I love 1 star reviews. No, I don’t love getting them, I love reading them. I can’t help myself. I’ll go to browse some possible book selections, and I just have to see what those 1 star (and sometimes 2 star) comments are all about. Sometimes they give me insight into what went wrong in […]
The short story had decent prose, interesting plot, and a neat twist to the ending, but I just didn’t buy it. I mean, I paid money for the story, but I found the plot premise and, more importantly, the main characters’ motivations lacking. I hovered on the edge of suspended disbelief, but just couldn’t make […]
When I wrote my young adult short story, Love Magick, I carefully screened it for language, determined to keep it clean, but with other stories, I’ll the bad words fall where it may. Profanity has become a part of our culture, and it often delivers great meaning. A curse word can show a well-mannered character […]
Today I have a post from guest-blogger, Karen Heard on writing and research. Karen’s short story, Alba, is also in Beltane: Ten Tales of Witchcraft (as is mine!). I loved her imaginative take on elemental magic and witchcraft in the story’s murder mystery plot. Spooky and fun! ******* When Debra invited me to write a […]
One of the downsides of going the self-publishing route is that some doors are closed in my face. There are readers who are happy to give my book a chance, and readers that I have to slowly win over. It’s the same with book reviewers. Amazon reviews are only part of the picture, getting a […]