About the Book: Publisher High Peaks Publishing, November 16, 2012Category: Fiction, Animals, Humor EssaysTour Dates: February, 2013Available in: Print and ebook, 160 pages When Tim Rowland’s earlier book of his animal essays, All Pets are Off, was published, readers immediately clamored for more. Their preference for […]

About the Book: Publisher: White Whisker Books, November 16, 2012Category: Non-Fiction, Writing, PublishingTour Dates: Feb 18-March 15, 2013Available in: Print, Kindle, & Nook  336 pages The Fiction Writer’s Handbook is the definitive volume to explain the words and phrases that writers and editors use when they […]

What book have I finished today? Elusive Dawn by Gabrielle Wills. I would like to thank Virtual Author Book Tours for offering me the opportunity to read this novel of wealth and privilege during World War I. I appreciate their sending me the book at […]

Flesh by Khanh Ha was an intriguing book. I am happy to bring you a guest post today on the writing of death scenes. I’m sure it is something that makes one think about one’s own mortality… So please welcome Khanh Ha and after reading […]

About the Book:Publisher: Black Heron Press, June 15, 2012Category: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction368 pages Set in Tonkin (now northern Vietnam) at the turn of the 20th century, Flesh tells the story of a boy who witnesses the execution, by beheading, of his father, a notorious bandit, and […]