Horror season is nigh, and along with my steady diet of rom-coms, I’ve started watching more scary movies. This week I viewed IT FOLLOWS, which is a cross between THE RING and a bad afterschool special: A girl, Jay (Maika Monroe), finds herself being followed by a shape-shifting monster after having sex. If she wants … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with romance author Rebecca Brooks. Who are you? I’m Rebecca Brooks! I write contemporary erotic romance about independent women who step out of their lives to try something new. I’m into travel, adventure, small towns in beautiful places, and strong, outdoorsy men with big hearts. My debut, … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Devi Lockwood. Welcome, Devi! Who are you? Devi K. Lockwood. I’m a poet / touring cyclist / storyteller from Boston, currently traveling around the world by bicycle to collect 1001 stories from people I meet about water and/or climate change. As I write this I’m in … [Read more…]
Resurrecting the writing series I started last winter, I’ve begun watching more romance films with an eye to seeing what they can teach me about writing a good love story. Recently I saw Old Fashioned, a sweet inspirational tale about a quiet guy who doesn’t believe in dating or even kissing before marriage and a … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with writing team Racheline Maltese and Erin McRae. Who are you? We are Racheline Maltese and Erin McRae, and we’re a cowriting team of awesome. Together, we write the gay romance series Love in Los Angeles (Torquere Press), set in the film and television industry, and … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series is back! Joining us for the new interview is Eddy Webb. Who are you? My name is Eddy Webb, and my job description is… complicated. These days I’m a freelance writer and game designer working in fiction, non-fiction, role-playing games, and video games, sometimes all in the same day! I’ve … [Read more…]
I’ve been keeping track of all the books I’ve read for the past five years on a Google spreadsheet. It’s allowed me to record what I’ve read, when, and what I thought about it, not to mention other categories that aren’t tracked on reading sites like Goodreads: whether a story is self-published for instance, or if I read it … [Read more…]
I’m happy to announce that Anna Schumacher, one of the recent Writers Who Read, is currently holding a giveaway on Goodreads for signed hardcover copies of both her books, END TIMES and CHILDREN OF THE EARTH. The giveaway ends July 22nd, so if this is your bag, enter soon! Want to know more about CHILDREN OF THE … [Read more…]
We’re not even through July yet, I know, but as someone who believes in anticipation being a key part of happiness, I’ve been noting on my calendar the books, shows, and movies releasing that I’m most looking forward to as the summer wanes and the school year begins (and beyond). Here are ten, in the order of … [Read more…]
I’m excited to announce that my story SOMEWHERE WARM is now available for preorder at all major booksellers. SOMEWHERE WARM is the first in my STUCK WITH YOU series, a group of standalone novellas where two people come face-to-face with extreme weather that forces them together…and creates just the right atmosphere to fall in love. The … [Read more…]