Two Dads, Two Adoptions by Tom Tracy
After a prolonged and unprecedented 11 months of waiting for vital statistics and the courts to clear backlogged dockets from the global pandemic, Tom Tracy, children’s book author, and his
Reaper by Jonathan Pongratz Book Review and Author Interview
Great horror stories draw from real life horror. We don’t find monsters under the bed, but we could find a serial killer in a dark alley. We don’t have goblins
MEAT by Dane Cobain Book Review and Author Interview
We all have our guilty pleasures. Even after we are told that something is bad for us, we still want to do it. One of those things is eating meat.
Gugulu The Little Bear Dares by Srividhya Lakshmanan Book Review and Author Interview
I was always a pretty cautious and timid kid. But once I became of school age, I found myself craving a little independence. I wanted to cross the street by
Better Communication, Better Life by Asa Rodriguez
Let me introduce myself, dear reader. I am author Asa Rodriguez. I find that art and all forms of self-expression are extremely important in life. Growing up, I discovered that
How I Choose Books to Review on My Blog
Writing is such a fickle activity. You spend all of this time crafting the perfect story to the best of your ability, dreaming and hoping that a large audience will
The Backpack Years by Stefanie and James Wilson Book Review and Author Interviews
Everyone makes big life plans or at least dreams about doing big things with their lives. But it can be tough to take that first step, and there are often
The Male POV Written by a Female by Laurie Stevens
If the author’s axiom “write what you know” is worthy advice, I haven’t heeded it. From the get-go, with my first series, I wrote from a man’s point of view.
One Full Day in Atlantic City and Las Vegas
Those of us who love to travel all have our travel bucket lists of places we hope to visit. But the places we most want to visit aren’t always readily
Gabby Loves Letters by Chris Elle Dove Book Review and Author Interview
My young nephew is obsessed with the alphabet. He loves saying the letters, playing with his alphabet toys, and learning how to write them with crayons or chalk. So, when
My Romance with Robots by Bruce Deitrick Price
I met my first robot 40 years ago. I entered a large warehouse near Newark and this formidable thing moved quickly to intercept me. It was over 6 feet tall
Thoughts After Attending My First Comic-Con
In April of 2022, I attended my first comic-con. Late to the party, it’s something that I’ve wanted to do for a long time, and this time just felt like
The Pain and Reward of Personal Memoir by Brett Bloemendaal
Mary Karr once told me: “Memoir is knocking yourself out with your own fist.” Okay, I romanticize; more accurately, I read it in her book, The Art of Memoir. After
Cruz Finds His Way by Anne van Gessel Book Review and Author Interview
We all have our handicaps, those skills that plagued us in childhood that we still run and hide from because they’re ingrained in our histories as negative events. A lot
Using Child Narrators in Fiction
One of the main benefits of writing is that it gives a voice to the otherwise voiceless. Literature is filled with stories about outcasts, the oppressed, and the silenced. Writers