How Do you get started with World Building? Sophie’s Fate, the prequel to Sophie’s Time, was the first YA novel I wrote. I created the story from an experience of my own. I met someone at a conference, and he seemed so familiar to me even though we had never met. I kept feeling I… Read more »
Today author Jay Stritch is here to talk about: Where the inspiration for her books and worlds comes from This is a great question because world building is where you really have to start when writing a fantasy series. It’s from the world which you’ve built the foundations of that your characters grow as they… Read more »
Messing Them Up to Make Them Great (Why Great YA Heroines Need Problems) By: Natalie D. Richards So, female leads. We all have our list of great ones. Personally I’m partial to JK Rowling’s Hermione Granger, Ismae from Grave Mercy by R.L. LaFevers, and of course, the Hunger Games darling, Katniss Everdeen. There are loads… Read more »
ABOUT THE BOOK Cajun Nights by D.J. Donaldson is the first novel in the incredibly popular Andy/Kit mystery series. Readers are thrown into the bayou with criminal psychologist Kit Franklyn, newly hired to investigate a string of murder-suicides plaguing the city. Her boss, chief medical examiner Andy Broussard (a super lovable protagonist and self-proclaimed… Read more »
Award Winning and fan favorite author, Lizzy Ford, introduces us to a new time travel romance, with WEST , which Outlander fans are sure to love. If you could change history, would you? WEST is the first installment in a series of standalone novels in the History Interrupted series featuring four women sent back to… Read more »
10 things you didn’t know about Demon Catching The methods that the Della Torre use should not be tried at home. The methods that the Della Torre use are not sanctioned by the Catholic Church. You should never put out a demon catching candle with your breath. Ever. Bad things happen. For one… Read more »
Write What You Know?… By Cheryl Smith People in the publishing business tell authors to write what they know. Good advice. Generally. But what fun would it be to only pen books about things from my real life? Yes, I love my life but I’d rather write about people who live larger than me. Why?… Read more »
Top 5 Historical Fantasy Novels by Alyxandra Harvey I love both historical fiction and historical fantasy, which is why I used 1816 London as the setting for the Lovegrove Legacy. Strolls through Hyde Park, Napoleon being short and cranky across the Channel, dancing until dawn, and garden follies built to look like ancient ruins—what’s not… Read more »
Today I am super excited to have the author of Of Monsters and Madness, Jessica Verday here to tell us how she creates a spooky atmosphere! and then enter to win a signed copy of the book! Creating a Spooky Atmosphere – OF MONSTERS AND MADNESS If you’re anything like me, the words “spooky atmosphere”… Read more »
I am so excited to be a part of the 2014 Debut Author Bash and to have Meredith McCardle here at Book Briefs today! She is the author of The Eighth Guardian, which was published by Skyscape/Amazon this spring! Learn about this awesome book, learn some facts about Meredith and enter to win a SIGNED… Read more »
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