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Costalegre: Fictional Account of Guggenheim Daughter Intrigues

Dec. 1, 2019

Costalegre, Courtney Maum, – In Costalegre, Courtney Maum’s third novel, Lara and Leonora Calaway are taking refuge in a remote mansion in the Mexican wilderness in 1937 with a group of Surrealist artists, who Leonora has helped to escape Hitler’s Europe.

Traumatized Syrian Refugees Must Find Each Other – and Themselves

Dec. 1, 2019

The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Christy Lefteri, Ballantine Books – Nuri and Afra and their young son live on a lovely hill overlooking Aleppo. Nuri and his cousin, Mustafa, tend bees in the fragrant fields of flowers nearby. Then war comes.

Book Award Winner, The Yellow House by Sarah Broom

Dec. 1, 2019

Book Award Winner, The Yellow House by Sarah Broom – In 1961, Sarah M. Broom’s mother Ivory Mae bought a shotgun house in the then-promising neighborhood of New Orleans East and built her world inside of it.

The Courage to Be Happy by Kishimi, Koga

Dec. 1, 2019

The Courage to Be Happy, Kishimi & Koga, Atria Books – In this follow-up to the international phenomenon The Courage to Be Disliked, discover how to reconnect with your true self, experience true happiness, and live the life you want.

The Geography of Lost Things by Jessica Brody

Dec. 1, 2019

The Geography of Lost Things, Jessica Brody, – In this romantic road trip story perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Morgan Matson, a teen girl discovers the value of ordinary objects while learning to forgive her absent father.

The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells

Nov. 1, 2019

The Cloud Roads Book #1 of Books of the Raksura, Martha Wells, Night Shade – Now available in mass market paperback, The Cloud Roads is the first in the Hugo Award-nominated Books of the Raksura series, from New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries).

Bringing Fiction to Life With Applied Characterization

Dec. 1, 2019

Writing Insights – Noah Lukeman, The Plot Thickens:  8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life

7 Proven Signs of a Bestselling Novel Plot

Nov. 1, 2019

7 Proven Signs of a Bestselling Novel Plot – Writing a novel might seem easy. You have the topic, the characters, the action. All you need is to create a great plot that will catch the attention of the readers. But how can you do this? How do you need to build your plot?

Why Haven’t E-Books Overtaken Printed Books?

Nov. 1, 2019

Writing Insights – On the popular website, Quora.com, where I often hang out, my answer to the below question has gotten a lot of views, so I thought our readers might be interested in hearing my answer.

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Publishing With Amazon Kindle Self-Publishing Platform

Nov. 22, 2019

Is Amazon Kindle Cheating Self-Published Authors?

Sep. 1, 2018

So, you are about to self-publish a book in e-book or print-on-demand format. It seems like a no-brainer to sign an exclusive contract with Amazon Kindle and up goes your book to Amazon’s vast online audience. After all, presumably they own 60 or 70% of the e-book market. This super-rich company has overall product revenues of more than $107 billion and more than 304 million active customer accounts worldwide.  But are they playing fair with the average author dreaming of selling a million copies of his or her e-book?

A Publishing Success Story at Age 83

May. 16, 2018