reading →
About the Author Laura Frantz is a Christy Award finalist and the ECPA bestselling author of several books, including The Frontiersman’s Daughter, Courting Morrow Little, The Colonel’s Lady, and The Lacemaker. She lives and writes in a log cabin in the heart of Kentucky. Learn more at http://www.laurafrantz.net. Author... Continue Reading →
Erin Bartels has been a publishing professional for more than fifteen years. Her short story “This Elegant Ruin” was a finalist in the Saturday Evening Post 2014 Great American Fiction Contest. A freelance writer and editor, she is a member of Capital City Writers and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association and is former features... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
ULM: When did you first begin your writing career? AT: My mom was a published poet, and when she passed away a few years ago, I really started to feel that time was of the essence. I knew that if I was going to embark on this second career of mine, I’d better get started.... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
#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,... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Paradise Found by: Sarah O’Rourke Genre: Romance Release Date: February 26,, 2018 Cover Design: Sarah O’Rourke Samantha “The Body” Dixon had once been a famous runway model who’d walked every catwalk from Paris to Milan and back again, but when her career abruptly comes to a screeching halt, she’s out to... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Resuscitation (The Trauma Series #3) by Cassia Brightmore Author ... Continue Reading →
The Vow: Leaving Home by S.Van Horne Genre: New Adult/College Romance Release Date: May 6, 2017 Cover Design: SK Designs Shania, TaLina, Jess, Megan and Cassia became fast friends on a playground their first day of Kindergarten. Having such a difference of family life couldn’t stop them from clinging to each other,... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Unworthy by Cassia Brightmore Genre: Dark Romance Release Date: March 2, 2017 Cover Model: Cassia Brightmore Model Photographer: LJ Photography Cover Design: Ashbee Designs Irrelevant. Insignificant. Inconsequential. Three pointed words designed to break down a person’s self-confidence. To strip away any sense of worth until all that’s left is a... Continue Reading →
Reckless Abandon by Teri Kay Genre: Romance Release Date: October 11th, 2016 Cover Models: Lance Jones and Jess Epps Photographer: Cassia Brightmore of LJ Photography Cover Design: Cover to Cover Designs Ryann McKennan never imagined herself divorced and broke at thirty... Tired of struggling to make ends meet each month, she considers moving back... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
ULM: You mentioned that Miseries, Illusions and Hope is your second book. What was your first book? My first book was A very Resilient Amreeki Dream...a short story. ULM: What led you to writing short stories? I like reading and writing about real life characters. I have a huge collection of autobiographies. I believe... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
ULM: What was it in the ancient scriptures that inspired you to write The Transmigrant? The idea of Jesus as a holy man rather than the Messiah had been brewing in my mind for a long time. For me, the New Testament story didn’t quite add up. If Jesus were of God, then certainly he... Continue Reading →
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,... Continue Reading →
Joys, Fears, and Frustrations of Being an EditorBy Danita Moon I’ve been an avid reader for as long as I can remember. When I read, things that may be incorrect have always popped out at me. I make a note of what I find and then go back to see if there was an... Continue Reading →
Interview With Anita Kulina ULM: How would you describe your main character, Mrs. B? Mrs. B has lived in Burchfield since she and her late husband Albert bought their little house when they first got married. She has two children, but both of them livethousands of miles away. Every morning Mrs. B plays pinochle at... Continue Reading →
Author Interview with Vicki Righettini ULM: What inspired you to write your debut novel, The Blue Hour? As a kid I was fascinated by stories of the pioneers. In fact, there's a history of pioneering in my family: my mother's side came to Pennsylvania from Germany in the 1700s, then moved to Kentucky and Illinois,... Continue Reading →
ULM: What was like writing this memoir? It was fun but extremely painful and at the same time very therapeutic. ULM: How would you describe My Sister, My Daighter, and Me using only three words? Crazy, fun, ridiculous. ULM: Which scene from your memoir would say was the best time shared among the three... Continue Reading →
ULM: What inspired you to write Reflections of a Soul? JMD: I was told that I couldn’t and that I wouldn’t amount to much by a close relative. So I did it, I wrote a book. ULM: How long have you been writing poems? JMD: Since I was a teenager, 12... Continue Reading →
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.... Continue Reading →
LAUGHING ALL THE WAY CREATING NICKY AND NOAH OF THE NICKY AND NOAH COMEDY MYSTERIES Book Three: Drama Cruise, published by Lethe Press by Joe Cosentino As a college professor/department head, I have always been aware that colleges are rife with mystery, romance, and humor. I remembered back to my days as a junior faculty member... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Do you remember the last time you had one life-changing, earth-shaking realization? A piece of insight that came to you like a thunderbolt and changed you forever. In moments like that, we remember the event in great detail, through all of our senses. For me, it was the spring of 2015. I was sitting at... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
SO YOU WROTE A SCREENPLAY By Scott Burn Awesome! Now here’s the sad news. Nobody cares. Let me take a step back - every agent, manager and producer I know is desperate for good material. They would love to have that near perfect script that will become the next mega-hit or Oscar winner. They are... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Excerpt: THOSE DAYS Chester was back at the Lander’s, in the dark. He had already stopped at the row that was home to the baseball-card box, knelt down, and for the dozenth—or was it hundredth—time (he had stopped counting), he grabbed a pack from the middle of the box and stuffed it into... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone, please, welcome our special guest, Kari Anders. Kari Andrews is a book cover designer. Below, you can find a photo of her work. Meet Kari Anders Kari Anders is a book cover designer who works mostly with self-published authors and small publishing houses. She worked in freelance design for six years before... Continue Reading →
