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Author Interview: Melissa Goodrich

This writer hasn’t written any novels yet, and she’s actually intimidated by the whole process. However, she’s not someone we wanted to pass up the chance to interview. Melissa Goodrich is an amazing writer and author of Daughters of Monsters, a 199 page short story collection. She’s taught creative writing, composition, and humanities at the University of Arizona, Desert ROSE, and

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Author Interview: Roz Morris

This week, we got to interview Roz Morris, editor, author, writing coach and public speaker. The author of My Memories of A Future Life had much to share with us that we think you’ll find exciting. Like working on Lara Croft games for Square Enix! Let’s see what she had to say: Career So you’re a little of everything. You edit,

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Author Interview: Shane Weisfeld

Obviously, we tend to interview authors for our Author Interview series. However, this week, we tried something a little different. Meet Shane Weisfeld, the writer of the crime-thriller film “Freezer”, starring Dylan McDermott and Peter Facinelli. That’s right, Weisfeld is a screenwriter, not an author! Dive into the world of film for a little bit, and see the key role writing

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Author Interview: N.A. Shoemaker

This week we had the opportunity to interview multi-genre author, N.A. Shoemaker. Born in Pennsylvania, he is a five time Summer Indie Book Awards nominee. Apart from being very talented, and the author of five books available for purchase now, he also took the crown for being the most friendly author we’ve had a chance to interview. Here’s what he

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Author Interview: Margaret Locke

It’s common for writers to turn off their beautiful wording for interviews, taking on a more… relaxed approach. Margaret Locke is not one of those authors, as she writes beautifully regardless of whether it’s just an interview or not. Just reading her answers to our questions made us want to pick up her books. This award-winning romance author had tons

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Author Interview: K.E. Garvey

This week, we got to know K.E. Garvey, author of Cry Like A Girl, Lily White Lies, and The Red Strokes, to name a few. You might know her by her old name, Kathy Reinhart, the award-winning novelist. Suffice it to say, we were very excited to have a chance to talk to her about writing, and how she came to put out

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Author Interview: Kristen Kieffer

Kristen Kieffer, author and creative writing coach, agreed to be a part of our Author Interview series! She’s best known for her website, Well-Storied, which is dedicated to helping writers finish their novels and actually submit them for publication. Let’s see what she had to say! Who Is Kieffer? So, first things first: you’re an author and a creative writing

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Author Interview: Renee Scattergood

This week, we got to interview the lovely Renee Scattergood, author of the Shadow Stalker series. Composed of 6 episodes per part, the series has really favorable reviews on Amazon, and we’re definitely fans! If anyone is proof that being self-published can work out, as long as you put in the effort and work to market yourself, it’s Scattergood. Here’s what she

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Book Talk: Idaho

Have you read Idaho, by Emily Ruskovich yet? Releasing on February 16th, we got an advanced copy of this book in exchange for a review. So if you haven’t read it yet, don’t worry! You have time to decide whether you even should—a decision we can help you make with the details you absolutely need. Oh, and no spoilers! Synopsis

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Book Talk: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Written in 2001, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, is a book written by J.K. Rowling. Interestingly enough, it was written under the name Newt Scamander. It is about the magical creatures in the Harry Potter universe, and purports to be Harry’s copy of the book mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The film adaptation of this novel is out,

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AUTHOR BIRTHDAY

Leo Lionnni Leo Lionni, the author and illustrator of children’s books, was born in the Netherlands, before moving to Italy, and finally coming to the U.S. By day, he worked as an art director for advertising agencies. He even worked for Fortune magazine. Despite his degree, he was a creative man, after all. A man of many talents, he is most known

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Book Talk: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

Originally published in 2012, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain, is known for it’s good reviews and riveting storyline. The movie just came out in November of 2016, and we couldn’t resist revisiting this heartwrenching story. So, here’s the good and the bad, what you can expect from the reading experience, and why you should give it a chance.

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