E-publishing Or how the digital world made my career Seven years ago when I made my first attempts to get published, the digital world was just dipping its toes into the ebook fiction waters. I was having frustrating results—as in no results—with the more traditional...
Reading on Planes In this day and age, loads of us have ereaders. It makes reading whatever your flavor of book private, and easily toteable. Despite those perks, I thought I would never be a convert to the digital book, and boy was I wrong! I’m really glad I was,...
Flashbacks in Fiction and a Contest Like just about everything regarding the craft of writing, flashbacks are loved by some and hated by others. Personally, I like flashbacks. I love a book that explores two or more times, allowing past subplots to tie in with the...
Heroes I want to lick! By Cerise DeLand (http://cerisedeland.com ) With a new book out almost every month in this New Year of 2013, I am really into men and heroes in a big, big way. I want to tell you what I really love about them and what you can tell about a man by...
“Why Erotica?” In the glow of the fire, all eyes are fixed upon the griot, standing in the midst of the gathering. His words fall upon the listeners like welcome rain in the desert. They lean forward eagerly, ears pricked forward, like zebras at the watering hole,...
Johnny is Back! Johnny the Djinn that is. He first appeared in Silver Screen Dream and has been driving me bonkers ever since. He’s an all-powerful being who lives in a tea kettle or occasionally in a little green amulet. He’s also the property of the Khan family. He...
